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echowrites.bsky.social
Echo 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
@echowrites.bsky.social
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A sometimes fiction writer based in the Great White North. Currently in BC with eyes Eastward.
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Billionaires are inherently immoral. Even the ones you like.
Empathy *is* humanity.
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echowrites.bsky.social
What's he smirking about? Every single person standing with that lying POS knows everything that comes out of his mouth is slimy rotten shit. They can't even all be arsed not to giggle about how they're getting away with such outlandish and obvious lies while they're at the podium.
Still shot of the man directly to the right and behind Mike Johnson during the speech. He looks down and smirks before covering his mouth and looking down again, presumably to keep from laughing at the absurdity of Mike Johnson's lies.
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
Listen, I know we can't find any news articles about Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) being kicked out of Romania... but this is weird, right? It's weird? bitly.cx/oy6C and vimeo.com/68093438 together are weird?
Screenshot from a video posted by Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) on her Vimeo talking about her charity "Romanian Angels"/"Everyday Heroes" captioned "Thank you: Col. Busher III US Army, USMC FedEx & Associatia United Hands Romania" Link to video: https://vimeo.com/68093438 An article from "activenews.ro" (English translation via Chrome): The entire article is screenshot, but the relevant info is "The Caracal case in the summer of 2019 brought the Deveselu base to the fore, with voices linking the disappearances of Luiza Melencu and Alexandra Măceșanu to human trafficking networks and the military unit hosting the Americans. Journalist Ion Spânu presents in Cotidianul the revelations of a former translator at the American military base in Kogălniceanu. She is Ana Maria Nuciu, who claims that a real brothel operated in this military unit, where underage girls were brought here to satisfy the desires of some soldiers. Ana Maria Nuciu notified the Prosecutor's Office about this brothel on the premises of the military base and, although there was an extensive investigation carried out by the American and Romanian authorities, the Agreement signed in 2001 between the two countries was invoked, in which Romania ceded the right of investigation of the American military to the USA. Among those who would have benefited from the services of the girls brought to the Kogălniceanu base would have been the commander of the "Black Sea Area Support Team" base, OTTO BUSHER, helped by his right hand, senior adjutant platoon leader of BSAST, LLOYD SPARKS." Shortened link to article: https://bitly.cx/oy6C
October 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
Facebook “marked safe” alert altered to read: “marked safe from being attractive to Kid Rock today”
October 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
W/alt text:
I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a reduction in force (RIF) action. Please find attached a notice memorandum explaining the RIF and next steps. This RIF action does not reflect directly on your service, performance, or conduct. It is being taken solely for the reasons stated in the memorandum. After you receive this notice, you will be placed on administrative leave and will no longer have building access beginning Friday, October 10, unless directed otherwise by your leadership. Additionally, please save this email and its attachments, or forward them to a personal email address, for your records. Leadership at HHS appreciates your service.
October 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
Just gonna put my prediction here, for funsies.

Since the oval office is a DIY spray-painted Catherine Palace I'm gonna bet $1 that the ballroom is going to look like a Temu version of the Gold Drawing Room of the Winter Palace.

Bet.
Painting of The Gold drawing Room, by Alexander Kolb (1860s). Alexander Kolb - A.Н. Воронихина Виды залов Эрмитажа и Зимнего Дворца в акварелях середины 20-го века Москва Искусство 1983 Interiors of the Winter Palace. Golden Drawing Room An image showing a ballroom w/seating along the edges of the room, huge candled chandeliers, a gold checkered floor, and gold-plated rococo detail style. Wikipedia describes it: "The Gold Drawing Room was designed by Alexander Briullov in 1841. Like the adjoining The White Hall, it is the ceremonial part of Alexander II's apartments. The Throne Room of the Munich Residenz[2] was the model for the design of The Gold Drawing Room. All walls and pylons were covered with fine ornaments and covered with gilding. A low panel in the lower part of the walls was painted in imitation of lapis lazuli"
September 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
I went to a witch market this afternoon and got cool rocks, an *amazingly* gorgeous mug, art, & a tarot reading. Was not planning the reading.

Spoke to her in the crowd, thought she was an attendee & we vibed. Then saw her sit at her table & I was like WELP I guess I'm getting a reading.

Y'all.
A large *beautiful* hand-made clay mug. The bottom is mountains that were carved out after a black underglaze, laving a shadowed mountain range. The mountain range has no glaze. Above the mountains and the handle are glazed with blue, green, and purple that are somewhat striated and "streak" across each other looking exactly like a strong aurora borealis. The mug is full of a tea latte with blue/pink/purple sprinkles in the foamed milk.
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
This is what a JD Vance presidency will look like.
Tweet by @JDVance. "Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military" Reply by Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein "Killing the citizens of another nation who are civilians without any due process is called a war crime." Reply by JD Vance @JDVance "I don't give a shit what you call it"
September 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
Without downloading any new images, where are you at mentally?
Spirit Halloween costume meme for “Gifted Child” it has a photo of a smiling child and reads: “Nothing included. When people ask “What are you supposed to be?” just reply “I was supposed to be a lot of things.”
August 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
#HoloTaco Blue Rizzler with Magnetic Taco. 💅🏻
August 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
My eldest child (early 20s) convinced me to buy the Ransom Notes game. We've played it a couple times now and it's 10/10, do recommend. Also, look at this submission from my youngest (teen). 😌
A submission for the game Ransom Notes. The prompt card reads "Write a commercial for Coke. Specifically cocaine." The submitted words read: "beer value is ass, hit rock"
August 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
#HoloTaco Moon Lagoon with Magnetic Taco. 💅🏻
August 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
Goose meme- 2 vertical frames. Top frame, a suspicious goose close-up headshot captioned as “Who controls the algorithm?” Bottom frame is the goose, angry and aggressively chasing a person partially out of frame captioned “WHO CONTROLS THE ALGORITHM?!”
August 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
As if that hasn’t been standard operating procedure for centuries for every single institution run by men.
Screenshot of Washington Post: comment with the headline “Rev. Carlo Alberto Capella was released from prison and quietly returned to work after being convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography while serving as a Vatican diplomat, according to reports on Catholic blogs.” The headline reads: “ a convicted priest is back at work. Child advocates want Pope Leo to act.” With the text below: “Carlo Alberto Capella served prison time for a child pornography conviction but was allowed to return to…”
August 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
Why would Oral-B do this to me? 😢

Horrible, hateful texture. Might as well floss my teeth with sawgrass. 😭
Close-up of an Oral-B brand floss, the gray packaged “glide“. On the package the label for “new micro textured to clean powerfully“ is circled in red.
June 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
I love these trees. 🥰
An image of a lone Arbutus menziesii tree on the grass where it meets the beach, with the ocean and mountains in the distance. Photo taken on Vancouver Island.
June 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
Willy Wonka Meme with 2 captions: (top) Oh, so you're afraid of white being a minority? (bottom) "Why? Are minorities treated like second class citizens or something?"
April 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
So uh... what "ideas", exactly, are illegal- and how do they know?

Also- people aren't illegal.
Ad posted by official @ICEgov U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement verified account. The image is captioned "ICE enforces 400 federal laws to ensure public safety and national security. Learn more about our mission: ICE.gov" The image is a black/grey industrial "distressed" background with the bold white title at the top saying "If it crosses the U.S. border illegally, it's our job to" underneath which it says "STOP IT." in orange translucent overlay over black text. Behind this appearing in a completely different style, more like faded paint brush strokes, is a matching orange cross. Next to the cross are the words "People Money Products Ideas". At the bottom of the image is the official ICE seal and the ICE.gov website in standard text.
April 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
So uh... this wasn't there before. What's up?
Screen shot of the welcome screen of online banking with Bank of America. At the very top of the page, above the account information (private info redacted), is the phrase "Bank of America deposit products: FDIC-Insured - Backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government"
April 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
This you?
Screenshot WP article: "Cory Booker has bashed Trump on the Senate floor for 22 hours and counting The New Jersey Democrat is speaking in protest of the Trump administration's policies. He is not delaying the Senate from a vote, so it is not a filibuster."
April 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
My feed rn:
Screenshot of 2 posts concurrently, the OP from this comment thread, and another by Judith @jdmwisdom.bsky.social captioned "My bed. :D" with a cartoon drawing of a woman with wild red hair in a small corner of a 2-person bed with a small teddy bear next to her on the pillow, and a fluffy grey cat spread flat on its back diagonally across the bed. The cat says "purrr"
March 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
Screenshot of threads suspension for ceruleanspiral- with upside down US flag captioned (one nation under duress” as pfp). There is a pop-up that says “Your Threads profile has been suspended. Our technology found that your account or activity does not follow our committee standards” “log into a different profile” / “appeal”.
February 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
I went on Threads to see how the town hall chatter about Doctor Borrenpohl was looking. A lot of it (most of it?) turns into "post not available" for me as I'm reading, liking, and sharing. Just... poof. I took a video & it's not deleting everything, this photo just shows 5 in a row. It's weird.
A screenshot of Threads showing 5 "post not available" notices.
February 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
Tweet by @HoldenShearer: “Someone should probably tell the rich that workers banding together to present formal address of grievances is the alternative we worked out a long time ago to breaking down the factory owner's front door and beating him to death in front of his family? I feel like they forgot.”
February 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
echowrites.bsky.social
So everyone is female according to the US government now? Neat.
Screen shot of the White House official .gov site (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/). The portion of "Sec. 2. Policy and Definitions" It states: (a) “Sex” shall refer to an individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female. “Sex” is not a synonym for and does not include the concept of “gender identity.” (b) “Women” or “woman” and “girls” or “girl” shall mean adult and juvenile human females, respectively. (c) “Men” or “man” and “boys” or “boy” shall mean adult and juvenile human males, respectively. (d) “Female” means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell. (e) “Male” means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.
January 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
echowrites.bsky.social
Reminder about the TikTok ban:

"A federal judge on Monday fully blocked the Trump administration's attempt to ban TikTok in the U.S., the latest defeat in the White House's legal crusade against the video-sharing app."
Screenshot of the first portion of this article: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/07/944039053/u-s-judge-halts-trumps-tiktok-ban-the-2nd-court-to-fully-block-the-action
January 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM