Lucy Kwiatek
@lucykwiatek.bsky.social
Friend of Blahaj, epigraph fan, professional worrywart, Amtrak fan, junior officer in the world's finest Navy (pending separation because trans). Born in one Washington and denizen of another. Opinions my own. Background pic by @mayawalkwith.me. She/her
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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I’ll be mad about that forever, probably.
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I’ll be mad about that forever, probably.
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everyone remembers what happened to Isabel Fall.
I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.
We can debate all day about who got cancelled and whether or not they deserved it, but one thing I have noticed is that a lot of queer YA written from ~2019-2022 has a kind of sterile after-school-special vibe where you can just tell they sanitized the fuck out of it to appease the Twitter hivemind
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
everyone remembers what happened to Isabel Fall.
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These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
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do you think ryan murphy knows where babies come from
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
do you think ryan murphy knows where babies come from
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
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I’m not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to tell the jury to “vote assuming we actually have a whole bunch more secret evidence”
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I’m not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to tell the jury to “vote assuming we actually have a whole bunch more secret evidence”
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trans rights is a bridge too far, the dems want the antisemite who spent her time screaming at school shooting survivors
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 AM
trans rights is a bridge too far, the dems want the antisemite who spent her time screaming at school shooting survivors
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
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E.g. on point 1: the consultant class fondly remembers the "6 for '06" plan of moderate policy ideas Dems ran on in their successful 2006 midterm campaign. But what actually caused the bottom to fall out of GOP polling was the Mark Foley scandal in September which has been basically memory-holed
1. Scandal politics win elections pretty often.
2. THIS scandal divides the GOP more than affordability or really anything.
3. If Dems want to win the fight (pry the files loose, rather than give up after Trump says no) they need to make a referendum out of it. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
2. THIS scandal divides the GOP more than affordability or really anything.
3. If Dems want to win the fight (pry the files loose, rather than give up after Trump says no) they need to make a referendum out of it. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
E.g. on point 1: the consultant class fondly remembers the "6 for '06" plan of moderate policy ideas Dems ran on in their successful 2006 midterm campaign. But what actually caused the bottom to fall out of GOP polling was the Mark Foley scandal in September which has been basically memory-holed
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Chat is it good or bad for their coalition that republicans are polarizing the US Conference of Catholic Bishops specifically against them?
US Bishops have responded to attacks by Border Czar Tom Homan: “The bishops of the United States have spoken together and in unity with Pope Leo XIV.”
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Chat is it good or bad for their coalition that republicans are polarizing the US Conference of Catholic Bishops specifically against them?
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"If you have a water view, Bruce Harrell might be for you!"
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"If you have a water view, Bruce Harrell might be for you!"
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Seattle mayoral update: with under 4,000 votes left, Katie Wilson is still winning daily batches by bigger and bigger margins per day, almost at 70% now. With a 1346 vote lead now, Katie Wilson is, barring something totally unforeseen, the mayor-elect of Seattle, Washington
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Seattle mayoral update: with under 4,000 votes left, Katie Wilson is still winning daily batches by bigger and bigger margins per day, almost at 70% now. With a 1346 vote lead now, Katie Wilson is, barring something totally unforeseen, the mayor-elect of Seattle, Washington
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Tuesday saw a seismic shift on the Susquehanna’s west bank
Ancestrally Republican Cumberland County didn’t just vote for Democrats at the top of the ticket, it also elected Dems to 3 county-level offices
Thread on the RECORDER OF DEEDS race and its State House implications (1/9)
Ancestrally Republican Cumberland County didn’t just vote for Democrats at the top of the ticket, it also elected Dems to 3 county-level offices
Thread on the RECORDER OF DEEDS race and its State House implications (1/9)
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Tuesday saw a seismic shift on the Susquehanna’s west bank
Ancestrally Republican Cumberland County didn’t just vote for Democrats at the top of the ticket, it also elected Dems to 3 county-level offices
Thread on the RECORDER OF DEEDS race and its State House implications (1/9)
Ancestrally Republican Cumberland County didn’t just vote for Democrats at the top of the ticket, it also elected Dems to 3 county-level offices
Thread on the RECORDER OF DEEDS race and its State House implications (1/9)
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accidentally photographed what could reasonably be viewed as my magnum opus
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
accidentally photographed what could reasonably be viewed as my magnum opus
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November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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your basic idea is that an Indian Muslim whose father was expelled from Uganda for being Indian and whose maternal grandparents lived through the violence of the Partition, on the wrong side of the border, is predisposed to believe that countries have a right to maintain an ethnoreligious majority
No, it's antisemitic - the reason he gave was that he doesn't recognize the right of any country who treats groups preferentially to exist, but he recognizes many such nations. Take Pakistan (who his mom is accused of being an apologist for): officially Muslims, Christians can only practice (cont)
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
your basic idea is that an Indian Muslim whose father was expelled from Uganda for being Indian and whose maternal grandparents lived through the violence of the Partition, on the wrong side of the border, is predisposed to believe that countries have a right to maintain an ethnoreligious majority
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SEATTLE POLITICS: i made a mayoral election tracker.
TL;DR: can katie wilson overturn an 11,000 vote deficit? well she gained over 17,000 votes as the lower-turnout primary unfolded, so theoretically yeah probably. but if she doesn't reverse the trend tomorrow or Friday, she's probably hosed
TL;DR: can katie wilson overturn an 11,000 vote deficit? well she gained over 17,000 votes as the lower-turnout primary unfolded, so theoretically yeah probably. but if she doesn't reverse the trend tomorrow or Friday, she's probably hosed
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
SEATTLE POLITICS: i made a mayoral election tracker.
TL;DR: can katie wilson overturn an 11,000 vote deficit? well she gained over 17,000 votes as the lower-turnout primary unfolded, so theoretically yeah probably. but if she doesn't reverse the trend tomorrow or Friday, she's probably hosed
TL;DR: can katie wilson overturn an 11,000 vote deficit? well she gained over 17,000 votes as the lower-turnout primary unfolded, so theoretically yeah probably. but if she doesn't reverse the trend tomorrow or Friday, she's probably hosed
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Joe Biden was Israel's best friend in the Democratic party and he trashed his own legacy for them, they'll never have it that good again
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Joe Biden was Israel's best friend in the Democratic party and he trashed his own legacy for them, they'll never have it that good again
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that seems like unalloyed cope it's unfathomable to me that Israel will meaningfully recover among under 40s especially if the base makes outright pro-Israel positions a liability, putting aside whatever horrors Israel does in the meantime
People keep saying by 2028 the Democratic mood on Palestine will have shifted back to the right to some degree but it is important to remember that one of the highest polling frontrunners in November 2025 in every hypothetical poll, Buttigieg, has already vowed to recognize Palestine + restrict aid.
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
that seems like unalloyed cope it's unfathomable to me that Israel will meaningfully recover among under 40s especially if the base makes outright pro-Israel positions a liability, putting aside whatever horrors Israel does in the meantime