Rana Emerson
@starfishncoffee.bsky.social
Chaos Muppet. Rap Game Jo March. Loveable Curmudgeon. Educator. Yalie. Longhorn.
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
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Important to repost this every time Lizza drops another substack
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Important to repost this every time Lizza drops another substack
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
OMG! How am I just seeing this??
Two of my favorite things together!
Thundercat covered Diana Ross for an interactive music video for Candy Crush!!
www.complex.com/music/a/bern...
Two of my favorite things together!
Thundercat covered Diana Ross for an interactive music video for Candy Crush!!
www.complex.com/music/a/bern...
Thundercat Reworks Diana Ross’s 1980 Hit for Candy Crush ...
The Grammy-winning musician flips the singer's disco clas...
www.complex.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
OMG! How am I just seeing this??
Two of my favorite things together!
Thundercat covered Diana Ross for an interactive music video for Candy Crush!!
www.complex.com/music/a/bern...
Two of my favorite things together!
Thundercat covered Diana Ross for an interactive music video for Candy Crush!!
www.complex.com/music/a/bern...
This season is killing me cause these people are not even playing the game AT ALL (except the Traitors 😜) and even banishing the people who are TRYING to play the game! Claudia Winkleman is so mad!
I love this show. #celebritytraitorsuk
I love this show. #celebritytraitorsuk
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This season is killing me cause these people are not even playing the game AT ALL (except the Traitors 😜) and even banishing the people who are TRYING to play the game! Claudia Winkleman is so mad!
I love this show. #celebritytraitorsuk
I love this show. #celebritytraitorsuk
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This will eventually be the subtitle of a history of the Trump era, possibly by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social -- The Trump Years: A Lowdown, Dirty, No-Good, Filthy Presidency
Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This will eventually be the subtitle of a history of the Trump era, possibly by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social -- The Trump Years: A Lowdown, Dirty, No-Good, Filthy Presidency
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"In my tunic, you can’t see any of the middle part of my middle-aged body. I’m shrouded in mystery. I’m a stylish enigma. I’m a greying fortune cookie with a fortune inside it that says, 'Fuck you, I was in shape in the eighties.'"
I’m Wearing Tunics Now
This is an excerpt from the author’s funny new collection, which you can buy here. - - -You’ve probably all noticed that I recently switched up my ...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"In my tunic, you can’t see any of the middle part of my middle-aged body. I’m shrouded in mystery. I’m a stylish enigma. I’m a greying fortune cookie with a fortune inside it that says, 'Fuck you, I was in shape in the eighties.'"
Seated. With livestream Q&A after
#WakeUpDeadMan
#WakeUpDeadMan
November 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Seated. With livestream Q&A after
#WakeUpDeadMan
#WakeUpDeadMan
LOLOL!
This is apparently official merch cause it was on the @wu-tangclan.bsky.social’s official Insta stories.
We are OLD Y’ALL! 🤣
This is apparently official merch cause it was on the @wu-tangclan.bsky.social’s official Insta stories.
We are OLD Y’ALL! 🤣
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
LOLOL!
This is apparently official merch cause it was on the @wu-tangclan.bsky.social’s official Insta stories.
We are OLD Y’ALL! 🤣
This is apparently official merch cause it was on the @wu-tangclan.bsky.social’s official Insta stories.
We are OLD Y’ALL! 🤣
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Sorry, MAGA doesn't even support democracy here anymore, I'm supposed to believe they support it in Venezuela? bsky.app/profile/katz...
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sorry, MAGA doesn't even support democracy here anymore, I'm supposed to believe they support it in Venezuela? bsky.app/profile/katz...
The casting on this season of #celebritytraitorsUK is *chef’s kiss*!
One major difference from US that I really appreciate is that it’s not full of reality show competition stars. It’s more about personalities and relationships than just manipulative gameplay.
One major difference from US that I really appreciate is that it’s not full of reality show competition stars. It’s more about personalities and relationships than just manipulative gameplay.
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The casting on this season of #celebritytraitorsUK is *chef’s kiss*!
One major difference from US that I really appreciate is that it’s not full of reality show competition stars. It’s more about personalities and relationships than just manipulative gameplay.
One major difference from US that I really appreciate is that it’s not full of reality show competition stars. It’s more about personalities and relationships than just manipulative gameplay.
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On TV shows, we love to arc a villian — force the bad guy to team up with the good guys and follow that character on a path to redemption. It’s fun, but it’s fiction.
In real life, villains rarely arc. Racists stay racist. Monsters stay monsters. If someone says they’ve changed, be real suspicious.
In real life, villains rarely arc. Racists stay racist. Monsters stay monsters. If someone says they’ve changed, be real suspicious.
CNN: In the last couple of weeks or so, she's become kind of an ally on some issues. What do you make of this?
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
On TV shows, we love to arc a villian — force the bad guy to team up with the good guys and follow that character on a path to redemption. It’s fun, but it’s fiction.
In real life, villains rarely arc. Racists stay racist. Monsters stay monsters. If someone says they’ve changed, be real suspicious.
In real life, villains rarely arc. Racists stay racist. Monsters stay monsters. If someone says they’ve changed, be real suspicious.
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Hard to think of many Trump allies who have been more loyal than Stefanik — only to get repeatedly iced.
#NYgov
#NYgov
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hard to think of many Trump allies who have been more loyal than Stefanik — only to get repeatedly iced.
#NYgov
#NYgov
Trump and Mamdani…what the entire hell?!?!
That man is such a sniveling POS.
That man is such a sniveling POS.
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Trump and Mamdani…what the entire hell?!?!
That man is such a sniveling POS.
That man is such a sniveling POS.
Not even ten minutes in and they are already being MESSY MESSY MESSY! LOLOL! #CelebrityTraitors
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Not even ten minutes in and they are already being MESSY MESSY MESSY! LOLOL! #CelebrityTraitors
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Um. Why was I just driving up Natalen St. in Mahncke Park, in the middle of the City of San Antonio and almost ran into three huge wild looking HOGS sniffing and snorting in the middle of the street?!
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Um. Why was I just driving up Natalen St. in Mahncke Park, in the middle of the City of San Antonio and almost ran into three huge wild looking HOGS sniffing and snorting in the middle of the street?!
No surprises that Pharrell is cooning it up. This is who he has ALWAYS BEEN.
Been done with him since Kelis told us who he is and he tried to scam Chad Hugo.
Been done with him since Kelis told us who he is and he tried to scam Chad Hugo.
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
No surprises that Pharrell is cooning it up. This is who he has ALWAYS BEEN.
Been done with him since Kelis told us who he is and he tried to scam Chad Hugo.
Been done with him since Kelis told us who he is and he tried to scam Chad Hugo.
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pretty much beyond question that Larry Summers led the charge against Claudine Gay because he is personally a vitriolic misogynist and racist www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
88 Days: The Unraveling of Claudine Gay’s Harvard Presidency | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned on Jan. 2, ending her tenure as the University's 30th president after it was clear the Harvard Corporation lost confidence in Gay's ability to lead amid mountin...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
pretty much beyond question that Larry Summers led the charge against Claudine Gay because he is personally a vitriolic misogynist and racist www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
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To answer the the most common questions:
• The case was heard under a provision of law used in many redistricting cases, where a three-judge district court (incl. one appeals court judge) hears it, then any appeal goes directly to SCOTUS
• No, this would not directly affect California’s changes:
• The case was heard under a provision of law used in many redistricting cases, where a three-judge district court (incl. one appeals court judge) hears it, then any appeal goes directly to SCOTUS
• No, this would not directly affect California’s changes:
The TX ruling would *not* invalidate CA's new districts. The amendment passed by Prop 50 mentions Texas, but there's no trigger provision. It's just an explanatory reference. ballotpedia.org/California_P...
![SEC. 4. (a) It is the policy of the State of California to support the use of fair, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide. The people of the State of California call on the Congress of the United States to pass federal legislation and propose an amendment of the United States Constitution to require the use of fair, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide.
(b) In response to the congressional redistricting in Texas in 2025, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution or existing law, the single-member districts for Congress reflected in Assembly Bill 604 of the 2025–26 Regular Session pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 21400) of Division 21 of the Elections Code shall temporarily be used for every congressional election for a term of office commencing on or after the date this subdivision becomes operative and before the certification of new congressional boundary lines drawn by the Citizens Redistricting Commission pursuant to subdivision (d).
(c) (1) The Attorney General has the sole legal standing to defend any action regarding a congressional district map adopted pursuant to subdivision (b).
(2) The California Supreme Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction in all proceedings in which a congressional district map adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) is challenged.
(d) The Citizens Redistricting Commission established pursuant to Section 1 shall continue to adjust the boundary lines of the congressional, State Senatorial, Assembly, and Board of Equalization districts in conformance with the standards and process set forth in Section 2 in 2031, and every 10 years thereafter as provided in Section 1.[43]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:alqdxbp33ceoyly2o46nvcrc/bafkreihk67th23ahmgsomceqzbbmje3kdxqsbcsoirgbsn33bzlqpcdfgq@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
To answer the the most common questions:
• The case was heard under a provision of law used in many redistricting cases, where a three-judge district court (incl. one appeals court judge) hears it, then any appeal goes directly to SCOTUS
• No, this would not directly affect California’s changes:
• The case was heard under a provision of law used in many redistricting cases, where a three-judge district court (incl. one appeals court judge) hears it, then any appeal goes directly to SCOTUS
• No, this would not directly affect California’s changes:
Confession: I don’t get all of the hoopla about Dubai chocolate. It’s too sweet and just…underwhelming.
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Confession: I don’t get all of the hoopla about Dubai chocolate. It’s too sweet and just…underwhelming.
FKA twigs - Wild And Alone (feat. PinkPantheress)
YouTube video by FKA twigs
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November 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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The House has voted to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history, sending the legislation to President Trump for his signature.
House votes to fund government, ending longest ever government shutdown
The House voted to fund the government through the end of January, bringing the country one step closer to ending the shutdown that has dragged on for six weeks. The bill now goes to President Trump for his signature.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The House has voted to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history, sending the legislation to President Trump for his signature.