Freya
@dragnflite.bsky.social
Accidental owner of multiple dogs. Feeder of two lovely pasture ornaments. I've changed. You can change, too. "We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn."- Bateson. And my favorite quote "Some things need to be broken" by PC Hodgell.
Turns out, a website that amplifies hate only draws haters. Who'd ever have thought.
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Turns out, a website that amplifies hate only draws haters. Who'd ever have thought.
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The Internet was never perfect but it used to be usable, functional. I know how we got here and I want the old Internet back. I want forums back. I want personal sites. I want stuff not written by a machine. I just want shit to work again.
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Internet was never perfect but it used to be usable, functional. I know how we got here and I want the old Internet back. I want forums back. I want personal sites. I want stuff not written by a machine. I just want shit to work again.
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why are all the knives out movies 2.5 hours. that is too long, stop it
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
why are all the knives out movies 2.5 hours. that is too long, stop it
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
Happy Hanukkah to all who are celebrating.
a happy hanukkah and merry christmas greeting card with two cats
Alt: a happy hanukkah and merry christmas greeting card with two cats.
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Happy Hanukkah to all who are celebrating.
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ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.
I love driving. This is so far from my experience that I have absolutely no comprehension of how to feel except to say if you are that dependent on an undependable devise, dont drive at all. You are a danger to yourself and us.
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I love driving. This is so far from my experience that I have absolutely no comprehension of how to feel except to say if you are that dependent on an undependable devise, dont drive at all. You are a danger to yourself and us.
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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In which a Border Patrol agent and a youth minister abuse their adoptive daughter to death. The girl was homeschooled; the homeschool sponsors knew and did nothing. The family was evangelical; members of their church knew and did nothing. A San Diego police officer knew, and GAVE THE FAMILY PADDLES.
“Prosecutors say Arabella's adoptive father, Brian McCormack, a Border Patrol agent, would also be facing criminal charges if he were alive today. He took his own life in front of deputies just hours after Arabella died.”
San Diego County agrees to pay $10M over adopted girl’s death; total now $31.5M
The city of San Diego, the Rock Church, a San Diego police officer and the Pacific Coast Academy were also named as defendants in the civil suit.
www.nbcsandiego.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In which a Border Patrol agent and a youth minister abuse their adoptive daughter to death. The girl was homeschooled; the homeschool sponsors knew and did nothing. The family was evangelical; members of their church knew and did nothing. A San Diego police officer knew, and GAVE THE FAMILY PADDLES.
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What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
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Brennan eventually acknowledges that gynecologists and obstetricians have determined mifepristone is safe — but then demands again to know why the government isn’t launching a study to crack down on its usage.
We are watching a storied news organization deteriorate steadily, day after day.
We are watching a storied news organization deteriorate steadily, day after day.
really weird -- Margaret Brennen presses Bill Cassidy on why the White House isn't doing more to crack down on mifepristone and what he's doing to encourage them to do it
December 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Brennan eventually acknowledges that gynecologists and obstetricians have determined mifepristone is safe — but then demands again to know why the government isn’t launching a study to crack down on its usage.
We are watching a storied news organization deteriorate steadily, day after day.
We are watching a storied news organization deteriorate steadily, day after day.
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You can't politically eliminate Border protection. I mean we had it with Biden and they made it seem as though there was an invasion happening. But you can reorganize all of it and change the mission. It all needs to be gutted. ICE can be "folded into" Border Patrol again with 99% RIFd.
December 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
You can't politically eliminate Border protection. I mean we had it with Biden and they made it seem as though there was an invasion happening. But you can reorganize all of it and change the mission. It all needs to be gutted. ICE can be "folded into" Border Patrol again with 99% RIFd.
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DHS is shockingly incompetent.
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
DHS is shockingly incompetent.
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Ahmed al Ahmed stopped a bad guy with a gun and he is a good guy with no gun.
December 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed stopped a bad guy with a gun and he is a good guy with no gun.
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Largely accurate story, but has someone saying I am wrong about humanoids needing human level dexterity. NO. I am saying humanoid companies are claiming they will get it, so humanoids can replace humans everywhere, & I am saying their current methods won't attain it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/b...
He’s the Godfather of Modern Robotics. He Says the Field Has Lost Its Way.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Largely accurate story, but has someone saying I am wrong about humanoids needing human level dexterity. NO. I am saying humanoid companies are claiming they will get it, so humanoids can replace humans everywhere, & I am saying their current methods won't attain it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/b...
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Just like they used to say when Biden was president!
The Washington Post, everyone
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Just like they used to say when Biden was president!
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One fruit seller with more courage than ten entire Uvalde police forces put together.
December 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One fruit seller with more courage than ten entire Uvalde police forces put together.
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Warnock: "If you live in Claxton, Georgia, if you live in rural America, even if you have wealth and resources and you're having a stroke and there's no ICU within a reasonable distance because of these draconian cuts, your life is in peril. We can do better than this."
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Warnock: "If you live in Claxton, Georgia, if you live in rural America, even if you have wealth and resources and you're having a stroke and there's no ICU within a reasonable distance because of these draconian cuts, your life is in peril. We can do better than this."
When you've lost Rand Paul.
He keeps surprising me by having rational responses.
He keeps surprising me by having rational responses.
Rand Paul: "The president also said, 'Be careful Colombia, you could be next.' I mean, if we're gonna go and topple regime after regime in South America, there's no amount of money that could be printed to pay for that and I don't think lives should be lost without a vote by Congress."
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When you've lost Rand Paul.
He keeps surprising me by having rational responses.
He keeps surprising me by having rational responses.
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I've never had to, knock on wood. But I know someone who has. And it makes me wonder if I could. It makes me wonder if I could.
Only a year older than me, and with children waiting for their father to come home. And still he ran directly at danger to confront it, no doubt saving countless lives.
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
December 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I've never had to, knock on wood. But I know someone who has. And it makes me wonder if I could. It makes me wonder if I could.
And yet, they can't overcome she's remarkably unlikeable.
It's kind of unbelievable how hard Bari Weiss and CBS News have been pushing their interview with Erika Kirk. Just total propaganda.
December 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
And yet, they can't overcome she's remarkably unlikeable.
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Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
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Families too frightened to shop for groceries. In America.
While federal agents patrol the Twin Cities, a Mexican grocer in St. Paul is filling a gap for families too frightened to shop.
In the shadow of ICE, a St. Paul neighborhood store steps in to feed its community
While federal agents patrol the Twin Cities, a Mexican grocer in St. Paul is filling a gap for families too frightened to shop.
www.startribune.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Families too frightened to shop for groceries. In America.
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I grew up around a lot of focus on the family types, who were also really loud during the game marriage debates of the aughts, and their version of marriage is so depressing and their version of men is so unappealing that teen me had sort of sadly accepted a life time of loneliness.
The American right insists that it has the secrets to a happy life.
But what they offer is a prison ship of reactionary politics, misogyny, and contempt for anyone who doesn’t conform to their retrograde expectations.
Read my latest at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/marriage-mis...
But what they offer is a prison ship of reactionary politics, misogyny, and contempt for anyone who doesn’t conform to their retrograde expectations.
Read my latest at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/marriage-mis...
Marriage, Misogyny, and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Right Is Offering A Morally Barren Vision of The Family
Liberals cannot allow the right to monopolize the discourse on virtue and the good life or they will cede space to their rigid and hierarchical visions.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I grew up around a lot of focus on the family types, who were also really loud during the game marriage debates of the aughts, and their version of marriage is so depressing and their version of men is so unappealing that teen me had sort of sadly accepted a life time of loneliness.