Darra B.
@flybigd.bsky.social
If you think I'm annoyingly liberal on any other social media platform, wait til you follow me here!
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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
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We are monitoring, thinking, and praying.
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We are monitoring, thinking, and praying.
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you can remove the word "parenting" from this and it all still holds
Sam Altman saying he uses Chat GPT as a parenting tool is a dumb as fuck “news” story today, but honestly, you should never take any parenting advice from rich people. Full stop. They don’t look after their kids. They have staff. Precisely zero of their parenting dilemmas resemble normal humans’.
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
you can remove the word "parenting" from this and it all still holds
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These people make a big show of how they can't be shamed or embarrassed or pressured so you won't notice that if you actually make an effort they do exactly that all the time
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
These people make a big show of how they can't be shamed or embarrassed or pressured so you won't notice that if you actually make an effort they do exactly that all the time
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Oxycontin and other opioids have killed tens of thousands of Americans. Yet, oddly, you don't see them drone murdering the Sackler family.
Sen. Roger Marshall defends Hegseth: "Look, we're losing 200 Americans every day to drug poisoning from these drug lords. This is a war. And it's ugly. War is never pretty ... that strike probably saved thousands of American lives."
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Oxycontin and other opioids have killed tens of thousands of Americans. Yet, oddly, you don't see them drone murdering the Sackler family.
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The Republican Plan to kill kids is how we should be labeling this. It’s shocking, easy to digest, and 100% true
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Republican Plan to kill kids is how we should be labeling this. It’s shocking, easy to digest, and 100% true
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she's an honest cop inside a corrupt system
he's the criminal on the run who has the goods to tear it all down
this fall from cbs
The Officer and Luigi
he's the criminal on the run who has the goods to tear it all down
this fall from cbs
The Officer and Luigi
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
she's an honest cop inside a corrupt system
he's the criminal on the run who has the goods to tear it all down
this fall from cbs
The Officer and Luigi
he's the criminal on the run who has the goods to tear it all down
this fall from cbs
The Officer and Luigi
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
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I have a few thoughts on how to stop our current descent into madness. Add your own in the comments. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
How to Stop the Descent into Madness
To the degree you're just a spectator to this crisis, you're a contributor to it.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I have a few thoughts on how to stop our current descent into madness. Add your own in the comments. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
It's December 1st bitches, start shopping LOL
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It's December 1st bitches, start shopping LOL
Where Does Your Thanksgiving Meal Come From? dailyyonder.com/where-does-y... Love that my home state of South Carolina shows up for both turkeys and sweet potatoes--my home county (Bamberg) grew a bunch of sweet potatoes!
Where Does Your Thanksgiving Meal Come From? | The Daily Yonder
Editor’s Note: This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s data reporter. Subscribe to get a
dailyyonder.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Where Does Your Thanksgiving Meal Come From? dailyyonder.com/where-does-y... Love that my home state of South Carolina shows up for both turkeys and sweet potatoes--my home county (Bamberg) grew a bunch of sweet potatoes!
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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People still default too often to the fact that Trumps base won’t care about one revelation or another. But as elections keep showing us, the universe of people other than his base is much bigger and we do care. So exposing shit does matter and it’s worth sharing those things so others oppose him.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
People still default too often to the fact that Trumps base won’t care about one revelation or another. But as elections keep showing us, the universe of people other than his base is much bigger and we do care. So exposing shit does matter and it’s worth sharing those things so others oppose him.
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Because you deserve something beautiful.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Because you deserve something beautiful.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Hegseth wants to go shirtless
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Hegseth wants to go shirtless
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If only there were some sort of marketplace, perhaps online, where people could compare insurance plans and choose one for themselves. Perhaps with some financial assistance for those who need it….
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If only there were some sort of marketplace, perhaps online, where people could compare insurance plans and choose one for themselves. Perhaps with some financial assistance for those who need it….
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the goal, as is often the goal with right-wing politics, is to kill black people
Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the goal, as is often the goal with right-wing politics, is to kill black people
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the word "trainings"? It's just "training." Singular or plural, works just fine.
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the word "trainings"? It's just "training." Singular or plural, works just fine.