@baalfirenze.bsky.social
America in 2025 in a nutshell: I just had the unbidden thought “oh I got paid I can buy eggs”
February 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
America in 2025 in a nutshell: I just had the unbidden thought “oh I got paid I can buy eggs”
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These unheard stories from young trans people unable to flee Texas now hold urgent lessons for all of us about how to resist by existing, in the face of fascistic movements seeking to deny so many communities the right just to be alive.
‘Not Everyone Can Leave’: Survival Advice from Trans Teens in Texas
Media attention often focuses on trans teens fleeing the anti-trans states they’re living in. But what about those who can’t leave?
www.texasobserver.org
November 26, 2024 at 6:02 PM
These unheard stories from young trans people unable to flee Texas now hold urgent lessons for all of us about how to resist by existing, in the face of fascistic movements seeking to deny so many communities the right just to be alive.
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BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard is on a TSA watch list because of her suspicious foreign travel patterns
Maybe — just maybe, hear me out here — the nominee for Director of National Intelligence should NOT be someone who made a TSA watch list for her suspicious foreign travel patterns
Maybe — just maybe, hear me out here — the nominee for Director of National Intelligence should NOT be someone who made a TSA watch list for her suspicious foreign travel patterns
November 22, 2024 at 11:54 PM
BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard is on a TSA watch list because of her suspicious foreign travel patterns
Maybe — just maybe, hear me out here — the nominee for Director of National Intelligence should NOT be someone who made a TSA watch list for her suspicious foreign travel patterns
Maybe — just maybe, hear me out here — the nominee for Director of National Intelligence should NOT be someone who made a TSA watch list for her suspicious foreign travel patterns
Dr Oz in charge of Medicare
Heart disease? Try crystals
Diabetes? Try some vitamins
The boomers fucked around and are about to find out
Heart disease? Try crystals
Diabetes? Try some vitamins
The boomers fucked around and are about to find out
November 20, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Dr Oz in charge of Medicare
Heart disease? Try crystals
Diabetes? Try some vitamins
The boomers fucked around and are about to find out
Heart disease? Try crystals
Diabetes? Try some vitamins
The boomers fucked around and are about to find out
If the average homebuyer is 56 are they focused on education funding and housing opportunity or are they focused on their own “home equity” as a retirement vehicle?
There was essentially only one major midwest metro that didn't shift right and it also happens to be the metro that has done the most on housing policy and rent costs: Minneapolis.
NIMBYism is killing progressive movements. Housing and transportation costs are the most important populist causes.
NIMBYism is killing progressive movements. Housing and transportation costs are the most important populist causes.
November 11, 2024 at 5:22 PM
If the average homebuyer is 56 are they focused on education funding and housing opportunity or are they focused on their own “home equity” as a retirement vehicle?
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I think it's interesting and instructive that Threads has been overrun by liberal election fraud conspiracies and Bluesky just... hasn't. (h/t @taylorlorenz.bsky.social)
I suspect that's because Threads is 100% algorithmic media, and Bluesky has no algorithm to game.
www.usermag.co/p/metas-thre...
I suspect that's because Threads is 100% algorithmic media, and Bluesky has no algorithm to game.
www.usermag.co/p/metas-thre...
Meta's Threads is 'overrun' with liberal election fraud conspiracies
Thousands of users have amplified baseless claims of hacked voting machines as Democrats become more comfortable embracing denialism
www.usermag.co
November 11, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I think it's interesting and instructive that Threads has been overrun by liberal election fraud conspiracies and Bluesky just... hasn't. (h/t @taylorlorenz.bsky.social)
I suspect that's because Threads is 100% algorithmic media, and Bluesky has no algorithm to game.
www.usermag.co/p/metas-thre...
I suspect that's because Threads is 100% algorithmic media, and Bluesky has no algorithm to game.
www.usermag.co/p/metas-thre...
Great point by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social just now on @samseder.bsky.social that he is less concerned about the specific legislative agenda of the next 4 years than the overall shift in the fabric of American society
November 8, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Great point by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social just now on @samseder.bsky.social that he is less concerned about the specific legislative agenda of the next 4 years than the overall shift in the fabric of American society
How to get out the vote is easy: top of the ballot is “which are better, cats or dogs?” Bam instant engagement. Follow me for more cab driver wisdom.
October 23, 2024 at 3:03 PM
How to get out the vote is easy: top of the ballot is “which are better, cats or dogs?” Bam instant engagement. Follow me for more cab driver wisdom.
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Here's another one I recently wrote for Texas Observer about the Texas pardons system and the person who Governor Greg Abbott demanded be pardoned after Tucker Carlson told him to on live television.
https://www.texasobserver.org/daniel-perry-pardon-greg-abbott-garrett-foster/
https://www.texasobserver.org/daniel-perry-pardon-greg-abbott-garrett-foster/
Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor
Greg Abbott didn't even wait a single day before calling for the potential pardon of racist murderer Daniel Perry.
www.texasobserver.org
April 28, 2023 at 2:58 PM
Here's another one I recently wrote for Texas Observer about the Texas pardons system and the person who Governor Greg Abbott demanded be pardoned after Tucker Carlson told him to on live television.
https://www.texasobserver.org/daniel-perry-pardon-greg-abbott-garrett-foster/
https://www.texasobserver.org/daniel-perry-pardon-greg-abbott-garrett-foster/
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In the 80s this woulda been about how D&D was converting children to satanism.
October 19, 2024 at 7:25 PM
In the 80s this woulda been about how D&D was converting children to satanism.
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Thank you Governor Walz
October 17, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Thank you Governor Walz