Madie Leon Riley, External Processor
@madieriley.bsky.social
Chronically ill in the Victorian waif kind of way.
Writer and thinker on Medium and Substack.
Makeup artist and model 💄
Surviving Texas one subversive act at a time 🌈
Writer and thinker on Medium and Substack.
Makeup artist and model 💄
Surviving Texas one subversive act at a time 🌈
I wish there was a service where I could pay someone to make my Bluesky work like threads.
The whole point is for this platform to be customizable but idk about its out of the box function.
I would converse here but I’m always speaking into a void and rarely finding the things I’m interested in.
The whole point is for this platform to be customizable but idk about its out of the box function.
I would converse here but I’m always speaking into a void and rarely finding the things I’m interested in.
April 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I wish there was a service where I could pay someone to make my Bluesky work like threads.
The whole point is for this platform to be customizable but idk about its out of the box function.
I would converse here but I’m always speaking into a void and rarely finding the things I’m interested in.
The whole point is for this platform to be customizable but idk about its out of the box function.
I would converse here but I’m always speaking into a void and rarely finding the things I’m interested in.
Something I will not do anytime soon again is own a home.
1) The payment is way more than rent but idk that we will ever see a return on investment in this housing market.
2) Renting is freedom. We are ready to move out of state but literally cannot until the market drastically changes.
1) The payment is way more than rent but idk that we will ever see a return on investment in this housing market.
2) Renting is freedom. We are ready to move out of state but literally cannot until the market drastically changes.
December 3, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Something I will not do anytime soon again is own a home.
1) The payment is way more than rent but idk that we will ever see a return on investment in this housing market.
2) Renting is freedom. We are ready to move out of state but literally cannot until the market drastically changes.
1) The payment is way more than rent but idk that we will ever see a return on investment in this housing market.
2) Renting is freedom. We are ready to move out of state but literally cannot until the market drastically changes.
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Inside the Kentucky program that aims to teach college students how to hear differing opinions.
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/bridgi...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/bridgi...
This Program Wants to Teach College Students How to Hear Differing Opinions
"I can tell you don’t agree with me."
www.teenvogue.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Inside the Kentucky program that aims to teach college students how to hear differing opinions.
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/bridgi...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/bridgi...
“The Democratic Party is losing the information battle.” - @pbsnews.bsky.social
Cannot emphasize this enough. The information you are receiving is NOT what’s getting to the majority of the public.
As a Texas democratic voter said in the same story: “I’m not on the same planet as these people.”
Cannot emphasize this enough. The information you are receiving is NOT what’s getting to the majority of the public.
As a Texas democratic voter said in the same story: “I’m not on the same planet as these people.”
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM
“The Democratic Party is losing the information battle.” - @pbsnews.bsky.social
Cannot emphasize this enough. The information you are receiving is NOT what’s getting to the majority of the public.
As a Texas democratic voter said in the same story: “I’m not on the same planet as these people.”
Cannot emphasize this enough. The information you are receiving is NOT what’s getting to the majority of the public.
As a Texas democratic voter said in the same story: “I’m not on the same planet as these people.”
Was maybe buying a book and wasn’t sure about it.
Book shop assistant says, -“if you have ADHD, reading this books feels like reading the transcript from your brain.”
Idk how she clocked me so quick but I *did* buy the book 😂
Book shop assistant says, -“if you have ADHD, reading this books feels like reading the transcript from your brain.”
Idk how she clocked me so quick but I *did* buy the book 😂
November 20, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Was maybe buying a book and wasn’t sure about it.
Book shop assistant says, -“if you have ADHD, reading this books feels like reading the transcript from your brain.”
Idk how she clocked me so quick but I *did* buy the book 😂
Book shop assistant says, -“if you have ADHD, reading this books feels like reading the transcript from your brain.”
Idk how she clocked me so quick but I *did* buy the book 😂
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The kitten, which was found in Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic, still had fur and whiskers when it was discovered.
Scientists find a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten in the Siberian permafrost
The kitten, which was found in Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic, still had fur and whiskers when it was discovered.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2024 at 8:09 PM
The kitten, which was found in Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic, still had fur and whiskers when it was discovered.
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relatedly: one VERY OBVIOUS and poll-supported avenue for democrats to make in-roads with swing voters is by doing things like attacking money in politics, corruption, citizens united (and, by extension, the supreme court). weird that they seem resistant to it!
a snake eating its tail of "you need money to win; you need to appeal to donors to get money; appealing to donors means taking several viable approaches to campaigning and governance off the table, hampering your ability to win"
November 17, 2024 at 4:03 PM
relatedly: one VERY OBVIOUS and poll-supported avenue for democrats to make in-roads with swing voters is by doing things like attacking money in politics, corruption, citizens united (and, by extension, the supreme court). weird that they seem resistant to it!
Something that I think people who’ve grown up in highly educated families don’t understand is that only 38% of Americans pay attention to the news all or most of the time.
I spent the first 21 years of my life completely unaware of the world around me. I had ZERO news exposure. Zero.
I spent the first 21 years of my life completely unaware of the world around me. I had ZERO news exposure. Zero.
November 17, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Something that I think people who’ve grown up in highly educated families don’t understand is that only 38% of Americans pay attention to the news all or most of the time.
I spent the first 21 years of my life completely unaware of the world around me. I had ZERO news exposure. Zero.
I spent the first 21 years of my life completely unaware of the world around me. I had ZERO news exposure. Zero.
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It is kind of funny that the main way Elon is actually like Thomas Edison is that he managed to unfairly ruin the name of Nikola Tesla
December 14, 2023 at 1:29 PM
It is kind of funny that the main way Elon is actually like Thomas Edison is that he managed to unfairly ruin the name of Nikola Tesla
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Insane to pair this headline with a picture of Harrison Ford
December 15, 2023 at 7:21 AM
Insane to pair this headline with a picture of Harrison Ford
The amount of times I’ve accidentally opened threads today is so annoying. I feel like tricking people into opening your app through a UI change is a pretty desperate move
December 15, 2023 at 4:25 AM
The amount of times I’ve accidentally opened threads today is so annoying. I feel like tricking people into opening your app through a UI change is a pretty desperate move
The most infuriating thing about running a boutique stocking S-3X is how easy it would be to find ADORABLE and chic and cool clothes if I just didn’t care about size inclusion.
It is 2023 - why are we making clothes only for sizes S-L is when the average woman is a size 18!!?
It is 2023 - why are we making clothes only for sizes S-L is when the average woman is a size 18!!?
December 14, 2023 at 9:04 PM
The most infuriating thing about running a boutique stocking S-3X is how easy it would be to find ADORABLE and chic and cool clothes if I just didn’t care about size inclusion.
It is 2023 - why are we making clothes only for sizes S-L is when the average woman is a size 18!!?
It is 2023 - why are we making clothes only for sizes S-L is when the average woman is a size 18!!?
Theee weeks later and I am still thinking about the latest Hunger Games. It’s just good, man. So good
December 11, 2023 at 10:11 PM
Theee weeks later and I am still thinking about the latest Hunger Games. It’s just good, man. So good
My husband, walking into the kitchen where 1A is discussing AI in drive thrus:
Kim, people are dying!
Kim, people are dying!
December 11, 2023 at 5:47 PM
My husband, walking into the kitchen where 1A is discussing AI in drive thrus:
Kim, people are dying!
Kim, people are dying!
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Rich guy discovers that workers aren’t motivated by making rich people richer.
December 11, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Rich guy discovers that workers aren’t motivated by making rich people richer.
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"How can we disqualify Donald Trump from ever becoming president again?" was a problem that had a straightforward answer, if the people with the power to do it had just done it while the blood and broken glass were still being swept up
See: House Democrats flinching away from immediate impeachment on Jan. 7 in favor of waiting a few days to ask Mike Pence to consider opening a 25th Amendment inquiry
"To some degree, I think there's a case that everybody hopes somebody else will disqualify Donald Trump."
December 11, 2023 at 5:26 PM
"How can we disqualify Donald Trump from ever becoming president again?" was a problem that had a straightforward answer, if the people with the power to do it had just done it while the blood and broken glass were still being swept up
Would like to understand how creative people in Texas have found ways to thrive here.
I find it so exhausting to just *exist* in this place that there’s not a lot room for more creativity.
Going on 25 years in the area and still feel this way.
I find it so exhausting to just *exist* in this place that there’s not a lot room for more creativity.
Going on 25 years in the area and still feel this way.
December 10, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Would like to understand how creative people in Texas have found ways to thrive here.
I find it so exhausting to just *exist* in this place that there’s not a lot room for more creativity.
Going on 25 years in the area and still feel this way.
I find it so exhausting to just *exist* in this place that there’s not a lot room for more creativity.
Going on 25 years in the area and still feel this way.
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If you think homeless people—*homeless people*—have broken the social contract I think you should be set adrift on an ice floe for the good of your village
December 10, 2023 at 3:38 PM
If you think homeless people—*homeless people*—have broken the social contract I think you should be set adrift on an ice floe for the good of your village
One of the reasons I started my own boutique was to reclaim writing as a sporadic outpouring of feeling and ideas instead of the consistent forced production necessary to monetize your work.
I simply do not work that way. I am a feelings-led writer, probably to an extreme.
I simply do not work that way. I am a feelings-led writer, probably to an extreme.
December 8, 2023 at 4:40 AM
One of the reasons I started my own boutique was to reclaim writing as a sporadic outpouring of feeling and ideas instead of the consistent forced production necessary to monetize your work.
I simply do not work that way. I am a feelings-led writer, probably to an extreme.
I simply do not work that way. I am a feelings-led writer, probably to an extreme.
I find that as time passes from my days of being an southern evangelical leader (a decade in 2024 since I left the church), I am more and more open to spirituality in all of its forms.
My belief in more than myself grows back as the bitterness subsides more each year.
My belief in more than myself grows back as the bitterness subsides more each year.
December 8, 2023 at 4:36 AM
I find that as time passes from my days of being an southern evangelical leader (a decade in 2024 since I left the church), I am more and more open to spirituality in all of its forms.
My belief in more than myself grows back as the bitterness subsides more each year.
My belief in more than myself grows back as the bitterness subsides more each year.
Did everyone else know that the PBS Newshour science 🧪 guy is named Miles O’Brien?? Incredible. 🖖🏼
December 7, 2023 at 3:24 PM
Did everyone else know that the PBS Newshour science 🧪 guy is named Miles O’Brien?? Incredible. 🖖🏼
Some people would be overwhelmed by a 350 point checklist. I am unbelievably motivated
December 6, 2023 at 6:03 PM
Some people would be overwhelmed by a 350 point checklist. I am unbelievably motivated
What is the best way you get yourself out of a funk? I am living in funky town and not in a fun way
December 6, 2023 at 4:07 PM
What is the best way you get yourself out of a funk? I am living in funky town and not in a fun way
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