Deirdra Mercury
@birdofparadox.bsky.social
Story-yeller. Rage, pets, dahlias, words.
A complete Muppet of a human with an air raid siren for a laugh. Proud HBCU grad. Chahta sia hoke! Sidhe/her, fae/them.
A complete Muppet of a human with an air raid siren for a laugh. Proud HBCU grad. Chahta sia hoke! Sidhe/her, fae/them.
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But the memes are somehow still worth it right gang
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
But the memes are somehow still worth it right gang
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Yesterday, HHS staff got an email from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) -- yes, the office for civil rights -- asking about “anti-Christian bias” in the workplace ✨.
Reminder...Christians are the majority religion in the U.S.
Gaslighting level: federal.
Yesterday, HHS staff got an email from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) -- yes, the office for civil rights -- asking about “anti-Christian bias” in the workplace ✨.
Reminder...Christians are the majority religion in the U.S.
Gaslighting level: federal.
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Yesterday, HHS staff got an email from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) -- yes, the office for civil rights -- asking about “anti-Christian bias” in the workplace ✨.
Reminder...Christians are the majority religion in the U.S.
Gaslighting level: federal.
Yesterday, HHS staff got an email from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) -- yes, the office for civil rights -- asking about “anti-Christian bias” in the workplace ✨.
Reminder...Christians are the majority religion in the U.S.
Gaslighting level: federal.
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This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
Hard to believe it’s well into November and I just walked out barefoot and picked a ripened fig off the tree. In Pennsylvania. Climate change is wild 🌱
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Hard to believe it’s well into November and I just walked out barefoot and picked a ripened fig off the tree. In Pennsylvania. Climate change is wild 🌱
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Oh my god can you imagine??? Holy shit.
Today I learned that disabled folks get a special bathroom key in the UK that universally opens special toilets. And I love this concept.
November 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Oh my god can you imagine??? Holy shit.
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One of the many reasons we have to fight the rise of the far right is the risk they pose to undoing the progress we *have* made.
Lot of people are already passing this around with the usual "WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING" shrieks, while ignoring the fact that the article literally says that this is a *significant* decrease from the warming that we were on track for even a few years ago.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
One of the many reasons we have to fight the rise of the far right is the risk they pose to undoing the progress we *have* made.
I might faint from all the nice things that have happened in the past 24 hours…
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are in talks to return for a new 'Mummy' movie.
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the filmmaking duo known as Radio Silence, are set to direct the movie for Universal.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the filmmaking duo known as Radio Silence, are set to direct the movie for Universal.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I might faint from all the nice things that have happened in the past 24 hours…
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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The White House just posted this they are not mad they swear they are so not mad
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The White House just posted this they are not mad they swear they are so not mad
In a world where so much of our attention and resources are bent toward the artificial, authenticity matters. Democrats need to focus up.
I have actually not seen Mamdani give a formal speech and what I’ll say is that unlike so many of his peers he is not trying to mimic anyone in his delivery. He is simply being himself and it is very effective.
I’ve been interested in political speeches for as long as I can remember. I’ve listened to nearly every inaugural and major address, and I’ve given tons of public speeches myself.
Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good.
Crazy to watch.
Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good.
Crazy to watch.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In a world where so much of our attention and resources are bent toward the artificial, authenticity matters. Democrats need to focus up.
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Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
Biiiiiiig madddddd.
man this just does not feel like a remotely fair or accurate statement to me!
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Biiiiiiig madddddd.
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About Teen Vogue,
I don't read or care much for a lot of mainstream media, but Teen Vogue is the only consistent non-Native media outlet that has always done an incredible job reporting on Native issues and giving our talent a platform to shine and not just to fill their "diversity" quota.
I don't read or care much for a lot of mainstream media, but Teen Vogue is the only consistent non-Native media outlet that has always done an incredible job reporting on Native issues and giving our talent a platform to shine and not just to fill their "diversity" quota.
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
About Teen Vogue,
I don't read or care much for a lot of mainstream media, but Teen Vogue is the only consistent non-Native media outlet that has always done an incredible job reporting on Native issues and giving our talent a platform to shine and not just to fill their "diversity" quota.
I don't read or care much for a lot of mainstream media, but Teen Vogue is the only consistent non-Native media outlet that has always done an incredible job reporting on Native issues and giving our talent a platform to shine and not just to fill their "diversity" quota.
He’s wanted to punish Teen Vogue since his first term. And now this… we are losing truth tellers on every stage.
They fired every Black woman at Teen Vogue and every trans staffer.
It is astonishing watching the American media ecosystem just falling like dominoes, bowing its knees to fascism.
It is astonishing watching the American media ecosystem just falling like dominoes, bowing its knees to fascism.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
He’s wanted to punish Teen Vogue since his first term. And now this… we are losing truth tellers on every stage.
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Until now, Social Security disability benefits got easier to qualify for as a person reached 50+. A new Trump plan would end that.
Under the plan, millions, particularly in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify for disability benefits in the future.
➡️ More: propub.li/4oeO7VO
Under the plan, millions, particularly in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify for disability benefits in the future.
➡️ More: propub.li/4oeO7VO
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Until now, Social Security disability benefits got easier to qualify for as a person reached 50+. A new Trump plan would end that.
Under the plan, millions, particularly in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify for disability benefits in the future.
➡️ More: propub.li/4oeO7VO
Under the plan, millions, particularly in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify for disability benefits in the future.
➡️ More: propub.li/4oeO7VO
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“We planted rice this year for the first time because we thought rice was gonna be a moneymaker. Turn out, all commodity prices [are] in the dump.” https://capitalbnews.org/black-farmers-tariffs-trade-war-impact/
As Tariffs Rise, One Family’s Fields Tell the Real Cost of the Trade War
A third-generation commodity crop farmer in Louisiana is facing losses as a result of the Trump administration’s trade war.
capitalbnews.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“We planted rice this year for the first time because we thought rice was gonna be a moneymaker. Turn out, all commodity prices [are] in the dump.” https://capitalbnews.org/black-farmers-tariffs-trade-war-impact/
Let them eat urinal cake, I guess…
Meanwhile on TruthSocial...
Trump publishes 20 photos of refurbished Lincoln bathroom at the White House
Trump publishes 20 photos of refurbished Lincoln bathroom at the White House
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Let them eat urinal cake, I guess…
We’ve got (more) concentration camps now.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
We’ve got (more) concentration camps now.
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Kristi Noem says no US citizens have been detained by ICE.
170 US citizens detained by ICE including kids.
Release the EPSTEIN files.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
170 US citizens detained by ICE including kids.
Release the EPSTEIN files.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Kristi Noem says no US citizens have been detained by ICE.
170 US citizens detained by ICE including kids.
Release the EPSTEIN files.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
170 US citizens detained by ICE including kids.
Release the EPSTEIN files.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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AP has the better headline. Since most readers don’t get beyond the headlines (especially on social media), they highlight the cause of the starvation upfront: the Trump regime.
October 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
AP has the better headline. Since most readers don’t get beyond the headlines (especially on social media), they highlight the cause of the starvation upfront: the Trump regime.
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NEWS OUTLETS COVERING CLIMATE CHANGE SHOULD NOT BE TAKING MONEY FROM FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATIONS END OF STORY
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
NEWS OUTLETS COVERING CLIMATE CHANGE SHOULD NOT BE TAKING MONEY FROM FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATIONS END OF STORY
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Bernie's wrong. Lots of nations don't have borders.
What needs borders is a nation-*state*. It's not the same thing at all.
The talking point uses fear to help people forget that a nation-state can have open borders.
But open borders is the correct policy, and our nation-state should have them.
What needs borders is a nation-*state*. It's not the same thing at all.
The talking point uses fear to help people forget that a nation-state can have open borders.
But open borders is the correct policy, and our nation-state should have them.
Trump's re-election campaign is going to be running favorable quotes from ... [checks notes] ... Senator Bernie Sanders.
October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Bernie's wrong. Lots of nations don't have borders.
What needs borders is a nation-*state*. It's not the same thing at all.
The talking point uses fear to help people forget that a nation-state can have open borders.
But open borders is the correct policy, and our nation-state should have them.
What needs borders is a nation-*state*. It's not the same thing at all.
The talking point uses fear to help people forget that a nation-state can have open borders.
But open borders is the correct policy, and our nation-state should have them.
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absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago
October 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago
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It is pretty funny for Bari Weiss, a person with no reporting experience, to take over a respected news organization full of investigative reporters and producers who have seen some real shit, and then be surprised and frustrated there are leaks.
October 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It is pretty funny for Bari Weiss, a person with no reporting experience, to take over a respected news organization full of investigative reporters and producers who have seen some real shit, and then be surprised and frustrated there are leaks.