lavenderfrost
@lavenderfrost.bsky.social
podficbylav @ twitter, lavenderfrost @ ao3. She/her but neutral pronouns also work. 40something & not your babysitter. Pragmatic idealist bi/pan spoonie with ADHD and chronic Bullshit Fatigue. Fuck Trump, and fuck the muskrat. 🏳️🌈 🇺🇸 🗽
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Y'all wanna know how to motivate yourselves to keep going right now?
One word: midterms.
33 (!) seats will be up for reelection in the US Senate, as will the ENTIRE House of Representatives.
Not to mention there's almost always a fucking slew of state and local positions to vote for.
One word: midterms.
33 (!) seats will be up for reelection in the US Senate, as will the ENTIRE House of Representatives.
Not to mention there's almost always a fucking slew of state and local positions to vote for.
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
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Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
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Could be a solid step toward getting people pissed off enough to demand that surveillance pricing and surge pricing stop for good.
NEW: A newly enacted NY state law requires retailers to reveal whether it used "surveillance pricing" to decide how much you pay for goods. Target, for example, shows the alert on a pop-up when you try to buy eggs online. @regret.bsky.social—@wired.com's new investigative data reporter!—reports:
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Could be a solid step toward getting people pissed off enough to demand that surveillance pricing and surge pricing stop for good.
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If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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Oh that sure is a lot of cheese! As someone who just made some puff pastry cheddar things twenty minutes ago, I am glad that it was shreded aldi mozz, not shreded aldi cheddar.
Massive cheese recall! It’s a lot of shredded cheese sold under store brands so please check carefully.
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
FDA Announces Recall on More Than 1.5 Million Bags of Cheese for Potential Metal Contamination
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a cheese recall impacting more than a million bags of shredded cheese. The recalled cheese was produced by Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc. and may b...
www.allrecipes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Oh that sure is a lot of cheese! As someone who just made some puff pastry cheddar things twenty minutes ago, I am glad that it was shreded aldi mozz, not shreded aldi cheddar.
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They took a +22 republican to a +8 republican.
They will lose the next midterm
Bigly
They will lose the next midterm
Bigly
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
They took a +22 republican to a +8 republican.
They will lose the next midterm
Bigly
They will lose the next midterm
Bigly
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent.
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Trump Wrongly Indicted Me, I’ll Rightly Impeach Him | Kat Abughazaleh Speaks at Lincoln Memorial
YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent.
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
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This column is titled “Out With Woke. In With Rage. There’s no reason for Carville to say anything about “woke” except as a signal to other white centrists that it’s ok to move left, but still leave Black people behind just like the New Deal did after the Great Depression.
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This column is titled “Out With Woke. In With Rage. There’s no reason for Carville to say anything about “woke” except as a signal to other white centrists that it’s ok to move left, but still leave Black people behind just like the New Deal did after the Great Depression.
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Russia’s victory is assured in 2225 AD.
It took Russia 11 years to seize parts of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The front line barely moved in two years — yet the 28-Point Plan could hand Moscow more land without lifting a finger.
🧵 1/2 ⬇️
The front line barely moved in two years — yet the 28-Point Plan could hand Moscow more land without lifting a finger.
🧵 1/2 ⬇️
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Russia’s victory is assured in 2225 AD.
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dystopian ass weather report
Chicago may experience less tear gas use as Operation Midway Blitz winds down. Cold and wet weather reduce effectiveness, while wind adds unpredictability.
Wind, cold temps can change the impact of tear gas and pepper balls, experts say
chicago.suntimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
dystopian ass weather report
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Well done @chrislhayes.bsky.social
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Well done @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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They lost indivisible
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
They lost indivisible
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
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Conservatives 2016-2024: dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Conservatives 2016-2024: dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
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"I am openly defying a court order so I can starve children if Democrats don't let me take healthcare away from millions"
once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory
once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory
Trump says the SNAP money that he’s been ordered by a court to release won’t be released until the government shutdown ends.
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"I am openly defying a court order so I can starve children if Democrats don't let me take healthcare away from millions"
once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory
once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory
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bread. mustard. onion. ham. long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. then, everything changed
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
bread. mustard. onion. ham. long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. then, everything changed
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The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
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You're laughing? He could smell the onions and mustard and you're laughing?
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You're laughing? He could smell the onions and mustard and you're laughing?