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Alison Coffey

Alison Coffey

@acoffey.bsky.social

730 followers 820 following 1.5K posts

Popular with gnomes. (also: psychotherapist, humanist, existentialist, Iowa City citizen, Survivor fan, reader, vegetarian, and The National stan)

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 22h

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

How would you describe that worldview?
My father told me something when I was very small to instill confidence in me: “Nobody in the world is worth more than you, but nobody’s worth less.” It is an egalitarian view that I’ve carried around in my life. That’s why I am for free schools, free universities, free health care, and free babysitting. Because our society could afford it. In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It’s not. It’s only freedom to exploit people.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 1d

I just want people to care about each other. And stop wanting more than they can even spend. And to stop eating octopus. I have a few wants, I guess.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 1d

I always have a plan to get rid of a bunch of my holiday decor and have less stuff but then I keep getting more because I secretly believe holiday decorations are key to joy and these are troubled times.

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Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · Jun 22

This came up in my reels a few days ago & I haven't been able to stop thinking about it

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Fancy Man Enjoys Tea https://theonion.com/fancy-man-enjoys-tea-1819569438/

Fancy Man Enjoys Tea

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 3d

And has no filter because he's never felt he needed one.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 3d

If I were a house I'd be this one.

www.trulia.com/home/1108-w-...

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 3d

I hate that we have to wait so long until midterms to see if midterms work.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 3d

Has Taylor Swift gotten this memo? Not that she should carry the brunt of it. We also have a few Kardashians, Bezos, Zuckerberg, and maybe Selena Gomez? Anyway, get on it billionaires.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 3d

Seems clear Republicans truly don't care about preserving any part of the country they have so boldly & loudly claimed to love. What is a country if not its land, people, ideals, law, its history? They care nothing of norms, laws, freedom, security, or prosperity. They value power & destruction.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 3d

I'm calling it the golden shower ballroom.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 3d

Dumber than a stump, is how my dad would describe him.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 3d

I really think of him as being Ramsey Snow from Game of Thrones.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 4d

This is 100 percent about hurting brown people. Or, just hurting people. We all know that Trump has no beef with cocaine or cocaine production.

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 4d

as a note, food banks need money, not canned goods

Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 4d

In one week, food aid is going to run out if the federal government is still shutdown. 1 in 10 Americans will not get paid they rely on in November, like SNAP. Please give to local food banks now, if you are able. Look into local groups that are providing meals and things like diapers. This is bad.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 4d

Please keep me in your thoughts during this difficult time (the two weeks of perfect autumn weather during which I have to try to wear all of my light jackets so I don’t feel like I wasted my money on them)

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 4d

And, they are willing to say it. That's the scariest part.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 4d

I think I’m team thieves.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 5d

They aren't leaders, just greedy and bloodthirsty trolls.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 5d

Oh my god. They have NO CLASS.

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 5d

Right? It’s an injustice

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 5d

You’re shorting me on my tall soy latte, Starbucks. Can’t I have nice things? At least a full drink? (First world problems, I know)

Starbucks latte 3/4 full

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 5d

The whataboutism on Gaza really rankles, especially for those of us who have spent our careers reporting on the crises Israel's defenders cynically invoke as so much worse than Gaza. I wrote about how it actually compares, and what the true toll may be. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

Opinion | What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think

www.nytimes.com

Alison Coffey @acoffey.bsky.social · 5d

My latest treasure from @bookshop.org. Amazon sucks. Reading is good. Writers are cool. 😎

3 books on a table: Happy People Don’t Live Here, Wild dark shore, North Woods