Erika
@texanfeminist23.bsky.social
Living the dream as a blue dot in the reddest county in Texas. I’m in medical research and enjoy dogs, sports, politics, video games, reading, the outdoors and wine.
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This Thanksgiving, I'm thinking of our neighbors with an empty seat at the dinner table.
Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families.
Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more.
A more just America is possible, if we fight for it.
Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families.
Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more.
A more just America is possible, if we fight for it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This Thanksgiving, I'm thinking of our neighbors with an empty seat at the dinner table.
Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families.
Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more.
A more just America is possible, if we fight for it.
Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families.
Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more.
A more just America is possible, if we fight for it.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
Please enjoy my Epic Universe themed Thanksgiving dinner
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Please enjoy my Epic Universe themed Thanksgiving dinner
Preview of my Thanksgiving dinner
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Preview of my Thanksgiving dinner
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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also, “politics is bottom/top not left/right” might work as a slogan but is shit as analysis. who is the bottom? who is the top? who constitutes an “elite” and who belongs to “the people?” these are important questions that have to be answered.
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
also, “politics is bottom/top not left/right” might work as a slogan but is shit as analysis. who is the bottom? who is the top? who constitutes an “elite” and who belongs to “the people?” these are important questions that have to be answered.
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We can consider how to move forward much more productively if we don't fabricate the facts of where we are and what we need.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We can consider how to move forward much more productively if we don't fabricate the facts of where we are and what we need.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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I’ve also been trying to put my finger on this, and I think it’s because that word in particular embodies so many ways of being juvenile, misogynistic, and dehumanizing all at once. like yeah he’s usually crass and immature but this is like when a preschooler hurts your feelings
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I’ve also been trying to put my finger on this, and I think it’s because that word in particular embodies so many ways of being juvenile, misogynistic, and dehumanizing all at once. like yeah he’s usually crass and immature but this is like when a preschooler hurts your feelings
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Watched again and the highlight may actually be her saying if Kat was nicer, she'd have called Trump to ask for lenience. Not great imo how fast people have learned "the president will pardon you if you suck up to him."
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Watched again and the highlight may actually be her saying if Kat was nicer, she'd have called Trump to ask for lenience. Not great imo how fast people have learned "the president will pardon you if you suck up to him."
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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All I’m going to say is, they don’t care if he’s had sex with children, but if they find out he’s had sex with another man, they will implode…
They have a fcked up sense of morality.
They have a fcked up sense of morality.
November 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
All I’m going to say is, they don’t care if he’s had sex with children, but if they find out he’s had sex with another man, they will implode…
They have a fcked up sense of morality.
They have a fcked up sense of morality.
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A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of white men in Ahmaud Arbery killing
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago
abcnews.go.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
Deepak Chopra is a scam artist who has harmed millions . And also, apparently, a pedophile
genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Deepak Chopra is a scam artist who has harmed millions . And also, apparently, a pedophile
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Interesting duo to roll out tonight. James Comer beat up his college girlfriend and Jim Jordan covered for endless sexual assault cases.
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Interesting duo to roll out tonight. James Comer beat up his college girlfriend and Jim Jordan covered for endless sexual assault cases.
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In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
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Wal-Mart called and said they needed that $2B of SNAP money to help their holiday bottom line.Then the airline executives called and cried that they didn’t want to have the flight reduction. Then the lobbyists called and…you get the picture. It wasn’t about the people, never has been, never will be.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wal-Mart called and said they needed that $2B of SNAP money to help their holiday bottom line.Then the airline executives called and cried that they didn’t want to have the flight reduction. Then the lobbyists called and…you get the picture. It wasn’t about the people, never has been, never will be.
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Cull the Democratic Party. Systematically chip away all the weak, corporate centrists and corrupt, gutless elected officials who refuse to fight and instead suck at the teat of the oligarchy.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Cull the Democratic Party. Systematically chip away all the weak, corporate centrists and corrupt, gutless elected officials who refuse to fight and instead suck at the teat of the oligarchy.
How am I supposed to convince people to vote for democrats when they just team up with republicans to hurt people as much as possible?
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
How am I supposed to convince people to vote for democrats when they just team up with republicans to hurt people as much as possible?