Len 🚀
@thosesocks.bsky.social
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Len 🚀
@thosesocks.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Not good at the public-screaming-into-the-void model of comms, but here we are. Together in the void, screaming.
travel mugs are sippy cups for adults, prove me wrong
May 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
travel mugs are sippy cups for adults, prove me wrong
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The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.
April 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.
The Elon Musks of the world and their lackeys, obv. Last year's stellar novel "I Cheerfully Refuse" covered this pretty well, in fact
So the plan is to make us all sick and impoverished so we’ll work for starvation wages making consumer products for … who, exactly?
April 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Elon Musks of the world and their lackeys, obv. Last year's stellar novel "I Cheerfully Refuse" covered this pretty well, in fact
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Don't let up on Signalgate.
The Mueller report cited rampant use of Signal as a means of obstruction of justice.
The entire discussion is fait accompli.
Also guarantee it is how everyone inside this thug WH communicates.
Which means the law is being knowingly & deliberately violated every day.
The Mueller report cited rampant use of Signal as a means of obstruction of justice.
The entire discussion is fait accompli.
Also guarantee it is how everyone inside this thug WH communicates.
Which means the law is being knowingly & deliberately violated every day.
April 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Don't let up on Signalgate.
The Mueller report cited rampant use of Signal as a means of obstruction of justice.
The entire discussion is fait accompli.
Also guarantee it is how everyone inside this thug WH communicates.
Which means the law is being knowingly & deliberately violated every day.
The Mueller report cited rampant use of Signal as a means of obstruction of justice.
The entire discussion is fait accompli.
Also guarantee it is how everyone inside this thug WH communicates.
Which means the law is being knowingly & deliberately violated every day.
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National Lawyers Guild of Chicago expresses its solidarity w/ members Professor Sheila Bedi at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law & Palestine Legal Justice Fellow Rifqa Falaneh in face of McCarthyesque intimidation by US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce. Read:
STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF NLG MEMBERS SHEILA BEDI & RIFQA FALANEH
nlgchicago.org
April 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
National Lawyers Guild of Chicago expresses its solidarity w/ members Professor Sheila Bedi at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law & Palestine Legal Justice Fellow Rifqa Falaneh in face of McCarthyesque intimidation by US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce. Read:
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This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
Opposition to the SAVE act is focused on the threat to married women's right to vote. But I can't help thinking it was meant to target trans people and just got overenthusiastic.
April 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Opposition to the SAVE act is focused on the threat to married women's right to vote. But I can't help thinking it was meant to target trans people and just got overenthusiastic.
Damn, State Senator Simmons can make a speech! 🔥 So proud of my elected officials 💪🏻
March 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Damn, State Senator Simmons can make a speech! 🔥 So proud of my elected officials 💪🏻
"Just because an elected has been your friend for a minute - don't sleep on them doing stupid shit!" - State Rep Kelly Cassidy speaking up 🔥
March 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"Just because an elected has been your friend for a minute - don't sleep on them doing stupid shit!" - State Rep Kelly Cassidy speaking up 🔥
"Executive orders are vibes, not laws" - excited to be at a #TransDayOfVisibility panel with local legislators and lawyers working to protect trans people. 🩵🤍🩷
March 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"Executive orders are vibes, not laws" - excited to be at a #TransDayOfVisibility panel with local legislators and lawyers working to protect trans people. 🩵🤍🩷
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This weekend, the so-called "Tesla Shield" came out to defend Elon Musk and counter the #TeslaTakedown protests.
Among those taking part:
• MAGA
• Proud Boys
• Armed Militias
• And a guy dressed as Hitler
www.wired.com/story/proud-...
Among those taking part:
• MAGA
• Proud Boys
• Armed Militias
• And a guy dressed as Hitler
www.wired.com/story/proud-...
March 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This weekend, the so-called "Tesla Shield" came out to defend Elon Musk and counter the #TeslaTakedown protests.
Among those taking part:
• MAGA
• Proud Boys
• Armed Militias
• And a guy dressed as Hitler
www.wired.com/story/proud-...
Among those taking part:
• MAGA
• Proud Boys
• Armed Militias
• And a guy dressed as Hitler
www.wired.com/story/proud-...
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I wonder what percentage of their motivation in seizing that power in the first place was predicated under the idea that doing so would mean that people have to like them.
They won. They have all the political power and are reshaping the U.S. as they please. But they can't make people like them and they don't know how to fix that.
March 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I wonder what percentage of their motivation in seizing that power in the first place was predicated under the idea that doing so would mean that people have to like them.
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it’s all so stupid but jesus christ the matrix lol
March 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
it’s all so stupid but jesus christ the matrix lol
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I showed my wife, a historian, the Kristi Noem video. She said “holy shit!” It’s a lot. A brief thread on bodies. It begins in the alt text below… 1/
March 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I showed my wife, a historian, the Kristi Noem video. She said “holy shit!” It’s a lot. A brief thread on bodies. It begins in the alt text below… 1/
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Trump is already breaking his promise to lower the cost of living.
March 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Trump is already breaking his promise to lower the cost of living.
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we need to put our shoulder to the Overton window and shove it until “government can be good sometimes” is back in the center
March 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
we need to put our shoulder to the Overton window and shove it until “government can be good sometimes” is back in the center
"This leaves two questions: 1) As the Trump presidency tears along, to what degree do the parties keep their fun dad/serious mom personas, and 2) what does it take to make voters decide they want to go hang out with the other parent?"
On what went wrong for Dems in 2024: being the boring Mom party.
(Featuring insights from @panicworld.com @cartoonshateher.bsky.social)
open.substack.com/pub/danielle...
(Featuring insights from @panicworld.com @cartoonshateher.bsky.social)
open.substack.com/pub/danielle...
The Mommy Party, The Daddy Party, and 2024
OR: Democrats have a Katherine Heigl problem
open.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"This leaves two questions: 1) As the Trump presidency tears along, to what degree do the parties keep their fun dad/serious mom personas, and 2) what does it take to make voters decide they want to go hang out with the other parent?"
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Well, now we have a benchmark for what "critical" readings of SFF are, because we are witnessing, in real time, the results of UNcritical readings of SFF
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Well, now we have a benchmark for what "critical" readings of SFF are, because we are witnessing, in real time, the results of UNcritical readings of SFF
Thread buried the lede, which is, you guessed it, "defend trans people"
Because I'm a complete goddamn nerd, I'd like to explain to folks (particularly Liberals) what a feint is, in sword fighting.
People think it means "a fake attack."
It doesn't.
People think it means "a fake attack."
It doesn't.
March 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Thread buried the lede, which is, you guessed it, "defend trans people"
When I was a kid and wishing I would get letters in the mail, I was told "you gotta write 'em to get 'em" and adult me is here to say that's patently untrue
March 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When I was a kid and wishing I would get letters in the mail, I was told "you gotta write 'em to get 'em" and adult me is here to say that's patently untrue
Would like to hear more from the Senator after last night's rebuttal 👍🏻
March 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Would like to hear more from the Senator after last night's rebuttal 👍🏻
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This is fantastic. Huge high five to everyone who called your reps.
The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
March 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is fantastic. Huge high five to everyone who called your reps.
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“tHeY cAnT dO tHat!!!!!”
ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you
ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you
March 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“tHeY cAnT dO tHat!!!!!”
ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you
ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you
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"The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession: We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not."
~ William R. Bay, President, ABA @americanbar.org
~ William R. Bay, President, ABA @americanbar.org
The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession
Three weeks ago, the American Bar Association spoke to you about values that guide us. We called upon every lawyer to insist that the government adhere to four major principles of law that have guided...
www.americanbar.org
March 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession: We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not."
~ William R. Bay, President, ABA @americanbar.org
~ William R. Bay, President, ABA @americanbar.org
Human relationships need more of the "corporal cuddles" we give to misbehaving cats. Oh, you aren't doing enough self care? Well, I'm going to call you on the phone and MAKE YOU TALK cause I love you
March 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Human relationships need more of the "corporal cuddles" we give to misbehaving cats. Oh, you aren't doing enough self care? Well, I'm going to call you on the phone and MAKE YOU TALK cause I love you