Tamara Houde
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Tamara Houde
@iamtam.bsky.social
· Jan 28
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Also, Congress.gov can hook you up.
www.congress.gov/members lets you pull up individual members or whole categories. More tips downskeet.
I"m hereby putting my diaphragm, abdominals, and intercostals on notice that anything more strenuous than a yawn is strictly off-limits.
Hiccups- no thank you
Coughing spells- right out
Sneezing fits- Absolutely Not!
Hiccups- no thank you
Coughing spells- right out
Sneezing fits- Absolutely Not!
December 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I"m hereby putting my diaphragm, abdominals, and intercostals on notice that anything more strenuous than a yawn is strictly off-limits.
Hiccups- no thank you
Coughing spells- right out
Sneezing fits- Absolutely Not!
Hiccups- no thank you
Coughing spells- right out
Sneezing fits- Absolutely Not!
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This pairs in an interesting way with the folks in the present constantly telling people that 'no one is doing anything.' Strange indeed. Actually a minority is doing stuff. This is as it's always been.
December 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This pairs in an interesting way with the folks in the present constantly telling people that 'no one is doing anything.' Strange indeed. Actually a minority is doing stuff. This is as it's always been.
Grown adults looking for a healthy relationship don't shop for a life partners at high schools.
December 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Grown adults looking for a healthy relationship don't shop for a life partners at high schools.
Oof. I've had bronchitis often enough to be familiar with abdominal muscle strain from coughing but this rib pain is uncharted territory for me. Not horrible, but highly uncomfortable. 🫤
December 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Oof. I've had bronchitis often enough to be familiar with abdominal muscle strain from coughing but this rib pain is uncharted territory for me. Not horrible, but highly uncomfortable. 🫤
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
One upside to being laid up, I finally get to watch Sinners.
December 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
One upside to being laid up, I finally get to watch Sinners.
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You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
December 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
Apparently when I'm sick, I run in two modes- sleep or binge watch movies/shows on my list. I caught the remake of Firestarter (the book is still the best version) and am now making my way through Relay.
I feel like I should be doing something productive as well, but the cough & fatigue say Nope.
I feel like I should be doing something productive as well, but the cough & fatigue say Nope.
December 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Apparently when I'm sick, I run in two modes- sleep or binge watch movies/shows on my list. I caught the remake of Firestarter (the book is still the best version) and am now making my way through Relay.
I feel like I should be doing something productive as well, but the cough & fatigue say Nope.
I feel like I should be doing something productive as well, but the cough & fatigue say Nope.
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No one who has met a teenage girl whose family can’t afford menstrual products would ever, ever call this a bad idea, in any circumstances.
It’s a totally insane level of privilege to claim this is bad politics on the part of @katmabu.bsky.social. It’s actually political strategy and it works.
It’s a totally insane level of privilege to claim this is bad politics on the part of @katmabu.bsky.social. It’s actually political strategy and it works.
at a deep instinctive level they can't recognise popular ideas or take them seriously
December 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
No one who has met a teenage girl whose family can’t afford menstrual products would ever, ever call this a bad idea, in any circumstances.
It’s a totally insane level of privilege to claim this is bad politics on the part of @katmabu.bsky.social. It’s actually political strategy and it works.
It’s a totally insane level of privilege to claim this is bad politics on the part of @katmabu.bsky.social. It’s actually political strategy and it works.
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It really is time for everyone to learn how to identify AI slop, and to doubt *anything* in video that is designed to tug at the heartstrings or at biases unless and until you can confirm it’s real.
But here’s a hint: if the AI voiceover can’t pronounce “Caroline” as in Caroline Kennedy—
But here’s a hint: if the AI voiceover can’t pronounce “Caroline” as in Caroline Kennedy—
December 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
It really is time for everyone to learn how to identify AI slop, and to doubt *anything* in video that is designed to tug at the heartstrings or at biases unless and until you can confirm it’s real.
But here’s a hint: if the AI voiceover can’t pronounce “Caroline” as in Caroline Kennedy—
But here’s a hint: if the AI voiceover can’t pronounce “Caroline” as in Caroline Kennedy—
The stupid thing about this whatver-I-caught is that I hadn't been sneezing at all until my ribs started aching. I've not even been violently coughing. Sure some, but I've had worse with bronchitis, but these ribs are a force of their own tonight.
Tissues, Advil, decongestant, Gatorade, I'm set.
Tissues, Advil, decongestant, Gatorade, I'm set.
December 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The stupid thing about this whatver-I-caught is that I hadn't been sneezing at all until my ribs started aching. I've not even been violently coughing. Sure some, but I've had worse with bronchitis, but these ribs are a force of their own tonight.
Tissues, Advil, decongestant, Gatorade, I'm set.
Tissues, Advil, decongestant, Gatorade, I'm set.
I got to keep one of the best MiLs post-breakup and it sucks that I can't visit with her in post-op rehab facility because I woke up last night with a fever. I'm not sure what it is, maybe flu adjacent, maybe a random virus, but it's keeping me from being physically present for her and I hate that.
December 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I got to keep one of the best MiLs post-breakup and it sucks that I can't visit with her in post-op rehab facility because I woke up last night with a fever. I'm not sure what it is, maybe flu adjacent, maybe a random virus, but it's keeping me from being physically present for her and I hate that.
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This Pope slaps
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This Pope slaps
They've been peeking in my fridge again. 😁
December 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
They've been peeking in my fridge again. 😁
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Quite frankly I have been waiting for someone to write a takedown of @aft.org’s endorsement of AI in schools, because it is reprehensible.
@gregpak.net has done it, and every parent should read this thread. Thank you.
@gregpak.net has done it, and every parent should read this thread. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Quite frankly I have been waiting for someone to write a takedown of @aft.org’s endorsement of AI in schools, because it is reprehensible.
@gregpak.net has done it, and every parent should read this thread. Thank you.
@gregpak.net has done it, and every parent should read this thread. Thank you.
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Shout-out to all our Canada fam for the "60 Minutes" bootlegs.
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Shout-out to all our Canada fam for the "60 Minutes" bootlegs.
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The government is accepting public comment on 2 proposed rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans. These comments will be supportive of legal challenges aimed at blocking the new rules. Submit a public comment on the regime's new attacks on trans youth.
Submit Public Comments
act.hrc.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The government is accepting public comment on 2 proposed rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans. These comments will be supportive of legal challenges aimed at blocking the new rules. Submit a public comment on the regime's new attacks on trans youth.
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NEWS: Congresswoman Joyce Beatty sues Trump to block the renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Read the complaint: washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/new-law...
Read the complaint: washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/new-law...
December 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
NEWS: Congresswoman Joyce Beatty sues Trump to block the renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Read the complaint: washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/new-law...
Read the complaint: washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/new-law...
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In fact the Act prohibits them from redacting anything on the basis that it may cause reputational harm or embarrassment to a government official.
There is no basis to withhold these images under the clear terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. None.
WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
In fact the Act prohibits them from redacting anything on the basis that it may cause reputational harm or embarrassment to a government official.
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The Epstein Transparency Act is the law. Clearly, this DOJ is willing to defy it to protect Donald Trump and the rich and powerful.
The survivors deserve truth and justice. Release the files.
The survivors deserve truth and justice. Release the files.
December 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The Epstein Transparency Act is the law. Clearly, this DOJ is willing to defy it to protect Donald Trump and the rich and powerful.
The survivors deserve truth and justice. Release the files.
The survivors deserve truth and justice. Release the files.
I love so much about this. Mandy and Kathryn are such a treat and I love that Gideon captures their interactions on film and share them. And Zohran is a breath of fresh air.
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I love so much about this. Mandy and Kathryn are such a treat and I love that Gideon captures their interactions on film and share them. And Zohran is a breath of fresh air.
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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I'm in a tranche of photos that appear to be from inside one of Epstein's houses.
They did not de-dupe this, so there's a lot of duplication.
These are the tactics used by people trying to slow down a document review to hide the good stuff.
They did not de-dupe this, so there's a lot of duplication.
These are the tactics used by people trying to slow down a document review to hide the good stuff.
December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm in a tranche of photos that appear to be from inside one of Epstein's houses.
They did not de-dupe this, so there's a lot of duplication.
These are the tactics used by people trying to slow down a document review to hide the good stuff.
They did not de-dupe this, so there's a lot of duplication.
These are the tactics used by people trying to slow down a document review to hide the good stuff.
A timely reminder since there is so much sensationalism, doomerism, and misinformation kicking around today. Recognize that you may not know how much you don't know about the process and take this opportunity to fill in some of those gaps.
And if you don't actually KNOW what the DOJ has to do here (and is NOT permitted to do), you can watch my line by line breakdown of the Epstein Files Transparency Act right here, starting at around 9.30 from a month ago.
You SHOULD know, before you comment nonsense.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEB1...
You SHOULD know, before you comment nonsense.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEB1...
SHOCKER! Epstein Bill Passes Almost UNANIMOUSLY-- BUT WHAT'S NEXT?!
YouTube video by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A timely reminder since there is so much sensationalism, doomerism, and misinformation kicking around today. Recognize that you may not know how much you don't know about the process and take this opportunity to fill in some of those gaps.