Traci Degerman 🇺🇲🌎🇺🇦
@tracidegerman.bsky.social
Ecologist; artist; activist; empath; democracy defender; pluralist; globalist; public servant; antifascist; NAFO fella; Gaianist; Lyme fighter; Mother of Cats; gray Jedi; Moriquendi. I voted for the prosecutor, not the felon. Apathy = complicity.
Counterpoint.
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Counterpoint.
I've had it with the protest purists who criticize seemingly everything that doesn't involve people in black bloc & gas masks picking fights with cops & setting cars and businesses on fire. When has that tactic ever moved the general public to take the protesters' side? Never, in the past 20 years.
October 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I've had it with the protest purists who criticize seemingly everything that doesn't involve people in black bloc & gas masks picking fights with cops & setting cars and businesses on fire. When has that tactic ever moved the general public to take the protesters' side? Never, in the past 20 years.
This is my whistle of choice, scratched up from years of hanging from my backpack or work vest. Loud enough to scare off a bear. I recommend it if the Aztec Death Whistle isn't your thing.
October 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is my whistle of choice, scratched up from years of hanging from my backpack or work vest. Loud enough to scare off a bear. I recommend it if the Aztec Death Whistle isn't your thing.
The question that should've been asked: "Given that antifa is an abbreviation of antifascist, doesn't that indicate that being anti-antifa means that you are pro-fascism?"
Of course, any intrepid reporter who posed this question would've been dragged from the premises.
Of course, any intrepid reporter who posed this question would've been dragged from the premises.
October 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The question that should've been asked: "Given that antifa is an abbreviation of antifascist, doesn't that indicate that being anti-antifa means that you are pro-fascism?"
Of course, any intrepid reporter who posed this question would've been dragged from the premises.
Of course, any intrepid reporter who posed this question would've been dragged from the premises.
My earliest memory is of my mother being beaten by a boyfriend; my entire childhood was defined by her acceptance of abuse, mostly psychological, from various men. I never told her not to provoke them, but I did beg her to leave them.
Despite witnessing this, I still hold to the principles of MLK...
Despite witnessing this, I still hold to the principles of MLK...
October 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My earliest memory is of my mother being beaten by a boyfriend; my entire childhood was defined by her acceptance of abuse, mostly psychological, from various men. I never told her not to provoke them, but I did beg her to leave them.
Despite witnessing this, I still hold to the principles of MLK...
Despite witnessing this, I still hold to the principles of MLK...
Here's what came up just now when I Googled "Trump dementia." No AI answer, just links.
FYI, Google: capitulating to the fascist regime didn't end well for many corporate execs in Nazi Germany.
FYI, Google: capitulating to the fascist regime didn't end well for many corporate execs in Nazi Germany.
October 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Here's what came up just now when I Googled "Trump dementia." No AI answer, just links.
FYI, Google: capitulating to the fascist regime didn't end well for many corporate execs in Nazi Germany.
FYI, Google: capitulating to the fascist regime didn't end well for many corporate execs in Nazi Germany.
But your guess was justified.
September 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
But your guess was justified.
No, just another white male who doesn't acknowledge the existence of fascism unless he is personally affected by it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
No, just another white male who doesn't acknowledge the existence of fascism unless he is personally affected by it.
I guess the implementation of fascist policies - which has been happening since Trump took office in January - is somehow easy to overlook for some people who aren't directly harmed by them, which is the case for most white men. Must be nice to have the privilege of willful blindness/ignorance.
September 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I guess the implementation of fascist policies - which has been happening since Trump took office in January - is somehow easy to overlook for some people who aren't directly harmed by them, which is the case for most white men. Must be nice to have the privilege of willful blindness/ignorance.
September 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
They may hate being called the f-word, but it does indeed apply to what the Republican party has become. Their methodology was actually predicted by this prescient fact sheet issued by the US Army in 1945.
archive.org/details/Army...
archive.org/details/Army...
September 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
They may hate being called the f-word, but it does indeed apply to what the Republican party has become. Their methodology was actually predicted by this prescient fact sheet issued by the US Army in 1945.
archive.org/details/Army...
archive.org/details/Army...
It is long past time for people - particularly those who tout themselves as ethical journalists - to use the correct terminology in describing the Trump administration.
September 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
It is long past time for people - particularly those who tout themselves as ethical journalists - to use the correct terminology in describing the Trump administration.
I didn't vote for this, nor did the majority of Americans. This is what happens when people living in a democracy don't care enough about it to vote.
September 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I didn't vote for this, nor did the majority of Americans. This is what happens when people living in a democracy don't care enough about it to vote.
The epitome of fascism. Everyone needs to call it what it is. The downplaying and denial is only shielding those who have foisted this system upon us. Not referring to you here, Aaron, but to other prominent voices in the media.
We had plenty of warning about this.
archive.org/details/Army...
We had plenty of warning about this.
archive.org/details/Army...
September 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The epitome of fascism. Everyone needs to call it what it is. The downplaying and denial is only shielding those who have foisted this system upon us. Not referring to you here, Aaron, but to other prominent voices in the media.
We had plenty of warning about this.
archive.org/details/Army...
We had plenty of warning about this.
archive.org/details/Army...
September 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Why do some people who should know better continue to insist that we not call it fascism, when we can see for ourselves that it is?
September 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Why do some people who should know better continue to insist that we not call it fascism, when we can see for ourselves that it is?
Denying the nature of the situation our country is now in helps no one but those imposing it upon us.
September 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Denying the nature of the situation our country is now in helps no one but those imposing it upon us.
Yes, the terms "fascism" and "fascist" are broadly misunderstood and misapplied, but so is the tendency among a certain subset of people to avoid using them when and where they actually apply.
September 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Yes, the terms "fascism" and "fascist" are broadly misunderstood and misapplied, but so is the tendency among a certain subset of people to avoid using them when and where they actually apply.
If you haven't already, I highly recommend that you watch both seasons of Andor before the real-world version of Emperor Palpatine demands that Disney pull the series from Disney+. It is an eerily prescient allegory for the time we're living in.
September 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
If you haven't already, I highly recommend that you watch both seasons of Andor before the real-world version of Emperor Palpatine demands that Disney pull the series from Disney+. It is an eerily prescient allegory for the time we're living in.
This quote is from an episode of Andor, a series produced by the parent company of the network that just fired Jimmy Kimmel. Cognitive dissonance has reached epidemic proportions in every sector of our society.
September 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This quote is from an episode of Andor, a series produced by the parent company of the network that just fired Jimmy Kimmel. Cognitive dissonance has reached epidemic proportions in every sector of our society.
Account suspended. That was quick!
September 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Account suspended. That was quick!
I'm going to start referring to her as DARVO Barbi, the Princess of Projection.
September 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I'm going to start referring to her as DARVO Barbi, the Princess of Projection.
I hadn't even heard of Sally Jenkins before, certainly hadn't interacted with her, and - given my relatively small following - I don't know how she would've known that I exist. Whatever. I'm obviously not missing anything worthwhile. 🤷♀️
September 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I hadn't even heard of Sally Jenkins before, certainly hadn't interacted with her, and - given my relatively small following - I don't know how she would've known that I exist. Whatever. I'm obviously not missing anything worthwhile. 🤷♀️