Laura Gillian ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™
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Laura Gillian ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™
@lgbookworm.bsky.social
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Books, origami, interpreting, circus, baking, and whatever new hyperfocus grabs my attention this week she/her
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โ€œoh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-โ€œ itโ€™s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. thereโ€™s a reason the aliens in Independence Day donโ€™t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits
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This is part of my concern around the focus on who ICE recruits, because while the recruits are not good people, they are also easy targets. The people setting the budget and hopping onto cable news to defend the policies are harder targets, but theyโ€™re much more responsible.
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
Laying out pattern pieces and cutting them always takes SO LONG!
My ex MIL used to live in a town so small that just her name and the town name was more than enough to get a letter delivered to her. I love all the different ways people use to direct correspondence to places, and that it generally *works*!
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No, we canโ€™t just agree to disagree on our opinions and live peacefully together when one personโ€™s opinion is that the other canโ€™t live in peace. Everyone already knows this, yet people pretend otherwise when it inconveniences them
File this under โ€œthings I didnโ€™t know would make me cry todayโ€
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Righteous fucking anger.
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."

Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
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Again I dont put much into norms or institutions when issues like poverty exist but a president demolishing much of a publicly owned building in plain sight to build a vanity project funded by bribes during a shutdown as people lose food assistance, troops aren't sure if they'll get paid, etc is bad
The East Wing is totally gone. I canโ€™t believe it
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"TRUMP BUILDS BALLROOM WHILE MILLIONS GO HUNGRY"

there you go it's that easy
If anyone wants one of these, Iโ€™ll make you one for a mere $750
This is a crochet project that takes less than a minute and is so simple that a beginner can do it. The only thing that even comes close to difficult is the clean color change. Rich people pay for labels, not imaginative products.
Oh hey, you were in my neighborhood! *waves*
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I wrote this mostly as a joke (about the horrendous fucking ballroom) but I actually sincerely think itโ€™s a thing Dems should do, fucking steal my idea you goddamn cowards
Listen, you could fucking fundraise off giving small dollar donors a sledgehammer and ten minutes to go wild and youโ€™d fund an entire presidential campaign
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My favorite tried-and-true resistance tactic: Being Extremely Fucking Annoying.
Iโ€™m tired and I wish someone would bring me a nice dinner here on the couch. They donโ€™t have to choo-choo the spoon train directly into my mouth, but also I might not object
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Listen, you could fucking fundraise off giving small dollar donors a sledgehammer and ten minutes to go wild and youโ€™d fund an entire presidential campaign
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Canada watching the President tear down parts of the White House: โ€œWhat the fuck, theyโ€™re just gonna do it themselves now?โ€
Iโ€™m getting very worried about my future solvency, depending on what happens with health insurance next year, but at least Iโ€™m *currently* able to pitch in a little extra to my local food bank
Damn, turns out thereโ€™s a lot of things crawling around under that rock
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This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE re:the horror show demolition of the WH East Wing ๐Ÿงต
(thx to bsky.app/profile/cali... )

SUMMARY: they rushed through demo during shutdown with zero permits, probably grift for Trump (ofc) but there are two major concerns (beyond obvious horror) & a few actions you can take:

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None of this is legal! People are choosing to break the law! Other people are choosing not to hold them accountable! What the fuck!!!
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I am going to be sending angry paper letters to all the donors on the Trump list saying "why did you pay to demolish the historic White House East Wing without taxpayer consent?" not because I think this is the most important thing, but...
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There are laws about how to interdict suspected criminals on the high seas.

There are laws about how to renovate federal buildings.

There are laws about how not to monetize the presidency.

There are laws. We should enforce them. And not normalize the flagrant violation of them in the newspapers.