@afishinwater.bsky.social
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My love language is:
- sending a giant scorpion after you
- giving your fiancée a cloak that immolates her
- forcing your boyfriend to sail away while you’re napping on an island
- turning your parents to stone by accident
- distracting you with golden apples while we’re racing
❤️❤️❤️
- sending a giant scorpion after you
- giving your fiancée a cloak that immolates her
- forcing your boyfriend to sail away while you’re napping on an island
- turning your parents to stone by accident
- distracting you with golden apples while we’re racing
❤️❤️❤️
March 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My love language is:
- sending a giant scorpion after you
- giving your fiancée a cloak that immolates her
- forcing your boyfriend to sail away while you’re napping on an island
- turning your parents to stone by accident
- distracting you with golden apples while we’re racing
❤️❤️❤️
- sending a giant scorpion after you
- giving your fiancée a cloak that immolates her
- forcing your boyfriend to sail away while you’re napping on an island
- turning your parents to stone by accident
- distracting you with golden apples while we’re racing
❤️❤️❤️
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Kinda striking how often the current administration's justification for their actions is literally just "I want to do this and I won the election, therefore I can do this." The whole point of a functioning US system of govt is to PREVENT all-powerful monarchs, not to just choose them via elections.
March 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Kinda striking how often the current administration's justification for their actions is literally just "I want to do this and I won the election, therefore I can do this." The whole point of a functioning US system of govt is to PREVENT all-powerful monarchs, not to just choose them via elections.
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ME (to volunteer who led me to bathroom): Thank you! They tell you to stay hydrated, but…
VOLUNTEER: Oh, I know. I’m a kidney doctor.
ME: …
DR: I once had a man come in who said “I haven’t urinated in five days. Should I be worried?”
ME: ……
DR: I have no medical explanation for how he was alive.
VOLUNTEER: Oh, I know. I’m a kidney doctor.
ME: …
DR: I once had a man come in who said “I haven’t urinated in five days. Should I be worried?”
ME: ……
DR: I have no medical explanation for how he was alive.
March 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
ME (to volunteer who led me to bathroom): Thank you! They tell you to stay hydrated, but…
VOLUNTEER: Oh, I know. I’m a kidney doctor.
ME: …
DR: I once had a man come in who said “I haven’t urinated in five days. Should I be worried?”
ME: ……
DR: I have no medical explanation for how he was alive.
VOLUNTEER: Oh, I know. I’m a kidney doctor.
ME: …
DR: I once had a man come in who said “I haven’t urinated in five days. Should I be worried?”
ME: ……
DR: I have no medical explanation for how he was alive.
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Hot Skeletons in your Area, Pt.IV
March 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hot Skeletons in your Area, Pt.IV
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A rhetorical device that's useful when you're arguing from the "law is settled" side is to go find the oldest case you can in your jurisdiction, but in states like Tennessee, a ton of those involve human beings classified as property. Looking forward to reading this.
If you’re incredibly shocked about the president invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act—
well, just wait until you find out that lawyers are still citing cases involving enslaved African Americans as precedent in CONTEMPORARY legal cases.
Enjoy:
www.citingslavery.org
well, just wait until you find out that lawyers are still citing cases involving enslaved African Americans as precedent in CONTEMPORARY legal cases.
Enjoy:
www.citingslavery.org
Citing Slavery Project
www.citingslavery.org
March 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A rhetorical device that's useful when you're arguing from the "law is settled" side is to go find the oldest case you can in your jurisdiction, but in states like Tennessee, a ton of those involve human beings classified as property. Looking forward to reading this.
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I know my insistence on having legal support for protests and actions is annoying. I get it. But it's important, ESPECIALLY now. And since I do legal support for Illinois protests for free, I put my money where my mouth is.
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I know my insistence on having legal support for protests and actions is annoying. I get it. But it's important, ESPECIALLY now. And since I do legal support for Illinois protests for free, I put my money where my mouth is.
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Ms. Sonia's final post-divorce hearing has been delayed and as a DV survivor she could use #MutualAid #HelpSky to her pay links: paypal.me/MsSoniaD $spunkylilminx on Cashapp or Apple Pay to 9012390699 #HelpFolksLive2025 #ShowUpForWishes
Pay Sonia Hale using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/MsSoniaD and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
paypal.me
March 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Ms. Sonia's final post-divorce hearing has been delayed and as a DV survivor she could use #MutualAid #HelpSky to her pay links: paypal.me/MsSoniaD $spunkylilminx on Cashapp or Apple Pay to 9012390699 #HelpFolksLive2025 #ShowUpForWishes
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Discworld QOTD, from The Truth
March 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Discworld QOTD, from The Truth
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Oh this is so depressing
Think about how no one under 30 knows what pensions are, it's a totally alien concept. The GOP goal is to make all government services as alien and unfamiliar.
Imagine in a decade, trying to explain to a 20 year old what social security, libraries, grad school, the EPA, OSHA, mass vaccination, ADA,
Imagine in a decade, trying to explain to a 20 year old what social security, libraries, grad school, the EPA, OSHA, mass vaccination, ADA,
March 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Oh this is so depressing
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the beatings, as honest Lewis reminds us, are not equally distrubuted. People suffer for the decisions of a fraction of the whole, and then are told they deserve it...even the babies and the children and the disenfranchised and the ones who voted for the other ticket.
No child deserves to die because their parents may or may not have made bad decisions or even be genuinely evil.
But if things continue in this direction, you're going to (if you haven't already) run into people from other countries saying these things about YOU and YOUR children.
But if things continue in this direction, you're going to (if you haven't already) run into people from other countries saying these things about YOU and YOUR children.
March 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
the beatings, as honest Lewis reminds us, are not equally distrubuted. People suffer for the decisions of a fraction of the whole, and then are told they deserve it...even the babies and the children and the disenfranchised and the ones who voted for the other ticket.
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it's pretty good that a king got stabbed and we are still making jokes about it two thousand years later
March 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
it's pretty good that a king got stabbed and we are still making jokes about it two thousand years later
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
March 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
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I'm amusing myself with my calls to my elected officials by setting myself a challenge to use one vocabulary word that the staffer has likely not heard this week. I may challenge myself further and start requiring that the words of the day be chosen in alphabetical order.
Here's the thing y'all. We gotta make our own fun right now. There was a period of like three months when I was in Dave Brat's House district that I called his office and gave him a performance rating of between one and five stars on a weekly basis.
The Democrats who betrayed the country are:
Schumer (NY)
Gillibrand (NY)
Fetterman (PA)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Schatz (HI)
Peters (MI)
Hassan (NH)
Shaheen (NH)
King (ME) (technically an independent but caucuses with Dems also fuck him)
Schumer (NY)
Gillibrand (NY)
Fetterman (PA)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Schatz (HI)
Peters (MI)
Hassan (NH)
Shaheen (NH)
King (ME) (technically an independent but caucuses with Dems also fuck him)
March 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I'm amusing myself with my calls to my elected officials by setting myself a challenge to use one vocabulary word that the staffer has likely not heard this week. I may challenge myself further and start requiring that the words of the day be chosen in alphabetical order.
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Pro tip: if you aren't sure if a protest is legitimate, ask if they have legal support and who the lawyer for the legal support is.
If the answer is no, don't go.
Because experienced organizers don't have sign up sheets for protests. They do, however, have legal support beforehand.
If the answer is no, don't go.
Because experienced organizers don't have sign up sheets for protests. They do, however, have legal support beforehand.
I almost shared an announcement for a protest that I realized was asking for people to sign up and at the last second I said…why?
Why do you need registrations for an action like that?
Why do you need registrations for an action like that?
March 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Pro tip: if you aren't sure if a protest is legitimate, ask if they have legal support and who the lawyer for the legal support is.
If the answer is no, don't go.
Because experienced organizers don't have sign up sheets for protests. They do, however, have legal support beforehand.
If the answer is no, don't go.
Because experienced organizers don't have sign up sheets for protests. They do, however, have legal support beforehand.
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feed them the rich
TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold.
The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold.
TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold.
www.404media.co
March 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
feed them the rich
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Even if you aren't *yet* part of a targeted population, do it now.
Who knows what happens to the process now that they're taking an axe to USPS.
Who knows what happens to the process now that they're taking an axe to USPS.
Apropos of nothing— a reminder to keep passports renewed and to know you can’t travel on one that’s 6 months from expiration
March 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Even if you aren't *yet* part of a targeted population, do it now.
Who knows what happens to the process now that they're taking an axe to USPS.
Who knows what happens to the process now that they're taking an axe to USPS.
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sex workers are not the solution to violent predators
sex workers deserve respect.
sex workers deserve to not have their boundaries crossed.
sex workers deserve to not be harassed.
sex workers deserve to not have their boundaries crossed.
sex workers deserve to not be harassed.
March 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
sex workers are not the solution to violent predators
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Meanwhile, over at Tumblr... the platform-wide holiday continues. #idesofmarch
March 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Meanwhile, over at Tumblr... the platform-wide holiday continues. #idesofmarch
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Some advice on activism and feeling less helpless:
You probably cannot make a big change by yourself. That's okay. Find a thing you can do--either joining an existing thing or starting something small that you can sustain with resources you have--and start there.
You probably cannot make a big change by yourself. That's okay. Find a thing you can do--either joining an existing thing or starting something small that you can sustain with resources you have--and start there.
March 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Some advice on activism and feeling less helpless:
You probably cannot make a big change by yourself. That's okay. Find a thing you can do--either joining an existing thing or starting something small that you can sustain with resources you have--and start there.
You probably cannot make a big change by yourself. That's okay. Find a thing you can do--either joining an existing thing or starting something small that you can sustain with resources you have--and start there.
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I’ve really been struggling to take care of myself. I just want to acknowledge that because we’re made to feel ashamed but it’s a difficult time. If you’re struggling, I want you to know I’m right there with you. We’re gonna figure it out. It’s just gonna be rough for a while.
March 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I’ve really been struggling to take care of myself. I just want to acknowledge that because we’re made to feel ashamed but it’s a difficult time. If you’re struggling, I want you to know I’m right there with you. We’re gonna figure it out. It’s just gonna be rough for a while.
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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I think this applies even online
bluesky may be a left-wing bubble in a lot of ways but it is genuinely helpful to me to come on here and see a bunch of smart, kind, thoughtful people who are also outraged by what’s going on
it feels good to know we’re not alone
bluesky may be a left-wing bubble in a lot of ways but it is genuinely helpful to me to come on here and see a bunch of smart, kind, thoughtful people who are also outraged by what’s going on
it feels good to know we’re not alone
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I think this applies even online
bluesky may be a left-wing bubble in a lot of ways but it is genuinely helpful to me to come on here and see a bunch of smart, kind, thoughtful people who are also outraged by what’s going on
it feels good to know we’re not alone
bluesky may be a left-wing bubble in a lot of ways but it is genuinely helpful to me to come on here and see a bunch of smart, kind, thoughtful people who are also outraged by what’s going on
it feels good to know we’re not alone
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I know it’s only been two months (IT’S MARCH!!!) but I’m quite fed up already with all the “no one understands why Trump is obsessing over making Canada the 51st state” articles.
I don’t know shit about fuck but I understand this perfectly.
I don’t know shit about fuck but I understand this perfectly.
March 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I know it’s only been two months (IT’S MARCH!!!) but I’m quite fed up already with all the “no one understands why Trump is obsessing over making Canada the 51st state” articles.
I don’t know shit about fuck but I understand this perfectly.
I don’t know shit about fuck but I understand this perfectly.