Norm DePlume
@normdeplume.bsky.social
I love coffee, pets, and people who care about others more than power or money. Dislikes: racism and lima beans. Professional Christian, newspaper employee, public library trustee. Proud Pro-semite. She/her.
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For every surveillance state to function, there must be a critical mass of people who willingly act as snitches to further the regime's ideology.
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For every surveillance state to function, there must be a critical mass of people who willingly act as snitches to further the regime's ideology.
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win. Please do repeat this insight.
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win. Please do repeat this insight.
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I think cynicism is laziness pretending to be sophistication
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I think cynicism is laziness pretending to be sophistication
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Apartheid Clyde is picking a fight again with poor people.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Apartheid Clyde is picking a fight again with poor people.
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“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One"
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One"
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Ok seriously serious a minute.
I know exactly what trauma/care fatigue looks like.
I see it, A LOT.
....please, take a minute to put down your phone and just breathe.
In and out, breathe.
Have a cuppa tea or anything to take just a moment.
There are many people here i deeply care about.
I know exactly what trauma/care fatigue looks like.
I see it, A LOT.
....please, take a minute to put down your phone and just breathe.
In and out, breathe.
Have a cuppa tea or anything to take just a moment.
There are many people here i deeply care about.
a cat is drinking from a white cup with a flower design on it
Alt: a cat is drinking from a white cup with a flower design on it
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ok seriously serious a minute.
I know exactly what trauma/care fatigue looks like.
I see it, A LOT.
....please, take a minute to put down your phone and just breathe.
In and out, breathe.
Have a cuppa tea or anything to take just a moment.
There are many people here i deeply care about.
I know exactly what trauma/care fatigue looks like.
I see it, A LOT.
....please, take a minute to put down your phone and just breathe.
In and out, breathe.
Have a cuppa tea or anything to take just a moment.
There are many people here i deeply care about.
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Imagine being called a "radical" by other Christians because we try to take Jesus at his word.
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Imagine being called a "radical" by other Christians because we try to take Jesus at his word.
I am not trotting my sneezy self outside to see the northern lights, but I figured I should document them anyway since I live in a place without much light pollution. So here is a picture of my window screen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I am not trotting my sneezy self outside to see the northern lights, but I figured I should document them anyway since I live in a place without much light pollution. So here is a picture of my window screen.
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The ACA price hikes are going to kill small businesses.
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The ACA price hikes are going to kill small businesses.
This robot has clearly been overserved.
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This robot has clearly been overserved.
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Reminder that everyone can turn off the "Rude" nonsense that is being grossly abused.
Go to Settings->Moderation, scroll down and click "Advanced", scroll down and turn off the "Rude" blocker:
Go to Settings->Moderation, scroll down and click "Advanced", scroll down and turn off the "Rude" blocker:
September 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reminder that everyone can turn off the "Rude" nonsense that is being grossly abused.
Go to Settings->Moderation, scroll down and click "Advanced", scroll down and turn off the "Rude" blocker:
Go to Settings->Moderation, scroll down and click "Advanced", scroll down and turn off the "Rude" blocker:
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Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs over 20 years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
Illinois to add 3 GW of batteries, saving consumers $12 billion over 20 years
Illinois is set to issue procurements for 3 GW of battery storage, under a bill expected to be signed by Governor JB Pritzker. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the w...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs over 20 years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
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The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
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IF THE *ENHANCED* TAX CREDITS EXPIRE, starting on January 1st, it will change to the ORANGE 🟠 formula, which has that huge "shark fin" sticking up.
There's still a sliding scale formula from 100 - 400% FPL, but it's much less generous...and it cuts off INSTANTLY if you break 400% FPL.
There's still a sliding scale formula from 100 - 400% FPL, but it's much less generous...and it cuts off INSTANTLY if you break 400% FPL.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
IF THE *ENHANCED* TAX CREDITS EXPIRE, starting on January 1st, it will change to the ORANGE 🟠 formula, which has that huge "shark fin" sticking up.
There's still a sliding scale formula from 100 - 400% FPL, but it's much less generous...and it cuts off INSTANTLY if you break 400% FPL.
There's still a sliding scale formula from 100 - 400% FPL, but it's much less generous...and it cuts off INSTANTLY if you break 400% FPL.
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Brooks meant this as a joke and it has become our reality
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Brooks meant this as a joke and it has become our reality
Frozen stuff fell from the sky today, and I am not pleased. #SeasonsAreOverrated
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Frozen stuff fell from the sky today, and I am not pleased. #SeasonsAreOverrated
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One day people will realize true progressivism is *protecting* incremental wins which added up becomes transformative progress. Demanding everything and the moon while not actually doing anything personally to move an inch forward isn’t progressive. It’s ignorant, whining and expecting to be babied.
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
One day people will realize true progressivism is *protecting* incremental wins which added up becomes transformative progress. Demanding everything and the moon while not actually doing anything personally to move an inch forward isn’t progressive. It’s ignorant, whining and expecting to be babied.
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Worm tongue could never be Theoden
on one hand, Vance has the ideology of the New Right and him getting into power would be bad
on the other hand, i don't think he could give a speech without managing towards moving 50% of normies against him
on the other hand, i don't think he could give a speech without managing towards moving 50% of normies against him
"destroyed by the far left" lmao Vance
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Worm tongue could never be Theoden
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just made myself laugh imagining a men’s yogurt commercial. a bunch of guys just sitting around in a nice living room eating low fat yogurt and laughing, not really talking, curtains in the background billowing. that would be so stupid
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
just made myself laugh imagining a men’s yogurt commercial. a bunch of guys just sitting around in a nice living room eating low fat yogurt and laughing, not really talking, curtains in the background billowing. that would be so stupid
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What we're not going to do is ignore the Black Women's excellence from Tuesday's elections.
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What we're not going to do is ignore the Black Women's excellence from Tuesday's elections.
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Now, before mofos wake up and start blaming another Black woman for the woes of the United States that the voters created, read and understand why the "stay" happened.
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Now, before mofos wake up and start blaming another Black woman for the woes of the United States that the voters created, read and understand why the "stay" happened.
So, he wants to tax the profits on insurance companies? I'm listening.
Or maybe he just thinks they should all become nonprofits? Still listening.
(Neither of those align w/ GOP values, of course, but what he says goes, right?)
Or maybe he just thinks they should all become nonprofits? Still listening.
(Neither of those align w/ GOP values, of course, but what he says goes, right?)
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
So, he wants to tax the profits on insurance companies? I'm listening.
Or maybe he just thinks they should all become nonprofits? Still listening.
(Neither of those align w/ GOP values, of course, but what he says goes, right?)
Or maybe he just thinks they should all become nonprofits? Still listening.
(Neither of those align w/ GOP values, of course, but what he says goes, right?)
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Oh no no no no no!
Meine lieben deutschen Freunde. Bitte sag niemals, dass ihr gerne “Dogging” geht, wenn ihr Gassigehen meint. Ob mit echtem oder imaginärem Hund.
Meine lieben deutschen Freunde. Bitte sag niemals, dass ihr gerne “Dogging” geht, wenn ihr Gassigehen meint. Ob mit echtem oder imaginärem Hund.
Another case of Germans using an English word that could be interpreted differently
www.zdfheute.de/panorama/hob...
www.zdfheute.de/panorama/hob...
Verrückt, verrückter, "Hobby Dogging": Gassigehen mit einem Fantasiehund
Mit viel Fantasie führen Tierfreunde beim "Hobby Dogging" imaginäre Hunde aus. Trainerin Barbara Gerlinger zeigt in ihren Kursen, wie es geht.
www.zdfheute.de
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Oh no no no no no!
Meine lieben deutschen Freunde. Bitte sag niemals, dass ihr gerne “Dogging” geht, wenn ihr Gassigehen meint. Ob mit echtem oder imaginärem Hund.
Meine lieben deutschen Freunde. Bitte sag niemals, dass ihr gerne “Dogging” geht, wenn ihr Gassigehen meint. Ob mit echtem oder imaginärem Hund.
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You know what? We are in a suboptimal situation right now. And that's due to many people—some of you reading this right now—wanting easy fixes. There are no easy fixes. Life is hard. The leaders on our side are doing the best they can with a bad hand. So maybe shut the fuck up and support them.
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
You know what? We are in a suboptimal situation right now. And that's due to many people—some of you reading this right now—wanting easy fixes. There are no easy fixes. Life is hard. The leaders on our side are doing the best they can with a bad hand. So maybe shut the fuck up and support them.