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@chimneyswift.bsky.social
Human with strong opinions. Seattle, used to be MN. GenX, so typically not very good at social media.
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Officer Ronnie Peterson: Oh man, this isn't gonna end well.
-The Dead Don't Die
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Officer Ronnie Peterson: Oh man, this isn't gonna end well.
-The Dead Don't Die
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@chimneyswift.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Never underestimate the hostility of the establishment to making people's lives less awful
I am not rich, but I'm giving money to Senate primary challenges next year, and two years after that, and if we still have a country, two years after that. Primary them ALL.
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I am not rich, but I'm giving money to Senate primary challenges next year, and two years after that, and if we still have a country, two years after that. Primary them ALL.
Ordinarily I'm ok with Sheldon. He's one of the better ones. But absolutely fuck this. You were winning for the first time in years and just folded a strong hand for no strategic reason whatsoever.
You want to go home for the holidays so bad? Why don't you just stay there.
#VichyDems
You want to go home for the holidays so bad? Why don't you just stay there.
#VichyDems
No one’s feelings are wrong. That’s not my point. We’re in a real battle, against a corrupt and malevolent foe, with huge stakes. We must win.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Ordinarily I'm ok with Sheldon. He's one of the better ones. But absolutely fuck this. You were winning for the first time in years and just folded a strong hand for no strategic reason whatsoever.
You want to go home for the holidays so bad? Why don't you just stay there.
#VichyDems
You want to go home for the holidays so bad? Why don't you just stay there.
#VichyDems
Eight voted for it, but every single one was part of the plan. Primary all of them.
8 Senate Democrats sided with Trump and Republican fascists in throwing 15 million Americans off Medicaid and Obamacare:
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Eight voted for it, but every single one was part of the plan. Primary all of them.
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Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
I don't know about you, but I will be going to my local Indivisible meeting this week to start planning on how to primary our senators. Doesn't matter if they voted for it or not. It was a plan. They all signed off on it. Every single sitting Democratic Senator needs to be primaried.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I don't know about you, but I will be going to my local Indivisible meeting this week to start planning on how to primary our senators. Doesn't matter if they voted for it or not. It was a plan. They all signed off on it. Every single sitting Democratic Senator needs to be primaried.
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A real banner week for Chuck Schumer, given that only a few days ago he refused to back the Democratic nominee for mayor of his home city.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
A real banner week for Chuck Schumer, given that only a few days ago he refused to back the Democratic nominee for mayor of his home city.
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They think we're stupid. Fuck them.
Burn this party down
Burn this party down
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
They think we're stupid. Fuck them.
Burn this party down
Burn this party down
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louder
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Oh wow, this thread
Please share YouTube links to the most regionally specific representations of where and when you grew up. Like… local sandwich shop commercials. Footage of amateur theater productions. Hyper regional news stories. I wanna see it all.
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Oh wow, this thread
Challenge level: Impossible
I say this once a night watching tv. I am begging fragrance ads to just be normal one time
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Challenge level: Impossible
And this in an era when we have 988.
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
And this in an era when we have 988.
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This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area.
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
Fourteen suburban moms arrested in sit-in protest outside Broadview ICE facility
The mothers sat in a circle on Beach Street on Friday to “demand an end” to the immigration raids that have swept through the Chicago area since the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Bli...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area.
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
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Holiday travel plans like
Economic stability like
Republicans taking the blame like
Economic stability like
Republicans taking the blame like
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Holiday travel plans like
Economic stability like
Republicans taking the blame like
Economic stability like
Republicans taking the blame like
The right wing having a magnitude of scale (or two!) greater wealth to throw around has become the low key defining issue of our time.
Until/unless something changes in terms of funding availability, getting it to the right people who can do the right things, we’re not even fighting a losing battle because we’re not event fighting. 5 & end/
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The right wing having a magnitude of scale (or two!) greater wealth to throw around has become the low key defining issue of our time.
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This reminds me: A few CBP agents were recently overheard complaining about how much they *hate* the whistles. Apparently, in addition to the obvious, the racket makes it harder for them to communicate with each other.
Listening to CPD radio traffic from something last month and can hear the whistles in the background.
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This reminds me: A few CBP agents were recently overheard complaining about how much they *hate* the whistles. Apparently, in addition to the obvious, the racket makes it harder for them to communicate with each other.
Just heartbreaking.
It will not be a popular point, but it is important to realize that this atrocity scars the workers, too.
They are not innocent, this is not exculpatory. But it is terrifying to become a monster. They are trapped in their violence and stripped of their humanity as well.
It will not be a popular point, but it is important to realize that this atrocity scars the workers, too.
They are not innocent, this is not exculpatory. But it is terrifying to become a monster. They are trapped in their violence and stripped of their humanity as well.
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Just heartbreaking.
It will not be a popular point, but it is important to realize that this atrocity scars the workers, too.
They are not innocent, this is not exculpatory. But it is terrifying to become a monster. They are trapped in their violence and stripped of their humanity as well.
It will not be a popular point, but it is important to realize that this atrocity scars the workers, too.
They are not innocent, this is not exculpatory. But it is terrifying to become a monster. They are trapped in their violence and stripped of their humanity as well.
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📣📣📣 NEW: If you're an #ACA enrollee living in #WASHINGTON, #ILLINOIS or #ARKANSAS (or one of several other states) and earn between 2x - 4x the federal poverty level, I have some very good news for you:
acasignups.net/25/11/06/pre...
acasignups.net/25/11/06/pre...
Premium Alignment, or how a dozen states are quietly providing ACA enrollees w/better options even in the face of expiring tax credits
I've written multiple times in the past about "Silver Loading," the ACA health insurance policy pricing strategy in which insurance carriers load the extra cost of their Cost Sharing Reduction financi...
acasignups.net
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
📣📣📣 NEW: If you're an #ACA enrollee living in #WASHINGTON, #ILLINOIS or #ARKANSAS (or one of several other states) and earn between 2x - 4x the federal poverty level, I have some very good news for you:
acasignups.net/25/11/06/pre...
acasignups.net/25/11/06/pre...
Liberty.
a woman with a ring on her finger holds a sandwich
ALT: a woman with a ring on her finger holds a sandwich
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Liberty.
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle.
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film
Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film
www.avclub.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle.
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time