Angie the Optimist (again)
@angietheoptimus.bsky.social
Chaotic good archaeologist. Work-from-home enthusiast. Everyone’s history is important. Smaller class sizes. Prison is immoral. ACAB. Sorry for being so awkward.
Pinned
Horrendous. A man lying on the ground is repeatedly beaten by LA riot police, before one deliberately tramples him with horse.
These officers should face charges.
(🎥 Bricktop via X)
These officers should face charges.
(🎥 Bricktop via X)
they will tell you to be peaceful as they beat you to the ground
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It’s also important to note that “white” as a category of people did not exist before the 17th century, and came into existence as a social construct largely as a way to justify why some people could be enslaved for life while others couldn’t.
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It’s also important to note that “white” as a category of people did not exist before the 17th century, and came into existence as a social construct largely as a way to justify why some people could be enslaved for life while others couldn’t.
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How can we feel safe here if the head of trust and safety is trolling people?
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
How can we feel safe here if the head of trust and safety is trolling people?
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Monday Mood
We all wanna change the world
We all wanna change the world
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Monday Mood
We all wanna change the world
We all wanna change the world
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Pillars of 👀
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December 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Pillars of 👀
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finally finished my christmas decorations, a postcard from Jesus
December 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
finally finished my christmas decorations, a postcard from Jesus
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bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
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The Constitution is not a legal document as much as it is a social contract. The insistence that it is entirely the former has damaged our acceptance of the latter.
It's largely lost today because we've allowed constitutional law to become the exclusive preserve of lawyers, but the original idea of written constitutionalism was partly one of public education, publicity, & (proto-)democracy—people should be able to read & come to know the law which binds them
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Constitution is not a legal document as much as it is a social contract. The insistence that it is entirely the former has damaged our acceptance of the latter.
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6/ Finally, your reminder that Hegseth said Bradley acted within the authority Hegseth gave him and that, in retrospect, Bradley made the "correct decision."
December 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
6/ Finally, your reminder that Hegseth said Bradley acted within the authority Hegseth gave him and that, in retrospect, Bradley made the "correct decision."
from blowing up fishing boats to violently abducting our neighbors to burning coal and undermining solar — this administration looks for the most destructive and deadly choice and takes it every time
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Workers raise red flags about hazardous US policy change: 'The companies might be getting a handout' — The Cool Down
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December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
from blowing up fishing boats to violently abducting our neighbors to burning coal and undermining solar — this administration looks for the most destructive and deadly choice and takes it every time
apple.news/AI6lQJEZcT3O...
apple.news/AI6lQJEZcT3O...
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lol everyone finding out white men benefit from preferential treatment in college admissions is sending me.
May the consequences of said actions begin. 🤷🏿♀️
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May the consequences of said actions begin. 🤷🏿♀️
hechingerreport.org/an-unexpecte...
Trump’s attacks on DEI may hurt men in college admission
A government order that colleges disclose details about their applicants suggests that advantages by gender may face the same heightened scrutiny as purported racial preferences. That threatens to acc...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
lol everyone finding out white men benefit from preferential treatment in college admissions is sending me.
May the consequences of said actions begin. 🤷🏿♀️
hechingerreport.org/an-unexpecte...
May the consequences of said actions begin. 🤷🏿♀️
hechingerreport.org/an-unexpecte...
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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Fucking great. That thing in the forest knows my name now and keeps saying in the voice of my mother.
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Fucking great. That thing in the forest knows my name now and keeps saying in the voice of my mother.
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Have you ever seen such a beautiful sight
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Have you ever seen such a beautiful sight
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Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
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This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
I watched 2001 on an iPod, but that didn’t make it better
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I watched 2001 on an iPod, but that didn’t make it better
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
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The American business world is starting to feel like the Highlander.
"From the dawn of time Corporations came…moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret mergers, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last."
"From the dawn of time Corporations came…moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret mergers, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last."
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The American business world is starting to feel like the Highlander.
"From the dawn of time Corporations came…moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret mergers, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last."
"From the dawn of time Corporations came…moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret mergers, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last."
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When you bury me can you leave one leg out of the casket so I don't get hot?
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When you bury me can you leave one leg out of the casket so I don't get hot?
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I'm not saying life is a vicious circle. But it may be a cruel rhombus. Or a callous trapezoid. At the very least, life is a bloodthirsty parallelogram
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'm not saying life is a vicious circle. But it may be a cruel rhombus. Or a callous trapezoid. At the very least, life is a bloodthirsty parallelogram
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Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
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Can't believe our tax dollars are going to be spent settling the upcoming exorbitant defamation suit with Sabrina Carpenter, but maybe this is just how public arts funding is going to work now.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Can't believe our tax dollars are going to be spent settling the upcoming exorbitant defamation suit with Sabrina Carpenter, but maybe this is just how public arts funding is going to work now.
just finished While You Were Sleeping and realized that I married both of my husbands because I fell in love with their families and yes that does tell you something about my childhood
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
just finished While You Were Sleeping and realized that I married both of my husbands because I fell in love with their families and yes that does tell you something about my childhood
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11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse