Sign in

Arlene

@whynotaduck.bsky.social
8.9K followers 8.1K following 4.2K posts

Proud Democrat. Work in and around film and theater. Robert Benchley fan, and a mom to one human and two cats. And a knitter. Yes to Oxford commas! No DMs.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Arlene
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h
The US has withdrawn from GRECO, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog, which it has been a member of since 2000, ABC reports. Russia and Belarus are the only other countries to have left the group.
45547289
Reposted by Arlene
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22h
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
784269447888
Reposted by Arlene
Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
2430244556072
Reposted by Arlene
Minnesota DFL Party @dfl.org · 29/09/2026
GOP Senator Eric Schmitt didn't know the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes — and tried to use his wrong information in questioning a witness. @amyklobuchar.com sets the record straight: "You have your teams wrong."
61866218
Reposted by Arlene
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 16h
Former South Park writer Toby Morton is building a website to document the account of the victim of an alleged gang rape at Cornell University. May their names live in infamy. www.thecornell7.org
thecornell7.org
Home | The Cornell 7
311568
Reposted by Arlene
Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17h
Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college.
511901596
Reposted by Arlene
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
777179555664
Reposted by Arlene
Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 20h
Took me way longer than I'd like to admit to make this video of Eric Schmitt R-MO being utterly inept with Jack Smith as Katie Britt R-AL looks on
1212332
Reposted by Arlene
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
The Qatari PM is right. Netanyahu used his UNGA speech to declare war on his enemies inside the US. But Netanyahu's problem is that his enemies are roughly 80% of the US population.
18027
Reposted by Arlene
Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What a fucking embarrassment
2923831794
Reposted by Arlene
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
32864701400
Reposted by Arlene
ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 29/09/2026
I know it's basically just treated as the most pathetic thing ever to still care about 2016 (as a Clinton supporter, obviously as a Bernie supporter it's great and just the most natural thing in the world) but I will never forget how "women's empowerment" got renamed to "girlboss"
1184
Reposted by Arlene
ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 29/09/2026
Michael Tracy trying to dox the Cornell rape victim really underscores what the left is in this country now: it is a boy's club. We made that decision when we decided "electing a female President" was not culturally important two times in a row because of the misogyny boys' foreign policy hangups
64411
Reposted by Arlene
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
20870751497
Reposted by Arlene
Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#BREAKING | 100 Violent Israeli Settlers Did A Pogrom In The West Bank, Burned Property And Injured People More footage soon
24141
Reposted by Arlene
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
absolutely gutting
214331
Reposted by Arlene
Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All of this could've been avoided... it must be nice to have had the luxury to support this, sit out or be Uncommitted... knowing none of this would affect you, that you'd be immune.......
26929
Reposted by Arlene
Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ohio doesn’t have anyone in the Senate fighting for us – we’re changing that this November.
5482111
Reposted by Arlene
KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Troy Hawke @troyhawke.bsky.social "Philadelphia remains the undefeated US champion of compliment response. The Scousers of the States."
3349
Reposted by Arlene
Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Congress, I am proud to say that I have passed four bills through the House. Not because I compromise my values, not because the legislation is a “gimme,” But because I show up every day and work hard for our community.
620784
Reposted by Arlene
auntyr.bsky.social @auntyr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1134
Reposted by Arlene
Lost_Me85 @threequarters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These are the four men who thought writing an essay was sufficient punishment for gang rape. Harrington is doctor who teaches future doctors.
124846
Reposted by Arlene
Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I am literally a genetics professor who has to cover inbreeding and the genetics of small populations in my classes and holy shit I'd never talk about *any* human community like this Furthermore, since he is not a genetics professor, I do not understand why he's talking about it at all?
57419
Reposted by Arlene
darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
110144
Reposted by Arlene
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.
elespectador.com
Meta restringe la cuenta de Lula y su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera
De cara a las elecciones en Brasil, Lula enfrenta a Meta por restringir su cuenta mientras su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera.
421004644
Reposted by Arlene
Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Schumer launched the Senate’s Democrats anti-corruption working group to expose Trump’s corruption, to show Americans exactly what it’s costing them and to build reforms needed to stop it. “He makes Warren Harding look like a piker”
154
Reposted by Arlene
Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sept 24, 2026 @whitehouse.senate.gov & Leader @schumer.senate.gov held a joint press conference to announce the release of Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) new report on their investigation of Trump’s sordid "The Billion Dollar Deal”🧵
163
Reposted by Arlene
Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Senator Whitehouse spells it all out.
122
Reposted by Arlene
Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The happiness of this girl after discovering that her dog, whom she had been trying to teach sign language for some time, has finally begun to understand her. [📹 erycadias22] Original post
1797415983
Reposted by Arlene
R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So Fetterman is a lifelong Republican. Well, can't say White Leftists weren't warned.
37417
Reposted by Arlene
CCscott @ccscott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
511273164
Reposted by Arlene
Kurt Weldon @kurtweldon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These guys really need to take a cue from Monty Python: "You're a very silly person and I'm not going to interview you."
19611
Reposted by Arlene
M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
RepubliKKKans Are Bad For America, Vote Accordingly.......💙
26988613079
Reposted by Arlene
TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#EveryVoteCounts #Volunteer AFTerburner Hosted Retiree Phone Banking Virtual event Join from anywhere Tuesdays through Oct 27 2:30 – 4pm EDT Tue, Nov 3, 2:30–4:00pm EST www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
mobilize.us
AFTerburner Hosted Retiree Phone Banking · Mobilize
Let’s Protect Our AFT Members’ Access to the Ballot! ## Join us Connect with AFT retired members throughout the election cycle. From helping members check their voter registration and understand the...
046
Reposted by Arlene
Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Palestinian death toll in Gaza war rises above 74,000 since the war began and other Mideast news | AP apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com
Palestinian death toll in Gaza war rises above 74,000 since the war began and other Mideast news
The Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 74,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The war began nearly three years ago.
55639
Reposted by Arlene
4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Joe Biden went to the Supreme Court to get usury student debt relieved. Donald Trump went to the Supreme Court to restrict voting rights. Both sides are not the same.
6244107
Reposted by Arlene
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
531201798104
Reposted by Arlene
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
29169102720
Reposted by Arlene
Paige Perriello @paigeperriello.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Full of pride and hope today as I voted for my brother @tomperriello.bsky.social for Congress! (Early voting began today - please visit iwillvote.com to learn more about where and when you can cast your ballot!).
Picture of me voting at Albemarle county office building standing in front of an American flag  and holding my I voted  today sticker.
1234
Reposted by Arlene
TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 26/09/2026
Let's start in Virginia where Paige Perriello had the honor of voting early for her very own brother @tomperriello.bsky.social in what is an unexpectedly competitive #VA05. Thank you for banking your ballot early, Paige! bsky.app/profile/paig...
1112
Reposted by Arlene
🪶☘️Redi 🏳️‍🌈🖕MAGA, Sanders & 3rd party/non-committeds🖕 @redincalif.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But... Your daily reminder that 3rd party/non-committed said this DAILY during the election to justify their abdicating responsibility for their stupid ass vote
021
Reposted by Arlene
MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥💥BOOM💥💥 Costco took its $184M in rebate refund and used it to lower costs targeting products that would have the most impact for members!! Kudos Costco!! www.seattletimes.com/business/cos...
seattletimes.com
Costco clinches $184M in tariff refunds, with more expected
The big-box retailer said the money was reinvested to give "value back to our members." It’s more than a third of the total tariff refunds the company expects.
19970372280
Reposted by Arlene
M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED......
8644081680
Reposted by Arlene
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
694155506355
Reposted by Arlene
Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
Rajab al-Reefi teaches children to skate to ‘bring some joy’, but finding boards and safe spaces is a daily challenge
theguardian.com
‘We skate on the rooftops of damaged buildings’: a day in the life of a skateboarder in Gaza
1102
Reposted by Arlene
Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No one, repeat, NO ONE, is obligated to listen to Netanyahu drivel on and on at the UNGA. I would, because I would want to hear what he says live and take notes to shred him later. But sorry, Bibi, they are not "moral cowards" for walking out on your ass.
99622
Reposted by Arlene
Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Two brothers meet after being separated by the Berlin Wall." Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪. Christmas season, 1963. 🙏🏼🌎🕊️ 📷 Photos by Ian Berry© Magnum Photos | Historic Photographs
45511
Reposted by Arlene
RoseRed @thebookishgardener.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good morning 🌞 ☕️🍂 🖌️ Mildred Anne Butler, “Shades of Evening,” 1904 #art #Painting #artist
120640
Reposted by Arlene
paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@ellisjrosen.bsky.social
113727
Reposted by Arlene
paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@ellisjrosen.bsky.social
18016