Cecilia Nemo
@cecilianemo.bsky.social
Leftist and antifascist. Librarian, data analyst, and social scientist. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. WWI and fashion/cultural history nerd. Obsessed with sci-fi, corgis, community, #solarpunk.
It’s sometimes a better option than flying, sometimes not. But it’s usually a better option than never leaving one’s house, which is what I was responding to.
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It’s sometimes a better option than flying, sometimes not. But it’s usually a better option than never leaving one’s house, which is what I was responding to.
Then the Dems should not expect the American people to vote for their candidates. Fight fascism or get a job.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Then the Dems should not expect the American people to vote for their candidates. Fight fascism or get a job.
No, it’s not close. But where it exists, it’s an improvement over staying in one’s house forever.
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
No, it’s not close. But where it exists, it’s an improvement over staying in one’s house forever.
May I suggest Amtrak?
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
May I suggest Amtrak?
Sure, some death is probably unavoidable now. I’m just sick of “We scientists have done nothing wrong. It’s not our fault, just let the rubes die and they’ll listen to us like they should have in the first place.” False AND unhelpful.
December 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sure, some death is probably unavoidable now. I’m just sick of “We scientists have done nothing wrong. It’s not our fault, just let the rubes die and they’ll listen to us like they should have in the first place.” False AND unhelpful.
If I were an oil company, I couldn’t dream up better operatives.
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If I were an oil company, I couldn’t dream up better operatives.
If you want to convince people who don’t already lean your way, I suggest 1) Growing some empathy for other humans, and 2) Learning about structural barriers to people doing what you want. What you’re doing is masturbation, not activism.
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If you want to convince people who don’t already lean your way, I suggest 1) Growing some empathy for other humans, and 2) Learning about structural barriers to people doing what you want. What you’re doing is masturbation, not activism.
I eat fish like once a week. I have iron issues. Please fuck all the way off. And every time I engage in this kind of conversation, I’m reminded of another reason so many people do nothing: People like you treat anything short of perfection as inadequate.
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I eat fish like once a week. I have iron issues. Please fuck all the way off. And every time I engage in this kind of conversation, I’m reminded of another reason so many people do nothing: People like you treat anything short of perfection as inadequate.
I don’t own a car and I’m pescatarian. I’m not making excuses. I’m disagreeing.
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I don’t own a car and I’m pescatarian. I’m not making excuses. I’m disagreeing.
I don’t think it reflects individual stupidity, but structural issues. (In the two party issue, Duverger’s Law plays a part.) We’ll have to agree to disagree.
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I don’t think it reflects individual stupidity, but structural issues. (In the two party issue, Duverger’s Law plays a part.) We’ll have to agree to disagree.
I’m not saying it’s good. I’m explaining why it’s so hard to overcome. People aren’t stupid. They are acting in a way that’s individually rational, but as a collective strategy will kill us all.
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’m not saying it’s good. I’m explaining why it’s so hard to overcome. People aren’t stupid. They are acting in a way that’s individually rational, but as a collective strategy will kill us all.
It’s a prisoner’s dilemma. If you change your behavior but the whole society doesn’t, you’re giving up creature comforts in a time of turmoil for nothing. And a lot of people think like that.
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It’s a prisoner’s dilemma. If you change your behavior but the whole society doesn’t, you’re giving up creature comforts in a time of turmoil for nothing. And a lot of people think like that.
I now take “doomer” online like I take “Karen” from white men outside the service industry: A them problem.
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I now take “doomer” online like I take “Karen” from white men outside the service industry: A them problem.
Glad I could help.
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Glad I could help.
Yeah. There’s a lot of ignoring the sad state of science journalism, education, and communication. Not to mention the medical sexism that’s so often the seed for MAHA nonsense. It sucks that propagandists take advantage of those problems, but they’re real problems.
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Yeah. There’s a lot of ignoring the sad state of science journalism, education, and communication. Not to mention the medical sexism that’s so often the seed for MAHA nonsense. It sucks that propagandists take advantage of those problems, but they’re real problems.
But when you act like people who are actually paying attention to what Dems are doing are ridiculous, I have to respond. Because people listen to you. And while the Republicans are here to actively hurt us, the Dems are here to help themselves.
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
But when you act like people who are actually paying attention to what Dems are doing are ridiculous, I have to respond. Because people listen to you. And while the Republicans are here to actively hurt us, the Dems are here to help themselves.
Idc if you support Senators who have consistently voted for unanimous consent agreements. speeding the work of fascists, or leadership who folded like a house of cards, cancelling out the sacrifices of countless federal workers, for nothing.
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Idc if you support Senators who have consistently voted for unanimous consent agreements. speeding the work of fascists, or leadership who folded like a house of cards, cancelling out the sacrifices of countless federal workers, for nothing.
Trump threatening to execute you means you made Trump mad. Nothing more. And talk is cheap. People are sick of being gaslighted by a Democratic Party that recognizes fascism in its fundraising emails, but not its strategy. Idc if you support people who voted for Trump’s worst nominees.
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump threatening to execute you means you made Trump mad. Nothing more. And talk is cheap. People are sick of being gaslighted by a Democratic Party that recognizes fascism in its fundraising emails, but not its strategy. Idc if you support people who voted for Trump’s worst nominees.
It’s not the slogan. The slogan reflects the state of the party. It shows how awful the Dems are at both reading the room and rising to the moment. People are looking for signs of politicians actually addressing the world we live in now, and getting remixed neoliberalism/platitudes, over and over.
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It’s not the slogan. The slogan reflects the state of the party. It shows how awful the Dems are at both reading the room and rising to the moment. People are looking for signs of politicians actually addressing the world we live in now, and getting remixed neoliberalism/platitudes, over and over.
Poor analogy, for two reasons: 1) Not flying harms no one, and actually helps the climate. 2) Given the state of the FAA rn, historical data is less useful in predicting future crashes. But we have long-term data on vaccines, and there’s no reason to think underlying conditions have changed there.
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Poor analogy, for two reasons: 1) Not flying harms no one, and actually helps the climate. 2) Given the state of the FAA rn, historical data is less useful in predicting future crashes. But we have long-term data on vaccines, and there’s no reason to think underlying conditions have changed there.
At this point, “doomer” is mostly a term ostriches use to defend their position.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
At this point, “doomer” is mostly a term ostriches use to defend their position.