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alayna

@mendtimes

rural lefty, anti-fascist, recovering academic, probable luddite, slightly gay Anishinaabekwe

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men severely underestimate how attractive revealing they go to therapy is to women

08.03.2025 04:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

started posting banjo thirst traps on insta now β€” except i don’t look sexy in them i just look cute af

07.03.2025 05:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the true friends are all the porn bots who instantly like your posts you make along the way

04.03.2025 07:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

dating for basically the first time at age 31 is truly like speed-running every possible pitfall there is…i truly expected better of people on their 30’s

lol, lmao, even

04.03.2025 07:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i basically never get hit on/asked for my number, but it’s happened multiple times now, since i’ve become single. it’s like they can smell it on you, like blood.

24.02.2025 02:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

honestly, it’s actually like dating for the first time completely for me…0/10 would not recommend getting into your first relationship as soon as you enter college & then not ending it for 13 fucking years

21.02.2025 07:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

dating for the first time in 13 years is wild, like, ope it’s baby’s first β€œcompletely emotionally unavailable artist” like i really just walked into that one didn’t i

21.02.2025 07:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i've been mentally prepared for fascism or whatever for a while now, but the thing i wasn't prepared for, that's currently catching me off guard, is how cringe our version of it is

21.02.2025 06:48 πŸ‘ 483 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

like, sure, there’s tangents to discuss on ableism & who the movement leaves behind, but y’all really need to fucking get it together, log off, & actually start organizing istfg

16.02.2025 07:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

don’t usually post about my organizing work, but today i connected with a bunch of leftists in person, where we strategized for ways to move forward in local tenant organizing & labor salting. logged on to twitter & we’re at like week two of discourse on suggesting that leftists should exercise.

16.02.2025 07:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i’m bisexual literally why am i doing this to myself

14.02.2025 05:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

well, first attempt at going on a date & i flat-out get stood-up lmao…being attracted to men is truly a curse of the highest order

14.02.2025 05:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

a few of my chips have fallen in good places, but the rest are still completely up in the air.

take care of each other & chose happiness, everyone.

12.02.2025 04:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this past week i completely blew up my entire life: ended a 13 year relationship, moved out, wrapped up a ton of work on a huge grant-funded project, & now i no longer have a job…all while we’re watching fascists take power.

if i can get through all this, i can do anything.

12.02.2025 03:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

as someone who has been trying for years to secure stable employment as a public servant (which is now looking like an even more distant dream): i fucking hate people who renege on their responsibilities to the public & our democracy as a whole. DO BETTER.

11.02.2025 06:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i’m pretty well convinced at this point that most dems are totally fine just raking in their paycheck & doing their insider trading. actually rising up to this moment is just, like, soooo much work, y’know???

11.02.2025 06:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When this breaks bad, Democrats will need the public firmly behind them. Unfortunately, with a few notable exceptions (AOC, Crockett, etc.), Democrats are doing a poor job of preparing the public for what's coming.

Democrats are viewed publicly as groveling and weak.

11.02.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 186 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

This is no way to fight an authoritarian government where public opinion is crucial.

As it stands, Democrats are just not in a sufficient position from which to operate in a post-constitutional environment. No one wants to follow the Chuck Schumer or Amy Klobuchar anywhere.

11.02.2025 05:54 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

i mean…are we surprised they’re making this move? the only reason this place is ad free (at least for now) is because it’s backed by venture capitalists

11.02.2025 06:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if the US descends into civil war it will be for truly the dumbest possible reasons…the last one was at least about the morality of something that powered the entire economy, but we’ll be offed behind a boarded-up long john silvers because some chud is aggrieved by gay people in their video games

11.02.2025 06:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

someone once said β€œmaybe we’ve all just been in hell since 2016” & they might actually be right

07.02.2025 04:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the richest man in the world is destroying the government via his fake government agency named after a meme shiba inu dog this is truly the dumbest possible outcome i could have imagined

07.02.2025 04:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i’m a little tipsy rn but god i just can’t believe this is our reality…literally the dumbest fucking timelines imaginable

07.02.2025 04:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

don’t you see…Biden just HAD to send billions of dollars worth of bombs to them constantly, with no pushback at all!

06.02.2025 13:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are reaping the consequences of letting people be brutalized by privacy and data-related crimes for so long.

04.02.2025 01:31 πŸ‘ 277 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

so, uhhh, this seems really bad

04.02.2025 04:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i just want to say i really appreciate all the publicly facing right wing extremism researchers & independent journalists i follow, who are out there making sure people know what's going on right now. it’s very fucking important & we need to support these folks in any way we can.

04.02.2025 04:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

blowing up my entire life this week & it’s gonna suuuuck

03.02.2025 06:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One thing elected Dems could do is put this 86 year old woman on TV and have her explain how Elon Musk and the Little Eichmanns are trying to murder her. Just a thought!

03.02.2025 04:52 πŸ‘ 1482 πŸ” 373 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 9

In my self-defense classes I focus on how most people are socially conditioned to follow the norms of a civilized, polite society β€” and there is a MENTAL SHIFT required to use violence to defend from violence.

I'm reminded of this while watching our elected officials dithering and delaying. 1/

01.02.2025 08:09 πŸ‘ 5248 πŸ” 1698 πŸ’¬ 120 πŸ“Œ 422