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Grumpy Middle Aged Cat Lady. Life-Long Equestrian. Rocky Mountain gardener. PhD in philosophy. Progressive. Occasional raver. Queer. Ski Instructor & Wonder Woman at Breckenridge. Only moderately superhuman.

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I love a war based on vibes. Killing schoolchildren and countless other innocent civilians based on vibes is fine, right?

I fucking hate this timeline. Humanity cannot be this stupid and vicious, yet here we are.

06.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The wars will continue until gas prices go down.

06.03.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 398 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1

I’m a little confused because the economists on my timeline are like β€œoh yeah we’re facing a generational energy crisis because Trump is a madman who started a war he can’t control” while the politicians are like β€œit’s important to make clear we support the troops until it all blows over next week”

06.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 957 πŸ” 147 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 9
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Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

06.03.2026 08:57 πŸ‘ 11944 πŸ” 3878 πŸ’¬ 332 πŸ“Œ 240
"Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'

"Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'

Quite the headline from People.com

people.com/trump-says-i...

06.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 1668 πŸ” 494 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 140
A back and forth between Isaac Chotiner and Captain Janeway made to look like a screenshot from The New Yorker.

A back and forth between Isaac Chotiner and Captain Janeway made to look like a screenshot from The New Yorker.

Chotiner interviews Janeway

24.09.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 1672 πŸ” 358 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 20

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

05.03.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 7311 πŸ” 2304 πŸ’¬ 183 πŸ“Œ 50

I’m just recovered from a two week cold that was a veritable festival of snot, and now I’m sick with something else β€” sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, lethargy β€” so maybe strep throat. UGH. I’m at the doc now getting tested.

04.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you like physical puzzles (not jigsaw, but navigating a space like in Zelda), I cannot recommend Monument Valley enough. It’s clever and beautiful and soothing, with a dose of MC Escher. (It’s on my phone and surely other platforms too.)

04.03.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a bright orange canvas jacket with bright blue, green, and magenta letters in a 3x4 pattern reading a b c d e f u c k i c e

a bright orange canvas jacket with bright blue, green, and magenta letters in a 3x4 pattern reading a b c d e f u c k i c e

finished embroidering my jacket :)

03.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 20593 πŸ” 1796 πŸ’¬ 398 πŸ“Œ 89
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Release the Epstein Files

04.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 8315 πŸ” 2518 πŸ’¬ 186 πŸ“Œ 73
β€œAt the end of the day, she didn’t sound any better than some of these ultra-conservative people who were demeaning Black and Brown folk on a regular basis,” said Rev. Rodney Sadler, a Bible scholar and longtime community activist in Charlotte. β€œIt felt like a betrayal of the utmost.”

Cunningham’s comments proved so problematic for Sadler that he said he realized that she was β€œno longer worthy of being our representative” and he had to run against her. β€œIt drove me to a point of saying, β€˜She needs to go, and she needs to go now,’” the 58-year-old pastor, who works at Charlotte’s Union Presbyterian Seminary, told Bolts.

β€œAt the end of the day, she didn’t sound any better than some of these ultra-conservative people who were demeaning Black and Brown folk on a regular basis,” said Rev. Rodney Sadler, a Bible scholar and longtime community activist in Charlotte. β€œIt felt like a betrayal of the utmost.” Cunningham’s comments proved so problematic for Sadler that he said he realized that she was β€œno longer worthy of being our representative” and he had to run against her. β€œIt drove me to a point of saying, β€˜She needs to go, and she needs to go now,’” the 58-year-old pastor, who works at Charlotte’s Union Presbyterian Seminary, told Bolts.

this guy challenged a sitting Democratic lawmaker in yesterday's primary, angered by her pro-ICE vote, and he ousted her 70% to 22%.

boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

04.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 6353 πŸ” 1167 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 85
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Wow. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem tells Americans they’re on their own.

03.03.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 14029 πŸ” 6159 πŸ’¬ 1616 πŸ“Œ 989

fuck, I’m sorry, I can’t compete with this

03.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 17646 πŸ” 4048 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 831

I have never been more disappointed by the ending of a game than I was by Outer Wilds. So much work, so much dying, so little reward. (Lots of people love it, but it was not for me and I'm bummed.)

04.03.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

03.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 8997 πŸ” 2995 πŸ’¬ 428 πŸ“Œ 162

FUCK OFF JARED POLIS @colorado.gov !
MAY YOU BURN EVERY SLICE OF TOAST
MAY YOU ALWAYS STUB YOUR TOE IN THE DARK
MAY YOU BE PLAGUED BY HANGNAILS AND REGRETS
MAY YOU NEVER HOLD ELECTED OFFICE AGAIN

04.03.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:

- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

03.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 11158 πŸ” 3474 πŸ’¬ 612 πŸ“Œ 357
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I aspire to exude as much confidence as this little Kinesin protein strutting along a microtubule while hauling intracellular cargo.

Look at that little guy go! πŸ”¬πŸ§ͺ

03.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 3344 πŸ” 657 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 54
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You couldn’t make this up.
And if you did, everyone would say it’s too much.

02.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 10980 πŸ” 3038 πŸ’¬ 669 πŸ“Œ 193

Great, now we know the β€œreason” for this plague of war, and it’s the brain-rot of evangelical end-times Christianity. SIGH

03.03.2026 03:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The part at the end ("of really terra") is particularly disorienting -- I can't tell whether or not he knows he is not making sense.

03.03.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 787 πŸ” 158 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 5

This is awful and unnecessary and … so fucking embarrassing. This administration’s sheer incompetence is staggering, both at home and abroad.

03.03.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What can you even say? These people deserve their inevitable humiliation and the nation deserves journalists with more self-respect.

03.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 11060 πŸ” 2248 πŸ’¬ 1385 πŸ“Œ 427

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

02.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 786 πŸ” 551 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 9

I check this web site multiple times per day hoping for some good fucking news. This isn’t good enough, tho I do appreciate him rotting inside and out.

02.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 23867 πŸ” 5950 πŸ’¬ 1730 πŸ“Œ 633

I'd be more inclined to believe that Graham Platner is merely a dumbass if he was making different kinds of "mistakes" instead of one very specific type of "mistake" over and over

01.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 5648 πŸ” 1093 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 52

Local zoning is the way! A lot of these are being stopped or stalled by neighborhood organizing.

These warehouses often need to be purchased, permitted, approved for occupancy and specs. Each one of those steps can be interrupted.

Ppl are pressuring corps not to sell, counties to deny permits, etc

22.02.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 6291 πŸ” 1515 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 161

There is no marketing I'm more susceptible to these days than any company saying they don't use generative AI in their projects. I'm a sitting duck for that promise even if they're selling graham crackers or masking tape.

28.02.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 2962 πŸ” 462 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 22