Reluctant Dissident
@reluctantdissident.bsky.social
Writer, artist, Shakespeare geek; believer in climate change, social justice, and human rights; can frequently be found engaging in the “sin” of empathy.
🚫No trolls. No DMs. Don’t try to sell me anything.🚫
🚫No trolls. No DMs. Don’t try to sell me anything.🚫
I think we need a revised version of WTF:
NSBWATF (Not Surprising But What The Actual Fuck)
High Imperial Treason? Seriously?
The Emperor has no clues.
NSBWATF (Not Surprising But What The Actual Fuck)
High Imperial Treason? Seriously?
The Emperor has no clues.
April 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I think we need a revised version of WTF:
NSBWATF (Not Surprising But What The Actual Fuck)
High Imperial Treason? Seriously?
The Emperor has no clues.
NSBWATF (Not Surprising But What The Actual Fuck)
High Imperial Treason? Seriously?
The Emperor has no clues.
Is the conclave in session?
April 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Is the conclave in session?
From Iowa:
April 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
From Iowa:
Great sign — plus a bonus earworm — from the No Kings event in the Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois).
April 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Great sign — plus a bonus earworm — from the No Kings event in the Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois).
Copied from an anonymous user in a Facebook group.
The fact that anyone in America felt compelled to write this should be keeping us all up at night.
The fact that anyone in America felt compelled to write this should be keeping us all up at night.
April 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Copied from an anonymous user in a Facebook group.
The fact that anyone in America felt compelled to write this should be keeping us all up at night.
The fact that anyone in America felt compelled to write this should be keeping us all up at night.
Iowa’s day of action on April 19 includes a mutual aid rally, with all donations going to the Food Bank of Iowa.
This is a great idea – I hope other communities will also take this approach, as food banks are struggling nationwide.
We can do more than protest – we can take care of our neighbors.
This is a great idea – I hope other communities will also take this approach, as food banks are struggling nationwide.
We can do more than protest – we can take care of our neighbors.
April 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Iowa’s day of action on April 19 includes a mutual aid rally, with all donations going to the Food Bank of Iowa.
This is a great idea – I hope other communities will also take this approach, as food banks are struggling nationwide.
We can do more than protest – we can take care of our neighbors.
This is a great idea – I hope other communities will also take this approach, as food banks are struggling nationwide.
We can do more than protest – we can take care of our neighbors.
Today in WTAF News:
Apparently the Kansas legislature has just made it legal to sexually assault children.
I wonder how parents in Kansas are going to feel about this.
Apparently the Kansas legislature has just made it legal to sexually assault children.
I wonder how parents in Kansas are going to feel about this.
April 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today in WTAF News:
Apparently the Kansas legislature has just made it legal to sexually assault children.
I wonder how parents in Kansas are going to feel about this.
Apparently the Kansas legislature has just made it legal to sexually assault children.
I wonder how parents in Kansas are going to feel about this.
🚨 47’s proposed cuts to NIH funding jeopardize vital medical research that saves lives. Stand with scientists, patients, and workers across the country for a national day of action on April 8th and demand that Trump admin #KillTheCuts 🧬🩺
April 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨 47’s proposed cuts to NIH funding jeopardize vital medical research that saves lives. Stand with scientists, patients, and workers across the country for a national day of action on April 8th and demand that Trump admin #KillTheCuts 🧬🩺
Iowans have been receiving notifications that their voter registrations have been made “inactive” due to not voting in the last general election, even though they did vote.
If you live in Iowa (or any red/swing state), keep an eye on your mail and check your voter registration!
If you live in Iowa (or any red/swing state), keep an eye on your mail and check your voter registration!
April 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Iowans have been receiving notifications that their voter registrations have been made “inactive” due to not voting in the last general election, even though they did vote.
If you live in Iowa (or any red/swing state), keep an eye on your mail and check your voter registration!
If you live in Iowa (or any red/swing state), keep an eye on your mail and check your voter registration!
Transgender mice and penguins, leading the way in the fight against stupidity.
April 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Transgender mice and penguins, leading the way in the fight against stupidity.
The list was missing something. Fixed it.
March 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The list was missing something. Fixed it.
And the award for best shade post by a Canadian goes to:
March 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
And the award for best shade post by a Canadian goes to:
Today’s Affirmation:
March 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Today’s Affirmation:
Here’s what they want. I want the world and all its colors.
🎨 Artist: Clay Bennett
🎨 Artist: Clay Bennett
March 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Here’s what they want. I want the world and all its colors.
🎨 Artist: Clay Bennett
🎨 Artist: Clay Bennett
From the Oxford English Dictionary – any of these definitions are appropriate, but the first seems apt to me, as everything that comes out of his mouth is close to shit.
March 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
From the Oxford English Dictionary – any of these definitions are appropriate, but the first seems apt to me, as everything that comes out of his mouth is close to shit.
I don’t know if this is true, but if it is we should start a Go-Fund-Me and have her follow around a different Republican every day. And maybe a few Democrats.
March 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I don’t know if this is true, but if it is we should start a Go-Fund-Me and have her follow around a different Republican every day. And maybe a few Democrats.
Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill making it illegal for health care providers to administer “gene-based” vaccines. COVID vaccines are gene-based.
If you live in Iowa, get your COVID booster and contact your state representatives.
Other states are looking at similar legislation. Is yours?
If you live in Iowa, get your COVID booster and contact your state representatives.
Other states are looking at similar legislation. Is yours?
February 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill making it illegal for health care providers to administer “gene-based” vaccines. COVID vaccines are gene-based.
If you live in Iowa, get your COVID booster and contact your state representatives.
Other states are looking at similar legislation. Is yours?
If you live in Iowa, get your COVID booster and contact your state representatives.
Other states are looking at similar legislation. Is yours?
For anyone looking for that last-minute Valentine’s Day gift:
February 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
For anyone looking for that last-minute Valentine’s Day gift:
Take over Greenland and rename it Red,White, & Blueland? Sometimes it feels like we’re living in an episode of The Twilight Zone. Other times it feels an episode of the Simpsons.
Don’t be distracted. Avoid the cartoon hijinks and focus on the fascism.
Don’t be distracted. Avoid the cartoon hijinks and focus on the fascism.
February 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Take over Greenland and rename it Red,White, & Blueland? Sometimes it feels like we’re living in an episode of The Twilight Zone. Other times it feels an episode of the Simpsons.
Don’t be distracted. Avoid the cartoon hijinks and focus on the fascism.
Don’t be distracted. Avoid the cartoon hijinks and focus on the fascism.