@riotousrose.bsky.social
Disabled queer Atheistic Pagan. She/her/Mx
📚I am going back and forth between Archer Sullivan's "The Witch's Orchard," and Jen Julian's "Red Rabbit Ghost." I've got Rhiannon Giddens playing in the background. Apparently, I'm in a haunted Appalachia mood. I'm OK with that--potential nightmares and all. :)
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
📚I am going back and forth between Archer Sullivan's "The Witch's Orchard," and Jen Julian's "Red Rabbit Ghost." I've got Rhiannon Giddens playing in the background. Apparently, I'm in a haunted Appalachia mood. I'm OK with that--potential nightmares and all. :)
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Thank you to everyone organizing in Charlotte. As we saw in Chicago, you can send them packing, and we know similar efforts are already underway in Charlotte. In Chicago, neighborhood groups held “Know Your Rights” trainings so residents understood what to do if ICE appeared.
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Thank you to everyone organizing in Charlotte. As we saw in Chicago, you can send them packing, and we know similar efforts are already underway in Charlotte. In Chicago, neighborhood groups held “Know Your Rights” trainings so residents understood what to do if ICE appeared.
Agreed!
Every new piece of technology seems designed to invade what little privacy I have left so my life can be sold to private businesses and the surveillance state while also demanding a monthly payment.
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Agreed!
Long time, no talk BlueSky. I'm baaaaack! The plan is to have left the book of face by December 16.
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Long time, no talk BlueSky. I'm baaaaack! The plan is to have left the book of face by December 16.
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Tip: In your settings, toggle the option so it always prompts you for alt-text whenever you post an image. It's easy to forget when you're on the fly, so let the software remind you. The text doesn't have to be lengthy or elegant; just do it.
January 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Tip: In your settings, toggle the option so it always prompts you for alt-text whenever you post an image. It's easy to forget when you're on the fly, so let the software remind you. The text doesn't have to be lengthy or elegant; just do it.
I realize that tomorrow is also MLK Day and that so much good is being planned for service and community building.
Yet I can't help also feeling like I'm getting a paid day off to watch a national catastrophe begin.
Yet I can't help also feeling like I'm getting a paid day off to watch a national catastrophe begin.
January 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I realize that tomorrow is also MLK Day and that so much good is being planned for service and community building.
Yet I can't help also feeling like I'm getting a paid day off to watch a national catastrophe begin.
Yet I can't help also feeling like I'm getting a paid day off to watch a national catastrophe begin.
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I wrote about the LA wildfires, the GoFundMes of rich people, and the long history of disaster relief reproducing inequality.
GoFundMe, Mandy Moore and the unfairness of disaster relief: ‘If you were poor before, you should stay poor’
Aid was historically seen as a way to ‘restore the status quo’. Now the actor’s bid for help amid the LA fires raises a question: who deserves to crowdfund?
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote about the LA wildfires, the GoFundMes of rich people, and the long history of disaster relief reproducing inequality.
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My mood going into 2025 is that this country is probably super-doomed but almost everyone I know and love is stuck here with me so I'm going to make my little corner of it kicks some ass.
December 31, 2024 at 7:23 PM
My mood going into 2025 is that this country is probably super-doomed but almost everyone I know and love is stuck here with me so I'm going to make my little corner of it kicks some ass.
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🚨 After an inexplicable delay, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the jury verdict awarding E. Jean Carroll $5 mil in the first of her defamation cases to go to trial against Donald Trump. The jury found Trump slandered her when he said she was lying about being sexually abused by him.
December 30, 2024 at 3:08 PM
🚨 After an inexplicable delay, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the jury verdict awarding E. Jean Carroll $5 mil in the first of her defamation cases to go to trial against Donald Trump. The jury found Trump slandered her when he said she was lying about being sexually abused by him.
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Nobody can ever accuse Jimmy Carter of not having a wicked sense of humor🤣😭💀
December 29, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Nobody can ever accuse Jimmy Carter of not having a wicked sense of humor🤣😭💀
Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president and peace activist, dies at 100 - NPR
December 29, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president and peace activist, dies at 100 - NPR
Seeking updates on the following things:
1. Are Starbucks workers still striking?
2. Are Amazon workers still striking?
3. Can someone please fill me in on the anti trans post/newsletter that Fredom From Religion Foundation distributed? I cannot find an original source on this.
Thanks.
1. Are Starbucks workers still striking?
2. Are Amazon workers still striking?
3. Can someone please fill me in on the anti trans post/newsletter that Fredom From Religion Foundation distributed? I cannot find an original source on this.
Thanks.
December 29, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Seeking updates on the following things:
1. Are Starbucks workers still striking?
2. Are Amazon workers still striking?
3. Can someone please fill me in on the anti trans post/newsletter that Fredom From Religion Foundation distributed? I cannot find an original source on this.
Thanks.
1. Are Starbucks workers still striking?
2. Are Amazon workers still striking?
3. Can someone please fill me in on the anti trans post/newsletter that Fredom From Religion Foundation distributed? I cannot find an original source on this.
Thanks.
screenrant.com/stand-anthol... am so excited about this!
The Stand Anthology's Quiet Stephen King Reunion Makes Me Even More Excited For Its 2025 Release
They've collaborated before.
screenrant.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:04 PM
screenrant.com/stand-anthol... am so excited about this!
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Physically speaking, I'm now in sweatpants until tomorrow. Emotionally speaking, I'm now in sweatpants until January.
December 25, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Physically speaking, I'm now in sweatpants until tomorrow. Emotionally speaking, I'm now in sweatpants until January.
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Thou shalt pay Amazon workers fairly, for they are as close as it gets to being Santa’s elves. Without them, Christmas doesn’t happen.
December 23, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Thou shalt pay Amazon workers fairly, for they are as close as it gets to being Santa’s elves. Without them, Christmas doesn’t happen.
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Baristas on strike? Good. If Starbucks can charge $8 for a Venti Peppermint Mocha, they can afford to pay the people who make it more than pocket change.
December 22, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Baristas on strike? Good. If Starbucks can charge $8 for a Venti Peppermint Mocha, they can afford to pay the people who make it more than pocket change.
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From @marcelias.bsky.social: "To be clear, the United States is not yet an illiberal democracy, but the movement towards it has accelerated in the weeks since the election. What is most disturbing is that Trump has not yet even taken power." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM
From @marcelias.bsky.social: "To be clear, the United States is not yet an illiberal democracy, but the movement towards it has accelerated in the weeks since the election. What is most disturbing is that Trump has not yet even taken power." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
Holiday coping:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727016...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727016...
Christmas and Other Horrors by Nadia Bulkin, Terry Dowling, Tananarive Due, Jeffery Ford, Christopher Golden, Stephen Graham Jones, Glen Hirshberg, Richard Kadrey, Alma Katsu, John Langan, Cassandra K...
Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of 18 original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the g...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 22, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Holiday coping:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727016...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727016...
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens — theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
MADISON, WI—In the hours following a violent rampage in Wisconsin in which a lone attacker killed at least two individuals and injured six others, citizens living in the only country where this kind o...
theonion.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:56 PM
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens — theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
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The news is shit.
The news will be shit for another four years, often.
You are not obligated to stay tuned all the time. Breaks are good--necessary, even. You are not failing the cause by making sure your soul remains intact. Survival is enough, sometimes.
The news will be shit for another four years, often.
You are not obligated to stay tuned all the time. Breaks are good--necessary, even. You are not failing the cause by making sure your soul remains intact. Survival is enough, sometimes.
December 16, 2024 at 1:39 AM
The news is shit.
The news will be shit for another four years, often.
You are not obligated to stay tuned all the time. Breaks are good--necessary, even. You are not failing the cause by making sure your soul remains intact. Survival is enough, sometimes.
The news will be shit for another four years, often.
You are not obligated to stay tuned all the time. Breaks are good--necessary, even. You are not failing the cause by making sure your soul remains intact. Survival is enough, sometimes.
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Shout-out to everyone keeping me out of schools. I don't want to be there either.
December 14, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Shout-out to everyone keeping me out of schools. I don't want to be there either.
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With @mimirocah1.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on the cynical effort to graft a "presumption of innocence" onto a faux-legal Senate confirmation process. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Presumption of Innocence Has Nothing to Do With Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation
Trumpworld is warping an important concept from criminal law beyond recognition.
slate.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:27 PM
With @mimirocah1.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on the cynical effort to graft a "presumption of innocence" onto a faux-legal Senate confirmation process. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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I did my first "Sounds interesting, let's touch base after the holidays" today, and it felt great. Did not specify that I meant Easter. They'll figure it out.
December 10, 2024 at 1:30 AM
I did my first "Sounds interesting, let's touch base after the holidays" today, and it felt great. Did not specify that I meant Easter. They'll figure it out.