Lane The Goofbot
@lanethegoofbot.bsky.social
I am a ridiculous human who is inordinately obsessed with textiles and is, on occasion, an acceptable feline alternative. Knitter, pro-choice, pro-BLM, pro-LGBTQ+, pro-multiracial pluralistic egalitarian democracy. She/her pronouns.
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I know it makes me a dopey old square, but I honestly do believe the mere act of taking a call like this should get any legislator bounced in shame from public life forever.
Former president Donald Trump spoke by phone this week with a Nebraska state senator as part of a last-minute push to change how the state allocates its electoral votes and block the easiest path Vice President Kamala Harris has to win the White House.
Trump ramps up push for Nebraska to change electoral vote allocation
Nebraska is one of two states that award some of its electoral votes by congressional district. A vote from the Omaha area is part of Harris’s easiest path to victory.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2024 at 8:00 PM
I know it makes me a dopey old square, but I honestly do believe the mere act of taking a call like this should get any legislator bounced in shame from public life forever.
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This can't be a mistake or a whoopsie. At some point, we really ought to face that the guy in charge of the US Postal Service is a Trump/Republican operative.
UH-OH: The slowest mail in the country is in key swing states, NBC investigations finds
Tens of thousands of voters were disenfranchised by slow mail in 2020. NBC found some of the country’s slowest mail is in presidential swing states with strict mail ballot delivery deadlines.
www.nbcmiami.com
September 20, 2024 at 2:14 PM
This can't be a mistake or a whoopsie. At some point, we really ought to face that the guy in charge of the US Postal Service is a Trump/Republican operative.
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Voters aren't in charge. Elected officials are. I really wish there was a concrete plan from our duly elected officials to explain how they're combatting this shit as opposed to
September 20, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Voters aren't in charge. Elected officials are. I really wish there was a concrete plan from our duly elected officials to explain how they're combatting this shit as opposed to
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This is the disinfo nightmare that would have dominated any other election, yet you probably didn't even hear about it.
Because every Elon tweet gets 200k likes yet fades immediately into the slipstream because they're all the same tripe at 11.
Because every Elon tweet gets 200k likes yet fades immediately into the slipstream because they're all the same tripe at 11.
September 20, 2024 at 8:16 PM
This is the disinfo nightmare that would have dominated any other election, yet you probably didn't even hear about it.
Because every Elon tweet gets 200k likes yet fades immediately into the slipstream because they're all the same tripe at 11.
Because every Elon tweet gets 200k likes yet fades immediately into the slipstream because they're all the same tripe at 11.
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I was in the psych ward for 9 days. I missed 40+ hours of work. I very much need help to pay for therapy, meds, food, and rent. Asking for $500. Please and thank you
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September 20, 2024 at 4:29 PM
I was in the psych ward for 9 days. I missed 40+ hours of work. I very much need help to pay for therapy, meds, food, and rent. Asking for $500. Please and thank you
Cshpp ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm Sarah-Moose-Moose
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Vnm Sarah-Moose-Moose
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georgia election board doing everything it can to ratfuck the election in the state www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots
Critics plan to sue, saying the new requirement would almost certainly lead to errors and could disrupt the process of certifying the vote in a crucial battleground state.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2024 at 5:02 PM
georgia election board doing everything it can to ratfuck the election in the state www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Update: Still stalled at $1200.
The collection agency is not budging, the lowest they will go is still $6300. I am looking into bankruptcy now, but am unsure how that will affect our ability to move afterward.
Meanwhile, the need for gas & groceries continues. (Those links will be in the comments)
The collection agency is not budging, the lowest they will go is still $6300. I am looking into bankruptcy now, but am unsure how that will affect our ability to move afterward.
Meanwhile, the need for gas & groceries continues. (Those links will be in the comments)
Get My Family Housed, organized by Stephanie Brown
My family of five has been living in a motel room for fifteen months. We can’t rent a new place u… Stephanie Brown needs your support for Get My Family Housed
gofund.me
September 20, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Update: Still stalled at $1200.
The collection agency is not budging, the lowest they will go is still $6300. I am looking into bankruptcy now, but am unsure how that will affect our ability to move afterward.
Meanwhile, the need for gas & groceries continues. (Those links will be in the comments)
The collection agency is not budging, the lowest they will go is still $6300. I am looking into bankruptcy now, but am unsure how that will affect our ability to move afterward.
Meanwhile, the need for gas & groceries continues. (Those links will be in the comments)
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When a lower court blocked Alabama Republicans' congressional gerrymander in 2022 for violating Black voters' rights, the Supreme Court said 9 months from Election Day was too close & a new map had to wait until 2024.
We're 6.5 weeks from Election Day 2024 & the GOP is attempting all these changes:
We're 6.5 weeks from Election Day 2024 & the GOP is attempting all these changes:
My new one @Slate on North Carolina, Georgia, and Nebraska: "A Last-Minute Effort to Mess With the 2024 Vote Is Underway. It’s Scarier Than Expected." slate.com/news-and-pol...
September 20, 2024 at 8:23 PM
When a lower court blocked Alabama Republicans' congressional gerrymander in 2022 for violating Black voters' rights, the Supreme Court said 9 months from Election Day was too close & a new map had to wait until 2024.
We're 6.5 weeks from Election Day 2024 & the GOP is attempting all these changes:
We're 6.5 weeks from Election Day 2024 & the GOP is attempting all these changes:
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A lot going on right now. Just a reminder that in five days, Missouri plans to execute an innocent man.
innocenceproject.org/time-is-runn...
innocenceproject.org/time-is-runn...
For the Third Time, Marcellus Williams Faces Execution
It’s up to Gov. Mike Parson to grant clemency and commute Mr. Williams’ sentence to life without parole.
innocenceproject.org
September 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
A lot going on right now. Just a reminder that in five days, Missouri plans to execute an innocent man.
innocenceproject.org/time-is-runn...
innocenceproject.org/time-is-runn...
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i need just like, $50 to get groceries and cover incidentals.
September 20, 2024 at 8:28 PM
i need just like, $50 to get groceries and cover incidentals.
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this is covered but if you want to help me make it to payday now, that would be good, thank you
the fee if this doesn't get resolved ASAP is $35. Help me out?
And shit, a withdrawal I thought I'd stopped still came through, so I'm overdrawn by like $7. lol fuck. paypal.me/diannaeanderson
September 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM
this is covered but if you want to help me make it to payday now, that would be good, thank you
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Last payment before the court ruling, for comparison
September 20, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Last payment before the court ruling, for comparison
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With Republican judges blocking the Biden/Harris student loan reforms, I just got a notice from my student loan servicer that my student loan payments are going up $12,981.36 per year when payments resume 🫠
September 20, 2024 at 8:29 PM
With Republican judges blocking the Biden/Harris student loan reforms, I just got a notice from my student loan servicer that my student loan payments are going up $12,981.36 per year when payments resume 🫠
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The reality is that American white power and its structural and social infrastructure is key to the rise of American fascist thought and its theoretical outcomes. We cannot continue to obsess over these differences when the outcomes are all the same: industrial death and democracy murder. 4/4
September 20, 2024 at 7:26 PM
The reality is that American white power and its structural and social infrastructure is key to the rise of American fascist thought and its theoretical outcomes. We cannot continue to obsess over these differences when the outcomes are all the same: industrial death and democracy murder. 4/4
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For denial to accumulate and give these groups and individuals cover. The reality is even if a person is being ironic, or claiming they are just joking. The outcome of their speech is the same as an out in the open neon, Nazi or fascist. Because the outcomes are the same this obsession obscures 3/
September 20, 2024 at 7:25 PM
For denial to accumulate and give these groups and individuals cover. The reality is even if a person is being ironic, or claiming they are just joking. The outcome of their speech is the same as an out in the open neon, Nazi or fascist. Because the outcomes are the same this obsession obscures 3/
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And those who have studied extremism in the past that they allowed the reality of the outcomes of these groups actions whether ironic, or sincere to obscured by a pedantic understanding of what kind of fascist or right wing thought they are a part of. And it has worked overtime to create a space 2/
September 20, 2024 at 7:24 PM
And those who have studied extremism in the past that they allowed the reality of the outcomes of these groups actions whether ironic, or sincere to obscured by a pedantic understanding of what kind of fascist or right wing thought they are a part of. And it has worked overtime to create a space 2/
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Something that I have talked about extensively with academia, and with other researchers is the failure to call a spade a spade and defer to pedantic arguments against labeling people/groups fascist because they don’t check all of the boxes. It’s a major failure for counter extremism and 1/15
September 20, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Something that I have talked about extensively with academia, and with other researchers is the failure to call a spade a spade and defer to pedantic arguments against labeling people/groups fascist because they don’t check all of the boxes. It’s a major failure for counter extremism and 1/15
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Protip: for any cis people who don’t already know, the phrase “this person” is an extremely obvious way transhobes often degender and/or misgender trans people.
you should generally not use that phrasing. especially if you are criticizing someone who happens to be trans.
you should generally not use that phrasing. especially if you are criticizing someone who happens to be trans.
July 16, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Protip: for any cis people who don’t already know, the phrase “this person” is an extremely obvious way transhobes often degender and/or misgender trans people.
you should generally not use that phrasing. especially if you are criticizing someone who happens to be trans.
you should generally not use that phrasing. especially if you are criticizing someone who happens to be trans.
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we see over and over again in this era that stories that would have dominated the news for months disappear in days
“resign, Joe” is actually a major outlier in that regard
but this? no major injury, shooter is some loner republican kid? it’s got no legs, we’ve got a VP pick to mock
“resign, Joe” is actually a major outlier in that regard
but this? no major injury, shooter is some loner republican kid? it’s got no legs, we’ve got a VP pick to mock
"Following the failed assassination attempt on Saturday, former President Donald Trump did not see a polling boost, in the first presidential survey taken since the event....In fact, Trump's lead has narrowed slightly since an earlier poll taken July 12-14"
lol. lmao
www.rawstory.com/trump-pollin...
lol. lmao
www.rawstory.com/trump-pollin...
Surprise: Trump did not get polling boost after shooting
Following the failed assassination attempt on Saturday, former President Donald Trump did not see a polling boost, in the first presidential survey taken since the event.In the national Morning Consul...
www.rawstory.com
July 16, 2024 at 11:58 PM
we see over and over again in this era that stories that would have dominated the news for months disappear in days
“resign, Joe” is actually a major outlier in that regard
but this? no major injury, shooter is some loner republican kid? it’s got no legs, we’ve got a VP pick to mock
“resign, Joe” is actually a major outlier in that regard
but this? no major injury, shooter is some loner republican kid? it’s got no legs, we’ve got a VP pick to mock
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It's a GREAT time to remind all y'all that you can read "What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia" by Elizabeth Catte, instead of that crappy dude's crappy memoir.
July 15, 2024 at 10:03 PM
It's a GREAT time to remind all y'all that you can read "What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia" by Elizabeth Catte, instead of that crappy dude's crappy memoir.