Laprofmme
@laprofmme.bsky.social
Historian, 🐶 🐩 mom, aspiring native plant gardener, knitter, vintage plumbing fixture enthusiast. Oxford comma and footnotes, always and forever. I block with abandon. All opinions my own not my employer. Go Bills!
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I genuinely end every message where I yell at my electeds by thanking their staff. Because I know they do a ton of work behind the scenes to make my life better even when their boss is the worst of these motherfuckers
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I genuinely end every message where I yell at my electeds by thanking their staff. Because I know they do a ton of work behind the scenes to make my life better even when their boss is the worst of these motherfuckers
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
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*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
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I have spent 2.5 hours today completing vendor trainings and registrations, and arranging my own travel, for work that other institutions have asked me to do 🤪 As I and others have said a billion times before: the work of enterprise software responsibilization should be paid labor, too.
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I have spent 2.5 hours today completing vendor trainings and registrations, and arranging my own travel, for work that other institutions have asked me to do 🤪 As I and others have said a billion times before: the work of enterprise software responsibilization should be paid labor, too.
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UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
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Would it be helpful if we did a talk on what an insurance death spiral is? And why ACA premiums entering a death spiral will mean that people who rely on employer-sponsored insurance will also be fucked?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Would it be helpful if we did a talk on what an insurance death spiral is? And why ACA premiums entering a death spiral will mean that people who rely on employer-sponsored insurance will also be fucked?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
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They got the HR guy to sign off on the subpoenas because the line prosecutors refused.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
They got the HR guy to sign off on the subpoenas because the line prosecutors refused.
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the best part is that this is a blinkist link to "15 minute summaries" of these books www.blinkist.com/magazine/pos...
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
the best part is that this is a blinkist link to "15 minute summaries" of these books www.blinkist.com/magazine/pos...
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Because of my book and all I've published online about teaching writing I'm now hearing from some students who say that teachers are "making" them use AI on their writing assignments but they don't want to. What are the ethics? Don't want to undermine teachers, but how do I support student choice?
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Because of my book and all I've published online about teaching writing I'm now hearing from some students who say that teachers are "making" them use AI on their writing assignments but they don't want to. What are the ethics? Don't want to undermine teachers, but how do I support student choice?
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you know we used to have to do at least a little work to prove the connection between racism and transphobia
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
you know we used to have to do at least a little work to prove the connection between racism and transphobia
For those who may have already forgotten, USDS = "United States Digital Service," which did this kind of essential work to make government work better for the people. Then in January it got cannibalized and converted into DOGE, which works destroy government for everyone
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
For those who may have already forgotten, USDS = "United States Digital Service," which did this kind of essential work to make government work better for the people. Then in January it got cannibalized and converted into DOGE, which works destroy government for everyone
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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It is a crime against humanity that "Game of Wool" has not been picked up by any of the streaming services available in the US!
My colleague @libbybrooks.bsky.social spoke to some of the knitters of Shetland about the fair isle and steeking controversies touched off by the competitive knitting show www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It is a crime against humanity that "Game of Wool" has not been picked up by any of the streaming services available in the US!
And then what did Lucy say, as she picked up the football?
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
And then what did Lucy say, as she picked up the football?
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The tell, from folks like @markwarner.bsky.social is that the "no" votes are not criticizing the "yes" votes.
"I can't support this bill" but not, "I am deeply disappointed by my colleagues who are caving in"
"I can't support this bill" but not, "I am deeply disappointed by my colleagues who are caving in"
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The tell, from folks like @markwarner.bsky.social is that the "no" votes are not criticizing the "yes" votes.
"I can't support this bill" but not, "I am deeply disappointed by my colleagues who are caving in"
"I can't support this bill" but not, "I am deeply disappointed by my colleagues who are caving in"
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
“Yes, @kaine.senate.gov voted for the deal and @markwarner.bsky.social voted no. We all know that was strategic, because Kaine just got safely reelected. They think we’ll forget.”
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Yes, @kaine.senate.gov voted for the deal and @markwarner.bsky.social voted no. We all know that was strategic, because Kaine just got safely reelected. They think we’ll forget.”
Don’t think we’re not looking at you, too, @markwarner.bsky.social . The math ain’t hard on this one
Super weird:
none of the democrats who just fucked over all of their constituents and made a month of a government shutdown completely meaningless are up for reelection.
What a crazy random happenstance! Or is it???
Were we were duped again as this capitulation happened after the nov. election ?
none of the democrats who just fucked over all of their constituents and made a month of a government shutdown completely meaningless are up for reelection.
What a crazy random happenstance! Or is it???
Were we were duped again as this capitulation happened after the nov. election ?
a woman says we got played on a netflix ad
ALT: a woman says we got played on a netflix ad
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November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Don’t think we’re not looking at you, too, @markwarner.bsky.social . The math ain’t hard on this one
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Not the main point here (that’s the craven cowardice in the face of lawless authoritarianism & being totally wrong here), but it is worth mentioning, since everyone is going to rail at “The Democrats,” that Angus King left the Democratic Party…32 years ago & continues not to be a member of it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Not the main point here (that’s the craven cowardice in the face of lawless authoritarianism & being totally wrong here), but it is worth mentioning, since everyone is going to rail at “The Democrats,” that Angus King left the Democratic Party…32 years ago & continues not to be a member of it.
I believe this is what they call a ratio
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I believe this is what they call a ratio
Real test of verisimilitude: Does it have the Bills losing to every 2-7 team that rolls through town?
For “a Bills love story” the trailer has an alarming lack of buffalo wings and Labatt Blue. And flat A’s.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Real test of verisimilitude: Does it have the Bills losing to every 2-7 team that rolls through town?