Ellie
@daisyhatesowls.bsky.social
Dog enthusiast, third culture kid, reader of nerdy histories, embarrassed American. Mostly here for cat and dog pictures.
Good thread. Tom’s takes are kind of my Waffle House storm index, but for fascism.
I wonder what any of you would do differently in your lives if I said "yes, America is at this moment a fascist nation."
Because I tell ya what, if I thought so, I'd be doing things differently. For starters, I wouldn't bother worrying about elections or candidates or whom to support. /1
Because I tell ya what, if I thought so, I'd be doing things differently. For starters, I wouldn't bother worrying about elections or candidates or whom to support. /1
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Good thread. Tom’s takes are kind of my Waffle House storm index, but for fascism.
We all understand that these armrests are actually plastic, right? And that’s all perfectly on-brand for this administration.
December 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We all understand that these armrests are actually plastic, right? And that’s all perfectly on-brand for this administration.
I didn’t know I needed this, but the clips are healing something in me.
Seeing both Jake Paul AND Andrew Tate getting rocked within a 24 hour period is the Christmas gift we all deserved
santa claus blowing snow from his hands with the words enjoy the magic on the bottom left
ALT: santa claus blowing snow from his hands with the words enjoy the magic on the bottom left
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I didn’t know I needed this, but the clips are healing something in me.
I don’t think they understand how much worse this will make things for them.
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I don’t think they understand how much worse this will make things for them.
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My son is a senior in college, and majoring in International Relations. He’s telling my parents how when he meets random strangers he knows he’s never going to see again he tells them he’s an Accounting major because he doesn’t want to have to dissect the world’s events with randos. 😂
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My son is a senior in college, and majoring in International Relations. He’s telling my parents how when he meets random strangers he knows he’s never going to see again he tells them he’s an Accounting major because he doesn’t want to have to dissect the world’s events with randos. 😂
We decided to junk traditional Thanksgiving and make paella. Can’t wait to sit around the table with wine, conversation, and food that’s meant to be picked at for ages.
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We decided to junk traditional Thanksgiving and make paella. Can’t wait to sit around the table with wine, conversation, and food that’s meant to be picked at for ages.
I got one too, and so did my son. We both commented that they must be very scared.
The Republican National Committee is spending millions of dollars to harass and intimidate Missourians.
Don’t be scared.
You aren’t doing anything wrong by signing petitions. In fact, you are saving our state. 
Don’t be scared.
You aren’t doing anything wrong by signing petitions. In fact, you are saving our state. 
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I got one too, and so did my son. We both commented that they must be very scared.
I think this administration might’ve just accidentally launched Mark Kelly’s 2028 presidential campaign. In any case, taking on an actual American hero with petty vindictiveness makes them look like the weak fools they are.
two women are talking in a store and one of them is saying big mistake big huge
ALT: two women are talking in a store and one of them is saying big mistake big huge
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I think this administration might’ve just accidentally launched Mark Kelly’s 2028 presidential campaign. In any case, taking on an actual American hero with petty vindictiveness makes them look like the weak fools they are.
The Ultimate "Leopards Ate My Face" Rendition!
YouTube video by Franchesca Ramsey
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Goodness, hope feels good.
Let’s goooo!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Let’s goooo!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Goodness, hope feels good.
Let’s goooo!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Let’s goooo!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Yup.
Jesus: Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Christian Nationalists: *raise their hands in unison*
Christian Nationalists: *raise their hands in unison*
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yup.
WTF is wrong with people?!? I’m glad the women here understood the assignment.
A group of US women kicked out a Nazi, while a group of US men stood around doing nothing.
People around the world are noticing that it is women who are leading the fight against fascists in the US. Whether it is Nazis or ICE.
People around the world are noticing that it is women who are leading the fight against fascists in the US. Whether it is Nazis or ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
WTF is wrong with people?!? I’m glad the women here understood the assignment.
If only…
October 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If only…
I see A House of Dynamite is streaming on Netflix now, so I know what I’m watching tonight. Should really help my sleep situation. 😂
a man is smiling in front of an explosion
ALT: a man is smiling in front of an explosion
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I see A House of Dynamite is streaming on Netflix now, so I know what I’m watching tonight. Should really help my sleep situation. 😂
This is stunning. It captures so well the grief I was still processing of this desecration.
The East Wing Obscenity
This piece is on the free side of the paywall, and I have to admit that writing it made me more sad than I could have imagined. The ugly destruction isn’t just to a building, but to memory, history, and American grace.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
This piece is on the free side of the paywall, and I have to admit that writing it made me more sad than I could have imagined. The ugly destruction isn’t just to a building, but to memory, history, and American grace.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
The East Wing Obscenity
Trump's Ballroom Is a Tumor On The People's House
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is stunning. It captures so well the grief I was still processing of this desecration.
Excellent! 😂
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Excellent! 😂
It was. He was under a lot of pressure and I think he hit all the right notes. Well done to Jimmy and his writers.
Kimmel’s monologue was excellent
September 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It was. He was under a lot of pressure and I think he hit all the right notes. Well done to Jimmy and his writers.
Now that’s a positive development I didn’t know I needed. 😂
You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Now that’s a positive development I didn’t know I needed. 😂
For folks canceling their Disney subscription, consider redirecting the monthly subscription fee to your local PBS station or to other pro-democracy outlets.
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
For folks canceling their Disney subscription, consider redirecting the monthly subscription fee to your local PBS station or to other pro-democracy outlets.
It’s way past time to get loud for America. 🇺🇸
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s way past time to get loud for America. 🇺🇸
@j-jordan-poet.bsky.social this is what I was talking about. 😭
September 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
@j-jordan-poet.bsky.social this is what I was talking about. 😭
For years conservative Christians have taught people that “thoughts and prayers” is a meaningless platitude that takes the place of meaningful action. So they don’t get to now act offended when people treat it exactly like a meaningless platitude.
August 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
For years conservative Christians have taught people that “thoughts and prayers” is a meaningless platitude that takes the place of meaningful action. So they don’t get to now act offended when people treat it exactly like a meaningless platitude.
Alaska understood the assignment! 💪🇺🇦
August 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Alaska understood the assignment! 💪🇺🇦
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It's making me a little crazy that the media has just discovered that at the core of #ChristianNationalism there's a bunch of people who believe women should not have the right to vote.
August 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's making me a little crazy that the media has just discovered that at the core of #ChristianNationalism there's a bunch of people who believe women should not have the right to vote.