NotElsie
@elysenotelsie.bsky.social
Municipal government employee. College drop out. Only child. Homeowner. Meniere's Disease-haver. Middle aged dame. Detroit born and raised.
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I don’t love that NYE every year leans harder and harder into being a “fireworks” holiday.
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I don’t love that NYE every year leans harder and harder into being a “fireworks” holiday.
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2025 sucked.
In hopes of a better 2026, I am pleased to present the 5th annual batshittery bingo card.
In hopes of a better 2026, I am pleased to present the 5th annual batshittery bingo card.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
2025 sucked.
In hopes of a better 2026, I am pleased to present the 5th annual batshittery bingo card.
In hopes of a better 2026, I am pleased to present the 5th annual batshittery bingo card.
I'm shocked that the deportation machine hasn't started tattooing "MS13" onto everybody they detain and then posting photos of their "evidence"
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I'm shocked that the deportation machine hasn't started tattooing "MS13" onto everybody they detain and then posting photos of their "evidence"
Is Pennywise the Clown racist, or a hate/fear opportunist? I've never been clear on this.
December 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Is Pennywise the Clown racist, or a hate/fear opportunist? I've never been clear on this.
Whole damn GOP government is pissing on our legs and not even bothering to suggest it might actually be raining.
December 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Whole damn GOP government is pissing on our legs and not even bothering to suggest it might actually be raining.
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Seven years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the world is being asked to forget what happens when governments decide reporters are disposable—and to turn away from what that precedent means for all of us.
December 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Seven years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the world is being asked to forget what happens when governments decide reporters are disposable—and to turn away from what that precedent means for all of us.
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
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No words.
The US Department of Veterans Affairs has banned abortion for veterans, including in states that protect abortion. This was a Project 2025 recommendattion and it's now been fulfilled. So much for "leaving it to the states."
Trump administration bans abortion care for veterans
The policy will even apply in states that protect abortion rights.
www.motherjones.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
No words.
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BEN HORNE WUZ HERE
December 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
BEN HORNE WUZ HERE
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Kalen Dion is not wrong. 😳👇
December 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Kalen Dion is not wrong. 😳👇
Should we be saying, "Do your thing, Short King!" more?
December 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Should we be saying, "Do your thing, Short King!" more?
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We should ask why it’s so easy for terms and concepts like “Heritage American” and “Western Chauvinism” are met with earnest analysis and exploration while academic theory produced by Black scholars are summarily dismissed by people reading introductory texts if that.
December 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We should ask why it’s so easy for terms and concepts like “Heritage American” and “Western Chauvinism” are met with earnest analysis and exploration while academic theory produced by Black scholars are summarily dismissed by people reading introductory texts if that.
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Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too. www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too. www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
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Crying 🤣…In August, South Park writer @tobymorton.bsky.social anticipated that Trump will add his name to the Kennedy Center so he purchased the domain names for TrumpKennedyCenter.org and TrumpKennedyCenter.com with plans to troll Trump like he did with his Boebert site thehill.com/blogs/in-the...
December 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Crying 🤣…In August, South Park writer @tobymorton.bsky.social anticipated that Trump will add his name to the Kennedy Center so he purchased the domain names for TrumpKennedyCenter.org and TrumpKennedyCenter.com with plans to troll Trump like he did with his Boebert site thehill.com/blogs/in-the...
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It's A Wonderful Live was a box office disappointment in its day. Now, almost 80 years later, people still dive deep into it and write thoughtful essays like this about it. It's a wonderful and enduring work of art is what it is.
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It's A Wonderful Live was a box office disappointment in its day. Now, almost 80 years later, people still dive deep into it and write thoughtful essays like this about it. It's a wonderful and enduring work of art is what it is.
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it's just so emblematic of what passes for conservative thought, this belief that their children go to college not to leave ignorance behind by learning from experts, but rather to teach the experts from their locus of ignorance, and to have their nonsensical prior assumptions validated as true
December 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
it's just so emblematic of what passes for conservative thought, this belief that their children go to college not to leave ignorance behind by learning from experts, but rather to teach the experts from their locus of ignorance, and to have their nonsensical prior assumptions validated as true
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well hot damn. Ted Cruz's dad did the Black Dahlia murder.
December 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
well hot damn. Ted Cruz's dad did the Black Dahlia murder.
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I'll think I'm used to seeing men wield sexual violence as a tool to reinforce their power, but it still manages to take my breath away. That's how I felt reading Epstein's letter to Larry Nassar about Trump. It's so transparent. So sick and twisted. And it's tolerated by far too many.
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'll think I'm used to seeing men wield sexual violence as a tool to reinforce their power, but it still manages to take my breath away. That's how I felt reading Epstein's letter to Larry Nassar about Trump. It's so transparent. So sick and twisted. And it's tolerated by far too many.
I fuckin knew it. I *knew* these numpties would know fuckall about effective digital redaction.
It is. You can actually search visible text on the redacted documents and the completely UNredacted document appears in the results 😭
December 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I fuckin knew it. I *knew* these numpties would know fuckall about effective digital redaction.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
Was it ChatGPT that told her she would be good at this job?
December 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Was it ChatGPT that told her she would be good at this job?
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To the trans kids who have been left out and left behind by Republicans' callousness and cruelty:
You belong. You are enough. You deserve to show up in this world as your authentic self. And you deserve to grow old.
You belong. You are enough. You deserve to show up in this world as your authentic self. And you deserve to grow old.
December 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
To the trans kids who have been left out and left behind by Republicans' callousness and cruelty:
You belong. You are enough. You deserve to show up in this world as your authentic self. And you deserve to grow old.
You belong. You are enough. You deserve to show up in this world as your authentic self. And you deserve to grow old.
Fucking what?
JD Vance: "We believe in honoring your father and mother rather than shipping all their money off to Ukraine"
December 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Fucking what?
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quick get MAD TV back on the air in Canada so i can pitch Knives Oot
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
quick get MAD TV back on the air in Canada so i can pitch Knives Oot