Heliotropist
@heliotropiststh.bsky.social
Dem, voter, feminist, bisexual, atheist, cook, crafter, and cat-lover. She/her; no TERFs. I do not automatically follow back. Was @stillSTH on Twitter.
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I talk a lot abt the category error in defining opposition to fascism as Democratic. This guy--a guy on a scooter standing up for immigrants--is an example of why.
With bonus gratuitous potty mouth.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
With bonus gratuitous potty mouth.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I talk a lot abt the category error in defining opposition to fascism as Democratic. This guy--a guy on a scooter standing up for immigrants--is an example of why.
With bonus gratuitous potty mouth.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
With bonus gratuitous potty mouth.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This is the indecent where the agent rammed her with his car, pulled a gun on her, and said “do something, bitch.” He later bragged about it in text messages.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is the indecent where the agent rammed her with his car, pulled a gun on her, and said “do something, bitch.” He later bragged about it in text messages.
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I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs
Such a visible "go fuck yourself"
Such a visible "go fuck yourself"
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs
Such a visible "go fuck yourself"
Such a visible "go fuck yourself"
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Stated vs revealed preferences
These people *desperately* want to be adored and feted rather than shunned
These people *desperately* want to be adored and feted rather than shunned
some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression
"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...
October 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Stated vs revealed preferences
These people *desperately* want to be adored and feted rather than shunned
These people *desperately* want to be adored and feted rather than shunned
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Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.
October 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.
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Reuters reporting this blatant crime as if it’s a lunch date is a prime example of the kind of careless, aloof normalization in journalism that has greased the skids of this catastrophic authoritarian power grab.
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers
White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.
reut.rs
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Reuters reporting this blatant crime as if it’s a lunch date is a prime example of the kind of careless, aloof normalization in journalism that has greased the skids of this catastrophic authoritarian power grab.
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This is a great thread explaining why mass rallies, like #NoKings, are critically important. Not sufficient on their own, but key to organizing an effective resistance to authoritarianism.
Also: SUPER FUN!
Also: SUPER FUN!
I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!
But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.
But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This is a great thread explaining why mass rallies, like #NoKings, are critically important. Not sufficient on their own, but key to organizing an effective resistance to authoritarianism.
Also: SUPER FUN!
Also: SUPER FUN!
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The regime falls falls when the security services have to make a choice about whether or not they want to club Grandma and the normies.
They will club black bloc protestors all night long and 60% of the country will cheer for it like braying dogs.
So, to repeat, what's your plan?
They will club black bloc protestors all night long and 60% of the country will cheer for it like braying dogs.
So, to repeat, what's your plan?
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The regime falls falls when the security services have to make a choice about whether or not they want to club Grandma and the normies.
They will club black bloc protestors all night long and 60% of the country will cheer for it like braying dogs.
So, to repeat, what's your plan?
They will club black bloc protestors all night long and 60% of the country will cheer for it like braying dogs.
So, to repeat, what's your plan?
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More surprising behavior by a Republican 😑
It's kinda like they're all racists assholes
It's kinda like they're all racists assholes
October 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
More surprising behavior by a Republican 😑
It's kinda like they're all racists assholes
It's kinda like they're all racists assholes
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i genuinely think that it is pretty important to make people like Talia Jane feel wildly unwelcome at protests where the government is itching to roll in the tanks. that prospect needs to remain ridiculous at the point when it inevitably happens.
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
i genuinely think that it is pretty important to make people like Talia Jane feel wildly unwelcome at protests where the government is itching to roll in the tanks. that prospect needs to remain ridiculous at the point when it inevitably happens.
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Iran is launching missiles at Israel literally right now www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Objectively one of the most insane things he has ever posted
June 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Iran is launching missiles at Israel literally right now www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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We are on the verge of a medical Golden Age, if we retain the stability and infrastructure to support it.
💥 🍃 🏥 New Stem Cell Therapy Effective for Severe Diabetes (Type 1)
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Single treatment led to reduced or no need for insulin in all 12 patients
New England Journal of Medicine Report
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
Gift Article NYT
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Single treatment led to reduced or no need for insulin in all 12 patients
New England Journal of Medicine Report
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
Gift Article NYT
People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
We are on the verge of a medical Golden Age, if we retain the stability and infrastructure to support it.
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I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
June 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
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For the record, the moderate position on trans rights is that we keep them all. Because we already have them. There's nothing more moderate than doing nothing. The only extremists are the ones wanting to CHANGE POLICY so that we LOSE RIGHTS.
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
For the record, the moderate position on trans rights is that we keep them all. Because we already have them. There's nothing more moderate than doing nothing. The only extremists are the ones wanting to CHANGE POLICY so that we LOSE RIGHTS.
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Well done.
NEW: Judge Murphy says the 8 men in Djibouti on their way to South Sudan WILL GET THE DUE PROCESS he previously ordered, saying that his remedial order remains in effect despite the Supreme Court's unreasoned order lifting the stay on his class-wide injunction.
June 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Well done.
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this is an insane, bizarre state of affairs in which no one knows who's at war with whom, all stemming from the fact that the president is a brain-damaged moron who doesn't know how anything works and lies constantly, which the news refuses to relay and must somehow write around
June 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
this is an insane, bizarre state of affairs in which no one knows who's at war with whom, all stemming from the fact that the president is a brain-damaged moron who doesn't know how anything works and lies constantly, which the news refuses to relay and must somehow write around
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For a lot of people in public life women's rights are something to make a lot of noise about when it's convenient and sweep aside when it's not. ...“In my mind, I never crossed the line with anyone, but I didn't realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn,” Cuomo said at the time.
On Feminism, Creeps, and New York City's Election Tomorrow
For a lot of people in public life women's rights are something to make a lot of noise about when it's convenient and sweep aside when it's not. Or so it seems with the rush to forgive and whitewash o...
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June 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
For a lot of people in public life women's rights are something to make a lot of noise about when it's convenient and sweep aside when it's not. ...“In my mind, I never crossed the line with anyone, but I didn't realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn,” Cuomo said at the time.
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Holy hell. So much for the meritocracy.
It’s deeply disturbing that FAA Administrator nominee Bryan Bedford refuses to commit to upholding the 1,500-hour pilot training standard.
After the DCA crash and surge in near-misses, now is NOT the time to weaken flight training requirements for pilots.
I’ll be voting no.
After the DCA crash and surge in near-misses, now is NOT the time to weaken flight training requirements for pilots.
I’ll be voting no.
June 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Holy hell. So much for the meritocracy.
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Spending billions of our taxpayer dollars, on supplies we never got delivered and/or didn’t/couldn’t use.
As a legislator who begged for resources for my community, I will never forget the community support systems we built. Despite him.
gothamist.com/news/cuomo-s...
As a legislator who begged for resources for my community, I will never forget the community support systems we built. Despite him.
gothamist.com/news/cuomo-s...
Cuomo spent $452 million on equipment to fight COVID. NY only distributed 3 items.
The state comptroller found that New York barely distributed any of the medical equipment it acquired, and left $300,000 worth of credit card transactions unaccounted for.
gothamist.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Spending billions of our taxpayer dollars, on supplies we never got delivered and/or didn’t/couldn’t use.
As a legislator who begged for resources for my community, I will never forget the community support systems we built. Despite him.
gothamist.com/news/cuomo-s...
As a legislator who begged for resources for my community, I will never forget the community support systems we built. Despite him.
gothamist.com/news/cuomo-s...
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As we head to Election Day, for folks who voted early, thank you. I know some folks have not yet made up their minds. I am making an appeal to you.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
June 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
As we head to Election Day, for folks who voted early, thank you. I know some folks have not yet made up their minds. I am making an appeal to you.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
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Some of them think vaccines cause cancer while others are sure they cause AIDS. Some charge thousands of dollars for a vaccine detox and others believe detox therapy should only cost hundreds. This kind of viewpoint diversity is exactly how we restore trust in public health
A panel of antivaxxers in charge of vaccine recommendations, approvals, and insurance coverage…to gatekeep vaccines from Americans. The goal has always been to take away all vaccines, and it is disgraceful that so many in the media and in power pretended it could ever be anything but that. For shame
A little more on RFK's new vaccine committee:
Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS
Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection
Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids
Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit
Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax
Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS
Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection
Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids
Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit
Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax
June 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Some of them think vaccines cause cancer while others are sure they cause AIDS. Some charge thousands of dollars for a vaccine detox and others believe detox therapy should only cost hundreds. This kind of viewpoint diversity is exactly how we restore trust in public health
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NEW AP-NORC POLL: 60% say Trump’s military parade isn’t a good use of taxpayer money. Only 38% think it’s worth it.
June 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW AP-NORC POLL: 60% say Trump’s military parade isn’t a good use of taxpayer money. Only 38% think it’s worth it.
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Yglesias insisting for years that progressivism is politically toxic and then suggesting Dems team up with an extremely unpopular pseudo-Nazi is a good window into the reality of “popularism”
Yglesias thinks we should welcome neo-Nazi billionaires into the Democratic Party.
June 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yglesias insisting for years that progressivism is politically toxic and then suggesting Dems team up with an extremely unpopular pseudo-Nazi is a good window into the reality of “popularism”