SC Ellis-Blackwell
@scellisblackwell.bsky.social
The pollen storm has arrived to coat our authoritarian dystopian nightmare in yellow dust.
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Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Reorganized last night’s To Do List to prioritize moon and fire.
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Reorganized last night’s To Do List to prioritize moon and fire.
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Anderson Cooper, normalizing an authoritarian: "Shouldn't voters obey in advance? Isn't not obeying in advance a hassle? Aren't I, as an extremely wealthy scion, the wrong person for this job? But isn't my gotcha question sparkly?"
In the 1st question of his brief interview with Mamdani. Anderson Cooper reports Trump’s strongman threats to punish NYC if the Mayoral candidate is elected, as if he gets to select where funding goes according to his whims, & then asks whether voters will find it “worth the hassle” to vote for him.
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anderson Cooper, normalizing an authoritarian: "Shouldn't voters obey in advance? Isn't not obeying in advance a hassle? Aren't I, as an extremely wealthy scion, the wrong person for this job? But isn't my gotcha question sparkly?"
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Feed people AND provide them with medical care!
October 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Feed people AND provide them with medical care!
#PussyPalace from Lily Allen's new album #WestEndGirl is stuck in my head.
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#PussyPalace from Lily Allen's new album #WestEndGirl is stuck in my head.
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What we don't talk about enough is the dignity harm suffered by women who have to share the public sphere with guys who go around talking about our bodies like we're a public resource whose use and distribution they're qualified to determine.
October 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What we don't talk about enough is the dignity harm suffered by women who have to share the public sphere with guys who go around talking about our bodies like we're a public resource whose use and distribution they're qualified to determine.
I put off listening to Klein/Coates for a day in self-preservation. Plugged in today and a third of the way in I've had to take a break. Klein's inability to actually listen to and truly respond to what Coates is saying is staggering.
September 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I put off listening to Klein/Coates for a day in self-preservation. Plugged in today and a third of the way in I've had to take a break. Klein's inability to actually listen to and truly respond to what Coates is saying is staggering.
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'in the Revolutions podcast, there’s a whole theory that built up: The Great Idiot Theory of Revolutions. Sort of the mirror image of the “great man” theory of history.' www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Are We Witnessing the Fall of the American Empire?
'Revolutions' and 'History of Rome' host Mike Duncan discusses the decline of the American empire, comparing it to Rome and other revolutions.
www.rollingstone.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
'in the Revolutions podcast, there’s a whole theory that built up: The Great Idiot Theory of Revolutions. Sort of the mirror image of the “great man” theory of history.' www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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It’s been said before but this idea that Republicans have captured the spirit of the volk, and Democrats must imitate them to appeal to the “real” Americans, also concedes that all the people Republicans target for indignity and repression—here, women—are less American than others.
September 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It’s been said before but this idea that Republicans have captured the spirit of the volk, and Democrats must imitate them to appeal to the “real” Americans, also concedes that all the people Republicans target for indignity and repression—here, women—are less American than others.
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The notion that Republicans are the more real Americans, whose authenticity Democrats must pay tribute to with imitation, persistence even though it is contradicted by more and more actual empirical evidence.
I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!
![Issue 1
November 7, 2023
Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety(1]
Results
Choice
Votes
%
& Yes
2,227,384
56.78%
No
1,695,480
43.22%
Total votes
3,922,864
100.00%](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gouysuoxatjdb5bjcqe4sfh7/bafkreielbywjkgthjrsgp5s7na3nxbcn3wrdpwegj7vtrqswh6goqydgra@jpeg)
September 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The notion that Republicans are the more real Americans, whose authenticity Democrats must pay tribute to with imitation, persistence even though it is contradicted by more and more actual empirical evidence.
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i’ve watched beto o’rourke do this quite a few times in different parts of texas over the years, and while it’s always ultimately turned out safe, it involves walking past a good number of people with ar-15s and never accomplishes what ezra klein seems to think it is supposed to
September 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
i’ve watched beto o’rourke do this quite a few times in different parts of texas over the years, and while it’s always ultimately turned out safe, it involves walking past a good number of people with ar-15s and never accomplishes what ezra klein seems to think it is supposed to
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feature from me today in @chron.com: Architect Victor Lundy, the renowned modernist architect, lived in Texas and built a home in Bellaire. He died in November, and now his incredible home is slated for demolition: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
September 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
feature from me today in @chron.com: Architect Victor Lundy, the renowned modernist architect, lived in Texas and built a home in Bellaire. He died in November, and now his incredible home is slated for demolition: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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And here's Beauford Delaney writing in his journal in 1962:
"Is this the last day of my life? How does one tally the score? Love is all and that I give the world. Painting only now begins to explore all that I have felt and suffered."
"Is this the last day of my life? How does one tally the score? Love is all and that I give the world. Painting only now begins to explore all that I have felt and suffered."
September 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And here's Beauford Delaney writing in his journal in 1962:
"Is this the last day of my life? How does one tally the score? Love is all and that I give the world. Painting only now begins to explore all that I have felt and suffered."
"Is this the last day of my life? How does one tally the score? Love is all and that I give the world. Painting only now begins to explore all that I have felt and suffered."
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Went to wade into something on fb (I know I know) and wanted a quick explainer on the ethical dimensions of "just asking questions" so I went to see if anyone at Prindle had written one.
I had. It was me. I had written one. www.prindleinstitute.org/2023/02/on-j...
I had. It was me. I had written one. www.prindleinstitute.org/2023/02/on-j...
On “Just Asking Questions” - The Prindle Institute for Ethics
Not all inquiries are innocent.
www.prindleinstitute.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Went to wade into something on fb (I know I know) and wanted a quick explainer on the ethical dimensions of "just asking questions" so I went to see if anyone at Prindle had written one.
I had. It was me. I had written one. www.prindleinstitute.org/2023/02/on-j...
I had. It was me. I had written one. www.prindleinstitute.org/2023/02/on-j...
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We're already in a crippling bankruptcy due to a decade+ of my medical bills and the resulting disability that prevents me from working full time. Eventually I'm going to do a medical fundraiser, so maybe put a nickel aside for us right now. And any advice on how to fundraise would be appreciated.
Tomorrow we wake up and Pardner fasts while i start hammering the phones to get P into hospital. Jaundice has P looking like a Simpsons family member rn, but i guess the blockage causing that + this pancreatic cancer diagnosis is no big deal.
I know people are doing their best, but the system kills
I know people are doing their best, but the system kills
Dr called and said get Pardner to hospital asap and that it's all arranged and approved. Drive 90 mins to Cleveland and are told by someone else that there are no beds, go home.
So now we wait to see if Doctor, whose nurse swears every I and T was handled, can intervene.
Pardner is struggling bad.
So now we wait to see if Doctor, whose nurse swears every I and T was handled, can intervene.
Pardner is struggling bad.
September 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We're already in a crippling bankruptcy due to a decade+ of my medical bills and the resulting disability that prevents me from working full time. Eventually I'm going to do a medical fundraiser, so maybe put a nickel aside for us right now. And any advice on how to fundraise would be appreciated.
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HELP US PAY MR. HANDSOME & SNAPDRAGON'S SURGERIES!
our biggest fundraiser of the year is here & we desperately need help covering the cost of these giant medical bills. donate or spread the word! we're a 501(c)3 cat rescue based in SAN ANTONIO, TX! #catrescue
www.thebiggivesa.org/organization...
our biggest fundraiser of the year is here & we desperately need help covering the cost of these giant medical bills. donate or spread the word! we're a 501(c)3 cat rescue based in SAN ANTONIO, TX! #catrescue
www.thebiggivesa.org/organization...
September 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
HELP US PAY MR. HANDSOME & SNAPDRAGON'S SURGERIES!
our biggest fundraiser of the year is here & we desperately need help covering the cost of these giant medical bills. donate or spread the word! we're a 501(c)3 cat rescue based in SAN ANTONIO, TX! #catrescue
www.thebiggivesa.org/organization...
our biggest fundraiser of the year is here & we desperately need help covering the cost of these giant medical bills. donate or spread the word! we're a 501(c)3 cat rescue based in SAN ANTONIO, TX! #catrescue
www.thebiggivesa.org/organization...
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"Since when have American flags been lowered to half-mast for a ragebait YouTuber? Why would a podcaster who never held office deserve a Capitol monument? And why are elected Democrats and institutions participating in and encouraging this?"
Since Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, people on the left have been censored, punished, and targeted with more violence for telling the truth about Kirk's legacy. The cycle continues: mainstream whitewashing of violence begets more violence and the victims are blamed.
spitfirenews.com/p/the-nation...
spitfirenews.com/p/the-nation...
The national gaslighting about Charlie Kirk
Another pattern of censorship that only hurts the left—and emboldens political violence.
spitfirenews.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Since when have American flags been lowered to half-mast for a ragebait YouTuber? Why would a podcaster who never held office deserve a Capitol monument? And why are elected Democrats and institutions participating in and encouraging this?"
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This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
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An alarming number of people in positions of power seem to be completely unable to distinguish good from evil as long as the evil is spoken in a reasonable tone of voice by a white man in a suit
September 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
An alarming number of people in positions of power seem to be completely unable to distinguish good from evil as long as the evil is spoken in a reasonable tone of voice by a white man in a suit
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You also need to say this shit when people get fired for mentioning their personal gender or get roughed up for looking at ICE the wrong way.
Come the fuck on. If you believe this, believe it for everyone.
Come the fuck on. If you believe this, believe it for everyone.
Chris Murphy: "Our entire democratic experiment is going crumble if people don't believe they are safe when they express their political views."
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
You also need to say this shit when people get fired for mentioning their personal gender or get roughed up for looking at ICE the wrong way.
Come the fuck on. If you believe this, believe it for everyone.
Come the fuck on. If you believe this, believe it for everyone.
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It seems less remarkable next to Trump, but sometimes I'm reminded how Vance is by a wide margin the least experienced and qualified person to ever become VP. He had won one election in his life and spent only two years in public office.
it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It seems less remarkable next to Trump, but sometimes I'm reminded how Vance is by a wide margin the least experienced and qualified person to ever become VP. He had won one election in his life and spent only two years in public office.
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#ThreeForThursday :
Carved Wooden Sculpture of #Toads
Japan, Edo Period, 19th c.
Signed “Masanao”
L 4 in. (10.2 cm)
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
#JapaneseArt
Carved Wooden Sculpture of #Toads
Japan, Edo Period, 19th c.
Signed “Masanao”
L 4 in. (10.2 cm)
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
#JapaneseArt
September 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
#ThreeForThursday :
Carved Wooden Sculpture of #Toads
Japan, Edo Period, 19th c.
Signed “Masanao”
L 4 in. (10.2 cm)
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
#JapaneseArt
Carved Wooden Sculpture of #Toads
Japan, Edo Period, 19th c.
Signed “Masanao”
L 4 in. (10.2 cm)
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
#JapaneseArt