Mary Carpenter
@emsee2.bsky.social
Lover of Mother Earth, art, photography, books, writing, music, philosophy, science, sky above, earth below. E=mc2
I stand with BLM. Proud ally of LGBTQIA. Lifelong Feminist.
“Nobody's free until everybody's free.” - Fannie Lou Hamer.
I stand with BLM. Proud ally of LGBTQIA. Lifelong Feminist.
“Nobody's free until everybody's free.” - Fannie Lou Hamer.
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I’m so irritated that the black women who were in some role at Lucasfilm seem to have all left. And I’m not irritated at them for leaving (unless they were forced out), I’m irritated that the environment wasn’t conducive to them staying.
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I’m so irritated that the black women who were in some role at Lucasfilm seem to have all left. And I’m not irritated at them for leaving (unless they were forced out), I’m irritated that the environment wasn’t conducive to them staying.
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” Wise words yet somehow millions of adults missed that memo. Enter MAGA: a movement built on the idea that critical thinking is optional, loyalty is mandatory, and facts are, well… negotiable.
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” Wise words yet somehow millions of adults missed that memo. Enter MAGA: a movement built on the idea that critical thinking is optional, loyalty is mandatory, and facts are, well… negotiable.
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👋🏻 Bye bye pennies! The U.S. Mint has ended production of the penny after 230 years.
Guess in the age in which CEOs secure trillion dollar pay packages, we're unlikely to bring back the one-cent candy stores.
Guess in the age in which CEOs secure trillion dollar pay packages, we're unlikely to bring back the one-cent candy stores.
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
👋🏻 Bye bye pennies! The U.S. Mint has ended production of the penny after 230 years.
Guess in the age in which CEOs secure trillion dollar pay packages, we're unlikely to bring back the one-cent candy stores.
Guess in the age in which CEOs secure trillion dollar pay packages, we're unlikely to bring back the one-cent candy stores.
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The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago.
Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the 2015 accord.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago.
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‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks.
Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change, addressed the gathering of ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries, in a stark portrayal of the price of failure on the climate crisis. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
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“This was a very very bad vote”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“This was a very very bad vote”
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The Supreme Court rejects petition from Kim Davis to reconsider its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, effectively preserving Obergefell for a long time to come. Marriage equality is safe.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Supreme Court rejects petition from Kim Davis to reconsider its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, effectively preserving Obergefell for a long time to come. Marriage equality is safe.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
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Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 11, 2025 ~ Everything is fine.
"The invisible gas can be seen in streams of bubbles originating on the seafloor of Antarctica's Ross Sea ... describing the mechanism as 'seemingly widespread' throughout the region... "
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
"The invisible gas can be seen in streams of bubbles originating on the seafloor of Antarctica's Ross Sea ... describing the mechanism as 'seemingly widespread' throughout the region... "
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Researchers find methane leaking out of cracks in Antarctic seabed
One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic sea floor, researchers have found.
abcnews.go.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 11, 2025 ~ Everything is fine.
"The invisible gas can be seen in streams of bubbles originating on the seafloor of Antarctica's Ross Sea ... describing the mechanism as 'seemingly widespread' throughout the region... "
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
"The invisible gas can be seen in streams of bubbles originating on the seafloor of Antarctica's Ross Sea ... describing the mechanism as 'seemingly widespread' throughout the region... "
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 13, 2025 ~ The end of coral.
"We are rapidly approaching multiple Earth system tipping points that could transform our world, with devastating consequences for people and nature..."
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
"We are rapidly approaching multiple Earth system tipping points that could transform our world, with devastating consequences for people and nature..."
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN
The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...
www.cnn.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 13, 2025 ~ The end of coral.
"We are rapidly approaching multiple Earth system tipping points that could transform our world, with devastating consequences for people and nature..."
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
"We are rapidly approaching multiple Earth system tipping points that could transform our world, with devastating consequences for people and nature..."
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
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Back over 1.5°C again and on the way up.
Coral has tipped. AMOC, Amazon, boreal forests, Antarctica, Greenland, permafrost, etc., are tipping.
The Climate 8-ball says, "Not to be!"
Coral has tipped. AMOC, Amazon, boreal forests, Antarctica, Greenland, permafrost, etc., are tipping.
The Climate 8-ball says, "Not to be!"
October 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Back over 1.5°C again and on the way up.
Coral has tipped. AMOC, Amazon, boreal forests, Antarctica, Greenland, permafrost, etc., are tipping.
The Climate 8-ball says, "Not to be!"
Coral has tipped. AMOC, Amazon, boreal forests, Antarctica, Greenland, permafrost, etc., are tipping.
The Climate 8-ball says, "Not to be!"
Fun with double negatives.
Basic Algebra:
A negative + a negative = a positive.
Anti Anti-Fa(scist) = Fascist.
Follow me for more tips from Gretel Von Trapp.
Basic Algebra:
A negative + a negative = a positive.
Anti Anti-Fa(scist) = Fascist.
Follow me for more tips from Gretel Von Trapp.
October 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Fun with double negatives.
Basic Algebra:
A negative + a negative = a positive.
Anti Anti-Fa(scist) = Fascist.
Follow me for more tips from Gretel Von Trapp.
Basic Algebra:
A negative + a negative = a positive.
Anti Anti-Fa(scist) = Fascist.
Follow me for more tips from Gretel Von Trapp.
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For those keeping track (and who isn't?), the planet is now at day 3 at 1.65C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline.
While MSM sells outrage 24/7 with Kimmel, Tylenol, Putin, Israel... collapse just doesn't make the cut. Do folks care about the end of everything anymore?
While MSM sells outrage 24/7 with Kimmel, Tylenol, Putin, Israel... collapse just doesn't make the cut. Do folks care about the end of everything anymore?
September 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
For those keeping track (and who isn't?), the planet is now at day 3 at 1.65C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline.
While MSM sells outrage 24/7 with Kimmel, Tylenol, Putin, Israel... collapse just doesn't make the cut. Do folks care about the end of everything anymore?
While MSM sells outrage 24/7 with Kimmel, Tylenol, Putin, Israel... collapse just doesn't make the cut. Do folks care about the end of everything anymore?
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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One of my favorite moments in the history of free speech: Larry Flynt publishing a satirical Campari ad featuring Jerry Falwell Sr. as an incestuous drunk who first had sex with his mother in an outhouse. Falwell sued. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court found that satire is protected speech.
September 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
One of my favorite moments in the history of free speech: Larry Flynt publishing a satirical Campari ad featuring Jerry Falwell Sr. as an incestuous drunk who first had sex with his mother in an outhouse. Falwell sued. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court found that satire is protected speech.
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Dear Department of Homeland Security:
I gave this request almost a full second's worth of consideration, and my answer is an unequivocal no. I would have answered sooner, but I was laughing.
I gave this request almost a full second's worth of consideration, and my answer is an unequivocal no. I would have answered sooner, but I was laughing.
September 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Dear Department of Homeland Security:
I gave this request almost a full second's worth of consideration, and my answer is an unequivocal no. I would have answered sooner, but I was laughing.
I gave this request almost a full second's worth of consideration, and my answer is an unequivocal no. I would have answered sooner, but I was laughing.
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UPDATE: A federal judge has halted efforts to quickly deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda while she considers his latest legal bid to stymie the Trump administration’s efforts to cast him out of the country. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights imminent deportation to Uganda
Abrego’s lawyers filed a new lawsuit seeking to stave off another deportation after he was taken back into custody Monday.
www.politico.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
UPDATE: A federal judge has halted efforts to quickly deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda while she considers his latest legal bid to stymie the Trump administration’s efforts to cast him out of the country. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today ~ F&%king humans.
"When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving, they were spending all their time just trying to find food."
futurism.com/scientists-a...
"When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving, they were spending all their time just trying to find food."
futurism.com/scientists-a...
Scientists Alarmed as Whales Suddenly Going Silent
Researchers are alarmed after noticing a significant drop in the number of vocalizations from blue whales.
futurism.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today ~ F&%king humans.
"When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving, they were spending all their time just trying to find food."
futurism.com/scientists-a...
"When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving, they were spending all their time just trying to find food."
futurism.com/scientists-a...
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COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
August 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
This may be my favorite Kamala Harris moment even as it breaks my heart. She is being authentic here. No shiny, patina politician mask. Candid like your best friend candid. “The system is broken.” “Isn’t that evident?” Yes, Kamala it is. You & Tim won the 2024 election.
This is moving.
Kamala Harris feels the pain we feel. Not just from her loss, but from the trauma and abuse our country is living through.
What could have been…
Kamala Harris feels the pain we feel. Not just from her loss, but from the trauma and abuse our country is living through.
What could have been…
August 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This may be my favorite Kamala Harris moment even as it breaks my heart. She is being authentic here. No shiny, patina politician mask. Candid like your best friend candid. “The system is broken.” “Isn’t that evident?” Yes, Kamala it is. You & Tim won the 2024 election.
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Wow! Shit!
July 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Wow! Shit!
Andrea Gibson.Your spirit soars. Thank you for sharing your beautiful heart.
July 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Andrea Gibson.Your spirit soars. Thank you for sharing your beautiful heart.