Chae!
@smartchae.bsky.social
Spreadsheets are my love language and I think white supremacy is stupid. West coast girl living in New England. Recovering teacher. My dog is the best dog.
I’ll end up in a Trump camp at some point. 🤷🏼♀️
Opinions are mine, and *sometimes* they’re satire.
I’ll end up in a Trump camp at some point. 🤷🏼♀️
Opinions are mine, and *sometimes* they’re satire.
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Chae!
@smartchae.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I spent several years teaching in a locked-down juvenile detention facility and one thing I am good at is eviscerating the incel/tough-guy types.
Lesson #1 in handling an incel: DOMINATE HIM, but stay calm while doing it.
He says “your body my choice”? You post:
Lesson #1 in handling an incel: DOMINATE HIM, but stay calm while doing it.
He says “your body my choice”? You post:
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On 1/1 at 12:04 a.m. EST, Times Square Ball will be relit in a red/white/blue and rise above illuminated “2026” numerals. The moment will include a new video “America Turns 250,” with post-midnight release of 2K lbs of red/white/blue confetti, and pyro finale set to “America the Beautiful.”
December 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
On 1/1 at 12:04 a.m. EST, Times Square Ball will be relit in a red/white/blue and rise above illuminated “2026” numerals. The moment will include a new video “America Turns 250,” with post-midnight release of 2K lbs of red/white/blue confetti, and pyro finale set to “America the Beautiful.”
When I was a public school teacher, our principal was allowed to spend $15/teacher on our one (and only) faculty party/appreciation event each year.
I was also required to return any gifts from parents that were valued over $5.
I was also required to return any gifts from parents that were valued over $5.
Public service is not supposed to come with a luxury SUV package.
Yet Kash Patel wants a taxpayer-funded fleet of armored BMW SUVs. Americans are being asked to tighten their belts, but apparently not Kash Patel.
Taxpayers deserve answers.
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
Yet Kash Patel wants a taxpayer-funded fleet of armored BMW SUVs. Americans are being asked to tighten their belts, but apparently not Kash Patel.
Taxpayers deserve answers.
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
When I was a public school teacher, our principal was allowed to spend $15/teacher on our one (and only) faculty party/appreciation event each year.
I was also required to return any gifts from parents that were valued over $5.
I was also required to return any gifts from parents that were valued over $5.
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Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
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How I’m walking out of 2025…
a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway with his arms outstretched .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway with his arms outstretched .
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
How I’m walking out of 2025…
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I think people who weren't raised Southern Baptist/conservative evangelical have no idea what we're dealing with
December 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I think people who weren't raised Southern Baptist/conservative evangelical have no idea what we're dealing with
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Gambling is a sucker’s bet under the best circumstances but this is asking to get rolled. These prediction markets are RIFE with manipulation. And it’s only gonna get worse.
December 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Gambling is a sucker’s bet under the best circumstances but this is asking to get rolled. These prediction markets are RIFE with manipulation. And it’s only gonna get worse.
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The thing to do is foster a deep sense of solidarity across national borders among those who are still committed to Democracy, Equality, rule of law, human rights, and so on, both among ordinary people and elected leaders.
The foreign policy of all Democracies should reflect this.
The foreign policy of all Democracies should reflect this.
December 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The thing to do is foster a deep sense of solidarity across national borders among those who are still committed to Democracy, Equality, rule of law, human rights, and so on, both among ordinary people and elected leaders.
The foreign policy of all Democracies should reflect this.
The foreign policy of all Democracies should reflect this.
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And that's why you don't create MechaHitler
December 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
And that's why you don't create MechaHitler
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also, this happened this year:
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
December 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
also, this happened this year:
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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A disturbing account from a Queens woman describes immigration detention with her first-grade daughter.
A Queens Woman Describes What It’s Like to Be Held in Immigration Detention With Her First Grader
In an affidavit filed from detention in Dilley, Texas, the woman describes filth, cruelty, medical neglect, and negligible schooling.
hellgatenyc.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A disturbing account from a Queens woman describes immigration detention with her first-grade daughter.
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This past year, The Tribune spent $80,899 fighting various departments within the state of Utah for access to public records. Unfortunately, the legislature took note and passed no fewer than four laws that further restricted access to records in 2025.
We spent $258.53 on pizza: 2025 in numbers at The Tribune
Your support made Tribune journalism possible. Here's a look back at what we did.
www.sltrib.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This past year, The Tribune spent $80,899 fighting various departments within the state of Utah for access to public records. Unfortunately, the legislature took note and passed no fewer than four laws that further restricted access to records in 2025.
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White Americans will never see the danger. Ever. Inherently and on varying levels, it's ingrained. It has to be recognized and unlearned.
I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.
December 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
White Americans will never see the danger. Ever. Inherently and on varying levels, it's ingrained. It has to be recognized and unlearned.
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fantastic to have re-invented from first principles the position that women must price in unhinged commentary on how they look if they want to have any cultural role *at all*, with a side order of ‘it is now very very easy for comment section creepos to make weird porn of you’
December 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
fantastic to have re-invented from first principles the position that women must price in unhinged commentary on how they look if they want to have any cultural role *at all*, with a side order of ‘it is now very very easy for comment section creepos to make weird porn of you’
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
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Tesla sales are becoming more anemic day by day, country by country. It will become the MySpace of EV's very soon.
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Tesla sales are becoming more anemic day by day, country by country. It will become the MySpace of EV's very soon.
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Whenever I can, I use dishwashers as an analogy at work. They are what we as humanity should seek to achieve: high quality end product using less energy, less water, and less stuff (in this case, soap/detergent)
Modern dishwashers are an absolute marvel.
Modern dishwashers are an absolute marvel.
People who want to get morally superior about how they hand-wash everything really gotta reckon with the fact that machine dish-washing uses considerably LESS water and emits considerably fewer greenhouse emissions than standard handwashing practices do.
(And you save a lot of time...)
(And you save a lot of time...)
December 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Whenever I can, I use dishwashers as an analogy at work. They are what we as humanity should seek to achieve: high quality end product using less energy, less water, and less stuff (in this case, soap/detergent)
Modern dishwashers are an absolute marvel.
Modern dishwashers are an absolute marvel.
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This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
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If we allow this to go unpunished we will never have a democracy again everyone of these people must end up in a cell for the rest of their lives at a minimum.
The country is being sold off for pets and the criminals are being given the golden ticket
The country is being sold off for pets and the criminals are being given the golden ticket
New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If we allow this to go unpunished we will never have a democracy again everyone of these people must end up in a cell for the rest of their lives at a minimum.
The country is being sold off for pets and the criminals are being given the golden ticket
The country is being sold off for pets and the criminals are being given the golden ticket
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DHS is engaged in textbook scapegoating that mirrors Nazi Germany. There is no ambiguity here.
December 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
DHS is engaged in textbook scapegoating that mirrors Nazi Germany. There is no ambiguity here.
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This is Kyiv this morning. Russia yet again demonstrates its aspirations for peace by bombing apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure.
December 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is Kyiv this morning. Russia yet again demonstrates its aspirations for peace by bombing apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure.
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A third of the women in the maternity ward have life-threatening complications that could be treated simply with food.
They suffer from anemia and high blood pressure.
Their babies are born early, weighing too little and with underdeveloped lungs.
They suffer from anemia and high blood pressure.
Their babies are born early, weighing too little and with underdeveloped lungs.
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A third of the women in the maternity ward have life-threatening complications that could be treated simply with food.
They suffer from anemia and high blood pressure.
Their babies are born early, weighing too little and with underdeveloped lungs.
They suffer from anemia and high blood pressure.
Their babies are born early, weighing too little and with underdeveloped lungs.
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
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Leaving MAGA hosts weekly support groups for friends & family of those in the thrall of MAGA. To learn more, visit here:
https://leavingmaga.org/support-group/
https://leavingmaga.org/support-group/
Support Group - Leaving MAGA
Friends & Family Support Group Solutions & Serenity: A Support Group For Those Affected By A Loved One’s MAGA Affiliation Tuesdays, 7 p.m. EST Facilitated by Julianna Forlano, MSW Many people impacted by a loved one involved in MAGA and extremist politics find their lives reshaped by conflict, avoidance, emotional strain, and other distorted relational
leavingmaga.org
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Leaving MAGA hosts weekly support groups for friends & family of those in the thrall of MAGA. To learn more, visit here:
https://leavingmaga.org/support-group/
https://leavingmaga.org/support-group/