Ally 🫒
@batesnotnorman.bsky.social
When I grow up I’d like to be a stoic figure standing in the fog, staring into the abyss. Abolitionist, Emma Goldman stan, 🇵🇸
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Maybe I'm just heist-pilled rn but I really do think I would just feel so much better if I got to do one (1) heist! It doesn't have to be big! It just would need to be an International Incident™️
October 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Maybe I'm just heist-pilled rn but I really do think I would just feel so much better if I got to do one (1) heist! It doesn't have to be big! It just would need to be an International Incident™️
Just realized I'm not exactly in the right emotional state to be reading Annihilation rn
OR maybe it'll fix me???
Only one way to find out
OR maybe it'll fix me???
Only one way to find out
September 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Just realized I'm not exactly in the right emotional state to be reading Annihilation rn
OR maybe it'll fix me???
Only one way to find out
OR maybe it'll fix me???
Only one way to find out
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Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough
September 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough
currently the type of tired that makes me more anxious and paranoid than usual
September 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
currently the type of tired that makes me more anxious and paranoid than usual
And if you want to speak up about this mess, there's a group of us who will be at the meeting tonight in person to give testimony!
1/ Tonight the Dane County Board will vote on a proposal to introduce mail scanning at the county jail, which would eliminate most paper mail for people incarcerated there. Meeting details, and a short thread on this proposal and the messy discourse around it:
Dane County - Meeting of County Board on 9/4/2025 at 7:00 PM
dane.legistar.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
And if you want to speak up about this mess, there's a group of us who will be at the meeting tonight in person to give testimony!
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anyone who thinks this is cool should have their pants pulled down in public
You know that classic Edward Hopper painting evoking isolation and despair? We used AI to make it look terrible for no reason
August 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
anyone who thinks this is cool should have their pants pulled down in public
There's nothing quite as life affirming as a Costco hot dog and soda combo after being brave and going to the suburbs to buy ten pounds of pretzels
June 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
There's nothing quite as life affirming as a Costco hot dog and soda combo after being brave and going to the suburbs to buy ten pounds of pretzels
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The issue w/ current discourse of resistance is the focus on who the “real criminals” are instead of the process of criminalization by which certain people, groups & actions will *always* be framed as threats/violent while enabling others to engage in extreme forms of violence w/ absolute impunity.
June 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The issue w/ current discourse of resistance is the focus on who the “real criminals” are instead of the process of criminalization by which certain people, groups & actions will *always* be framed as threats/violent while enabling others to engage in extreme forms of violence w/ absolute impunity.
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You cannot play director or choreographer for moments of organic mobilization. I'm sorry, but even someone who understands the dynamics of what's happening (which many of you clearly don't) cannot do that. This is raw political will. You cannot direct that energy from behind a fucking screen.
June 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You cannot play director or choreographer for moments of organic mobilization. I'm sorry, but even someone who understands the dynamics of what's happening (which many of you clearly don't) cannot do that. This is raw political will. You cannot direct that energy from behind a fucking screen.
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I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
June 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
It seems like Isthmus could sense I was thinking about launching my own competitor to their Word of Mouth newsletter except good because they actually put out an interesting edition this week
May 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It seems like Isthmus could sense I was thinking about launching my own competitor to their Word of Mouth newsletter except good because they actually put out an interesting edition this week
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the craziest believe transphobes have is that children are unable to have introspective thoughts or ideas of self
May 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
the craziest believe transphobes have is that children are unable to have introspective thoughts or ideas of self
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“go back to your email job”
my email job? bro, i receive emails that would make you nauseous. i send emails that would make you puke your fucking guts out. i send one of those emails every ten minutes
my email job? bro, i receive emails that would make you nauseous. i send emails that would make you puke your fucking guts out. i send one of those emails every ten minutes
May 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“go back to your email job”
my email job? bro, i receive emails that would make you nauseous. i send emails that would make you puke your fucking guts out. i send one of those emails every ten minutes
my email job? bro, i receive emails that would make you nauseous. i send emails that would make you puke your fucking guts out. i send one of those emails every ten minutes
Well, Madison, time to dust off my favorite ultra-local meme
May 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Well, Madison, time to dust off my favorite ultra-local meme
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The Katy Perry spaceship reminds me of when Bezos sent William Shatner into space and all the reporters asked “hey how did you feel up there?!” and Shatner was like “horror and disgust…emptiness and profound dread at the infinite gaping maw” and then the reporters had to be like haha cool! Neat!
April 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Katy Perry spaceship reminds me of when Bezos sent William Shatner into space and all the reporters asked “hey how did you feel up there?!” and Shatner was like “horror and disgust…emptiness and profound dread at the infinite gaping maw” and then the reporters had to be like haha cool! Neat!
Just quietly whispering "they jump so high" to myself in awe every time I watch basketball
March 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Just quietly whispering "they jump so high" to myself in awe every time I watch basketball
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“We were in fact calling attention to the horrendous conditions of immigration detention. But a singular focus on conditions, rather than the violence of immigration detention itself, just lent itself to expansion.”
“The Basic Liberal Narrative Is Gone”: Immigrant Rights and Abolition with Silky Shah
“A singular focus on conditions, rather than the violence of immigration detention itself, just lent itself to expansion.”
www.publicbooks.org
March 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“We were in fact calling attention to the horrendous conditions of immigration detention. But a singular focus on conditions, rather than the violence of immigration detention itself, just lent itself to expansion.”
Great news, the city of Madison has put out a March Madness bracket to tell them which neighborhood features you value most. First matchup: Grocery Stores vs Healthcare
March 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Great news, the city of Madison has put out a March Madness bracket to tell them which neighborhood features you value most. First matchup: Grocery Stores vs Healthcare
Was wondering why everyone I've talked to today is in a wildly good mood before realizing we're on our 3rd sunny day in a row, which is making all us seasonally depressed midwesterners manic
March 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Was wondering why everyone I've talked to today is in a wildly good mood before realizing we're on our 3rd sunny day in a row, which is making all us seasonally depressed midwesterners manic
This is the guy who spent the summer of 2020 showing up to Madison and Dane County public meetings where activists were calling for more police oversight, reduction in police budgets, demilitarization of the police, etc. to berate them for daring to criticize cops
Kim Richman is running to represent Madison’s far east side on the city council.
Sitting down with @fayeparks.bsky.social, he touted his record of community service and his dedication to transparency.
www.wortfm.org/im-excited-t...
Sitting down with @fayeparks.bsky.social, he touted his record of community service and his dedication to transparency.
www.wortfm.org/im-excited-t...
“I’m excited to get the budget balanced,” says Kim Richman - WORT-FM 89.9
He's running this spring to represent Madison's far east side on the city council.
www.wortfm.org
March 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is the guy who spent the summer of 2020 showing up to Madison and Dane County public meetings where activists were calling for more police oversight, reduction in police budgets, demilitarization of the police, etc. to berate them for daring to criticize cops
I really appreciate apple's dedication to suggesting an apple pay transaction any time you text about money
March 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I really appreciate apple's dedication to suggesting an apple pay transaction any time you text about money
Hello. I have been off the boat for 14 hours. Why do I still feel like I'm on a boat, rocking. And when will it stop.
March 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hello. I have been off the boat for 14 hours. Why do I still feel like I'm on a boat, rocking. And when will it stop.
It's exciting to know that there is a price I'm willing to pay to not spend 12 hours in Tampa and that price is $180
March 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It's exciting to know that there is a price I'm willing to pay to not spend 12 hours in Tampa and that price is $180
Every time I receive an email that calls me "Abby" instead of "Ally" I have to take a moment to look down at my keyboard to see how close B and L are to one another
March 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Every time I receive an email that calls me "Abby" instead of "Ally" I have to take a moment to look down at my keyboard to see how close B and L are to one another
Oh, he /chose/ to go by that
March 3, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Oh, he /chose/ to go by that