Bitter Sweet
@mitchelb.bsky.social
Writer and occasional living room dancer. Paradox Explorer. Excellent drinking companion, miserable football fan (go Sooners🏈).
Okie 🔵 in Hoosierland. 💙
Okie 🔵 in Hoosierland. 💙
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If you are a voter in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District and also a fan of The Wire, I will, on evidence you voted today, pen a personal apology for having killed any character you cared for.
And yes, this assumes Wire fans do not vote for some cheese-eating supplicant to any tinpot dictator.
And yes, this assumes Wire fans do not vote for some cheese-eating supplicant to any tinpot dictator.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If you are a voter in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District and also a fan of The Wire, I will, on evidence you voted today, pen a personal apology for having killed any character you cared for.
And yes, this assumes Wire fans do not vote for some cheese-eating supplicant to any tinpot dictator.
And yes, this assumes Wire fans do not vote for some cheese-eating supplicant to any tinpot dictator.
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They found billions for foreign deals but not for your healthcare.
Hold them accountable. Flood the lines!
📱 (202) 224-3121
Hold them accountable. Flood the lines!
📱 (202) 224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
They found billions for foreign deals but not for your healthcare.
Hold them accountable. Flood the lines!
📱 (202) 224-3121
Hold them accountable. Flood the lines!
📱 (202) 224-3121
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So … what are the odds right now that we are going to survive all this?
September 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So … what are the odds right now that we are going to survive all this?
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beneath the Tylenol autism discourse is deep ableism—a rejection of difference & a refusal to accommodate it.
but as I wrote in @chronicle.com, we need neurodivergent people’s inventive & creative minds:
but as I wrote in @chronicle.com, we need neurodivergent people’s inventive & creative minds:
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
beneath the Tylenol autism discourse is deep ableism—a rejection of difference & a refusal to accommodate it.
but as I wrote in @chronicle.com, we need neurodivergent people’s inventive & creative minds:
but as I wrote in @chronicle.com, we need neurodivergent people’s inventive & creative minds:
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For my Okie friends.
If you are in Oklahoma or know others that are with school age children, please pass this along to them. Defense of Democracy created opt-out forms for Ryan Walter’s forced bible instruction. Let’s keep getting in good trouble!
#EduSky #Resist
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
#EduSky #Resist
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
Non-profit creates opt out forms against State Superintendent Ryan Walters
A non-profit called Defense of Democracy has created opt-out forms for parents who want their child to have no interaction with Ryan Walters in any capacity, which includes the recent prayer video.
kfor.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:53 AM
For my Okie friends.
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Chump's Anti Vaxxer RFKJR has
Already been connected to
Several Avoidable Deaths......
Already been connected to
Several Avoidable Deaths......
September 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Chump's Anti Vaxxer RFKJR has
Already been connected to
Several Avoidable Deaths......
Already been connected to
Several Avoidable Deaths......
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It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
September 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
As an enraged parent of a brilliant neurodiverse kid, I proudly say to all of those spewing this Tylenol bullshit make-believe speak: fuck you.
#neurodiversity #momrage
#neurodiversity #momrage
September 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
As an enraged parent of a brilliant neurodiverse kid, I proudly say to all of those spewing this Tylenol bullshit make-believe speak: fuck you.
#neurodiversity #momrage
#neurodiversity #momrage
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Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
September 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
Does anyone have any semi-positive news/info to share in the Small Victories category of this daily Shitstorm Fight we are in? We all need it.
September 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Does anyone have any semi-positive news/info to share in the Small Victories category of this daily Shitstorm Fight we are in? We all need it.
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For the first time in 4 years, unemployed workers outnumber available jobs.
The U.S. economy actually lost 13,000 jobs in June, the first negative jobs month in nearly 5 years.
The U.S. economy actually lost 13,000 jobs in June, the first negative jobs month in nearly 5 years.
September 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
For the first time in 4 years, unemployed workers outnumber available jobs.
The U.S. economy actually lost 13,000 jobs in June, the first negative jobs month in nearly 5 years.
The U.S. economy actually lost 13,000 jobs in June, the first negative jobs month in nearly 5 years.
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
So … please share what you are you doing locally, regionally to fight. Protests? Hit the streets? Volunteer? Phone banks? Let’s take action … go.
September 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So … please share what you are you doing locally, regionally to fight. Protests? Hit the streets? Volunteer? Phone banks? Let’s take action … go.
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Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
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As I told Jimmy Kimmel, when is it enough?
September 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
As I told Jimmy Kimmel, when is it enough?
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The right is honoring Charlie Kirk’s legacy of “free speech” by firing everyone exercising free speech…
September 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The right is honoring Charlie Kirk’s legacy of “free speech” by firing everyone exercising free speech…
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Fox News host literally advocated for murdering homeless people on air, on the most watched television network.
But Jimmy Kimmel......
But Jimmy Kimmel......
September 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Fox News host literally advocated for murdering homeless people on air, on the most watched television network.
But Jimmy Kimmel......
But Jimmy Kimmel......
No ABC. No MSNBC. No … who else? The water is coming to a boil. Will we fight? Hell fucking yeah.
September 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
No ABC. No MSNBC. No … who else? The water is coming to a boil. Will we fight? Hell fucking yeah.
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Controlling the media is one of the items on the authoritarian checklist; this includes not just hard news, and increasingly social media, but also threatening satirists who mock the regime.
The FCC is pushing this control, but corporations do not have to fold. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The FCC is pushing this control, but corporations do not have to fold. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
September 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Controlling the media is one of the items on the authoritarian checklist; this includes not just hard news, and increasingly social media, but also threatening satirists who mock the regime.
The FCC is pushing this control, but corporations do not have to fold. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The FCC is pushing this control, but corporations do not have to fold. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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I’m a single parent with one kid in college on small but significant (and much-needed) scholarships. And I own a home which is not yet paid off. So … a triple whammy. 🤬🤬🤬 indeed.
January 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’m a single parent with one kid in college on small but significant (and much-needed) scholarships. And I own a home which is not yet paid off. So … a triple whammy. 🤬🤬🤬 indeed.
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Trump is deporting the guy who mows your lawn but releasing the guy who bashed a police officer’s head in back to your community.
January 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Trump is deporting the guy who mows your lawn but releasing the guy who bashed a police officer’s head in back to your community.