Araminta, Goddess of Databases (She/Her)
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At this since dinosaurs roamed the Earth & Lynx was a thing. Multimedia designer/author/webmaster. Past lives include theatre admin & production, fiber artistry, & endless reruns of M*A*S*H. Living "This Old House" for reals.
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Welcome To Can I VoteNeed help with voting? You've come to the right place. This nonpartisan website was created by state election officials to help eligible voters figure out how and where to go vote...
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Let's do it again 11/3/2026!
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Let's do it again 11/3/2026!
canivote.org
ballotpedia.org
270towin.org
#TakeBackCongress
#NoKings
#voteBlueNoMatterWho
#Project2026
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One problem with the DoJ defense of Trump is that no one believes a word DoJ says anymore.
DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!
December 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
One problem with the DoJ defense of Trump is that no one believes a word DoJ says anymore.
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The American people have had enough of this two-tiered justice system where the ultrarich never face consequences.
Ask your GOP Members of Congress what they will do to uphold the law they voted for, ensure the release of all the Epstein files, and give Epstein's survivors the justice they deserve.
Ask your GOP Members of Congress what they will do to uphold the law they voted for, ensure the release of all the Epstein files, and give Epstein's survivors the justice they deserve.
The Epstein cover-up continues. Let's keep up the pressure on Republicans until ALL the files are released.
Trump, his GOP enablers, and the Pam Bondi-led DOJ still think that – if they stall long enough – voters will forget about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and the role Donald Trump, and some Republican megad...
act.indivisible.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The American people have had enough of this two-tiered justice system where the ultrarich never face consequences.
Ask your GOP Members of Congress what they will do to uphold the law they voted for, ensure the release of all the Epstein files, and give Epstein's survivors the justice they deserve.
Ask your GOP Members of Congress what they will do to uphold the law they voted for, ensure the release of all the Epstein files, and give Epstein's survivors the justice they deserve.
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This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
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Sharyn Alfonsi is an award-winning journalist who has worked for 60 Minutes for 20 years. Before that she reported for ABC, CBS & local news outlets. If Alfonsi says her story was spiked by Bari Weiss political reasons, that’s exactly what happened. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sharyn Alfonsi is an award-winning journalist who has worked for 60 Minutes for 20 years. Before that she reported for ABC, CBS & local news outlets. If Alfonsi says her story was spiked by Bari Weiss political reasons, that’s exactly what happened. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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1. The best time to invest in independent media and move away from corporate media was yesterday.
2. The next best time is right now.
3. I’m not a hard journalist, but I do honestly inform. My blog is free to read and subscribe. No paywalls.
Subscribe: charlotteclymer.substack.com
2. The next best time is right now.
3. I’m not a hard journalist, but I do honestly inform. My blog is free to read and subscribe. No paywalls.
Subscribe: charlotteclymer.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
1. The best time to invest in independent media and move away from corporate media was yesterday.
2. The next best time is right now.
3. I’m not a hard journalist, but I do honestly inform. My blog is free to read and subscribe. No paywalls.
Subscribe: charlotteclymer.substack.com
2. The next best time is right now.
3. I’m not a hard journalist, but I do honestly inform. My blog is free to read and subscribe. No paywalls.
Subscribe: charlotteclymer.substack.com
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UPDATE on Nebula Awards and LLMs:
SFWA just announced: "SFWA does not support the use of LLM generative models in the production of creative work. … Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible [in the Nebulas]."
SFWA just announced: "SFWA does not support the use of LLM generative models in the production of creative work. … Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible [in the Nebulas]."
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
UPDATE on Nebula Awards and LLMs:
SFWA just announced: "SFWA does not support the use of LLM generative models in the production of creative work. … Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible [in the Nebulas]."
SFWA just announced: "SFWA does not support the use of LLM generative models in the production of creative work. … Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible [in the Nebulas]."
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Elise Stefanik did an event in her north country home district on Thursday and found the local crowd, in a ruby-red area, was intensely hostile to her. It was one of the reasons leading her to decide it was time to quit politics and move on. www.timesunion.com/state/articl...
Elise Stefanik suspends campaign for governor of New York
It’s the second time in the past year that Stefanik has had to back out of her pursuit of a position outside Congress.
www.timesunion.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Elise Stefanik did an event in her north country home district on Thursday and found the local crowd, in a ruby-red area, was intensely hostile to her. It was one of the reasons leading her to decide it was time to quit politics and move on. www.timesunion.com/state/articl...
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he can name everything after himself like DC is his own personal failed casino. it doesn’t matter. the moment he’s outta power it all comes down. i’ll show up with a chisel and pry that shit off the building myself.
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
he can name everything after himself like DC is his own personal failed casino. it doesn’t matter. the moment he’s outta power it all comes down. i’ll show up with a chisel and pry that shit off the building myself.
How much do I love Muppet Christmas Carol & The Little Theatre? Just refreshed the screen enough times to land the last 2 tickets in the BIG theater for this year's Big Screen event. Full length, too.
Given our current Dickensian state, I'll take what I can get.
www.sunnyhill.org/services/dic...
Given our current Dickensian state, I'll take what I can get.
www.sunnyhill.org/services/dic...
a group of muppets are sitting around a table with a candle and a man standing in front of them .
Alt: a group of Muppets are sitting around a table with a candle and a goose, and Michael Caine as Ebeneezer Scrooge is saying God bless us, everyone.
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
How much do I love Muppet Christmas Carol & The Little Theatre? Just refreshed the screen enough times to land the last 2 tickets in the BIG theater for this year's Big Screen event. Full length, too.
Given our current Dickensian state, I'll take what I can get.
www.sunnyhill.org/services/dic...
Given our current Dickensian state, I'll take what I can get.
www.sunnyhill.org/services/dic...
Oh, and relatedly: The same day That Man spewed N@zi nonsense, @governor.ny.gov announced positive movement toward MAID. This is one of the biggest reasons why I left Maryland to return to NY.
Bodily autonomy and choice. Finally.
Thank you, Gov. Hochul.
www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...
Bodily autonomy and choice. Finally.
Thank you, Gov. Hochul.
www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...
Governor Hochul Reaches Agreement With State Legislature to Pass Medical Aid in Dying Act in New York
Governor Hochul announced an agreement with the Legislature to make medical aid in dying available to terminally ill New Yorkers with less than six months to live.
www.governor.ny.gov
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Oh, and relatedly: The same day That Man spewed N@zi nonsense, @governor.ny.gov announced positive movement toward MAID. This is one of the biggest reasons why I left Maryland to return to NY.
Bodily autonomy and choice. Finally.
Thank you, Gov. Hochul.
www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...
Bodily autonomy and choice. Finally.
Thank you, Gov. Hochul.
www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...
I hear some old guy got on major media and ranted for a bunch of time, but I didn't bother to listen. I was too busy erasing my past on Facebook.
Slow going. Appears I really liked to click the Like button a lot a few years ago. And there were candles to light. And before that a proposal to finish.
Slow going. Appears I really liked to click the Like button a lot a few years ago. And there were candles to light. And before that a proposal to finish.
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I hear some old guy got on major media and ranted for a bunch of time, but I didn't bother to listen. I was too busy erasing my past on Facebook.
Slow going. Appears I really liked to click the Like button a lot a few years ago. And there were candles to light. And before that a proposal to finish.
Slow going. Appears I really liked to click the Like button a lot a few years ago. And there were candles to light. And before that a proposal to finish.
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@mcbride.house.gov is right. It’s hard enough being a kid — and politicians don’t need to make it harder.
Thank you, Congresswoman, for speaking out against the cruel Republican attacks on health care for trans youth.
Thank you, Congresswoman, for speaking out against the cruel Republican attacks on health care for trans youth.
December 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@mcbride.house.gov is right. It’s hard enough being a kid — and politicians don’t need to make it harder.
Thank you, Congresswoman, for speaking out against the cruel Republican attacks on health care for trans youth.
Thank you, Congresswoman, for speaking out against the cruel Republican attacks on health care for trans youth.
Anyone still cheering for this woman? Why, exactly?
Fuck her and everyone who voted with her.
Fuck her and everyone who voted with her.
Earlier tonight: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill effectively banning gender-affirming health care for youth passed in the House. This is a serious attack on parents' ability to make *private* medical decisions for their families. www.advocate.com/politics/mtg...
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors passes with Democrats’ support
The outgoing Georgia congresswoman was able to successfully make transgender young people a target as one of her last acts in Congress.
www.advocate.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Anyone still cheering for this woman? Why, exactly?
Fuck her and everyone who voted with her.
Fuck her and everyone who voted with her.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died
apnews.com/article/pete...
apnews.com/article/pete...
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died
apnews.com/article/pete...
apnews.com/article/pete...
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The reporters and staff at ProPublica have done great work to build the outlet into a trusted public interest media brand.
Is @propublica.org management trying to make it into another untrusted content aggregator and purveyor of AI slop? Why?
Is @propublica.org management trying to make it into another untrusted content aggregator and purveyor of AI slop? Why?
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The reporters and staff at ProPublica have done great work to build the outlet into a trusted public interest media brand.
Is @propublica.org management trying to make it into another untrusted content aggregator and purveyor of AI slop? Why?
Is @propublica.org management trying to make it into another untrusted content aggregator and purveyor of AI slop? Why?
This is how I know there is no god. If there was, they'd have acted years ago.
Prove me wrong.
Prove me wrong.
This man is a monster. He has no human empathy. He is an embarrassment to this country. People lost their jobs and are still being hounded because of much more banal comments about Charlie Kirk.
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is how I know there is no god. If there was, they'd have acted years ago.
Prove me wrong.
Prove me wrong.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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Rough weekend for the Jewish community, just as Hanukkah is starting.
Rob Reiner and his dad, Carl, were Jewish cultural icons, each in their own way.
Carl was a foundational figure in Jewish-American comedy, and Rob was a major cultural and political voice in American film and public life.
Rob Reiner and his dad, Carl, were Jewish cultural icons, each in their own way.
Carl was a foundational figure in Jewish-American comedy, and Rob was a major cultural and political voice in American film and public life.
BREAKING
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home.
TMZ reports their bodies were found with knife wounds.
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home.
TMZ reports their bodies were found with knife wounds.
BREAKING: Rob Reiner and Wife Michele Found Dead
Rob Reiner, the legendary actor, director, and political activist, along with his wife Michele, the photographer and activist, were found dead in their home in Los Angeles.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Rough weekend for the Jewish community, just as Hanukkah is starting.
Rob Reiner and his dad, Carl, were Jewish cultural icons, each in their own way.
Carl was a foundational figure in Jewish-American comedy, and Rob was a major cultural and political voice in American film and public life.
Rob Reiner and his dad, Carl, were Jewish cultural icons, each in their own way.
Carl was a foundational figure in Jewish-American comedy, and Rob was a major cultural and political voice in American film and public life.
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It has been 13 years since the lives of 20 children and six educators were taken in minutes by a gunman armed with a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle and high-capacity magazines at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut. Two other people were wounded. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It has been 13 years since the lives of 20 children and six educators were taken in minutes by a gunman armed with a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle and high-capacity magazines at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut. Two other people were wounded. 🧵
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Man, I really wish I enjoyed jukebox musicals. They're working SO hard on this.
It should be great.
Sigh.
It is just me.
It should be great.
Sigh.
It is just me.
December 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Man, I really wish I enjoyed jukebox musicals. They're working SO hard on this.
It should be great.
Sigh.
It is just me.
It should be great.
Sigh.
It is just me.
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Let’s be very clear-eyed about this: Today is December 10th. The Epstein Files are due to be released on December 19th—so the war with Venezuela will start sometime between then and right now.
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Let’s be very clear-eyed about this: Today is December 10th. The Epstein Files are due to be released on December 19th—so the war with Venezuela will start sometime between then and right now.
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross — theonion.com/white-house-...
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
theonion.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross — theonion.com/white-house-...