Sophronisba
@sophronisba.bsky.social
Big fan of liberal politics, clean code, Victorian literature, and the Oxford comma. She/her.
My political opinions are mine alone and do not reflect the views of my employer.
My political opinions are mine alone and do not reflect the views of my employer.
Pinned
Sophronisba
@sophronisba.bsky.social
· Jan 4
Grief is weird in that I did not cry at my bff's funeral but did start sobbing when I saw the US Traitors season premiere date. She was so excited for Johnny Weir!
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Grief is weird in that I did not cry at my bff's funeral but did start sobbing when I saw the US Traitors season premiere date. She was so excited for Johnny Weir!
Reposted by Sophronisba
Joyce Carol Oates is the Babe Ruth of posters. Big swings and big misses, but when she connects? She parks ‘em in low earth orbit 🤌🏾
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Joyce Carol Oates is the Babe Ruth of posters. Big swings and big misses, but when she connects? She parks ‘em in low earth orbit 🤌🏾
Reposted by Sophronisba
if they were smart, they’d realize his victory showed that sincere, Lin-Manuel-esque aesthetics are actually very effective at selling socialist ideas to normie libs. but they are not smart.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
if they were smart, they’d realize his victory showed that sincere, Lin-Manuel-esque aesthetics are actually very effective at selling socialist ideas to normie libs. but they are not smart.
Reposted by Sophronisba
When your "I'm not antisemitic, it's just that ..." defense is "if we push back too hard on antisemitism I might have to eat dinner with some Jews and that would contradict my faith" ...
You're not beating the rap guys
You're not beating the rap guys
Heritage Foundation having a normal one
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
When your "I'm not antisemitic, it's just that ..." defense is "if we push back too hard on antisemitism I might have to eat dinner with some Jews and that would contradict my faith" ...
You're not beating the rap guys
You're not beating the rap guys
Reposted by Sophronisba
If I was a GOP strategist, I’d be pretty worried about diluting my safe +15 districts into a bunch of +5 gerrymandered districts after tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
If I was a GOP strategist, I’d be pretty worried about diluting my safe +15 districts into a bunch of +5 gerrymandered districts after tonight.
Reposted by Sophronisba
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
Reposted by Sophronisba
Genuinely hilarious that Bill Kristol has more moral clarity in the moment than Chuck Schumer
If I told 14 year old me this had happened hed say "time to cut back on the beer old man."
October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Genuinely hilarious that Bill Kristol has more moral clarity in the moment than Chuck Schumer
Reposted by Sophronisba
The Jewish right discovering in real time that the Trumpist right, and the open bigotries it has unleashed upon the US body politic, is not in fact going to spare Jews, is quite a trip.
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Jewish right discovering in real time that the Trumpist right, and the open bigotries it has unleashed upon the US body politic, is not in fact going to spare Jews, is quite a trip.
"July 1917, as the First World War reached its third exhausting year, was not a good month for monarchs."
-- Miranda Carter, _George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I_
#FridayReads #FirstLineFriday
-- Miranda Carter, _George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I_
#FridayReads #FirstLineFriday
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"July 1917, as the First World War reached its third exhausting year, was not a good month for monarchs."
-- Miranda Carter, _George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I_
#FridayReads #FirstLineFriday
-- Miranda Carter, _George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I_
#FridayReads #FirstLineFriday
Why are we giving them grilled cheese in this heat? Why not, I don't know, gazpacho or something?
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Why are we giving them grilled cheese in this heat? Why not, I don't know, gazpacho or something?
Reposted by Sophronisba
I think political writers actually should have an opinion about a guy in his 40s having a Nazi tattoo. The decision to keep it on their body may tell us more than their website.
October 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I think political writers actually should have an opinion about a guy in his 40s having a Nazi tattoo. The decision to keep it on their body may tell us more than their website.
Blue Moon! The best movie I've seen so far this year!
Incredible script, incredible performance by Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott are also great, I am already getting pre-mad for when it is ignored by the Oscars.
Incredible script, incredible performance by Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott are also great, I am already getting pre-mad for when it is ignored by the Oscars.
October 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Blue Moon! The best movie I've seen so far this year!
Incredible script, incredible performance by Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott are also great, I am already getting pre-mad for when it is ignored by the Oscars.
Incredible script, incredible performance by Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott are also great, I am already getting pre-mad for when it is ignored by the Oscars.
Reposted by Sophronisba
My wife’s (in some cases three-time) trump voting relatives have started mentioning the ballroom to me, negatively; anecdata but I’d like to see some high quality polling. I think it’s a mistake by certain elite elected Dems to think this story isn’t breaking thru
You may not have food or healthcare for your children, but did you know that the White House will now have a classy dance floor for nepotistic pedophiles
October 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My wife’s (in some cases three-time) trump voting relatives have started mentioning the ballroom to me, negatively; anecdata but I’d like to see some high quality polling. I think it’s a mistake by certain elite elected Dems to think this story isn’t breaking thru
Imagining explaining a $35 charge on my credit card to 2015 me: "Well, I wanted to support the ICE protests in Portland, and that's just how much those inflatable frog costumes cost."
October 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Imagining explaining a $35 charge on my credit card to 2015 me: "Well, I wanted to support the ICE protests in Portland, and that's just how much those inflatable frog costumes cost."
Reposted by Sophronisba
The more I learn about this guy the less he feels like a candidate as much as a social experiment in "how many of your previously stated principles are you willing to instantly ditch if someone promises you better healthcare"
i think it's probably a good sign that lefties are mad at liberals for defending the Platner tat and liberals are mad at lefties for defending the Platner tat. nature is healing
October 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The more I learn about this guy the less he feels like a candidate as much as a social experiment in "how many of your previously stated principles are you willing to instantly ditch if someone promises you better healthcare"
Reposted by Sophronisba
It's going to be so amazing being alive in 2026 because the front page will say "BREAKING Mamdani Received Free Cheese Pizza From a Local Vendor, Calls to Resign Mount" and then on page 3 you'll see "Hegseth's Pentagon Rape Dungeon Raises Legal Questions."
October 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It's going to be so amazing being alive in 2026 because the front page will say "BREAKING Mamdani Received Free Cheese Pizza From a Local Vendor, Calls to Resign Mount" and then on page 3 you'll see "Hegseth's Pentagon Rape Dungeon Raises Legal Questions."
Reposted by Sophronisba
Watching people who haven't had flint to make food collapse under intense physical activity is not fun to watch. #Survivor49
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Watching people who haven't had flint to make food collapse under intense physical activity is not fun to watch. #Survivor49
Reposted by Sophronisba
Nazi tat affair useful because anyone doing bizarre prevarications atm re how its totally normal to have a Nazi tattoo, good actually, not a big deal that'd matter in an election, if anything its cringe you care, etc etc, has revealed you never need to take their politics opinions seriously again.
October 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Nazi tat affair useful because anyone doing bizarre prevarications atm re how its totally normal to have a Nazi tattoo, good actually, not a big deal that'd matter in an election, if anything its cringe you care, etc etc, has revealed you never need to take their politics opinions seriously again.
Reposted by Sophronisba
one thing about racism is the way people will ignore the most likely explanation for something like having a Nazi tattoo for 20 years.
the most simple and obvious explanation was that he knew what it was and kept it. his excusers need to stop the embarrassing mental gymnastics.
the most simple and obvious explanation was that he knew what it was and kept it. his excusers need to stop the embarrassing mental gymnastics.
Jewish Insider just sent out an email with an article with more Platner info. And yeah, this guy is DONE done.
October 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
one thing about racism is the way people will ignore the most likely explanation for something like having a Nazi tattoo for 20 years.
the most simple and obvious explanation was that he knew what it was and kept it. his excusers need to stop the embarrassing mental gymnastics.
the most simple and obvious explanation was that he knew what it was and kept it. his excusers need to stop the embarrassing mental gymnastics.
Extremely disappointed to learn how many Democrats don't think a Nazi tattoo is a dealbreaker.
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Extremely disappointed to learn how many Democrats don't think a Nazi tattoo is a dealbreaker.
Reposted by Sophronisba
I agree we need a big coalition. So if transphobes want to fight fascism, I'd say they need to recognize that antifascism is going to need a big tent, so they're going to have to stop issuing political purity test and let trans people live their lives. We can't afford to shrink the tent for them.
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I agree we need a big coalition. So if transphobes want to fight fascism, I'd say they need to recognize that antifascism is going to need a big tent, so they're going to have to stop issuing political purity test and let trans people live their lives. We can't afford to shrink the tent for them.