allison steeles a turkey, organic thanksgiving person
@trulyaliem.bsky.social
game designer by day, crazy cat lady by night. current: senior systems designer 2, world of warcraft. previous: magic: the gathering (+online)
american. fan of constitutional rights, due process, and democracy. she/her.
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"what's the point of standards", indeed.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"what's the point of standards", indeed.
dear wow players,
if i am not mistaken (and i might be!), the midnight beta is open. which i also think includes housing.
please do not come here to my personal bsky account with complaints or bugs. but *nice* things to say about housing i will be happy to share with the rest of the housing team.
if i am not mistaken (and i might be!), the midnight beta is open. which i also think includes housing.
please do not come here to my personal bsky account with complaints or bugs. but *nice* things to say about housing i will be happy to share with the rest of the housing team.
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
dear wow players,
if i am not mistaken (and i might be!), the midnight beta is open. which i also think includes housing.
please do not come here to my personal bsky account with complaints or bugs. but *nice* things to say about housing i will be happy to share with the rest of the housing team.
if i am not mistaken (and i might be!), the midnight beta is open. which i also think includes housing.
please do not come here to my personal bsky account with complaints or bugs. but *nice* things to say about housing i will be happy to share with the rest of the housing team.
people deserve to live. unless it's medically a lost cause, people deserve to live. really not sure how much more simple you can get.
people deserve to live.
people deserve to live.
Going to repeat this every time I see the GOP "plan":
I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.
So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.
So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
people deserve to live. unless it's medically a lost cause, people deserve to live. really not sure how much more simple you can get.
people deserve to live.
people deserve to live.
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The new Republican plan same as the old Republican plan: Fucking die already.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The new Republican plan same as the old Republican plan: Fucking die already.
among the schadenfreude that i wish i didn't feel is brought on by the whining of kim davis, who tried so hard to hurt queers and even this christofascist scotus wouldn't take her case.
but i do feel it. so hah. may she suffer destitution and have a minimally acceptable standard of living forever.
but i do feel it. so hah. may she suffer destitution and have a minimally acceptable standard of living forever.
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
among the schadenfreude that i wish i didn't feel is brought on by the whining of kim davis, who tried so hard to hurt queers and even this christofascist scotus wouldn't take her case.
but i do feel it. so hah. may she suffer destitution and have a minimally acceptable standard of living forever.
but i do feel it. so hah. may she suffer destitution and have a minimally acceptable standard of living forever.
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Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
i once heard from the high school bullies that they were willing to come to the table and meet me on the track after school. as a teenager i had more sense than senator shaheen from the great state of shame.
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR SHAHEEN: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the government is open to get this done."
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
i once heard from the high school bullies that they were willing to come to the table and meet me on the track after school. as a teenager i had more sense than senator shaheen from the great state of shame.
if hell exists, it's probably like the moment when the hold music pauses and you think you're going to talk to someone finally. and then it restarts.
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
if hell exists, it's probably like the moment when the hold music pauses and you think you're going to talk to someone finally. and then it restarts.
i think the dems could have said "this won't work, sadly. some republicans don't care if you get hurt and other republicans want to hurt you but they're all okay with this and we can't force someone into action to stop hurting you if they want you hurt."
if they had tight messaging on that? maybe?
if they had tight messaging on that? maybe?
I think this an important point. The shutdown was hurting millions of people. In a normal political world, the party in power would first, not want that, and second, care about being blamed for it, which is leverage for negotiation. Neither applies here.
It's also virtually certain that Dem's efforts to restore ACA subsidies were not going to work. They had no leverage to negotiate because the opposite side doesn't care how much or how long Americans in either group were hurting.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
i think the dems could have said "this won't work, sadly. some republicans don't care if you get hurt and other republicans want to hurt you but they're all okay with this and we can't force someone into action to stop hurting you if they want you hurt."
if they had tight messaging on that? maybe?
if they had tight messaging on that? maybe?
i don't know these stories from all of my trans friends—people usually only tell them without realizing the horror early on, and i met most of my trans friends after they'd been out a while—but i've never had anyone tell me they don't have at least one.
just like almost every cis woman you know.
just like almost every cis woman you know.
A lot of well meaning cis allies will still be under the impression that your average trans girl grew up just like the boys around her. I don't think many actually understand just how frequently people picked up on how we are different and considered hurting as a victimless action
www.tumblr.com/biblicallyac...
Related: I remember telling stories about my childhood to my therapist and her just staring at me through the Zoom call with a thousand yard look in her eyes and then just slowly shaking her head when I said I had a typical childhood
Related: I remember telling stories about my childhood to my therapist and her just staring at me through the Zoom call with a thousand yard look in her eyes and then just slowly shaking her head when I said I had a typical childhood
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
i don't know these stories from all of my trans friends—people usually only tell them without realizing the horror early on, and i met most of my trans friends after they'd been out a while—but i've never had anyone tell me they don't have at least one.
just like almost every cis woman you know.
just like almost every cis woman you know.
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weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
i wonder how many of the surrender dems switch parties if the choice is somehow put to them to either do that or be forced to actually fight for people.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
i wonder how many of the surrender dems switch parties if the choice is somehow put to them to either do that or be forced to actually fight for people.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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Let me clarify something. I absolutely blame the GOP and their horrible, dangerous, awful policies for the shutdown.
But I also absolutely blame the Democrats for capitulating to the GOP and getting nothing but mild reassurances that their dangerous, awful policies will only probably continue.
But I also absolutely blame the Democrats for capitulating to the GOP and getting nothing but mild reassurances that their dangerous, awful policies will only probably continue.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Let me clarify something. I absolutely blame the GOP and their horrible, dangerous, awful policies for the shutdown.
But I also absolutely blame the Democrats for capitulating to the GOP and getting nothing but mild reassurances that their dangerous, awful policies will only probably continue.
But I also absolutely blame the Democrats for capitulating to the GOP and getting nothing but mild reassurances that their dangerous, awful policies will only probably continue.
what a fucking mood this is.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
what a fucking mood this is.
you know, i do love miles o'brien but good lord is he a lousy husband.
his wife comes home from an extended trip with their kid and she's tired and he won't just let her take a nap. he pouts about wanting her to wear her tight red dress.
how hard is it to say "ok we'll go out after your nap"?
his wife comes home from an extended trip with their kid and she's tired and he won't just let her take a nap. he pouts about wanting her to wear her tight red dress.
how hard is it to say "ok we'll go out after your nap"?
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
you know, i do love miles o'brien but good lord is he a lousy husband.
his wife comes home from an extended trip with their kid and she's tired and he won't just let her take a nap. he pouts about wanting her to wear her tight red dress.
how hard is it to say "ok we'll go out after your nap"?
his wife comes home from an extended trip with their kid and she's tired and he won't just let her take a nap. he pouts about wanting her to wear her tight red dress.
how hard is it to say "ok we'll go out after your nap"?
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"now that there are enough votes to pass without me, i can pretend i didn't spend a week working on this"
*SCHUMER SAYS HE IS VOTING 'NO' ON GOP BILL
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"now that there are enough votes to pass without me, i can pretend i didn't spend a week working on this"
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
i hate that these loser billionaires are making me feel schadenfreude.
i should be better than that. i want to be better than that. instead i actively enjoy the suffering of those responsible for hundreds of thousands of needless deaths, most of which were children.
i should be better than that. i want to be better than that. instead i actively enjoy the suffering of those responsible for hundreds of thousands of needless deaths, most of which were children.
You can tell how much this got to him because his next tweet was to praise a movie lmao
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
i hate that these loser billionaires are making me feel schadenfreude.
i should be better than that. i want to be better than that. instead i actively enjoy the suffering of those responsible for hundreds of thousands of needless deaths, most of which were children.
i should be better than that. i want to be better than that. instead i actively enjoy the suffering of those responsible for hundreds of thousands of needless deaths, most of which were children.
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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That's the sound bite, plain and simple. Let every Democrat follow Senator Murphy's lead:
"Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care."
"Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care."
So here's where we are, Sunday morning:
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
That's the sound bite, plain and simple. Let every Democrat follow Senator Murphy's lead:
"Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care."
"Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care."
strong disincentives to own multiple homes would work too but instead of making life a little harder for rich people, they need to make it much harder for poor people.
"deport 100 million people" is just "i would like to commit economic suicide by way of sadism".
"deport 100 million people" is just "i would like to commit economic suicide by way of sadism".
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
strong disincentives to own multiple homes would work too but instead of making life a little harder for rich people, they need to make it much harder for poor people.
"deport 100 million people" is just "i would like to commit economic suicide by way of sadism".
"deport 100 million people" is just "i would like to commit economic suicide by way of sadism".
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me yesterday: look, Chuck Schumer is an incompetent dipshit, but somehow he’s played the shutdown semi-functionally because his opponents are even stupider
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
me yesterday: look, Chuck Schumer is an incompetent dipshit, but somehow he’s played the shutdown semi-functionally because his opponents are even stupider
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better