Sara Robinson
@sararobinson.bsky.social
Social and political futurist. OG blogger covering emergent US fascist futures in 2006: never been so sorry to be so right about so much. Journalist. Multi-engine pilot. Eastern Sierra kid, Silicon Valley babe, now living the quiet expat life in Canada.
No one is coming to help.
This woman was assaulted and illegally detained by unnamed, unbadged goons. Yes, we've got their faces on video. No, no one will dare to prosecute them. Not in Idaho, not at the FBI or DOJ.
We're on our own. This is Trump's world now, and this is how we'll live in it.
This woman was assaulted and illegally detained by unnamed, unbadged goons. Yes, we've got their faces on video. No, no one will dare to prosecute them. Not in Idaho, not at the FBI or DOJ.
We're on our own. This is Trump's world now, and this is how we'll live in it.
There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints.
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
KCRCC Town Hall in Coeur d'Alene Idaho woman illegally detained
YouTube video by Devin Prewett
youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
No one is coming to help.
This woman was assaulted and illegally detained by unnamed, unbadged goons. Yes, we've got their faces on video. No, no one will dare to prosecute them. Not in Idaho, not at the FBI or DOJ.
We're on our own. This is Trump's world now, and this is how we'll live in it.
This woman was assaulted and illegally detained by unnamed, unbadged goons. Yes, we've got their faces on video. No, no one will dare to prosecute them. Not in Idaho, not at the FBI or DOJ.
We're on our own. This is Trump's world now, and this is how we'll live in it.
Shock and awe tactics rely entirely on momentum. But momentum is very easy to lose. Because they don't have any mass behind them -- law/ facts/people are NOT with them -- Trump + Elon depend on stunning velocity and the dull inertia of Americans to launch their agenda. This is their entire plan. /1
February 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Shock and awe tactics rely entirely on momentum. But momentum is very easy to lose. Because they don't have any mass behind them -- law/ facts/people are NOT with them -- Trump + Elon depend on stunning velocity and the dull inertia of Americans to launch their agenda. This is their entire plan. /1
FAFO.
Unfortunately, it's the kids who are at the mercy of their parents' stupidity.
Unfortunately, it's the kids who are at the mercy of their parents' stupidity.
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate | CNN
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
FAFO.
Unfortunately, it's the kids who are at the mercy of their parents' stupidity.
Unfortunately, it's the kids who are at the mercy of their parents' stupidity.
I paid for college with Pell Grants, Stafford loans, and California state scholarships -- and became a semi-expert on the rights guaranteed by IDEA while raising a neurodivergent kid.
The Dept of Education touches every household in this country, even the ones without kids.
The Dept of Education touches every household in this country, even the ones without kids.
The main beneficiaries of the Department of Education are disabled kids (IDEA) and working-class and poor Americans (Title I, Pell Grants, work assistance), so of course Trump wants to do away with it.
February 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I paid for college with Pell Grants, Stafford loans, and California state scholarships -- and became a semi-expert on the rights guaranteed by IDEA while raising a neurodivergent kid.
The Dept of Education touches every household in this country, even the ones without kids.
The Dept of Education touches every household in this country, even the ones without kids.
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attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
At the rate they're torching the Constitution (about one article or amendment per month so far), it seems plausible that I will not be voting in the 2028 election. And no other women will be, either. They'll get to the 19A sooner rather than later.
February 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
At the rate they're torching the Constitution (about one article or amendment per month so far), it seems plausible that I will not be voting in the 2028 election. And no other women will be, either. They'll get to the 19A sooner rather than later.
Really grateful to 2004 me for having the foresight to get Canadian permanent residency back when it was still possible.
February 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Really grateful to 2004 me for having the foresight to get Canadian permanent residency back when it was still possible.
Why is YouTube serving me video of the "City and County Mayors Joint Statement on Solid Waste" from Murfreesboro TN?
Town dump vids from the other side of the US may be fascinating to a certain kind of wonk -- but I'm not that wonk.
It's proof that my plan to confuse the algo is def working, tho.
Town dump vids from the other side of the US may be fascinating to a certain kind of wonk -- but I'm not that wonk.
It's proof that my plan to confuse the algo is def working, tho.
January 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Why is YouTube serving me video of the "City and County Mayors Joint Statement on Solid Waste" from Murfreesboro TN?
Town dump vids from the other side of the US may be fascinating to a certain kind of wonk -- but I'm not that wonk.
It's proof that my plan to confuse the algo is def working, tho.
Town dump vids from the other side of the US may be fascinating to a certain kind of wonk -- but I'm not that wonk.
It's proof that my plan to confuse the algo is def working, tho.
Give him Rachel's chair when her 100 days are up.
Good morning and Happy Tuesday to everyone who agrees that Jim Acosta was one of the few watchable journalists on CNN before they let him go, and MSNBC should prioritize hiring him to replace Andrea Mitchell or Katy Tur.
Or BOTH.
Or BOTH.
January 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Give him Rachel's chair when her 100 days are up.
So much for "don't be evil."
I've lived an almost entirely Google-free life for years now. It's doable -- almost everything they offer can be found somewhere else,
I've lived an almost entirely Google-free life for years now. It's doable -- almost everything they offer can be found somewhere else,
January 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So much for "don't be evil."
I've lived an almost entirely Google-free life for years now. It's doable -- almost everything they offer can be found somewhere else,
I've lived an almost entirely Google-free life for years now. It's doable -- almost everything they offer can be found somewhere else,
Sold our Model S last week. No more overhyped Nazimobiles for us. For the record: FSD is a lie, Tesla "service" is total fiction, and I'd much rather have a car that runs CarPlay than Tesla's OS.
It was a blast to drive. But I won't miss it.
Replacement will be a Volvo XC60 plug-in hybrid.
It was a blast to drive. But I won't miss it.
Replacement will be a Volvo XC60 plug-in hybrid.
Tesla Model 3 surprise redecorated on the street in Austria, Vienna. Acts of resistance against Musk products and businesses increasing worldwide, especially in Europe.
January 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Sold our Model S last week. No more overhyped Nazimobiles for us. For the record: FSD is a lie, Tesla "service" is total fiction, and I'd much rather have a car that runs CarPlay than Tesla's OS.
It was a blast to drive. But I won't miss it.
Replacement will be a Volvo XC60 plug-in hybrid.
It was a blast to drive. But I won't miss it.
Replacement will be a Volvo XC60 plug-in hybrid.
I've logged out. Gonna live without FB for a week and see how it goes.
And I invite everyone to join me here instead.
And I invite everyone to join me here instead.
Had to login on my laptop but all Meta accounts are logged out!
No social media or news tomorrow!
No social media or news tomorrow!
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I've logged out. Gonna live without FB for a week and see how it goes.
And I invite everyone to join me here instead.
And I invite everyone to join me here instead.
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Not posting much because we're moving house(es), and getting everything packed up and ready in time is taking every waking moment we have.
We've lived here 13 years. It's a lot of stuff. This is our Death Cleaning. Dumping two lifetimes of crap is glorious!
Back in the 'sky after the 17th.
We've lived here 13 years. It's a lot of stuff. This is our Death Cleaning. Dumping two lifetimes of crap is glorious!
Back in the 'sky after the 17th.
January 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Not posting much because we're moving house(es), and getting everything packed up and ready in time is taking every waking moment we have.
We've lived here 13 years. It's a lot of stuff. This is our Death Cleaning. Dumping two lifetimes of crap is glorious!
Back in the 'sky after the 17th.
We've lived here 13 years. It's a lot of stuff. This is our Death Cleaning. Dumping two lifetimes of crap is glorious!
Back in the 'sky after the 17th.
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During his first term I attended a surreal city council meeting where they gave a beloved member of the community an award just after he’d gotten a deportation order.
Guy had American kids and owned a restaurant the employed 5 people.
It closed and nothing has opened in that space since.
Guy had American kids and owned a restaurant the employed 5 people.
It closed and nothing has opened in that space since.
That includes the violent mass detention/deportation of long-settled immigrant contributors like Dreamers, parents of US citizen children, and US military spouses: open.substack.com/pub/zacharym...
December 17, 2024 at 1:21 AM
During his first term I attended a surreal city council meeting where they gave a beloved member of the community an award just after he’d gotten a deportation order.
Guy had American kids and owned a restaurant the employed 5 people.
It closed and nothing has opened in that space since.
Guy had American kids and owned a restaurant the employed 5 people.
It closed and nothing has opened in that space since.
“I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbably beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.”
- Mary Oliver
"2025 will not be that year."
- Sara Robinson
- Mary Oliver
"2025 will not be that year."
- Sara Robinson
December 17, 2024 at 3:36 AM
“I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbably beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.”
- Mary Oliver
"2025 will not be that year."
- Sara Robinson
- Mary Oliver
"2025 will not be that year."
- Sara Robinson
A reminder: be careful with block lists. I just learned that a lot of you aren't seeing my posts because someone I follow is in such bad odor here that even their followers are being blocked.
So much for Bluesky as our new liberal haven for free speech. The Twitter-style witch hunts are ON. Sad!
So much for Bluesky as our new liberal haven for free speech. The Twitter-style witch hunts are ON. Sad!
December 13, 2024 at 2:03 PM
A reminder: be careful with block lists. I just learned that a lot of you aren't seeing my posts because someone I follow is in such bad odor here that even their followers are being blocked.
So much for Bluesky as our new liberal haven for free speech. The Twitter-style witch hunts are ON. Sad!
So much for Bluesky as our new liberal haven for free speech. The Twitter-style witch hunts are ON. Sad!
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TFG is one deplorable MF!
December 9, 2024 at 2:57 PM
TFG is one deplorable MF!
The very last concert of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour is about to begin in this arena. Photo taken from the balcony of our new place in Vancouver. Girls in sequins EVERYWHERE on the street below
December 9, 2024 at 2:03 AM
The very last concert of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour is about to begin in this arena. Photo taken from the balcony of our new place in Vancouver. Girls in sequins EVERYWHERE on the street below
"Those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable." -- JFK
I am going to state this as clearly as I can: if you address systematic iniquities THROUGH POLITICS, no one will fantasize about solving them through violence. FDR is thus the hero of this story for addressing systematic iniquities THROUGH POLITICS.
Tell me if I am not clear.
Tell me if I am not clear.
December 8, 2024 at 9:22 AM
"Those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable." -- JFK
Catching up on my re-posts of Evan Robinson's Chad Mitchell resurrection project. Enjoy!
December 8, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Catching up on my re-posts of Evan Robinson's Chad Mitchell resurrection project. Enjoy!
@theframelab.bsky.social - let me be the first to welcome you to bluesky! Framelab subscriber -- follow me back!
December 6, 2024 at 12:48 PM
@theframelab.bsky.social - let me be the first to welcome you to bluesky! Framelab subscriber -- follow me back!
Evan's been doing a daily post of the Chad Mitchell Trio -- a classic early-60s political folk group that was more biting than Tom Lehrer, and more harmonic than the Limiters.
I'm going to start re-posting them. They're an important part of our liberal heritage -- and they're FUN.
I'm going to start re-posting them. They're an important part of our liberal heritage -- and they're FUN.
December 4, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Evan's been doing a daily post of the Chad Mitchell Trio -- a classic early-60s political folk group that was more biting than Tom Lehrer, and more harmonic than the Limiters.
I'm going to start re-posting them. They're an important part of our liberal heritage -- and they're FUN.
I'm going to start re-posting them. They're an important part of our liberal heritage -- and they're FUN.
There's something deeply, deeply wrong with us. Two weeks in Europe has just brought that home, hard. So did this article from the excellent Jess Piper.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-exchan...
We’re in Zürich and the local businessmen in Santa Lucia Paradeplatz with us are mostly eating about a 14” pizza for lunch. All of it. With wine. And they’re mostly quite lean (and better dressed than Americans would be).
We’re in Zürich and the local businessmen in Santa Lucia Paradeplatz with us are mostly eating about a 14” pizza for lunch. All of it. With wine. And they’re mostly quite lean (and better dressed than Americans would be).
The Exchange Students
American reality as told by high school juniors...
jesspiper.substack.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:56 PM
There's something deeply, deeply wrong with us. Two weeks in Europe has just brought that home, hard. So did this article from the excellent Jess Piper.
In Switzerland, Santa tours on a Harley. Because if you're in the toy biz, why not have the best toys the world has to offer?
Seen on the Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich. I believe Santa is, in fact, drinking Swiss cocoa, which is also the best the world has to offer.
Seen on the Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich. I believe Santa is, in fact, drinking Swiss cocoa, which is also the best the world has to offer.
December 4, 2024 at 6:58 AM
In Switzerland, Santa tours on a Harley. Because if you're in the toy biz, why not have the best toys the world has to offer?
Seen on the Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich. I believe Santa is, in fact, drinking Swiss cocoa, which is also the best the world has to offer.
Seen on the Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich. I believe Santa is, in fact, drinking Swiss cocoa, which is also the best the world has to offer.