Duchess of Umbrage
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Real good-lookin bummed-out patriarchy-blamer posting from Dreadful Acres Farm in the TX Hill Country. Known in an alternate timeline as Twisty Faster.
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There is a bias among pundits to eye-roll and dismiss Dem opposition to Trump (such as the No Kings protests) as predictable. But in terms of raw numbers (both events and participants), what we're seeing is much bigger than e.g. the Tea Party movement was. Dems are a high entropy system right now
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
There is a bias among pundits to eye-roll and dismiss Dem opposition to Trump (such as the No Kings protests) as predictable. But in terms of raw numbers (both events and participants), what we're seeing is much bigger than e.g. the Tea Party movement was. Dems are a high entropy system right now
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once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system
September 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system
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I know we've worked hard to move history ed away from names and dates but I think we might need to swing back to chronology a bit because "who was president on january 8 2021?" and "which came first, the clinical description of autism or tylenol?" shouldn't be this hard, especially for reporters.
September 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I know we've worked hard to move history ed away from names and dates but I think we might need to swing back to chronology a bit because "who was president on january 8 2021?" and "which came first, the clinical description of autism or tylenol?" shouldn't be this hard, especially for reporters.
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I understand Miller doesn’t like being called Goebbels, but maybe - and I’m just spitballing here - he should stop plagiarizing Goebbels speeches
September 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I understand Miller doesn’t like being called Goebbels, but maybe - and I’m just spitballing here - he should stop plagiarizing Goebbels speeches
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Death be not proud. Or dignified.
Fireworks for Trump at Charlie Kirk's memorial service.
September 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Death be not proud. Or dignified.
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you could write an entire book about this post and I will for the right price
September 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
you could write an entire book about this post and I will for the right price
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Tyler Robinson will be out of the news by Monday.
Right wing which dominates media and politics and power is already gaslighting their audience and still blaming "the left."
You can't shame shameless people who are committed to an extremist authoritarian project.
Right wing which dominates media and politics and power is already gaslighting their audience and still blaming "the left."
You can't shame shameless people who are committed to an extremist authoritarian project.
September 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Tyler Robinson will be out of the news by Monday.
Right wing which dominates media and politics and power is already gaslighting their audience and still blaming "the left."
You can't shame shameless people who are committed to an extremist authoritarian project.
Right wing which dominates media and politics and power is already gaslighting their audience and still blaming "the left."
You can't shame shameless people who are committed to an extremist authoritarian project.
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New Mexico's economy is a fraction of the size of New York City's.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free
The program, which is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.
19thnews.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New Mexico's economy is a fraction of the size of New York City's.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
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Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.
September 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.
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Never not amazing when for all the money and power law agencies are given, they go on tv with a shrug and say “look, American public, you really gotta help us out on this one”
September 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Never not amazing when for all the money and power law agencies are given, they go on tv with a shrug and say “look, American public, you really gotta help us out on this one”
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It's worth asking why every elite institution is issuing statements like this rather than pointing out the obvious fact that the institutional right commits and glorifies violence far more than the left. Is there a reason you feel you can't say that out loud?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
September 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It's worth asking why every elite institution is issuing statements like this rather than pointing out the obvious fact that the institutional right commits and glorifies violence far more than the left. Is there a reason you feel you can't say that out loud?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
I said this last night!
August 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I said this last night!
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Talarico and Texas Dems break quorum to Halt Gerrymandering Vote.
August 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Talarico and Texas Dems break quorum to Halt Gerrymandering Vote.
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This is how Perplexity operates: www.wired.com/story/perple...
Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine
Experts aren’t unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup’s practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement to defamation—but some say plaintiffs would have strong cases...
www.wired.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is how Perplexity operates: www.wired.com/story/perple...
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The scanner is constantly giving me the price of a tabby cat since it's one big bar code.
July 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The scanner is constantly giving me the price of a tabby cat since it's one big bar code.
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Trump's new executive order about AI states that companies' models must not incorporate the idea that trans people exist as a concept. Seems bad.
July 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Trump's new executive order about AI states that companies' models must not incorporate the idea that trans people exist as a concept. Seems bad.
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do these guys realize they are just signing up for a recurring subscription
Another institution in our country caves to Trump. Again. Sad to see, especially as an alum. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
do these guys realize they are just signing up for a recurring subscription
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The world is very bad, but I found a squirrel that looks like Napoleon
July 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The world is very bad, but I found a squirrel that looks like Napoleon
Man after 4 years on Mastodon I can’t get used to Bsky. Composed an eloquent, earnest, heartfelt post about birds and flowers and how much I fucking hate everything, but it turns out there’s a dadgum character limit here. Le —as we used to say — sigh
July 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Man after 4 years on Mastodon I can’t get used to Bsky. Composed an eloquent, earnest, heartfelt post about birds and flowers and how much I fucking hate everything, but it turns out there’s a dadgum character limit here. Le —as we used to say — sigh
Delighted to see that Superman, a completely fictional guy who wears his underwear on the outside, is “arousing teutonic anger”
The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before?
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
July 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Delighted to see that Superman, a completely fictional guy who wears his underwear on the outside, is “arousing teutonic anger”
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When I say most people are good and we are going to beat these fascists, people like this woman are why I feel so confident:
“The message that it sent was very clear: For us to be afraid to come back and do the work that we’re doing,” Mendez said.
Stone, however, said she would volunteer again.”
“The message that it sent was very clear: For us to be afraid to come back and do the work that we’re doing,” Mendez said.
Stone, however, said she would volunteer again.”
ICE handcuffs 71-year-old grandmother, a U.S. citizen, at San Diego immigration court
Barbara Stone was handcuffed and held by federal agents for hours, according to her family; she was accused of pushing an ICE officer, which she denies.
www.nbcnews.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
When I say most people are good and we are going to beat these fascists, people like this woman are why I feel so confident:
“The message that it sent was very clear: For us to be afraid to come back and do the work that we’re doing,” Mendez said.
Stone, however, said she would volunteer again.”
“The message that it sent was very clear: For us to be afraid to come back and do the work that we’re doing,” Mendez said.
Stone, however, said she would volunteer again.”
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never in the history of heist movies have we needed a 2 and a half hour long heist action movie. i feel like the true heist is them absconding with my time
July 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
never in the history of heist movies have we needed a 2 and a half hour long heist action movie. i feel like the true heist is them absconding with my time