marts 🌲💙🤍💚🌲
@marts-thoughts.bsky.social
Interests: Biology, History, Public Policy, Data Science, GIS, and all things interesting.
Health care analyst and Democratic activist, living outside Seattle.
Avid canvasser trying to save democracy.
Health care analyst and Democratic activist, living outside Seattle.
Avid canvasser trying to save democracy.
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marts 🌲💙🤍💚🌲
@marts-thoughts.bsky.social
· Nov 12
“Freedom means you decide who you are, and then when things change around you, you continue to be that person. And in so doing, you do constructive work. You set an example for other people. You meet new people who are also trying to remain themselves.”
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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Timothy Snyder: ‘You have to be in the moment in order to get through the moment’
In a time when many voters feel despair following the presidential election, it’s key to remember this is not the end. Americans still have their freedom and there are ways to remain politically activ...
www.msnbc.com
Damn right. Join your local Democratic Party. Join the League of Women Voters. Volunteer. Get out there. There is a fk-ton of good work that needs doing.
I want this, but dunk-tank style, 60 stories up. ⚾
Eat the rich.
Eat the rich.
Hard to believe this is real but it is — do better, Time 😕
December 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I want this, but dunk-tank style, 60 stories up. ⚾
Eat the rich.
Eat the rich.
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The way the mainstream media cleans up Trump’s racist tirades has long passed the “they’re just making mistakes” phase. This is actively aiding and abetting a racist, tyrannical regime. The ‘mainstream media is the enemy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The way the mainstream media cleans up Trump’s racist tirades has long passed the “they’re just making mistakes” phase. This is actively aiding and abetting a racist, tyrannical regime. The ‘mainstream media is the enemy.
Matty ready to make electrons:
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Matty ready to make electrons:
And this is why Confederate iconography is so prominent within the conservative movement.
Whether it's ogres roaming the halls of Congress with a VA battle flag on Jan6, protecting monuments to yt supremacy, or insisting on re-re-naming US military bases to honor CSA traitors to the United States.
Whether it's ogres roaming the halls of Congress with a VA battle flag on Jan6, protecting monuments to yt supremacy, or insisting on re-re-naming US military bases to honor CSA traitors to the United States.
While the outcome should be clear from the plain text of the Constitution, the central project of this court and Administration, together, is to nullify the reconstruction amendments
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
December 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
And this is why Confederate iconography is so prominent within the conservative movement.
Whether it's ogres roaming the halls of Congress with a VA battle flag on Jan6, protecting monuments to yt supremacy, or insisting on re-re-naming US military bases to honor CSA traitors to the United States.
Whether it's ogres roaming the halls of Congress with a VA battle flag on Jan6, protecting monuments to yt supremacy, or insisting on re-re-naming US military bases to honor CSA traitors to the United States.
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Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
I can only assume this 'Tesla Owners Silicon Valley' is one of those hate-monetizing accounts based in Bangladesh.
December 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I can only assume this 'Tesla Owners Silicon Valley' is one of those hate-monetizing accounts based in Bangladesh.
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If you missed the news about the EU Commission & its decisions to fine X for non compliance with the Digital Services Act, we reported on this here. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/e...
Elon Musk’s X fined $140 million by European Commission over 'deceptive' blue checkmark and lack of transparency
The social-media platform has been fined by the bloc after breaching transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
www.cnbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you missed the news about the EU Commission & its decisions to fine X for non compliance with the Digital Services Act, we reported on this here. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/e...
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They love to talk about classical ideas of beauty but as a cultural movement MAGA is only capable of producing filth
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
They love to talk about classical ideas of beauty but as a cultural movement MAGA is only capable of producing filth
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A "financial technology author" is trying to get the City of Bainbridge Island to hire an "AI candidate" as its next city manager.
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kitsapbusiness.com/event/a-publ...
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Non-European? You know who is European? Someone who lives in Europe.
These American fascists can fk right off.
These American fascists can fk right off.
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Non-European? You know who is European? Someone who lives in Europe.
These American fascists can fk right off.
These American fascists can fk right off.
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Ask Kamala Harris how Newsom’s “addition not subtraction” strategy worked out last time. Do you think she won more voters than she lost by pledging to appoint a Republican to her cabinet?
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Ask Kamala Harris how Newsom’s “addition not subtraction” strategy worked out last time. Do you think she won more voters than she lost by pledging to appoint a Republican to her cabinet?
1% real wage growth in the last year is absolute chump change when, over the last 10yrs, things like rent (>100%⬆️) and out-of-pocket health care expenses (>100%⬆️) have skyrocketed.
1% isn't making up for the crushing of the middle class.
And none of Trump's policies have made life cheaper.
1% isn't making up for the crushing of the middle class.
And none of Trump's policies have made life cheaper.
I really wish people would reflect on this: how numbers that UNAMBIGUOUSLY AND DIRECTLY INDICATE THAT THINGS ARE GROWING MORE AFFORDABLE are being interpreted as evidence of an “affordability crisis,” BY EXPERTS, because that’s the narrative. Understanding that that can happen explains so much else
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
1% real wage growth in the last year is absolute chump change when, over the last 10yrs, things like rent (>100%⬆️) and out-of-pocket health care expenses (>100%⬆️) have skyrocketed.
1% isn't making up for the crushing of the middle class.
And none of Trump's policies have made life cheaper.
1% isn't making up for the crushing of the middle class.
And none of Trump's policies have made life cheaper.
Walking backwards and getting TF out of Ukraine is always an option, orc. 🇺🇦
Russian general: “We thought 70% of Ukrainians were on our side. But it turned out to be the opposite.”
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Walking backwards and getting TF out of Ukraine is always an option, orc. 🇺🇦
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This boils down to “dictatorship is good if I’m the dictator.”
No it isn’t.
No it isn’t.
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This boils down to “dictatorship is good if I’m the dictator.”
No it isn’t.
No it isn’t.
Wait, murdering fishermen is "a break from public-sector incompetence"? wtf, what an editorial.
Lesson 4: If you are peddling the "trust in govt" has dropped because of proceduralism, you either don't understand the study of trust or don't care. It has dropped in all countries and all institutions over the same time period. It is mostly driven by perception of politics not govt services.
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Wait, murdering fishermen is "a break from public-sector incompetence"? wtf, what an editorial.
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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"If you believe a Palestinian child is equal in dignity and worth to an Israeli or American child, it is no longer possible to support this Israeli government while hiding behind platitudes about peace." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"If you believe a Palestinian child is equal in dignity and worth to an Israeli or American child, it is no longer possible to support this Israeli government while hiding behind platitudes about peace." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Maybe she should run HHS. 🪱🪱
After undergoing a brain scan, Kim Kardashian is stunned to learn that there are 'holes' showing 'low activity' in her frontal lobe: 'That just can't be.'
Kim Kardashian is stunned to learn her brain has 'low activity'
After undergoing a brain scan, Kim Kardashian is stunned to learn that there are 'holes' showing 'low activity' in her frontal lobe: 'That just can't be.'
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Maybe she should run HHS. 🪱🪱
Something I can't stop thinking about is this:
Who in Democratic Party leadership understood how pervasive Trump's presence in the Epstein files was and when? (2019? 2020?)
Why wasn't this used to bury him in either 2020 or 2024?
Did they demure because it was unseemly? Protecting other Dems?
Who in Democratic Party leadership understood how pervasive Trump's presence in the Epstein files was and when? (2019? 2020?)
Why wasn't this used to bury him in either 2020 or 2024?
Did they demure because it was unseemly? Protecting other Dems?
“To believe anything about Epstein coming from Trump and his cronies requires a complete suspension of common sense, which is why it’s good to remember that the simplest explanation is often the correct one: they’re lying.” — @justinglawe.bsky.social
MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable
To believe anything they say requires a complete suspension of common sense.
www.publicnotice.co
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Something I can't stop thinking about is this:
Who in Democratic Party leadership understood how pervasive Trump's presence in the Epstein files was and when? (2019? 2020?)
Why wasn't this used to bury him in either 2020 or 2024?
Did they demure because it was unseemly? Protecting other Dems?
Who in Democratic Party leadership understood how pervasive Trump's presence in the Epstein files was and when? (2019? 2020?)
Why wasn't this used to bury him in either 2020 or 2024?
Did they demure because it was unseemly? Protecting other Dems?
See how easy that is? Like, it really is that easy.
These fkers ask for a bribe, and you say no. Simple.
These fkers ask for a bribe, and you say no. Simple.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
See how easy that is? Like, it really is that easy.
These fkers ask for a bribe, and you say no. Simple.
These fkers ask for a bribe, and you say no. Simple.
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Biden thought he could “heal the soul of the nation” and bring us all together. As optimistic as that idea was, it was wrong.
We won’t move forward by unifying. We’ll move forward by trying the corrupt fascists and showing the law *will* be enforced.
We won’t move forward by unifying. We’ll move forward by trying the corrupt fascists and showing the law *will* be enforced.
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Biden thought he could “heal the soul of the nation” and bring us all together. As optimistic as that idea was, it was wrong.
We won’t move forward by unifying. We’ll move forward by trying the corrupt fascists and showing the law *will* be enforced.
We won’t move forward by unifying. We’ll move forward by trying the corrupt fascists and showing the law *will* be enforced.
Yeah, that second one is just 'corruption', which is also illegal.
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yeah, that second one is just 'corruption', which is also illegal.
introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
black bear
blue-footed booby
moose
orca
barbary macaque
black bear
blue-footed booby
moose
orca
barbary macaque
introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
moose
gray whale
red fox
snowy owl
texas coral snake
moose
gray whale
red fox
snowy owl
texas coral snake
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Humpback whale
Grizzly bear
Rattlesnake
Nurse shark
Long-tailed weasel
Humpback whale
Grizzly bear
Rattlesnake
Nurse shark
Long-tailed weasel
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
black bear
blue-footed booby
moose
orca
barbary macaque
black bear
blue-footed booby
moose
orca
barbary macaque