Something Witty
@phiguru.myatproto.social
Lover of sled dogs, snow, wildlife, & maps.
NH election official.
Autistic & physically disabled.
She/her, live with @shroderdog.net, 2 young adults & 9 critters + so much wildlife.
NH election official.
Autistic & physically disabled.
She/her, live with @shroderdog.net, 2 young adults & 9 critters + so much wildlife.
Pinned
In New Hampshire, to register to vote, you need to prove identity, age, citizenship, and domicile (physical address).
Check the list of documents and go see your Town Clerk to register.
www.sos.nh.gov/elections/re...
Check the list of documents and go see your Town Clerk to register.
www.sos.nh.gov/elections/re...
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I literally do not want a DIME of taxpayer money building a billionaire's stadium until every kid in Illinois has three tasty and nutritious meals, comprehensive health care, a great school, and a safe and secure place to live.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I literally do not want a DIME of taxpayer money building a billionaire's stadium until every kid in Illinois has three tasty and nutritious meals, comprehensive health care, a great school, and a safe and secure place to live.
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Hey @wutrain.bsky.social, @ruthzee.bsky.social—a 32-year-old held on $2500 bail was beaten to death by COs in your city's jail last Sunday.
Thank you to @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social for this statement (bsky.app/profile/clrh...).
Where are yours? Where is your outrage?
#bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
Thank you to @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social for this statement (bsky.app/profile/clrh...).
Where are yours? Where is your outrage?
#bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
Shut it down. #bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
December 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hey @wutrain.bsky.social, @ruthzee.bsky.social—a 32-year-old held on $2500 bail was beaten to death by COs in your city's jail last Sunday.
Thank you to @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social for this statement (bsky.app/profile/clrh...).
Where are yours? Where is your outrage?
#bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
Thank you to @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social for this statement (bsky.app/profile/clrh...).
Where are yours? Where is your outrage?
#bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
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So let me get this straight:
More members of Congress voted for MTG's bill to criminalize trans people than for the war powers resolution to stop an illegal imperialist war.
More members of Congress voted for MTG's bill to criminalize trans people than for the war powers resolution to stop an illegal imperialist war.
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
So let me get this straight:
More members of Congress voted for MTG's bill to criminalize trans people than for the war powers resolution to stop an illegal imperialist war.
More members of Congress voted for MTG's bill to criminalize trans people than for the war powers resolution to stop an illegal imperialist war.
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That night when Toad went to bed he thought the biggest thoughts that he could think.
Toad thought about giant sunflowers. He thought about tall oak trees. He thought about high mountains covered with snow.
Toad thought about giant sunflowers. He thought about tall oak trees. He thought about high mountains covered with snow.
December 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
That night when Toad went to bed he thought the biggest thoughts that he could think.
Toad thought about giant sunflowers. He thought about tall oak trees. He thought about high mountains covered with snow.
Toad thought about giant sunflowers. He thought about tall oak trees. He thought about high mountains covered with snow.
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Don't say "it will die in the senate"
Say "I will kill it in the senate"
And then call them. It takes so few calls, comparatively, to make it feel like a wave crashing over them. We need to be the wave, again and again.
Say "I will kill it in the senate"
And then call them. It takes so few calls, comparatively, to make it feel like a wave crashing over them. We need to be the wave, again and again.
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Don't say "it will die in the senate"
Say "I will kill it in the senate"
And then call them. It takes so few calls, comparatively, to make it feel like a wave crashing over them. We need to be the wave, again and again.
Say "I will kill it in the senate"
And then call them. It takes so few calls, comparatively, to make it feel like a wave crashing over them. We need to be the wave, again and again.
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I had to watch Alabama's ban on gender affirming care for minors go into effect. It impacted multiple people in my life. It is cruel beyond words.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
This is possibly the most significant attack on trans rights in this country yet, and I can count the number of posts on my timeline about this on my hands.
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I had to watch Alabama's ban on gender affirming care for minors go into effect. It impacted multiple people in my life. It is cruel beyond words.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
You've seen toe beans, but how do you feel about one claw? One claw only.
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
You've seen toe beans, but how do you feel about one claw? One claw only.
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Idea of monthly prayer services in gov't agency is spreading. Labor Department held 1st last week & Sec. Chavez-DeRemer said she was inspired to after attending a Pentagon one. I was only reporter to watch & write about it: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/department...
Which agency will be next? 5/
Which agency will be next? 5/
Department of Labor Holds First Prayer Service
U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer attended a Pentagon prayer service. That inspired her to start her own monthly prayer service.
publicwitness.wordandway.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Idea of monthly prayer services in gov't agency is spreading. Labor Department held 1st last week & Sec. Chavez-DeRemer said she was inspired to after attending a Pentagon one. I was only reporter to watch & write about it: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/department...
Which agency will be next? 5/
Which agency will be next? 5/
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While I am suspicious of many of the folks attacking NEPA, I do think the climate movement should acknowledge that it really is an enormous impediment to building.
Everyone should read this post -- it's actually a NEPA success story, but my god the resources wasted ...
Everyone should read this post -- it's actually a NEPA success story, but my god the resources wasted ...
An Inside View of NEPA in Practice
Factory Settings has highlighted many ways the CHIPS program’s setup diverged from standard federal operations.
www.factorysettings.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
While I am suspicious of many of the folks attacking NEPA, I do think the climate movement should acknowledge that it really is an enormous impediment to building.
Everyone should read this post -- it's actually a NEPA success story, but my god the resources wasted ...
Everyone should read this post -- it's actually a NEPA success story, but my god the resources wasted ...
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Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
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Luminous angel baby needs an ETA on lunch. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Luminous angel baby needs an ETA on lunch. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
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Her favorite winter spot!
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Her favorite winter spot!
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The questing stoat returns for a quick update.
December 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The questing stoat returns for a quick update.
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#Tardigandalf #AltAdvances into #2026MMM!! Maybe our Tardigandalf mugs will come back now that I've lost mine. 😪
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
December 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#Tardigandalf #AltAdvances into #2026MMM!! Maybe our Tardigandalf mugs will come back now that I've lost mine. 😪
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shrimply having a wonderful fishmas time
December 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
shrimply having a wonderful fishmas time
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He's here and he wants kisses
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
He's here and he wants kisses
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There never seems to be a good time for anything online lately so I'm just going to throw this out here now:
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
December 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
There never seems to be a good time for anything online lately so I'm just going to throw this out here now:
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
A resurrection story for everyone!
Today is Popsicle's Lazarus day! A story for you all:
I used to be a vet tech and one day a client brought in a kitten they found frozen in a snowbank at the end of their driveway for us to have it cremated.
When we went to put him in a cadaver bag he lifted up his head and meowed.
I used to be a vet tech and one day a client brought in a kitten they found frozen in a snowbank at the end of their driveway for us to have it cremated.
When we went to put him in a cadaver bag he lifted up his head and meowed.
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A resurrection story for everyone!
I knew I recognized this story. The New Yorker covered the same thing six months ago.
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Welcome to the pissed-off parent pushback: After years of therapists and others encouraging adult children to cut ties with families they deem harmful or “toxic,” estranged parents are speaking out on.wsj.com/4s49U52
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I knew I recognized this story. The New Yorker covered the same thing six months ago.
bsky.app/profile/mich...
bsky.app/profile/mich...
This story has a link to a lecture by Professor Loureiro on failure. It shows him as the kind, thoughtful person I had the honor to meet.
May his memory be a blessing.
May his memory be a blessing.
#MIT professor, Nuno Loureiro, shot to death at his #Brookline condo
www.universalhub.com/2025/mit-pro...
www.universalhub.com/2025/mit-pro...
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This story has a link to a lecture by Professor Loureiro on failure. It shows him as the kind, thoughtful person I had the honor to meet.
May his memory be a blessing.
May his memory be a blessing.
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Don’t play ESPN’S crappy uncredited knock-off. Play the original Athletic Director Simulator!
Great to see so much interest in our original game, Athletic Director Simulator 4000.
To celebrate, I'm turning the paywall OFF for the rest of the year.
Now everybody can play ADS4000! Enjoy!
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To celebrate, I'm turning the paywall OFF for the rest of the year.
Now everybody can play ADS4000! Enjoy!
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ADS4000
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December 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Don’t play ESPN’S crappy uncredited knock-off. Play the original Athletic Director Simulator!
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FILED: Our client Carlos Zapata Rivera has sued a federal agent for using excessive force against him on November 6, 2025.
www.aclum.org/cases/zapata...
www.aclum.org/cases/zapata...
December 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
FILED: Our client Carlos Zapata Rivera has sued a federal agent for using excessive force against him on November 6, 2025.
www.aclum.org/cases/zapata...
www.aclum.org/cases/zapata...
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HOW TO GET A TAXPAYER-FUNDED XMAS DINNER: White supremacist Sean Kauffmann was being taken into custody until he could post a higher bond on a DV charge. Then he shot a bird at NC5’s cam, landing himself 10 days in jail for contempt and getting his bond revoked. 🎥: Bryan Staples
December 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
HOW TO GET A TAXPAYER-FUNDED XMAS DINNER: White supremacist Sean Kauffmann was being taken into custody until he could post a higher bond on a DV charge. Then he shot a bird at NC5’s cam, landing himself 10 days in jail for contempt and getting his bond revoked. 🎥: Bryan Staples