Your Bossy Big Sister
@bossyoldersister.bsky.social
Exhausted critical thinker.
Rarely shocked, often appalled, perpetually puzzled.
Life goals:
1. Decrease the rate at which I say “I told you so”.
2. Stop telling them so.
How the hell is this happening? *silent screams*
Rarely shocked, often appalled, perpetually puzzled.
Life goals:
1. Decrease the rate at which I say “I told you so”.
2. Stop telling them so.
How the hell is this happening? *silent screams*
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I am shocked at the number of people talking about how Trump’s executive orders are illegal as if that is a deterrent. I don’t even know how to wrap my mind around this.
January 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I am shocked at the number of people talking about how Trump’s executive orders are illegal as if that is a deterrent. I don’t even know how to wrap my mind around this.
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Soror Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni was a revolutionary woman whose powerful work inspired the world. She was a Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech & earned hundreds of awards & honors throughout her career. May her legacy be an example of scholarship & social action.
December 13, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Soror Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni was a revolutionary woman whose powerful work inspired the world. She was a Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech & earned hundreds of awards & honors throughout her career. May her legacy be an example of scholarship & social action.
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Compare the front page of legacy media with the front page of Democracy Docket. Which one do you deserves your attention?
Democracy Docket is fiercely independent and uncompromisingly pro-democracy. Subscribe now for free. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
Democracy Docket is fiercely independent and uncompromisingly pro-democracy. Subscribe now for free. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
December 3, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Compare the front page of legacy media with the front page of Democracy Docket. Which one do you deserves your attention?
Democracy Docket is fiercely independent and uncompromisingly pro-democracy. Subscribe now for free. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
Democracy Docket is fiercely independent and uncompromisingly pro-democracy. Subscribe now for free. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
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Right now on New York Times vs right now on Democracy Docket.
December 4, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Right now on New York Times vs right now on Democracy Docket.
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Instead of the pardon nonsense, the legacy media should be covering the North Carolina Supreme Court recount where the Republican candidate is seeking to disqualify more than 60,000 lawful ballots and to disenfranchise entirely certain dependents of overseas and military voters.
December 4, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Instead of the pardon nonsense, the legacy media should be covering the North Carolina Supreme Court recount where the Republican candidate is seeking to disqualify more than 60,000 lawful ballots and to disenfranchise entirely certain dependents of overseas and military voters.
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Jeff Bezos and I were both in the news today.
Bezos is making nice with Trump.
Kash Patel has said that I am an enemy of the GOP.
He owns the Washington Post.
I founded Democracy Docket.
Both rely on paid subscriptions. Which do you want to support? www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
Bezos is making nice with Trump.
Kash Patel has said that I am an enemy of the GOP.
He owns the Washington Post.
I founded Democracy Docket.
Both rely on paid subscriptions. Which do you want to support? www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
December 5, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Jeff Bezos and I were both in the news today.
Bezos is making nice with Trump.
Kash Patel has said that I am an enemy of the GOP.
He owns the Washington Post.
I founded Democracy Docket.
Both rely on paid subscriptions. Which do you want to support? www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
Bezos is making nice with Trump.
Kash Patel has said that I am an enemy of the GOP.
He owns the Washington Post.
I founded Democracy Docket.
Both rely on paid subscriptions. Which do you want to support? www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
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In the Battle of Thermopylae (480BC), a small force of Greek soldiers fought valiantly against a mighty Persian army, knowing they could never win.
Their task was to slow down the Persian advance until reinforcements across Greece could be mustered.
...🧵
Their task was to slow down the Persian advance until reinforcements across Greece could be mustered.
...🧵
November 19, 2024 at 11:03 PM
In the Battle of Thermopylae (480BC), a small force of Greek soldiers fought valiantly against a mighty Persian army, knowing they could never win.
Their task was to slow down the Persian advance until reinforcements across Greece could be mustered.
...🧵
Their task was to slow down the Persian advance until reinforcements across Greece could be mustered.
...🧵
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Good morning and Happy Wednesday to everyone who has helped make Bluesky a welcoming, warm, and fun place!
I LOVE IT HERE ON BLUESKY!!!!💙🙏💙
I LOVE IT HERE ON BLUESKY!!!!💙🙏💙
November 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Good morning and Happy Wednesday to everyone who has helped make Bluesky a welcoming, warm, and fun place!
I LOVE IT HERE ON BLUESKY!!!!💙🙏💙
I LOVE IT HERE ON BLUESKY!!!!💙🙏💙
45 and the GOP use shock/ hate to distract from bigger stories.
Example: In September the “cat eating” lie outshined House Democrats exposing the GOP’s support of Project 2025. The bathroom bill & other tactics follow this same pattern.
Congressional Record:
www.congress.gov/congressiona...
Example: In September the “cat eating” lie outshined House Democrats exposing the GOP’s support of Project 2025. The bathroom bill & other tactics follow this same pattern.
Congressional Record:
www.congress.gov/congressiona...
November 20, 2024 at 2:50 PM
45 and the GOP use shock/ hate to distract from bigger stories.
Example: In September the “cat eating” lie outshined House Democrats exposing the GOP’s support of Project 2025. The bathroom bill & other tactics follow this same pattern.
Congressional Record:
www.congress.gov/congressiona...
Example: In September the “cat eating” lie outshined House Democrats exposing the GOP’s support of Project 2025. The bathroom bill & other tactics follow this same pattern.
Congressional Record:
www.congress.gov/congressiona...
The bathroom bill is a dead cat the GOP tossed onto the table: a calculated distraction. Our democracy is being dismantled, freedoms erased, and power stolen. Stop staring at the corpse. The house is burning, and they’re locking the goddamned doors. Wake up and look around you. We need to fight back
November 20, 2024 at 1:58 PM
The bathroom bill is a dead cat the GOP tossed onto the table: a calculated distraction. Our democracy is being dismantled, freedoms erased, and power stolen. Stop staring at the corpse. The house is burning, and they’re locking the goddamned doors. Wake up and look around you. We need to fight back
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The people screaming, “protect our kids!” about a public bathroom want to make a pedophile Attorney General of the United States.
November 19, 2024 at 12:21 AM
The people screaming, “protect our kids!” about a public bathroom want to make a pedophile Attorney General of the United States.
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🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Court REJECTS David McCormick and GOP lawsuit to discard Philadelphia provisional ballots. This victory ensures that 966 voters will have their ballots counted.
Congratulations to Team Casey who fought and won for these voters!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...
Congratulations to Team Casey who fought and won for these voters!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...
🚨 In re: Provisional Ballot Sufficiency Determination and Provisional Ballot Challenge Hearing of the November 5, 2024 Election
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:50 PM
🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Court REJECTS David McCormick and GOP lawsuit to discard Philadelphia provisional ballots. This victory ensures that 966 voters will have their ballots counted.
Congratulations to Team Casey who fought and won for these voters!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...
Congratulations to Team Casey who fought and won for these voters!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...
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In that gig, he would oversee anti human trafficking law enforcement efforts (while also presumably being wide open to blackmail/extortion by anyone with access to the buried report they're trying to suppress).
USA! USA!
USA! USA!
November 18, 2024 at 12:58 AM
In that gig, he would oversee anti human trafficking law enforcement efforts (while also presumably being wide open to blackmail/extortion by anyone with access to the buried report they're trying to suppress).
USA! USA!
USA! USA!
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Just absorbing the fact that the first order of business in the new QAnon-inflected MAGA Republican era is to demand that Congress bury its report on sex trafficking and drug allegations against a Republican member of Congress who they're trying to promote to higher office.
November 18, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Just absorbing the fact that the first order of business in the new QAnon-inflected MAGA Republican era is to demand that Congress bury its report on sex trafficking and drug allegations against a Republican member of Congress who they're trying to promote to higher office.
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"Democrats said Gabbard's visit with Assad, the Syrian dictator, helped legitimize a leader accused of war crimes who has served as a proxy and host for Russia and Iran..."
apnews.com/article/gabb...
apnews.com/article/gabb...
Gabbard's sympathetic views toward Russia cause alarm as Trump's pick to lead intelligence services
Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence is facing scrutiny over her past remarks that supported Kremlin propaganda about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
apnews.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:46 AM
"Democrats said Gabbard's visit with Assad, the Syrian dictator, helped legitimize a leader accused of war crimes who has served as a proxy and host for Russia and Iran..."
apnews.com/article/gabb...
apnews.com/article/gabb...
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So tired of saying the same things (low hanging fruit-type things) to people with power who have no interest or courage in making things right. The system/institution isn’t a mystery that no one can do anything about. It’s people, it’s people with power to change practices & policies.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
So tired of saying the same things (low hanging fruit-type things) to people with power who have no interest or courage in making things right. The system/institution isn’t a mystery that no one can do anything about. It’s people, it’s people with power to change practices & policies.
For me, resistance includes refusing to engage with hateful content on all platforms.
Collectively disengaging can help demonetize and limit “that” content.
See it, report it, block them. ≤ 3 seconds.
Zero engagement. 0 saving 0 sharing - because screen recordings work just fine.
Collectively disengaging can help demonetize and limit “that” content.
See it, report it, block them. ≤ 3 seconds.
Zero engagement. 0 saving 0 sharing - because screen recordings work just fine.
November 18, 2024 at 7:42 PM
For me, resistance includes refusing to engage with hateful content on all platforms.
Collectively disengaging can help demonetize and limit “that” content.
See it, report it, block them. ≤ 3 seconds.
Zero engagement. 0 saving 0 sharing - because screen recordings work just fine.
Collectively disengaging can help demonetize and limit “that” content.
See it, report it, block them. ≤ 3 seconds.
Zero engagement. 0 saving 0 sharing - because screen recordings work just fine.
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Being on this app has severely reduced the “everybody hates you” voice in my head 💕
November 17, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Being on this app has severely reduced the “everybody hates you” voice in my head 💕
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“Absolutely anything is possible, and we must acknowledge this, not out of surrender, but as a means of readying ourselves for the impossible fights ahead.”
@roxanegay.bsky.social
[This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]
@roxanegay.bsky.social
[This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]
Opinion | Enough
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:54 PM
“Absolutely anything is possible, and we must acknowledge this, not out of surrender, but as a means of readying ourselves for the impossible fights ahead.”
@roxanegay.bsky.social
[This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]
@roxanegay.bsky.social
[This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]
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Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
November 17, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
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I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
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We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
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Free speech is a beautiful thing, but when a billionaire thinks his voice is more valuable than yours and steps on your opinion using their vast wealth it creates an inequality that we really need to address.
November 17, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Free speech is a beautiful thing, but when a billionaire thinks his voice is more valuable than yours and steps on your opinion using their vast wealth it creates an inequality that we really need to address.
And legislators are just planning the next election.
I need a damn minute.
I need a damn minute.
November 17, 2024 at 3:12 AM
And legislators are just planning the next election.
I need a damn minute.
I need a damn minute.
They abandoned their constitutional duty when they nominated him.
You can’t expect integrity from people who:
- Aided in disinformation and misinformation attacks against U.S. citizens
- Pressured media outlets to misinform the public
- Back an insurrectionist for POTUS
How are we this stupid?
You can’t expect integrity from people who:
- Aided in disinformation and misinformation attacks against U.S. citizens
- Pressured media outlets to misinform the public
- Back an insurrectionist for POTUS
How are we this stupid?
Trump only has the authority to install all these dangerously incompetent cabinet picks if the Senate grants him the authority by abandoning their duty to the Constitution.
November 16, 2024 at 8:34 PM
They abandoned their constitutional duty when they nominated him.
You can’t expect integrity from people who:
- Aided in disinformation and misinformation attacks against U.S. citizens
- Pressured media outlets to misinform the public
- Back an insurrectionist for POTUS
How are we this stupid?
You can’t expect integrity from people who:
- Aided in disinformation and misinformation attacks against U.S. citizens
- Pressured media outlets to misinform the public
- Back an insurrectionist for POTUS
How are we this stupid?