Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 17/08/20253 years out, we can look for somebody that maybe is less bad? I am delighted that Newsom is doing something good this weekend! But that doesn't mean I like him better than Pritzer or Walz. (Or Warren, or AOC, and I don't think the field is closed yet.) 130 3
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 17/08/2025The bare minimum for holding a conversation is wanting to hold a conversation. This guy would probably think I'm failing to have a conversation w him because I'd only read Cellini once, or I hadn't read Machiavelli. Not that he's annoying me and I'm ignoring him. 020 2
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 17/08/2025The NYT is still coasting on their old reputation as liberal, with people who think of themselves as liberal but don't pay much attention to politics. Of whom there are lots. 020 2
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 16/08/2025I'm not sure how to fit this into @dreamweasel.bsky.social 's thread about the usefulness of Newsom's trolling. I mean, it's obvious to me how it could matter to change hearts and minds on the ground. What if that agent had hesitated and wondered, "are we the baddies?" 020 2
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Some of the replies can't seem to tell the difference between contemplating somebody's death and contemplating their retirement. Which is a level of cluelessness that's really shocking 0120 12
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 16/08/2025We need everything. Mock them online, sue them, press for enforcement of TROs, march in the streets, lobby local government, help the families of the disappeared. Don't stop doing one thing because it's not as good as another There are lots of us. Do everything at once. 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 16/08/2025It's not about the election more than 3 years from now. It's about the National Guard unit who gets conflicting orders: Trump saying to do something and a court order saying not to. And they think, "Should we break a court order for the sake of this clown?" 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 16/08/2025AOC called him a rapist last month. Mainstream media took her as seriously as they usually don't. My senators hold town hall meetings + press conferences to say Trump hands the country to Putin, is financially corrupt, violates the constitution... Newsom's trolling runs in parallel to all that. 110 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Newsom isn't just trolling, not like you or I or crowds yelling insults at ICE. Americans expect presidents and governors to have a veneer of diplomatic working relationship even if one thinks the other should be removed from office and tried for felonies. It's shocking to throw that out the window 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 16/08/2025I've been reading Saul Alinsky, and I'm convinced that ridicule can be an effective part of organizing. (If it's good ridicule, and this really is!) I say "part." 040 4
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Oh, right! Thank you for reminding me about the tariffs. The declaration is not only about a tyrant overruling judges and governors, and obstructing the naturalization of foreigners, but also: For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world. For imposing taxes on us without our consent. 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Your mom (More seriously, they are talking to the press, to people in academia, and to politicians who are so committed to "business as usual" they would confirm Roger Tanney.) 020 2
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 29/07/2025One of the few good things about living in such isolation is that I have largely avoided the smell of Febreze. That stuff is FOUL. 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Clearing Trump's name is a disaster, obviously. But what difference does it make to the country if she implicates Bill Clinton? Prosecute a rich old guy who used to do an important job? Sure! Go for it! (Can we make him resign and have Al Gore be president?) 090 9
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Even more plausible: she had a bet with her friends about how gullible David Brooks was. (“I went all wide-eyed and “what’s that?” when he said “panini.” I was going to try for “pepperoni” next.”) 000 0
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 11/07/2025I used to really admire the panda ambassador program. No sexual improprieties or violent crimes. But now I see they’re no better than other diplomats or politicians. 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 11/07/2025200 years ago? When chattel slavery was legal in many states? (And most of the Underground Railroad worked in secret.) A politician who openly advocated this kind of racism would have been pretty mainstream until Reconstruction. And within the Overton Window until much later 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Fare-free buses (with fares for subways) mean that everyone who rides a bus and transfers to subway still pays. Lots of monthly passes will still be sold, but neighborhood trips (mostly by poorer residents) get easier. Also: less time waiting at each stop + less spending on fare enforcement 020 2
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 09/07/2025A question for SFF fandom: Could we have stopped Gamergate if we knew ahead of time what its long-term effects would be? It gathered a lot of strength while people didn’t think it was very important. 020 2
Reposted by Laura AdrianKieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast. 790223674042 22.4K
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 08/07/2025There’s an application fee! They would be *delighted* if another million students paid the application fee just to get rejected. 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 07/07/2025All the federal investigators are working for ICE now. They can’t find Jeffrey Epstein 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 05/07/2025He was speaking at a fundraiser for an abolitionist group. So it’s not like anybody was surprised at the general direction of his speech. 000 0
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Happy Fourth of July. Or, if not happy, at least not despair. Douglas was speaking at a fundraiser to fight the Fugitive Slave Act minnesotareformer.com/2025/07/04/w...minnesotareformer.comWhat to the slave is the Fourth of July? • Minnesota ReformerFrederick Douglass wrote this reflection on the meaning of the Declaration of Independence to the enslaved. 050 5
Reposted by Laura AdrianMarie @randommarie.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Want a way to have a small voice? Head to Etsy, find whatever vile and repugnant alligator Alcatraz merch you can and report it. Choose the item, scroll all the way to the bottom, and report it. Tell ETSY that you will not accept its presence. Absolutely stomach turning. 010225 102
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Prediction is tough. Especially about the future. 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 29/06/2025It took years for Ethics In Games Journalism to reach this astonishing point in transforming history 030 3
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Not to put too fine a point on it, I can think of one fairly easily 110 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 26/06/2025“Goes even further off the cliff” isn’t a metaphor for simply being wrong. As a metaphor for claiming to be a Sooper Genius, chasing innocent guys all over the Southwest, and going off on unsupported conspiracy theories…it could apply pretty well. Just not in the context you quoted 000 0
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 26/06/2025It’s funnier than that! He’s saying Mamdani has an unfair family advantage because of his mom’s skills. Totally unfair! It’s not like Cuomo could ask any of his relatives for campaign help; none of them know anything 181 8
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic is supposed to use whole cloves, braised. You might try 0.75 cup of the dried minced, rehydrated and added to the braising liquid. 020 2
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Agreed! I’d rather see “The exciting sequel to [this] and [that]! Coming soon, details TBA” than that kind of sludge. 020 2
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 24/06/2025It can go on any private property. So it can go on your home, or the store you work at (but the post office belongs to the government so if you work there you’re out of luck) 110 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 24/06/2025The Christine Lavin song from 40 years ago is still relevant. It don’t matter what kinda loving you’re into, Or how big your apartment might be; All you need’s an air conditioner, And you’re the man for me. 021 2
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 24/06/2025If they ban one of an author’s books using this system (1 complaint, no review), they often ban all the other books by that author. Maybe books by other authors with the same name. The school over-complies and obeys in advance so they don’t risk bankrupting the district. 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Those who say social media is bad for one’s health may look at you as an example. Heal quickly! In the meantime, consider zinc oxide and N95 masks 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 23/06/2025That’s not a post-pandemic thing that came along with Trump politics. Lots of people were devout “Moral Majority” Christians who believed passionately in hating feminism, supporting Reagan, and sending $$$ to Jerry Falwell, even if not anything else. 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Thanks! I just happen to have chickpeas in the pantry, and the can labels 0.5 cups as the serving size. Obviously looks like a lot less potassium. 110 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 23/06/2025What kind of canned beans? The chickpeas in my pantry now don’t have much 100 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 22/06/2025A lot of people have one really formal outfit, so that’s what they wear on a formal occasion 000 0
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Sometimes kids run around playing in dangerous heat (bc they can’t sit still all day) and don’t have much body awareness bc little + distracted. They don’t notice they’re thirsty or overheated, they just go all whiny and miserable. Make them sit in shade or A/C, w water + pickle or electrolyte drink 100 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 22/06/2025All the actors in the Wishbone series were house-trained, so their Oliver Twist (featuring a terrier in the title role) was not dogshit. Abridged? Yes. But abridged with human skill and care. Maybe canine or muppet skill and care, but not AI. 000 0
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 22/06/2025How many representatives does it take to counter the official leadership? I’ve heard from a dozen (including Katherine Clark, the minority whip.) 010 1
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 22/06/2025And I loved it more before thinking it should have been Meg’s story. It’s a story changing timelines for the birth of a special infant. There’s a pregnant woman. You’d think the resonance would be right there. (2) But I cannot be critical about “between me and the power of darkness” 050 5
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 22/06/2025This poem hits me so very hard, especially at times like these. It’s wonderful. I loved the book so uncritically as a kid, loved it so much before seeing it as a Christmas story. Before seeing any racism in the premise that a special newborn saves the world by mere existence + his blue eyes. (1) 230 3
Reposted by Laura AdrianLorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 21/06/2025A group of tow truck drivers in LA have reportedly also been stalking ICE vehicles and towing them once the agents get out of the vehicles and leave it unattended. / 251755262 1.8K
Laura Adrian @laura-adrian.bsky.social · 21/06/2025They aren’t going to cut their noses off because they think it will bring them profit or health. It’s spite. 000 0
Reposted by Laura AdrianKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 17/06/2025People who don’t like AI aren’t in denial about how useful it is. People who like AI are in denial about how useful it is 512461521 2.5K