Valkyrie
@valkyr101.bsky.social
Turning stereotypes on their heads for 40 years. I post about politics. A lot. I have opinions, and I'm not afraid to share them. I punch Nazis. Safe space 🏳️🌈#M4A She/Her
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Caviar - it's boba for the rest of us.
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Caviar - it's boba for the rest of us.
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This is what happens when it's a tad chilly (36°F). I don't blame her. #everydayiscaturday
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This is what happens when it's a tad chilly (36°F). I don't blame her. #everydayiscaturday
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correlation, causation, precision, accuracy
Katie Wilson, a progressive challenger to the incumbent mayor, is benefiting from the leftward trend of voters who send or drop ballots close or on election day.
Katie Wilson takes lead over Bruce Harrell in Seattle mayor race
www.seattletimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
correlation, causation, precision, accuracy
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Few people care about this, I know. It's just another way that Black people are USED to grow the prison industrial complex by claiming that we do mainly want more cops. No nuance ever. Just more cops.
Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Few people care about this, I know. It's just another way that Black people are USED to grow the prison industrial complex by claiming that we do mainly want more cops. No nuance ever. Just more cops.
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Please check your area for the orgs helping pet owners.
Fairfax County, Va: hsfc.org/outreach/ani...
Fairfax County, Va: hsfc.org/outreach/ani...
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com/article/pets...
apnews.com/article/pets...
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Please check your area for the orgs helping pet owners.
Fairfax County, Va: hsfc.org/outreach/ani...
Fairfax County, Va: hsfc.org/outreach/ani...
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Kinda weird that the money intended to help the poor eat is designed to be LESS useful for the poorest of the poor.
If you live out of your car, how are you supposed to cook a raw chicken?
If you live out of your car, how are you supposed to cook a raw chicken?
Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Kinda weird that the money intended to help the poor eat is designed to be LESS useful for the poorest of the poor.
If you live out of your car, how are you supposed to cook a raw chicken?
If you live out of your car, how are you supposed to cook a raw chicken?
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In Santa Fe Springs, California, ICE abducted and disappeared a man as he desperately pleaded with bystanders to inform his family. (November 8, 2025)
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
In Santa Fe Springs, California, ICE abducted and disappeared a man as he desperately pleaded with bystanders to inform his family. (November 8, 2025)
Great. My phone has decided to blow itself up. Can I reboot, you ask? No. Can I load a game, you ask? Also, no. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Great. My phone has decided to blow itself up. Can I reboot, you ask? No. Can I load a game, you ask? Also, no. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
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Across the Atlantic, history and current events in parallel. An amazing thread from @janefae.bsky.social
Foregone conclusion?
Except. This was a fight for survival.
On one side, an elite with little empathy and few roots in the communities it claimed to represent.
On the other, tens of thousands of individuals who refuse to go quietly.
Except. This was a fight for survival.
On one side, an elite with little empathy and few roots in the communities it claimed to represent.
On the other, tens of thousands of individuals who refuse to go quietly.
November 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Across the Atlantic, history and current events in parallel. An amazing thread from @janefae.bsky.social
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And six months on from what was supposed to be decisive knock out blow, there are signs the bigots are faltering.
Fraying at the edges.
The fight is nowhere near over.
But history teaches: when you come for a minority - any minority - you'd better succeed.
Fraying at the edges.
The fight is nowhere near over.
But history teaches: when you come for a minority - any minority - you'd better succeed.
October 31, 2025 at 9:38 AM
And six months on from what was supposed to be decisive knock out blow, there are signs the bigots are faltering.
Fraying at the edges.
The fight is nowhere near over.
But history teaches: when you come for a minority - any minority - you'd better succeed.
Fraying at the edges.
The fight is nowhere near over.
But history teaches: when you come for a minority - any minority - you'd better succeed.
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This war is not about “drug trafficking.” It’s about overthrowing a socialist government so the U.S. can install a puppet regime & control Venezuela’s oil
#venezuela #oil
#venezuela #oil
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This war is not about “drug trafficking.” It’s about overthrowing a socialist government so the U.S. can install a puppet regime & control Venezuela’s oil
#venezuela #oil
#venezuela #oil
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Disability advocacy is not for the faint of heart.
You lose friends. People get upset that you’re not hiding your illness .
People expect things of you that you can’t give. There’s no grace when you get something wrong (which will happen).
Everyone doing this is a warrior!
You lose friends. People get upset that you’re not hiding your illness .
People expect things of you that you can’t give. There’s no grace when you get something wrong (which will happen).
Everyone doing this is a warrior!
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Disability advocacy is not for the faint of heart.
You lose friends. People get upset that you’re not hiding your illness .
People expect things of you that you can’t give. There’s no grace when you get something wrong (which will happen).
Everyone doing this is a warrior!
You lose friends. People get upset that you’re not hiding your illness .
People expect things of you that you can’t give. There’s no grace when you get something wrong (which will happen).
Everyone doing this is a warrior!
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
#happysamhain, y'all.
a happy samhain sign with a pumpkin face
ALT: a happy samhain sign with a pumpkin face
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 AM
#happysamhain, y'all.
Trying to teach her that "on" hurts, "next to" is fine. It's been a process. Much like herding cats...
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Trying to teach her that "on" hurts, "next to" is fine. It's been a process. Much like herding cats...
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I maintain that every one of these people should be forced to live on SNAP for a month.
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I maintain that every one of these people should be forced to live on SNAP for a month.
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I am so concerned about this very thing! Yay for excellent journalism
We have a new timeline up today on our Food Safety page, documenting how individual events continue to chip away at the personnel, regulations, and oversight mechanisms that make up our food safety systems:
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
Food Safety: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I am so concerned about this very thing! Yay for excellent journalism
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Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.