Marge
@magsmclaugh.bsky.social
It’s me, marge. I am the Number 1 Jiminy Glick Revivalist on Bluesky Dot Com. Proud member of CWA.
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Marge
@magsmclaugh.bsky.social
· Jul 7
I would like to invite all of my friends to have a big dinner together for the rest of my life
Man… I went to see the band KNOWER last weekend without ever hearing them before and I must say: they’re pure fucking math. No note nor beat out of place. A real satisfying brain scratch. Had a blast, and the crowd was super diverse esp. in terms of age. There was a 70+ guy in the front going ham..
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Man… I went to see the band KNOWER last weekend without ever hearing them before and I must say: they’re pure fucking math. No note nor beat out of place. A real satisfying brain scratch. Had a blast, and the crowd was super diverse esp. in terms of age. There was a 70+ guy in the front going ham..
I logged back on specifically to tell everyone about the left coast slate, but now that I’m here I MUST say that Shane on the L word LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE AUSTIN BUTLER TO ME
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I logged back on specifically to tell everyone about the left coast slate, but now that I’m here I MUST say that Shane on the L word LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE AUSTIN BUTLER TO ME
Dude’s been the biggest Islamophobe for like 30 years. Dumb bitch
i think it's important to note that bill maher doesn't like mamdani because he's muslim. that's the whole reason
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Dude’s been the biggest Islamophobe for like 30 years. Dumb bitch
I’m running for labor committee co-chair of dsa LA on the left coast slate! Check us out at www.left-coast.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I’m running for labor committee co-chair of dsa LA on the left coast slate! Check us out at www.left-coast.org
I was on my dear friend @mariadip.bsky.social’s podcast talking about freaks & geeks 🥹 it was so much fun I’ve seen the show like 40 times you should watch it, and if you have, listen to our pod cast!
✨EP 40 OUT NOW✨ @mariadip.bsky.social is joined by fellow union comrade and Freaks and Geeks superfan Margaret McCaughlin to break down the political themes of the show’s one and only season, which is firmly set in the 1980-1981 school year. #FreaksandGeeks
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I was on my dear friend @mariadip.bsky.social’s podcast talking about freaks & geeks 🥹 it was so much fun I’ve seen the show like 40 times you should watch it, and if you have, listen to our pod cast!
Proud to be running for co-chair of the labor committee of DSA-LA on the Left Coast Slate!
We have another slate for everyone today 👀
SMC is proud to be part of the Left Coast slate for @dsa.la leadership along with members of Communist Caucus and many independents.
We need to build a fighting DSA-LA that can contest for power across LA County 🛠️🌹
SMC is proud to be part of the Left Coast slate for @dsa.la leadership along with members of Communist Caucus and many independents.
We need to build a fighting DSA-LA that can contest for power across LA County 🛠️🌹
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Proud to be running for co-chair of the labor committee of DSA-LA on the Left Coast Slate!
No trespassing THIS MEANS YOU DONALD RANDOLPH PENDIGO cc sk1, allezlesboulez, broom error, and greg afinogenov. Boys club camping trip
August 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
No trespassing THIS MEANS YOU DONALD RANDOLPH PENDIGO cc sk1, allezlesboulez, broom error, and greg afinogenov. Boys club camping trip
I personally love to be rent burdened
A rent-burdened household is officially defined as when rent makes up over 30% of a household's income. Andrew Cuomo is explicitly saying that the only way you should be able to live in over a million apartments in New York City is to become rent-burdened. A completely unserious proposal.
Cuomo's campaign provides some more details on his Zohran Mamdani-trolling proposal to make rent stabilized units in NYC income-restricted:
August 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I personally love to be rent burdened
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I've been talking to the machine that can only agree with me, and it turns out — strangely enough — I'm the most important and special person in the entire universe, and quite possibly the main character of reality
August 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I've been talking to the machine that can only agree with me, and it turns out — strangely enough — I'm the most important and special person in the entire universe, and quite possibly the main character of reality
Unfortunately the democratic tent is too wide to the right for this to happen. A “Kyrsten Sinema-style” Democrat will never, in a million years, vote to approve DC statehood.
What slim majority Dems get will be blocked by the Manchins and Sinemas every time. We are sooooo so fucked lol
What slim majority Dems get will be blocked by the Manchins and Sinemas every time. We are sooooo so fucked lol
DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.
August 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Unfortunately the democratic tent is too wide to the right for this to happen. A “Kyrsten Sinema-style” Democrat will never, in a million years, vote to approve DC statehood.
What slim majority Dems get will be blocked by the Manchins and Sinemas every time. We are sooooo so fucked lol
What slim majority Dems get will be blocked by the Manchins and Sinemas every time. We are sooooo so fucked lol
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I'm DSA for life. I have made comrades that will always be here for me. I have met and worked alongside people whose dedication to liberating the working class is astonishing.
But the org needs money and it needs volunteers and it needs labor and most of all, it needs more socialists. Be one.
But the org needs money and it needs volunteers and it needs labor and most of all, it needs more socialists. Be one.
Join DSA. Become a member today.
Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...
act.dsausa.org
August 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm DSA for life. I have made comrades that will always be here for me. I have met and worked alongside people whose dedication to liberating the working class is astonishing.
But the org needs money and it needs volunteers and it needs labor and most of all, it needs more socialists. Be one.
But the org needs money and it needs volunteers and it needs labor and most of all, it needs more socialists. Be one.
DSA 4 lyfe — join us!
I'm DSA for life. I have made comrades that will always be here for me. I have met and worked alongside people whose dedication to liberating the working class is astonishing.
But the org needs money and it needs volunteers and it needs labor and most of all, it needs more socialists. Be one.
But the org needs money and it needs volunteers and it needs labor and most of all, it needs more socialists. Be one.
Join DSA. Become a member today.
Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...
act.dsausa.org
August 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
DSA 4 lyfe — join us!
Very bad
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft, as CEO Thomas Dohmke resigns. GitHub is now moving to Microsoft's AI engineering team, CoreAI, with a new structure for GitHub's leadership team. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/757461/...
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation
GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s AI engineering team
www.theverge.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Very bad
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Well, I believe the point is for civil servants to be made temporarily employed temps…Iike the private sector. They don’t want federal employees to expect stability. I don’t believe this is about functioning. It’s about disciplining labor. They don’t care if they break the government.
People are drawn to government service for a lot of reasons, but one is stability — and I don’t know how a future administration will convince potential applicants that the federal government is a trustworthy employer over the long term…
One of the most important things Democrats can do post-Trump is to revive, not merely rebuild, the career civil service. Not just to return it to where it was in January 19, 2025, but to where we need it to be on January 19, 2050 and beyond.
August 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Well, I believe the point is for civil servants to be made temporarily employed temps…Iike the private sector. They don’t want federal employees to expect stability. I don’t believe this is about functioning. It’s about disciplining labor. They don’t care if they break the government.
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Back on my insurance soap box. The best way to understand climate change is to watch the insurance industry. They are paying very very close attention.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/c...
Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable
Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.
www.cnbc.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Back on my insurance soap box. The best way to understand climate change is to watch the insurance industry. They are paying very very close attention.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/c...
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
Ah, David berman’s evil dad back in the news again
I keep a little running list of cartoonishly evil job titles I see in articles, this one’s up there!
August 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ah, David berman’s evil dad back in the news again
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“the labor movement has coasted on the easier public sector membership, and failed to invest and fight to maintain or grow private sector membership. This is, quite simply, an abject failure of the labor movement.”
It is very possible that the power of organized labor will be effectively broken under Trump and we will need to rebuild the American labor movement again, without making the same mistakes that got us here.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/fragile-mo...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/fragile-mo...
Fragile Movements Crumble
Taking seriously the threat to organized labor.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“the labor movement has coasted on the easier public sector membership, and failed to invest and fight to maintain or grow private sector membership. This is, quite simply, an abject failure of the labor movement.”
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THAT’S MY COUNTY BABAAAAY
What’s your favorite food fact that is true but sounds totally made up?
I’ll start: about half of the mushrooms produced across the United States of America each year (more than 300 million pounds of mushrooms in recent years) are produced in *one county* in Pennsylvania.
I’ll start: about half of the mushrooms produced across the United States of America each year (more than 300 million pounds of mushrooms in recent years) are produced in *one county* in Pennsylvania.
August 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
THAT’S MY COUNTY BABAAAAY
Ken Loach!!!!!
I’ll do the last, least interesting spin on this:
Who is an artist who is aggressively blunt about their politics (that you agree with) in a way that actually makes their art better as a result?
Who is an artist who is aggressively blunt about their politics (that you agree with) in a way that actually makes their art better as a result?
i think an interesting spin on this is, who are artists with politics you strongly agree with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, and that you think actually makes their art worse as a result?
August 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Ken Loach!!!!!
I fucking hate Darren aronofsky but Austin butler is so hot. It’s a conundrum for me!
August 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I fucking hate Darren aronofsky but Austin butler is so hot. It’s a conundrum for me!
Whatever this is, cotton deserves it
August 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Whatever this is, cotton deserves it