Racheal Doyle
@disquisition.bsky.social
Writer and reader of irreverent critical discourse and spooky speculative fiction.
Persistent Portland, Maine native. You can’t get there from here.
lawlesspolitics.com
Persistent Portland, Maine native. You can’t get there from here.
lawlesspolitics.com
Let Elon Musk do to Tesla what Studebaker did to Packard.
May 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Let Elon Musk do to Tesla what Studebaker did to Packard.
How many nights in a row can you fail to sleep before hallucinating just becomes your life now.
April 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
How many nights in a row can you fail to sleep before hallucinating just becomes your life now.
Staring at a blank word doc daily, unable to write.
Repeatedly hitting cancel on attempts at social media participation.
My give a shit is completely broken.
Introverts of the virtual world, tell me how you’re surviving knowing that tens of millions of people voted for this destruction.
Repeatedly hitting cancel on attempts at social media participation.
My give a shit is completely broken.
Introverts of the virtual world, tell me how you’re surviving knowing that tens of millions of people voted for this destruction.
participation.my
April 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Staring at a blank word doc daily, unable to write.
Repeatedly hitting cancel on attempts at social media participation.
My give a shit is completely broken.
Introverts of the virtual world, tell me how you’re surviving knowing that tens of millions of people voted for this destruction.
Repeatedly hitting cancel on attempts at social media participation.
My give a shit is completely broken.
Introverts of the virtual world, tell me how you’re surviving knowing that tens of millions of people voted for this destruction.
When your doctor wants to give you an SSRI and you’re trying to explain it won’t do a damn thing for the swift slide into authoritarianism happening before our very eyes.
March 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
When your doctor wants to give you an SSRI and you’re trying to explain it won’t do a damn thing for the swift slide into authoritarianism happening before our very eyes.
Tell me how you’re coping with this shit.
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Tell me how you’re coping with this shit.
I cannot fully express my sense of embarrassment, shame, and rage after watching the live stream of the meeting in the Oval Office today.
The President of the United States and his VP are both giant steaming piles of Shit.
The President of the United States and his VP are both giant steaming piles of Shit.
February 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I cannot fully express my sense of embarrassment, shame, and rage after watching the live stream of the meeting in the Oval Office today.
The President of the United States and his VP are both giant steaming piles of Shit.
The President of the United States and his VP are both giant steaming piles of Shit.
February is a difficult month and seasonal depression has been aggravated by a political nightmare from which I cannot wake.
It feels like the moment I return to a neglected social media platform, there are dozens more dipshits to block.
It feels like the moment I return to a neglected social media platform, there are dozens more dipshits to block.
February 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
February is a difficult month and seasonal depression has been aggravated by a political nightmare from which I cannot wake.
It feels like the moment I return to a neglected social media platform, there are dozens more dipshits to block.
It feels like the moment I return to a neglected social media platform, there are dozens more dipshits to block.
He’s going to crash the economy sooner than I expected.
The only thing that orange asshole excels at is breaking shit.
The only thing that orange asshole excels at is breaking shit.
February 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
He’s going to crash the economy sooner than I expected.
The only thing that orange asshole excels at is breaking shit.
The only thing that orange asshole excels at is breaking shit.
We’re only 8 days in and it’s getting harder to get out of bed each morning.
January 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We’re only 8 days in and it’s getting harder to get out of bed each morning.
Bribery, graft, fraud and political patronage are common mechanisms for intersecting corporate and political criminality.
It is immensely painful watching the US repeat history.
It is immensely painful watching the US repeat history.
December 23, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Bribery, graft, fraud and political patronage are common mechanisms for intersecting corporate and political criminality.
It is immensely painful watching the US repeat history.
It is immensely painful watching the US repeat history.
Reading some replies this morning that play out like MAGAts but from the other side of the aisle.
Anyone can be an asshole regardless of political affiliation.
Sometimes it’s the only reasonable choice.
But doing so while also being loudly obtuse is contemptible regardless of political identity.
Anyone can be an asshole regardless of political affiliation.
Sometimes it’s the only reasonable choice.
But doing so while also being loudly obtuse is contemptible regardless of political identity.
December 15, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Reading some replies this morning that play out like MAGAts but from the other side of the aisle.
Anyone can be an asshole regardless of political affiliation.
Sometimes it’s the only reasonable choice.
But doing so while also being loudly obtuse is contemptible regardless of political identity.
Anyone can be an asshole regardless of political affiliation.
Sometimes it’s the only reasonable choice.
But doing so while also being loudly obtuse is contemptible regardless of political identity.
The tiny letters on my screen are telling me that I need reading glasses.
Since I can’t read them terribly well, I’m not getting the message clearly.
Since I can’t read them terribly well, I’m not getting the message clearly.
December 9, 2024 at 2:23 AM
The tiny letters on my screen are telling me that I need reading glasses.
Since I can’t read them terribly well, I’m not getting the message clearly.
Since I can’t read them terribly well, I’m not getting the message clearly.
I follow some academics, writers, libraries, museums, and media in the UK. Maybe some other interesting folks across the pond.
For this, I’ve been placed on this user’s “conservative-following block list.”
This shows that anyone with a grudge can create a blocklist regardless of accuracy.
For this, I’ve been placed on this user’s “conservative-following block list.”
This shows that anyone with a grudge can create a blocklist regardless of accuracy.
December 9, 2024 at 1:53 AM
I follow some academics, writers, libraries, museums, and media in the UK. Maybe some other interesting folks across the pond.
For this, I’ve been placed on this user’s “conservative-following block list.”
This shows that anyone with a grudge can create a blocklist regardless of accuracy.
For this, I’ve been placed on this user’s “conservative-following block list.”
This shows that anyone with a grudge can create a blocklist regardless of accuracy.
I’ve started stockpiling dry beans, rice, flour, tinned fish, and seeds for my little vegetable garden.
Am I missing anything?
Am I missing anything?
December 9, 2024 at 12:28 AM
I’ve started stockpiling dry beans, rice, flour, tinned fish, and seeds for my little vegetable garden.
Am I missing anything?
Am I missing anything?
The state of Texas hates women and would rather they die instead of having bodily autonomy. The doctors in Texas are COWARDS who don’t deserve their medical licenses.
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 2:08 PM
The state of Texas hates women and would rather they die instead of having bodily autonomy. The doctors in Texas are COWARDS who don’t deserve their medical licenses.
This year’s opening scene of seasonal affective disorder feels more hyperbolic than years past, although I suspect it is well-deserved given the apparent deep-seated malady that besets our deteriorating human condition.
November 23, 2024 at 3:28 PM
This year’s opening scene of seasonal affective disorder feels more hyperbolic than years past, although I suspect it is well-deserved given the apparent deep-seated malady that besets our deteriorating human condition.
Reposted by Racheal Doyle
This Thursday online 7-8 pm GMT
Working-class Writing: Why your voice needs to be heard - Women's Prize
Join 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction chair of judges and writer Kit de Waal and 2025 Discoveries judge and novelist Dreda Say Mitchell for this online event exploring the challenges […]
womensprize.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:11 AM
This Thursday online 7-8 pm GMT
Am I the only one experiencing a sense of schadenfreude watching Twitter become MySpace?
November 19, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Am I the only one experiencing a sense of schadenfreude watching Twitter become MySpace?
I am rather enjoying the influx of humorous, creative, and intelligent folks on here.
November 16, 2024 at 2:28 PM
I am rather enjoying the influx of humorous, creative, and intelligent folks on here.
I've been here since you had to wait in line for the secret handshake entry code to this nascent social media experiment.
I'm thrilled to see all of you leaving that dark place for bluer skies. I was hoping you'd join us eventually and leave that toxic oligarch's playground behind.
I'm thrilled to see all of you leaving that dark place for bluer skies. I was hoping you'd join us eventually and leave that toxic oligarch's playground behind.
November 13, 2024 at 1:56 AM
I've been here since you had to wait in line for the secret handshake entry code to this nascent social media experiment.
I'm thrilled to see all of you leaving that dark place for bluer skies. I was hoping you'd join us eventually and leave that toxic oligarch's playground behind.
I'm thrilled to see all of you leaving that dark place for bluer skies. I was hoping you'd join us eventually and leave that toxic oligarch's playground behind.
Day 7 of not sleeping through the night since the election.
November 12, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Day 7 of not sleeping through the night since the election.
Reposted by Racheal Doyle
Hi I'm a NASA engineer new to bluesky. I'm passionate about organizing locally and regionally to survive the next few years of the incoming administration, then taking power back to rebuild.
This is a shameless ask to repost this so I can build a quality network of like-minded individuals on here.
This is a shameless ask to repost this so I can build a quality network of like-minded individuals on here.
November 10, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Hi I'm a NASA engineer new to bluesky. I'm passionate about organizing locally and regionally to survive the next few years of the incoming administration, then taking power back to rebuild.
This is a shameless ask to repost this so I can build a quality network of like-minded individuals on here.
This is a shameless ask to repost this so I can build a quality network of like-minded individuals on here.
Reposted by Racheal Doyle
At last, there's a searchable directory of Bluesky starter packs, courtesy of @mubashariqbal.com! Just one more way third-party developers are helping to make this place better.
Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful
Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 8, 2024 at 3:58 AM
At last, there's a searchable directory of Bluesky starter packs, courtesy of @mubashariqbal.com! Just one more way third-party developers are helping to make this place better.
Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful
Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful
I couldn’t sleep. I don’t know how I’m going to get through the day.
November 7, 2024 at 10:36 AM
I couldn’t sleep. I don’t know how I’m going to get through the day.
America hates women.
November 6, 2024 at 12:39 PM
America hates women.