Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I suddenly want rhubarb dust on all of my desserts and beverages 030
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unironically, I do love to hear a yodel, which is how you can tell I’m a cool and stylish person 020
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerChris ❤️🔥🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🏴 @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We should all go see it and talk about it. apple.news/AlKOuSvbBSKK...apple.newsAll Major Social Networks Refusing to Promote Documentary That Made Elon Musk Mad — FuturismThey're circling the wagons. For the past few weeks, Elon Musk has been throwing a tantrum — and throwing around legal threats — over Alex Gibney’s “hit piece” documentary about him that’s set to rele... 0217
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I will consider believing an AI guy’s “We’ve created the end of humanity!!!” hand-wringing the second he destroys his boss’s computer with a hammer. 732140
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Somehow, this is exactly the flavor of cozy weirdness I need in my life right now 020
Reposted by Astrid Phillips Mayer🐈⬛🌙 @lune.monster · 13/08/2026Stole this from the comments because this shit shouldn't be behind a paywall. 13489025786
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 14/08/2026AAAGGHHHH SO FUCKING GOOD Also a handy reminder for me to get back into strength training (and perhaps ingest more tacos than I do currently) 021
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 06/08/2026According to this, I share my particular mix of traits with barely 1% of the U.S. adult population. 👀 www.atvbt.com/youre-weirde...atvbt.comYou're Weirder Than You ThinkI say this with love 000
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas? 10895452183
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This past Friday, I walked past two women who were chatting, and one of them said, “Look, I can’t expect you to get me out of a Panamanian prison” !!! Why Panama? Why couldn’t she rely on the other woman get her out? What is she planning to do, anyway? TWO DAYS LATER AND I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS 112
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerThe puppies Penn & Teller, and Richard @rdaily.medsky.social · 04/07/2026Just a little reminder from an old retired ER doc to be careful out there today. Find a fireworks show near you and leave it to the pros. ER staffs, burn centers, and hand surgeons don’t really want to meet you today. 511136
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerWolfmanning Skull 🎃 @manningkrull.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I've been thinking a little about economics and I had this idea: what if one person has all the money and no one else has any money. And, importantly, the one person with all the money is extremely evil. It's worth a try! 1314
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerPJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 13/06/2026In California politics, have you heard about the Compete Act? Corporations and oligarchs hell bent on creating monopolies are making sure you don't know about this anti-trust bill, so you can be manipulated and pay even more for less. youtube.com/shorts/riv-5...youtube.comWhy Amazon And Paramount Are Losing Their MindsYouTube video by More Perfect Union 043
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I’ve never tried this slush, nor am I from Wisconsin—but if I ever decide to build my personality around a beverage, this will be in the running. 150
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I’ll admit I’d assumed this sequel would be a heartless cash grab—but this article completely changed my mind. Now I can’t wait to see it, too! 251
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12/04/20264D chess in which Trump gradually eats all the pieces. 927442
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerKate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Just another day in America re-litigating settled law from 1898 and ending this day watching humans slingshot the moon. 26114
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerJames Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026substack.comKRISTEN STAFFORD -HOWE (@kristenstaffordhowexgen1)This man on Ms now broke my heart you should watch it and make sure you have some clean nex I'm going to be keeping this for a long time it's going to go into my video ball I'm really choked up. That'... 011
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerNosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 14/03/2026I'm really tired of having to replace my general anxiety with all too specific ones 421262
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 14/03/2026As if I need yet another source of panic in my life—but as panic sources go, this one is a compelling watch and offers a glimmer of hope, so…yay? 001
Reposted by Astrid Phillips Mayermaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Good morning. I watched the State of the Union so you didn't have to. I'm barely hanging on. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/mau...mcsweeneys.netMaura Quint’s State of the Union RecapState Of The Union February 24, 2026 Washington, DC 8:52 PM: The State of the Union is opened by House Majority Leader Mike Johnson, who has been r... 3247489
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerLaguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 22/01/2026 24423
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 16/01/2026TGIF…and on Friday, we dance m.youtube.com/watch?v=JFt2...m.youtube.comBob Fosse's Iconic Choreography from Sweet Charity | TUNEYouTube video by TUNE - Musical Moments 041
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerInspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 07/01/2026 51033392
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo. 51197425700
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 30/12/2025I was in Home Goods and spotted a poster, apparently designed by The Art Concept; leaving aside the caption and bubble gum, I found the image visually arresting and hunted it down. Turns out it’s “Young Decadence,” a Modernist work by Ramon Casas i Carbó! 132
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 29/12/2025How is it that, even in middle age, I still feel like I don’t know how to woman? TIL about texturizing spray—but when I looked at before/after pictures to learn what it does, everyone looked the same to me in both?! Winged eyeliner still mystifies me, too. I remain in Perplexed Goblin mode 030
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerSIMONE 🩷 @simonee.bsky.social · 25/12/2023choose your holy infant 421066
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 23/12/2025TIL that this is a thing that works exactly as advertised, holy mackerel 020
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerLaguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 20/12/2025 38016
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 19/12/2025This song feels like the wind in my face on a warm, sunny day Bonus: this is the first time I’ve ever seen anyone do a cartwheel in roller skates, HOT DAMN 120
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14/12/2025another ICE grab from within our Portland Catholic community. Evelyn is a high school student whose father was assaulted and abducted while she was in the car. My parents have dear friends who know the family and asked for help spreading the word. Please donate and boost if you can 💕gofundme.comDonate to Justice for Fermin Lara Palacios, organized by Evelyn LaraHi, my name is Evelyn Lara Roque and I am the daughter of Fermin Lara Palacios. On Thursd… Evelyn Lara needs your support for Justice for Fermin Lara Palacios 2170115
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerWolfmanning Skull 🎃 @manningkrull.bsky.social · 10/12/2025The best present? An alligators present. This holiday season, give your loved ones the gift of alligators. 🐊🎁🎄 66214
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 09/12/2025The part of my brain that paid attention in business school is thinking, “This is just capitalism, no big whoop” And the rest of my brain is screaming endlessly Happy Tuesday, hope you’re having a great day! 020
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 23/11/2025I’d almost forgotten what absence of brutality looks and sounds like, this is delightful 🩷 061
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.media.tenor.coma man is playing drums in a dark room with the words `` i ran so far away '' above him .Alt: Lead singer Mike Score of the band A Flock of Seagulls, dancing in front of a drum set. The song lyrics “I RAN SO FAR AWAY” caption the image at the top. 010
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Going through this deck was…grimly delightful? Anyway, I was calmly nodding along with everything, until I hit the slide “‘MORE TIME TO FOCUS ON HIGHER VALUE TASKS’ IS A DOGWHISTLE FOR LAYOFFS” I feel like I’m witnessing a version of this at my company, what a horribly accurate gut punch ❤️🩹 120
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerLaguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 12/11/2025 25422
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 07/11/2025This video is Art. Is it just me, or do the visuals have a Talking Heads vibe? 231
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 01/11/2025I never expected to have a strong opinion about a White House bathroom before, but I now miss the quiet simplicity of the Truman-era Lincoln bathroom. That green tile was lovely. 000
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 27/10/2025media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a grid background .Alt: Max Headroom, a ‘computer-generated’ man in a suit and tie, in front of a blue grid background. He’s bopping his head and shoulders in a jaunty manner. 020
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality. 8453442311320
Reposted by Astrid Phillips Mayermurderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Capitalism is even failing the military-industrial complex. Wild times. "Instead of hiring workers & paying workers more in an effort to retain them, these companies are far more focused on meeting the demands of Wall Street, trying to entice investors and boost their stock price by cutting costs"politico.comAmerica Doesn’t Have Enough Weapons for a Major Conflict. These Workers Know Why.This summer, employees at several big defense companies went on strike. Their grievances highlight a much larger problem brewing beneath the surface. 12010
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerElectric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 19/10/2025so we're voting for Weird Al for president in 2028 right 1203
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19/09/2025The front cover of this week’s New Yorker. 👏 719146
Reposted by Astrid Phillips MayerPJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Libraries and information are one front of the war against democracy and decency and librarians are heroes. When the man says, "This can't be America," I want to hug him. It always was for some people. And the fight has spread around the world. Take care and good luck. youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?...youtu.beTHE LIBRARIANS | Official TrailerYouTube video by The Librarians Film 074
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 01/08/2025NONONONONONONONONO FUCKcpb.orgCorporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal FundingWASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissio... 010
Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 28/07/2025I had no idea Tom Lehrer was the composer for The Electric Company…and now that I’ve just listened to some of the songs with my middle-aged ears, nothing could be more obvious. RIP Lehrer, he was truly a joyous barrel of monkeys 💖 m.imdb.com/video/vi2909...m.imdb.com▶️ The Electric Company - The Electric Company: The Tom Lehrer CollectionWatch Trailer | 2:16 030