Sopranospinner/Cassandra
@sopranospinner.bsky.social
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Mom of two beautiful trans humans, singer, knitter, no fucks left to give. I'm here with all the dire predictions. Music industry professional, lifelong progressive. Dorothy Dunnett super fan.
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So we're all paying more for electricity so data centers can help businesses automate tasks with AI in order to eliminate jobs...
Cool cool cool...
Cool cool cool...
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So we're all paying more for electricity so data centers can help businesses automate tasks with AI in order to eliminate jobs...
Cool cool cool...
Cool cool cool...
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The whole point of university is, generally, to teach you to be a better writer, unless you've just hard leaned into a STEM field and then decided you didn't need to take any worthwhile writing courses. Which is also why a lot of smarter people are saying it's not *that* bad.
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The whole point of university is, generally, to teach you to be a better writer, unless you've just hard leaned into a STEM field and then decided you didn't need to take any worthwhile writing courses. Which is also why a lot of smarter people are saying it's not *that* bad.
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If theDems cave because of holiday travel, they lose in 2026 because GOP will not vote for and potus sign extended aca subsidies.
Lucy will pull the football again
Lucy will pull the football again
Senate Democrats asked for a year of ACA subsidies and were told to fuck off.
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If theDems cave because of holiday travel, they lose in 2026 because GOP will not vote for and potus sign extended aca subsidies.
Lucy will pull the football again
Lucy will pull the football again
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
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Once again, one very easy way for the New York Times to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that <completely justify> all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years
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November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Once again, one very easy way for the New York Times to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that <completely justify> all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years
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“A Divine Image“ — William Blake
Cruelty has a Human Heart
And Jealousy a Human Face
Terror the Human Form Divine
And Secrecy, the Human Dress
The Human Dress, is forged Iron
The Human Form, a fiery Forge.
The Human Face, a Furnace seal'd
The Human Heart, its hungry Gorge.
Cruelty has a Human Heart
And Jealousy a Human Face
Terror the Human Form Divine
And Secrecy, the Human Dress
The Human Dress, is forged Iron
The Human Form, a fiery Forge.
The Human Face, a Furnace seal'd
The Human Heart, its hungry Gorge.
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“A Divine Image“ — William Blake
Cruelty has a Human Heart
And Jealousy a Human Face
Terror the Human Form Divine
And Secrecy, the Human Dress
The Human Dress, is forged Iron
The Human Form, a fiery Forge.
The Human Face, a Furnace seal'd
The Human Heart, its hungry Gorge.
Cruelty has a Human Heart
And Jealousy a Human Face
Terror the Human Form Divine
And Secrecy, the Human Dress
The Human Dress, is forged Iron
The Human Form, a fiery Forge.
The Human Face, a Furnace seal'd
The Human Heart, its hungry Gorge.
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I don’t know who is ready to hear this but people don’t have to add value
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
May 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I don’t know who is ready to hear this but people don’t have to add value
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
I concur with this sentiment. And adore the poem!
This is just to say
I have muted the names
Of the journalists
Trying to make "felch" happen
Forgive me
I don't care about
Their dysfunction
And their drama is
So icky
And so gross
I have muted the names
Of the journalists
Trying to make "felch" happen
Forgive me
I don't care about
Their dysfunction
And their drama is
So icky
And so gross
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I concur with this sentiment. And adore the poem!
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Yeah, I'd really love a transphobic centrist officially representing the Democrats and put on a national tour. Wow, that'd be amazing. Yeah, for sure.
Pete Buttigieg would be a good DNC spokesperson.
He would do a GREAT job of going around the country, being on TV all the time, and putting out Dem messaging on EVERY issue.
He would be an excellent counter-Leavitt. And we NEED one. He should be holding regular press conferences and putting
He would do a GREAT job of going around the country, being on TV all the time, and putting out Dem messaging on EVERY issue.
He would be an excellent counter-Leavitt. And we NEED one. He should be holding regular press conferences and putting
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Yeah, I'd really love a transphobic centrist officially representing the Democrats and put on a national tour. Wow, that'd be amazing. Yeah, for sure.
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How on earth are you this naive? The goal was not to lower budgets or cut spending. How, in 2025, can anyone accept their pretext as good faith?
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to free the oppressed Germans of Danzig, either, Bobby. You can’t fight fascism while accepting their lies as truth.
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to free the oppressed Germans of Danzig, either, Bobby. You can’t fight fascism while accepting their lies as truth.
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
How on earth are you this naive? The goal was not to lower budgets or cut spending. How, in 2025, can anyone accept their pretext as good faith?
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to free the oppressed Germans of Danzig, either, Bobby. You can’t fight fascism while accepting their lies as truth.
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to free the oppressed Germans of Danzig, either, Bobby. You can’t fight fascism while accepting their lies as truth.
@ryantjenkins.bsky.social Hope Alicia is okay.
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
@ryantjenkins.bsky.social Hope Alicia is okay.
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Soft secession is certainly one way out of this if Democratic governors unite.
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Soft secession is certainly one way out of this if Democratic governors unite.
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Quite frankly, I think non-fascists who are still using Twitter and somehow still believe it’ll help them achieve non-fascist aims are 100% delusional. It’s pathetic.
It's a censorship engine designed to promote ideas that Elon Musk likes and suppress ideas that Elon Musk does not like. I really don't get why this evident fact - that Musk openly admits! - is so hard for so many people to understand
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Quite frankly, I think non-fascists who are still using Twitter and somehow still believe it’ll help them achieve non-fascist aims are 100% delusional. It’s pathetic.
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Hillary is right...again.
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Hillary is right...again.
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With his ultimatum that Ukraine surrender to Russia, Trump finally wins a prize:
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
With his ultimatum that Ukraine surrender to Russia, Trump finally wins a prize:
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
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Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
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THE OBVIOUS. If you're going to replace "Obamacare," wouldn't the smart thing to do be to keep funding it until your new and allegedly better health care program is ready to go? Isn't that what a stable genius would do?
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
THE OBVIOUS. If you're going to replace "Obamacare," wouldn't the smart thing to do be to keep funding it until your new and allegedly better health care program is ready to go? Isn't that what a stable genius would do?
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Ordering the extrajudicial killing of noncombatants in international waters is an unlawful order. Fulls top.
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ordering the extrajudicial killing of noncombatants in international waters is an unlawful order. Fulls top.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I think about the countless trans people whose names won't be plastered on infographics because the world was so hostile and violent to them that they felt the need to opt out on their own terms.
Mourn the dead.
Fight like hell for the living.
Mourn the dead.
Fight like hell for the living.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I think about the countless trans people whose names won't be plastered on infographics because the world was so hostile and violent to them that they felt the need to opt out on their own terms.
Mourn the dead.
Fight like hell for the living.
Mourn the dead.
Fight like hell for the living.
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Quaintly remembering this David Broder quote about Bill Clinton: "He came in here and he trashed the place. And it's not his place."
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
So what!
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So what!
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the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know