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Alice in Coffeeland

@seewhathappens.bsky.social
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🇺🇸 by birth. 🇨🇦 by Mom’s birth. Old enough to remember when the current situation seemed unthinkable in USA. No DMs please - too many abuses of that feature.

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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Would love to see a 28th Amendment to the effect that 75 Is the maximum age to run for President. And this applies also to a US President contemplating for a second term. To avoid ambiguity I’d set the line at: if your 76th bday is during or before the relevant inauguration day.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New day, same corrupt and personalist kleptocracy.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Even if you have reasonable means & free time, it is exhausting to keep up with the info fragmentation. I am not entitled to anyone’s work for free. But it’s a dilemma for the writers & the readers. I can leave a tip or buy a book better than keep a gazillion subscriptions active AND on my radar.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So, I missed the origin of the “furry pilots” story. But isn’t it weird to be worried about furries the same week that the FBI is talking about literal bestiality (a crime… also ewwww) being OK with them?
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/09/20/u... CNN, no paywall. Thanks, CNN!
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Venezuelan Door Dash driver shot and wounded by ICE agent in Austin, Texas, officials say | CNN
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and injured a man who was working as a DoorDash driver Sunday on the north side of Texas’ capital, city officials confirmed, but hours later, there we...
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just got a bulk mail from Talarico campaign saying that fundraising has taken a nose dive. Setting aside the usual candidate hyperbole, YA THINK?
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My dad was measurably more lucid than this 2018 & we reluctantly opted against “helping” him (a Dem) vote in midterms. (We felt this would be a legal exposure for his kids who had activated Powers of Attorney.) And now McConnell is being spoon-fed votes in the freaking US Senate.
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Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good morning 🌞 Is anyone interested?
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good time to plan, folks. Put stabilized diesel in my ⛵️ last week (will last a long while) and topped up 🚘 (4 G gas) tonite. I’ve driven very efficiently for years (stacking errands, etc.). But I remember seeing the lines and rationing in the early 70s. Not pretty. 1/
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just realized a quick translation key to narcissists. They can’t touch anything without injecting at least something that is vulgar, slimy, or pejorative. Even when they stay on script and don’t go all self serving.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Reacher Season Four. Anyone else find this one less interesting? Maybe it only seems that way because of the pace of the weekly releases (I was late to the party and binge-watched the first three seasons). I may be losing a little momentum watching it weekly.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reason #999 not to give the power of the purse to the president.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I’m so out of it this morning, I thought this was a joking reference to the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition. Standing corrected, my sympathies to Norway.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Some mornings the only thing I feel like I can hold onto is the idea that I might swim a mile again today (self care), while knowing that helps nobody. Trump’s D.C. Makeover Projects Are ‘Only an Idea,’ Until They’re Much More www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Trump’s D.C. Makeover Projects Are ‘Only an Idea,’ Until They’re Much More
A proposed garden of heroes is following a familiar path in which facts on the ground move faster than anyone can keep up.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I’m not sure what is more annoying: toilet paper pks of 12 claiming to be 36 of some hypothetical thing nobody even sells… or some mindless little cat game telling me it is designed for “IQ 240” 🤣🤣🤣 players. Runner up is the candidate who pledges on 31 Aug that this is their last spam of the month 🙄
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Just cruising Bluesky this morning & hitting ♥️ on all the posts that amplify Trump’s fascist authoritarian moves to sic government regulators on a free press honestly reporting his unpopularity. As our information sources change the name of Lake Ontario. Nothing to see here.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I guess the measles and meningitis B, food safety issues, DOGE cuts internationally, ICE renditions, and Medicaid cuts aren’t projected to remove us fast enough. It’s not gonna be a good day for me unless I log off, so sorry, bye for now.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You have got to be kidding me. Utterly disqualifying. This is a gift article (for form’s sake) but not all that worth reading past the intro unless you want to get mad. Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Do what you gotta do to take care of yourselves, folks. Logging off and staying off the rest of the day is my ambitious goal despite this triple-digit heat day.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
No fan of Natalie Harp. I do feel some of the commentary is slipping into a place where women too close to power must be “whores.” Not only does that attitude make it hard for women to succeed (and puts an asterisk on all who do) it normalizes sexual harassment. Lived thru this shit c1980s.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🎩 Hat tip @carlquintanilla.bsky.social quoting today’s Statesman on CNBC. Pigs fly 🐖 Greg Abbott does something I love. Is it NIMBY if we don’t have the power OR the water? No, it is not.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
www.texastribune.org/2026/08/03/t...
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New Texas data center projects frozen until state audits them
On Monday, the governor ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit all data centers wanting to connect to the state’s power grid.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
So this new guy on the MSNOW panel… not loving the first impression. Happy to be proven wrong. But he seems a bit smug and full of himself.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If Trump was actively trying to string along this Iran war, keeping it going, insuring no deal, purposely creating chaos and doubt, what would he do differently? Re: CNBC saying Pakistan may be renewing involvement in talks.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The only thing Trump is missing is a handful of ball bearings like Bogart in Caine Mutiny. In hindsight, the signifiers of his madness in that film were too subtle for today.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Wow, sounds like Trump’s first term was full of incompetence vis a vis election integrity /sarcasm
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I probably will try to watch the idiocy tonight… out of self-defense (forewarned, forearmed) or mockery, not sure. It’s positively pathetic how the (arguably) most powerful person in the world is pathetically obsessed with what they didn’t get. What a low sack of something he is.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Reading Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad for the first time with the description of the “regulators.” And without taking anything away from the blood-soaked history, I keep thinking of ICE and how even this aspect of the past is not past. 😢
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Chicago ❤️ @chitownstrong.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Bluesky just carded me because of a new Texas law where you have to prove age. Almost didn’t do it. Hope I don’t regret it. Not Bluesky’s fault. There is no privacy.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I don’t know whether the red card was bad reffing or not but to me it’s beside the point. The intervention by our government is the problem. People used to care about appearance of impropriety. Loss of any honor or shame is making this dark and frightening world. And escalating quickly.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Saw him open for Journey at Reunion Arena in Dallas the early 1980s and he rocked. Camped out to get great tickets. Super song here. HAPPY CANADA DAY.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Initial reasons I joined a lineage society included that progressives need to not leave the field to those of a conservative bent who pretend to have the monopoly on America. Proud this week to be a member. IYKYK. One bright spot in the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Housing Crisis: buying a “starter” house in 1989, the guide I used - which I think was fairly common at the time - was the total mortgage before prop tax and insurance needed to be within 2x my annual salary. It was still a leap of faith/big bite. I cannot imagine how anyone can buy these days.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Run, don’t walk, to your nearest HBO/Max screen to see Josh Fox’s documentary The Welcome Table about worldwide climate-driven refugee crisis. Tragic and yet somehow uplifting. So well done. “WOW” Indeed. (No affiliation, just a viewer.) #TheWelcomeTable
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Carry on, carry on. David Clayton-Thomas, Lead Singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/a...
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David Clayton-Thomas, Lead Singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Dies at 84
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Bluesky needs an “I hate this, but thank you” button.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Wordle 1,809 X/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩whoo boy, Wordle is being a real smart ass today.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Free Dem messaging opportunity: Trumpflation is so bad they need a $250 bill now.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Mostly about rapidly proliferating grifter organizations, the infinite number of candidates in other states who send me long screeds and who may or may not have a chance, and D primary fights. Trust me, if you are James Talarico right now, I know where to find your donate link!
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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
good morning
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Had surgery recently and it kicked my butt. However the brain cells are slowly returning (oops… unintended brain in my butt setup). This account might be less political in future if I feel that obsessing re unpunished crimes at high levels is not an area where I am adding value. Not giving up, tho.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
As for Democratic-Party-and-candidate-adjacent spam: I’ve graduated from “unsubscribe” to flat out “block” on ALL texts and emails. As a D voter, this brings me no joy. But the party, Act Blue, et al abused the list and brought it on themselves. Their spam is making my comms as good as unusable.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
My best days are when I just check Bluesky once, in the morning, to check what the regime has done or broken…
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
DTF St Louis. Wow. I guessed correctly who killed Floyd, but getting there was a trip. 😢
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Some of us thought that the arc of the moral universe really was bending toward justice. Most of my lifetime tended to encourage that thought. Things were far from perfect, but they were getting better. Feels like 60+ years of bad getting better is evaporating at a per second per second rate.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
My Anxiety Is Keeping Me Up. How Can I Get Some Sleep? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/w... Gift article
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My Anxiety Is Keeping Me Up. How Can I Get Some Sleep?
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Getting really tired of hearing the word “DEAL” when no objective for a deal is on the table. And when the prior agreement was thrown out seemly on a whim.
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Alice in Coffeeland @seewhathappens.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
On the minus side, he is a madman. On the plus side, his Führerbunker under the demolished Easy Wing is not ready yet (nor will it be in two weeks). Impeach this madman now.
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