Hamtoasts, previously known as kaffeine
@feralhag.bsky.social
Just a liberal Gen X feral hag, trying her best to be left alone with her tea, garden, and cats while the world burns. Bona fides: Obama followed me on the bird app 😏
Spring flowers are very late this year, but the ‘Greengarden’ daffodils have finally arrived. 🌱
April 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Spring flowers are very late this year, but the ‘Greengarden’ daffodils have finally arrived. 🌱
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one of the most horrifying things to accept about This Era is there is no functional federal law enforcement agency or prosecutors who will investigate anyone even slightly aligned with the administration.
was there market manipulation? insider trading? could well be! we will literally never know!
was there market manipulation? insider trading? could well be! we will literally never know!
April 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
one of the most horrifying things to accept about This Era is there is no functional federal law enforcement agency or prosecutors who will investigate anyone even slightly aligned with the administration.
was there market manipulation? insider trading? could well be! we will literally never know!
was there market manipulation? insider trading? could well be! we will literally never know!
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Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits
If Sen. Cory Booker makes it to 7:19 p.m. EST, he will break segregationist Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond's record for his 24 hour 18 minute Senate floor speech against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
April 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits
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If you want to see all the Senators supporting @booker.senate.gov, you can see the list here: www.dailypress.senate.gov
Home - U.S. Senate Daily Press
Senate ScheduleSenator Booker has been speaking since 7:00 p.m. Monday evening. Next vote: TBA. Senate Hearings & Meetings
www.dailypress.senate.gov
April 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If you want to see all the Senators supporting @booker.senate.gov, you can see the list here: www.dailypress.senate.gov
The only moral response possible.
Our official statement from Albert Sellars LLP on President Trump's recent executive order.
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The only moral response possible.
Despite my best efforts at friendship, the local bird and squirrel population remain intent on their plan to kill me (I’m allergic).
March 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Despite my best efforts at friendship, the local bird and squirrel population remain intent on their plan to kill me (I’m allergic).
30 seconds of the Merlin app pointed out the back patio door. We’re back, baby! 🐦 #spring #birds #birdwatching #old
March 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
30 seconds of the Merlin app pointed out the back patio door. We’re back, baby! 🐦 #spring #birds #birdwatching #old
It’s finally happening! The distraction of my longest running special interest/obsession has returned in the nick of time. 🌱 💚
March 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s finally happening! The distraction of my longest running special interest/obsession has returned in the nick of time. 🌱 💚
This is a really important thread, especially if you’ve heard some news about temp restraining orders and a rehiring or two and think it’s hopeful. The situation is still DIRE, and not changing.
🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities.
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
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This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
1/16
March 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is a really important thread, especially if you’ve heard some news about temp restraining orders and a rehiring or two and think it’s hopeful. The situation is still DIRE, and not changing.
Happy #internationalwomensday to Paris Paloma specifically. ✊ youtu.be/4hyaYHqUSiY?...
"Labour" - Paris Paloma with the Resistance Revival Chorus (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Happy #internationalwomensday to Paris Paloma specifically. ✊ youtu.be/4hyaYHqUSiY?...
If you’re in the market for a wool cat cave, and you have an eccentric, smallish senior dog, please know that the cat cave WILL be flattened and repurposed as a dog bed. 😏
March 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If you’re in the market for a wool cat cave, and you have an eccentric, smallish senior dog, please know that the cat cave WILL be flattened and repurposed as a dog bed. 😏
There's so much outright stupidity in the world right now that my brain has decided the logical outlet for my rage is "people who don't understand Severance". Even as a dyed in the wool tv snob I understand that this isn't fair but look the choice has already been made and I have no control over it
February 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
There's so much outright stupidity in the world right now that my brain has decided the logical outlet for my rage is "people who don't understand Severance". Even as a dyed in the wool tv snob I understand that this isn't fair but look the choice has already been made and I have no control over it
I need to incorporate this prayer into my daily life, immediately.
Lord, give me the strength to not respond by kicking that nest of hornets, to know whence the pot needs stirring, and to understand the difference between. Amen.
— The Academic’s Prayer
— The Academic’s Prayer
February 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I need to incorporate this prayer into my daily life, immediately.
At this point, Severance is being asked to do far too much to support my emotional house of cards, but I appreciate the hell out of them for it. #nospoilers
February 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
At this point, Severance is being asked to do far too much to support my emotional house of cards, but I appreciate the hell out of them for it. #nospoilers
So, we just don’t care about unemployment numbers anymore?
February 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
So, we just don’t care about unemployment numbers anymore?
I can’t doomscroll today, so I’m going to post this photo of dahlia ‘Daisy Duke’ from last summer, and go start some winter sowing containers. 🌱
February 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I can’t doomscroll today, so I’m going to post this photo of dahlia ‘Daisy Duke’ from last summer, and go start some winter sowing containers. 🌱
Please enjoy this dimly lit video of the old man dog purposely being an asshole to the cat, while the cat is oblivious. #caturday #seniordogs
February 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Please enjoy this dimly lit video of the old man dog purposely being an asshole to the cat, while the cat is oblivious. #caturday #seniordogs
The world is going to hell in a handbasket, but I, an avowed pendant, must state for the record: DOE = Department of Energy. *Department of Education = ED (or DoEd)*
February 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The world is going to hell in a handbasket, but I, an avowed pendant, must state for the record: DOE = Department of Energy. *Department of Education = ED (or DoEd)*
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Here’s how we’d cover this if it were elsewhere: Musk Junta Seizes Key Governmental Offices
February 1, 2025:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — What started Thursday as a political purge of the internal security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup . . .
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
February 1, 2025:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — What started Thursday as a political purge of the internal security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup . . .
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here’s how we’d cover this if it were elsewhere: Musk Junta Seizes Key Governmental Offices
February 1, 2025:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — What started Thursday as a political purge of the internal security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup . . .
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
February 1, 2025:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — What started Thursday as a political purge of the internal security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup . . .
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
February 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
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I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Happy “Lie Down on the Bed in the Middle of Folding Laundry and have an Existential Crisis” day to all who celebrate. 🎉
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy “Lie Down on the Bed in the Middle of Folding Laundry and have an Existential Crisis” day to all who celebrate. 🎉
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I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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