Weftage
@weftage.bsky.social
Resident of USA, Oregon, Portland (which has not, in fact, burned to the ground, despite what you may have been told.)
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Why does your, and Platner’s, idea of listening and rehabilitating men require giving them Senate seats?
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Why does your, and Platner’s, idea of listening and rehabilitating men require giving them Senate seats?
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This is "journalists" admitting they do not do journalism, but instead are just stenographers. But let me add one thing: the post is still a lie, because the news media *does not* cover stories when the Democratic party "takes official actions". The stenography service is offered only to the GOP.
November 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is "journalists" admitting they do not do journalism, but instead are just stenographers. But let me add one thing: the post is still a lie, because the news media *does not* cover stories when the Democratic party "takes official actions". The stenography service is offered only to the GOP.
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It's that time again.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
a man is standing in a kitchen drinking from a cup and talking about flu season .
ALT: a man is standing in a kitchen drinking from a cup and talking about flu season .
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November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's that time again.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
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There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
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Grijalva just signed the Epstein discharge petition.
It now has the 218 signatures necessary to start the clock that will, in a few weeks, trigger floor votes on the underlying bill to require release of the full Epstein files.
It now has the 218 signatures necessary to start the clock that will, in a few weeks, trigger floor votes on the underlying bill to require release of the full Epstein files.
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Grijalva just signed the Epstein discharge petition.
It now has the 218 signatures necessary to start the clock that will, in a few weeks, trigger floor votes on the underlying bill to require release of the full Epstein files.
It now has the 218 signatures necessary to start the clock that will, in a few weeks, trigger floor votes on the underlying bill to require release of the full Epstein files.
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The “useless Dem” trope is s form of voter suppression and Im done with seeing it in my feed.
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The “useless Dem” trope is s form of voter suppression and Im done with seeing it in my feed.
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There are no GOOD options. There are only what may or may not be less-bad options, depending on where you're standing. And again, the people who RELISHED the idea of "teaching Dems a lesson" on the backs of marginalized people have no moral authority that I recognize.
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
There are no GOOD options. There are only what may or may not be less-bad options, depending on where you're standing. And again, the people who RELISHED the idea of "teaching Dems a lesson" on the backs of marginalized people have no moral authority that I recognize.
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Look we all want free stuff but as we know- talk is cheap. The regressives hardly have an effective governing track record. As a matter of fact- they loathe competency. But legislation feeds babies, bs doesn’t. Insta clicks don’t pay the rent. Real assistance does. The kind Dems provide - not bs
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Look we all want free stuff but as we know- talk is cheap. The regressives hardly have an effective governing track record. As a matter of fact- they loathe competency. But legislation feeds babies, bs doesn’t. Insta clicks don’t pay the rent. Real assistance does. The kind Dems provide - not bs
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I just don't think people understand just how much their decision to smear the Democratic nominees in 2024 have negatively impacted Dems' ability to get *anything* positive done for the next 3 years.
People are gassing themselves up with absolute nonsense.
People are gassing themselves up with absolute nonsense.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I just don't think people understand just how much their decision to smear the Democratic nominees in 2024 have negatively impacted Dems' ability to get *anything* positive done for the next 3 years.
People are gassing themselves up with absolute nonsense.
People are gassing themselves up with absolute nonsense.
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I can’t be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.
--James Baldwin
--James Baldwin
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I can’t be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.
--James Baldwin
--James Baldwin
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I'll also note that folks like Jeong are *fucking lying* because getting starving children & elderly folks a full year of fully funded SNAP benefits, school lunches & breakfasts, summer EBT, WIC, & RIF'd employees their jobs with back pay is not "making a mockery" of anything.
People were ready to suffer a LOT to make fascists suffer a LITTLE?
It's easy to say "I was gonna work a food bank shift" when you're getting paid & not on SNAP; that's not suffering
& how would the fascists suffer a little?
Trump's golfing & having parties; he's not suffering, none of them are
It's easy to say "I was gonna work a food bank shift" when you're getting paid & not on SNAP; that's not suffering
& how would the fascists suffer a little?
Trump's golfing & having parties; he's not suffering, none of them are
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'll also note that folks like Jeong are *fucking lying* because getting starving children & elderly folks a full year of fully funded SNAP benefits, school lunches & breakfasts, summer EBT, WIC, & RIF'd employees their jobs with back pay is not "making a mockery" of anything.
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Democrats got stuff they never would have given them. They eliminated the snap thing as a bribery tool and now they can't use it in January and it's only a 2-month extension. It's kind of crazy actually because none of this stuff benefits republicans at all. None of it. You're all crazy lol.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Democrats got stuff they never would have given them. They eliminated the snap thing as a bribery tool and now they can't use it in January and it's only a 2-month extension. It's kind of crazy actually because none of this stuff benefits republicans at all. None of it. You're all crazy lol.
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"Yes, Nazis are bad,"
So say it more for your asshole colleagues. Because they seem to have forgotten that Nazis even exist as anything other than an immutable force of nature that Dems fail to stop, like house floods that Dems need to be blamed for because you won't give them enough sandbags.
So say it more for your asshole colleagues. Because they seem to have forgotten that Nazis even exist as anything other than an immutable force of nature that Dems fail to stop, like house floods that Dems need to be blamed for because you won't give them enough sandbags.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Yes, Nazis are bad,"
So say it more for your asshole colleagues. Because they seem to have forgotten that Nazis even exist as anything other than an immutable force of nature that Dems fail to stop, like house floods that Dems need to be blamed for because you won't give them enough sandbags.
So say it more for your asshole colleagues. Because they seem to have forgotten that Nazis even exist as anything other than an immutable force of nature that Dems fail to stop, like house floods that Dems need to be blamed for because you won't give them enough sandbags.
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So, the problem with this approach, the idea of "only scream at Dems, because they'll listen" without putting more pressure on the GOP, means the only thing people ever see is the rage at Dems, and the takeaway becomes "Dems must be the only real problem because everyone hates them"
Yep. "Boys will be boys" apathy and only attacking a side you see as "receptive" does nothing but send the message at the side being attacked is the only problem. You don't protest to convince the protest targets directly. You protest to direct public anger at the targets, and let that persuade
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
So, the problem with this approach, the idea of "only scream at Dems, because they'll listen" without putting more pressure on the GOP, means the only thing people ever see is the rage at Dems, and the takeaway becomes "Dems must be the only real problem because everyone hates them"
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People who really want impeachment could work on getting 67 elected Ds in the Senate (maybe 68 because it's a while before Fetterman's seat is up).
Instead, they want to primary every Democrat for something 7 Ds and 1 Independent Senator did, and almost all of them were from purple states
Instead, they want to primary every Democrat for something 7 Ds and 1 Independent Senator did, and almost all of them were from purple states
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
People who really want impeachment could work on getting 67 elected Ds in the Senate (maybe 68 because it's a while before Fetterman's seat is up).
Instead, they want to primary every Democrat for something 7 Ds and 1 Independent Senator did, and almost all of them were from purple states
Instead, they want to primary every Democrat for something 7 Ds and 1 Independent Senator did, and almost all of them were from purple states
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Just had a follower tell me "Nothing you say will change how I FEEL!"
And isn't that the crux of the problem? Learn to manage your goddamned emotions, and stop letting "vibes" rule you to the point that you reject facts, logic, reason, and decency.
Just repugnant.I blocked that one.
And isn't that the crux of the problem? Learn to manage your goddamned emotions, and stop letting "vibes" rule you to the point that you reject facts, logic, reason, and decency.
Just repugnant.I blocked that one.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Just had a follower tell me "Nothing you say will change how I FEEL!"
And isn't that the crux of the problem? Learn to manage your goddamned emotions, and stop letting "vibes" rule you to the point that you reject facts, logic, reason, and decency.
Just repugnant.I blocked that one.
And isn't that the crux of the problem? Learn to manage your goddamned emotions, and stop letting "vibes" rule you to the point that you reject facts, logic, reason, and decency.
Just repugnant.I blocked that one.
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In Oregon, SNAP benefits for November are available and won’t be taken away.
If you have questions, please check with Oregon Department of Human Services.
If you have other needs, like housing or utility costs, because you had to stretch to pay for food last week, please call @211info.bsky.social.
If you have questions, please check with Oregon Department of Human Services.
If you have other needs, like housing or utility costs, because you had to stretch to pay for food last week, please call @211info.bsky.social.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In Oregon, SNAP benefits for November are available and won’t be taken away.
If you have questions, please check with Oregon Department of Human Services.
If you have other needs, like housing or utility costs, because you had to stretch to pay for food last week, please call @211info.bsky.social.
If you have questions, please check with Oregon Department of Human Services.
If you have other needs, like housing or utility costs, because you had to stretch to pay for food last week, please call @211info.bsky.social.
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I want dems to help stop the gop from: starving kids to death and forcing people to work without pay and firing people for fun and destroying the aca. And i also know we can't do all of that at once because white voters ensured repubs have power. And i want the courts to function. 3/4 now is a win
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I want dems to help stop the gop from: starving kids to death and forcing people to work without pay and firing people for fun and destroying the aca. And i also know we can't do all of that at once because white voters ensured repubs have power. And i want the courts to function. 3/4 now is a win
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So if you are broadcasting every day "DEM BAD" + assume that everyone understands "GOP much worse"?
You are not helping the situation.
You are merely reinforcing the idea that politics is hopeless and it is pointless to participate.
Think about the effects of your output on the general atmosphere.
You are not helping the situation.
You are merely reinforcing the idea that politics is hopeless and it is pointless to participate.
Think about the effects of your output on the general atmosphere.
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So if you are broadcasting every day "DEM BAD" + assume that everyone understands "GOP much worse"?
You are not helping the situation.
You are merely reinforcing the idea that politics is hopeless and it is pointless to participate.
Think about the effects of your output on the general atmosphere.
You are not helping the situation.
You are merely reinforcing the idea that politics is hopeless and it is pointless to participate.
Think about the effects of your output on the general atmosphere.
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Yeah, this is another thing that kinda annoyed me, I watched people go from "ACA subsidies are a stupid reason to fight" followed by "HOW DARE YOU NOT GET ACA SUBSIDIES????"
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I was getting pretty incensed at all the obviously well off larger accounts on here that are neither federal employees, SNAP recipients, or depending on the ACA for their insurance.
The same accounts that thought fighting over the ACA was bs and are now saying it was the most important thing ever.
The same accounts that thought fighting over the ACA was bs and are now saying it was the most important thing ever.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Yeah, this is another thing that kinda annoyed me, I watched people go from "ACA subsidies are a stupid reason to fight" followed by "HOW DARE YOU NOT GET ACA SUBSIDIES????"
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This is probably closest to my thinking as well. The problem with these situations is that there's no clean win. Could we have forced ACA subsidies since the GOP/Trump were being blamed? Maybe, but the harms would mount and no guarantee.
This isn't the best possible win, but it's "a" win.
This isn't the best possible win, but it's "a" win.
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is probably closest to my thinking as well. The problem with these situations is that there's no clean win. Could we have forced ACA subsidies since the GOP/Trump were being blamed? Maybe, but the harms would mount and no guarantee.
This isn't the best possible win, but it's "a" win.
This isn't the best possible win, but it's "a" win.
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People want Democrats to hit the off button that America refused to push last November when it mattered.
I learned a lot tonight, namely that a critical mass of people on my side had no clear idea what they actually wanted out of this beyond hopes that if the shutdown broke enough stuff, they'd get whatever was on their wishlist, and their preferred time horizon was "indefinite."
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
People want Democrats to hit the off button that America refused to push last November when it mattered.
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The fact remains that Republicans have control of our entire government and are weak as hell against Trump and Trump doesn’t give a fuck about anyone but himself.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The fact remains that Republicans have control of our entire government and are weak as hell against Trump and Trump doesn’t give a fuck about anyone but himself.
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Republicans voted to originally kill the ACA subsidies in their Bad Betrayal Bill. 100% of Democrats voted against it. It still passed.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Republicans voted to originally kill the ACA subsidies in their Bad Betrayal Bill. 100% of Democrats voted against it. It still passed.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.