Claire
@crystalclairenight.bsky.social
Progressive AF.
Books.
Sometimes video games.
Fountain pens.
Did I mention books?
Happily living under a rock with most pop culture, even in books and video games.
Books.
Sometimes video games.
Fountain pens.
Did I mention books?
Happily living under a rock with most pop culture, even in books and video games.
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gentle reminder on this horrifying day that you can turn off video autoplay on bluesky
settings > content and media > toggle autoplay to off
settings > content and media > toggle autoplay to off
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
gentle reminder on this horrifying day that you can turn off video autoplay on bluesky
settings > content and media > toggle autoplay to off
settings > content and media > toggle autoplay to off
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Little thing to notice if you vote by mail. Especially for the northwest where vote by mail is very popular. Especially Oregon where there is no in person voting at all.
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Little thing to notice if you vote by mail. Especially for the northwest where vote by mail is very popular. Especially Oregon where there is no in person voting at all.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
I mentioned a picture in another post. Not as great a picture as I remember but the version of that sunset over the Nisqually valley is great in my memory.
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I mentioned a picture in another post. Not as great a picture as I remember but the version of that sunset over the Nisqually valley is great in my memory.
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Thank you, Canada!
February 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Thank you, Canada!
@democratswin.bsky.social could you space out your postings a little?
My following feed is like 50 consecutive posts by you. I'm scrolling a mile to see anything else. If you space them out like ten minutes between then I'd have 4 or 5 posts between each of yours.
My following feed is like 50 consecutive posts by you. I'm scrolling a mile to see anything else. If you space them out like ten minutes between then I'd have 4 or 5 posts between each of yours.
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
@democratswin.bsky.social could you space out your postings a little?
My following feed is like 50 consecutive posts by you. I'm scrolling a mile to see anything else. If you space them out like ten minutes between then I'd have 4 or 5 posts between each of yours.
My following feed is like 50 consecutive posts by you. I'm scrolling a mile to see anything else. If you space them out like ten minutes between then I'd have 4 or 5 posts between each of yours.
Someone definitely confused science with philosophy.
Science is falsifiable, that's how to contest it's claims. If it's not falsifiable its religion, misc beliefs, or philosophy.
Philosophy is where you argue against it and develop a better argument that is more accepted and preferred.
Science is falsifiable, that's how to contest it's claims. If it's not falsifiable its religion, misc beliefs, or philosophy.
Philosophy is where you argue against it and develop a better argument that is more accepted and preferred.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Someone definitely confused science with philosophy.
Science is falsifiable, that's how to contest it's claims. If it's not falsifiable its religion, misc beliefs, or philosophy.
Philosophy is where you argue against it and develop a better argument that is more accepted and preferred.
Science is falsifiable, that's how to contest it's claims. If it's not falsifiable its religion, misc beliefs, or philosophy.
Philosophy is where you argue against it and develop a better argument that is more accepted and preferred.
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Frictionless brain activity
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Frictionless brain activity
I just spotted some articles about this.
"Cornhusker clink", from an article
"McCook Work Ethic Camp will be utilized for detention of individuals accused of immigration violations"
The fucking what work fucking ethics nazi ass shit camp?!
"Cornhusker clink", from an article
"McCook Work Ethic Camp will be utilized for detention of individuals accused of immigration violations"
The fucking what work fucking ethics nazi ass shit camp?!
October 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I just spotted some articles about this.
"Cornhusker clink", from an article
"McCook Work Ethic Camp will be utilized for detention of individuals accused of immigration violations"
The fucking what work fucking ethics nazi ass shit camp?!
"Cornhusker clink", from an article
"McCook Work Ethic Camp will be utilized for detention of individuals accused of immigration violations"
The fucking what work fucking ethics nazi ass shit camp?!
I think the best part of cancelling subscriptions is that we get to save money and feel a pull back to owning physical copies of media.
Companies really underestimated the vulnerability they created in chasing recurring revenue. Now any brand damage can immediately land. Boycotts hit harder now.
Companies really underestimated the vulnerability they created in chasing recurring revenue. Now any brand damage can immediately land. Boycotts hit harder now.
October 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I think the best part of cancelling subscriptions is that we get to save money and feel a pull back to owning physical copies of media.
Companies really underestimated the vulnerability they created in chasing recurring revenue. Now any brand damage can immediately land. Boycotts hit harder now.
Companies really underestimated the vulnerability they created in chasing recurring revenue. Now any brand damage can immediately land. Boycotts hit harder now.
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📣TAKE ACTION NOW: Governor Little must explain why hundreds of innocent people were terrorized at a community event filled with families in Wilder, Idaho. Send him a message to demand answers:
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Tell Governor Little: We Demand Answers After Innocent Families Were Terrorized in Wilder
We are demanding that Governor Little be accountable to taxpayers for the atrocious events that took place at a family-friendly community event on Sunday, October 19 in Wilder, Idaho.
secure.ngpvan.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
📣TAKE ACTION NOW: Governor Little must explain why hundreds of innocent people were terrorized at a community event filled with families in Wilder, Idaho. Send him a message to demand answers:
secure.ngpvan.com/EA4cLyiIkEOq...
secure.ngpvan.com/EA4cLyiIkEOq...
Easy picking for my block list today. Anyone misrepresenting the facts, with a post history of similar bullshit and I'm presuming of a bot and blocking.
If you're so misinformed that you look like bot spam propaganda, get a damn education and learn about the world.
If you're so misinformed that you look like bot spam propaganda, get a damn education and learn about the world.
October 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Easy picking for my block list today. Anyone misrepresenting the facts, with a post history of similar bullshit and I'm presuming of a bot and blocking.
If you're so misinformed that you look like bot spam propaganda, get a damn education and learn about the world.
If you're so misinformed that you look like bot spam propaganda, get a damn education and learn about the world.
I have seen a few bits of reporting that hegseth is terrified of being assassinated.
I'm glad for that for him. It might prompt him to consider stepping down.
I don't want it to happen. If it did I'd just sigh at what would most likely be right wing on right wing thug violence.
I'm glad for that for him. It might prompt him to consider stepping down.
I don't want it to happen. If it did I'd just sigh at what would most likely be right wing on right wing thug violence.
October 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I have seen a few bits of reporting that hegseth is terrified of being assassinated.
I'm glad for that for him. It might prompt him to consider stepping down.
I don't want it to happen. If it did I'd just sigh at what would most likely be right wing on right wing thug violence.
I'm glad for that for him. It might prompt him to consider stepping down.
I don't want it to happen. If it did I'd just sigh at what would most likely be right wing on right wing thug violence.
Someone asked earlier this week how I would do self care in the upcoming days.
I replied I am a live skeet court reporter news junkie. I'd be watching the news and seeing judges excoriating the administration.
Today was juicy, lots of good news democracy. May justice forever prevail.
I replied I am a live skeet court reporter news junkie. I'd be watching the news and seeing judges excoriating the administration.
Today was juicy, lots of good news democracy. May justice forever prevail.
October 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Someone asked earlier this week how I would do self care in the upcoming days.
I replied I am a live skeet court reporter news junkie. I'd be watching the news and seeing judges excoriating the administration.
Today was juicy, lots of good news democracy. May justice forever prevail.
I replied I am a live skeet court reporter news junkie. I'd be watching the news and seeing judges excoriating the administration.
Today was juicy, lots of good news democracy. May justice forever prevail.
How many folks upgraded to Linux? Windows10 end of support tomorrow. Usually when that happens a bunch of exploits go public within a few days so the community can try to start fixing things Microsoft refused to.
So far I am liking my Linux install. Everything works with minimal fuss
So far I am liking my Linux install. Everything works with minimal fuss
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How many folks upgraded to Linux? Windows10 end of support tomorrow. Usually when that happens a bunch of exploits go public within a few days so the community can try to start fixing things Microsoft refused to.
So far I am liking my Linux install. Everything works with minimal fuss
So far I am liking my Linux install. Everything works with minimal fuss
Watching with some amusement content about the post rapture clarity.
It's like post nut clarity except nobody got off. 😂
It's like post nut clarity except nobody got off. 😂
September 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Watching with some amusement content about the post rapture clarity.
It's like post nut clarity except nobody got off. 😂
It's like post nut clarity except nobody got off. 😂
I see a lot of boiling the frog metaphors and talk of being ready to boil over. I think those analogies understate the severity.
A boil over on a stove is a hassle maybe some cleanup.
An alcohol flash in a pan is dangerous but usually not enough fuel to really cause problems.
A boil over on a stove is a hassle maybe some cleanup.
An alcohol flash in a pan is dangerous but usually not enough fuel to really cause problems.
September 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I see a lot of boiling the frog metaphors and talk of being ready to boil over. I think those analogies understate the severity.
A boil over on a stove is a hassle maybe some cleanup.
An alcohol flash in a pan is dangerous but usually not enough fuel to really cause problems.
A boil over on a stove is a hassle maybe some cleanup.
An alcohol flash in a pan is dangerous but usually not enough fuel to really cause problems.
This is gonna make Trump's ears burn.
If he doesn't die of a stroke he's gonna make Vance miserable for a while if not try to turn the public on him entirely.
trump is miserable enough person he would live to spite vance at this point.
If he doesn't die of a stroke he's gonna make Vance miserable for a while if not try to turn the public on him entirely.
trump is miserable enough person he would live to spite vance at this point.
I suspect a lot of the ceremony around Kirk is an attempt to leverage Christian nationalist symbology in order to convey the messianic fervor of MAGA from Trump to Vance.
September 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This is gonna make Trump's ears burn.
If he doesn't die of a stroke he's gonna make Vance miserable for a while if not try to turn the public on him entirely.
trump is miserable enough person he would live to spite vance at this point.
If he doesn't die of a stroke he's gonna make Vance miserable for a while if not try to turn the public on him entirely.
trump is miserable enough person he would live to spite vance at this point.
Civilization (western and otherwise) is democracy and government by the consent of the people.
Western *history* is monarchs and autocrats, and toppling them to be replaced with democracy.
Western *history* is monarchs and autocrats, and toppling them to be replaced with democracy.
Stephen Miller at Charlie Kirk’s “memorial” is scary as all hell:
“You have no idea the dragon you've awakened to save civilization. You have nothing. We will defend virtue. We are on the side of goodness, of God.”
“You have no idea the dragon you've awakened to save civilization. You have nothing. We will defend virtue. We are on the side of goodness, of God.”
September 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Civilization (western and otherwise) is democracy and government by the consent of the people.
Western *history* is monarchs and autocrats, and toppling them to be replaced with democracy.
Western *history* is monarchs and autocrats, and toppling them to be replaced with democracy.
I wonder if all this Kirk stuff is an effort to have things in place so when Time catcher up to trump there won't be room for public humiliation at his legacy.
If they can stifle you for kirk now imagine what they'll do if you don't shed an adequate amount of tears for trump?
If they can stifle you for kirk now imagine what they'll do if you don't shed an adequate amount of tears for trump?
September 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I wonder if all this Kirk stuff is an effort to have things in place so when Time catcher up to trump there won't be room for public humiliation at his legacy.
If they can stifle you for kirk now imagine what they'll do if you don't shed an adequate amount of tears for trump?
If they can stifle you for kirk now imagine what they'll do if you don't shed an adequate amount of tears for trump?
Out of context from a notebook I jotted this at some point from something I read.
"Legitimate authority is revokable."
I wish I'd written a source for that so I could refresh my context.
"Legitimate authority is revokable."
I wish I'd written a source for that so I could refresh my context.
September 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Out of context from a notebook I jotted this at some point from something I read.
"Legitimate authority is revokable."
I wish I'd written a source for that so I could refresh my context.
"Legitimate authority is revokable."
I wish I'd written a source for that so I could refresh my context.
I asked a friend to borrow a drill. She said yeah and also I have a worn out thrift store drill but it doesn't work well too.
Of course I want to try and give it a good clean and restore.
Funnily enough the drill has 1 bearing, and the bearings in my spare parts bin consist of twenty bearings.
Of course I want to try and give it a good clean and restore.
Funnily enough the drill has 1 bearing, and the bearings in my spare parts bin consist of twenty bearings.
August 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I asked a friend to borrow a drill. She said yeah and also I have a worn out thrift store drill but it doesn't work well too.
Of course I want to try and give it a good clean and restore.
Funnily enough the drill has 1 bearing, and the bearings in my spare parts bin consist of twenty bearings.
Of course I want to try and give it a good clean and restore.
Funnily enough the drill has 1 bearing, and the bearings in my spare parts bin consist of twenty bearings.
Who cares what Putin the warmonger says of Trump the Russian puppet says. Let's hear from the president of the nation that was invaded and then not invited to the peace summit dicing up their sovereign lands.
Statement below from Zelensky earlier today. #StandWithUkraine Putin, et al, is still stuck in the past, thinking Ukraine still belongs to Russia. Ukraine became independent nation in 1991.
August 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Who cares what Putin the warmonger says of Trump the Russian puppet says. Let's hear from the president of the nation that was invaded and then not invited to the peace summit dicing up their sovereign lands.
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