mjs
@the-silver-lining.bsky.social
Entertainer, juggler, artist, reformed tech marketer, wife, dog mom, she/her.
This man hit on me when I was barely 18 😑 (he was probably 24 at the time).
And *he's* not tall enough for the Raggedy Andy ride.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
And *he's* not tall enough for the Raggedy Andy ride.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
My man looks like he’s telling some unruly teens they’re too tall for the Raggedy Andy Ride
January 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This man hit on me when I was barely 18 😑 (he was probably 24 at the time).
And *he's* not tall enough for the Raggedy Andy ride.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
And *he's* not tall enough for the Raggedy Andy ride.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Will pay more for products without AI.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Will pay more for products without AI.
So the theoretical future vote will include abortion ban language - fantastic.
Democrats are likely to get a vote on an extension later. But they've already gotten similar votes. Republicans already vowing to block an extension without major changes to the ACA, like adding Hyde language.
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
So the theoretical future vote will include abortion ban language - fantastic.
Yet another reason I'm very, very glad I no longer fly every week for a living.
Sean Duffy: "The secretary of war texted me yesterday and said, 'I might have some air traffic controllers. If you could use them, I'm gonna offer them to you.' I don't know that I can, Jake, because they're not certified in the airspaces that we need them. But if I can, I'm going to use them."
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Yet another reason I'm very, very glad I no longer fly every week for a living.
As soon as possible after ousting them, every single transgression (especially ones that used to be "norms") by this administration – and in particular – this president, needs to be explicitly written into the US code.
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As soon as possible after ousting them, every single transgression (especially ones that used to be "norms") by this administration – and in particular – this president, needs to be explicitly written into the US code.
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In last week there's been a shift in GOP messaging to argue that this is all about illegal immigrants or gender transition surgeries, but no Democratic leader has demanded such funding. They've demanded *a negotiation* to protect health care benefits, not any one way to do it.
September 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In last week there's been a shift in GOP messaging to argue that this is all about illegal immigrants or gender transition surgeries, but no Democratic leader has demanded such funding. They've demanded *a negotiation* to protect health care benefits, not any one way to do it.
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Yup. This is every "dream job": 10% doing the thing, 90% doing everything else required to get to do that 10%.
I've got a photographer friend, and so many folks think it must be lovely to just show up, take a few pictures and get paid, without considering the thousands of hours that go into self promotion, handling finances, networking, and all the many things that aren't taking pictures.
March 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Yup. This is every "dream job": 10% doing the thing, 90% doing everything else required to get to do that 10%.
Making tattoos unpopular again.
March 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Making tattoos unpopular again.
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When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
March 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
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Of the three presidential campaigns against Trump, two (2016 and 2024) made elaborate appeals to centrists at the expense of their relationship with progressives, and only one (2020) prioritized efforts to bridge the gap with progressives, however impermanently. The latter approach won.
March 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Of the three presidential campaigns against Trump, two (2016 and 2024) made elaborate appeals to centrists at the expense of their relationship with progressives, and only one (2020) prioritized efforts to bridge the gap with progressives, however impermanently. The latter approach won.
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Do you use a credit card? Rent or own a home? Use utilities like water and electricity? Send your kids to school? Have a job? Eat? Drink? Deposit money in a bank, or withdraw it? The government provides services and safeguards that enable us to do ALL of this safely. Now Musk is taking it all away.
February 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Do you use a credit card? Rent or own a home? Use utilities like water and electricity? Send your kids to school? Have a job? Eat? Drink? Deposit money in a bank, or withdraw it? The government provides services and safeguards that enable us to do ALL of this safely. Now Musk is taking it all away.
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Too big to fail
The big short
The automotive bailout
Enron
You know what happened
Wall Street created huge problems. America bailed them out. The rich got richer. Very few paid a price.
And the little guy got screwed
Until Obama created the CFPB
Now Trump wants to let them do it
All
Over
Again
The big short
The automotive bailout
Enron
You know what happened
Wall Street created huge problems. America bailed them out. The rich got richer. Very few paid a price.
And the little guy got screwed
Until Obama created the CFPB
Now Trump wants to let them do it
All
Over
Again
February 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Too big to fail
The big short
The automotive bailout
Enron
You know what happened
Wall Street created huge problems. America bailed them out. The rich got richer. Very few paid a price.
And the little guy got screwed
Until Obama created the CFPB
Now Trump wants to let them do it
All
Over
Again
The big short
The automotive bailout
Enron
You know what happened
Wall Street created huge problems. America bailed them out. The rich got richer. Very few paid a price.
And the little guy got screwed
Until Obama created the CFPB
Now Trump wants to let them do it
All
Over
Again
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I think threats are preventing both Dem and whatever sensible R lawmakers are left from fighting back. Also, the threats are definitely suppressing the press.
February 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I think threats are preventing both Dem and whatever sensible R lawmakers are left from fighting back. Also, the threats are definitely suppressing the press.
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they just lied
they lied, and they lied, and they lied, and they won because of it and now they're claiming they had a mandate to do all of the things they lied about not doing and many more besides
the press bears an enormous amount of responsibility for all of this
they lied, and they lied, and they lied, and they won because of it and now they're claiming they had a mandate to do all of the things they lied about not doing and many more besides
the press bears an enormous amount of responsibility for all of this
This Politico story from last October shows how easy it is to launder lies through the press. It claimed Trump would ban anyone tied to Project 2025 from a job in a second Trump administration.
“Clearly people working on Project 2025 are blacklisted,” said an unidentified Trump insider. 1/4🧵
“Clearly people working on Project 2025 are blacklisted,” said an unidentified Trump insider. 1/4🧵
Trump team preps list of banned staffers
The names include conservatives linked to Project 2025 and Republicans viewed as disloyal to the former president.
www.politico.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
they just lied
they lied, and they lied, and they lied, and they won because of it and now they're claiming they had a mandate to do all of the things they lied about not doing and many more besides
the press bears an enormous amount of responsibility for all of this
they lied, and they lied, and they lied, and they won because of it and now they're claiming they had a mandate to do all of the things they lied about not doing and many more besides
the press bears an enormous amount of responsibility for all of this
These elected Democrats are so busy trying to find the middle, they're going to lose their base. They better stop conceding and learn how to fight, or nothing's going to be left.
February 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
These elected Democrats are so busy trying to find the middle, they're going to lose their base. They better stop conceding and learn how to fight, or nothing's going to be left.
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*starting* on day one. He meant to say, *starting* on day one.
January 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
*starting* on day one. He meant to say, *starting* on day one.
Hegsdeth was confirmed to illegally send troops into cities to put down demonstrations. There will be no peaceful demonstrations once the masses realize how shitty life has become under T 2.0.
January 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Hegsdeth was confirmed to illegally send troops into cities to put down demonstrations. There will be no peaceful demonstrations once the masses realize how shitty life has become under T 2.0.
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not the only thing but prob can't be understated how much 2020-2021 pissed off these guys. remote work, a substantial, popular racial justice movement that led to ppl talking about/bringing politics to work. employees having just a hint of a sliver of market power. feels like retribution for that.
t is probably worth thinking about what is happening in Silicon Valley as a revolt of the bosses against their workers. none of this is rational. it is simply causing misery for the purpose of causing it.
January 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
not the only thing but prob can't be understated how much 2020-2021 pissed off these guys. remote work, a substantial, popular racial justice movement that led to ppl talking about/bringing politics to work. employees having just a hint of a sliver of market power. feels like retribution for that.
Lots of people erroneously blaming inflation and Covid (lack of demand) for Party City bankruptcy. As someone who runs a party entertainment business, our sales have steadily increased to 150% over 2019 numbers (except 2020, when retail balloons still did great. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/12/...
Party City stores are closing as the company goes out of business | CNN Business
Party City is closing down all of its stores, ending nearly 40 years in business, CNN has learned.
amp.cnn.com
December 21, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Lots of people erroneously blaming inflation and Covid (lack of demand) for Party City bankruptcy. As someone who runs a party entertainment business, our sales have steadily increased to 150% over 2019 numbers (except 2020, when retail balloons still did great. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/12/...
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A month after the election Trump admits his promises on voters' top issue were lies.
He will not lower costs, in fact his plans will lead to Americans paying higher prices.
He will not lower costs, in fact his plans will lead to Americans paying higher prices.
December 12, 2024 at 3:22 PM
A month after the election Trump admits his promises on voters' top issue were lies.
He will not lower costs, in fact his plans will lead to Americans paying higher prices.
He will not lower costs, in fact his plans will lead to Americans paying higher prices.
Project 2025 was always going to be the Presidential Transition Project.
November 23, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Project 2025 was always going to be the Presidential Transition Project.