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Laura Bridgewater

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Biblioholic, fiber enthusiast, and gardening novice. Hoarder of books, yarns, and (apparently) Bluesky accounts. πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈ Working on Act III. She/her

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and these extremely target early career/junior folks in a brutal job market. Lots of senior folks with lots of money have gone over the last year, and that knowledge (and expectations) won't return.

06.03.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trash Talk Can't Shatter Tucker Carlson's Love For Trump | HuffPost Latest News The political pundit won't forsake the president, even after Trump told ABC that "Tucker has lost his way."

Oh wow turns out Cucker Tarlson doesn't oppose genocide after all, whomst could have foreseen this

www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker...

06.03.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

Which really sucks because he's already stolen my golden years. Son-of-a-bitch.

06.03.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Importantly they are planning to hire these people on 2 year contracts so what actually happened is they fired everyone so they could rehire them with worse working conditions and an easy revolving door with industry 🫩 πŸ”­

06.03.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 458 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Trans Porn Is Booming. Trans Rights Are Fading We asked trans adult creators about the complicated link between desire and politics, as trans porn is booming while rights fade.

Interesting interview in Playboy with transgender adult content creators. People often point to Pornhub stats showing trans content is more popular than ever as a contradiction, as if political and sexual objectification were ever mutually exclusive

06.03.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 1441 πŸ” 310 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 25

Worse than the worst War on Terror drone strikes. By innocents killed, worse than multiple of the worst drone strike errors combined.

06.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 861 πŸ” 246 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 4

The Totenkopf, a symbol worn by Nazis, the Waffen SS and Hitler's concentration camp guards. Oh and also by a Democrat US Senate candidate in Maine who I'm repeatedly lectured to that I should not make a big deal about because its irrelevant

06.03.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It was funny to see, I don't even remember which US newspaper it was anymore, but an obit of Ali Khamenei said something to the effect of "he lived a paranoid life in which he believed the US and Israel were out to kill him, which eventually happened"

06.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 2006 πŸ” 350 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3
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Swing Voters Views of Trump Improve by Double Digits Amid Iran Warβ€”Data

Trump's standing among swing voters has surged by 25 points in just two weeks, fueled by the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran.

06.03.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5
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How is this real life?

06.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 442 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 19

Yesterday, the White House used Call of Duty frames in their Iran war hype video.

They are hyping the prospect of war like an exciting video game.

Yes, I know this administration has no bottom.

No class, no integrity, no honor, no decency.

Yet they never cease to shock me.

06.03.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 3400 πŸ” 834 πŸ’¬ 160 πŸ“Œ 35

The case for gender studies programs has never been stronger.

06.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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How State and Local Leaders Are Responding to ICE: Your Questions Answered - Bolts The violence of Trump’s immigration crackdown in cities across the country and the killing of protesters by federal agents have put pressure on local leaders to change their approach to... Read More

NEW: As we've seen the raids & ICE surges, everyone has had so many questions.Β 'what can states do?' 'what can cities do?' 'what can one ask a sheriff, governor, zoning board, to do?!'

you sent us a lot of your questions.

we just answered 9 of them. i learned a ton myself, i think you will to.

05.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 346 πŸ” 200 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

If Mullin became DHS Secretary shortly, the (Republican) governor would appoint his (Republican) successor.

Mullin would also presumably drop his reelection campaign this year; the filing deadline is next month.

05.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 342 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 14

BYE FELICIA

OH NO NOT HIM

05.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 307 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

Markwayne Mullin looks and sounds like some backwoods ding-dong that Raylan Givens has to throw in his car trunk on JUSTIFIED

05.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 602 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 10
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β€˜We’re in it’: Democrats won’t rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war Democrats will have to balance a desire to criticize Trump’s offensive in Iran with pressure to support funding to defend the nation now at war.

Senate Dem looking at funding Trump's war, per Politico:

Jack Reed (RI): @reed.senate.gov
Gary Peters (MI): @peters.senate.gov
Tim Kaine (VA): @kaine.senate.gov
Elissa Slotkin (MI): @slotkin.senate.gov
Chris Coons (DE): @coons.senate.gov
Jeanne Shaheen (NH): @shaheen.senate.gov

05.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 485 πŸ” 324 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 279

We also need to know whether AI was used to select the target. WaPo is reporting Anthropic and Palantir tech were used to identify 1000 targets in Iran 24 hours. Who vetted those targets? Who pays for errors? It's possible they weren't involved in this strike but this we need to know.

05.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 337 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3

Holy mother of fuck.

That it. Bedtime.

Maybe I'll wake up and this will all be a bad trip.

03.03.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 1079 πŸ” 169 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 14

Staffer: Sir, good news. One of the F-15 pilots ejected safely and is on the ground. Calm and cool under pressure. Badass aura. A video taken by a thankful Kuwaiti civilian is going viral.

Hegseth: Fuck yeah. What's his name?

Staffer: Okay, so, here's the part you won't like...

02.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 2169 πŸ” 444 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 17
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Captain Crazypants goes to war Operation Epstein Distraction is already a five-alarm shit-show.

here's today's post: "Captain Crazypants clownfucks his way to war" β€” Operation Epstein Distraction is already a five-alarm shit-show.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post β€”

02.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 783 πŸ” 220 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 5

Masks should never have been removed from medical settings.

03.03.2026 02:23 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

My parents were the only people wearing masks in the cancer ward during my dad’s treatment last year. Lucked out and didn’t get sick during the procedures for which he had to be sedated.

My mom mentioned another patient who looked very frail, caught a cough, then suddenly wasn’t there anymore.

03.03.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

"When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran..."
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

03.03.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 1560 πŸ” 820 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 112

Israel simply does not have the power to force the US government to do something it does not want to do. What Rubio is doing here, by claiming Israel forced the US hand, is making Israel the scapegoat for a US policy he knows is unpopular. This framing is going to be so bad for Diaspora Jews.

03.03.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 1030 πŸ” 288 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 21
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White House addresses 'redness' on the side of Trump's neck Trump, who is the oldest person to be elected president, has faced questions about his health over the last year.

If it’s a β€œvery common cream,” why it just name it?

Looks like shingles to me, and if it is, why lie? Shingles sucks, but it’s nothing to hide….?

03.03.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

NOTE
1 Pregnant because raped in custody
2 Moved to TX because the regime has anticipated a need to circumvent state laws regarding abortion, medical rights
3 the infants in question will likely be trafficked into evangelical adoption networks or be subject the consequences of a lack of medical care

02.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 559 πŸ” 348 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 13

If director is student or from community theater, I might temper my anger somewhat because

A) student director may lack appropriate experience for the situation

and

B) community theater people may have forgotten what teen dynamics are like

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