Molly Tennessen
@mtennie.bsky.social
I have thoughts. I have questions. I have jokes.
The overwhelming use of misogynistic language calling Republican politicians “b!tch, pu$$y, etc. from leftist men with strong media presence (Stewart, Oliver, etc—Who I forgive because I love them, but that’s another matter) is unshockingly ironic given that those upending MAGA are mostly women.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The overwhelming use of misogynistic language calling Republican politicians “b!tch, pu$$y, etc. from leftist men with strong media presence (Stewart, Oliver, etc—Who I forgive because I love them, but that’s another matter) is unshockingly ironic given that those upending MAGA are mostly women.
Singing this song to myself today. 🤞🙏
August 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Singing this song to myself today. 🤞🙏
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Cutting Medicaid means costs are shifted to providers. When patients lose coverage, they turn to ERs for care they can’t afford. Hospitals eat the cost, pass it on to insurers, and your premiums go up.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
June 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Cutting Medicaid means costs are shifted to providers. When patients lose coverage, they turn to ERs for care they can’t afford. Hospitals eat the cost, pass it on to insurers, and your premiums go up.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
You think our current military members are paying attention to how vets are being thanked for their service?
June 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You think our current military members are paying attention to how vets are being thanked for their service?
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Anger is useful, but it burns hot. Use it before it burns up.
February 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
he is accepted immediately.
he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
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This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
January 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
MAGA voters are the adolescents who are sick of mom’s rules and stuff and they wanna live with dad. And now they’re grappling with the fact that dad has no idea how to take care of anything because he just wanted the kids as a way to show mom that he’s cooler.
January 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
MAGA voters are the adolescents who are sick of mom’s rules and stuff and they wanna live with dad. And now they’re grappling with the fact that dad has no idea how to take care of anything because he just wanted the kids as a way to show mom that he’s cooler.
Ok. So what if we all buy music again and share it amongst our communities (a la 2003)? We can be creative, right?
We must have some techy-music-enthusiasts to make a model of this? Ehh?
We must have some techy-music-enthusiasts to make a model of this? Ehh?
Spotify is drawing attention after the company hosted a Trump inauguration brunch featuring Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro, among others.
The streaming giant also made a $150,000 donation to the new president's inauguration ceremony.
pitchfork.com/news/spotify...
The streaming giant also made a $150,000 donation to the new president's inauguration ceremony.
pitchfork.com/news/spotify...
Spotify Hosts Trump Inauguration Brunch and Makes $150,000 Donation to Ceremony
The company, which hosted Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, and others, called the event “business as usual”
pitchfork.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ok. So what if we all buy music again and share it amongst our communities (a la 2003)? We can be creative, right?
We must have some techy-music-enthusiasts to make a model of this? Ehh?
We must have some techy-music-enthusiasts to make a model of this? Ehh?
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Elect Judge Susan Crawford
Wisconsin Supreme Court
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January 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Wisconsin! You want justices who are fair, unbiased and respect your rights. Judge Susan Crawford is an experienced leader who will keep communities safe and reject efforts to politicize the constitution.
Elect Judge Susan Crawford
Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Wisconsin! You want justices who are fair, unbiased and respect your rights. Judge Susan Crawford is an experienced leader who will keep communities safe and reject efforts to politicize the constitution.
Elect Judge Susan Crawford
Wisconsin Supreme Court
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From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
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January 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Seeking an account or other service that allows me to put my time/resources towards resisting fascism without having to actually watch the ups/downs/utter chaos of this administration. Any recommendations?
January 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Seeking an account or other service that allows me to put my time/resources towards resisting fascism without having to actually watch the ups/downs/utter chaos of this administration. Any recommendations?
“Do or do not, as Yoda might say. But please shut up about it, as I definitely would say.” Tressie McMillan Cottom, where are you so I can be bask in your brilliance??
January 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“Do or do not, as Yoda might say. But please shut up about it, as I definitely would say.” Tressie McMillan Cottom, where are you so I can be bask in your brilliance??
I’m not saying Jane Goodall is unimpressive, but I am saying that I can watch a squirrels in my backyard for hours and I think I, too, would have been really great at watching primates for long periods of time. Mammals that are not dumb humans are mesmerizing.
January 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I’m not saying Jane Goodall is unimpressive, but I am saying that I can watch a squirrels in my backyard for hours and I think I, too, would have been really great at watching primates for long periods of time. Mammals that are not dumb humans are mesmerizing.
It really matters when humans value being good humans. It makes all the difference.
December 29, 2024 at 10:51 PM
It really matters when humans value being good humans. It makes all the difference.
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
James Baldwin
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
James Baldwin
December 18, 2024 at 8:03 PM
“Eat a campfire”! 😂
Raw milk is cool if you want to do something dangerous with absolutely no benefit. All risk, no reward. Like trying to eat a campfire.
December 12, 2024 at 5:14 PM
“Eat a campfire”! 😂
Just waiting impatiently for Tressie McMillan Cottom to get on this platform.
December 11, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Just waiting impatiently for Tressie McMillan Cottom to get on this platform.
This is both a) WIIIILD, b) inhumane AF, and c) a real wacky and inefficient use of resources. I know the political machine doesn’t care about these things, but can we enlarge the public narrative around this so that voters can at least see that this is bananas?
“No judge wants to send a kid to Lincoln Hills,” said a MKE County judge, who has presided over juvenile cases. “You feel like you’re damning the kid. And if you look at the recidivism rates that come out of Lincoln Hills, you pretty much are damning a kid.” From @mkoran.bsky.social and Devin Blake:
Wisconsin budgets nearly $463,000 a year to incarcerate each child at the state’s Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake schools. Why have costs ballooned? How much do other states spend to incarcerate youth? How else could Wisconsin spend on troubled youth? Answers to those questions and more in our report.
December 5, 2024 at 4:17 PM
This is both a) WIIIILD, b) inhumane AF, and c) a real wacky and inefficient use of resources. I know the political machine doesn’t care about these things, but can we enlarge the public narrative around this so that voters can at least see that this is bananas?
The macro-level gaslighting about race and crime in this country is astounding.
NEW: a man in Oregon state prison has been in solitary confinement for more than 250 days. He’s a disabled combat veteran with PTSD - and the person to receive the harshest prison sentence in relation to 2020 BLM protests theintercept.com/2024/12/05/b...
Oregon Prison Limits Solitary to 90 Days. This BLM Protester Has Been in the Hole for 250.
Oregon prisons limit solitary confinement to 90 days, but Black Lives Matter protester Malik Muhammad has been in the hole for some 250 days.
theintercept.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:10 PM
The macro-level gaslighting about race and crime in this country is astounding.
At the risk of oversharing, I have been very close to a very suicidal minor for the past few years. I have done all the things. Called suicide hotline. Referred to social workers. Connected with his family. Joined his caseworkers’ meetings. Visited in psych ward. Called cops when it felt imminent.
December 3, 2024 at 9:29 PM
At the risk of oversharing, I have been very close to a very suicidal minor for the past few years. I have done all the things. Called suicide hotline. Referred to social workers. Connected with his family. Joined his caseworkers’ meetings. Visited in psych ward. Called cops when it felt imminent.
I love being wrong about things. First the zipper merge and now this! Thanks to @isaacrowlett.bsky.social for being the catalyst for me to rethink things I thought I knew.
Evidence has demonstrated this effect in numerous cities now.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
So proud of the great work happening in Minneapolis, which shows that boosting housing supply helps make homes more affordable.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
I love being wrong about things. First the zipper merge and now this! Thanks to @isaacrowlett.bsky.social for being the catalyst for me to rethink things I thought I knew.