Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hit the Daily Double today! Go get yer flu and COVID vaccines. The next few weeks are a great time to get them to get max protection through the high season. 030
Reposted by Krisanne CombsRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 153163925526
Reposted by Krisanne CombsAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030621077
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There are a lot of good humans in the skydiving community. 😎 020
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Random thoughts on my first Farm Aid concert: 1) 12 hours is a long stretch for this middle aged body, but also 2) I'm glad we got there early because we enjoyed the up and comers even more than the old farts who closed out the show. 140
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ah yes, the brilliant minds that are gonna change the world. 🤢 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/t...nytimes.comThe A.I. Party House Where Networking Has a Dark Side (Gift Article)Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record. 000
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"We let them start publishing books and now they're winning awards, the horror! Won't someone think of the straight white men, who only write about the universal experience of being a straight white man." 010
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We followed a car with one of these plates for a while last night. Because of that questionable script choice, took a while to even figure out what state it was (and we definitely don't see a lot of them in central VA). 100
Reposted by Krisanne Combsghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026i feel like if you got Richard Hanania talking about what is and isn't rape long enough you could probably get him to confess to specific dates and times 1362134
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hanging out at Tom's place to see @jamellebouie.net and Judy Woodruff chat about freedom of the press. I hear there's something about that in the original instruction manual. 080
Reposted by Krisanne CombsElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If I could sum up why I’m not a Republican in one quote… 521700295
Reposted by Krisanne CombsTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize. 92567616
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026TFW when you realize that to the college age lifeguard blasting Paradise City, this is a golden oldie. Put another way - Paradise City: 2026 :: Goodnight Irene: 1988static.klipy.comSteve Buscemi 'How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?' MemeAlt: Steve Buscemi 'How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?' Meme 000
Reposted by Krisanne CombsNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Trump said that if I didn’t vote for him, gas prices would double. It looks like he was right. 121702260
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I dunno, I kinda love the idea. I loved pickle sours when I was still drinking beer so I'd probably dig this. 100
Reposted by Krisanne CombsW. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Words in the dictionary that describe things that aren’t real. 1. unicorn 2. centaur 3. apolitical 561950387
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Well, it's really only six of them rewriting, but the point stands. 010
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Costco members with high deductible insurance plans: if you haven't yet priced out your prescriptions to self-pay at the Costco price vs running through your insurance, this is the cost difference for me - half price! (The equation will change if we hit our deductible, of course). 130
Reposted by Krisanne CombsA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Never stops hitting me the way everyone in mainstream discourse agrees that if we want to help people, we first have to convince Republicans, while everyone in mainstream discourse also agrees that Republicans do not have to convince any of us before they hurt people. 121160324
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I feel like the actual goal should be to just opt out entirely of FIRE's bullshit rankings than to try to regain the number 1 spot. 😬 www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...cavalierdaily.comU.Va. climbs in FIRE free speech rankings, but fails to regain top spotThe Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression released its 2027 college free speech rankings Wednesday. 021
Reposted by Krisanne Combsfeminist next door @emrazz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Seems like a lot of people saying AI gonna kill us and nobody actually stopping AI from killing us. Not really sure what to do with that, but I am not personally capable of stopping AI from killing us, and I don’t know who is, so maybe we just die idk 88310
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This seems like as accurate a prediction as any. 030
Reposted by Krisanne CombsReo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 11/09/2026Just noting that all the "we must protect girls in sports from the evil scary trans girls" folks are very quiet about shit like this. www.propublica.org/article/aau-...propublica.orgA Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athlete... 02711
Reposted by Krisanne CombsEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We're all yelling at each other bc we're politics obsessed leftish Americans (a miniscule group), and we're nervous that Democrats won't pull this off, or won't pull it off well enough. And Trans people have the added worry that even if they do things won't get any better for us. 49115
Reposted by Krisanne CombsAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...youtu.beJimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To SeeYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 4541894111167
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Marriott: Hey, you're a Platinum member, you get dedicated Platinum support! Also Marriott: There will be no way to find a number other than the main number AND you will also have to go through the AI bot and wait anyway. 130
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Catching up on the Behind the Bastards back catalog. On the Thomas Jefferson episodes and in the first 15 minutes we have "Monti-sello" and Ay-bemarle County" pronunciations. 😬 150
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There is a call to action at the end. One of the actions is to submit a written statement to the NCPC opposing the arch. "Submitting written comments for the October 1, 2026 Commission meeting will start at 12 noon on September 14. Please check back here after the open period begins." 111
Reposted by Krisanne CombsMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Seems very pointed that Angela Davis did this. www.wlrn.org/npr-breaking...wlrn.orgI don't think I had $10 in the bank: Angela Davis remembers Gloria Steinem's allyshipActivist and author Angela Davis remembers her friend Gloria Steinem, and discusses intersectional feminism today. 9386118
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Size changed, so I need new stuff for fall. Thanks to thrifting finds in Lexington, C'ville, Earlysville, Richmond, & Ruckersville, plus a few eBay purchases (thrift stores never have good outerwear), I now have a full fall wardrobe on the cheap. Mother Nature isn't letting me actually wear it.🥵 030
Reposted by Krisanne Combscvilledems.bsky.social @cvilledems.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is horrible. Note: the author of this letter is a very brave graduate student, who should be applauded for taking a public stand. www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...cavalierdaily.comBOUCHARD: Hiring Oren Cass is a slap in the face to our institutionThis is all happening as the Trump administration is currently destroying democracy, the Constitution and the University itself. 1159
Reposted by Krisanne CombsAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I have queSStions. 5944364
Reposted by Krisanne CombsA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"Why should my tax dollars go to giving houses to people who can't afford them?" Why should MY tax dollars should go to satisfying your desire to see desperate people living desperate lives? I'd rather save money and solve the problem, rather than spend money to exacerbate it. 152031403
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My clothing size has changed this year, so for the last few weeks I've been thrifting and scouring eBay for light sweaters, flannel shirts, jeans, fall jackets, hoping to be able to wear some of them soon. Mother Nature: hah, no. 110
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Not me crying reading this beautiful tribute from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Krisanne CombsAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/08/2026Costco runs it's own rigorous food inspection program. And they didn't bend the knee on DEI. Plus, they dropped Callaway Golf after their horrific ad depicting violence against women. And they are refusing to carry trump meat. So that's where I'll be shopping. 572153393723
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Apparently they named her Komatsu or "Sue" to her friends. 010
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026They're all so dead-eyed. 😬 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/situ...wsj.comThe Connections That Turned a Precocious Teen Into the Fallen ‘Nostradamus of AI’A 24-year-old investor hailed as a visionary attracted billions—before turning into Wall Street’s latest cautionary tale. 010
Krisanne Combs @ennasirk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on Dolly. 💕 www.meditationsinanemergency.com/in-praise-of...meditationsinanemergency.comIn Praise of Dolly Parton, 1946-2026, Our Goddess of KindnessWe will always love her, and there will never be another like her, this artist who came out of deep rural poverty in the 1960s to become not just a staggeringly great performer and songwriter but phil... 050
Reposted by Krisanne CombsPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026And here's Jad writing about Dolly today. That aspect of how she gently but firmly exerted absolute control of herself and her world comes across in the interviews that are part of Jad's podcast. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What Dolly Parton Told Me (Gift Article)Trailing Dolly Parton around the world, I witnessed so many small moments in which she’d gracefully own her power without the slightest hint of fight. 212119