Not Keeping Calm, But Carrying On
@soverynotcalm.bsky.social
Unapologetically left, looking for sanity
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This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
The admin is wasting no crisis... Sec. Kristi Noem said she is suspending the diversity visa lottery program (DV-1) after the Brown University suspect entered the U.S. through it in 2017.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
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Hi this is the OFFICIAL STANCE OF THE HHS words cannot describe how rough 2026 is going to be for trans folks and how much we are going to need your support
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hi this is the OFFICIAL STANCE OF THE HHS words cannot describe how rough 2026 is going to be for trans folks and how much we are going to need your support
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The Kennedys hosted Ella Fitzgerald, Pablo Casals, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein at the White House.
Donald Trump hosted Kid Rock.
Donald Trump hosted Kid Rock.
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Kennedys hosted Ella Fitzgerald, Pablo Casals, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein at the White House.
Donald Trump hosted Kid Rock.
Donald Trump hosted Kid Rock.
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Someone reminded me recently that during the height of COVID, this miserable eugenicist idly mused that letting COVID kill 2-3 percent of the population might be fine if it meant allowed for reopening schools. He called it an "appetizing opportunity."
www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-oz-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-oz-c...
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Someone reminded me recently that during the height of COVID, this miserable eugenicist idly mused that letting COVID kill 2-3 percent of the population might be fine if it meant allowed for reopening schools. He called it an "appetizing opportunity."
www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-oz-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-oz-c...
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I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
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ICE has its own Health Services Corps, which it operates in 17 large detention centers, but an increasingly large majority of people are held in private detention centers where the healthcare is operated by contractor or subcontractor, where ICE basically just manages the insurance claims.
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
ICE has its own Health Services Corps, which it operates in 17 large detention centers, but an increasingly large majority of people are held in private detention centers where the healthcare is operated by contractor or subcontractor, where ICE basically just manages the insurance claims.
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Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
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You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
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The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
December 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
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Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
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A legal group cofounded by Stephen Miller has filed a complaint with the EEOC, requesting it investigate Penguin Random House over DEI. A press release from America First legal accuses the publishing giant of being "fixated on racial outcomes rather than merit"
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
Conservative Legal Group Asks EEOC to Probe Publisher Over DEI
A legal group that frequently challenges diversity, equity, and inclusion programs has written the EEOC a letter requesting it investigate Penguin Random House’s employment practices.
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A legal group cofounded by Stephen Miller has filed a complaint with the EEOC, requesting it investigate Penguin Random House over DEI. A press release from America First legal accuses the publishing giant of being "fixated on racial outcomes rather than merit"
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
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one of the funnier aspects to the AI backlash is the fact that they're negatively polarizing much of the tech enthusiast demographic against them by making hobbyist PC building functionally unaffordable
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
one of the funnier aspects to the AI backlash is the fact that they're negatively polarizing much of the tech enthusiast demographic against them by making hobbyist PC building functionally unaffordable
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ACA shoppers face sticker shock as [Republicans in] Congress dither[s] on health care : Shots - Health News
(Fixed it for @npr.org — Democrats know what to do.)
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
(Fixed it for @npr.org — Democrats know what to do.)
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
ACA shoppers face sticker shock as Congress dithers on health care
With subsidies that help consumers pay their health insurance premiums set to expire, health care shoppers face staggering prices. Lawmakers are running out of time to agree on a solution.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
ACA shoppers face sticker shock as [Republicans in] Congress dither[s] on health care : Shots - Health News
(Fixed it for @npr.org — Democrats know what to do.)
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
(Fixed it for @npr.org — Democrats know what to do.)
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.
OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy
Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.
wrd.cm
December 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social
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Republican congressman 👇🏽
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Republican congressman 👇🏽
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People: The general public does not have any right to know about a family death *before* the family.
The number of people complaining about the police not announcing right away that Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead is astounding. There are in fact processes they have to follow.
The number of people complaining about the police not announcing right away that Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead is astounding. There are in fact processes they have to follow.
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
People: The general public does not have any right to know about a family death *before* the family.
The number of people complaining about the police not announcing right away that Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead is astounding. There are in fact processes they have to follow.
The number of people complaining about the police not announcing right away that Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead is astounding. There are in fact processes they have to follow.
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🧵Bruna Ferriera was detained by ICE in MA while legally working to obtain her green card in this country she has lived in since being a little kid.
Her son is 10, & he is WH Press Secretary Leavitt's nephew and godson.
“I asked Karoline to be godmother [to Michael Jr] over my only sister."
Her son is 10, & he is WH Press Secretary Leavitt's nephew and godson.
“I asked Karoline to be godmother [to Michael Jr] over my only sister."
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House portrayal of her after ICE arrest
Bruna Ferreira, who was released from ICE custody Monday on bond, denies claims that she’s an absentee parent
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🧵Bruna Ferriera was detained by ICE in MA while legally working to obtain her green card in this country she has lived in since being a little kid.
Her son is 10, & he is WH Press Secretary Leavitt's nephew and godson.
“I asked Karoline to be godmother [to Michael Jr] over my only sister."
Her son is 10, & he is WH Press Secretary Leavitt's nephew and godson.
“I asked Karoline to be godmother [to Michael Jr] over my only sister."
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As always, we don’t yet know the identity of the shooter or the motivation for the massacre but we *do* know it involved one of the millions of guns that are drowning this country.
December 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
As always, we don’t yet know the identity of the shooter or the motivation for the massacre but we *do* know it involved one of the millions of guns that are drowning this country.
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Heathers: "Teen Suicide, Don't Do It"
ChatGPT: Teen Suicide: Here are step-by-step instructions.
ChatGPT: Teen Suicide: Here are step-by-step instructions.
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Heathers: "Teen Suicide, Don't Do It"
ChatGPT: Teen Suicide: Here are step-by-step instructions.
ChatGPT: Teen Suicide: Here are step-by-step instructions.
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Removing identifiable items...?
THIS. MUST. STOP.
I don't know what we must do to wake up Americans who aren't paying attention.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
THIS. MUST. STOP.
I don't know what we must do to wake up Americans who aren't paying attention.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Removing identifiable items...?
THIS. MUST. STOP.
I don't know what we must do to wake up Americans who aren't paying attention.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
THIS. MUST. STOP.
I don't know what we must do to wake up Americans who aren't paying attention.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
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December 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM