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she/her. Archivist, rabblerouser, general life enthusiast
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
"What federal employees should know about retroactive pay after a government shutdown" ourpublicservice.org/blog/federal...
What federal employees should know about retroactive pay after a government shutdown
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Half the world! Now, our turn in the US
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
The Electrotech Revolution | Ember
The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Half the world! Now, our turn in the US
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Conservatives were trying to flip Spokane in 2023, & failed. They were hoping to flip Spokane in 2025, but instead the Dem-affiliated side appear to have gained ground.
The Progressive challenger just defeated the Republican incumbent to swing the Spokane City Council to a 6-1 Supermajority!
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Conservatives were trying to flip Spokane in 2023, & failed. They were hoping to flip Spokane in 2025, but instead the Dem-affiliated side appear to have gained ground.
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Remember this? Actively building power for the Republican Party is a longstanding tradition.
www.bbc.com/news/electio...
www.bbc.com/news/electio...
Democrats raise funds for 'firebombed' Republican office
Democrats raise money to repair the Republican Party office in North Carolina that has been damaged by a
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember this? Actively building power for the Republican Party is a longstanding tradition.
www.bbc.com/news/electio...
www.bbc.com/news/electio...
Totally missed this in the ACA of it all. Yes these are totally reasonable people we should negotiate in good faith with 😭😭😭
POLITICO: “.. Among those who received the ‘full, complete and unconditional’ pardons were Rudy Giuliani .. Mark Meadows, .. John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, .. Boris Epshteyn .. and Sidney Powell ..”
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Totally missed this in the ACA of it all. Yes these are totally reasonable people we should negotiate in good faith with 😭😭😭
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I've been yelling at my interns for three hours and now they have to post to the lib-hive.
But what are they supposed to post about? How you're wrong.
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But what are they supposed to post about? How you're wrong.
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Many feel betrayal and frustration, and the feelings are hot right now.
I get it. I have my own feelings.
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I get it. I have my own feelings.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I've been yelling at my interns for three hours and now they have to post to the lib-hive.
But what are they supposed to post about? How you're wrong.
🧵
But what are they supposed to post about? How you're wrong.
🧵
The best haters work for free tbh
Hey Dems running for office or reelection, you could do worse than starting an 'It's time to Chuck Schumer' campaign. You could fundraise off of #ChuckSchumer and give shirts away that say I Chucked Chuck. Shit like that. You don't need to hire consultants, I'll come up with more hater shit pro bono
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The best haters work for free tbh
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Once again noting that it is not possible to effectively teach disaster management without teaching about race and gender.
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Once again noting that it is not possible to effectively teach disaster management without teaching about race and gender.
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honestly never would've expected this to be indivisible's trajectory
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
honestly never would've expected this to be indivisible's trajectory
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we didn't immediately get a single all-time folk rock ballad out of the big boat getting stuck, huge L for millennials and zoomers
Ok I had no idea the Edmund Fitzgerald was a contemporary thing for the song, this is like his Toby Keith 9/11 song but about transporting taconite pellets
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
we didn't immediately get a single all-time folk rock ballad out of the big boat getting stuck, huge L for millennials and zoomers
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I have been pioneering a top-notch anti-fishing strategy for years wherein I just don’t open or answer any emails. I am entertaining VC offers at this time. Thank you.
Just got this email. I do assume that this is how they got into someone at penn gse's email (not confirmed, this is just my hypothesis). Makes me wonder what the plans are at other institutions.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I have been pioneering a top-notch anti-fishing strategy for years wherein I just don’t open or answer any emails. I am entertaining VC offers at this time. Thank you.
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
Please god let Outlook institute an "oh shit don't send" period bc I'm realizing that half the time I push send, I have instant regerts
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Please god let Outlook institute an "oh shit don't send" period bc I'm realizing that half the time I push send, I have instant regerts
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Democrats ran the table on Tuesday at state and local levels, getting not just its base excited but “normies” fed up over the last 10mo, so of course national Democrats want to do everything to pop the air in the balloon.
At this point, it’s clear that the Hamburglar, Dr Evil, and Sideshow Bob are advising Chuck Schumer.
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Democrats ran the table on Tuesday at state and local levels, getting not just its base excited but “normies” fed up over the last 10mo, so of course national Democrats want to do everything to pop the air in the balloon.
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Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
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I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
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You can't leave a voicemail for Durbin unless it's during business hours but I left a voicemail for Duckworth and Rep. Budzinski.
5calls.org has a nice easy script 5calls.org/issue/federa...
5calls.org has a nice easy script 5calls.org/issue/federa...
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
You can't leave a voicemail for Durbin unless it's during business hours but I left a voicemail for Duckworth and Rep. Budzinski.
5calls.org has a nice easy script 5calls.org/issue/federa...
5calls.org has a nice easy script 5calls.org/issue/federa...
After my mom and grandmas died, I ended up with two bins of ancestral flotsam and jetsam - mine, theirs, no ones. Over the years I've used or given away a lot but am mystified by what the hell to do with the silver stuff that my bougie spinster aunts used to gift
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
After my mom and grandmas died, I ended up with two bins of ancestral flotsam and jetsam - mine, theirs, no ones. Over the years I've used or given away a lot but am mystified by what the hell to do with the silver stuff that my bougie spinster aunts used to gift
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Already run into kids who, when seeing my wildlife photos, exclaim 'that's AI'
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Already run into kids who, when seeing my wildlife photos, exclaim 'that's AI'
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I think a lot about the leaked signal chat, in which it was clear that folks were claiming presidential backing without any evidence. That’s how our government is running. People lying that they’ve talked to the president.
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I think a lot about the leaked signal chat, in which it was clear that folks were claiming presidential backing without any evidence. That’s how our government is running. People lying that they’ve talked to the president.
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Symposium Explores the Stories of Black Patriots *and* enslaved Black people seeking asylum from American Slavery with the British During the Revolution www.loudounnow.com/getoutloudou...
Symposium Explores the Stories of Black Patriots and Loyalists During the Revolution
On Nov. 7, 1775, in the face of growing unrest in the colony, the royal governor of Virginia issued a proclamation offering freedom to indentured servants and enslaved individuals who
www.loudounnow.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Symposium Explores the Stories of Black Patriots *and* enslaved Black people seeking asylum from American Slavery with the British During the Revolution www.loudounnow.com/getoutloudou...