YarnGeek
@yarngeek.com
Glam wizard. Screaming Leftist Liberal. Crafty. Fat, Pan, cynical pollyanna with a fixit complex.
The thing about the cost of healthcare to the people who need it, Roger Marshall, is that THERE SHOULD BE NONE.
Healthcare should be a human right, you unbelievably vile sacks of ambulatory excrement!
Healthcare should be a human right, you unbelievably vile sacks of ambulatory excrement!
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The thing about the cost of healthcare to the people who need it, Roger Marshall, is that THERE SHOULD BE NONE.
Healthcare should be a human right, you unbelievably vile sacks of ambulatory excrement!
Healthcare should be a human right, you unbelievably vile sacks of ambulatory excrement!
One of the more harrowing things I witnessed as an EMT was watching my paramedic grab the phone from a weeping family member of the patient having a heart attack on the floor, to tell the insurance company that no, we would NOT bypass 3 other hospitals to go to their "approved" facility.
Also this comparison shopping idea is ridiculous. A ridiculous part of my husband’s job is convincing someone at his hospital or another one that they should admit his patient into their service and then arguing with three people and forcing them to talk to each other so one of them finally agrees.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
One of the more harrowing things I witnessed as an EMT was watching my paramedic grab the phone from a weeping family member of the patient having a heart attack on the floor, to tell the insurance company that no, we would NOT bypass 3 other hospitals to go to their "approved" facility.
I would just like to note, for those of us constantly sick at heart in these times, that when the text of laws say crap like, "permanently [does this terrible bigoted thing]", it doesn't *actually* mean "permanently" - it means "until better humans take office & legislate a solution".
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I would just like to note, for those of us constantly sick at heart in these times, that when the text of laws say crap like, "permanently [does this terrible bigoted thing]", it doesn't *actually* mean "permanently" - it means "until better humans take office & legislate a solution".
Hi. January will make it a year my spouse has been trying to find re-employment. 100s of apps, 1 interview.
Is anyone *actively, actually hiring*, who'd like to speak with a guy who has years of broad experience encompassing project & office mgmt, editing, teaching, website text maintenance, etc.?
Is anyone *actively, actually hiring*, who'd like to speak with a guy who has years of broad experience encompassing project & office mgmt, editing, teaching, website text maintenance, etc.?
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hi. January will make it a year my spouse has been trying to find re-employment. 100s of apps, 1 interview.
Is anyone *actively, actually hiring*, who'd like to speak with a guy who has years of broad experience encompassing project & office mgmt, editing, teaching, website text maintenance, etc.?
Is anyone *actively, actually hiring*, who'd like to speak with a guy who has years of broad experience encompassing project & office mgmt, editing, teaching, website text maintenance, etc.?
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Getting ready for 2026 like
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Getting ready for 2026 like
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This guy has wildly escaped containment and I love that people like it, but to reiterate:
1.Yes you can get it as a tattoo.
2.No you cannot sell craft patterns or merch
3.I appreciate the mistake and yes I do have the personality of a morose victorian poet, but this is from 2024 and under copyright.
1.Yes you can get it as a tattoo.
2.No you cannot sell craft patterns or merch
3.I appreciate the mistake and yes I do have the personality of a morose victorian poet, but this is from 2024 and under copyright.
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This guy has wildly escaped containment and I love that people like it, but to reiterate:
1.Yes you can get it as a tattoo.
2.No you cannot sell craft patterns or merch
3.I appreciate the mistake and yes I do have the personality of a morose victorian poet, but this is from 2024 and under copyright.
1.Yes you can get it as a tattoo.
2.No you cannot sell craft patterns or merch
3.I appreciate the mistake and yes I do have the personality of a morose victorian poet, but this is from 2024 and under copyright.
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BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
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It’s actually up to governments to regulate AI and stop it from destroying lives.
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It’s actually up to governments to regulate AI and stop it from destroying lives.
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If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
Donate to Support Individualized Shirt Workers United, organized by Gabor Ptacek
Since this summer, worker leaders at Individualized Shirts have been organizi… Gabor Ptacek needs your support for Support Individualized Shirt Workers United
www.gofundme.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
how is it possible that That Billionaire Who Ruined The Bird Site has all the money on earth, but always looks SO BAD? That tuxedo photo is just wild to me; the simplest dressy uniform there is, & you can't even do THAT with any elegance or (haha) elan?
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
how is it possible that That Billionaire Who Ruined The Bird Site has all the money on earth, but always looks SO BAD? That tuxedo photo is just wild to me; the simplest dressy uniform there is, & you can't even do THAT with any elegance or (haha) elan?
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in the last 5 days these laid-off VIBE staffers have only made it to 31% of their GoFundMe goal after being laid off. please show them the same support you showed Teen Vogue!!
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
in the last 5 days these laid-off VIBE staffers have only made it to 31% of their GoFundMe goal after being laid off. please show them the same support you showed Teen Vogue!!
Hockey people are just a whole other level of precious
dudes rock
holy shit you guys look at the zamboni at my local hockey rink; the arena manager reached out to Pearl Jam for a sponsorship and got it and now we have a JAMBONI ZAMBONI
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hockey people are just a whole other level of precious
it really, truly hit me tonight that we are most likely going to lose the house.
I don’t know what else to do.
I’m overwhelmed, exhausted, heartbroken, angry, & SO heartily sick of literally everything being so unrelentingly awful for so long now that I can’t remember the last time it was not.
I don’t know what else to do.
I’m overwhelmed, exhausted, heartbroken, angry, & SO heartily sick of literally everything being so unrelentingly awful for so long now that I can’t remember the last time it was not.
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
it really, truly hit me tonight that we are most likely going to lose the house.
I don’t know what else to do.
I’m overwhelmed, exhausted, heartbroken, angry, & SO heartily sick of literally everything being so unrelentingly awful for so long now that I can’t remember the last time it was not.
I don’t know what else to do.
I’m overwhelmed, exhausted, heartbroken, angry, & SO heartily sick of literally everything being so unrelentingly awful for so long now that I can’t remember the last time it was not.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Deaf and Deaf-adjacent folks, I need some help.
I have a student who needs to hire a writing coach that specialises in helping folks who are primarily ASL speakers write in English. Where do I look to find one who is able to assist with dissertation-level academic writing? Does anyone know someone?
I have a student who needs to hire a writing coach that specialises in helping folks who are primarily ASL speakers write in English. Where do I look to find one who is able to assist with dissertation-level academic writing? Does anyone know someone?
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Deaf and Deaf-adjacent folks, I need some help.
I have a student who needs to hire a writing coach that specialises in helping folks who are primarily ASL speakers write in English. Where do I look to find one who is able to assist with dissertation-level academic writing? Does anyone know someone?
I have a student who needs to hire a writing coach that specialises in helping folks who are primarily ASL speakers write in English. Where do I look to find one who is able to assist with dissertation-level academic writing? Does anyone know someone?
y'know what? in this economy?
Nevermind.
Nevermind.
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
y'know what? in this economy?
Nevermind.
Nevermind.
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Gut party leadership immediately, they do not win elections and they don't want to.
The framing of this is hilarious: Democrats deeply worried about the repercussions of a victory
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout
The progressive candidate is on the cusp of a historic mayoral win. And that's adding to unease among Democrats looking for a way back to national power.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gut party leadership immediately, they do not win elections and they don't want to.
Okay, Virginia. Let's do this.
(cc: NY, NJ, PA, et al)
(cc: NY, NJ, PA, et al)
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Okay, Virginia. Let's do this.
(cc: NY, NJ, PA, et al)
(cc: NY, NJ, PA, et al)
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Pennsylvania is a state that has really diverse & high stakes, up and down the ballot tomorrow.
—control of state supreme court
—lower state court races
—Philly DA: Krasner's reelect
—important, heated school boards
—partisan battles for county execs in swing counties
—Bucks County at a crossroads
—control of state supreme court
—lower state court races
—Philly DA: Krasner's reelect
—important, heated school boards
—partisan battles for county execs in swing counties
—Bucks County at a crossroads
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Pennsylvania is a state that has really diverse & high stakes, up and down the ballot tomorrow.
—control of state supreme court
—lower state court races
—Philly DA: Krasner's reelect
—important, heated school boards
—partisan battles for county execs in swing counties
—Bucks County at a crossroads
—control of state supreme court
—lower state court races
—Philly DA: Krasner's reelect
—important, heated school boards
—partisan battles for county execs in swing counties
—Bucks County at a crossroads
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Hey PA residents: Go vote! Vote YES to retain the state supreme court judges. They're one of the last things keeping democracy going in PA, and if PA falls the Dems' chances to disrupt GOP power in 2026 and 2028 fade pretty hard.
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hey PA residents: Go vote! Vote YES to retain the state supreme court judges. They're one of the last things keeping democracy going in PA, and if PA falls the Dems' chances to disrupt GOP power in 2026 and 2028 fade pretty hard.
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If you don't remember the Bush / Cheney years, don't think of him as Bush's JD Vance. He was Bush's Stephen Miller.
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If you don't remember the Bush / Cheney years, don't think of him as Bush's JD Vance. He was Bush's Stephen Miller.