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Astrid Phillips Mayer

@astridica.bsky.social
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Email comms strategist in Los Angeles. She/her, “Ohio rizz” mom of a “six seven” kid, 40 or 50 years old, shorter than you’d expect. Quietly panicking about world obliteration while sipping a jasmine green tea, probably.

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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I suddenly want rhubarb dust on all of my desserts and beverages
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unironically, I do love to hear a yodel, which is how you can tell I’m a cool and stylish person
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Chris ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴 @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We should all go see it and talk about it. apple.news/AlKOuSvbBSKK...
apple.news
All Major Social Networks Refusing to Promote Documentary That Made Elon Musk Mad — Futurism
They'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...
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I 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.
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Somehow, this is exactly the flavor of cozy weirdness I need in my life right now
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Art.
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🐈‍⬛🌙 @lune.monster · 13/08/2026
Stole this from the comments because this shit shouldn't be behind a paywall.
Crucially, the GLOVE has limitations, chief among them that for the device to work effectively and deliver its restraining pain shock, it must come into contact with the subject's bare skin. According to Compliant Technologies, the gloves won't work through dry clothing or thick hair. The gloves will work, however, if the subject is wearing thin, wet clothing, such as soaked T-shirts or blouses. The GLOVE also does not like being dunked in water and will likely be rendered inoperable if this happens.
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
AAAGGHHHH SO FUCKING GOOD Also a handy reminder for me to get back into strength training (and perhaps ingest more tacos than I do currently)
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
According to this, I share my particular mix of traits with barely 1% of the U.S. adult population. 👀 www.atvbt.com/youre-weirde...
atvbt.com
You're Weirder Than You Think
I say this with love
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
That'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?
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This 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
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The puppies Penn & Teller, and Richard @rdaily.medsky.social · 04/07/2026
Just 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.
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Wolfmanning Skull 🎃 @manningkrull.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I'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!
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PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
In 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.com
Why Amazon And Paramount Are Losing Their Minds
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I’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.
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I’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!
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
4D chess in which Trump gradually eats all the pieces.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just another day in America re-litigating settled law from 1898 and ending this day watching humans slingshot the moon.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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KRISTEN 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'...
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NosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I'm really tired of having to replace my general anxiety with all too specific ones
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
As 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?
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Good 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.net
Maura Quint’s State of the Union Recap
State 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...
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
LEGAL # MORAL
History makes this clear:
LEGAL: Slavery
ILLEGAL: Helping people
escape slavery
LEGAL: The Holocaust ILLEGAL: Smuggling Jewish
people out nazi Germany
LEGAL: Segregation ILLEGAL: Refusing to move
to the back of the bus
LEGAL: Apartheid
ILLEGAL: Fighting apartheid
If your morality depends on what is legal, you will always find excuses to accept horrific evil.
We are billions of tool-using primates on one rotating rock
around one painfully average star.
Borders are arbitrary. We are one species.
Our differences are superficial.
Either you are compassionate, decent, and fair-minded - or you are not.
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
TGIF…and on Friday, we dance m.youtube.com/watch?v=JFt2...
m.youtube.com
Bob Fosse's Iconic Choreography from Sweet Charity | TUNE
YouTube video by TUNE - Musical Moments
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Nothing is normal and no one is okay. You're doing great. Says Skeletor clearly losing it.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026
People 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.
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I 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!
Painting of a woman in a black dress, sprawled on a green sofa, blowing a bubble with pink bubblegum. Superimposed on the painting are the handwritten words “DON’T RUSH ME” in hot pink. 

Found at https://the-art-concept.framer.art/image/dont-rush-mePainting of a woman in a black dress, sprawled on a green sofa. No bubblegum, no hot-pink writing.
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
How 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
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SIMONE 🩷 @simonee.bsky.social · 25/12/2023
choose your holy infant
A little model of the baby Jesus in a crib, looking very sweet and angelic. Above him is text that reads “Holy infant so tender and mild”. There is another little model of the same baby Jesus but he has been flipped around so he is facing the opposite direction and has been edited to be bright red and wearing a purple cloth instead of a white one. the text above the red Jesus reads “Holy infant Flamin’ Hot” (the Flamin’ Hot text is in a sort of Hot Cheetos Guy Fieri esque font)
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
TIL that this is a thing that works exactly as advertised, holy mackerel
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF POSTS SOON FROM PEOPLE
SHARING EVERYTHING THEY
ACHIEVED IN 2025.
BUT IN CASE SOMEONE NEEDS TO HEAR THIS...
IT'S OKAY IF THE ONLY THING YOU DID THIS YEAR WAS
SURVIVE IT.
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
This 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
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
another 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.com
Donate to Justice for Fermin Lara Palacios, organized by Evelyn Lara
Hi, 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
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Wolfmanning Skull 🎃 @manningkrull.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The best present? An alligators present. This holiday season, give your loved ones the gift of alligators. 🐊🎁🎄
A sign that says "Caution. Alligators present. Please do not feed wildlife." The metal sign is painted green and white. There's a silhouette of an alligator in the middle. In the background behind the sign is the surface of the bayou and some greenery.
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The 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!
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I’d almost forgotten what absence of brutality looks and sounds like, this is delightful 🩷
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
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a 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.
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Going 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 ❤️‍🩹
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
David Shuster @DavidShuster
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Reminder: The Epstein files released by lawmakers today are from the Epstein estate and were collected by the House committee. These are SEPARATE from the Epstein files, data, photos, and video still being held by the Trump DOJ/FBI.
#ReleaseAlITheEpsteinFiles
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This video is Art. Is it just me, or do the visuals have a Talking Heads vibe?
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I 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.
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
media.tenor.com
a 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.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Whenever 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.
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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Capitalism 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.com
America 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.
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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
so we're voting for Weird Al for president in 2028 right
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The front cover of this week’s New Yorker. 👏
The front cover of the New Yorker is pictured a parody of Trump silencing free speech.. It is a cartoon where only Trump’s hand is visible holding a TV remote. The options say:
Power
Mute
Pause
Stop
Stifle
Silence
Shun
Banish
Sack
Oust
Muzzle
Ace
Dismiss
Torment
Deport
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PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Libraries 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.be
THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer
YouTube video by The Librarians Film
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
NONONONONONONONONO FUCK
cpb.org
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding
WASHINGTON, 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...
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Astrid Phillips Mayer @astridica.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I 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...
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▶️ The Electric Company - The Electric Company: The Tom Lehrer Collection
Watch Trailer | 2:16
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