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martha
@itsmarthintime.bsky.social
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punk ass book jockey on sabbatical. swiftie. embroiderer. bleeding heart progressive. tired mom. trans rights are human rights. she/hers.
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@lawdorknews.bsky.social had a really helpful write up, for those interested. I found this part helpful for understanding the context. (Full link: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...)
Text from Law Dork reading: “Jackson wrote that she expected the appeals court to act "with dispatch" and stated that her administrative stay would end 48 hours after the appeals court rules. While it is hard to know what her thinking was in issuing the order, it is possible that the rush of the litigation and the cost involved led her to want to just give a pause to let the process work its way through. But, it is also important to note that, procedurally, had she denied the request, the Justice Department could have gone to another justice. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, by issuing the order herself, she was able to set the limits.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
itsmarthintime.bsky.social
Someone affiliated with the Democrats just used the American telecommunications network to send me a text that included this GIF and I would just like to ask: what are we doing? Why do we think this is an effective comms strategy? Who is this for?
October 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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This is one of my favorite quotes from her:
"There's such a thing as innocent ignorance, and so many of us are guilty of that," she told Billboard. "When they said 'Dixie' was an offensive word, I thought, 'Well, I don't want to offend anybody. This is a business. We'll just call it The Stampede.' As soon as you realize that [something] is a problem, you should fix it. Don't be a dumba—. That's where my heart is. I would never dream of hurting anybody on purpose.”
October 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
itsmarthintime.bsky.social
Okay, but how many of them hand out these challenge coins:
Kash Patel’s challenge coin. It’s a goldish monstrosity that appears to include the skull from the Punisher logo with guns for teeth. The skull’s forehead has the initials KH with a dollar sign superimposed over them. There are spiders in the skull’s eyes. The back of the coin has the FBI seal and the text “presented by the director of the FBI Kash Patel.” Kash’s signature is below, along with another gun and a blue number 9. The vibe is “a 12 year old is using your taxpayer dollars.”
October 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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So many to choose from, but I found this in my camera roll and started crying-laughing, so I’ll go with this.
Tumblr post from user archibaldtuttle. Introductory text: “Throwback to when I took painkillers and woke up with Photoshop open on my computer to this image I had made.” The image in question: the phrase “big things are coming” is written in all caps over what looks like a stock image of money. Superimposed over the text background is a potato with a spoon stuck in it. The spoon has a stack of what might be Euro coins balanced in the spoon part. This entire contraption hovers over a calculator turned on its side, like the sword of Damocles.
September 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
itsmarthintime.bsky.social
Every white nationalist/Nazi POS looks like Edgar the Bug from Men in Black in this essay I will
Edgar the Bug from Men in Black. He is a middle aged white man who kind of looks like his face doesn’t quite fit his skeleton because he’s actually an alien wearing a human suit.
August 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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me every time I encounter sensationalist engagement bait that no other credible source is reporting on:
First panel: a cartoon goose asks “why is your video the only source reporting this” Second panel: an angry cartoon goose is chasing a person and yelling “why is your video the only source”
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
itsmarthintime.bsky.social
I um…also got Mr. Rogers. Or a version of Mr. Rogers. (I have concerns)
A Klingon face photoshopped over Mr. Roger’s face. I don’t know which Klingon it is, other than it’s not Worf. He’s got long, curly brown hair and a very intense expression. Text on the bottom reads “glory to you…and your neighborhood.”
August 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Do you know what 3 year olds don’t understand? Licensing agreements expiring. Dont do this to me, Netflix.
A screencap of Netflix: “Thomas and Friends. Last day to watch on Netflix: August 31.”
August 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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It’s been a long week of Discourse and really upsetting news, so here’s a timeline cleanse of my current #embroidery project: a great horned owl from Jessica Long Embroidery. This is my 3rd thread painting project—it’s very meticulous and picky, but I find it very zen.
An embroidered great horned owl surrounded by variegated red, orange, yellow, and silver leaves. The owl is mostly complete except for the chest. The fabric is light brown. There is a needle minder pinned to the fabric; the needle minder features a black cat in profile surrounded by a white flower and green leaves against a dark sky with stars.
August 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Hi CNN headline writers, this is traditionally referred to as “a conflict of interest” and is generally regarded as wildly unethical. Hope that helps!
A CNN headline reading “How Trump blends his private business with presidential duties”
July 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
itsmarthintime.bsky.social
Similar vibes:
Headline: Google Chrome will summarize entire articles for you with built in generative AI. First poster: This will not be a mess at all uh Second poster: Now we can automate our lack of reading comprehension. Third poster: how dare you say that Google Chrome is going to piss on the poor.
July 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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There are so many things about this that are horrific, but I did laugh at him calling Seth Abramson a “self-described” biographer and best selling author.
“Seth Abramson, a self-described biographer and New York Times best-selling author, republished the Article in its entirety to his over 829,800 followers on X.com.® Thus far, his post has received over 2,800,000 unique impressions.”
July 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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I cannot make this up.
The Bluesky profile for Arbecca.bsky.social. Profile text reads: “Rather boring. Patriot supporting all my ancestors who defended America in multiple wars. Intolerant of hate, racism, facism, nazism, crooks, and liars. Despise people who mistreat animals and other people. Kindness doesn't cost a thing.” The last sentence has been highlighted in yellow.
July 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
itsmarthintime.bsky.social
Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party remains sadly relevant.
Tweet from Adrian Bott reading “‘I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.”
July 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Here’s my contribution. (Why do they all make this face?)
Mitch McConnell with very little lip and a very big pout. He kind of looks like a turtle and/or Beaker from the Muppets.
July 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
itsmarthintime.bsky.social
Our neighbor had ducklings in their planter a couple weeks ago. 100/10, highly recommend.
A female mallard duck and her duckling sitting in a planter with white and pink flowers.
July 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
itsmarthintime.bsky.social
probably door county or wisconsin dells, right?
A CNN story with the headline “See where Pope Leo XIV is going on vacation.” There an image of a fancy garden with grey stonework and a lot of greenery.
July 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
itsmarthintime.bsky.social
Michigan, I need to talk to you. Your cherries are fine. However, I don’t understand why you are so hyped up on cherries when you are routinely producing perfect strawberries (see below). You can’t get this shit in grocery stores. This is a gold mine & you’re squandering it.
A gorgeous strawberry cut in half. It is ruby red all the way through the center.
June 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Discourse making me realize it’s been a minute since I last posted an #embroidery project. I finished this guy on vacation this week. Pattern by @jle-jessicalong.bsky.social. I love simple outlines with really textured interiors, especially with a pretty gradient.
An embroidered chameleon perching on a black branch against a grey background. The interior of the chameleon is filled with flowers and leaves in a gradient that starts with orange at the tail and shifts to yellow, light green, green, pale blue green, teal, light blue before ending with bright blue at the head. The piece is framed in a birch embroidery hoop.
June 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
itsmarthintime.bsky.social
There’s nihilism and then there’s…whatever this is.
Text reading “Do we really need to worry about product safety when our own government is killing us? Might as well get killed by an umbrella. Better than the ICE goonies grabbing you from the street for your family to never see again. Perhaps that warrants a consumer safety warning?”
June 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The phones and tablets in the final season of Parks and Rec looked so cool.
A clear holographic tablet featuring an article from Indiana Business Monthly. A picture of the character Tom Haverford is featured with a headline reading 35 under 35.
May 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Dusting off one of my favorite memes:
A little boy and girl hiding in a corner looking terrified. The little boy is clearly crying. A few feet in front of them, there is a rabbit minding its own business. Text reading “conservatives” has been placed over the children; text reading “things that don’t happen” has been placed over the rabbit.
May 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Been a minute since I shared an #embroidery project here. This is the Birds and Blooms pattern by @jle-jessicalong.bsky.social.
An embroidery hoop. The fabric is a light tab. There are six birds perching on tree branches. The birds are blue with white bellies and black wings. The tree branches are covered in pink and purple blossoms.
May 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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How did I get through an entire papal conclave without knowing that there is an Italian fantasy league called Fantapapa (“Fantasy Pope”) for betting on the outcome of the papal conclave
Fantapapa (Italian for 'Fantasy Pope') is a fantasy league based in Italy for betting nominal sums on papal conclaves. Established by anti-gambling advocates Pietro Pace and Mauro Vanetti specifically for the 2025 conclave, 491 the sole payout is "eternal glory". By 5 May 2025, it had 75,000 players in Italy, where no licensed platform offers gambling on conclaves. 501 Fantapapa players choose from and rank eleven cardinals; other aspects of the conclave, such as the papal name, language, number of rounds, and the day on which white smoke appears, are also available to bet on. Players gain points in accordance to their team members being "mentioned prominently" in domestic and international media coverage. In part educational, with the intent of demystifying the conclave to some degree, the fantasy league is to open to punters internationally and offers mini-lessons in the Italian language.
May 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM