Karen VH
@designinginward.bsky.social
Chaotic good (usually). Curious skeptic. Unfucker of clusters. I say what everyone else is thinking. Design is political. I swear because I care. she/her.
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I think Joyce Carol Oates has managed to be impossible to milkshake duck.
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I think Joyce Carol Oates has managed to be impossible to milkshake duck.
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
apparently we are all talking about James Bond today I have only one opinion on that franchise and it is this: Timothy Olyphant should be the next Bond.
youtu.be/RYIl6rIFdV0?...
youtu.be/RYIl6rIFdV0?...
Timothy Olyphant Will Be A Weed-Smoking 007 - CONAN on TBS
YouTube video by Team Coco
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
apparently we are all talking about James Bond today I have only one opinion on that franchise and it is this: Timothy Olyphant should be the next Bond.
youtu.be/RYIl6rIFdV0?...
youtu.be/RYIl6rIFdV0?...
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I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
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y’all know what motherfuckin time it is m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
m.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
y’all know what motherfuckin time it is m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Credit where credit is due, I asked him to not fold and he didn’t.
Peters is a no
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Credit where credit is due, I asked him to not fold and he didn’t.
jfc this. if I vote for a Democrat, I shouldn't have to call their office daily to yell at them to act like an actual opposition party
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
jfc this. if I vote for a Democrat, I shouldn't have to call their office daily to yell at them to act like an actual opposition party
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this is not the time for your resistbot texts. call the phone number. leave a message.
everyone should be calling your senators LITERALLY THIS INSTANT but if you recognize any of yours on this list you DOUBLEY SO need to call them
and specifically CALL THEM. not email not letters.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
and specifically CALL THEM. not email not letters.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
this is not the time for your resistbot texts. call the phone number. leave a message.
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not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
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I just.
we were WINNING
we were WINNING
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I just.
we were WINNING
we were WINNING
feels good to tap into my inherited Karen powers but on behalf of the good of the nation.
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
feels good to tap into my inherited Karen powers but on behalf of the good of the nation.
fyi I just left a message for Schumer too. Told him I had already left messages for my Michigan Senators but that this was so important to the entire country that I was calling him too.
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
fyi I just left a message for Schumer too. Told him I had already left messages for my Michigan Senators but that this was so important to the entire country that I was calling him too.
I cannot believe I'm saying this, because I have been one of her biggest critics, but...props to Slotkin for standing her ground. If she keeps acting like she actually is a Democrat she will have my full throated support.
Keep tagging them and commenting on their posts, it is having an impact!!!!
And thank @slotkin.senate.gov !!!! remember honey catches more flies than vinegar
And thank @slotkin.senate.gov !!!! remember honey catches more flies than vinegar
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I cannot believe I'm saying this, because I have been one of her biggest critics, but...props to Slotkin for standing her ground. If she keeps acting like she actually is a Democrat she will have my full throated support.
politicians have no idea what real life is.
ayfkm
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
politicians have no idea what real life is.
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Of course explanations have been offered (air travel over Thanksgiving, they think Trump will never cave, whatever) but we don't know, and when those of us organizing at the local grassroots level *don't understand at all* why elected "opposition leaders" are doing what they're doing, that is bad.
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Of course explanations have been offered (air travel over Thanksgiving, they think Trump will never cave, whatever) but we don't know, and when those of us organizing at the local grassroots level *don't understand at all* why elected "opposition leaders" are doing what they're doing, that is bad.
Michigan peeps, we gotta grab Peters and shake his old lame duck ass into sense.
2/ The Senators who want to vote yes on basically any terms appear to be shaheen, Hassan, king and Fetterman. Slightly less clear but I think pushing that way are Peters and Durbin. You’ll note that four of these six are retiring. Others who seem on the fence include the two sens from Georgia and …
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Michigan peeps, we gotta grab Peters and shake his old lame duck ass into sense.
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Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
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Reminder that REGIONAL OFFICES for Senators are also a calling option. If you can’t get through in DC, try a regional office.
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reminder that REGIONAL OFFICES for Senators are also a calling option. If you can’t get through in DC, try a regional office.
they have so much leverage they are ready to just throw away. the very definition of feckless.
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
they have so much leverage they are ready to just throw away. the very definition of feckless.
do NOT let them back down when they've won the upperhand
Get on the phone if you have a dem senator and ask them if they want to end their first good week in years in total abject dejection by their entire base
! A key group of Senate Democrats is leaning toward voting for a deal to end the shutdown, provided final details can be worked out like worker protections (Gift link)
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
do NOT let them back down when they've won the upperhand
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Get on the phone if you have a dem senator and ask them if they want to end their first good week in years in total abject dejection by their entire base
! A key group of Senate Democrats is leaning toward voting for a deal to end the shutdown, provided final details can be worked out like worker protections (Gift link)
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Thune Plans Test Vote on Shutdown, Saying Deal Is Getting Closer
Senate Republican leader John Thune said a deal is “coming together” as he planned a test vote Sunday on a narrow spending package that would end the 40-day government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Get on the phone if you have a dem senator and ask them if they want to end their first good week in years in total abject dejection by their entire base
hey Michiganders, let's fill up every voicemail inbox Peters has. Fuck it, send him all the mails and texts too. Fucking bury him in dissent.
How can one tell that @schumer.senate.gov’s fingerprints are all over another surrender to Trump/Republcians? The 2 key Sen Dems driving this deal - Masto and Peters - are former DSCC chairs. So don’t fall for it if Sen Leaders take show vote against it. They all own the #SchumerSurrender
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
hey Michiganders, let's fill up every voicemail inbox Peters has. Fuck it, send him all the mails and texts too. Fucking bury him in dissent.
"Pluribus" is fucking great.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Pluribus" is fucking great.
would really like to enjoy a weekend without calling my senators but here we are. just left messages at the DC offices for Peters and Slotkin.
Politico kiiiiind of goes in the same boat as axios for me but still worth calling your senators!
If these 8 democrats do this, I hope they experience the most miserable primary campaigns in history www.politico.com/live-updates...
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
would really like to enjoy a weekend without calling my senators but here we are. just left messages at the DC offices for Peters and Slotkin.