Tropopause (she/her; East Jesus, VA) 🫘🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@thetropopause.bsky.social
Unitarian Universalist. Queer, married, two daughters (32 & 8), one granddaughter (10), infant grandson. Well medicated. ADHD. Robert Caro fan. Data Scientist. Sociologist. Bluey fan (and long dog finder). #Leguminati
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Harper's Monologue
YouTube video by AaronHackney
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I dreamed we were there. The plane leapt the tropopause, the safe air, and attained the outer rim, the ozone ... In this world, there's a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead. At least I think that's so.
--Harper Pitt, Angels in America
--Harper Pitt, Angels in America
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Todd Blanche wasn't engaging in a fact-finding mission; he was engaging in a cover-up.
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Todd Blanche wasn't engaging in a fact-finding mission; he was engaging in a cover-up.
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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Kudos to @wonkettemedia.bsky.social
Here is an excellent article describing what an absolute shitstain Charlie Kirk was.
Forward to those insisting Charlie Kirk is an innocent angel.
He was a racist, hateful, violence-inspiring Nazi and stochastic terrorist.
www.wonkette.com/p/second-ame...
Here is an excellent article describing what an absolute shitstain Charlie Kirk was.
Forward to those insisting Charlie Kirk is an innocent angel.
He was a racist, hateful, violence-inspiring Nazi and stochastic terrorist.
www.wonkette.com/p/second-ame...
Second Amendment Comes For Charlie Kirk
A Wonkette goodbye.
www.wonkette.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Kudos to @wonkettemedia.bsky.social
Here is an excellent article describing what an absolute shitstain Charlie Kirk was.
Forward to those insisting Charlie Kirk is an innocent angel.
He was a racist, hateful, violence-inspiring Nazi and stochastic terrorist.
www.wonkette.com/p/second-ame...
Here is an excellent article describing what an absolute shitstain Charlie Kirk was.
Forward to those insisting Charlie Kirk is an innocent angel.
He was a racist, hateful, violence-inspiring Nazi and stochastic terrorist.
www.wonkette.com/p/second-ame...
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Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
September 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
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Why do we feel inadequate, and how does that feeling shape our characters? Vivian Gornick writes about low self-esteem.
Always Inadequate
The force of low self-esteem can feel so enormous, so unexplainable, it seems almost mythic.
nyer.cm
August 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Why do we feel inadequate, and how does that feeling shape our characters? Vivian Gornick writes about low self-esteem.
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James Dobson (RIH) once said that the Sandy Hook Elementary School deaths of little children was a judgement by God because of American acceptance of gay marriage. I wonder what James Dobson's death is a judgement of--and why that judgment was so long in coming after such a vile utterance?
August 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
James Dobson (RIH) once said that the Sandy Hook Elementary School deaths of little children was a judgement by God because of American acceptance of gay marriage. I wonder what James Dobson's death is a judgement of--and why that judgment was so long in coming after such a vile utterance?
August 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Let’s not forget Donald Trump’s “Justice” department is giving special favors to a convicted sex trafficker who participated in the sexual abuse of children. The lack of outcry by Republicans after Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a low-security prison tells us they stand by Trump’s moral depravity.
August 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Let’s not forget Donald Trump’s “Justice” department is giving special favors to a convicted sex trafficker who participated in the sexual abuse of children. The lack of outcry by Republicans after Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a low-security prison tells us they stand by Trump’s moral depravity.
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July 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank you @imarajones.bsky.social for your Ware Lecture before the UUA's General Assembly. I watched it again. It's the best distillation of why we're where we are today. Chilling.
But, as you said, "the way things are is not the way they have to be."
We all need to care about trans people.
But, as you said, "the way things are is not the way they have to be."
We all need to care about trans people.
June 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Thank you @imarajones.bsky.social for your Ware Lecture before the UUA's General Assembly. I watched it again. It's the best distillation of why we're where we are today. Chilling.
But, as you said, "the way things are is not the way they have to be."
We all need to care about trans people.
But, as you said, "the way things are is not the way they have to be."
We all need to care about trans people.
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Today's earworm:
Disintegration by The Cure
Disintegration by The Cure
Napster: Disintegration (2010 Remaster)
Listen to Disintegration (2010 Remaster) by The Cure on Napster
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May 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today's earworm:
Disintegration by The Cure
Disintegration by The Cure
Trump's tariffs will cause stagflation. I am not alone in thinking so.
I remember high unemployment coupled with high inflation and double-digit interest rates. Maybe this will finally break the MAGA spell.
We've been spoiled since then. Even with post-pandemic inflation doesn't compare.
I remember high unemployment coupled with high inflation and double-digit interest rates. Maybe this will finally break the MAGA spell.
We've been spoiled since then. Even with post-pandemic inflation doesn't compare.
This Economic Paradox Nearly Took Down Three Presidents. Is Donald Trump Next?
The economic crisis of the 1970s was a disaster for multiple presidents. It could be worse for Trump.
www.politico.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Trump's tariffs will cause stagflation. I am not alone in thinking so.
I remember high unemployment coupled with high inflation and double-digit interest rates. Maybe this will finally break the MAGA spell.
We've been spoiled since then. Even with post-pandemic inflation doesn't compare.
I remember high unemployment coupled with high inflation and double-digit interest rates. Maybe this will finally break the MAGA spell.
We've been spoiled since then. Even with post-pandemic inflation doesn't compare.
Read my bio to understand why I am re-posting this.
I'm supposed to be at
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.
April 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Read my bio to understand why I am re-posting this.
March 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Just in time for our 8-year-old's first pimple, a podcast about puberty.
www.trax.fm/thats-totall...
www.trax.fm/thats-totall...
March 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just in time for our 8-year-old's first pimple, a podcast about puberty.
www.trax.fm/thats-totall...
www.trax.fm/thats-totall...
March 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Senator Chris Murphy took to the Senate floor on Friday to break down the corruption flowing from the WH. He connects the dots, and makes a clear argument regarding who what where and why Shitler and Muskrat are destroying our govt!! This needs to be shared far and wide!!
youtu.be/hycoCYenXls
youtu.be/hycoCYenXls
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Senator Chris Murphy took to the Senate floor on Friday to break down the corruption flowing from the WH. He connects the dots, and makes a clear argument regarding who what where and why Shitler and Muskrat are destroying our govt!! This needs to be shared far and wide!!
youtu.be/hycoCYenXls
youtu.be/hycoCYenXls
February 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I work at a very small college where I am one underpaid person staffing an important office typically staffed by five.
I also have a side gig as an adjunct faculty in doctoral research.
I have no spare time.
How does a CEO of 11 companies have time to take over a once great democracy?
I also have a side gig as an adjunct faculty in doctoral research.
I have no spare time.
How does a CEO of 11 companies have time to take over a once great democracy?
February 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I work at a very small college where I am one underpaid person staffing an important office typically staffed by five.
I also have a side gig as an adjunct faculty in doctoral research.
I have no spare time.
How does a CEO of 11 companies have time to take over a once great democracy?
I also have a side gig as an adjunct faculty in doctoral research.
I have no spare time.
How does a CEO of 11 companies have time to take over a once great democracy?
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The people of Delaware chose Sarah McBride — a highly accomplished, impressive trans woman — to represent them in Congress.
The casualty cruelty of House Republicans toward her — not to mention their disrespect toward Delaware — is nothing short of vile.
The casualty cruelty of House Republicans toward her — not to mention their disrespect toward Delaware — is nothing short of vile.
Rep. Mary Miller introduces Rep. Sarah McBride as “The Gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride.”
Performative cruelty.
Performative cruelty.
February 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The people of Delaware chose Sarah McBride — a highly accomplished, impressive trans woman — to represent them in Congress.
The casualty cruelty of House Republicans toward her — not to mention their disrespect toward Delaware — is nothing short of vile.
The casualty cruelty of House Republicans toward her — not to mention their disrespect toward Delaware — is nothing short of vile.
Y'all MUST listen to this this Amicus episode.
Trump Has A Legal Blueprint For Breaking The Government.
How to slow the authoritarian roll, even if we can’t stop it.
slate.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Y'all MUST listen to this this Amicus episode.
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Did you know?
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
February 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Did you know?
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
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Like I said: Quiet coup www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Like I said: Quiet coup www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...