Sara Straw
@oneoneder.bsky.social
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Every night I light a candle and say a short prayer that God finally, after so long, gives us what was promised in the beginning
pee tape
pee tape
man, what the fuck is in these files that would a) be worse than anything we have ever learned about him, b) make him willing to risk a maga civil war over it, and c) have him desperately calling half of the republicans in the house and begging them to vote against their release
Trump on Epstein Files: I don’t want to talk about it because fake news like you—you’re a terrible reporter—fake news like you just keeps bringing up to deflect from the tremendous success of The Trump Admin
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Every night I light a candle and say a short prayer that God finally, after so long, gives us what was promised in the beginning
pee tape
pee tape
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white republicans are able to rule alabama because virtually every white person in alabama is more racist than anyone you have ever met
Alabama’s population is 28% Black and increasingly Hispanic. White Republicans are only able to rule by cheating. And when Dems invest no money in red states that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
white republicans are able to rule alabama because virtually every white person in alabama is more racist than anyone you have ever met
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imagine being hit on by gross old Larry Summers when you just wanted professional advice and then finding out he was getting advice on how to hit on you from Jeffrey fucking Epstein
one of the grossest things I’ve ever read
one of the grossest things I’ve ever read
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
imagine being hit on by gross old Larry Summers when you just wanted professional advice and then finding out he was getting advice on how to hit on you from Jeffrey fucking Epstein
one of the grossest things I’ve ever read
one of the grossest things I’ve ever read
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some guy in the UK thought that Tibet was getting closer to Russia, so they sent like a thousand guys into the Himalayas to get Tibet to back off of its relations to Russia, to which Tibet's response was essentially, "uh, can you point to Russia on a map for us? sure. we, uh, won't do that."
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
some guy in the UK thought that Tibet was getting closer to Russia, so they sent like a thousand guys into the Himalayas to get Tibet to back off of its relations to Russia, to which Tibet's response was essentially, "uh, can you point to Russia on a map for us? sure. we, uh, won't do that."
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It is my position that a presidential pardon granted with the corrupt intent to further a criminal conspiracy in which the president issuing the pardon is participating is void ab nihilo
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It is my position that a presidential pardon granted with the corrupt intent to further a criminal conspiracy in which the president issuing the pardon is participating is void ab nihilo
This calls for an important discussion on the ethics of interfering with newborn's worship of unknown gods
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This calls for an important discussion on the ethics of interfering with newborn's worship of unknown gods
Doesn't this track? If market forces will take care of non-fossil fuel installation, that's great, and the issue benefits from political depolarization.
You're not going to get good climate policy out of the US for three years, the most you could hope for would be US getting out of way.
You're not going to get good climate policy out of the US for three years, the most you could hope for would be US getting out of way.
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Doesn't this track? If market forces will take care of non-fossil fuel installation, that's great, and the issue benefits from political depolarization.
You're not going to get good climate policy out of the US for three years, the most you could hope for would be US getting out of way.
You're not going to get good climate policy out of the US for three years, the most you could hope for would be US getting out of way.
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This is another point, the Weimar fetishists among the doomer set are ignoring the ways in which Trumpism is a very distinctly American phenomenon with parallels *in our own history*.
It's insane because like...there are much better comparisons in our own country's history! The long Redemption of the late 1800s/early 1900s, the Red Scares,
The reason I get frustrated with people who overindex on the example of Nazi Germany and treat it like a note-for-note blueprint for where we are now is that they terrify our people into making terrible decisions, or into quiescence, or, worse, suicidal hopelessness.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is another point, the Weimar fetishists among the doomer set are ignoring the ways in which Trumpism is a very distinctly American phenomenon with parallels *in our own history*.
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There’s this one postdoc open to “political science or allied disciplines“, implying the existence of “enemy disciplines“.
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
There’s this one postdoc open to “political science or allied disciplines“, implying the existence of “enemy disciplines“.
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America's network of democratic alliances was a jewel. Never before had a great power relied on cultivating voluntary relationships, leading to the richest, most powerful country in history, and benefitting the world relative to the alternative.
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
America's network of democratic alliances was a jewel. Never before had a great power relied on cultivating voluntary relationships, leading to the richest, most powerful country in history, and benefitting the world relative to the alternative.
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
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Yesterday I learned that the US Navy has a tiara option for female sailors to wear in dress uniform and I for one think they are missing a huge opportunity for recruitment by not making this more well-known. I did not know the Navy had tiaras when I was picking my service branch. I feel cheated.
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yesterday I learned that the US Navy has a tiara option for female sailors to wear in dress uniform and I for one think they are missing a huge opportunity for recruitment by not making this more well-known. I did not know the Navy had tiaras when I was picking my service branch. I feel cheated.
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UVA Pres. Ryan's letter isn't just about the DOJ though. It credibly details dubious conduct from many people who were supposed to put UVA's interests first and didn't (likely because they agreed with DOJ's far-right pressure campaign): the Board, the AG, outside counsel, etc.
Mafia governance in action
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
UVA Pres. Ryan's letter isn't just about the DOJ though. It credibly details dubious conduct from many people who were supposed to put UVA's interests first and didn't (likely because they agreed with DOJ's far-right pressure campaign): the Board, the AG, outside counsel, etc.
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This is so insane.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is so insane.
He's a man who wants to be a sister-wife guy. It hits different.
calling frankenstein’s monster “the monster” seems like such a misnomer.
he’s a guy that wants to be a wife guy. many such cases.
he’s a guy that wants to be a wife guy. many such cases.
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
He's a man who wants to be a sister-wife guy. It hits different.
It's interesting that centrist pundits never land on centrist positions like "tough on [white collar] crime".
I think the reason for that is centrist pundit types are disproportionately those who benefit from elite networks. They are distinct from centrist voters this way.
I think the reason for that is centrist pundit types are disproportionately those who benefit from elite networks. They are distinct from centrist voters this way.
we have an addiction in America when we have a crime syndicate in control of the federal government and people still think they are the ones who are tough on crime.
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It's interesting that centrist pundits never land on centrist positions like "tough on [white collar] crime".
I think the reason for that is centrist pundit types are disproportionately those who benefit from elite networks. They are distinct from centrist voters this way.
I think the reason for that is centrist pundit types are disproportionately those who benefit from elite networks. They are distinct from centrist voters this way.
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It's not hard to figure out what the @nytimes.com ownership and editors care about and believe, we're just all supposed to pretend otherwise because they've convinced you that being willfully stupid is an important journalistic norm.
and that can be true! but then you open the actual newspaper and it's soft-focus profiles of Chris Rufo, a frenzied transphobic crusade, an all-out effort to get the first Black woman president of Harvard canned over bullshit, Get Zohran, etc etc
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's not hard to figure out what the @nytimes.com ownership and editors care about and believe, we're just all supposed to pretend otherwise because they've convinced you that being willfully stupid is an important journalistic norm.
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Although the Gaza ceasefire bars “all military operations” in Gaza, the IDF has interpreted that *not* to include neighborhood demolition operations on its side of the Yellow Line (which includes Rafah and most of Khan Younis) and it has demolished 1,500+ buildings in the past month, BBC finds.
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Although the Gaza ceasefire bars “all military operations” in Gaza, the IDF has interpreted that *not* to include neighborhood demolition operations on its side of the Yellow Line (which includes Rafah and most of Khan Younis) and it has demolished 1,500+ buildings in the past month, BBC finds.
The children yearn for the poultice
Under-the-weather TikTokers are slicing raw potatoes and placing them in their — and their children’s — socks before bed. The theory is that the potato draws out toxins.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
No, putting a potato in your sock will not cure a cold
TikTokers are placing slices of raw potatoes in their — and their children’s socks — overnight to cure illnesses.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The children yearn for the poultice
Cat interrupting call for cuddles better be prepared for cuddles on ape terms
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Cat interrupting call for cuddles better be prepared for cuddles on ape terms
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It's probably not something anybody would have standing to challenge, but a straightforward case could be made this violates the 27th Amendment. By limiting it to only senators, the value of this cause of action is thus a perk, a kind of 'compensation,' granted simply because they're senators.
This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's probably not something anybody would have standing to challenge, but a straightforward case could be made this violates the 27th Amendment. By limiting it to only senators, the value of this cause of action is thus a perk, a kind of 'compensation,' granted simply because they're senators.
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I'm sick and feverish, which suggests that I should lay on couch and watch a bad movie.
But it may very well be the last day of bright orange leaves, as winter (50 degree high) starts tomorrow. Which suggests that I should power through it and go on a walk in the woods.
But it may very well be the last day of bright orange leaves, as winter (50 degree high) starts tomorrow. Which suggests that I should power through it and go on a walk in the woods.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I'm sick and feverish, which suggests that I should lay on couch and watch a bad movie.
But it may very well be the last day of bright orange leaves, as winter (50 degree high) starts tomorrow. Which suggests that I should power through it and go on a walk in the woods.
But it may very well be the last day of bright orange leaves, as winter (50 degree high) starts tomorrow. Which suggests that I should power through it and go on a walk in the woods.
Unironically, this is a sign that China excels at rapid innovation and iterating product lines
For as bad as you think the tech dystopia is here in the US, it seems way worse in China
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Unironically, this is a sign that China excels at rapid innovation and iterating product lines
Let's look at this for the opportunity it is - for everyone to learn the original (and preferred) meaning of the term "emotional labor"
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Let's look at this for the opportunity it is - for everyone to learn the original (and preferred) meaning of the term "emotional labor"
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Bowser voted Kamala and is a pronoun respecter, but Wario definitely voted Trump.
August 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Bowser voted Kamala and is a pronoun respecter, but Wario definitely voted Trump.