Rori
@redwildllama.bsky.social
Just your average internet grandpa who doesn't know how to use social media. She/her/they agender ace lesbian. Disabled.
Icon drawn by @Saphire_Aizawa on Twitter
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I'm old enough to remember when smoking around others was socially acceptable, in restaurants, bars, workplaces etc. Secondhand smoke was everywhere.
We changed norms once we accepted that shared air = shared risk.
Airborne viruses are no different
We changed norms once we accepted that shared air = shared risk.
Airborne viruses are no different
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I'm old enough to remember when smoking around others was socially acceptable, in restaurants, bars, workplaces etc. Secondhand smoke was everywhere.
We changed norms once we accepted that shared air = shared risk.
Airborne viruses are no different
We changed norms once we accepted that shared air = shared risk.
Airborne viruses are no different
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Just fyi this is one of the many reasons Californians don’t like Newsom. A 5% tax on our 200 billionaires would prevent a healthcare collapse from the ACA subsidies going away and he’s opposed to it.
January 1, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Just fyi this is one of the many reasons Californians don’t like Newsom. A 5% tax on our 200 billionaires would prevent a healthcare collapse from the ACA subsidies going away and he’s opposed to it.
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it’s past midnight happy bob animal crossing day
January 1, 2026 at 5:59 AM
it’s past midnight happy bob animal crossing day
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Something to think on today for progressive/leftist causes: The legacy media is never going to like you, so what do you need to do to make them irrelevant?
January 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Something to think on today for progressive/leftist causes: The legacy media is never going to like you, so what do you need to do to make them irrelevant?
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BLOOMBERG IS LITERALLY A BILLIONAIRE 🫠
January 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
BLOOMBERG IS LITERALLY A BILLIONAIRE 🫠
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Zohran's speech is likely going to say what he's been saying for weeks. The policies promised will only be won if New Yorkers make them happen. If you want to see universal childcare come to pass, then you have to MAKE ALBANY DO IT. Folks are organizing NOW. Anyone can join them.
January 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Zohran's speech is likely going to say what he's been saying for weeks. The policies promised will only be won if New Yorkers make them happen. If you want to see universal childcare come to pass, then you have to MAKE ALBANY DO IT. Folks are organizing NOW. Anyone can join them.
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happy three years of this here's to the next one !
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
happy three years of this here's to the next one !
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reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
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We’re at the point where we have concentration camps and slave patrols and the people with the most safety think a mean joke is the pinnacle of resistance
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
We’re at the point where we have concentration camps and slave patrols and the people with the most safety think a mean joke is the pinnacle of resistance
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"Beating Trump means liberating the poor."
or
"Beating #Trumpism means helping everyone achieve a basic level of well-being."
But after joining the protests, I got more overt and less #neoliberal: "Until we liberate the poor by redistributing wealth, fascism will continue to take root."
or
"Beating #Trumpism means helping everyone achieve a basic level of well-being."
But after joining the protests, I got more overt and less #neoliberal: "Until we liberate the poor by redistributing wealth, fascism will continue to take root."
December 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Beating Trump means liberating the poor."
or
"Beating #Trumpism means helping everyone achieve a basic level of well-being."
But after joining the protests, I got more overt and less #neoliberal: "Until we liberate the poor by redistributing wealth, fascism will continue to take root."
or
"Beating #Trumpism means helping everyone achieve a basic level of well-being."
But after joining the protests, I got more overt and less #neoliberal: "Until we liberate the poor by redistributing wealth, fascism will continue to take root."
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They’ve been slashing healthcare due to “waste, fraud and abuse”.
Telling people they must “prove they matter” to receive Medicaid.
Yet this man frauded the system of $1.2 billion dollars and what does he get?
A pardon!
It was never about saving money.
It’s eugenics.
Telling people they must “prove they matter” to receive Medicaid.
Yet this man frauded the system of $1.2 billion dollars and what does he get?
A pardon!
It was never about saving money.
It’s eugenics.
Health care fraudster Philip Esformes is latest Trump clemency recipient to be arrested
Philip Esformes is among several people granted clemency by then-President Donald Trump who have since been charged with new crimes.
www.nbcnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
They’ve been slashing healthcare due to “waste, fraud and abuse”.
Telling people they must “prove they matter” to receive Medicaid.
Yet this man frauded the system of $1.2 billion dollars and what does he get?
A pardon!
It was never about saving money.
It’s eugenics.
Telling people they must “prove they matter” to receive Medicaid.
Yet this man frauded the system of $1.2 billion dollars and what does he get?
A pardon!
It was never about saving money.
It’s eugenics.
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This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
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This is MTG'w bill. She personally authored. It's happening now, not in the past.
Spare me her redemption arc.
Spare me her redemption arc.
December 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is MTG'w bill. She personally authored. It's happening now, not in the past.
Spare me her redemption arc.
Spare me her redemption arc.
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i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results
that human element elevates the work
that human element elevates the work
Who needs AI when we had stuff like this? I’ll take photoshop edits over the slop any day
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results
that human element elevates the work
that human element elevates the work
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I am very tired of claims that maskers or covid cautious people are all just antisocial weirdos who wanted an excuse to hide forever. Many of us had active, full social lives that we would still have - if you would agree to help make the environment safe. You won’t, so we’re trapped.
December 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I am very tired of claims that maskers or covid cautious people are all just antisocial weirdos who wanted an excuse to hide forever. Many of us had active, full social lives that we would still have - if you would agree to help make the environment safe. You won’t, so we’re trapped.
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NEW: In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, plaintiffs who live in housing across the street from Portland's ICE facility today filed a preliminary injunction motion to bar the feds from shooting tear gas, etc., when not necessary, because it keeps entering their homes.
December 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEW: In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, plaintiffs who live in housing across the street from Portland's ICE facility today filed a preliminary injunction motion to bar the feds from shooting tear gas, etc., when not necessary, because it keeps entering their homes.
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@governorferguson.bsky.social is DOGEing us. Be just as angry with him as you are at the pedophilic regime. It’s the same thing. Same outcome.
"This fall, Ferguson condemned the Trump Administration after more than $1.1 billion in clean energy projects were abruptly terminated, including $1 billion that had been set to go toward the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub."
Over $500 million in funding that likely would have been allocated to sustainable transportation and clean energy programs will instead be used to backfill an existing tax credit under Washington Governor Bob Ferguson's budget package.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/29/f...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/29/f...
December 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@governorferguson.bsky.social is DOGEing us. Be just as angry with him as you are at the pedophilic regime. It’s the same thing. Same outcome.
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Is this your *next* king?
By the way, Gavin Newsom is apparently raising money to fight AGAINST the billionaire tax. So thoughtful of him to come to their aid at this particular time in history,
December 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Is this your *next* king?
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it’s crazy how obvious it is that donald trump has been actively part of the epstein coverup for half a decade now and he’s just still the president
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
it’s crazy how obvious it is that donald trump has been actively part of the epstein coverup for half a decade now and he’s just still the president
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INBOX: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, an investigative reporter at @miamiherald.com who has covered Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking story for nearly a decade, accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019 and releasing them partially unredacted in the Epstein files
December 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
INBOX: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, an investigative reporter at @miamiherald.com who has covered Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking story for nearly a decade, accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019 and releasing them partially unredacted in the Epstein files
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It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
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Conventions, if you use AI do not be surprised if creators turn down your invitations to be guests or even to be on panels.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
December 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Conventions, if you use AI do not be surprised if creators turn down your invitations to be guests or even to be on panels.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.