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Software engineer. News Nerd. Notorious Lurker. She/Her.

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History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes.

10.06.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Blue sky with puffy white clouds. In the center is a zebra in a black bag attached to a helicopter (not in the frame) airlift.

Blue sky with puffy white clouds. In the center is a zebra in a black bag attached to a helicopter (not in the frame) airlift.

This image of recaptured zebra in TN feels like my current mood.

09.06.2025 14:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please, push back on this "conviction" narrative!! Demand the receipts! Under what court was he (or any of them) convicted? Where is the indictment; the arraignment? Where is the sentence issued from the court? These are ALL public records, so they're not that hard to find.

07.06.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. It was very dark. IMO, thought provoking, but totally not what most people were expecting.

27.05.2025 03:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Since you mentioned your daughter is a musical theater teacher in OKC, ask her if she saw the recent N. Am. tour of Oklahoma! (2022, I think) They replace the knives with guns and highlighted Curley's bullying of Judd. It gave the entire musical a very different spin.

26.05.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Check the census for almshouses and poorhouses in Oneida and nearby counties. I've found several of my female ancestors hidden in those records. Including ones we never knew had prior children. Search by her name and known associate names, too, which can be listed as "relatives."

26.05.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything she says is dead on. I used to have a t-shirt I saved just for the airport and travel. It said, β€œDon’t pet the redhead.” People either laughed or took it as a challenge.

18.05.2025 16:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My teen is gleefully stealing my copies of The Onion. Sarcasm is our love language.

20.04.2025 01:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

RFK Jr. is very loud and very WRONG about Autism.

1. It’s not a disease
2. There are thousands of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder who pay taxes, have jobs, can use the bathroom on their own, and are thriving in life.

17.04.2025 18:10 πŸ‘ 28575 πŸ” 5883 πŸ’¬ 1242 πŸ“Œ 320

3 things autistic kids will actually never do:

1. Pick up a roadkill bear from the side of the road and put it in their van to eat

2. Realize they could get in trouble for eating the bear

3. Leave it in Central Park to frame a cyclist for its murder

17.04.2025 04:38 πŸ‘ 6487 πŸ” 1559 πŸ’¬ 171 πŸ“Œ 91

Don't forget all the "women" (did I do those quotes right?) at Mar-a-lago getting botox and breast augmentation.

16.04.2025 19:22 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A little schadenfreude rabbit hole I didn't know I needed this morning. πŸ˜†

15.04.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

14.04.2025 16:42 πŸ‘ 3536 πŸ” 1170 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 147

It's a contract, right? They are paying Bukele to keep these people imprisoned. Can Congress just cut the flow of money to Bukele? Even if it's only until we get Abrego Garcia, and the like, home? Yes, I know they would have to get the votes, but Trump caves when "his" money is threaten.

14.04.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why? Because if Trump can legally say β€œWe can’t bring him home” without having to prove it, that means he doesn’t have to bring anyone home. And if he doesn’t have to bring anyone home, he can send anyone there forever. END/

12.04.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 3202 πŸ” 932 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 62

Was explaining to David (11) the tariff stuff and what a tariff is and he was like β€œyou mean like what started the revolutionary war?” And I was like; yes exactly.

02.04.2025 23:34 πŸ‘ 25288 πŸ” 3518 πŸ’¬ 536 πŸ“Œ 141

A little perspective on what it means to have BILLIONS of dollars and how small of impact spending β€œmere millions” has on billionaires. Literally equivalent to buying a latte.

02.04.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Literally just set this alarm on my phone. 🀞 I really want to see him blow past that record.

01.04.2025 21:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1) State needs disclose their definition of "ruckus." 2) Also, I'm not legal scholar, but it seems like there must be an existing process for notifying someone their visa has been revoked. One that doesn't involve masked government thugs snatching people off the street. πŸ€”

27.03.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This sums up everything right now. There is so much to find disturbing, but the disappearing of people going about their daily lives by masked government gangs is the stuff of nightmares. Nightmares I never dreamed would be real.

27.03.2025 14:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.03.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 4263 πŸ” 2882 πŸ’¬ 133 πŸ“Œ 346

And Susan Collins has concerns.

12.03.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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COLBERT, on Rep. Al Green’s removal:

β€œSome people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine."

@latenightercom.bsky.social

05.03.2025 12:21 πŸ‘ 22314 πŸ” 4886 πŸ’¬ 212 πŸ“Œ 204

Trump and Vance are not selling out Ukraine because of anything Zelenskyy said to them.

Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them.

28.02.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 6882 πŸ” 1759 πŸ’¬ 205 πŸ“Œ 70

Whut? β€œToo many transactions… too quicklyβ€πŸ˜… What does he think computers are for?

Though it sounds about on par for the level of experts he surrounds himself with.

21.02.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

21.02.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 18066 πŸ” 5490 πŸ’¬ 542 πŸ“Œ 1457

Literally came here to say this!

19.02.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Same. Reading the book with my kids and got to Shelob's Lair last night and said, nope, time for bed! πŸ˜†

19.02.2025 14:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading @dieworkwear.bsky.social is always a pleasure. As much for the education as the well aimed snark. 😘 As an aside, I read once that pink was once considered a masculine color because it was "too aggressive" for women.

16.02.2025 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed, and, IMO, they will find an excuse or just do it anyway. Kind of spitballing here, but where were the MAGAs protesting during Biden? I remember the Tea Party during Obama, but during Biden only "Trump rallies" and pseudo-conservative "conventions." Were there any traditional style protests?

16.02.2025 15:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0