Helen
@helcat.bsky.social
Middle-aged new wave kid. She/her. Pro-democracy. ADHD. Other things.
Wave after wave of leftist shit-talking Booker today. OK:
Expecting perfection from Democrats is how we got here.
Accepting imperfection from DJT is how the right has won.
Expecting perfection from Democrats is how we got here.
Accepting imperfection from DJT is how the right has won.
April 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Wave after wave of leftist shit-talking Booker today. OK:
Expecting perfection from Democrats is how we got here.
Accepting imperfection from DJT is how the right has won.
Expecting perfection from Democrats is how we got here.
Accepting imperfection from DJT is how the right has won.
The low arc of a march rainbow.
March 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The low arc of a march rainbow.
I need to spend less time on FB. My thinking is that I unfriend everyone but closest friends and family there, make a public post saying that they can follow me here or my other account or both, and ONLY use FB for close friends/family.
My one concern on this is I hate posting photos publicly.
My one concern on this is I hate posting photos publicly.
March 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I need to spend less time on FB. My thinking is that I unfriend everyone but closest friends and family there, make a public post saying that they can follow me here or my other account or both, and ONLY use FB for close friends/family.
My one concern on this is I hate posting photos publicly.
My one concern on this is I hate posting photos publicly.
Musing on whether I should start writing again. About music, arts, culture, tourism, silly science stuff? Who knows. I'm a polymath who wanted to major in everything and I came quite close to four different minors by the time I graduated from college with an English degree.
March 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Musing on whether I should start writing again. About music, arts, culture, tourism, silly science stuff? Who knows. I'm a polymath who wanted to major in everything and I came quite close to four different minors by the time I graduated from college with an English degree.
I'm trying to figure out whether Gavin Newsom is trying to be Pete Buttigieg on Fox, podcast edition, or the John Fetterman of California. But what I'm seeing as reaction from my trans friends really making me feel like I can't suss it out one way or the other and I should trust them and hard pass.
March 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I'm trying to figure out whether Gavin Newsom is trying to be Pete Buttigieg on Fox, podcast edition, or the John Fetterman of California. But what I'm seeing as reaction from my trans friends really making me feel like I can't suss it out one way or the other and I should trust them and hard pass.
If we're connected on FB, please stop by my page and engage with my last two posts. I'm suspecting they are suppressed.
March 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If we're connected on FB, please stop by my page and engage with my last two posts. I'm suspecting they are suppressed.
Reposted by Helen
Defeating the authoritarian threat demands that we rise to the challenge of solidarity and refuse to bend to efforts to break apart our coalition by attacking our most vulnerable allies. Trans and nonbinary Americans — and our democracy — depend on it.
Protecting democracy requires protecting trans and nonbinary people
How the autocratic playbook is deployed against trans and nonbinary communities
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
February 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Defeating the authoritarian threat demands that we rise to the challenge of solidarity and refuse to bend to efforts to break apart our coalition by attacking our most vulnerable allies. Trans and nonbinary Americans — and our democracy — depend on it.
BREAKING:
*checks notes*
Sorry, already broken.
*checks notes*
Sorry, already broken.
February 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
BREAKING:
*checks notes*
Sorry, already broken.
*checks notes*
Sorry, already broken.
How does a country enforce that oath about upholding the constitution pls
February 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How does a country enforce that oath about upholding the constitution pls
Reposted by Helen
Deb Haaland, the former secretary of the Interior who was the first Native American to serve in a presidential cabinet, on Tuesday announced a bid for governor of New Mexico.
Deb Haaland, Ex-Interior Secretary, Is Running for Governor of New Mexico
Ms. Haaland, one of the first former cabinet officials in the Biden administration to announce a run for office, would be the first Native American woman to serve as governor of a state.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Deb Haaland, the former secretary of the Interior who was the first Native American to serve in a presidential cabinet, on Tuesday announced a bid for governor of New Mexico.
Bringing this classic from 2017 back
February 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Bringing this classic from 2017 back
"common sense" is a dig at book sense, y'all. Death of Expertise redux.
February 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"common sense" is a dig at book sense, y'all. Death of Expertise redux.
It's not even the quiet part anymore
February 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's not even the quiet part anymore
@kaine.senate.gov - why do I keep seeing your "yes" on the Trump cabinet picks? This is not a "pick your battles" moment.
February 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
@kaine.senate.gov - why do I keep seeing your "yes" on the Trump cabinet picks? This is not a "pick your battles" moment.
Been struggling with self esteem lately because of some things in my life when I got this unlooked for message from a former staffer of mine at my last job.
Sometimes you think you're not making a difference, but you are.
Sometimes you think you're not making a difference, but you are.
February 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Been struggling with self esteem lately because of some things in my life when I got this unlooked for message from a former staffer of mine at my last job.
Sometimes you think you're not making a difference, but you are.
Sometimes you think you're not making a difference, but you are.
Reposted by Helen
FAA says a military helicopter collided with the American Airlines passenger jet from Wichita near DCA.
There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.
There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.
January 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
FAA says a military helicopter collided with the American Airlines passenger jet from Wichita near DCA.
There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.
There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.
Reposted by Helen
Reading my Bluesky feed right now is a series of me wanting to quotereact “da fuq” to everything
January 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Reading my Bluesky feed right now is a series of me wanting to quotereact “da fuq” to everything
I always manage to show up at CVS during the weird half hour they close the pharmacy so that the pharmacist can have lunch. Always.
January 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I always manage to show up at CVS during the weird half hour they close the pharmacy so that the pharmacist can have lunch. Always.
Let’s talk about the irony of somebody saying that empathy is a sin when Jesus’s second commandment is love thy neighbor as thyself. Matthew 22:39 #MAGAisacult
January 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Let’s talk about the irony of somebody saying that empathy is a sin when Jesus’s second commandment is love thy neighbor as thyself. Matthew 22:39 #MAGAisacult
Reposted by Helen
Today, the Senate of #Virginia passed constitutional amendments for voting rights, reproductive rights and marriage equality.
The first two passed on partyline votes; the latter, on a bipartisan 24-15 vote.
LGBTQIA+ folks: We need to be our own best advocates. We need to help each survive. #valeg
The first two passed on partyline votes; the latter, on a bipartisan 24-15 vote.
LGBTQIA+ folks: We need to be our own best advocates. We need to help each survive. #valeg
January 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I have never been prouder to be Episcopalian.
January 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I have never been prouder to be Episcopalian.