Vania
@dawookie.bsky.social
- Proud cat herder & homeostatic vibe-shifter
- Devil's advocate & altruism bully (in recovery)
Currently: On a quest to save democracy and the world for selfish cat-based comfortable retirement reasons
- Devil's advocate & altruism bully (in recovery)
Currently: On a quest to save democracy and the world for selfish cat-based comfortable retirement reasons
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As we witness climate obstruction in real time at #COP30, this @cssn.org presser w/ @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, @daniellefalzon.bsky.social, @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Carlos Milani to discuss a new global assessment on climate obstruction is rather timely.
Details: cssn.org/news-researc...
Details: cssn.org/news-researc...
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
As we witness climate obstruction in real time at #COP30, this @cssn.org presser w/ @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, @daniellefalzon.bsky.social, @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Carlos Milani to discuss a new global assessment on climate obstruction is rather timely.
Details: cssn.org/news-researc...
Details: cssn.org/news-researc...
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Trump's retaliatory firing of my constituent Ellen for exercising free speech is egregious & dangerous.
That’s why I’m fighting for Ellen & every federal worker unjustly fired.
USDA must immediately reinstate her & allow her to continue serving our communities and country.
That’s why I’m fighting for Ellen & every federal worker unjustly fired.
USDA must immediately reinstate her & allow her to continue serving our communities and country.
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Trump's retaliatory firing of my constituent Ellen for exercising free speech is egregious & dangerous.
That’s why I’m fighting for Ellen & every federal worker unjustly fired.
USDA must immediately reinstate her & allow her to continue serving our communities and country.
That’s why I’m fighting for Ellen & every federal worker unjustly fired.
USDA must immediately reinstate her & allow her to continue serving our communities and country.
When your local politicians are SO MUCH COOLER than your state or national politicians.
Ohio is NOT hopeless.
It's just a little busted and NEEDS help.
#BetterDems
Ohio is NOT hopeless.
It's just a little busted and NEEDS help.
#BetterDems
I’m still processing the fact that the President of the United States posted a fake video of himself dumping shit on the peacefully protesting Americans he was elected to serve.
I don’t care if you are a R or a D. Whether you voted for me or not. I am here to serve EVERY PERSON in my district.
I don’t care if you are a R or a D. Whether you voted for me or not. I am here to serve EVERY PERSON in my district.
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
When your local politicians are SO MUCH COOLER than your state or national politicians.
Ohio is NOT hopeless.
It's just a little busted and NEEDS help.
#BetterDems
Ohio is NOT hopeless.
It's just a little busted and NEEDS help.
#BetterDems
This is important and future-forward. Way to pick a HERO lane, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
I'd like more energy on what can be done NOW, but I will ACCEPT a strong push for national conversation that shifts hearts and minds in a better direction overall ♥️
#BetterDems
I'd like more energy on what can be done NOW, but I will ACCEPT a strong push for national conversation that shifts hearts and minds in a better direction overall ♥️
#BetterDems
Most Americans agree we need to get money out of politics. If that takes a constitutional amendment, then that's what we have to do. And if that's going to take years, then it's all the more reason to begin pushing now.
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is important and future-forward. Way to pick a HERO lane, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
I'd like more energy on what can be done NOW, but I will ACCEPT a strong push for national conversation that shifts hearts and minds in a better direction overall ♥️
#BetterDems
I'd like more energy on what can be done NOW, but I will ACCEPT a strong push for national conversation that shifts hearts and minds in a better direction overall ♥️
#BetterDems
Babies are the worst. They don't work. They YELL. They're smelly. They are EXTRAORDINARILY selfish.
I'm talking about Illionaires, of course.
Literal infants have potential to NOT get so addicted to money they forget to care about humanity and the planet etc.
BUT brains of any age CAN learn.
I'm talking about Illionaires, of course.
Literal infants have potential to NOT get so addicted to money they forget to care about humanity and the planet etc.
BUT brains of any age CAN learn.
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Babies are the worst. They don't work. They YELL. They're smelly. They are EXTRAORDINARILY selfish.
I'm talking about Illionaires, of course.
Literal infants have potential to NOT get so addicted to money they forget to care about humanity and the planet etc.
BUT brains of any age CAN learn.
I'm talking about Illionaires, of course.
Literal infants have potential to NOT get so addicted to money they forget to care about humanity and the planet etc.
BUT brains of any age CAN learn.
I've reached the end of my reading privileges but I would just like to say that @thenation.com is UNIQUELY impressive in its selection of PHOTOS.
And the headlines are pretty epic, too.
We see you, HEROES.
#BetterDems
And the headlines are pretty epic, too.
We see you, HEROES.
#BetterDems
Trump and the GOP seek to end affordable healthcare and food assistance for tens of millions of Americans. The public doesn't support it and also opposes most other MAGA priorities. My Nation column on Trump's growing unpopularity. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump’s Trashing of Liberty and Human Worth
The Republican Party has deliberately attempted to render healthcare unaffordable and deprive families of the ability to put food on the table.
www.thenation.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I've reached the end of my reading privileges but I would just like to say that @thenation.com is UNIQUELY impressive in its selection of PHOTOS.
And the headlines are pretty epic, too.
We see you, HEROES.
#BetterDems
And the headlines are pretty epic, too.
We see you, HEROES.
#BetterDems
#BetterDems care about ALL. When the business of politics forces them to prioritize & FAIL individual people (or animals or the planet), they do not DEFEND decisions that betray the weak in favor of the strong.
They MOURN, resolve to do BETTER, and SAY so.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social
LEVEL UP.
They MOURN, resolve to do BETTER, and SAY so.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social
LEVEL UP.
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#BetterDems care about ALL. When the business of politics forces them to prioritize & FAIL individual people (or animals or the planet), they do not DEFEND decisions that betray the weak in favor of the strong.
They MOURN, resolve to do BETTER, and SAY so.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social
LEVEL UP.
They MOURN, resolve to do BETTER, and SAY so.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social
LEVEL UP.
If I could remember that one Illionaire's name who kept arguing about this very point with @garyseconomics.bsky.social, I would totally go all "HE TOLD YOU SO" all over him and feel super-smug about it ;)
wealth redistribution IS the way.
Money-go-up is an ADDICTION that needs TREATMENT
wealth redistribution IS the way.
Money-go-up is an ADDICTION that needs TREATMENT
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If I could remember that one Illionaire's name who kept arguing about this very point with @garyseconomics.bsky.social, I would totally go all "HE TOLD YOU SO" all over him and feel super-smug about it ;)
wealth redistribution IS the way.
Money-go-up is an ADDICTION that needs TREATMENT
wealth redistribution IS the way.
Money-go-up is an ADDICTION that needs TREATMENT
If you notice I'm breaking my positive reinforcement only "rule" more often than usual right now, it's because of all the inhumane turkey murder and the planet FULL of serial killers the climate system SHOULD just wipe off the map for being SUCH heartless d1ckbags... 1/2
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If you notice I'm breaking my positive reinforcement only "rule" more often than usual right now, it's because of all the inhumane turkey murder and the planet FULL of serial killers the climate system SHOULD just wipe off the map for being SUCH heartless d1ckbags... 1/2
I'm not reading the NYT because they suck, but HELL YES, let's send the HERO SH%& around, wherever its source, whatever its context!! That's how you get more heroic action generally.
#BetterDems
#BetterDems
You don’t speak up inside a captured agency because it’s fun. You do it because the stakes are deadly serious.
Dr. Norton was placed on administrative leave for defending Americans’ health. She's a hero for saying what needs to be said. We stand with her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Dr. Norton was placed on administrative leave for defending Americans’ health. She's a hero for saying what needs to be said. We stand with her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm not reading the NYT because they suck, but HELL YES, let's send the HERO SH%& around, wherever its source, whatever its context!! That's how you get more heroic action generally.
#BetterDems
#BetterDems
@schumer.senate.gov is a nice man, but in an age of media transparency, misinfo, & daily deluges of incoming data, we need politicians to be BONFIRES, not casters of shadow puppets.
He doesn't have big enough VALUES to widen his PERSPECTIVE enough to STRATEGIZE effectively.
#BetterDems #ChuckChuck
He doesn't have big enough VALUES to widen his PERSPECTIVE enough to STRATEGIZE effectively.
#BetterDems #ChuckChuck
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
@schumer.senate.gov is a nice man, but in an age of media transparency, misinfo, & daily deluges of incoming data, we need politicians to be BONFIRES, not casters of shadow puppets.
He doesn't have big enough VALUES to widen his PERSPECTIVE enough to STRATEGIZE effectively.
#BetterDems #ChuckChuck
He doesn't have big enough VALUES to widen his PERSPECTIVE enough to STRATEGIZE effectively.
#BetterDems #ChuckChuck
Welcome to the addiction economy.
LEARN BRAIN SCIENCE if you want to protect yourself and the people you love from falling for allllll the scams while we sort out a new, better economic system.
It's gonna be a bumpy ride, I think :\
LEARN BRAIN SCIENCE if you want to protect yourself and the people you love from falling for allllll the scams while we sort out a new, better economic system.
It's gonna be a bumpy ride, I think :\
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Welcome to the addiction economy.
LEARN BRAIN SCIENCE if you want to protect yourself and the people you love from falling for allllll the scams while we sort out a new, better economic system.
It's gonna be a bumpy ride, I think :\
LEARN BRAIN SCIENCE if you want to protect yourself and the people you love from falling for allllll the scams while we sort out a new, better economic system.
It's gonna be a bumpy ride, I think :\
Read this thread and GET GIDDY about how pro-social humanity really wants to be.
#enlightenment
People CAN get better. SOCIETIES can get better. The backlashes are TEMPORARY. Evolution LOVES altruism.
Get smart on brain science, make your compassion BIGGER, and help speed it UP! #BetterDems
#enlightenment
People CAN get better. SOCIETIES can get better. The backlashes are TEMPORARY. Evolution LOVES altruism.
Get smart on brain science, make your compassion BIGGER, and help speed it UP! #BetterDems
🎴NEW PAPER!🎴
Majorities in 11 HICs support:
✅Foreign aid
✅Debt relief for low-income countries (LICs)
✅An international carbon price financing a worldwide basic income
✅An international 2% tax on wealth above $1 million with 30% funding LICs
and much more.
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Majorities in 11 HICs support:
✅Foreign aid
✅Debt relief for low-income countries (LICs)
✅An international carbon price financing a worldwide basic income
✅An international 2% tax on wealth above $1 million with 30% funding LICs
and much more.
bsky.app/profile/wid....
A 🧵⬇️
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Read this thread and GET GIDDY about how pro-social humanity really wants to be.
#enlightenment
People CAN get better. SOCIETIES can get better. The backlashes are TEMPORARY. Evolution LOVES altruism.
Get smart on brain science, make your compassion BIGGER, and help speed it UP! #BetterDems
#enlightenment
People CAN get better. SOCIETIES can get better. The backlashes are TEMPORARY. Evolution LOVES altruism.
Get smart on brain science, make your compassion BIGGER, and help speed it UP! #BetterDems
Good reporting.
The bad guy side controls both sides of the table.
Another reason @schumer.senate.gov is not fit to meet this moment. #BetterDems need to #ChuckChuck to present a POWERFUL IMAGE to prove to America the party CAN resist on our behalf based on highest values and BRAVE strategy.
The bad guy side controls both sides of the table.
Another reason @schumer.senate.gov is not fit to meet this moment. #BetterDems need to #ChuckChuck to present a POWERFUL IMAGE to prove to America the party CAN resist on our behalf based on highest values and BRAVE strategy.
There was always something inexplicably strange about the recent government shutdown. From the beginning, it was crystal clear what Democrats wanted: lower health care costs, affordability and for a lawless president to start obeying the law.
But what about the Republicans?
But what about the Republicans?
It Was the Epstein Shutdown All Along
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Good reporting.
The bad guy side controls both sides of the table.
Another reason @schumer.senate.gov is not fit to meet this moment. #BetterDems need to #ChuckChuck to present a POWERFUL IMAGE to prove to America the party CAN resist on our behalf based on highest values and BRAVE strategy.
The bad guy side controls both sides of the table.
Another reason @schumer.senate.gov is not fit to meet this moment. #BetterDems need to #ChuckChuck to present a POWERFUL IMAGE to prove to America the party CAN resist on our behalf based on highest values and BRAVE strategy.
This sounds like a HERO moment.
Will Pete Skandalakis choose to make a stand or retreat and cower in fear?
If he DID make a stand, would #BetterDems stand with him? Would democratic leadership offer him material support? Would the American people rally behind ONE PERSON roaring on OUR behalf?
Will Pete Skandalakis choose to make a stand or retreat and cower in fear?
If he DID make a stand, would #BetterDems stand with him? Would democratic leadership offer him material support? Would the American people rally behind ONE PERSON roaring on OUR behalf?
BREAKING: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to prosecute the case against Trump and others in Fulton County.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This sounds like a HERO moment.
Will Pete Skandalakis choose to make a stand or retreat and cower in fear?
If he DID make a stand, would #BetterDems stand with him? Would democratic leadership offer him material support? Would the American people rally behind ONE PERSON roaring on OUR behalf?
Will Pete Skandalakis choose to make a stand or retreat and cower in fear?
If he DID make a stand, would #BetterDems stand with him? Would democratic leadership offer him material support? Would the American people rally behind ONE PERSON roaring on OUR behalf?
If you can't be pragmatic and make the HARD choices, you can't get ANYTHING done.
And if the choices don't feel HARD, then you're probably a heartless, soulless, selfish garbage human who should STEP ASIDE and let someone with BETTER VALUES take point.
#BetterDems
And if the choices don't feel HARD, then you're probably a heartless, soulless, selfish garbage human who should STEP ASIDE and let someone with BETTER VALUES take point.
#BetterDems
I appreciate that the main takeaway from this lesson is that science can't ever really be "apolitical."
11-year-old: Our new science project is so frustrating!
Me: How so?
11: We're designing an earthquake warning system, and we could only get it to 59 minutes and 2 false alarms, and it still cost $123M, which means cutting road and school budgets. It's impossible!
Me: Sounds like that's the point.
Me: How so?
11: We're designing an earthquake warning system, and we could only get it to 59 minutes and 2 false alarms, and it still cost $123M, which means cutting road and school budgets. It's impossible!
Me: Sounds like that's the point.
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you can't be pragmatic and make the HARD choices, you can't get ANYTHING done.
And if the choices don't feel HARD, then you're probably a heartless, soulless, selfish garbage human who should STEP ASIDE and let someone with BETTER VALUES take point.
#BetterDems
And if the choices don't feel HARD, then you're probably a heartless, soulless, selfish garbage human who should STEP ASIDE and let someone with BETTER VALUES take point.
#BetterDems
Signs of reality breaking through.
#BetterDems would make BETTER use of this momentum to sell America a TRULY ethical vision of a future that works for EVERYONE
Cowards? Will just ride the wave and tentatively pat at the water. Do Better.
And then? DO BETTER.
#BetterDems would make BETTER use of this momentum to sell America a TRULY ethical vision of a future that works for EVERYONE
Cowards? Will just ride the wave and tentatively pat at the water. Do Better.
And then? DO BETTER.
Americans know the truth about Trump’s economy.
Grocery bills and health insurance premiums don’t lie.
Grocery bills and health insurance premiums don’t lie.
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Signs of reality breaking through.
#BetterDems would make BETTER use of this momentum to sell America a TRULY ethical vision of a future that works for EVERYONE
Cowards? Will just ride the wave and tentatively pat at the water. Do Better.
And then? DO BETTER.
#BetterDems would make BETTER use of this momentum to sell America a TRULY ethical vision of a future that works for EVERYONE
Cowards? Will just ride the wave and tentatively pat at the water. Do Better.
And then? DO BETTER.
Religion done right.
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Religion done right.
PSA: If you're actively working to harm the planet for personal gain, you're a scumbag POS
Kathy Hochul could bring down bills and protect our future by building 15 gigawatts of public renewables.
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
PSA: If you're actively working to harm the planet for personal gain, you're a scumbag POS
aesthetics on point
#BetterDems
#BetterDems
If you think this is badass, wait until we win.
katforillinois.com/legal
katforillinois.com/legal
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
aesthetics on point
#BetterDems
#BetterDems
Diversity is the best thing ABOUT America ❤️🤍💙
It's when people try to shove each other into matching outfits that everything goes wrong
#BetterDems
It's when people try to shove each other into matching outfits that everything goes wrong
#BetterDems
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Diversity is the best thing ABOUT America ❤️🤍💙
It's when people try to shove each other into matching outfits that everything goes wrong
#BetterDems
It's when people try to shove each other into matching outfits that everything goes wrong
#BetterDems
if you're a fan of your children, get them vaccinated 💉
2/2 If you’ve got hesitant family, share this.
They love their kids. 💕
We're all trying to make the safest choices in a confusing time - a time flooded with misinformation, sadly also from our own leadership.
Let’s help each other find our way back to trust, facts & protecting the little ones
They love their kids. 💕
We're all trying to make the safest choices in a confusing time - a time flooded with misinformation, sadly also from our own leadership.
Let’s help each other find our way back to trust, facts & protecting the little ones
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
if you're a fan of your children, get them vaccinated 💉
math problems
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
math problems
meanwhile, in (slightly) more responsible parts of the world...
#COP30 kicked off this week and clean energy is already front and center. Simon Stiell’s opening speech acts as our reminder that solar and wind are the world’s answer to ✅ Lower bills ✅ Cleaner air ✅ Climate change 🙌
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
meanwhile, in (slightly) more responsible parts of the world...
Bitey McBiterson is using Cannonbal McPuncherface as a pillow
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Bitey McBiterson is using Cannonbal McPuncherface as a pillow