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Bilal Dardai @bilald.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

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The Secretary of Agriculture says I should put chickens in my backyard, so first of all I need a backyard and second of all I need a few Republican members of Congress.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Nothing like emailing the same thing to a bunch of prospective students to encourage them to choose your program… and then realizing you spelled “education” wrong in ALL of them.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Jellies appear to be back and of all the 1980s throwbacks we are currently experiencing, this one hits the closest to home.

A display of “jelly” flats at a Target shoe department

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Feeling the crunch this week of chronic under-staffing. I’m 7 mos in to a yr of having 3 job titles, running a costume department supporting 200 students w/ 1.5 professional staff. I’m balancing running my own fittings, training student crew and supervising student shop labor. In short: I tired.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I can imagine this might be true enough to get through an interview and maybe one project. But as soon as an unexpected challenge arises, one that hasn’t been fed into the algorithm, AI is going to fail you.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

…. and then she insisted he sit down because she believes his law school alumni are “dishonest, etc”. Then said “does that look like animus to you?”

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Wild reporting from courtroom where this is up - judge asked govt if this constituted animus against a group. Govt: “I don’t have an answer for that”, judge: “you have an answer you just don’t want to give it”…

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The writers of “The Pitt” have successfully hacked binge-watching - turns out you don’t need major cliffhangers, just end every episode right in the middle of a medium-stakes conversation.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I find it infuriating that the only thing that seems to motivate people to take big political risks is $$ - so the most radical proposals only seem to take root on the right. Liberal politicians need to start being ballsy on behalf of regular people, oppressed minorities, and the working class.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The incredible hypocrisy of this hand-wringing over “backwater blue state judges” when cases have been carefully judge-shopped to red state judges for the last decade or more to chip away at the authority of Democratic presidents.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I need someone to write some cultural commentary on the multiple Super Bowl commercials involving flying facial hair and the general rise of the mustache.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

There’s a particular honor that comes with being one of the people that a child will fall asleep on.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Is the current flurry of activity coming out of the Executive branch disturbing and dangerous? Yes. Are the blatant attempts to erase the existence and value of anything/anyone that isn’t white, Christian and cisgender pathetic and sad? Also yes.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A downside of using BlueSky to replace Facebook is that I feel like I’m supposed to post Important Thoughts here, or at least Pithy Observations. Can we normalize using this platform to ask for sympathy when we’ve stubbed our toe too?

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I’ll throw this out there even though no one who matters will probably see it: I encourage the new DNC chair to not let go entirely of the stuff that made Kamala’s campaign joyful: celebrating a wide range of people is fun, and models of supportive masculinity are powerful. Inclusion isn’t a slog.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I was just thinking about this - an underrated dynamic is whether a political party seems “fun” (which is surface to the amount of money at play, but still…). As a kid in the 90s, Repubs seemed dowdy and prudish, Dems were chill and cool. Obama was fun - Biden was not, and Trump is amusing to many

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

It is crazy how much things could have changed in that short a time, but my original point still stands. It’s a really frustrating pattern from national Dems.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

NOPE! I don’t understand how Dems don’t see that every time they aim for “the middle” they are getting rope-a-doped by the right. Stake out a strong stance on progressive issues, social AND economic, and fight hard for them!

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I have been thinking a lot about Reagan’s famous line “the scariest words are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help” - and how affirming that attitude towards government just lays the groundwork for removing all the supports that government provides for average people.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Find your @indivisible.org chapter and sign up for their emails. Today I got one email listing both a national action I could take (thanking one senator and emailing the other) and a local action I could take to help with housing supply. No fear-mongering, just practical steps.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Please stop using the phrase “this oughta scare the crap out of all of us” when sharing anything regarding this administration’s actions. 10 days in, we are already out of crap - we are crapless.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The image that keeps coming to mind is a large ship on the ocean. When you suddenly hit the brakes, everything on that ship gets flung about and broken - deciding to start moving again doesn’t erase the damage done. apple.news/ARM1-MTeLQ_a...

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Trump White House reverses course, rescinds freeze on federal grants — The Washington Post

The reversal followed criticism of the sudden freeze by the White House budget office.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Federal workers discovering the empowering feeling of spite - I absolutely here for it.

Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 28/01/2025

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CALL CONGRESS and tell them to OPPOSE cuts that are threatening to take away programs that millions rely on like Medicaid, rent assistance, nutrition assistance, and student loans. SIGN: wfpus.org/cuts CALL: Text CUTS to 30403 to get the script and be connected.

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SIGN THE PETITION: Tell Congress to oppose Trump's federal funding freeze

Sign our petition to tell Congress: Oppose Trump's illegal federal funding freeze, and stand up for working families, not billionaires.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

No one tells you about the step in the creative process when you’re thinking, “Can I just go back to being a normal person without interesting ideas? This is exhausting!”

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

@jpbrnidgrl.bsky.social this has a list of documentaries that might be good for the Garden Cinema!

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I’m just so tickled by Little Marco Rubio finally getting his shot at some global influence, and his new boss just wants to start shit with Denmark and Canada 🤣🤣🤣

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I got this message from friends when I moved to Chicago in the late 90s. I feel really grateful that the boss from my temp job invited me to her home around 95th for Thanksgiving since I was new to the city. That shook that prejudice loose.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A bot is a bot, even if all the memes and links it posts are from left-leaning sources. Still gonna block it.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This won’t be the end of this particular story or the bigger story. We’ve got to be ready for whatever the escalation looks like. I’m really grateful for this school’s staff, and hoping they can continue to hold firm.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

One way to convince people that government isn’t helpful and should be dismantled is to prevent govt agencies from doing anything helpful.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This is nuts.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Make sure they get charged with state crimes, not federal.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The thing that makes me laugh about this is how many wellness/anti-vax influencers were voting for Trump because they knew RFKJr would head the HHS - and now he’s just one of 4 options 🤣🤣

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Whoever coined the phrase “humans make plans and God laughs” probably was the parent of a small child who keeps bring fun viruses home from school.

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So this ties into my morning post about focusing on actual actions taken. Exec orders don’t make things true immediately, nominations don’t immediately put someone in that position… these first steps definitely matter, but so do the steps that other orgs and govt bodies have to take.

Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

…In the meantime, I’m gonna love on my family of immigrants, queer folk, POC, etc & go to work and help teach the next generation to work together productively and tell powerful stories. Help build Kelly Hayes’ “revolutionary culture of care.” Stay safe out there, friends!

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

…- support and listen to those organizations that are doing the work (thinking right now of the National Immigration Justice Center, Abortion Access Front, Lambda Legal, Working Families Party - there are more) - be ready to hit the streets when those orgs say GO….

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Emily McConnell @emilymccdesign.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

…- focus on actions actually taken, not just talked about - particularly actions that cause direct harm to my communities. (E.g. I’m not spending any outrage energy on the “Gulf of America” - I’ll roll my eyes and move on)…