Jen Larkin
@petticoatdespot.bsky.social
Social justice magetank. Goth, neurodivergent, and allergic. Cisgender out of spite, trans rights supporter. WoW player and board gamer.
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Trump supports and gives cover to Mohammed bin Salman because he thinks it's neat to o4der the death of political opponents and have that order carried out.
He aspires to have that power.
It's no accident that he called for political executions while bin Salman was here.
He wants to impress him.
He aspires to have that power.
It's no accident that he called for political executions while bin Salman was here.
He wants to impress him.
Thanksgiving dinner plan:
+Rotisserie chicken (purchased)
+Green bean casserole with corn-free fried onions and homemade cream of mushroom soup (all purchased, soup made)
+Sweet potatoes (purchased)
+Homemade cranberry sauce (made)
+Cherry pie (purchased)
+Rotisserie chicken (purchased)
+Green bean casserole with corn-free fried onions and homemade cream of mushroom soup (all purchased, soup made)
+Sweet potatoes (purchased)
+Homemade cranberry sauce (made)
+Cherry pie (purchased)
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Thanksgiving dinner plan:
+Rotisserie chicken (purchased)
+Green bean casserole with corn-free fried onions and homemade cream of mushroom soup (all purchased, soup made)
+Sweet potatoes (purchased)
+Homemade cranberry sauce (made)
+Cherry pie (purchased)
+Rotisserie chicken (purchased)
+Green bean casserole with corn-free fried onions and homemade cream of mushroom soup (all purchased, soup made)
+Sweet potatoes (purchased)
+Homemade cranberry sauce (made)
+Cherry pie (purchased)
America First global health policy is moronic, especially considering that the administration is defunding health care in the US.
Science crosses borders. Infections cross borders. Health is not country-specific.
Science crosses borders. Infections cross borders. Health is not country-specific.
Health experts are warning that the Trump administration's new "America First Global Health Strategy" could further damage public health systems already reeling from billions of dollars in foreign aid cuts following the destruction of USAID. https://cnn.it/4ii1nqs
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
America First global health policy is moronic, especially considering that the administration is defunding health care in the US.
Science crosses borders. Infections cross borders. Health is not country-specific.
Science crosses borders. Infections cross borders. Health is not country-specific.
Putin owns Witkoff.
Tucker Carlson: What do you think of Putin?
Witkoff: I liked him. I thought he was straight up with me…I don't regard Putin as a bad guy.
Witkoff: I liked him. I thought he was straight up with me…I don't regard Putin as a bad guy.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Putin owns Witkoff.
We don't have enough doctors or nurses. We should be subsidizing medical education. Instead, we're removing all non-rich students from the profession-- so, women and Black people.
"Meritocracy!"
"Meritocracy!"
The "One Big Beautiful" legislation sharply limits the amount of federal student loans that students earning professional degrees including medical school can borrow and even stricter borrowing caps for other health fields including nursing and public health. #RSNA25
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We don't have enough doctors or nurses. We should be subsidizing medical education. Instead, we're removing all non-rich students from the profession-- so, women and Black people.
"Meritocracy!"
"Meritocracy!"
Trump pardoned everyone convicted in federal or state* court of interfering with the 2020 election on his behalf. The WSJ equates this to Biden's pardons of people that Trump intended to maliciously prosecute on fake charges.
*Trump doesn't have the ability to pardon people convicted by states.
*Trump doesn't have the ability to pardon people convicted by states.
WSJ slams Trump for pardoning man who illegally voted for him twice
When President Donald Trump issued pardons to numerous Republican Party officials, lawyers and activists who tried to help him overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, he also may have ...
www.alternet.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Trump pardoned everyone convicted in federal or state* court of interfering with the 2020 election on his behalf. The WSJ equates this to Biden's pardons of people that Trump intended to maliciously prosecute on fake charges.
*Trump doesn't have the ability to pardon people convicted by states.
*Trump doesn't have the ability to pardon people convicted by states.
Hegseth claims that the Scouts are "no longer a meritocracy" because girls are allowed.
Yes, they absolutely believe that the only people with meritocracy are straight white men. That is qhat they have always meant by "meritocracy."
Yes, they absolutely believe that the only people with meritocracy are straight white men. That is qhat they have always meant by "meritocracy."
Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Hegseth claims that the Scouts are "no longer a meritocracy" because girls are allowed.
Yes, they absolutely believe that the only people with meritocracy are straight white men. That is qhat they have always meant by "meritocracy."
Yes, they absolutely believe that the only people with meritocracy are straight white men. That is qhat they have always meant by "meritocracy."
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So this is Steven Witkoff coaching Putin‘s advisor Ushakov about how to please Trump
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
So this is Steven Witkoff coaching Putin‘s advisor Ushakov about how to please Trump
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This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
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WOWWWWW— that didn’t take long: “Crews walk out on on Nashville tunnel, claiming Musk’s Boring Company Failed to Pay Workers and Snubbed OSHA concerns”
As we suspected, that absurd not-a-town-hall with Steve Davis aged like guacamole 🥑 nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
As we suspected, that absurd not-a-town-hall with Steve Davis aged like guacamole 🥑 nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
WOWWWWW— that didn’t take long: “Crews walk out on on Nashville tunnel, claiming Musk’s Boring Company Failed to Pay Workers and Snubbed OSHA concerns”
As we suspected, that absurd not-a-town-hall with Steve Davis aged like guacamole 🥑 nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
As we suspected, that absurd not-a-town-hall with Steve Davis aged like guacamole 🥑 nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
Leavitt's brother threw his (possibly estranged) wife under the bus. He may have called ICE on her, a typical abuser tactic.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Leavitt's brother threw his (possibly estranged) wife under the bus. He may have called ICE on her, a typical abuser tactic.
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Have any news outlets that ran scathing front page headlines, op-eds and editorials about Biden pardoning Hunter admitted that they were wrong after we've seen Trump maliciously prosecute Comey, James, McIver etc?
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Have any news outlets that ran scathing front page headlines, op-eds and editorials about Biden pardoning Hunter admitted that they were wrong after we've seen Trump maliciously prosecute Comey, James, McIver etc?
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Reminder that folks with disabilities get in free. Any disability. Like adhd
The Trump administration is raising national parks' prices and adding fees for international tourists from next year in an "America-first" initiative, the Interior Department announced.
Trump admin hikes national parks prices by up to $170 for international tourists
The Interior Department said the "America-first" policy will see "resident-only patriotic fee-free days" on some holidays.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Reminder that folks with disabilities get in free. Any disability. Like adhd
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In “every Trump accusation is a confession,” it says a lot about the current Pentagon that simply starting the longstanding, unambiguous, and nonpartisan rule “don’t obey illegal orders” sets Hegseth off on a spiral of “hey, don’t talk about our illegal orders!”
Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In “every Trump accusation is a confession,” it says a lot about the current Pentagon that simply starting the longstanding, unambiguous, and nonpartisan rule “don’t obey illegal orders” sets Hegseth off on a spiral of “hey, don’t talk about our illegal orders!”
Newsflash: invading Venezuela doesn't make their oil ours.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Newsflash: invading Venezuela doesn't make their oil ours.
These were the "goals," so it didn't "fail." It succeeded in being terrible.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
These were the "goals," so it didn't "fail." It succeeded in being terrible.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
I saw Wicked (the movie) on Saturday and Wicked: For Good on Sunday. Both were great.
Then I came here to an Atlantic article whining about For Good being "dreary." I'm just going to assume that the piece was written by one of their writers who doesn't like fascism being criticized.
Then I came here to an Atlantic article whining about For Good being "dreary." I'm just going to assume that the piece was written by one of their writers who doesn't like fascism being criticized.
oscar the grouch from sesame street is sitting in a trash can with the word trash written on it .
Alt: Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street flips open the lid of his trash can, pops his head out, says "Trash!" and ducks back into the can, closing the lid.
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I saw Wicked (the movie) on Saturday and Wicked: For Good on Sunday. Both were great.
Then I came here to an Atlantic article whining about For Good being "dreary." I'm just going to assume that the piece was written by one of their writers who doesn't like fascism being criticized.
Then I came here to an Atlantic article whining about For Good being "dreary." I'm just going to assume that the piece was written by one of their writers who doesn't like fascism being criticized.
Kids will be mean. Parents being mean is unhelpful to the child.
Brains vary and that's normal. What's not normal is expecting brains to all be the same. Having an atypical brain typically has advantages and disadvantages. Trying to eliminate the disadvantages doesn't work. Accept them!
Brains vary and that's normal. What's not normal is expecting brains to all be the same. Having an atypical brain typically has advantages and disadvantages. Trying to eliminate the disadvantages doesn't work. Accept them!
Children can tell if you view them as flawed. Some of their classmates will be disgusting–how they're treated at home doesn't have to be.
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Kids will be mean. Parents being mean is unhelpful to the child.
Brains vary and that's normal. What's not normal is expecting brains to all be the same. Having an atypical brain typically has advantages and disadvantages. Trying to eliminate the disadvantages doesn't work. Accept them!
Brains vary and that's normal. What's not normal is expecting brains to all be the same. Having an atypical brain typically has advantages and disadvantages. Trying to eliminate the disadvantages doesn't work. Accept them!
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We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Cassidy says that "the people" don't care about RFK Jr's destruction of HHS in his campaign to discredit vaccines and push fraudulent medical advice via the CDC.
As one of his constituents, I suggest that he actually ask us if we care.
Asserting that I don't fails to convince me.
As one of his constituents, I suggest that he actually ask us if we care.
Asserting that I don't fails to convince me.
TAPPER: Dr Cassidy, RFK Jr lied to you
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Cassidy says that "the people" don't care about RFK Jr's destruction of HHS in his campaign to discredit vaccines and push fraudulent medical advice via the CDC.
As one of his constituents, I suggest that he actually ask us if we care.
Asserting that I don't fails to convince me.
As one of his constituents, I suggest that he actually ask us if we care.
Asserting that I don't fails to convince me.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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And somewhere in there is a threatened attack on Venezuela to distract from the economy.
Donald Trump is inciting violence against Democratic lawmakers in an attempt to distract the American people from the legislation compelling his administration to release the Epstein files he is named in.
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
And somewhere in there is a threatened attack on Venezuela to distract from the economy.
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In a massive backlash against MAGA fascism, Democrats have now swept school board elections in Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio and defeating all terrorist Moms For Liberty candidates in the process. Much more of this please, we have a democracy to rescue. 💙👊
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
In a massive backlash against MAGA fascism, Democrats have now swept school board elections in Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio and defeating all terrorist Moms For Liberty candidates in the process. Much more of this please, we have a democracy to rescue. 💙👊
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As a white kid in Birmingham in the 90s it was powerful as fuck to meet Black folks who could say “yeah I was there when they turned on the hoses and unleashed the dogs, here are the scars”
I feel like a lot of us were privileged to be among the last generation to be able to learn under the 60's civil rights generation. What im seeing today from this newer generation of children is a serious lack of grounding, which i think is due to them not having direct access to the type of
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
As a white kid in Birmingham in the 90s it was powerful as fuck to meet Black folks who could say “yeah I was there when they turned on the hoses and unleashed the dogs, here are the scars”
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This is spot-on.
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor
The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is spot-on.
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...