Aunt Ruth
@auntruth.bsky.social
I've spent my life in the southern USA, but my people aren't from around here.
Older than the Pope.
Older than the Pope.
SJUPP!
Carl Linnaeus's beloved pet raccoon, Sjupp, was a gift from the King of Sweden, and regularly stole snacks from Linnaeus's students. This drawing is thought to be Sjupp. (LM/PF/ALS/1) #EYAPets
December 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
SJUPP!
Some people seem to be looking at this situation backwards:
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some people seem to be looking at this situation backwards:
Learn from the divas of your heritage, folks:
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Learn from the divas of your heritage, folks:
Hey, @profanity.accountant, how am I doing with that New Year's resolution?
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hey, @profanity.accountant, how am I doing with that New Year's resolution?
"Use a pic from your gallery to describe your mental status..."
My favorite thing about this image from 25 Nov 2025
is that THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS 4-BUS SITUATION HAD OCCURRED.
My favorite thing about this image from 25 Nov 2025
is that THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS 4-BUS SITUATION HAD OCCURRED.
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Use a pic from your gallery to describe your mental status..."
My favorite thing about this image from 25 Nov 2025
is that THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS 4-BUS SITUATION HAD OCCURRED.
My favorite thing about this image from 25 Nov 2025
is that THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS 4-BUS SITUATION HAD OCCURRED.
SUBSTACK SCAM WARNING:
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November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
SUBSTACK SCAM WARNING:
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Be aware that trying to CANCEL a paid subscription to Substack could turn into your new hobby:
www.reddit.com/r/Substack/c...
Before you pony up $10 to read last night's Part II by LIZZA about NUZZI and whoever -
Be aware that trying to CANCEL a paid subscription to Substack could turn into your new hobby:
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"How can a person truly believe that 15-year-olds can sell sex to middle-aged men, but can’t affirm their own gender?"
it’s simple, really; children are their property and you are allowed to rent property but you can’t let your property make its own choices
🤢
🤢
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"How can a person truly believe that 15-year-olds can sell sex to middle-aged men, but can’t affirm their own gender?"
"MUTE 'Nuzzi'" has failed me.
(But these *are* the most poetic pair of posts I've stumbled upon thus far.)
Involuntary fannish osmosis says the book was written on her phone? CANNOT DISCONFIRM.
(But these *are* the most poetic pair of posts I've stumbled upon thus far.)
Involuntary fannish osmosis says the book was written on her phone? CANNOT DISCONFIRM.
but at least I did not have to worry about the
worm that was not a worm in his brain.
but at least I did not have to worry about the
worm that was not a worm in his brain.
BUT AT LEAST I DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE WORM THAT WAS NOT A WORM IN HIS BRAIN.
worm that was not a worm in his brain.
but at least I did not have to worry about the
worm that was not a worm in his brain.
BUT AT LEAST I DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE WORM THAT WAS NOT A WORM IN HIS BRAIN.
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"MUTE 'Nuzzi'" has failed me.
(But these *are* the most poetic pair of posts I've stumbled upon thus far.)
Involuntary fannish osmosis says the book was written on her phone? CANNOT DISCONFIRM.
(But these *are* the most poetic pair of posts I've stumbled upon thus far.)
Involuntary fannish osmosis says the book was written on her phone? CANNOT DISCONFIRM.
True for a while! Younger boomers can tell you what warm feelings we had for Garrison Keillor. How nice to listen to the radio on Saturdays, his voice rolling out from Lake Woebegon. But when his sexual harassment came out, that was *if* - and his behavior felt *worse* because he'd been a favorite.
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
True for a while! Younger boomers can tell you what warm feelings we had for Garrison Keillor. How nice to listen to the radio on Saturdays, his voice rolling out from Lake Woebegon. But when his sexual harassment came out, that was *if* - and his behavior felt *worse* because he'd been a favorite.
HARRUMPH!
8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
HARRUMPH!
Public Service Announcement:
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Public Service Announcement:
FIX
YOUR
HEARTS
OR
DIE
YOUR
HEARTS
OR
DIE
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
FIX
YOUR
HEARTS
OR
DIE
YOUR
HEARTS
OR
DIE
This is getting serious, kids:
www.buzzfeed.com/jake_farring...
www.buzzfeed.com/jake_farring...
Strippers Are Sharing What Business Is Like, And This Feels Like A DEFINITE Recession Indicator
"It’s bad. Real bad. Worse than it was in 2008, and that’s saying something. I stopped by my old club last week, and the manager said they made more money during COVID."
www.buzzfeed.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is getting serious, kids:
www.buzzfeed.com/jake_farring...
www.buzzfeed.com/jake_farring...
NYT is sucking harder and harder, y'all.
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
NYT is sucking harder and harder, y'all.
Today a wave of destruction wiped out the smart, brave journalism at TeenVogue.
Follow these folks, y'all. They're the real deal.
Follow these folks, y'all. They're the real deal.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Today a wave of destruction wiped out the smart, brave journalism at TeenVogue.
Follow these folks, y'all. They're the real deal.
Follow these folks, y'all. They're the real deal.
Concerning:
I'm not a Nobel winning economist, but it seems to me the world's largest retailer and the worlds largest delivery services laying off hundreds of thousands right before the busiest retail and delivery season of the year is perhaps not an optimistic indicator of Trump's promised "Golden Age"
November 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Concerning:
From our talented friends in PDX (with applause from David Jenkins, too):
Here is a high rez version of the art for anyone who wants to print their own! Link in the alt text, too!
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
From our talented friends in PDX (with applause from David Jenkins, too):
Hey, kids!
Grandmother Catfish says:
"Don't bite that bait!"
Grandmother Catfish says:
"Don't bite that bait!"
The Bluesky government accounts want unhinged engagement with their accounts to screenshot and provide to Fox News to justify their authoritarianism and I’m not going to do their work for them it’s my day off.
October 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hey, kids!
Grandmother Catfish says:
"Don't bite that bait!"
Grandmother Catfish says:
"Don't bite that bait!"
Thank goodness!
we are all so emotionally fried that Dolly Parton had to get on the internet and tell us that it is all gonna be okay
BREAKING
In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.
In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.
October 9, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Thank goodness!
TUNE IN, Y'all!
Medicaid is a lot more important to you and your community than you have heard about
Medicaid is a lot more important to you and your community than you have heard about
Medicaid does the following:
-Provides 1 in 2 kids health insurance
-Keeps the majority of rehab and skilled nursing facilities open nationwide
-Until today, had a rule in place to ensure minimum nurse staffing for patient safety
This is the program the party of “MAHA” wants to gut.
-Provides 1 in 2 kids health insurance
-Keeps the majority of rehab and skilled nursing facilities open nationwide
-Until today, had a rule in place to ensure minimum nurse staffing for patient safety
This is the program the party of “MAHA” wants to gut.
September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
TUNE IN, Y'all!
Medicaid is a lot more important to you and your community than you have heard about
Medicaid is a lot more important to you and your community than you have heard about
Reposted by Aunt Ruth
everything about this is iconic, from the hair to the shoulder pads to the reveal that she addresses herself as “bitch” to the absolute murder in her eyes in that first shot. that is a woman who homophobes would cross the street to avoid for fear of their life. absolute ally goals
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
September 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
everything about this is iconic, from the hair to the shoulder pads to the reveal that she addresses herself as “bitch” to the absolute murder in her eyes in that first shot. that is a woman who homophobes would cross the street to avoid for fear of their life. absolute ally goals
HEY, Y'ALL -- READ THIS.
Read it slowly.
Read it out loud.
Listen to your own voice.
Clip and save.
(The source and more is in the thread.)
Read it slowly.
Read it out loud.
Listen to your own voice.
Clip and save.
(The source and more is in the thread.)
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
September 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
HEY, Y'ALL -- READ THIS.
Read it slowly.
Read it out loud.
Listen to your own voice.
Clip and save.
(The source and more is in the thread.)
Read it slowly.
Read it out loud.
Listen to your own voice.
Clip and save.
(The source and more is in the thread.)
NEW LEVEL UNLOCKED:
There are homophobic street preachers outside the Westin. Apparently I've achieved full Auntie, because one approached me with his bullshit literature. I turned my head slowly and looked at him with resting bitch face, no words. He recoiled, backpedaled, and said "you just had to say no thank you!"
August 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
NEW LEVEL UNLOCKED:
A lot of y'all haven't heard about this wrinkle...
...which may kick almost 8 million older people off MediCARE as a result of cuts to MedicAID.
(That's separate from how MedicAID pays for a big number of people in "nursing homes" - see my next skeet.)
Check it out:
...which may kick almost 8 million older people off MediCARE as a result of cuts to MedicAID.
(That's separate from how MedicAID pays for a big number of people in "nursing homes" - see my next skeet.)
Check it out:
August 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A lot of y'all haven't heard about this wrinkle...
...which may kick almost 8 million older people off MediCARE as a result of cuts to MedicAID.
(That's separate from how MedicAID pays for a big number of people in "nursing homes" - see my next skeet.)
Check it out:
...which may kick almost 8 million older people off MediCARE as a result of cuts to MedicAID.
(That's separate from how MedicAID pays for a big number of people in "nursing homes" - see my next skeet.)
Check it out:
CORRECTION:
No they mean black people. There's a reason they say "Baltimore" and "Chicago" instead of "Austin" or "Seattle"
when the right say 'crime' they mean 'the presence of groups of people we're bigoted against,' they don't care about the actual stats
August 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
CORRECTION: