🏳️🌈❌👑 8647, Reo
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Putting my internal monologue out into the ether, hopefully once a day.
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🏳️🌈❌👑 8647, Reo
@thereoworld.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Words are key: The US 'government' has 3 branches, millions of public servants, and is made to reflect the public it serves. The 'regime' that currently occupies the WH is not, and will never, be the government. Such is the fate of an authoritarian regime.
Lest we forget, the government is us.
Lest we forget, the government is us.
Joy is resistance, yes. Also rest is resistance. Refusing to succumb to the grind is resistance. Sex and nudity are resistance. Anger is resistance. Procrastination is resistance. Drunken abandon, altered states, and release is resistance.
There are so many ways to resist.
There are so many ways to resist.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Joy is resistance, yes. Also rest is resistance. Refusing to succumb to the grind is resistance. Sex and nudity are resistance. Anger is resistance. Procrastination is resistance. Drunken abandon, altered states, and release is resistance.
There are so many ways to resist.
There are so many ways to resist.
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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We are called upon to place our hanukiahs outside the front door or in the window; “in a time of danger, placing it on a table will suffice.”
This should not be a time of danger. It must not be a time of fear.
Happy Hanukkah.
This should not be a time of danger. It must not be a time of fear.
Happy Hanukkah.
December 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We are called upon to place our hanukiahs outside the front door or in the window; “in a time of danger, placing it on a table will suffice.”
This should not be a time of danger. It must not be a time of fear.
Happy Hanukkah.
This should not be a time of danger. It must not be a time of fear.
Happy Hanukkah.
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Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
"Entropy can be our friend...it tears down empires."
- from Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos). A timely read, perhaps.
- from Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos). A timely read, perhaps.
December 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Entropy can be our friend...it tears down empires."
- from Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos). A timely read, perhaps.
- from Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos). A timely read, perhaps.
I just think we should be able to live in this country, rather than be enslaved to wages and healthcare.
Why does working 40 hours a week leave me anxious about affording a house or medical care? Why is it so hard to get support for caregiving? Yet a billionaire earns my annual salary in minutes.
Why does working 40 hours a week leave me anxious about affording a house or medical care? Why is it so hard to get support for caregiving? Yet a billionaire earns my annual salary in minutes.
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I just think we should be able to live in this country, rather than be enslaved to wages and healthcare.
Why does working 40 hours a week leave me anxious about affording a house or medical care? Why is it so hard to get support for caregiving? Yet a billionaire earns my annual salary in minutes.
Why does working 40 hours a week leave me anxious about affording a house or medical care? Why is it so hard to get support for caregiving? Yet a billionaire earns my annual salary in minutes.
So we're all into hockey now right? Or at least long panting pregnant pauses.
Perfect #heatedrivalry
Perfect #heatedrivalry
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So we're all into hockey now right? Or at least long panting pregnant pauses.
Perfect #heatedrivalry
Perfect #heatedrivalry
Apropos of nothing: I'm that glad there are a lot of scifi geeks in government. It's helpful when folks get the references, as we try to survive 1984.
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Apropos of nothing: I'm that glad there are a lot of scifi geeks in government. It's helpful when folks get the references, as we try to survive 1984.
This regime is just so petty and infantile. Those of us who are adults need to take back the reins, it's just... What?
So, so, so tired of this
So, so, so tired of this
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This regime is just so petty and infantile. Those of us who are adults need to take back the reins, it's just... What?
So, so, so tired of this
So, so, so tired of this
Just here, waiting for the dam to breach...
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Just here, waiting for the dam to breach...
Upon reflection, I love the growth of accurate, independent media sources that have sprung up to cover this regime.
Also, though, it's kind of exhausting trying to keep up with all the different sources and subscriptions.
Also, though, it's kind of exhausting trying to keep up with all the different sources and subscriptions.
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Upon reflection, I love the growth of accurate, independent media sources that have sprung up to cover this regime.
Also, though, it's kind of exhausting trying to keep up with all the different sources and subscriptions.
Also, though, it's kind of exhausting trying to keep up with all the different sources and subscriptions.
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The Golden Age.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Golden Age.
It seems like a lot of feds are feeling the burnout now, wondering when this will end or if there's hope. Looking for a stable career move.
But the entire system is broken. There is no such thing as stable work for us peons anymore. It's time we say no more.
But the entire system is broken. There is no such thing as stable work for us peons anymore. It's time we say no more.
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It seems like a lot of feds are feeling the burnout now, wondering when this will end or if there's hope. Looking for a stable career move.
But the entire system is broken. There is no such thing as stable work for us peons anymore. It's time we say no more.
But the entire system is broken. There is no such thing as stable work for us peons anymore. It's time we say no more.
An impossible question I've had my whole life, one that maybe our country needs to consider on the whole: How can you convince someone with zero concern for other people that the world is a better place when you think about others?
Or do you just move on without them?
Or do you just move on without them?
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
An impossible question I've had my whole life, one that maybe our country needs to consider on the whole: How can you convince someone with zero concern for other people that the world is a better place when you think about others?
Or do you just move on without them?
Or do you just move on without them?
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December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
As a child of a rapidly-deteriorating, older parent, this president reminds me everyday of the struggle of dealing with aging
But somehow this country not only voted him in, we also are apparently fine with him being paraded around in this state. If he were my parent, I'd get him care...
But somehow this country not only voted him in, we also are apparently fine with him being paraded around in this state. If he were my parent, I'd get him care...
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
As a child of a rapidly-deteriorating, older parent, this president reminds me everyday of the struggle of dealing with aging
But somehow this country not only voted him in, we also are apparently fine with him being paraded around in this state. If he were my parent, I'd get him care...
But somehow this country not only voted him in, we also are apparently fine with him being paraded around in this state. If he were my parent, I'd get him care...
What an embarrassment. www.transportation.gov/BUILDgrants/...
But also, I think I found a great new catchphrase?
But also, I think I found a great new catchphrase?
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
What an embarrassment. www.transportation.gov/BUILDgrants/...
But also, I think I found a great new catchphrase?
But also, I think I found a great new catchphrase?
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What the whole entire fuck 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
The level of cruelty they will
Rise too and the level
of schoolyard retaliation and bullying they will
Engage in is not surprising. It’s infuriating and we are angry!
There day will come.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rise too and the level
of schoolyard retaliation and bullying they will
Engage in is not surprising. It’s infuriating and we are angry!
There day will come.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FEMA Puts Whistleblowers on Leave Shortly After Reinstating Them
Days after reinstating a group of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees who raised concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, federal officials have placed those whistleblowers bac...
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
What the whole entire fuck 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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While we’re on the HIV advocacy bus 🚌
Did you know ⁉️ * U=U *
Undetectable = Untransmittable.
If you have HIV & your viral load is zero, you can’t transmit HIV.
That’s science at its finest. 🔬✨
🚨 Spoiler: cuts to HIV funding put all of this at risk.
❗Don’t let it happen.
www.untransmittable.org
Did you know ⁉️ * U=U *
Undetectable = Untransmittable.
If you have HIV & your viral load is zero, you can’t transmit HIV.
That’s science at its finest. 🔬✨
🚨 Spoiler: cuts to HIV funding put all of this at risk.
❗Don’t let it happen.
www.untransmittable.org
U=U - I Can't Transmit HIV To Anyone
Medication makes my HIV undetectable. There's not enough virus to expose my partner.
www.untransmittable.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
While we’re on the HIV advocacy bus 🚌
Did you know ⁉️ * U=U *
Undetectable = Untransmittable.
If you have HIV & your viral load is zero, you can’t transmit HIV.
That’s science at its finest. 🔬✨
🚨 Spoiler: cuts to HIV funding put all of this at risk.
❗Don’t let it happen.
www.untransmittable.org
Did you know ⁉️ * U=U *
Undetectable = Untransmittable.
If you have HIV & your viral load is zero, you can’t transmit HIV.
That’s science at its finest. 🔬✨
🚨 Spoiler: cuts to HIV funding put all of this at risk.
❗Don’t let it happen.
www.untransmittable.org
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I tried to do the latter here, with an assist from @cingraham.bsky.social.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t...
The United States Can't Afford the Opportunity Cost of Stephen Miller's Bigotry - emptywheel
Americans can't have nice things -- the nice things they used to have -- because Republicans in Congress gave much of money spent on government employees who give you nice things and instead gave it t...
www.emptywheel.net
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I tried to do the latter here, with an assist from @cingraham.bsky.social.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t...
We spend so much time on the left trying to shame people into action, but I suspect shame only works for those of us who have empathy.
Anyway the only thing shame ever does is exhaust our mental energy.
Anyway the only thing shame ever does is exhaust our mental energy.
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We spend so much time on the left trying to shame people into action, but I suspect shame only works for those of us who have empathy.
Anyway the only thing shame ever does is exhaust our mental energy.
Anyway the only thing shame ever does is exhaust our mental energy.
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Day 2: Blackout Black Friday. Don’t buy anything, anywhere, but especially at Home Depot, Target, and Amazon! #weaintbuyingit
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Day 2: Blackout Black Friday. Don’t buy anything, anywhere, but especially at Home Depot, Target, and Amazon! #weaintbuyingit
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This Black Friday, weaintbuyingit.com.
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This Black Friday, weaintbuyingit.com.
Remember: though Cyber Monday, Target, Home Depot, & Amazon get none of our $.
Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/ZWGg1lQ1
Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/ZWGg1lQ1
We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon
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November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Remember: though Cyber Monday, Target, Home Depot, & Amazon get none of our $.
Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/ZWGg1lQ1
Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/ZWGg1lQ1