Bipolar Viscountess
@sharilyn.bsky.social
Painter, photographer, cyclist, cineaste, journalist
Alcohol-free since 2013. Anti-capitalist views are my own. DMs are open. #bancars
art on IG: @sharilynneidhardt
photos on IG: @johnnieutah
co-founder of @transcenderart.bsky.social
Alcohol-free since 2013. Anti-capitalist views are my own. DMs are open. #bancars
art on IG: @sharilynneidhardt
photos on IG: @johnnieutah
co-founder of @transcenderart.bsky.social
I thought it was a sluggish post-COVID economy killing all the fun spots in Brooklyn, but it turns out it's the insurance companies. gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
NYC bars are getting crushed by the rising cost of liability insurance
High rates have become an existential threat to venues’ already razor-thin margins.
gothamist.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I thought it was a sluggish post-COVID economy killing all the fun spots in Brooklyn, but it turns out it's the insurance companies. gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
This is such bullshit!
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This is such bullshit!
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We could make this real fucking simple. Call it Medicare for All. Single-payer. Whatever. Insurance cos as government contractors or eliminate the sector entirely and pay direct to providers. I don’t give a shit. But access to healthcare is a basic human right and we should start acting like it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
We could make this real fucking simple. Call it Medicare for All. Single-payer. Whatever. Insurance cos as government contractors or eliminate the sector entirely and pay direct to providers. I don’t give a shit. But access to healthcare is a basic human right and we should start acting like it.
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Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
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Imagine going to extra school for learning all the laws real good and then they stop using them. Hilarious.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Imagine going to extra school for learning all the laws real good and then they stop using them. Hilarious.
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They’re disgusting.
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
They’re disgusting.
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Because many struggle with math…
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Because many struggle with math…
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“The deal would not include an extension of the expiring enhanced [ACA] subsidies — a key Democratic demand — but it would guarantee a vote in the Senate on the issue at a later date.
There are no assurances that the extension of ACA subsidies would become law.” 🙃 www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
There are no assurances that the extension of ACA subsidies would become law.” 🙃 www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“The deal would not include an extension of the expiring enhanced [ACA] subsidies — a key Democratic demand — but it would guarantee a vote in the Senate on the issue at a later date.
There are no assurances that the extension of ACA subsidies would become law.” 🙃 www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
There are no assurances that the extension of ACA subsidies would become law.” 🙃 www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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November 9, 1989: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
November 9, 1989: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.
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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Two sheep fight each other during the sheep fighting contest in the arena in Ranca Bango village, Garut Regency, West Java Province, on November 9, 2025. The art of sheep agility is a culture of the Garut people believed to have existed since around 1815. Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Two sheep fight each other during the sheep fighting contest in the arena in Ranca Bango village, Garut Regency, West Java Province, on November 9, 2025. The art of sheep agility is a culture of the Garut people believed to have existed since around 1815. Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto
08 Nov 2025
Pictured: Chappell Roan.
Photo credit: Starbuck/AFF-USA.COM / MEGA
Pictured: Chappell Roan.
Photo credit: Starbuck/AFF-USA.COM / MEGA
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
08 Nov 2025
Pictured: Chappell Roan.
Photo credit: Starbuck/AFF-USA.COM / MEGA
Pictured: Chappell Roan.
Photo credit: Starbuck/AFF-USA.COM / MEGA
Janelle Monae at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Peacock Theater on November 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images)
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Janelle Monae at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Peacock Theater on November 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images)
This is the Most French anyone has ever been
Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux poses after an interview with Associated Press, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Rambouillet, south of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux poses after an interview with Associated Press, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Rambouillet, south of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is the Most French anyone has ever been
Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux poses after an interview with Associated Press, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Rambouillet, south of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux poses after an interview with Associated Press, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Rambouillet, south of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari was outside Mike Johnson's office today holding up a sign that read: "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein files. CHANGE MY MIND."
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari was outside Mike Johnson's office today holding up a sign that read: "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein files. CHANGE MY MIND."
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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explaining to my ancient feudal ancestors that I basically just became a serf again but i do have a cool little phone
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
explaining to my ancient feudal ancestors that I basically just became a serf again but i do have a cool little phone
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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
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Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
A woman wearing tranditional clothes is seen outside the Forbidden City in Beijing on November 6, 2025. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A woman wearing tranditional clothes is seen outside the Forbidden City in Beijing on November 6, 2025. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
Red squirrels are gnawing on pine cones, and collecting pine seeds as they get ready preparing for hibernation during the winter season, which last long and harsh in Sarikamis district of Kars, Turkiye on November 6, 2025. (Photo by Huseyin Demirci/Anadolu via Getty Images)
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Red squirrels are gnawing on pine cones, and collecting pine seeds as they get ready preparing for hibernation during the winter season, which last long and harsh in Sarikamis district of Kars, Turkiye on November 6, 2025. (Photo by Huseyin Demirci/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Lynsey Addario, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American photojournalist, stands for a photograph in New York City, U.S., October 31, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Lynsey Addario, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American photojournalist, stands for a photograph in New York City, U.S., October 31, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
A young pygmy hippopotamus takes a first dive in a pool with its mother Nala at the Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany, 06 November 2025. The young pygmy hippopotamus was born in September at the zoo. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A young pygmy hippopotamus takes a first dive in a pool with its mother Nala at the Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany, 06 November 2025. The young pygmy hippopotamus was born in September at the zoo. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN