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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 9h

Considering the stupendous degree of rake-stepping Sen. Schmitt displayed today, should we start referring to him as “Sideshow Eric”?

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 9h

Every member of every chapter of the Chi Phi fraternity has just been enrolled to my “Fuck That Guy” list. This is a final, unappealable judgment.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 10h

Which interruption of your televisual sports would you rather yeet into the Sun? a. DraftKings and FanDuel b. Liberty Biberty Correct answer: All of them. Torch them all.

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 12h

i hate this stupid thing type-click-type.ghost.io/liberty-bibe...

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Liberty Biberty Is My Enemy

Get it out of here.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 10h

Making things much better: watching classic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies with Son. Classics like Rabbit Hood, The Rabbit of Seville, What’s Opera Doc. (Can’t help but think that those guys had a hella good time making these. OTOH, Carl Stallings’s one-full-score-a-week must have been grueling.)

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bonque, ben (טריפה שאלות) @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 14h

The three Classic Blunders of BlueSky are 1) go after furries 2) go after the dolls 3) go after the cyclists

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14h

I just said in my discussion at the IWPR event on women’s economic policy: asking “why am I hearing this and why I am hearing this now” is good praxis for the moment.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 13h

Different people think and work differently. A tool that works really well for one person—may even be indispensable—can be utterly unhelpful for another. Neither of those people is “weird.” They’re just different from one another.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 13h

I was thinking I might re-watch Counterpart. But I can’t find it in any of the usual places where I watch things.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 13h

Can we call them “politically correct language police” yet?

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 13h

Can I use Federal money for: 1. Dear-leader-worship propaganda? YES 2. Helping disabled people register to vote? AW HELL NO

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 16h

Well, aren’t you lucky? I just spared you a scoop full of inappropriate, cringe-inducing self over-disclosure.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 17h

Would it be in order for someone to ask whether Schmitt wants to “revise and extend” his questioning? (Probably not, but I’d love to hear someone say it.)

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 18h

Dental care saga continues. The U. Dental School—which at this point is my best shot at getting care—had a catastrophic water-line break over the weekend. Consequently, they aren’t even around, so no one can tell me whether they’ve gotten the info from my rheumatologist that they need.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 19h

So, in Kentucky you can get “Friends of Coal” license plates, with tag line “Coal keeps the lights on.” Two notes: 1. The tagline should be, “Coal keeps your rates up.” 2. The one I saw today read “PEEPOP,” which I desperately hope was a family nickname for Grandpa, and not some kind of beverage.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Post a meme made by you

Gothmog the Orc Commander says: The age of confirmation bias is over. The time of “Are you fucking kidding me?” has come.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 20h

Wishing an alert and chipper National* Coffee Day to all who celebrate. For if I may not thrice each day My little cup of coffee drink, I’ll turn indeed to my distress Into a dried-up roasted goat. (Bach, “Coffee” Cantata, BWV 211) * U.S., observed † International Coffee Day will be October 1

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RaccoonMoose @raccoonmoose.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Adding to the chorus of: Hello I am a life time rape victim/survivor. Please do not tell me your violent fantasies that you have about my abusers and attackers. That’s not helping me. I don’t feel defended or whatever you’re going for. Stop your friends and family from raping us in the first place

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, and I wish I could remember who recommended it to me because I am *absolutely enchanted*!

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Cactrot @cactrot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"How much reconstructive surgery is necessary for someone like yourself who is constantly stepping on so many rakes?"

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of my favorite profs in undergrad sat a bunch of us down to warn us sternly, “When you go to grad school, there are three kinds of people you *must not* piss off: secretaries, custodians, and people running the machine shop.” And I saw what happened to people who didn’t take that advice.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sometimes I wonder whether this city will *ever* elect a mayor who isn’t a white, male, developer-funded crony capitalist. I assess with moderate confidence that this will not happen in my lifetime.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The notion that we’re headed for a 2008-level crash is horrifying to me. So many U.S. people are already living precariously. Having the floor drop even further is going to be ugly.

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Dak @dak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ordering dinner via QR code feels less like going out for hospitality and more like submitting an IT helpdesk ticket for a bowl of pasta.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We live a block away from the American Printing House for the Blind. They’ve spent the last 3 years renovating the museum space they have there. This weekend they opened it up for a kind of sneak peek, inviting the neighborhood to come check it out. Son and I dropped in yesterday.

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

"Who would have predicted this?" - Black women did. - Trans people did. - The *entire* disability community did. - The anarchists did. - Post-Evangelicals did. "Well why didn't I hear them." You did. But you disregarded us as "extremists" and "alarmists". And you are still calling us that.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I was never very big on video games. But there was a nice span of time when I really, really enjoyed Tempest. Anyone else remember Tempest?

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m socially and physically exhausted. It’s been a nice couple of days, but I’m wiped out.

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McJulie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If we are against misogyny, we must reject racism as well. And if we are against racism, we must also reject misogyny.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It would be nice if something could go right for me some time. But past performance suggests I shouldn’t get my hopes up.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Someone I interacted with at my First Real Job has passed. She was in purchasing, specifically (I think) in keeping track of whether the org was keeping up with its minority-owned-business purchasing commitments. I was really sorry to hear she’s gone.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My circumstances are so narrow and restricted that even a minor irritation or simple thing going wrong feels overwhelming and I become very unpleasant to be around. It wasn’t supposed to be like this.

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

how meta!

text claiming to be a survey by the FTC asking "have you ever encountered an online scam?"

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think there’s a reason that Point Of Sale (machine) is called “POS”.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bambi. The drive-in also had a little pony that a kid could ride around in circles on. I woke up the next morning having broken out in chicken pox. (No causal connection AFAIK.)

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Dave Rudden @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My five year old has the soul of Orson Welles. We were outside school and he 'put a kiss in my pocket for later.' Extremely touched by this, I gave him two back. He dug out the second one, THEATRICALLY CRUSHED IT IN HIS FIST and said 'one is enough.'

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Watching Lincoln Lawyer (yes, again), and marveling at what a gem Elliott Gould is when he pops in.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wait, so today’s Main Character is … iced coffee?

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sign above the deli where we’re waiting for our sandwiches: “if you are angry, irritable, or just plain mean there will be a $10 charge for putting up with you.”

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wishing a blessed Dolly Day (9/25) to all who observe.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every time I’m feeling horrified by how hostile the U.S. is to immigrants and to trans people, a little voice in my head says “Could be worse—could be Britain.”

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Woke up to a call from Mom passing along word that a long-time family friend has passed away. A sobering way to start the day.

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week in “Private Equity Ruins Everything”:

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I just figured out today that Watergate conspirator* Jeb Stuart Magruder was, indeed, named after Confederate cavalry general J. E. B. Stuart. * and, later, PC(USA) pastor

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