TruelyEsoteric
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What do I know about anything? I am still mad about the Punic Wars.
Pinned
Nobody seems to remember the poem.
The moment that you think it's okay to sacrifice other groups is the moment that you begin your own destruction.
Now is the time to stand up, before nobody is left to help you.
The moment that you think it's okay to sacrifice other groups is the moment that you begin your own destruction.
Now is the time to stand up, before nobody is left to help you.
Periodic Reminder: don't put your crimes in writing.
I think these guys sent too many emails
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Periodic Reminder: don't put your crimes in writing.
I shall be endlessly screaming for a day or two, maybe a week.
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I shall be endlessly screaming for a day or two, maybe a week.
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Democratic messaging for the next few years just needs to be “billionaires are stealing your money and touching children.”
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Democratic messaging for the next few years just needs to be “billionaires are stealing your money and touching children.”
Has Trump posted today or do they have him sedated?
Part of me hopes that it gives him another stroke.
Part of me hopes that it gives him another stroke.
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Has Trump posted today or do they have him sedated?
Part of me hopes that it gives him another stroke.
Part of me hopes that it gives him another stroke.
WTF
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
WTF
A months ago I read Africa Is Not A Country and it is beautiful and uplifting. It gave me insight on many places that it is often early to gloss over
It made me want to learn more more about how the countries there have been screwed over. I read White Malice and it was so well done... 1/2
#booksky
It made me want to learn more more about how the countries there have been screwed over. I read White Malice and it was so well done... 1/2
#booksky
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A months ago I read Africa Is Not A Country and it is beautiful and uplifting. It gave me insight on many places that it is often early to gloss over
It made me want to learn more more about how the countries there have been screwed over. I read White Malice and it was so well done... 1/2
#booksky
It made me want to learn more more about how the countries there have been screwed over. I read White Malice and it was so well done... 1/2
#booksky
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Bernie Sanders has said in the Senate after Susan Collins reportedly laughed about the new funding bill:
“If this bill passes, certain groups will see their premiums triple. When you remove healthcare from 15 million people, 50,000 Americans will die who didn’t have to. Do you think that’s funny?”
“If this bill passes, certain groups will see their premiums triple. When you remove healthcare from 15 million people, 50,000 Americans will die who didn’t have to. Do you think that’s funny?”
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Bernie Sanders has said in the Senate after Susan Collins reportedly laughed about the new funding bill:
“If this bill passes, certain groups will see their premiums triple. When you remove healthcare from 15 million people, 50,000 Americans will die who didn’t have to. Do you think that’s funny?”
“If this bill passes, certain groups will see their premiums triple. When you remove healthcare from 15 million people, 50,000 Americans will die who didn’t have to. Do you think that’s funny?”
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not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
So he wants a single payer service right?
(No, no he does not in words, but that is what he is advocating for)
(No, no he does not in words, but that is what he is advocating for)
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
So he wants a single payer service right?
(No, no he does not in words, but that is what he is advocating for)
(No, no he does not in words, but that is what he is advocating for)
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Ugh. Woke up in this raggedy ass country again.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ugh. Woke up in this raggedy ass country again.
I keep trying to figure out how Johnson is going to not swear in the new member of congress now.
Because he is going to figure out a way, because we will continue to be screwed.
Because he is going to figure out a way, because we will continue to be screwed.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I keep trying to figure out how Johnson is going to not swear in the new member of congress now.
Because he is going to figure out a way, because we will continue to be screwed.
Because he is going to figure out a way, because we will continue to be screwed.
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
Sharon Begley is aspirational.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Sharon Begley is aspirational.
When I moved to Vermont after college my dad and step mom gave me this as a gag gift. I read it and advised them. I've been given it every Christmas since.
Glad it is staying.
Glad it is staying.
If it helps, there's been a lot of mistaken identity, and the Old Farmer's Almanac is still going strong:
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bsky.app/profile/magi...
🌱 Worth noting that this publication is different from The OLD Farmer’s Almanac which many readers may be thinking of. www.almanac.com/old-farmers-...
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
When I moved to Vermont after college my dad and step mom gave me this as a gag gift. I read it and advised them. I've been given it every Christmas since.
Glad it is staying.
Glad it is staying.
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New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
Everyone in awhile I find Mike & Ike's in the airport and I remember how much I love them.
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Everyone in awhile I find Mike & Ike's in the airport and I remember how much I love them.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
I love this. Get strong, not for likes or for clout. Get strong to be strong for you.
Carry groceries with ease. Make that flight without losing breath.
Build your body to make your life better.
Carry groceries with ease. Make that flight without losing breath.
Build your body to make your life better.
Strength training is political. We have a right-wing which has taken over physical fitness spaces, and hijacked “warrior culture”.
We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want.
Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”
We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want.
Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I love this. Get strong, not for likes or for clout. Get strong to be strong for you.
Carry groceries with ease. Make that flight without losing breath.
Build your body to make your life better.
Carry groceries with ease. Make that flight without losing breath.
Build your body to make your life better.
I have been slowly making my way through these over the last few weeks. The story is glorious and so complex, with a protagonist who is driven by rage but ends up becoming part of a way bigger picture. So so good.
(PS the blurb says it is like Gladiator. It's more Carthage than Rome)
#booksky
(PS the blurb says it is like Gladiator. It's more Carthage than Rome)
#booksky
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I have been slowly making my way through these over the last few weeks. The story is glorious and so complex, with a protagonist who is driven by rage but ends up becoming part of a way bigger picture. So so good.
(PS the blurb says it is like Gladiator. It's more Carthage than Rome)
#booksky
(PS the blurb says it is like Gladiator. It's more Carthage than Rome)
#booksky
Thank you for all your whispers to whomever you deify, it looks like I may get home today.
I am flying home tomorrow.
I need everybody to pray to whatever diety is dear to you that my flight is not swept up in fuckface's new power play.
Please, I need a wide spread of hopes and dreams and vibes to get home.
I need everybody to pray to whatever diety is dear to you that my flight is not swept up in fuckface's new power play.
Please, I need a wide spread of hopes and dreams and vibes to get home.
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thank you for all your whispers to whomever you deify, it looks like I may get home today.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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