Laura Rea
@gammarea.bsky.social
Cranky retired Simple Serpent - military technologist for 36 years, now I travel, swear, raise chickens, and go on the occasional walkabout.
Fight the urge to say "they deserved this". That's when hate wins. Charlotte Clymer does a beautiful job with this thread.
Ron, I get that you're angry. I get that you want accountability. You probably want a little revenge. Probably a lot of revenge. But your comment is completely absurd. It's clownish. It's inhumane. You're better than this. And you should be better informed.
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July 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Fight the urge to say "they deserved this". That's when hate wins. Charlotte Clymer does a beautiful job with this thread.
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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
June 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
Do. Not. Be. Distracted.
Write your congresscritters about the horrors of the budget bill.
Write your congresscritters about the horrors of the budget bill.
The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
June 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Do. Not. Be. Distracted.
Write your congresscritters about the horrors of the budget bill.
Write your congresscritters about the horrors of the budget bill.
My son-in-law is in the US with a 10 year green card. It is not safe for him to leave the country (and return).
Full blown constitutional crisis.
Full blown constitutional crisis.
I am a permanent resident in Spain.
I am a US citizen.
I am so terrified of returning for my annual summer visit that if you asked me right now, I would say I’m eating the cost of my plane ride back and not going “home”.
It’s not home anymore.
I do nor feel safe.
I am a US citizen.
I am so terrified of returning for my annual summer visit that if you asked me right now, I would say I’m eating the cost of my plane ride back and not going “home”.
It’s not home anymore.
I do nor feel safe.
April 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My son-in-law is in the US with a 10 year green card. It is not safe for him to leave the country (and return).
Full blown constitutional crisis.
Full blown constitutional crisis.
Jade makes the most glorious pieces! As I descend into witchiness, one of these will happen. I may be a crone, but I shall be stylish! ❤️
April 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Jade makes the most glorious pieces! As I descend into witchiness, one of these will happen. I may be a crone, but I shall be stylish! ❤️
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
Pouring rain! Feisty people! ❤️
@maddow.msnbc.com here’s a video from Hands Off in rainy Dayton, Ohio
April 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Pouring rain! Feisty people! ❤️
Pouring rain in Dayton. A couple hundred wet, feisty folks stood there for an hour - support honks got cheers! ❤️
Dayton showed up today in the rain! Had to cancel main program due to danger to sound
equipment..but you came out to make your voices heard! 🌧️✊🏽
equipment..but you came out to make your voices heard! 🌧️✊🏽
April 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Pouring rain in Dayton. A couple hundred wet, feisty folks stood there for an hour - support honks got cheers! ❤️
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Hundreds in Xenia, in southwest Ohio today, not deterred by 4-5 inches of rain.
April 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Hundreds in Xenia, in southwest Ohio today, not deterred by 4-5 inches of rain.
We. Are. So. Fucked.
America is still that "Shining City on a Hill", except now the light is from the flames.
March 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We. Are. So. Fucked.
Worked 36 years as a military technologist - to help keep the edge for the US - to maintain global peace.
All for nothing.
These fuckmuppets are giving it away. Selling cars on the White House lawn, while joyfully cutting funds that feed the most vulnerable.
This OpEd says it all.
All for nothing.
These fuckmuppets are giving it away. Selling cars on the White House lawn, while joyfully cutting funds that feed the most vulnerable.
This OpEd says it all.
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Worked 36 years as a military technologist - to help keep the edge for the US - to maintain global peace.
All for nothing.
These fuckmuppets are giving it away. Selling cars on the White House lawn, while joyfully cutting funds that feed the most vulnerable.
This OpEd says it all.
All for nothing.
These fuckmuppets are giving it away. Selling cars on the White House lawn, while joyfully cutting funds that feed the most vulnerable.
This OpEd says it all.
This. It is the cruelty. That is the point of transphobia.
Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]
Pedro Pascal calls out “vile and pathetic” transphobic trolls after defending trans rights
Pedro Pascal, whose sister Lux is a trans woman, is a prominent trans ally and he has no time for transphobia.
www.capitalfm.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This. It is the cruelty. That is the point of transphobia.
I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.
-C.S. Lewis
-C.S. Lewis
February 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Overwhelmed? That's what they want. Here are some practical ideas to shake off the helplessness.
I'm calling and emailing my GOP senators and rep every day - banging on the violations of congressional budget authority, and disregard for protection of PII happening at USAID and OMB.
I'm calling and emailing my GOP senators and rep every day - banging on the violations of congressional budget authority, and disregard for protection of PII happening at USAID and OMB.
February 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Overwhelmed? That's what they want. Here are some practical ideas to shake off the helplessness.
I'm calling and emailing my GOP senators and rep every day - banging on the violations of congressional budget authority, and disregard for protection of PII happening at USAID and OMB.
I'm calling and emailing my GOP senators and rep every day - banging on the violations of congressional budget authority, and disregard for protection of PII happening at USAID and OMB.
Sand. In. The. Gears.
When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
January 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sand. In. The. Gears.
Daytonfolk: Brandon Berry is here - covering the music scene in town. Worth a follow!
Such a kind and lovely story from Brandon Berry at the Dayton Daily News. Thank you.
University of Dayton radio show celebrates 20 years of championing local, alternative and indie music www.daytondailynews.com/what-to-know...
University of Dayton radio show celebrates 20 years of championing local, alternative and indie music www.daytondailynews.com/what-to-know...
UD radio show celebrates 20 years of championing local, alternative and indie music
On a whiteboard in his decorated office at the University of Dayton, Art Jipson, aka Dr. J, has a permanent license to host a radio show.
www.daytondailynews.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Daytonfolk: Brandon Berry is here - covering the music scene in town. Worth a follow!
I needed this today.
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January 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I needed this today.
Needed a "feel good". Mishell started this thread. I feel better. ❤️
Tell me, friends, a favorite memory of a human doing something deeply kind/selfless for another human.
To increase signal-to-noise ratio, if you can't remember an example, rather than reply to say "I have no answer" please read/enjoy the replies; perhaps you'll have an answer to the next #ShellQ.
To increase signal-to-noise ratio, if you can't remember an example, rather than reply to say "I have no answer" please read/enjoy the replies; perhaps you'll have an answer to the next #ShellQ.
January 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Needed a "feel good". Mishell started this thread. I feel better. ❤️
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Perspective. Use it or lose it.
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Perspective. Use it or lose it.
You know what I CAN'T do? Stop the incoming shitweasel from doing evil. You know what I CAN do? Feed people who need a hot meal.
These two pans will help feed some unhoused folks on the coldest day of the year.
Do what you can, from where you are, with what you have.
These two pans will help feed some unhoused folks on the coldest day of the year.
Do what you can, from where you are, with what you have.
January 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
You know what I CAN'T do? Stop the incoming shitweasel from doing evil. You know what I CAN do? Feed people who need a hot meal.
These two pans will help feed some unhoused folks on the coldest day of the year.
Do what you can, from where you are, with what you have.
These two pans will help feed some unhoused folks on the coldest day of the year.
Do what you can, from where you are, with what you have.
I'm not much into fashion, but I eagerly read every word written by Derek Guy regarding men's fashion. I learn something new every time - and his photos are a treasure.
January 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not much into fashion, but I eagerly read every word written by Derek Guy regarding men's fashion. I learn something new every time - and his photos are a treasure.
The ladies took advantage of the relatively warm temperatures today before the next big freeze. Some spa time during their afternoon run.
January 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The ladies took advantage of the relatively warm temperatures today before the next big freeze. Some spa time during their afternoon run.