Cherie the Mainer
@cheriethemainer.bsky.social
100% New England. Part-time pirate. Notorious scold. "I shall get up Sunday morning and wind the clock, as a contribution to order and steadfastness." - EB White
I meant to bake two kinds of cookies yesterday and two kinds of cookies today but yesterday got kind of screwy so I am baking four kinds of cookies today and I am here to tell you that this was a very, very bad tactical choice.
December 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I meant to bake two kinds of cookies yesterday and two kinds of cookies today but yesterday got kind of screwy so I am baking four kinds of cookies today and I am here to tell you that this was a very, very bad tactical choice.
This is overall great, but as someone from rural Maine I particularly want to draw attention to her focus on what the military means to a certain kind of rural man. Not only is it the only job they feel can get, it's the only job they feel they are *fit for.* That is a key difference.
December 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is overall great, but as someone from rural Maine I particularly want to draw attention to her focus on what the military means to a certain kind of rural man. Not only is it the only job they feel can get, it's the only job they feel they are *fit for.* That is a key difference.
I feel like this is a severely "Okay, Gen X" complaint but am I the only one who feels like albums are too damn long now? At no point do I want to listen to 20 songs in a row by one artist. Go back to 10-12 songs like god and CD storage limits intended.
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I feel like this is a severely "Okay, Gen X" complaint but am I the only one who feels like albums are too damn long now? At no point do I want to listen to 20 songs in a row by one artist. Go back to 10-12 songs like god and CD storage limits intended.
One of the worst parts about living in a tourist area is the shoulder season where you build plans around a favorite place's closing date only to learn they closed early. Just because. 🙃
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One of the worst parts about living in a tourist area is the shoulder season where you build plans around a favorite place's closing date only to learn they closed early. Just because. 🙃
"Did Women Ruin the Workplace?"
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Did Women Ruin the Workplace?"
Hey, look, a coordinated public response to a short-sighted policy had results. Sometimes this stuff works. (Also this is an excellent example of why rural America needs champions who get it.) www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/18/s...
Under pressure, Maine Library Commission postpones vote to adopt new requirements for libraries
Commissioners will seek a legal opinion on the agreement before voting on the document to attempt to avoid punishing rural libraries.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hey, look, a coordinated public response to a short-sighted policy had results. Sometimes this stuff works. (Also this is an excellent example of why rural America needs champions who get it.) www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/18/s...
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Abortion is supported by 3 out of 4 Mainers, but a popular network of clinics that provides it alongside primary care has been shut out of Medicaid by the Trump administration, which also targeted Planned Parenthood. n.pr/48jMkt4
How 'defund Planned Parenthood' came to threaten primary care in rural Maine
Abortion is supported by 3 out of 4 Mainers, but a popular network of clinics that provides it alongside primary care has been shut out of Medicaid by the Trump administration, which also targeted Planned Parenthood.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Abortion is supported by 3 out of 4 Mainers, but a popular network of clinics that provides it alongside primary care has been shut out of Medicaid by the Trump administration, which also targeted Planned Parenthood. n.pr/48jMkt4
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
Eons ago someone recommended Alice Hoffman's The Dovekeepers and I finally got around to reading it. It is an absolutely gorgeous book but reading it at this particular point in time feels like opening up your skull and letting Hoffman punch directly into your brain. Is that a rec? Who knows?
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Eons ago someone recommended Alice Hoffman's The Dovekeepers and I finally got around to reading it. It is an absolutely gorgeous book but reading it at this particular point in time feels like opening up your skull and letting Hoffman punch directly into your brain. Is that a rec? Who knows?
This is a great loss. I strongly recommend Alice's book Year of the Tiger. It challenged and opened my mind and heart in ways few books have.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This is a great loss. I strongly recommend Alice's book Year of the Tiger. It challenged and opened my mind and heart in ways few books have.
I have been browsing the news for 90 seconds and I have already seen too much.
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I have been browsing the news for 90 seconds and I have already seen too much.
You know what CD2 needs? Someone else running who doesn't actually live in the district. We are not your consolation prize. *screams into the void*
Maine Senate candidate Jordan Wood dropping out to run for 2nd District seat
Maine Senate candidate Jordan Wood dropping out to run for 2nd District seat
Wood said he made the decision after learning Rep. Jared Golden won't seek reelection, and said he believes the resources of his campaign would be better spent in the 2nd District.
www.pressherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
You know what CD2 needs? Someone else running who doesn't actually live in the district. We are not your consolation prize. *screams into the void*
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
Me, a near-lifelong CD2 resident, watching the takes on Jared Golden's retirement unfold:
a close up of a woman wearing a necklace and a pink shirt smiling .
ALT: a close up of a woman wearing a necklace and a pink shirt smiling .
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Me, a near-lifelong CD2 resident, watching the takes on Jared Golden's retirement unfold:
Did my first stint as an election clerk tonight. It was a very satisfying kind of fun. I got an insider look at elections. I had many short and cheery conversations with neighbors. I was reminded that no one gets shit done like a pack of middle-aged ladies. Good times.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Did my first stint as an election clerk tonight. It was a very satisfying kind of fun. I got an insider look at elections. I had many short and cheery conversations with neighbors. I was reminded that no one gets shit done like a pack of middle-aged ladies. Good times.
Proofreading my daughter's college application essays and MY GOD she uses commas like a drunken bachelorette attendee with confetti. My sanity is threadbare as it is. I may not make it through.
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Proofreading my daughter's college application essays and MY GOD she uses commas like a drunken bachelorette attendee with confetti. My sanity is threadbare as it is. I may not make it through.
Delighted to see people donating to their local food pantries/banks. PLEASE give cash if at all possible, which 1) allows pantries to buy what they need and 2) allows you to deduct the amount on your taxes, thus giving the federal government less of your money to spend on *waves hand*.
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Delighted to see people donating to their local food pantries/banks. PLEASE give cash if at all possible, which 1) allows pantries to buy what they need and 2) allows you to deduct the amount on your taxes, thus giving the federal government less of your money to spend on *waves hand*.
I don't know who needs to hear this but you do not have to cleave to political candidates as part of your identity until death. They are human beings applying for a job. You can look at the options, weigh what you learn over time and make the best choice you can. They aren't part of your soul.
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this but you do not have to cleave to political candidates as part of your identity until death. They are human beings applying for a job. You can look at the options, weigh what you learn over time and make the best choice you can. They aren't part of your soul.
The feeling when the child you had to force on hikes and other outdoor adventures with threats--and who whined her way through them--writes her entire college essay on how important nature is to her.
a man in a police uniform and tie is making a funny face and saying vindication !!! .
ALT: a man in a police uniform and tie is making a funny face and saying vindication !!! .
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The feeling when the child you had to force on hikes and other outdoor adventures with threats--and who whined her way through them--writes her entire college essay on how important nature is to her.
I actually stopped using Spotify back when everyone said they were going to (I think it was a Joe Rogan thing?) and have been happily using Tidal since. It also pays musicians more. I don't think any big tech company is awesome but you don't have to feel completely gross about where your money goes.
Tidal is a great replacement option and you can use Tune My Music to transfer all your playlists and songs from Spotify in minutes. Fuck ICE.
Spotify’s founder, Daniel Ek, is another techno-fascist billionaire.
He’s invested in AI that specializes in war, surveillance and violence, so it’s no surprise he’s fine with running ICE ads on Spotify.
If you haven’t already, cancel your Spotify subscriptions. Let’s make them feel like Disney+.
He’s invested in AI that specializes in war, surveillance and violence, so it’s no surprise he’s fine with running ICE ads on Spotify.
If you haven’t already, cancel your Spotify subscriptions. Let’s make them feel like Disney+.
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I actually stopped using Spotify back when everyone said they were going to (I think it was a Joe Rogan thing?) and have been happily using Tidal since. It also pays musicians more. I don't think any big tech company is awesome but you don't have to feel completely gross about where your money goes.
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Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
After weeks of trying I finally won over a Very Serious Person with one of my little jokes. Look, I know it makes me insufferable but there is no greater dopamine hit.
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
After weeks of trying I finally won over a Very Serious Person with one of my little jokes. Look, I know it makes me insufferable but there is no greater dopamine hit.
Sitting at the top of a mountain, looking at this view, and listening to a couple nearby casually discuss fascism in America. You know, as we do in 2025.
October 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sitting at the top of a mountain, looking at this view, and listening to a couple nearby casually discuss fascism in America. You know, as we do in 2025.
Not seeing any of this on the news, so spreading it the only way I know how.
Happening now: at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago, Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and other CBP/ICE agents emerge to patrol Beach Street and escort a vehicle out.
They ordered people out of the street, walked to the end of it and then back to the fence.
They ordered people out of the street, walked to the end of it and then back to the fence.
September 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Not seeing any of this on the news, so spreading it the only way I know how.
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These two signs have been removed from Acadia National Park (Passamaquoddy and Penobscot territory).
I am not okay.
Source: open.substack.com/pub/barharbo...
I am not okay.
Source: open.substack.com/pub/barharbo...
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
These two signs have been removed from Acadia National Park (Passamaquoddy and Penobscot territory).
I am not okay.
Source: open.substack.com/pub/barharbo...
I am not okay.
Source: open.substack.com/pub/barharbo...