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Howard Dean's awkward scream
@gribblette.bsky.social
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it only bends toward justice if we grab it and bend until it gets fucking bent. Friend of Andre, friend of Samantha. she/her. The only constant is change.
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... You asked. I will be lucky if I get to pee. (I am doing all pies the day before.)
A spreadsheet showing a ridiculous schedule per burner / ovenrack of where dishes are on/in the stove on thanksgiving cooking day.
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Pretty much says to me that he thinks those names are innocent.
Rep. Clay Higgins @RepClayHiggins I have been a principled "NO" on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today. It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America. As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people - witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc. If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote. The Oversight Committee is conducting a thorough investigation that has already released well over 60,000 pages of documents from the Epstein case. That effort will continue in a manner that provides all due protections for innocent Americans. If the Senate amends the bill to properly address privacy of victims and other Americans, who are named but not criminally implicated, then I will vote for that bill when it comes back to the House.
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Rep. Clay Higgins @RepClayHiggins I have been a principled "NO" on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today. It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America. As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people - witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc. If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote. The Oversight Committee is conducting a thorough investigation that has already released well over 60,000 pages of documents from the Epstein case. That effort will continue in a manner that provides all due protections for innocent Americans. If the Senate amends the bill to properly address privacy of victims and other Americans, who are named but not criminally implicated, then I will vote for that bill when it comes back to the House.
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Were you though?
Trump has an unconventional foreign policy that can achieve unexpected results. See Gaza.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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That's where the rub is - the justice department & the white house can classify any old documents they want.
Sam Gringlas. The legislation applies to unclassified documents, communications, or investigative materials held by the Justice Department, the FBI, and U.S. attorneys' offices involved in the cases. The president has pledged to put his focus on the Democrats whose names might appear in the files, which must be made public within 30 days of his signing the bill. Additionally, what the Justice Department decides to redact from the files could spark further questions from the public.
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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I am darning all the holes in all the sweaters. As I weave I say to myself "mending is a form of resistance."
Close-up of a red woven sweater with two darned patches. One of a matching red color and one is a red and turquoise check.
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Here's a photo that sums up the scope of the deliberate disaster that is our current government: @wck.org feeding federal employees who are working without pay in the US. The org that goes into war & disaster torn areas to provide hot meals is feeding our TSA agents. Some shameful shit.
Hundreds of people wait in line to receive free meals from the World Central Kitchen as they provide food to federal employees and their families near the U.S. Navy Memorial Plaza, during the federal government shutdown, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Made me giggle.
A sign in the style of a Zohran Mamdani campaign sign that says "HORSE NAMED FOR What"
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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#caturday. Dippy enjoys the morning coffee drinking as is his custom.
A bearded man sits at a table with a coffee cup in one hand, a phone in the other, and a brown tabby cat snuggled up to him. The cat is named dippy. Not the man.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Come on now. Time to hand over the reigns to the next generation.
Political cartoonist Rama Duwaji and her husband Zohran Mamdani looking fresh and delightful in crisp white.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Pittsburgh! A progressive ballot guide for today: please vote!
Pittsburgh progressive ballot today: Vote Yes on These Judges Supreme Court: Justice Christine Donohue Justice Kevin Dougherty Justice David Wecht Superior Court: Judge Alice Dubow Commonwealth Court: Judge Michael Wojcik Select These Judges Superior Court: Brandon Neuman Pa Commonwealth Court Stella TSAI Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Amanda Green-Hawkins Dan Miller Jaime Marie Hickton Julie Capone Matthew V. Rudzki Alyssa Cowan Anthony Deluca Heather Schmidt Bresnahan Retention (vote yes on everyone but Lazzara and Borkowski) Hard no on Lazzara and Borkowski. Lazzara for her handling of mental health court. Also her comments that led to her recusal on the Palestine protest cases. Borkowski for his handling of bail decisions, motions court, relationship with the DA, the superior court decision he defied, and his treatment of youth cases Mayor of Pittsburgh Ed Gainey ( Write In) School Board Director Pittsburgh Public Schools District 3 Erikka Grayson Shaler Area School District,Region 1 Daeja Baker Allegheny County Council District 1 Kathleen Madonna-Emmerling Mayor of Wilkinsburg Dontae Comans Dr. Shenay Jeffrey Swissvale Borough Council
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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This is the main bit that's getting me out of bed. I have been promised a sample ballot by spouse from local progressives and I will share it here.
A homemade flyer for VOTE YES TO RETAIN Donahue, Dougherty, and Wecht Please please turn out on Nob. 4th & vote like your (Bodily Autonomy!-VOTING!-ALL THE AMENDMENTS!) RIGHTS depend on it! The richest man in PA funded mailers accusing the court of gerrymandering the state in 2018, but the ad features an image of the map the court struck down as a partisan gerrymander in that decision. Let him know your vote is not for sale!
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Tell me you don't understand how LLMs work without telling me you don't understand how LLMs work.
provided fake links to support it. Marsha Blackburn publicly denounced this false claim on social media in October 2025, calling it "outrageous" and urging Google to address the Al's inaccuracies.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Post a perfect album from 1989.
Bonnie Rait - Nick of Time
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Pennsylvania, please please show up on Nov 4th. Please please please.
A homemade flyer for VOTE YES TO RETAIN Donahue, Dougherty, and Wecht Please please turn out on Nob. 4th & vote like your (Bodily Autonomy!-VOTING!-ALL THE AMENDMENTS!) RIGHTS depend on it! The richest man in PA funded mailers accusing the court of gerrymandering the state in 2018, but the ad features an image of the map the court struck down as a partisan gerrymander in that decision. Let him know your vote is not for sale!
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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If you were going to the Pittsburgh point state park No Kings Protest the location has changed. It's now at Allegheny Commons Park,2-4 pm.
NO KINGS PITTSBURGH LOCATION UPDATE October 18th is shaping up to be one of the largest mass mobilizations in U.S. history and Pittsburgh is going to be part of it. Our crowd is expected to be so big that we've outgrown our original home at Point State Park. With the guidance of the Park and the City, we're thrilled to announce an updated and larger location: Allegheny Commons Park This larger space gives us room to expand - more space to gather, connect, organize, hear powerful speakers, explore community tables, and yes... to dance together as we celebrate No Kings. We can't wait to welcome you into this bigger space to make October 18th the day Pittsburgh adds its voice to the Nationwide chorus to say: NO KINGS! October 18th 2- 4 o'clock Allegheny Commons West Parking and other details to follow
October 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The blue-hairs getting ready to march.
A photo of 5 women over 70, three of which have blue-rinsed hair, discussing something intently.
October 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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I highly recommend this article about a terrible crime that references an even more terrible crime.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Just as Gisèle Pelicot's experience in court replayed and even amplified her violation, so Eichmann's defence that he was passive and merely obedient reframed the Holocaust as pointillism, an atrocity in which no single person's actions had meaning, no individual was at fault.
October 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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A good time to remind you of the contributions labeler. So your can see who continues to your favorite politicians. @us-gov-funding.bsky.social
Screenshot of AOC's profile with top contributors from the labeler. "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social 2.1M followers 573 following 569 posts Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com Followed by George Takei, southpaw, and 900 others Alphabet Inc City of New York, NY Education Health Professionals Retired Donors University of Californa"
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Here's the gif. Welcome to steal it.
October 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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October 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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October 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I just spent over a week applying for coverage because of qualifying event. So many forms. After 6 different times filling out the form, I go to pay and I got this:

I am not covered until payment is received.
A screenshot of an error that says "Connectivity Error! We are unable to accept payment at this time due to connectivity issues. Your application has been submitted and will be processed. You will not get charged at this time and will receive an invoice in the mail."
October 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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If anyone has higher res video of this event, I'd like to make a better quality gif. But for now... Here is your Frog ICE animated gif.
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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I gotchu.
October 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM