Alexis
@alex-r-113.bsky.social
Political Science/Public Administration/UNF. Research Junkie. Long suffering paralegal.
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From less expensive and further away seats I’m going to try to embody the lived experience of someone who pays $700 each for two third-row seats in a Broadway theater without the first inkling of what the play is about
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
From less expensive and further away seats I’m going to try to embody the lived experience of someone who pays $700 each for two third-row seats in a Broadway theater without the first inkling of what the play is about
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This #Florida city's data shows the artistic crosswalks that #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous ordered painted over actually INCREASED safety. He had his DOT paint them over anyway. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/31/o... via @skylerswisher.bsky.social
Orlando’s artistic crosswalks boosted safety. Florida ordered them painted over
City data shows the bright, colorful designs reduced pedestrian-vehicle conflicts on busy Orange Avenue.
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This #Florida city's data shows the artistic crosswalks that #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous ordered painted over actually INCREASED safety. He had his DOT paint them over anyway. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/31/o... via @skylerswisher.bsky.social
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He screamed. He cursed. He harassed.
I reported him.
The result?
He stayed at the Eastman School of Music. I got expelled.
#rochester #uofr #everbetter #meliora #urochesterresearch #rochesterbound #thisisROC #AcademicSky #EduSky #MeToo #highered #musicsky #musiciansky
I reported him.
The result?
He stayed at the Eastman School of Music. I got expelled.
#rochester #uofr #everbetter #meliora #urochesterresearch #rochesterbound #thisisROC #AcademicSky #EduSky #MeToo #highered #musicsky #musiciansky
He Got A Slap on the Wrist. I Got Expelled.
Excerpts from my Eastman complaint to the New York State Division of Human Rights—submitted under penalty of perjury.
open.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
He screamed. He cursed. He harassed.
I reported him.
The result?
He stayed at the Eastman School of Music. I got expelled.
#rochester #uofr #everbetter #meliora #urochesterresearch #rochesterbound #thisisROC #AcademicSky #EduSky #MeToo #highered #musicsky #musiciansky
I reported him.
The result?
He stayed at the Eastman School of Music. I got expelled.
#rochester #uofr #everbetter #meliora #urochesterresearch #rochesterbound #thisisROC #AcademicSky #EduSky #MeToo #highered #musicsky #musiciansky
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This Memorial Day Weekend, the goal is to grill without eating metal spikes.
May 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This Memorial Day Weekend, the goal is to grill without eating metal spikes.
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In a 4-4 tie, the Supreme Court declined to violate the Constitution by establishing public religious schools. Is it time for the Left to admit their fears were hysterical and unfounded?
May 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In a 4-4 tie, the Supreme Court declined to violate the Constitution by establishing public religious schools. Is it time for the Left to admit their fears were hysterical and unfounded?
If we still care about national media, and we are not investing in our local media, we have a problem. Understandably, local media cannot cover all national issues. But they often do, and non-conglomerates deserve everyone’s financial support.
You know Jake Tapper cares about telling the truth because he went on Megyn Kelly’s show to promote it
May 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
If we still care about national media, and we are not investing in our local media, we have a problem. Understandably, local media cannot cover all national issues. But they often do, and non-conglomerates deserve everyone’s financial support.
Lost a good soul today. This one is hard. Not unexpected, but nonetheless shitty.
May 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Lost a good soul today. This one is hard. Not unexpected, but nonetheless shitty.
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“When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy.
By that measure, America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
By that measure, America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy.
By that measure, America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
By that measure, America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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🧔🏼♂️"No one cares for the plight of men! We have problems too!"
Nonsense. Everyone cares, and everyone acknowledges our challenges. We just disagree with the solution you choose, which is hurting other people rather than helping yourself, and pretending like there aren't better ways to get help.
Nonsense. Everyone cares, and everyone acknowledges our challenges. We just disagree with the solution you choose, which is hurting other people rather than helping yourself, and pretending like there aren't better ways to get help.
May 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🧔🏼♂️"No one cares for the plight of men! We have problems too!"
Nonsense. Everyone cares, and everyone acknowledges our challenges. We just disagree with the solution you choose, which is hurting other people rather than helping yourself, and pretending like there aren't better ways to get help.
Nonsense. Everyone cares, and everyone acknowledges our challenges. We just disagree with the solution you choose, which is hurting other people rather than helping yourself, and pretending like there aren't better ways to get help.
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I may have context for this! Last night WPBT in Palm Beach broadcast the 1979 Clint Eastwood film "Escape from Alcatraz."
May 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I may have context for this! Last night WPBT in Palm Beach broadcast the 1979 Clint Eastwood film "Escape from Alcatraz."
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This is…not wrong.
When the topic is women the conflict is that women are failing society. When the topic is men it's that society is failing them.
May 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is…not wrong.
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I'd watch a sitcom about Bureau of Prisons and National Park Service staffers reluctantly trying to reopen Alcatraz as a prison.
May 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I'd watch a sitcom about Bureau of Prisons and National Park Service staffers reluctantly trying to reopen Alcatraz as a prison.
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In total, Mr Friede has endured more than 200 bites and more than 700 injections of venom he prepared from some of the world's deadliest snakes, including multiple species of mambas, cobras, taipans and kraits… to build up his immunity when handling snakes
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times
Scientists hope to make a universal antivenom from the extraordinary blood of a man exposed to snake venom for decades.
www.bbc.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In total, Mr Friede has endured more than 200 bites and more than 700 injections of venom he prepared from some of the world's deadliest snakes, including multiple species of mambas, cobras, taipans and kraits… to build up his immunity when handling snakes
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump signed an executive order today aimed at ending government funding for NPR and PBS. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
May 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trump signed an executive order today aimed at ending government funding for NPR and PBS. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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April 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
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If they were arresting judges in another country with an authoritarian-inclined (even if democratically elected) government, we'd be alarmed.
We in the U.S. should be alarmed.
We in the U.S. should be alarmed.
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If they were arresting judges in another country with an authoritarian-inclined (even if democratically elected) government, we'd be alarmed.
We in the U.S. should be alarmed.
We in the U.S. should be alarmed.
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I miss the days when you could go minutes, hours even, without thinking about what the President was doing.
April 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I miss the days when you could go minutes, hours even, without thinking about what the President was doing.
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April 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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This admin in a nutshell - Ship of fools boarded by pirates.
Reported earlier today that a new DOGEr, Roland Tenglong Shen, who works at Thiel-backed payments company Ramp, is now at Treasury's central payments hub. A request for comment through LinkedIn went unanswered and now Shen's LinkedIn profile has disappeared. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rampi...
Rampin’ Up, Baby! That Thiel Start Up Hunting the Motherlode Contract is Inside Treasury
One of the most important stories in some time came out two...
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April 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This admin in a nutshell - Ship of fools boarded by pirates.
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NEW: Alito issues his dissent, complaining, "Shortly after midnight yesterday, the Court hastily and prematurely granted unprecedented emergency relief." He then gives a bullet-point list of his opposition. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A1007
A.A.R.P., ET AL. V. DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTION
[April 19, 2025]
JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS joins, dis-senting.
Shortly after midnight yesterday, the Court hastily and prematurely granted unprecedented emergency relief. Proceeding under the All Writs Act, 28 U.S. C. $1651, the Court ordered "[t]he Government" not to remove a "putative class of detainees" until this Court issues a superseding or-der. 604 U.S. _ (2025). Although the order does not define the "putative class," it appears that the Court means all members of the class that the habeas petitioners sought to have certified, namely, "[a]ll noncitizens in custody in the Northern District of Texas who were, are, or will be subject to the March 2025 Presidential Proclamation entitled Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren De Aragua' and/or its imple-mentation."* Motion for Class Certification in No. 1:25-cv-59 (ND Tex., Apr. 16, 2025), ECF Doc. 3, p. 1. And although the Court does not specify what it means by "[t]he Govern-ment," it appears that the term is intended to embrace all the named defendants, including the President. Cf. Fed.
Rule Civ. Proc. 65(d)(2).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreianpj4mqdx5t73nhftw7gsqobaqs4wwtgfzpijghgljquvk7eclom@jpeg)
April 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
NEW: Alito issues his dissent, complaining, "Shortly after midnight yesterday, the Court hastily and prematurely granted unprecedented emergency relief." He then gives a bullet-point list of his opposition. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Law Dork background: www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
Law Dork background: www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
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Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
April 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!