Reposted by CarolineMurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 21/02/2026After spending my entire existence having to gently suggest to humans that they not do things that would probably get them killed, it was nice to be able to tell them in so many words to not be so fucking stupid. 08010
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Why do the anti-DEI folks say people should be judged on individual merits but when highly qualified individuals who just so happen to be persons of color or women or LGBTQI+ etc. get fired for no apparent reason, said folks are suddenly “not an expert” in that sector? Asking for a friend. 000
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Stranger Things is the bright spot in an unmitigated disaster area of a year. It warms this 80s nerd child’s heart. (And distracts from all the year end recaps that are making us relive the trauma of 2025) 000
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Who’s Harold Angel?! Asking for a friend. Merry Christmas all you heathens! 010
Reposted by CarolineWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 24/12/2025There—and Saint Nicholas be thy speed! 226346
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Finally FINALLY cancelled the Paramount+ subscription. Sick of David Ellison’s cascading shitstorm of utter nonsense. 000
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Well, I know what the regime is up to here, but personally, there is really only one I want to see stripped of his citizenship and barred from ever returning. And if we could freeze his assets we’re at it. #wishfulthinkingmedia.tenor.coma white letter x is surrounded by arrows on a dark backgroundALT: a white letter x is surrounded by arrows on a dark background 000
Reposted by CarolineJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/12/2025Today in The December Comfort Watches: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, in which I discuss why what specific day "The Day Off" is on the calendar doesn't actually matter, and why, beneath all the sparkle of being a Very Special Boy, Ferris is ordinary, and that's okay: whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/12/t...whatever.scalzi.comThe December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twelve: Ferris Bueller’s Day OffAbout a decade ago there was some noise made about trying to figure out what day on the calendar Ferris Bueller’s Day Off took place. The day that was decided on by the nerds who think too mu… 3253228
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 13/12/2025tfw you get an idea for a photography project, and your neighbor catches you coming home with a giant armful of cheap, sparkly, goofy Christmas decorations you just got for half off at Michael’s lol 000
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 12/12/2025I don’t need a Brick or a ridiculously expensive subscription app that turns off other apps I just want a little Pomodoro style widget that pops up with a ding that says “you’ve been doomscrolling for eleventynine minutes. Wouldn’t you like to do something else like go for a walk?” 110
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 10/12/2025I knew I shouldn’t have let iOS upgrade to Liquid Glass. Usability took a complete nose dive. Such as getting randomly stuck in the App Store so that the only way to get to home, the App Library or the open apps carousel is to do a hard restart. And even that was difficult to accomplish. *grumble* 200
Reposted by CarolineJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.) Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 29270022928
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 08/12/2025These “unitary executive” people are reopening a 250 year old debate bout how this nation should be governed. Only without the debate. 030
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 19/11/2025TIL that there were Wolof speakers in General George Washington’s Continental Army at Valley Forge. As an erstwhile resident of West Africa with Senegal amongst my previous diplomatic portfolios, I am delighted. 110
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 19/11/2025The cats are hungry, so they come sit on me to ask for/wait for breakfast, not realizing that I can’t feed the cats because I have cats on my lap. They’ve created some kind of never ending loop. 010
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 18/11/2025It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. — Thomas Jefferson 010
Reposted by CarolineAltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 06/11/2025🎵 I threw the sandwich ... but I did not catch the felony 🎶 22911189
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 04/11/2025tfw you start your own photography business but the local photographic society tells you to submit your photos for competition in the Novice category. 110
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29/10/2025You know who won’t be there to give Jamaica a hand now when they really need it? USAID. The United States doesn’t do that kind of thing anymore. 000
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Happy Stock Market Crash Remembrance Day to all who celebrate! 010
Reposted by CarolineProPublica @propublica.org · 16/10/2025NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.propublica.orgMore Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near... 5329871573
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 16/10/2025The algorithms have decided I need to move to Maine and vote for Graham Platner. 010
Reposted by CarolineAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 02/10/2025The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money. Let that sink in 1365248188826
Reposted by CarolineWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 30/09/2025Say, has our general met the enemy? 948091
Reposted by CarolineRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2025People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?feature=sharedyoutu.beFive Ways to Fight Trump's FascismRobert Reich 531843907
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Horses are often insecure. They don’t want to know who’s boss, they want to know who’s in charge of security. 010
Reposted by CarolineEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Anyway: 1. Do not murder people 2. Do not praise the politics of hateful people That is all 122937
Reposted by CarolineAaron Weiss (no relation) @aweiss.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment. Jared Polis has failed Colorado. 951320409242
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 11/09/202524 years ago I was in Paris, on the phone with my mom in Pennsylvania trying to process the news that the twin towers “aren’t there anymore” and that if I needed to get home at that moment, I couldn’t because all air traffic had been indefinitely stopped. 110
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 11/09/2025I heard an interview this morning with a young man who considered Charlie Kirk a mentor and friend and who is just devastated today etc. the guy said Kirk was the kindest person (!) and that “people” really need to be more careful about the things they say. 🧵 100
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Once again, I want to give Michel Martin a standing ovation for her interview this morning of Matt Schlapp and not letting him getting away with castigating NPR and perceived “enemies” of the right without acknowledging his, CPAC’s, and the right’s own role in inflammatory speech. 1110
Reposted by Carolinemolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 11/09/2025i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence 302273086367
Reposted by CarolineJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/09/2025Just got home. I figure some of you might need a timeline cleanse at the moment. 673006179
Reposted by CarolineWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 07/09/2025Yea, dost thou jeer and flout me in the teeth? 428335
Reposted by CarolineWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 02/09/2025Give not this rotten orange to your friend 436758
Reposted by CarolinePBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/09/2025@pbsnews.org The detentions outside courtrooms have sometimes led to scenes of families pleading to let their loved ones go and confrontations with officers. Watch the second part of our conversation with a photojournalist who spent weeks documenting arrests at federal facilities in Manhattan. 06619
Reposted by CarolinePBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/09/2025As another part of the Trump administration's mass deportation push, immigration enforcement officials have conducted arrests outside courtrooms as people show up for hearings. Here's part of our conversation with a photojournalist who documented arrests at federal facilities in Manhattan. 817972
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 02/09/2025So. I saw an interview with a photojournalist who’s been documenting ICE detentions as they happen at a New York immigration court. He talked about how-in addition to being devastating for those detained and their families-these detentions are affecting the ICE officers. 🧵 121
Reposted by CarolineJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/08/2025OH GREAT NOW THE SWAMP IS WOKE www.iflscience.com/deep-in-virg...iflscience.comDeep In Virginia, When The Light Hits Just Right, A "Rainbow Swamp" AppearsSwamps typically bring to mind an array of mushy greens and murky browns, but in Virginia, they do things differently. 565170702353
Reposted by CarolinePhilip Bump @pbump.com · 17/08/2025Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...pbump.netMore people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C.Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in... 25779113395
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Is anyone following those goons around with loudspeakers playing the Star Wars Imperial March?media.tenor.coma row of stormtroopers are lined up in a row with the words ha ha ha ha on the bottomALT: a row of stormtroopers are lined up in a row with the words ha ha ha ha on the bottom 010
Reposted by CarolineSam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 14/08/2025I must continue to insist that this is not a strong regime. It does not have the kind of pan-societal support needed to enforce Gleichshaltung. It has significant elite buy-in and a small popular coalition, but it is brittle and feeble and will collapse if pressed hard enough. 6436691098
Reposted by CarolineTime Machine Rides @handle.invalid · 14/08/2025We can't forget Schoolhouse Rock.🗽 m.youtube.com/watch?v=OqvL...m.youtube.comThe Preamble of The Constitution Schoolhouse RockYouTube video by us chronicle 153
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 14/08/2025This totally reminds me of smaller birds mobbing raptors. Like starlings ganging up on hawks. And it works in nature. 010
Reposted by CarolineMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Not all heroes wear a cape. Some are wrapped in greased paper. 851130216
Reposted by Carolineslate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 14/08/2025appeals court rules trump administration can divide by zero 31022
Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 14/08/2025I was never worried about driving in DC until now. 020
Reposted by CarolineProPublica @propublica.org · 25/07/2025NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers. Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp. “The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.propublica.orgHis Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a... 461114145506
