lori
@lorilk.bsky.social
working towards balance in an out-of-balance world. fan of democracy here & abroad. lover of international news. owned by Tabitha the cat. proud Pittsburgher. she/her
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He was meant to be a celebrity. He fucking loves this shit.
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
He was meant to be a celebrity. He fucking loves this shit.
yes! Jesus' life and words were always political.
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM
yes! Jesus' life and words were always political.
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1/ In this anniversary year of 2026, I salute:
The coming together of communities that enabled 13 colonies to win a war vs. tremendous odds.
The rage vs. a king’s tyranny that fueled that coming together.
And the fundamental belief that their fight mattered “in the course of human events.”
The coming together of communities that enabled 13 colonies to win a war vs. tremendous odds.
The rage vs. a king’s tyranny that fueled that coming together.
And the fundamental belief that their fight mattered “in the course of human events.”
January 1, 2026 at 8:12 AM
1/ In this anniversary year of 2026, I salute:
The coming together of communities that enabled 13 colonies to win a war vs. tremendous odds.
The rage vs. a king’s tyranny that fueled that coming together.
And the fundamental belief that their fight mattered “in the course of human events.”
The coming together of communities that enabled 13 colonies to win a war vs. tremendous odds.
The rage vs. a king’s tyranny that fueled that coming together.
And the fundamental belief that their fight mattered “in the course of human events.”
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THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
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There’s a 15 minute video displaying on the monument
Mentioned: The Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Artificial Intelligence, Lewis & Clark, the Moon Landing
Not mentioned: slavery, the emancipation proclamation, the civil war
Mentioned: The Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Artificial Intelligence, Lewis & Clark, the Moon Landing
Not mentioned: slavery, the emancipation proclamation, the civil war
January 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
There’s a 15 minute video displaying on the monument
Mentioned: The Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Artificial Intelligence, Lewis & Clark, the Moon Landing
Not mentioned: slavery, the emancipation proclamation, the civil war
Mentioned: The Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Artificial Intelligence, Lewis & Clark, the Moon Landing
Not mentioned: slavery, the emancipation proclamation, the civil war
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my favorite of all the skinnerville creatures!
You got punched in 2025. You’re going to get punched in 2026. That’s Big Eyes’ resolution to us all.
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
my favorite of all the skinnerville creatures!
When I worked at a daycare center more than 20 years ago, no one could just walk in, and all the hallways and rooms were covered in cameras. The security was tighter than most workplaces.
“But why DiDnt ThEy jUsT LeT tHeM EnteR?!”
Because no day care in its right mind opens its doors to strangers. Also it’s illegal.
Let a group of 8 screaming Black & brown men with cameras show up to a daycare in a predominately white neighborhood & watch how fast the police arrive and open fire.😐
Because no day care in its right mind opens its doors to strangers. Also it’s illegal.
Let a group of 8 screaming Black & brown men with cameras show up to a daycare in a predominately white neighborhood & watch how fast the police arrive and open fire.😐
December 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When I worked at a daycare center more than 20 years ago, no one could just walk in, and all the hallways and rooms were covered in cameras. The security was tighter than most workplaces.
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MeanCat moved into a larger Airbnb but kept his reservations at the other two. He likes options cuz he fears assassins
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
MeanCat moved into a larger Airbnb but kept his reservations at the other two. He likes options cuz he fears assassins
great 🧵
My Cassandra cred's pretty solid--20+ years on far right beat, ten on Trump, nobody ever accused me of being a ray of sunshine. But at the end of this bad year, I think this too is true: fascism took so much, & yet nowhere near all it could & wants. There's so much left to fight for.
December 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
great 🧵
♥️
In California.
Seeing wild cranes.
And bunnies.
And that’s the news.
Seeing wild cranes.
And bunnies.
And that’s the news.
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
♥️
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Harassing daycare centers should get you put on a list
This is getting into incredibly dangerous territory
is it not a common experience for sites to do this when they receive a huge influx in traffic driven by weird men deciding to hunt daycares?
December 31, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Harassing daycare centers should get you put on a list
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His entire campaign was built around shotgunning out a bunch of ideas and assuming (correctly) that people would assume that he would do the stuff they wanted him to do, but the things they didn't want him to do were just bluster.
Being unconstrained by truth or reality is an electoral advantage.
Being unconstrained by truth or reality is an electoral advantage.
December 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
His entire campaign was built around shotgunning out a bunch of ideas and assuming (correctly) that people would assume that he would do the stuff they wanted him to do, but the things they didn't want him to do were just bluster.
Being unconstrained by truth or reality is an electoral advantage.
Being unconstrained by truth or reality is an electoral advantage.
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Any discussion of how a few actors are protesting Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has to consider how Republicans have tried to slash social spending for the arts — and denigrate the arts and humanities as legitimate fields — since at least Reagan, if not longer.
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Any discussion of how a few actors are protesting Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has to consider how Republicans have tried to slash social spending for the arts — and denigrate the arts and humanities as legitimate fields — since at least Reagan, if not longer.
except for the redhead part, this is me! it is why i also found a job with multiple shifts so that i never have to work daylight.
All of this, except summer for me. I cannot handle abundant daylight and temperatures over 70 degrees Fahrenheit. And it’s annoying how most people only believe me when I say the sun makes me miserable, if I phrase it as a redhead joke, not when I say that it’s seasonal depression and it’s serious.
could the “you should be able to be happy living anywhere, and if you’re not able to do that, it’s a skill issue” contingent tell that to my winter seasonal depression, please?
because MAN would that simplify my life if the cure, which I somehow never thought of before, was that easy
because MAN would that simplify my life if the cure, which I somehow never thought of before, was that easy
December 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
except for the redhead part, this is me! it is why i also found a job with multiple shifts so that i never have to work daylight.
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The only way to secure lasting peace in Ukraine is to defeat Russia and integrate Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic defense.
December 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The only way to secure lasting peace in Ukraine is to defeat Russia and integrate Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic defense.
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Big congratulations to the “no new wars” crowd.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
December 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Big congratulations to the “no new wars” crowd.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
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He's a 40-year-old from Santa Monica who talks like a 90-year-old Klan member
December 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
He's a 40-year-old from Santa Monica who talks like a 90-year-old Klan member
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Well, looks like we’re not going out the front door any time soon.
December 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Well, looks like we’re not going out the front door any time soon.
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Some non-rich people would’ve been economically harmed if SVB went under due to its bad investments rather than get a govt bailout, yes.
That’s not a convincing case for a system where anytime rich people’s bad bets economically harm others the govt gives tons of money to those same rich people.
That’s not a convincing case for a system where anytime rich people’s bad bets economically harm others the govt gives tons of money to those same rich people.
December 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Some non-rich people would’ve been economically harmed if SVB went under due to its bad investments rather than get a govt bailout, yes.
That’s not a convincing case for a system where anytime rich people’s bad bets economically harm others the govt gives tons of money to those same rich people.
That’s not a convincing case for a system where anytime rich people’s bad bets economically harm others the govt gives tons of money to those same rich people.
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I understand that kitchen table issues are big factors in voters' perceptions. And the Epstein files are significant, as they should be. But - I have to tell you - IMO - listening to Trump speak to and paraphrase Putin - there's nothing else that shouts his unfitness as loudly.
December 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I understand that kitchen table issues are big factors in voters' perceptions. And the Epstein files are significant, as they should be. But - I have to tell you - IMO - listening to Trump speak to and paraphrase Putin - there's nothing else that shouts his unfitness as loudly.
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Unless you need advice on how to use your dad’s diamond mine money to help overstay your visa and then work in the US, and buy the work of others but claim it’s your own genius, and be shockingly racist & incurious & cruel, never listen to a word Elon Musk says about anything
December 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Unless you need advice on how to use your dad’s diamond mine money to help overstay your visa and then work in the US, and buy the work of others but claim it’s your own genius, and be shockingly racist & incurious & cruel, never listen to a word Elon Musk says about anything
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this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
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It’s Big Leany and Bakey
December 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s Big Leany and Bakey