CandaceSoVan
@candacesovan.bsky.social
Old butch lesbian writer, tech nerd, and advocate for the chronically ill.
Okay, I know this will sound uncivilized, if not savage, but someone should record “Handel’s Messiah without All the Fucking Singing.” I love Handel, but the opera ruins it for me.
December 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Okay, I know this will sound uncivilized, if not savage, but someone should record “Handel’s Messiah without All the Fucking Singing.” I love Handel, but the opera ruins it for me.
Bari Weiss does not belong in the position she currently holds. A response was sought from the Trump administration. Their failure to respond should not have derailed the important piece of journalism 60 Minutes was poised to air. Weiss is acting as a MAGA apologist.
December 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Bari Weiss does not belong in the position she currently holds. A response was sought from the Trump administration. Their failure to respond should not have derailed the important piece of journalism 60 Minutes was poised to air. Weiss is acting as a MAGA apologist.
Onomatomania is an obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness. I would assume that this is Donald J. Trump’s problem with his own name.
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Onomatomania is an obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness. I would assume that this is Donald J. Trump’s problem with his own name.
I'm here in Willimantic with thousands of people who love the United States of America!
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm here in Willimantic with thousands of people who love the United States of America!
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**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
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October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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"Nothing says MAGA Christian like shooting a priest in the head with a rubber bullet,” commented one person.
October 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"Nothing says MAGA Christian like shooting a priest in the head with a rubber bullet,” commented one person.
Suzanne Swierc has been fired for saying, in her private Facebook account, “If you think Charlie Kirk was a wonderful person, we can’t be friends.” In her post she also stated that she believes in the Resurrection and was praying for his soul. This does not advocate violence. It is an opinion. WTF?
October 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Suzanne Swierc has been fired for saying, in her private Facebook account, “If you think Charlie Kirk was a wonderful person, we can’t be friends.” In her post she also stated that she believes in the Resurrection and was praying for his soul. This does not advocate violence. It is an opinion. WTF?
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They are so afraid of this they won’t seat a newly elected Congresswoman from AZ to keep it from happening.
September 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
They are so afraid of this they won’t seat a newly elected Congresswoman from AZ to keep it from happening.
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This is what Ice is doing in front of the cameras, imagine what they’re doing when no one is filming
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is what Ice is doing in front of the cameras, imagine what they’re doing when no one is filming
Per the OED: The word ‘trumpery’ means: “Something regarded as having little or no true value, especially when presented as having greater value than it in fact possesses.”
September 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Per the OED: The word ‘trumpery’ means: “Something regarded as having little or no true value, especially when presented as having greater value than it in fact possesses.”
We need more jokes with Trump as the punchline. So, let’s start off with this writing prompt: Trump is soooo dumb that….
September 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We need more jokes with Trump as the punchline. So, let’s start off with this writing prompt: Trump is soooo dumb that….
Drumpf has absolutely no sense of humor and zero ability to laugh at himself—or see what a horse’s patootie he is. So of course he’s attacking clever people with wit. My money’s on the funny guys.
September 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Drumpf has absolutely no sense of humor and zero ability to laugh at himself—or see what a horse’s patootie he is. So of course he’s attacking clever people with wit. My money’s on the funny guys.
“Woody Allen has claimed people would be just as outraged if he had married an ‘air stewardess’….” Yeah, if the air stewardess was the barely legal daughter of his extremely long-term romantic partner. Could someone please buy this guy a clue?
September 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“Woody Allen has claimed people would be just as outraged if he had married an ‘air stewardess’….” Yeah, if the air stewardess was the barely legal daughter of his extremely long-term romantic partner. Could someone please buy this guy a clue?
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Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
September 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Today is my birthday, and unless you are well into your fifties, I’ve got socks older than you!
September 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today is my birthday, and unless you are well into your fifties, I’ve got socks older than you!
There’s this Miss Dior fragrance ad on TV that uses a Janis Joplin performance. It’s good to hear Joplin howl, but to have her interrupted by some scrawny-assed posturing model who questions what we’d do for love is so ludicrous as to be stomach-turning. Haute couture meets the blues?
August 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
There’s this Miss Dior fragrance ad on TV that uses a Janis Joplin performance. It’s good to hear Joplin howl, but to have her interrupted by some scrawny-assed posturing model who questions what we’d do for love is so ludicrous as to be stomach-turning. Haute couture meets the blues?
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Can I Get A “Hell Yeah?” 😉😉😉
August 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Can I Get A “Hell Yeah?” 😉😉😉
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The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.
August 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.
Well, I did it. I’ve deleted all of my Meta- and/or Facebook-related accounts and apps. After reading Sarah Wynn-Williams’ _Careless People_, there’s no way can I participate in anything to do with them.
August 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Well, I did it. I’ve deleted all of my Meta- and/or Facebook-related accounts and apps. After reading Sarah Wynn-Williams’ _Careless People_, there’s no way can I participate in anything to do with them.
An interesting article about the effects of late-stage syphilis on seven notable composers: ijuh.org/assets/pdfs/...
ijuh.org
August 4, 2025 at 5:24 AM
An interesting article about the effects of late-stage syphilis on seven notable composers: ijuh.org/assets/pdfs/...
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” Charles MacKay, *Memoirs of Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds,* 1852.
August 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” Charles MacKay, *Memoirs of Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds,* 1852.
A good idea: "Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, is leading a push to curb President Trump’s authority to use U.S. forces to engage in hostilities against Iran, as the war between Israel and Iran raises fears of American entanglement in a broader conflict." NYT, by R.Jimison.
June 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A good idea: "Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, is leading a push to curb President Trump’s authority to use U.S. forces to engage in hostilities against Iran, as the war between Israel and Iran raises fears of American entanglement in a broader conflict." NYT, by R.Jimison.
We had over 400 people show up for the No Kings protest in Killingly, Connecticut! Wonderful people and wonderful support from passers by. Only a few trolls and one “Seig heil.”
June 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We had over 400 people show up for the No Kings protest in Killingly, Connecticut! Wonderful people and wonderful support from passers by. Only a few trolls and one “Seig heil.”