Shane D - newest member Mary Hatch Bailey fanclub
@myrthe.bsky.social
The way "Addictiveness-is-everything" social media is breaking people and societies reminds me more and more of the Opium Wars
profile and banner pics our blue heeler on our very yellow couch
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...ok its his couch
profile and banner pics our blue heeler on our very yellow couch
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...ok its his couch
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can add "one day you'll find yourself sending all your money to dropkicks like Andrew Tate in the hopes they'll like you. They don't, and never will, but they will use your money and unhappiness to buy fancy cars and clothes that they laugh at you in."
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#vss365 #transport #poetry
"No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard"
--Robert Frost
"No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard"
--Robert Frost
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#vss365 #transport #poetry
"No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard"
--Robert Frost
"No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard"
--Robert Frost
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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I just think it’s long past time to set all sorts of new troubling precedents, most especially ones that involve shaming abusers and their enablers out of polite society and public life.
When Ravi Zacharias was post-humously acknowledged as a predator I petitioned my Alma mater to rescind his honorary degree, especially as I am a victim of abuse by a ministry partner of his.
That request was denied by the liberal female president because it would set a “troubling precedent”.
That request was denied by the liberal female president because it would set a “troubling precedent”.
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I just think it’s long past time to set all sorts of new troubling precedents, most especially ones that involve shaming abusers and their enablers out of polite society and public life.
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
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Of course the president can’t subvert the Constitution by lying that there’s an emergency. If lying that there’s an emergency is a magic loophole granting the executive branch the powers of Congress, there’s no point to Article I.
The fact that this is even a question is a sign of degradation.
The fact that this is even a question is a sign of degradation.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Of course the president can’t subvert the Constitution by lying that there’s an emergency. If lying that there’s an emergency is a magic loophole granting the executive branch the powers of Congress, there’s no point to Article I.
The fact that this is even a question is a sign of degradation.
The fact that this is even a question is a sign of degradation.
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We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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John Green made a video. *shrug* www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgvE...
I Need 1% of Georgia to Watch This Video
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
John Green made a video. *shrug* www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgvE...
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
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Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
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Warning: appropriate profanity VIA someidiotwithawrench on Instag.
"Taxation is Theft" ...?
#garagelife #fdt #taxationistheft #snap #altleftpipeline
"Taxation is Theft" ...?
#garagelife #fdt #taxationistheft #snap #altleftpipeline
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Warning: appropriate profanity VIA someidiotwithawrench on Instag.
"Taxation is Theft" ...?
#garagelife #fdt #taxationistheft #snap #altleftpipeline
"Taxation is Theft" ...?
#garagelife #fdt #taxationistheft #snap #altleftpipeline
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Cheney was so evil that him dying actually lifted a curse
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Cheney was so evil that him dying actually lifted a curse
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Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
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Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
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If poor people shouldn’t be allowed to buy junk food with food stamps then rich people shouldn’t be able to buy politicians.
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
If poor people shouldn’t be allowed to buy junk food with food stamps then rich people shouldn’t be able to buy politicians.
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What is this "center?"
What is the territory you wish to occupy? Where is it? Can you define it? Does it exist? Is the goal to occupy any ground you're given?
What the fuck do you stand for? What are your values?
What is the territory you wish to occupy? Where is it? Can you define it? Does it exist? Is the goal to occupy any ground you're given?
What the fuck do you stand for? What are your values?
October 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
What is this "center?"
What is the territory you wish to occupy? Where is it? Can you define it? Does it exist? Is the goal to occupy any ground you're given?
What the fuck do you stand for? What are your values?
What is the territory you wish to occupy? Where is it? Can you define it? Does it exist? Is the goal to occupy any ground you're given?
What the fuck do you stand for? What are your values?
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normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
October 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
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this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset
We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
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Thank you for this thread! In Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste, she says that they aren’t voting “against their own interests,” because the racism comes before all else. Losing their health care, losing retirement—doesn’t matter as long as they can hurt Black people. Shocking but not surprising.
September 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Thank you for this thread! In Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste, she says that they aren’t voting “against their own interests,” because the racism comes before all else. Losing their health care, losing retirement—doesn’t matter as long as they can hurt Black people. Shocking but not surprising.
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reposting with alt text because I think the choice to include homophobia and transphobia in particular here is actually very much worth drawing attention to. nuns emphatically stating that those “do not reflect the qualities of a saint” is a very clear callout of Cardinal Dolan
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
reposting with alt text because I think the choice to include homophobia and transphobia in particular here is actually very much worth drawing attention to. nuns emphatically stating that those “do not reflect the qualities of a saint” is a very clear callout of Cardinal Dolan
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1. I've long contended that austerity doesn't save money. It merely transfers costs from one group (the very rich, who would otherwise pay more tax) to others. Last night was a powerful reminder of that. Before I go further, I should say I’m fine. Just a black eye, cuts & bruises, no serious harm. 🧵
September 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
1. I've long contended that austerity doesn't save money. It merely transfers costs from one group (the very rich, who would otherwise pay more tax) to others. Last night was a powerful reminder of that. Before I go further, I should say I’m fine. Just a black eye, cuts & bruises, no serious harm. 🧵
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September 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM