Claire Blechman
@cblechman.bsky.social
Digital asset management, mutual aid, museums, communism. Cuba sí, bloqueo no
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In case anyone's wondering: National Endowment for the Humanities staff, 70% of whom were terminated this summer, are not included in the concessions for reopening the government. Only RIFs that occurred during the shutdown will be reversed.
We're still fired. And it's still wrong. #NEH
We're still fired. And it's still wrong. #NEH
The RIF parts are good for federal workers. But they concede a lot.
Thing is, the RIFs all year were lawless. There are complex procedures to follow to use RIFs to fire people. It is clear those procedures were NOT followed. A lower court strongly ruled the RIFs were illegal. And SCOTUS dodged. 1/
Thing is, the RIFs all year were lawless. There are complex procedures to follow to use RIFs to fire people. It is clear those procedures were NOT followed. A lower court strongly ruled the RIFs were illegal. And SCOTUS dodged. 1/
The only exception to that is with respect to reductions in force (RIFs). The bill appears to both roll back RIFs announced during the shutdown and prevent any further RIFs between now and Jan 30.
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In case anyone's wondering: National Endowment for the Humanities staff, 70% of whom were terminated this summer, are not included in the concessions for reopening the government. Only RIFs that occurred during the shutdown will be reversed.
We're still fired. And it's still wrong. #NEH
We're still fired. And it's still wrong. #NEH
My flights went off with only 1-3 hour delays which is par for the course at this stage even without a shutdown so yay. It's still a tragedy there's not a 1 hour high speed rail between Boston and NYC.
This flight happens Monday night. It's also the lowest stakes flight I have ever taken, so... shutdown crisis: do your worst
Are you detail-oriented? or are you "looking up the flight path of today's version of the flight you're booking so you can sit on the side of the airplane with the best city views" detail-oriented?
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
My flights went off with only 1-3 hour delays which is par for the course at this stage even without a shutdown so yay. It's still a tragedy there's not a 1 hour high speed rail between Boston and NYC.
Who called this months ago? Claim your prize
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Who called this months ago? Claim your prize
Ladies if your man is dead weight at the airport he's dead weight in your real life. Dump him.
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Ladies if your man is dead weight at the airport he's dead weight in your real life. Dump him.
if you are upset, confused, and feeling betrayed about the democrats caving like Howe Caverns, may I suggest what I did when they failed to get a public option in the ACA back in dickitynine: read Marx, get radicalized, and devote your life to the immortal science of Marxist-Leninism
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
if you are upset, confused, and feeling betrayed about the democrats caving like Howe Caverns, may I suggest what I did when they failed to get a public option in the ACA back in dickitynine: read Marx, get radicalized, and devote your life to the immortal science of Marxist-Leninism
Chuck Schumer eat a dick in hell
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Chuck Schumer eat a dick in hell
My pet theory is this kind of Guy has terminal West Wing Brain: meaning that only the speech matters, so if you make a good argument your work here is done
genuinely when you're online arguing that the graphs say the economy is good actually, what do you expect people to say? what is the end result you're hoping for? for everyone to stop complaining about their personal starvation, evictions and medical debt because a line is going up somewhere?
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
My pet theory is this kind of Guy has terminal West Wing Brain: meaning that only the speech matters, so if you make a good argument your work here is done
Good point Mr Trump, the embargo on Cuba is illegal and should be lifted immediately
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Good point Mr Trump, the embargo on Cuba is illegal and should be lifted immediately
I love reading holiday gift guides but they need to stop recommending weird bougie chili crisp. The only chili crisp is Lao Gan Ma, with the guy on it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I love reading holiday gift guides but they need to stop recommending weird bougie chili crisp. The only chili crisp is Lao Gan Ma, with the guy on it.
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This flight happens Monday night. It's also the lowest stakes flight I have ever taken, so... shutdown crisis: do your worst
Are you detail-oriented? or are you "looking up the flight path of today's version of the flight you're booking so you can sit on the side of the airplane with the best city views" detail-oriented?
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This flight happens Monday night. It's also the lowest stakes flight I have ever taken, so... shutdown crisis: do your worst
Today the nurse asked my aunt what year it was, and she didn't know, but guessed 2004. Girl I wish.
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Today the nurse asked my aunt what year it was, and she didn't know, but guessed 2004. Girl I wish.
I want this joy for all of you
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I want this joy for all of you
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Everyone deserves food, and the government should provide it. No qualifications, no exceptions.
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Everyone deserves food, and the government should provide it. No qualifications, no exceptions.
Are you detail-oriented? or are you "looking up the flight path of today's version of the flight you're booking so you can sit on the side of the airplane with the best city views" detail-oriented?
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Are you detail-oriented? or are you "looking up the flight path of today's version of the flight you're booking so you can sit on the side of the airplane with the best city views" detail-oriented?
[As gently as I can muster] the point is not that they don't understand the culturally expansive definition of "Aunt." They're calling him a liar. "It didn't happen." "It wasn't that bad." "She deserved it" etc
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
[As gently as I can muster] the point is not that they don't understand the culturally expansive definition of "Aunt." They're calling him a liar. "It didn't happen." "It wasn't that bad." "She deserved it" etc
Halfway through The Secret History and we've already done the whole murder (this is not a spoiler) so like...what are we doing for the next 10 hours of this audiobook?
October 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Halfway through The Secret History and we've already done the whole murder (this is not a spoiler) so like...what are we doing for the next 10 hours of this audiobook?
Sus vibes at Target: cops handing out candy to kids at the entrance. A woman in hosiery clipboarding for a ballot initiative to "keep drugs away from the school children."
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Sus vibes at Target: cops handing out candy to kids at the entrance. A woman in hosiery clipboarding for a ballot initiative to "keep drugs away from the school children."
I am so proud of my DSA comrades on delegation 🥲 You all stretched yourselves be on this trip, and to listen, learn and grow in your understanding of Cuban socialism. I'm so excited to see what we will do together to lift the blockade.
October 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I am so proud of my DSA comrades on delegation 🥲 You all stretched yourselves be on this trip, and to listen, learn and grow in your understanding of Cuban socialism. I'm so excited to see what we will do together to lift the blockade.
That feel when you go to a super insightful, philosophy of the web session that totally ruins the basic bitch presentation you were set to give in 2 hours...
October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
That feel when you go to a super insightful, philosophy of the web session that totally ruins the basic bitch presentation you were set to give in 2 hours...
"No piece of software has ever brought me to tears" - Rob Hassler at MCN Ignite. Point taken sir but hard disagree on that one
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"No piece of software has ever brought me to tears" - Rob Hassler at MCN Ignite. Point taken sir but hard disagree on that one
I was so honored to lead this delegation with @through.blog, happy to plan it with @zorakc2c.bsky.social, Tom, Tristan, and Bob, and touched to see our comrade delegates experiencing new depths of solidarity as they learned from the Cuban people (and the ongoing revolution). Abajo el bloqueo!
Last week, we were honored to send a delegation of 40 DSA elected leaders and rank-and-file members from chapters big and small across the country to #Cuba, where they delivered hundreds of pounds of solidarity aid and learned about the achievements and challenges of Cuban socialism.
October 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I was so honored to lead this delegation with @through.blog, happy to plan it with @zorakc2c.bsky.social, Tom, Tristan, and Bob, and touched to see our comrade delegates experiencing new depths of solidarity as they learned from the Cuban people (and the ongoing revolution). Abajo el bloqueo!
Work nemesis as opposed to enemy but absolutely
Enough about Work Husbands and Work Wives.
You ever had a legitimate Work Enemy? Because I’ve had several. I never start with these people and I always warn them. But they never listen. 🫠
You ever had a legitimate Work Enemy? Because I’ve had several. I never start with these people and I always warn them. But they never listen. 🫠
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Work nemesis as opposed to enemy but absolutely
About to find out what happens when you run a load of laundry without soap oops
October 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
About to find out what happens when you run a load of laundry without soap oops