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mpersisting.bsky.social
Marlene
@mpersisting.bsky.social
650 followers 740 following 450 posts
Undaunted.
Member @massdems
All In for #NC
and #uglydogs
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mpersisting.bsky.social
Omg, I am
lol ing in an uber right now.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reposted by Marlene
donmoyn.bsky.social
This is...sort of brilliant.
Six years ago, after watching my circle of friends surrender one too many evenings to insurance wrangling and doctor portals and DMV confusion, I emailed them a proposal: Come over next Tuesday. Grab a six pack. And bring your bills, your credit-card statements, your school forms, the streaming services you need to unsubscribe from, the airline miles you need to manage, the expenses app you need to figure out. I’d be throwing the lamest party ever. At the heart of this party was a truth that has gone under-acknowledged in recent years: We’re all sinking. We’re sinking into a quicksand of tiny, dumb administrative tasks. It is the most tedious quicksand imaginable. Tasks once accomplished with a quick phone call now require logging into a new website, which requires remembering yet another password. Disputing a charge means arguing with a chipper chatbot, or submitting to an hour of brain-melting hold music—call volume higher than expected!—only to be disconnected.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
mpersisting.bsky.social
agree, I don’t even know how we got to this point.
November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
mpersisting.bsky.social
Absolutely agree. I seek them out.
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
mpersisting.bsky.social
If I purchases waterproof headphones, I would never get out of the water!
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
mpersisting.bsky.social
Yes, we will show up!
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
mpersisting.bsky.social
Oh no. She is such a fighter for justice in Worcester, very sorry to hear this.
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
mpersisting.bsky.social
These races were so important, thrilled that the Dems won!
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM