Makyris
@makyris.bsky.social
A former software quality assurance engineer who chose a humble life as a car auction driver. An older ADD/ASD woman who fiercely supports LGBTQ+ rights and all that implies.
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McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."
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WTF? ICE is arguing in court that US CITIZENS can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. And that a REAL ID isn't enough. This isn't border security.
December 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
WTF? ICE is arguing in court that US CITIZENS can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. And that a REAL ID isn't enough. This isn't border security.
I love how Republicans say they champion small government but when a person born a girl honestly feels like a man and wants to live that way, suddenly they're all for government telling him he can't. 🙄
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I love how Republicans say they champion small government but when a person born a girl honestly feels like a man and wants to live that way, suddenly they're all for government telling him he can't. 🙄
I love how Republicans say they champion small government but when a person born a girl honestly feels like a man and wants to live that way, suddenly they're all for government telling him he can't. 🙄
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I love how Republicans say they champion small government but when a person born a girl honestly feels like a man and wants to live that way, suddenly they're all for government telling him he can't. 🙄
I love how Republicans say they champion small government but when a person born a girl honestly feels like a man and wants to live that way, suddenly they're all for government telling him he can't. 🙄
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I love how Republicans say they champion small government but when a person born a girl honestly feels like a man and wants to live that way, suddenly they're all for government telling him he can't. 🙄
You know else angers me about the demonization of immigrants? The denial of the positive contributions. Brazilian pastries are the BEST!
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
You know else angers me about the demonization of immigrants? The denial of the positive contributions. Brazilian pastries are the BEST!
I made it to the endocrinologist (didn't know if I would, it was a bad morning) but my latest weight is 197, I made it under 200! Everyone who needs it should have acceas to these weight loss drugs but I heard some of us may be losing coverage for them as of January. 😥
December 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I made it to the endocrinologist (didn't know if I would, it was a bad morning) but my latest weight is 197, I made it under 200! Everyone who needs it should have acceas to these weight loss drugs but I heard some of us may be losing coverage for them as of January. 😥
I want a vacation, go back up to Maine and stay in a little room in that inn again for a week and do nothing. Maybe I'll save up for it for next year when I turn 55.
innatstjohn.com
innatstjohn.com
The Best Boutique Hotel in Portland, Maine | The Inn at St John
The Inn At St. John, built in 1897, stands as one of the European Boutique Hotel Inns in Portland Maine, boasting the city’s oldest continuously operated status. Offering a variety of rooms.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I want a vacation, go back up to Maine and stay in a little room in that inn again for a week and do nothing. Maybe I'll save up for it for next year when I turn 55.
innatstjohn.com
innatstjohn.com
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The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
Why can't food make me feel better? Similar to how other people might ask why isn't this alcohol making me feel better or why isn't this drug making me feel better? Because the key is to SIT with the bad feelings, not escape them. But oh Lord I don't want to. *sad sigh*
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Why can't food make me feel better? Similar to how other people might ask why isn't this alcohol making me feel better or why isn't this drug making me feel better? Because the key is to SIT with the bad feelings, not escape them. But oh Lord I don't want to. *sad sigh*
It is frightening having few competent people in charge, and the few that are get used up and thrown away.
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It is frightening having few competent people in charge, and the few that are get used up and thrown away.
One person lifts a heavy boulder off a person, another person lifts the same boulder off a person but does so with a sword wound in their side, blood dripping down. Who worked harder to lift the boulder?
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
One person lifts a heavy boulder off a person, another person lifts the same boulder off a person but does so with a sword wound in their side, blood dripping down. Who worked harder to lift the boulder?
Republicans don't know how to do *anything* to help the American people, only oligarchs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Obamacare premiums are skyrocketing. Republicans can’t figure out what to do. - POLITICO
GOP lawmakers knew subsidies were expiring and premiums would spike, but no clear, conservative alternative emerged.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Republicans don't know how to do *anything* to help the American people, only oligarchs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
This makes me SO ANGRY!! He has let the honor of the United States fall so far that he's outright saying he doesn't care about murder. He disparages our allies and kowtows to our enemies. How can anyone who loves the United States support this man?
![Republicans against Trump on X.com:
Trump on Jamal Khashoggi: You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman...Whether you like him or don't, things happen. But he[MBS] knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest
PoliticsGirl on X.com:
"Things happen"???
Jamel Khashoggi was murdered, chopped into pieces, put into suitcases, and flown out of the country. US intelligence confirmed MBS's involvement. But we shouldn't
"embarrass our guest"???
What are we doing here America?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oetiho7ww6exn7msjhngeh3v/bafkreib6vm5t6z2xurwf4vlfxcxmu46vtlvqs4tzrtexp633wmr26y7et4@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This makes me SO ANGRY!! He has let the honor of the United States fall so far that he's outright saying he doesn't care about murder. He disparages our allies and kowtows to our enemies. How can anyone who loves the United States support this man?
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We can afford to protect and expand Social Security for current and future generations if the ultra-wealthy contribute at the same rate as the rest of us!
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We can afford to protect and expand Social Security for current and future generations if the ultra-wealthy contribute at the same rate as the rest of us!
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The same man who famously said “grab ‘em by the p*ssy” called a female reporter a “piggy”.
No other journalists stood up for her.
No one spoke out
We need people speaking out
We need someone, preferably a man, to say “no Mr Trump, you do NOT speak to our colleague that way”
We need backbone
No other journalists stood up for her.
No one spoke out
We need people speaking out
We need someone, preferably a man, to say “no Mr Trump, you do NOT speak to our colleague that way”
We need backbone
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The same man who famously said “grab ‘em by the p*ssy” called a female reporter a “piggy”.
No other journalists stood up for her.
No one spoke out
We need people speaking out
We need someone, preferably a man, to say “no Mr Trump, you do NOT speak to our colleague that way”
We need backbone
No other journalists stood up for her.
No one spoke out
We need people speaking out
We need someone, preferably a man, to say “no Mr Trump, you do NOT speak to our colleague that way”
We need backbone
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I keep thinking about the Raymond Williams line: "To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing".
Hope is not easy. Despair seems obvious. But every howl of despair manifests as further malignance. Compliance with fascism is despair metastasising.
Hope is not easy. Despair seems obvious. But every howl of despair manifests as further malignance. Compliance with fascism is despair metastasising.
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I keep thinking about the Raymond Williams line: "To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing".
Hope is not easy. Despair seems obvious. But every howl of despair manifests as further malignance. Compliance with fascism is despair metastasising.
Hope is not easy. Despair seems obvious. But every howl of despair manifests as further malignance. Compliance with fascism is despair metastasising.
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
WTF! And Republicans *claim* to be the party of fiscal conservatism. When will people stop believing that lie?
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
WTF! And Republicans *claim* to be the party of fiscal conservatism. When will people stop believing that lie?