Diana Pharaoh Francis
@dipharaohfrancis.bsky.social
Writer of kick-ass fantasy, lover of dogs, knitting, and flaming feral feminist liberal.
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anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
Why can't the Dems just hold ground? Why do they have to be so spineless? Schumer needs to get the hell out of dodge and stop pretending he's serving the people's interest.
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Why can't the Dems just hold ground? Why do they have to be so spineless? Schumer needs to get the hell out of dodge and stop pretending he's serving the people's interest.
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The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
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How many kings?
What we know, 10:20pm
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
How many kings?
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Nine. 9. NINE.
Nine Republican congresspersons have just been made lame ducks. In a congress with the thinnest margin in modern history.
WTAF are those soon to be out of work people going to do in a congress running interference for the jackass that played chicken & lost them their cush jobs?
Nine Republican congresspersons have just been made lame ducks. In a congress with the thinnest margin in modern history.
WTAF are those soon to be out of work people going to do in a congress running interference for the jackass that played chicken & lost them their cush jobs?
NEW: California voters pass Proposition 50, which adopts a new Democratic-approved congressional map through 2030, The Associated Press reports.
The new maps will take effect starting in the 2026 midterm elections. https://to.pbs.org/47z89Dh
The new maps will take effect starting in the 2026 midterm elections. https://to.pbs.org/47z89Dh
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Nine. 9. NINE.
Nine Republican congresspersons have just been made lame ducks. In a congress with the thinnest margin in modern history.
WTAF are those soon to be out of work people going to do in a congress running interference for the jackass that played chicken & lost them their cush jobs?
Nine Republican congresspersons have just been made lame ducks. In a congress with the thinnest margin in modern history.
WTAF are those soon to be out of work people going to do in a congress running interference for the jackass that played chicken & lost them their cush jobs?
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Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
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 3:50 AM
Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
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Organizing still works — Avelo Airlines is feeling the heat for profiting off Trump’s terror tactics by running secretive (often illegal) deportation flights. You can take action to help ground “ICE Air”: www.groundavelo.org?utm_source=b...
Avelo Airlines is leaving Bradley Airport
Avelo Airlines is ending its service from Bradley International Airport. The Connecticut Airport Authority says Avelo Airlines has decided to end service from Bradley sometime in January. “We are disa...
www.nbcconnecticut.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Organizing still works — Avelo Airlines is feeling the heat for profiting off Trump’s terror tactics by running secretive (often illegal) deportation flights. You can take action to help ground “ICE Air”: www.groundavelo.org?utm_source=b...
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I'm planning to set up a food delivery business, but don't want to pay the people who make the food. If they won't give me free food, they'll kill my business.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm planning to set up a food delivery business, but don't want to pay the people who make the food. If they won't give me free food, they'll kill my business.
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This month! The 30th! Alex Easton returns in WHAT STALKS THE DEEP! I know I just had another book out! It’s a lot for me, too!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
What Stalks the Deep
The next installment in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine i...
us.macmillan.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This month! The 30th! Alex Easton returns in WHAT STALKS THE DEEP! I know I just had another book out! It’s a lot for me, too!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Texas book banners are in a tizzy about Killeen ISD, a district that looks likely to exercise their legal option *not* to create a committee policing their school libraries. Here’s one trustee explaining his reasoning in a way any American can understand:
August 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Texas book banners are in a tizzy about Killeen ISD, a district that looks likely to exercise their legal option *not* to create a committee policing their school libraries. Here’s one trustee explaining his reasoning in a way any American can understand:
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It's Day 2 of the Naratess Indie August Sale! For just one more day, you can scoop up my cozy-spooky rom-com A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience for 99c/99p: books2read.com/UndeadInconvenience
Do check out the whole sale, full of great books: indiebook.sale
Do check out the whole sale, full of great books: indiebook.sale
August 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It's Day 2 of the Naratess Indie August Sale! For just one more day, you can scoop up my cozy-spooky rom-com A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience for 99c/99p: books2read.com/UndeadInconvenience
Do check out the whole sale, full of great books: indiebook.sale
Do check out the whole sale, full of great books: indiebook.sale
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damned straight it is. copyright has to mean something or we don’t have inventions, stories, art, design, engineering… we have nothing.
I believe they call this "finding out" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
August 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
damned straight it is. copyright has to mean something or we don’t have inventions, stories, art, design, engineering… we have nothing.
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Banner dropping for persistent rush hour resistance!
#OregonFightsFascism #ResistFascism #NeverAgainIsNow #VisibilityBrigade #BannerDrop
#OregonFightsFascism #ResistFascism #NeverAgainIsNow #VisibilityBrigade #BannerDrop
August 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Banner dropping for persistent rush hour resistance!
#OregonFightsFascism #ResistFascism #NeverAgainIsNow #VisibilityBrigade #BannerDrop
#OregonFightsFascism #ResistFascism #NeverAgainIsNow #VisibilityBrigade #BannerDrop
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of of the the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the National Jewish Women Council, my law firm has sued Louisiana to block SB 436, the state's new voter registration proof of citizenship law. www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisi...
National Council of Jewish Women, Greater New Orleans v. Landry
Learn about the lawsuits that Democracy Docket is keeping an eye on.
www.democracydocket.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of of the the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the National Jewish Women Council, my law firm has sued Louisiana to block SB 436, the state's new voter registration proof of citizenship law. www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisi...
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This made me smile, which is nice.
maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
July 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This made me smile, which is nice.
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Go on. Call them antisemitic. I dare you.
HAPPENING NOW: a group of New York rabbis are being arrested at a protest outside the Israeli consulate calling for bringing food into Gaza, an end to the war, and return of all hostages
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Go on. Call them antisemitic. I dare you.
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South Park ROASTS 60 Minutes for their cowardice.
July 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
South Park ROASTS 60 Minutes for their cowardice.
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BTW there are two other countries where the Supreme Court has decided that trans people should have the right to self-determination, but where the government has not implemented that decision; Botswana and Japan.
Updated list of countries which have self-determination of gender.
(Also;
- most Mexican states,
- most Canadian provinces,
- 21 US states
-and some Australian States/Territories)
(Also;
- most Mexican states,
- most Canadian provinces,
- 21 US states
-and some Australian States/Territories)
July 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
BTW there are two other countries where the Supreme Court has decided that trans people should have the right to self-determination, but where the government has not implemented that decision; Botswana and Japan.
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Incredibly important report on AI training & copyright released today by the European Commission. It gets lots right, slamming the idea that creators should be required to opt-out of having their works used for free by AI companies.
It says:
- Generative AI must be based on opt-in consent
🧵 1/n
It says:
- Generative AI must be based on opt-in consent
🧵 1/n
July 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Incredibly important report on AI training & copyright released today by the European Commission. It gets lots right, slamming the idea that creators should be required to opt-out of having their works used for free by AI companies.
It says:
- Generative AI must be based on opt-in consent
🧵 1/n
It says:
- Generative AI must be based on opt-in consent
🧵 1/n
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A few thoughts from me on what happens next. Let’s go.
Trump’s Tax Scam now heads back to the House, where Republicans can only afford to lose 3 votes. The bill barely squeaked by with a single-vote margin the first time, and it’s only gotten more divisive since.
Anyone who tells you this is a done deal doesn’t know what the hell they’re talking about.
Anyone who tells you this is a done deal doesn’t know what the hell they’re talking about.
Trump’s Big Ugly Bill has passed the Senate. We can still defeat it in the House.
By Sarah Dohl, Indivisible Chief Campaigns Officer
indivisibleteam.medium.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A few thoughts from me on what happens next. Let’s go.
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NEW: I wrote about ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the deranged Trump and DeSantis collab to imprison thousands of migrants in tents surrounded by deadly wild animals, the speed-running of mass deportation and the language of extermination.
Alligator Alcatraz immigrant prison camp is Florida's sadistic 'one-stop shop' for mass deportation
Trump will attend the opening on Tuesday with Gov. DeSantis and DHS Sec. Noem.
www.thehandbasket.co
June 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
NEW: I wrote about ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the deranged Trump and DeSantis collab to imprison thousands of migrants in tents surrounded by deadly wild animals, the speed-running of mass deportation and the language of extermination.
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I think the reality is that many of the centrist politicians who still have a stranglehold on the Democratic establishment are virtually indistinguishable from their extremist Republican colleagues. They share donors, lobbyists and probably investments, too.
June 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I think the reality is that many of the centrist politicians who still have a stranglehold on the Democratic establishment are virtually indistinguishable from their extremist Republican colleagues. They share donors, lobbyists and probably investments, too.
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no reason not to primary chuck schumer now
June 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
no reason not to primary chuck schumer now