Mary Bates
@morfin131.bsky.social
Sarcasm was my first language.
Unapologetically Aries Gen-Xer.
Unapologetically Aries Gen-Xer.
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What an intensely fucked up world we live in where we know the names of the worst human beings while many of the best vanish into anonymity.
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
What an intensely fucked up world we live in where we know the names of the worst human beings while many of the best vanish into anonymity.
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“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here
The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.
www.theatlantic.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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🐶🐱 New California pet laws!
🐾 3rd party, for-profit sales of cats, puppies and rabbits are now BANNED
🐾 Cats CANNOT be declawed for non-medical reasons
🐾 Sellers MUST disclose origin and health info
🐾 Contracts for pets that include non-refundable deposits will be VOID
🐾 3rd party, for-profit sales of cats, puppies and rabbits are now BANNED
🐾 Cats CANNOT be declawed for non-medical reasons
🐾 Sellers MUST disclose origin and health info
🐾 Contracts for pets that include non-refundable deposits will be VOID
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🐶🐱 New California pet laws!
🐾 3rd party, for-profit sales of cats, puppies and rabbits are now BANNED
🐾 Cats CANNOT be declawed for non-medical reasons
🐾 Sellers MUST disclose origin and health info
🐾 Contracts for pets that include non-refundable deposits will be VOID
🐾 3rd party, for-profit sales of cats, puppies and rabbits are now BANNED
🐾 Cats CANNOT be declawed for non-medical reasons
🐾 Sellers MUST disclose origin and health info
🐾 Contracts for pets that include non-refundable deposits will be VOID
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The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
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Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"
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October 1, 1970
Janis Joplin makes her last recordings, singing "Mercedes Benz," which is included on her posthumous Pearl album a capella.
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky
youtu.be/Qev-i9-VKlY?...
Janis Joplin makes her last recordings, singing "Mercedes Benz," which is included on her posthumous Pearl album a capella.
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky
youtu.be/Qev-i9-VKlY?...
Janis Joplin-Mercedes Benz(original)
YouTube video by Alexandre Felipe Présente
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
October 1, 1970
Janis Joplin makes her last recordings, singing "Mercedes Benz," which is included on her posthumous Pearl album a capella.
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky
youtu.be/Qev-i9-VKlY?...
Janis Joplin makes her last recordings, singing "Mercedes Benz," which is included on her posthumous Pearl album a capella.
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky
youtu.be/Qev-i9-VKlY?...
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So, I know today was a hella busy day, but Pete Hegseth’s speech was CHILLING, and definitely NOT in a “Welcome to October Spooky Season” kinda way.
October 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
So, I know today was a hella busy day, but Pete Hegseth’s speech was CHILLING, and definitely NOT in a “Welcome to October Spooky Season” kinda way.
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BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.
September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.
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Don’t capitulate. Don’t lose your nerve. Don’t believe Trump is unbeatable. He isn’t.
April 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Don’t capitulate. Don’t lose your nerve. Don’t believe Trump is unbeatable. He isn’t.
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America is solidly in our, “Scream ourselves to sleep, shit ourselves awake” era.
April 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
America is solidly in our, “Scream ourselves to sleep, shit ourselves awake” era.
BREAKING: The Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 10 with a 20-11 vote, requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms. This bill mandates that a poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments be placed in every classroom starting with the 2025-2026 school year.
March 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
BREAKING: The Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 10 with a 20-11 vote, requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms. This bill mandates that a poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments be placed in every classroom starting with the 2025-2026 school year.
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AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
March 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
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Over $1.75 trillion was wiped out from the US stock market today. Trump owns all of this.
March 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Over $1.75 trillion was wiped out from the US stock market today. Trump owns all of this.
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BREAKING: The S&P 500 has now completely erased all gains since the election, wiping out $3.4 trillion in market value.
Make America great again!
Make America great again!
March 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: The S&P 500 has now completely erased all gains since the election, wiping out $3.4 trillion in market value.
Make America great again!
Make America great again!
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One more time for the people in the back.
March 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
One more time for the people in the back.
How do I scream “who gives a fucking shit?” in Spanish, from a boat in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico?!?
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
How do I scream “who gives a fucking shit?” in Spanish, from a boat in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico?!?
I’m about ready to stand in front of the war machines.
February 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I’m about ready to stand in front of the war machines.
Oh, it is ON with every single one of you.
Add Pepsi to the "do not buy" list.
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
February 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Oh, it is ON with every single one of you.
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If your life depends on anyone in the GOP acting courageously and speaking out against any of this, start making out your will.
February 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If your life depends on anyone in the GOP acting courageously and speaking out against any of this, start making out your will.
I haven’t felt this angry in a really long time. That was an ambush on a good man. A man with so much integrity, these bullies could never understand it. They purposely tried to humiliate him and only humiliated themselves. They need to be taken out to the woodshed and now. Americans: organize!!
February 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I haven’t felt this angry in a really long time. That was an ambush on a good man. A man with so much integrity, these bullies could never understand it. They purposely tried to humiliate him and only humiliated themselves. They need to be taken out to the woodshed and now. Americans: organize!!
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Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
February 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
February 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.