Susan B (she/her)
@withthesethighs.bsky.social
Radical intersectional queer fat feminist. Therapist. Crisis Manager.
Science literate and properly horrified at what awaits us.
😷 since 2020.
The horrors persist, but so do we. FAAFO.
Science literate and properly horrified at what awaits us.
😷 since 2020.
The horrors persist, but so do we. FAAFO.
My guess is it‘ll take about 6mos-1year of this ridiculous shit and resulting suffering before the folks that support this sociopath finally start to crack.
The real shock will be when *they* get locked up and called “the liberal antifa sociaist left” the second they defect from the cult. Ooph.
The real shock will be when *they* get locked up and called “the liberal antifa sociaist left” the second they defect from the cult. Ooph.
April 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My guess is it‘ll take about 6mos-1year of this ridiculous shit and resulting suffering before the folks that support this sociopath finally start to crack.
The real shock will be when *they* get locked up and called “the liberal antifa sociaist left” the second they defect from the cult. Ooph.
The real shock will be when *they* get locked up and called “the liberal antifa sociaist left” the second they defect from the cult. Ooph.
It seems real obvious at this point that the 2025 robber-baron agenda is to tank the US dollar, further enrich the already-insanely-rich, and shove us all further towards the crypto-looter-bros too. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!?
April 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It seems real obvious at this point that the 2025 robber-baron agenda is to tank the US dollar, further enrich the already-insanely-rich, and shove us all further towards the crypto-looter-bros too. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!?
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"There’s been quite a bit of euphoria in Russia. In fact, they think that they’ve walked into a fairy tale, where somebody finds a golden fish or a firebird – it’s like the genie in the lamp kind of equivalent and all their wishes come true."
March 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"There’s been quite a bit of euphoria in Russia. In fact, they think that they’ve walked into a fairy tale, where somebody finds a golden fish or a firebird – it’s like the genie in the lamp kind of equivalent and all their wishes come true."
Dear Women:
If you feel a shred of doubt about your capacity or skill, I want to remind you that the criminal and illiterate backfired wish Republican’s made on a cursed monkey’s paw sits in office a SECOND time. You will never in life be as comically incapable and oblivious as mediocre men are.
If you feel a shred of doubt about your capacity or skill, I want to remind you that the criminal and illiterate backfired wish Republican’s made on a cursed monkey’s paw sits in office a SECOND time. You will never in life be as comically incapable and oblivious as mediocre men are.
March 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Dear Women:
If you feel a shred of doubt about your capacity or skill, I want to remind you that the criminal and illiterate backfired wish Republican’s made on a cursed monkey’s paw sits in office a SECOND time. You will never in life be as comically incapable and oblivious as mediocre men are.
If you feel a shred of doubt about your capacity or skill, I want to remind you that the criminal and illiterate backfired wish Republican’s made on a cursed monkey’s paw sits in office a SECOND time. You will never in life be as comically incapable and oblivious as mediocre men are.
Anything can become warped into “proof” of conspiracy, fraud, or incompetence when you don’t meaningfully understand how anything works.
February 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Anything can become warped into “proof” of conspiracy, fraud, or incompetence when you don’t meaningfully understand how anything works.
Reader’s Digest summary of how DOGE is doing government math:
The mortgage is $2400/month.
You don’t pay the mortgage for 10 months.
You then brag about how smart you are because you “saved” $24K. 🫣
The mortgage is $2400/month.
You don’t pay the mortgage for 10 months.
You then brag about how smart you are because you “saved” $24K. 🫣
February 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Reader’s Digest summary of how DOGE is doing government math:
The mortgage is $2400/month.
You don’t pay the mortgage for 10 months.
You then brag about how smart you are because you “saved” $24K. 🫣
The mortgage is $2400/month.
You don’t pay the mortgage for 10 months.
You then brag about how smart you are because you “saved” $24K. 🫣
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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
February 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
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Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.
February 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.
1/ @nytimes.com asks how Covid has changed life. My answer:
My life has changed permanently.
Relationships changed permanently.
People I spent my life believing cared about me, I now must beg,
plead & negotiate with to take basic, simple precautions to not kill or permanently disable me further.
My life has changed permanently.
Relationships changed permanently.
People I spent my life believing cared about me, I now must beg,
plead & negotiate with to take basic, simple precautions to not kill or permanently disable me further.
February 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
1/ @nytimes.com asks how Covid has changed life. My answer:
My life has changed permanently.
Relationships changed permanently.
People I spent my life believing cared about me, I now must beg,
plead & negotiate with to take basic, simple precautions to not kill or permanently disable me further.
My life has changed permanently.
Relationships changed permanently.
People I spent my life believing cared about me, I now must beg,
plead & negotiate with to take basic, simple precautions to not kill or permanently disable me further.
I’ll tell you all what I told my team of social workers tody: We made it through to another Friday night. Great job! Now go decompress for two days.
This is an ultra-marathon not a sprint.
#MondayWeRideAtDawn
This is an ultra-marathon not a sprint.
#MondayWeRideAtDawn
February 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I’ll tell you all what I told my team of social workers tody: We made it through to another Friday night. Great job! Now go decompress for two days.
This is an ultra-marathon not a sprint.
#MondayWeRideAtDawn
This is an ultra-marathon not a sprint.
#MondayWeRideAtDawn
if we don’t name them all “Abolish Ice” i am gonna be VERY UPSET Portland.
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December 28, 2024 at 8:40 AM
if we don’t name them all “Abolish Ice” i am gonna be VERY UPSET Portland.
breaking news: insurance CEO’s suddenly have capacity for insight about how devastating it is to be unfairly sentenced to death or have your family’s life ruined by strangers.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield rolled back a policy change that would have capped payments for anesthesia for patients, and would have denied claims altogether if any given procedure exceeded a time limit.
Insurer Reverses Policy That Would Have Limited Anesthesia Periods
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield officials had planned to roll out the changes nationwide but said they were misunderstood.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:47 AM
breaking news: insurance CEO’s suddenly have capacity for insight about how devastating it is to be unfairly sentenced to death or have your family’s life ruined by strangers.
The absolute thirst people have for any kind of justice and accountability in this crushing end-stage capitalist nightmare is ramping up and up and up. It won’t stop.
None of them are safe, and none of them should be.
None of them are safe, and none of them should be.
BREAKING: Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare, was shot and killed outside a Manhattan hotel in an apparent targeted attack, law enforcement official says
United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in midtown Manhattan, official says | CNN
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, a law enforcement official tells CNN.
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:08 AM
The absolute thirst people have for any kind of justice and accountability in this crushing end-stage capitalist nightmare is ramping up and up and up. It won’t stop.
None of them are safe, and none of them should be.
None of them are safe, and none of them should be.
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November 10, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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Buckle up friends, I have a very difficult truth I need to share with you.
I see all your outrage and upset and calls for
collective action and solidarity.
I see your rage at being betrayed by men, by white women, by those who stood on the sidelines, and by your fellow citizens in general.
Buckle up friends, I have a very difficult truth I need to share with you.
I see all your outrage and upset and calls for
collective action and solidarity.
I see your rage at being betrayed by men, by white women, by those who stood on the sidelines, and by your fellow citizens in general.
November 21, 2024 at 5:34 PM
1/
Buckle up friends, I have a very difficult truth I need to share with you.
I see all your outrage and upset and calls for
collective action and solidarity.
I see your rage at being betrayed by men, by white women, by those who stood on the sidelines, and by your fellow citizens in general.
Buckle up friends, I have a very difficult truth I need to share with you.
I see all your outrage and upset and calls for
collective action and solidarity.
I see your rage at being betrayed by men, by white women, by those who stood on the sidelines, and by your fellow citizens in general.
If somebody walks boldly, with their whole chest, towards fascism….they ain’t your fucking friends.
November 21, 2024 at 8:14 AM
If somebody walks boldly, with their whole chest, towards fascism….they ain’t your fucking friends.
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"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
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This whole 🧵 is 🔥
And if you wonder how we got here, re: Covid disinformation, this article from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social is a good place to consider and reflect on.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-pr...
And if you wonder how we got here, re: Covid disinformation, this article from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social is a good place to consider and reflect on.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-pr...
November 20, 2024 at 5:41 AM
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I appreciate liberals suddenly caring about disinformation again, but those of us that've been tending this home fire for the past four years are gonna need y'all to recognize the covid disinformation you need to undo in your own mind if you want to stand in solidarity with disabled people.
November 20, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I appreciate liberals suddenly caring about disinformation again, but those of us that've been tending this home fire for the past four years are gonna need y'all to recognize the covid disinformation you need to undo in your own mind if you want to stand in solidarity with disabled people.
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Please keep your eyes peeled for this person who is well known in our Portland arts community. If you see them call 911 and say you found Daniel “Blue” Bluestein- there’s a warrant out.
Registered sex offender. Predatory. Violent.
Real talk: I’d sleep a lot better knowing he was back in prison.
Registered sex offender. Predatory. Violent.
Real talk: I’d sleep a lot better knowing he was back in prison.
November 18, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Please keep your eyes peeled for this person who is well known in our Portland arts community. If you see them call 911 and say you found Daniel “Blue” Bluestein- there’s a warrant out.
Registered sex offender. Predatory. Violent.
Real talk: I’d sleep a lot better knowing he was back in prison.
Registered sex offender. Predatory. Violent.
Real talk: I’d sleep a lot better knowing he was back in prison.
oh hai. just another member of the "it can't be worse than the Musky-bot cesspool" crowd, i guess. #thingsithoughtiwouldneversay
November 17, 2024 at 4:55 AM
oh hai. just another member of the "it can't be worse than the Musky-bot cesspool" crowd, i guess. #thingsithoughtiwouldneversay