Aubrey Gilleran
@aubreygilleran.bsky.social
Episcopalian | North Carolinian | father | husband | English teacher | liberal | lost on Jeopardy! | IG: @aubreygilleran
Still trying to decide what I want for mine.
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Still trying to decide what I want for mine.
Tillis after getting off the phone with GOP donors after the Myers Park Country Club raid:
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tillis after getting off the phone with GOP donors after the Myers Park Country Club raid:
I, on the other hand, am thrilled.
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I, on the other hand, am thrilled.
When we see citizens being detained and harassed on video, the idea that only the undocumented students are absent is ridiculous. Even our Hispanic citizen teachers are bringing multiple forms of ID with them to school in case they're stopped.
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
When we see citizens being detained and harassed on video, the idea that only the undocumented students are absent is ridiculous. Even our Hispanic citizen teachers are bringing multiple forms of ID with them to school in case they're stopped.
Saw someone repost this but, folks, this is literally the liberal position. It doesn't get more liberal.
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Saw someone repost this but, folks, this is literally the liberal position. It doesn't get more liberal.
Urbanized Georgia, visible as just a giant blob, will always be funny to me. I know so much of it is suburban sprawl, but still.
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Urbanized Georgia, visible as just a giant blob, will always be funny to me. I know so much of it is suburban sprawl, but still.
This, regarding Buttigieg, is pretty revisionist. He formed an exploratory committee in January 2019, and it isn't hard to find posts and essays immediately after that calling him too white, too privileged, too assimilated, etc.
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This, regarding Buttigieg, is pretty revisionist. He formed an exploratory committee in January 2019, and it isn't hard to find posts and essays immediately after that calling him too white, too privileged, too assimilated, etc.
Delusional people.
![““However it started, I think the redistricting is wrong,” said Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), whose purple swing district is now merging with another to create a race that pits her against her longtime House GOP colleague, Rep. Ken Calvert. “In the case of California, we put the [independent] commission in place. So what happened in California last week is taking the will of the people away. They’re taking the representation away.”
It’s not as simple as what Kim said. Unlike Texas and other states that have moved to adopt new maps through their legislature, California actually put its map changes to a vote, and the state’s citizens approved it by a margin of over three million ballots. When I asked if it was a mistake for Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson to have egged on the redistricting battles—considering it will have netted their party few if any seats, it broke longstanding norms, and it sparked a voter backlash—she said: “Why would you put this on them?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ewzmk6cknma562phoo4cq7ym/bafkreidm3neyiekkoej53fkusvyyxn6mgr3o5mxojiuwffdllqvs5gkqau@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Delusional people.
I never watched it but oh yeah I can see it.
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I never watched it but oh yeah I can see it.
My 82-year-old Methodist mother’s response:
![A screenshot of a quote by a woman saying, “I'm 94. I told my doctor I hope to live to see [Trump] in jail.”
My mother responds: “Oh yes. Wish I’d said jail. Sounds better.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ewzmk6cknma562phoo4cq7ym/bafkreihakvocl422abhxsl4ubgd4gs5lq5pcauxw3qnu36dkj4o7hg4vjm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My 82-year-old Methodist mother’s response:
It's even more pronounced when you look at candids (this one is also from 2018). She just doesn't look like the same person.
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's even more pronounced when you look at candids (this one is also from 2018). She just doesn't look like the same person.
Like, I will never be that beautiful, but this seems like a good middle-aged style goal for me.
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Like, I will never be that beautiful, but this seems like a good middle-aged style goal for me.
First time in NYC. 2009, I think. I think literally everything in this picture was from Urban Outfitters.
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
First time in NYC. 2009, I think. I think literally everything in this picture was from Urban Outfitters.
The political geography of the South is a fascinating thing.
1996 NC GOV (D+13) vs. 2024 DC GOV (D+15)
1996 NC GOV (D+13) vs. 2024 DC GOV (D+15)
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The political geography of the South is a fascinating thing.
1996 NC GOV (D+13) vs. 2024 DC GOV (D+15)
1996 NC GOV (D+13) vs. 2024 DC GOV (D+15)
Oh she ran in a ridiculously gerrymandered district last year. She has the best shirts.
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Oh she ran in a ridiculously gerrymandered district last year. She has the best shirts.
Folks, Mamdani didn't talk like this. Getting small businesses on his side actually was a part of his campaign.
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Folks, Mamdani didn't talk like this. Getting small businesses on his side actually was a part of his campaign.
Ah, she’s beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Ah, she’s beautiful.
You're literally doing this meme.
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You're literally doing this meme.
It is honestly great to see a confident queer First Couple stunt these hoes on Instagram.
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It is honestly great to see a confident queer First Couple stunt these hoes on Instagram.
The ticket if Obama gets to run for a third term.
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The ticket if Obama gets to run for a third term.
Pretty much. This can also just be documented by mapping commuting patterns and other metrics of economic integration. Virginia is far more integrated with the Northeast, even if it's culturally and historically part of the South.
November 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pretty much. This can also just be documented by mapping commuting patterns and other metrics of economic integration. Virginia is far more integrated with the Northeast, even if it's culturally and historically part of the South.
Our little butterfly had a good Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Our little butterfly had a good Halloween.
My mother texts me to point out that she thinks Michael Buble, her favorite singer, looks like Zelenskyy. No one has ever been a more archetypal boomer liberal. I love her so much.
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
My mother texts me to point out that she thinks Michael Buble, her favorite singer, looks like Zelenskyy. No one has ever been a more archetypal boomer liberal. I love her so much.
A congressional district office usually has about the same infrastructure and space as, you know, a storefront H&R Block. I do not think those would be easy to convert to viable food pantries at the scale needed, especially since they would still need that office space.
October 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
A congressional district office usually has about the same infrastructure and space as, you know, a storefront H&R Block. I do not think those would be easy to convert to viable food pantries at the scale needed, especially since they would still need that office space.