Kandis
@queenkandis.bsky.social
Loves: genre fiction, critical TV analysis, liberal politics, novelty cocktails, and Austin TX (sometimes). Contributor at ForeverYoungAdult.com (she/her)
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It would solve SO MANY problems.
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It would solve SO MANY problems.
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WHAT THE FUCK. Seriously, we need to bring back the guillotine.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
WHAT THE FUCK. Seriously, we need to bring back the guillotine.
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Stunning. A paperback novel cover from the period in which the heroes found each other.
My official Brokeback Mountain poster was finally approved by the studios and will be released this Friday at www.codacurates.com/collections/...
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Stunning. A paperback novel cover from the period in which the heroes found each other.
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Holy moly. Just reading the name “Vern Yip” gave me temporal vertigo! Like a blast from the past and from a completely different universe.
I didn’t know he was still on the scene.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...?
I didn’t know he was still on the scene.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...?
Vern Yip's secret to better home decor? Stop scrolling for inspiration
In the digital age, it's easy to curate the look of your home with the help of artificial intelligence and social media. But designer Vern Yip would like you to take a more hands-on, tactile approach.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Holy moly. Just reading the name “Vern Yip” gave me temporal vertigo! Like a blast from the past and from a completely different universe.
I didn’t know he was still on the scene.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...?
I didn’t know he was still on the scene.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...?
Virgin River does a lot of dumb stuff, but choosing Love Story for their town drive-in movie event is WAY up there.
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Virgin River does a lot of dumb stuff, but choosing Love Story for their town drive-in movie event is WAY up there.
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They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
They should do MyChart Wrapped
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It'll be fine, Texas' electric grid famously never gets overloaded ... oh, wait. 🤬
"Compared with September 2024, ERCOT now is tracking more than three times as many large load interconnections, with nearly 69% of the large load requests coming from data centers."
"Compared with September 2024, ERCOT now is tracking more than three times as many large load interconnections, with nearly 69% of the large load requests coming from data centers."
Texas Grid Operators and Regulators Iron Out New Rules for Data Centers - Inside Climate News
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law in June that empowers the state’s grid operator to remotely disconnect data centers and other large energy users if the grid is under extreme stress. The so-called ...
insideclimatenews.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It'll be fine, Texas' electric grid famously never gets overloaded ... oh, wait. 🤬
"Compared with September 2024, ERCOT now is tracking more than three times as many large load interconnections, with nearly 69% of the large load requests coming from data centers."
"Compared with September 2024, ERCOT now is tracking more than three times as many large load interconnections, with nearly 69% of the large load requests coming from data centers."
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While Cabinet members praise his energy and fitness, Trump sleeps.
No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.
No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
While Cabinet members praise his energy and fitness, Trump sleeps.
No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.
No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.
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“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
I just watched the season four recap of Stranger Things and now I’m not sure I watched that season at all. Or, maybe putting four years between seasons is a good way to lose storytelling momentum.
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I just watched the season four recap of Stranger Things and now I’m not sure I watched that season at all. Or, maybe putting four years between seasons is a good way to lose storytelling momentum.
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Dem leaders should just call him a lying sack of shit.
First, it’s memorable.
Second, it’s true
First, it’s memorable.
Second, it’s true
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Dem leaders should just call him a lying sack of shit.
First, it’s memorable.
Second, it’s true
First, it’s memorable.
Second, it’s true
Is anyone else being incessantly harassed by Mark Kelly?
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Is anyone else being incessantly harassed by Mark Kelly?
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Among this administration's countless crimes: normalizing extortion
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Among this administration's countless crimes: normalizing extortion
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One of our bestselling coffee table books is back in stock for the holidays: The Art of Robert E. McGinnis, a large-format collection of the legendary pulp illustrator's best work. We've only got 6 of these left--the link is here: mzs.press/The-Art-of-R...
The Art of Robert E. McGinnis by Robert E. McGinnis and Art Scott (Hardcover, NEW)
A Modern Master Robert E. McGinnis began his career in 1947 as a cartoonist, and produced his first cover illustrations for 1956 issues of the magazines True Detective and Master Detective . Then in 1...
mzs.press
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
One of our bestselling coffee table books is back in stock for the holidays: The Art of Robert E. McGinnis, a large-format collection of the legendary pulp illustrator's best work. We've only got 6 of these left--the link is here: mzs.press/The-Art-of-R...
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Trump isn't just any asshole. He's a clearly cognitively declining, sundowning, misogynist, angry, bitter asshole. This unhinged woman hater has no business living in our White House. Also, what a repugnant lack of group solidarity by these reporters; particularly the men.
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump isn't just any asshole. He's a clearly cognitively declining, sundowning, misogynist, angry, bitter asshole. This unhinged woman hater has no business living in our White House. Also, what a repugnant lack of group solidarity by these reporters; particularly the men.
Ham is for Christmas or New Years. But also, turkey is the least important Thanksgiving food to me. I’m just here for the carbs.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Ham is for Christmas or New Years. But also, turkey is the least important Thanksgiving food to me. I’m just here for the carbs.
When you have to go to Walmart because they’re the only ones with Crunch Jingles, but you can’t resist the Dolly stuff.
Somebody remind me I have to pack and move soon.
Somebody remind me I have to pack and move soon.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
When you have to go to Walmart because they’re the only ones with Crunch Jingles, but you can’t resist the Dolly stuff.
Somebody remind me I have to pack and move soon.
Somebody remind me I have to pack and move soon.
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www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
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Alcohol is legal in every state
Doctors say it's possible to get hooked on pot. There's a widespread misconception that marijuana is not addictive, and it's expanded as a growing number of states legalize pot.
It's possible to get addicted to pot. Here's what to know
Doctors say it's possible to get hooked on pot. There's a widespread misconception that marijuana is not addictive, and it's expanded as a growing number of states legalize pot.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Alcohol is legal in every state
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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He meets with Mamdani one time and immediately tries to step his swag up
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
He meets with Mamdani one time and immediately tries to step his swag up
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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Driving back home from the post office, it seemed like every third car had brights on. Cannons of light blasting into my retinas. These are standard now! People tell me I should start wearing yellow-tinted glasses at night to cut glare. But should *I* be the one that has to adjust?
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Driving back home from the post office, it seemed like every third car had brights on. Cannons of light blasting into my retinas. These are standard now! People tell me I should start wearing yellow-tinted glasses at night to cut glare. But should *I* be the one that has to adjust?