Carol Armen 💙
@carolarmenesq.bsky.social
Retired labor atty/writer/extensive reader of well-researched histories/single mom at 40/fan of problem-solving/pantheist/ally: Black Americans, LGBTQ+, natives, immigrants. Philly. Please don't talk down to me, it makes me mad. Resist, Rebel, Revolt! 🌊
Pinned
Carol Armen 💙
@carolarmenesq.bsky.social
· Oct 26
"You are something the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is something that the whole ocean is doing.... The real, deep down you is the whole universe."
~ Alan Watts
~ Alan Watts
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
HOT OFF THE PRESS: My latest piece on Germany’s energy transition & the heating law.
It already offers a solid path to phase out fossil heating.
What we need: stable funding, better local planning & skilled workers. Cutting complexity instead of endless political debate.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
It already offers a solid path to phase out fossil heating.
What we need: stable funding, better local planning & skilled workers. Cutting complexity instead of endless political debate.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
German Heating Law: Stability Instead of Perpetual Debate
This is a machine translation of an article Jan Rosenow wrote for Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik (Journal for Economic Policy). The…
medium.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
HOT OFF THE PRESS: My latest piece on Germany’s energy transition & the heating law.
It already offers a solid path to phase out fossil heating.
What we need: stable funding, better local planning & skilled workers. Cutting complexity instead of endless political debate.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
It already offers a solid path to phase out fossil heating.
What we need: stable funding, better local planning & skilled workers. Cutting complexity instead of endless political debate.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
Release The Epstein Files.
Also:
Maybe
Acquire
Guillotines
Again
Also:
Maybe
Acquire
Guillotines
Again
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Release The Epstein Files.
Also:
Maybe
Acquire
Guillotines
Again
Also:
Maybe
Acquire
Guillotines
Again
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
Wordle 1,639 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 93/99
Luck 49/99
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 93/99
Luck 49/99
December 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Wordle 1,639 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 93/99
Luck 49/99
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 93/99
Luck 49/99
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
An executive order is not law it’s a memo. It’s a creative writing exercise, a cheap photo-op, it’s as worthless as a degree as Trump University unless congress passes legislation in support of it.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
An executive order is not law it’s a memo. It’s a creative writing exercise, a cheap photo-op, it’s as worthless as a degree as Trump University unless congress passes legislation in support of it.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
There were no riots targeting the Supreme Court. Gore conceded. The elites congratulated themselves on what a great political system the U.S. had.
I remember thinking 'wow, all of this stuff is just made up.'
And here we are again.
I remember thinking 'wow, all of this stuff is just made up.'
And here we are again.
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
There were no riots targeting the Supreme Court. Gore conceded. The elites congratulated themselves on what a great political system the U.S. had.
I remember thinking 'wow, all of this stuff is just made up.'
And here we are again.
I remember thinking 'wow, all of this stuff is just made up.'
And here we are again.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what's in it for me.
December 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what's in it for me.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
“He is not unstoppable and you are not without power”
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“He is not unstoppable and you are not without power”
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
“There is another photo in the tranche showing pictures of “Trump condoms” being sold for $4.50 each, branded with the words, “I’M HUUUUGE!” “
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump, Clinton, Gates included in Epstein photo trove
The House Oversight Committee is releasing photos from the Epstein estate linking powerful men to the late convicted sex offender.
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“There is another photo in the tranche showing pictures of “Trump condoms” being sold for $4.50 each, branded with the words, “I’M HUUUUGE!” “
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
In the last few weeks, I’ve become increasingly convinced that Trump and his regime are totally cooked.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In the last few weeks, I’ve become increasingly convinced that Trump and his regime are totally cooked.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
Representing oligarchs as working class heroes is a new low…even for us.
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Representing oligarchs as working class heroes is a new low…even for us.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
Pres Trump worries his closest allies and emboldens Russia and China. But many US commentators feel he is now only 11 months from becoming a lame duck. After next November’s mid-term election he won’t have power over Congress or even parts of the Republican Party.
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Pres Trump worries his closest allies and emboldens Russia and China. But many US commentators feel he is now only 11 months from becoming a lame duck. After next November’s mid-term election he won’t have power over Congress or even parts of the Republican Party.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
The release of the Epstein files is required by law to happen on December 19th.
On December 18th, we will "officially" be at war with Venezuela.
Bank on it.
On December 18th, we will "officially" be at war with Venezuela.
Bank on it.
December 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The release of the Epstein files is required by law to happen on December 19th.
On December 18th, we will "officially" be at war with Venezuela.
Bank on it.
On December 18th, we will "officially" be at war with Venezuela.
Bank on it.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
He really wants admiration, recognition, and validation.
It’s all grandiosity and self-magnification. He has this desire to build legitimacy, it’s rooted in needing to demonstrate competence rather than simply experience it.
It’s shows he is hypersensitive to criticism or perceived
It’s all grandiosity and self-magnification. He has this desire to build legitimacy, it’s rooted in needing to demonstrate competence rather than simply experience it.
It’s shows he is hypersensitive to criticism or perceived
December 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
He really wants admiration, recognition, and validation.
It’s all grandiosity and self-magnification. He has this desire to build legitimacy, it’s rooted in needing to demonstrate competence rather than simply experience it.
It’s shows he is hypersensitive to criticism or perceived
It’s all grandiosity and self-magnification. He has this desire to build legitimacy, it’s rooted in needing to demonstrate competence rather than simply experience it.
It’s shows he is hypersensitive to criticism or perceived
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
For all the setbacks for the world’s women in 2025, the leaders and vanguards on the 2025 Forbes Power Women list stood as examples of resilience in turbulent times.
Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women of 2025
Here are the most powerful and influential women in the world. These remarkable leaders are shaping industries, economies, and communities--across commerce, education, and artificial intelligence.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
For all the setbacks for the world’s women in 2025, the leaders and vanguards on the 2025 Forbes Power Women list stood as examples of resilience in turbulent times.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
Will someone please give this desperate fool a hug? He clearly must have been neglected or abused as a child. I'm willing to take one for the team if it means he'll get sime desperately needed therapy.
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Will someone please give this desperate fool a hug? He clearly must have been neglected or abused as a child. I'm willing to take one for the team if it means he'll get sime desperately needed therapy.
Reposted by Carol Armen 💙
Watching Trump hand over Ukraine to Russia is mind blowing & they aren't even trying to hide it anymore... I think they are underestimating President Zelinskyy
'BIGLY'
'BIGLY'
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Watching Trump hand over Ukraine to Russia is mind blowing & they aren't even trying to hide it anymore... I think they are underestimating President Zelinskyy
'BIGLY'
'BIGLY'
Wordle 1,637 3/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 94/99
Luck 57/99
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 94/99
Luck 57/99
December 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Wordle 1,637 3/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 94/99
Luck 57/99
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 94/99
Luck 57/99