Ginny Maier
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Ginny Maier
@vbmaier.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I made a list of Roc peeps as best I could bsky.app/profile/did:...
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If you want to know what people mean when they say Democrats are "controlled opposition," rather than whipping votes against ICE funding, Hakeem Jeffries struck a deal with Republicans to allow Democrats to feign outrage at ICE while still funding the spending package.
January 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
If you want to know what people mean when they say Democrats are "controlled opposition," rather than whipping votes against ICE funding, Hakeem Jeffries struck a deal with Republicans to allow Democrats to feign outrage at ICE while still funding the spending package.
Song for today:
“My tears are always frozen
I can see the air I breathe
Got my fingers painting pictures
On the glass in front of me
Lay me by the frozen river
Where the boats have passed me by
All I need is to remember
What it means to feel alive”
-Aurora “Winter Bird”
dai.ly/x5iem9u
“My tears are always frozen
I can see the air I breathe
Got my fingers painting pictures
On the glass in front of me
Lay me by the frozen river
Where the boats have passed me by
All I need is to remember
What it means to feel alive”
-Aurora “Winter Bird”
dai.ly/x5iem9u
Dailymotion
dai.ly
January 23, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Song for today:
“My tears are always frozen
I can see the air I breathe
Got my fingers painting pictures
On the glass in front of me
Lay me by the frozen river
Where the boats have passed me by
All I need is to remember
What it means to feel alive”
-Aurora “Winter Bird”
dai.ly/x5iem9u
“My tears are always frozen
I can see the air I breathe
Got my fingers painting pictures
On the glass in front of me
Lay me by the frozen river
Where the boats have passed me by
All I need is to remember
What it means to feel alive”
-Aurora “Winter Bird”
dai.ly/x5iem9u
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In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
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This continues to be the best post ever made on Bluesky and every Democratic politician should follow this advice or fucking resign.
thank you for asking! if I ran Chuck Schumer's account, I wouldn't say anything unless it contained one of the following:
1. details about how Chuck Schumer is helping
2. details about something the person reading the post could be doing
3. any other kind of helpful information at all
1. details about how Chuck Schumer is helping
2. details about something the person reading the post could be doing
3. any other kind of helpful information at all
Not trolling you. What would you post if you were running his account?
January 23, 2026 at 2:05 AM
This continues to be the best post ever made on Bluesky and every Democratic politician should follow this advice or fucking resign.
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this is not a tiktok it is a documentary
January 22, 2026 at 8:22 PM
this is not a tiktok it is a documentary
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one of the strangest and most frustrating things about being alive today is that we have science and research on basically every issue, but it always gets pushed aside in favor of some guy who thought about it for one minute and thinks he knows the answer
Why is crime falling? We asked the worst and dumbest people in America to explain it
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
January 22, 2026 at 8:41 PM
one of the strangest and most frustrating things about being alive today is that we have science and research on basically every issue, but it always gets pushed aside in favor of some guy who thought about it for one minute and thinks he knows the answer
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
Love to shop and dine in the "mixed used" areas
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Trump's “Board of Peace” plan for Gaza looks more like a real estate pitch than a peace initiative.
January 22, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Love to shop and dine in the "mixed used" areas
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
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Democratic leadership is terrified of being seen on the side of the people of Minneapolis, least they lose the potential future support of pro-cop people whose support they do not and never will have.
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Democratic leadership is terrified of being seen on the side of the people of Minneapolis, least they lose the potential future support of pro-cop people whose support they do not and never will have.
To @morelle.house.gov If you vote to fund this cruel criminal organization during this continuing resolution process after all of this, I sincerely promise I will do everything I can to ensure you are not reelected as my representative.
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 2:20 AM
To @morelle.house.gov If you vote to fund this cruel criminal organization during this continuing resolution process after all of this, I sincerely promise I will do everything I can to ensure you are not reelected as my representative.
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We are building and financing a corrupt detention/industrial complex. It’s human trafficking, and it has to end.
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 PM
We are building and financing a corrupt detention/industrial complex. It’s human trafficking, and it has to end.
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Look at him! Really look and don’t you dare look away either!
That is a four-year-old. He’s wearing a backpack big enough for a juice box and lunch and wearing a winter hat pulled down by someone who loves him.
And the United States government decided this child was an acceptable target!!!! 1/
That is a four-year-old. He’s wearing a backpack big enough for a juice box and lunch and wearing a winter hat pulled down by someone who loves him.
And the United States government decided this child was an acceptable target!!!! 1/
January 21, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Look at him! Really look and don’t you dare look away either!
That is a four-year-old. He’s wearing a backpack big enough for a juice box and lunch and wearing a winter hat pulled down by someone who loves him.
And the United States government decided this child was an acceptable target!!!! 1/
That is a four-year-old. He’s wearing a backpack big enough for a juice box and lunch and wearing a winter hat pulled down by someone who loves him.
And the United States government decided this child was an acceptable target!!!! 1/
The only point here is torture
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The only point here is torture
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Check this one fact out:
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
January 21, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Check this one fact out:
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
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"How can you not be all on fire? I really believe I shall explode if some of you young women don't wake up—and raise your voice in protest... Do come into the living present and work to save us from any more barbaric male governments."
-Susan B. Anthony
-Susan B. Anthony
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
"How can you not be all on fire? I really believe I shall explode if some of you young women don't wake up—and raise your voice in protest... Do come into the living present and work to save us from any more barbaric male governments."
-Susan B. Anthony
-Susan B. Anthony
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I rarely weigh in on these now but just as a reminder:
We shame kids to be perfect despite already knowing that they are predictably NOT, that being said just look at the environment that we continually build for them to exist in.
We shame kids to be perfect despite already knowing that they are predictably NOT, that being said just look at the environment that we continually build for them to exist in.
January 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I rarely weigh in on these now but just as a reminder:
We shame kids to be perfect despite already knowing that they are predictably NOT, that being said just look at the environment that we continually build for them to exist in.
We shame kids to be perfect despite already knowing that they are predictably NOT, that being said just look at the environment that we continually build for them to exist in.
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“In the most profound and basic sense, the engineers of our current situation, cultural and otherwise, are our enemies. They want to make money from us, not build a better world. They take the things we make and use them to replace the makers.”
- Lydia Kiesling
- Lydia Kiesling
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 AM
“In the most profound and basic sense, the engineers of our current situation, cultural and otherwise, are our enemies. They want to make money from us, not build a better world. They take the things we make and use them to replace the makers.”
- Lydia Kiesling
- Lydia Kiesling
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"Battalions of armed federal agents are moving thru neighborhoods, transit hubs, malls & parking lots & staging near churches, mosques & schools. Strangers w/guns have metastasized in spaces where daily life should be routine & safe... like a military occupation."
www.startribune.com/editorial-mi...
www.startribune.com/editorial-mi...
January 20, 2026 at 10:54 AM
"Battalions of armed federal agents are moving thru neighborhoods, transit hubs, malls & parking lots & staging near churches, mosques & schools. Strangers w/guns have metastasized in spaces where daily life should be routine & safe... like a military occupation."
www.startribune.com/editorial-mi...
www.startribune.com/editorial-mi...
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Anti Muslim hate remains a celebrated form of bigotry in America. Had he said this about Jews he’d be rightly condemned. But this will not only go unpunished, it’ll be embraced by MAGAs.
My Islam Today newsletter debunks this hate. Welcome your partnership here: islamtoday.substack.com/subscribe
My Islam Today newsletter debunks this hate. Welcome your partnership here: islamtoday.substack.com/subscribe
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Anti Muslim hate remains a celebrated form of bigotry in America. Had he said this about Jews he’d be rightly condemned. But this will not only go unpunished, it’ll be embraced by MAGAs.
My Islam Today newsletter debunks this hate. Welcome your partnership here: islamtoday.substack.com/subscribe
My Islam Today newsletter debunks this hate. Welcome your partnership here: islamtoday.substack.com/subscribe
What a strange feeling, realizing that today's Bandle was a song that marked a moment in time when peace and unity among nations long in conflict seemed like it was within our grasp. Only 36 years ago, within my adult memory!
January 20, 2026 at 11:32 PM
What a strange feeling, realizing that today's Bandle was a song that marked a moment in time when peace and unity among nations long in conflict seemed like it was within our grasp. Only 36 years ago, within my adult memory!
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Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle https://theonion.com/nation-yearns-for-relative-calm-of-president-a-giant-pedophile-news-cycle/
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle https://theonion.com/nation-yearns-for-relative-calm-of-president-a-giant-pedophile-news-cycle/
Give these guys Ticket to Ride so we can at least get high speed rail
i think i’m fully in on “the white house is run by thirtysomething chuds who think grand strategy games are real life”
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Give these guys Ticket to Ride so we can at least get high speed rail
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im getting disturbing reports that donald trump is doing exactly what he said he would and the results are exactly as disastrous as everyone said they would be
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 PM
im getting disturbing reports that donald trump is doing exactly what he said he would and the results are exactly as disastrous as everyone said they would be
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Trump is a megalomaniacal, criminal madman, he is the singular force that is destroying the entire world order and the whole American system, and rather than acknowledging him as a crisis, our institutions are still, STILL determined to relentlessly normalize him
January 20, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Trump is a megalomaniacal, criminal madman, he is the singular force that is destroying the entire world order and the whole American system, and rather than acknowledging him as a crisis, our institutions are still, STILL determined to relentlessly normalize him