Caitlin Strom-Martin
@crstromante.bsky.social
Nature enthusiast and knowledge monger.
My Holy Trinity: Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and I Think You Should Leave.
Always down to eat a sheet cake.
https://newplayexchange.org/users/69223/caitlin-strom-martin
My Holy Trinity: Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and I Think You Should Leave.
Always down to eat a sheet cake.
https://newplayexchange.org/users/69223/caitlin-strom-martin
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I'm new from Twitter, so a bit about me:
-I'm a Meisner trained actor and playwright seeking homes for my work
- I live off-grid in NorCal
- Grad of Mills College (RIP)
- Lover of great acting, film/TV shows
- In therapy w/ The Great British Baking Show
-Yes, I want dessert
-Still not over GOT
-I'm a Meisner trained actor and playwright seeking homes for my work
- I live off-grid in NorCal
- Grad of Mills College (RIP)
- Lover of great acting, film/TV shows
- In therapy w/ The Great British Baking Show
-Yes, I want dessert
-Still not over GOT
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but I don’t want to start a pointless war with Venezuela
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
but I don’t want to start a pointless war with Venezuela
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So the US just hijacked an oil tanker and the president casually says “I guess we keep the oil”
Is this not just theft
Is this not just theft
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
So the US just hijacked an oil tanker and the president casually says “I guess we keep the oil”
Is this not just theft
Is this not just theft
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the US war escalation in the southern hemisphere is 100% about trying to destablize and control venezuela and cuba leadership. classic neo-con “spreading freedom” type agenda
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
the US war escalation in the southern hemisphere is 100% about trying to destablize and control venezuela and cuba leadership. classic neo-con “spreading freedom” type agenda
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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The President of the United States should not be batshit insane.
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The President of the United States should not be batshit insane.
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"People often retreat into saying that democracy hasn’t fallen 'yet.'... But it’s not true for everyone currently living in America. Some people in America are already living under conditions that resemble dictatorship."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
www.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
"People often retreat into saying that democracy hasn’t fallen 'yet.'... But it’s not true for everyone currently living in America. Some people in America are already living under conditions that resemble dictatorship."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
NZ Herald's Audrey Young having a fit of the vapours because pro-Palestine protesters dropped some leaflets in Parliament. You'll note Audrey hasn't said a condemning word against NZ being one of the few countries not to recognise Palestine.
Decorum over lives, as usual.
Decorum over lives, as usual.
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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The economy is a byproduct of the fascism.
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The economy is a byproduct of the fascism.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
The land of the free
And the home of the brave
Now need 5 years of social media posts to see if you said anything negative about the giant man child president?
Not a serious nation
Not a serious president
#fucktrump
And the home of the brave
Now need 5 years of social media posts to see if you said anything negative about the giant man child president?
Not a serious nation
Not a serious president
#fucktrump
December 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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I think this is actually a threat….dont you?
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I think this is actually a threat….dont you?
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No.
Octopus could be the next commercially farmed seafood. Should it be? — Fast Company
They’re clever, they’re otherworldly, and if a growing band of companies and scientists have their way, they’re going to be raised for human consumption. Inside the birth of a new and controversial in...
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No.
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If we had elected Kamala Harris we wouldn't sit here doom scrolling because the would be no doom to scroll.
Sure you'd be bitching about something else but at least we'd have vaccines, a chance at protecting women's rights, a decent economy, free and fair elections, I could go on...
Sure you'd be bitching about something else but at least we'd have vaccines, a chance at protecting women's rights, a decent economy, free and fair elections, I could go on...
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
If we had elected Kamala Harris we wouldn't sit here doom scrolling because the would be no doom to scroll.
Sure you'd be bitching about something else but at least we'd have vaccines, a chance at protecting women's rights, a decent economy, free and fair elections, I could go on...
Sure you'd be bitching about something else but at least we'd have vaccines, a chance at protecting women's rights, a decent economy, free and fair elections, I could go on...
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In Evanston tonight, outside Chicago—
In the bitter cold, neighbors are gathered outside Lake Street Church for a vigil for ICE victims.
This is where @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social preaches—the pastor arrested on camera by ISP at Broadview.
Baby Jesus in zip ties. Mother Mary in a respirator.
In the bitter cold, neighbors are gathered outside Lake Street Church for a vigil for ICE victims.
This is where @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social preaches—the pastor arrested on camera by ISP at Broadview.
Baby Jesus in zip ties. Mother Mary in a respirator.
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
In Evanston tonight, outside Chicago—
In the bitter cold, neighbors are gathered outside Lake Street Church for a vigil for ICE victims.
This is where @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social preaches—the pastor arrested on camera by ISP at Broadview.
Baby Jesus in zip ties. Mother Mary in a respirator.
In the bitter cold, neighbors are gathered outside Lake Street Church for a vigil for ICE victims.
This is where @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social preaches—the pastor arrested on camera by ISP at Broadview.
Baby Jesus in zip ties. Mother Mary in a respirator.
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Cars are passing by, no one stops to meet MELIA. You can see she's just tired of shelter life. Over 810 days. Shes only 3.5 years old. Needing a quiet Adult only home, no dogs. 🥺
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Cars are passing by, no one stops to meet MELIA. You can see she's just tired of shelter life. Over 810 days. Shes only 3.5 years old. Needing a quiet Adult only home, no dogs. 🥺
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers
Schools and child care centers were once off limits to ICE officials, in part to keep children out of harm’s way. But those rules were scrapped not long after Trump's inauguration. | NBC
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...
Schools and child care centers were once off limits to ICE officials, in part to keep children out of harm’s way. But those rules were scrapped not long after Trump's inauguration. | NBC
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...
Child care workers switch up routines and are nervous about ICE presence in DC
Employees have taken to pushing children on strollers through the hallways of a D.C. preschool center instead of walking outside due to fearing ICE.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers
Schools and child care centers were once off limits to ICE officials, in part to keep children out of harm’s way. But those rules were scrapped not long after Trump's inauguration. | NBC
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...
Schools and child care centers were once off limits to ICE officials, in part to keep children out of harm’s way. But those rules were scrapped not long after Trump's inauguration. | NBC
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
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A gerrymander is not a sure thing…
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A gerrymander is not a sure thing…
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🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Last night, Eileen Higgins defeated her MAGA opponent to become Miami’s next mayor — the first Democratic-aligned candidate to win this seat in nearly 30 years.
This is a massive flip: In 2021, the Republican incumbent won re-election by more than 60 points. Last night, Higgins won by 19 points.
This is a massive flip: In 2021, the Republican incumbent won re-election by more than 60 points. Last night, Higgins won by 19 points.
Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years
Democrat Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayor’s race over a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Last night, Eileen Higgins defeated her MAGA opponent to become Miami’s next mayor — the first Democratic-aligned candidate to win this seat in nearly 30 years.
This is a massive flip: In 2021, the Republican incumbent won re-election by more than 60 points. Last night, Higgins won by 19 points.
This is a massive flip: In 2021, the Republican incumbent won re-election by more than 60 points. Last night, Higgins won by 19 points.
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
By Ed Shanahan and Stella Raine Chu
17 y.o. William McKernan said, “Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped. I used to go to [P.S] 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country.”
By Ed Shanahan and Stella Raine Chu
17 y.o. William McKernan said, “Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped. I used to go to [P.S] 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country.”
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
By Ed Shanahan and Stella Raine Chu
17 y.o. William McKernan said, “Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped. I used to go to [P.S] 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country.”
By Ed Shanahan and Stella Raine Chu
17 y.o. William McKernan said, “Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped. I used to go to [P.S] 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country.”
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So. Rep Crockett announced her TX campaign for US Senate.
Good.
Voters get a choice in the primary. They can research the candidates, find their positions on issues and choose.
She's getting ultra-gerrymandered out of her Rep seat, so why not take the shot.
It's a primary. Not a coliseum fight.
Good.
Voters get a choice in the primary. They can research the candidates, find their positions on issues and choose.
She's getting ultra-gerrymandered out of her Rep seat, so why not take the shot.
It's a primary. Not a coliseum fight.
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So. Rep Crockett announced her TX campaign for US Senate.
Good.
Voters get a choice in the primary. They can research the candidates, find their positions on issues and choose.
She's getting ultra-gerrymandered out of her Rep seat, so why not take the shot.
It's a primary. Not a coliseum fight.
Good.
Voters get a choice in the primary. They can research the candidates, find their positions on issues and choose.
She's getting ultra-gerrymandered out of her Rep seat, so why not take the shot.
It's a primary. Not a coliseum fight.