Interstellar Spitfire
@darnedesther.bsky.social
I used to be a lot of things. Now I'm just the darndest. Auto-doxxing tags: #TikTokrefugee #Wichitawesome #KW4KH
Building a haphazard life raft to escape the burning wreckage of TikTok and the greedy jaws of the frumious bandersnatch Meta.
Building a haphazard life raft to escape the burning wreckage of TikTok and the greedy jaws of the frumious bandersnatch Meta.
Personal note: Starting over at 36 almost feels poetic somehow. It's twice 18 and half of 72.
I suppose it's a literal midlife crisis. One that feels nothing like the movie stereotypes.
It's the sad sizzle of a campfire quenched with water after burning down to embers... Never to be reignited.
I suppose it's a literal midlife crisis. One that feels nothing like the movie stereotypes.
It's the sad sizzle of a campfire quenched with water after burning down to embers... Never to be reignited.
June 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Personal note: Starting over at 36 almost feels poetic somehow. It's twice 18 and half of 72.
I suppose it's a literal midlife crisis. One that feels nothing like the movie stereotypes.
It's the sad sizzle of a campfire quenched with water after burning down to embers... Never to be reignited.
I suppose it's a literal midlife crisis. One that feels nothing like the movie stereotypes.
It's the sad sizzle of a campfire quenched with water after burning down to embers... Never to be reignited.
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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BREAKING: Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization says it will not halt its nuclear program following the U.S. attack, calling the strikes a “blatant violation of international law.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
BREAKING: Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization says it will not halt its nuclear program following the U.S. attack, calling the strikes a “blatant violation of international law.”
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To stop what’s coming, we’re going to have to be willing to risk arrest, imprisonment, beatings and even death.
The longer we wait, the worse it’ll be.
The longer we wait, the worse it’ll be.
April 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
To stop what’s coming, we’re going to have to be willing to risk arrest, imprisonment, beatings and even death.
The longer we wait, the worse it’ll be.
The longer we wait, the worse it’ll be.
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
The numbers nerd in me is geeking out about this wild little coincidence:
On 25-04-01, NJ senator Cory Booker set the record for longest floor speech at 25 hours and 4 minutes.
Not sure if someone can calculate it to the exact second, but in my headcanon, it's 25:04:01.
On 25-04-01, NJ senator Cory Booker set the record for longest floor speech at 25 hours and 4 minutes.
Not sure if someone can calculate it to the exact second, but in my headcanon, it's 25:04:01.
April 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The numbers nerd in me is geeking out about this wild little coincidence:
On 25-04-01, NJ senator Cory Booker set the record for longest floor speech at 25 hours and 4 minutes.
Not sure if someone can calculate it to the exact second, but in my headcanon, it's 25:04:01.
On 25-04-01, NJ senator Cory Booker set the record for longest floor speech at 25 hours and 4 minutes.
Not sure if someone can calculate it to the exact second, but in my headcanon, it's 25:04:01.
PSA for those who need to know:
One thing I'll say to Democratic Party insiders...
Please stop listening to people who make all of their money selling TV ads. Just...every Monday for the next year, spend time imagining what you'd do if you couldn't spend money on TV and had to do other things with that money.
Please stop listening to people who make all of their money selling TV ads. Just...every Monday for the next year, spend time imagining what you'd do if you couldn't spend money on TV and had to do other things with that money.
April 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
PSA for those who need to know:
14+ hours and counting... What a way to start off the month of April!
#corybooker #floorspeech #goodtrouble
#corybooker #floorspeech #goodtrouble
April 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
14+ hours and counting... What a way to start off the month of April!
#corybooker #floorspeech #goodtrouble
#corybooker #floorspeech #goodtrouble
What ceasefire!?
Oh, you thought there was one?
Yeah, that was a lie...
Oh, you thought there was one?
Yeah, that was a lie...
March 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What ceasefire!?
Oh, you thought there was one?
Yeah, that was a lie...
Oh, you thought there was one?
Yeah, that was a lie...
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“I was hungry” and you cut $1 Billion in funding to schools and food banks.
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
March 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“I was hungry” and you cut $1 Billion in funding to schools and food banks.
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
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The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.
March 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.
I might start alternating between "Premiere Trump," "Minister Trump," or "Presidential Envoy Trump" in all future references, if the right wingers persist in their petty mistitling of Trudeau.
Petty is apparently the hot new trend now, so I wouldn't want to miss out.
Petty is apparently the hot new trend now, so I wouldn't want to miss out.
March 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I might start alternating between "Premiere Trump," "Minister Trump," or "Presidential Envoy Trump" in all future references, if the right wingers persist in their petty mistitling of Trudeau.
Petty is apparently the hot new trend now, so I wouldn't want to miss out.
Petty is apparently the hot new trend now, so I wouldn't want to miss out.
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It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.
March 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.
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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
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WATCH: “Not even an hour!”
KANSAS Rep. Roger Marshall leaves his own town hall after voters on both sides of the aisle express concern about veterans being fired from their federal worker jobs.
KANSAS Rep. Roger Marshall leaves his own town hall after voters on both sides of the aisle express concern about veterans being fired from their federal worker jobs.
March 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
WATCH: “Not even an hour!”
KANSAS Rep. Roger Marshall leaves his own town hall after voters on both sides of the aisle express concern about veterans being fired from their federal worker jobs.
KANSAS Rep. Roger Marshall leaves his own town hall after voters on both sides of the aisle express concern about veterans being fired from their federal worker jobs.
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"I want to make it clear: Ukraine gave up the third largest nuclear arsenal in 1994 in exchange for America and Europe's help for the long term. What Trump is doing is destabilizing everyone's security - the world's security." - @repdexteror.bsky.social at today's town hall in Gresham, Oregon.
March 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"I want to make it clear: Ukraine gave up the third largest nuclear arsenal in 1994 in exchange for America and Europe's help for the long term. What Trump is doing is destabilizing everyone's security - the world's security." - @repdexteror.bsky.social at today's town hall in Gresham, Oregon.
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i'm on bluesky for the scientific community
March 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
i'm on bluesky for the scientific community
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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If you've experienced gaslighting and abuse from a narcissist parent or partner, maybe don't watch the press conference between Zelensky and Trumputin. If you do watch it, be prepared for some recovery time. Have a supportive loved one nearby.
February 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If you've experienced gaslighting and abuse from a narcissist parent or partner, maybe don't watch the press conference between Zelensky and Trumputin. If you do watch it, be prepared for some recovery time. Have a supportive loved one nearby.
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
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February 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM