Once I Was an Optimist
@soothedbyrain.bsky.social
Secular humanist
Artist
Wife and mom
I’ve read too much history
Too many others haven’t read enough
"Of course, we're fickle stupid beings, with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction. Although, who knows?
Maybe this time, we'll learn.”
Artist
Wife and mom
I’ve read too much history
Too many others haven’t read enough
"Of course, we're fickle stupid beings, with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction. Although, who knows?
Maybe this time, we'll learn.”
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BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr poised to surpass gun violence as leading cause of death among American children.
August 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr poised to surpass gun violence as leading cause of death among American children.
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
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On the Senate passing Trump’s (very stupidly named) Big Beautiful Bill
July 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
On the Senate passing Trump’s (very stupidly named) Big Beautiful Bill
Everything about this is monstrous and enraging.
AND IT KEEPS HAPPENING. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
AND IT KEEPS HAPPENING. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Indonesian student detained by Ice after US secretly revokes his visa
Aditya Wahyu Harsono, father of infant with special needs, surprised at work despite valid visa through June 2026
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Everything about this is monstrous and enraging.
AND IT KEEPS HAPPENING. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
AND IT KEEPS HAPPENING. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“f the youngest, brightest minds aren’t soon reassured that the United States can support their work — and that scientific inquiry will be protected from political interference — they will walk away.”
archive.ph/2025.04.07-0...
archive.ph/2025.04.07-0...
archive.ph
April 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“f the youngest, brightest minds aren’t soon reassured that the United States can support their work — and that scientific inquiry will be protected from political interference — they will walk away.”
archive.ph/2025.04.07-0...
archive.ph/2025.04.07-0...
JFC
"She…was shackled at the ankles, wrists and waist, and then made to shuffle out into a van…she was subjected to a full body search."
AFTER SHE’D BEEN CLEARED TO GO HOME.
How much worse are the things being done to those who are poor and/or limited English?
bleedingcool.com/comics/briti...
"She…was shackled at the ankles, wrists and waist, and then made to shuffle out into a van…she was subjected to a full body search."
AFTER SHE’D BEEN CLEARED TO GO HOME.
How much worse are the things being done to those who are poor and/or limited English?
bleedingcool.com/comics/briti...
British Comic Creator R.E. Burke Banned From Visiting USA For 10 Years
British comic book creator R.E. Burke, has been banned from visiting the USA for ten years... I doubt that will be a problem.
bleedingcool.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
JFC
"She…was shackled at the ankles, wrists and waist, and then made to shuffle out into a van…she was subjected to a full body search."
AFTER SHE’D BEEN CLEARED TO GO HOME.
How much worse are the things being done to those who are poor and/or limited English?
bleedingcool.com/comics/briti...
"She…was shackled at the ankles, wrists and waist, and then made to shuffle out into a van…she was subjected to a full body search."
AFTER SHE’D BEEN CLEARED TO GO HOME.
How much worse are the things being done to those who are poor and/or limited English?
bleedingcool.com/comics/briti...
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The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people.
We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
April 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people.
We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
Photos from the Boston Hands Off! Rally ✊🏻
April 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Photos from the Boston Hands Off! Rally ✊🏻
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Boston is ready for Saturday’s national day of action: handsoff2025.com/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
April 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Boston is ready for Saturday’s national day of action: handsoff2025.com/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
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My son depends on Medicaid which has provided him with his roll-in shower, wheelchair, and therapies we just could not afford on our own.
We’re focused on his quality of life.
MAGA GOP are focused on destroying it.
We’re not alone.
Save Medicaid!
We’re focused on his quality of life.
MAGA GOP are focused on destroying it.
We’re not alone.
Save Medicaid!
March 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My son depends on Medicaid which has provided him with his roll-in shower, wheelchair, and therapies we just could not afford on our own.
We’re focused on his quality of life.
MAGA GOP are focused on destroying it.
We’re not alone.
Save Medicaid!
We’re focused on his quality of life.
MAGA GOP are focused on destroying it.
We’re not alone.
Save Medicaid!
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"I used to fear centralized control. But now I understand that true oppression isn’t the federal government taxing my diesel F-150. Oppression is NOT having a billionaire tell me what to think about immigrants, free speech, and which letter of the alphabet is the coolest."
Don’t Tread on Me—Unless You’re a Billionaire with a Ketamine Addiction, in Which Case I Enthusiastically Support It
Listen, I don’t know how to say this, but I think I’m finally okay with being trodden on. Just a little. Just enough to feel the reassuring weight ...
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March 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"I used to fear centralized control. But now I understand that true oppression isn’t the federal government taxing my diesel F-150. Oppression is NOT having a billionaire tell me what to think about immigrants, free speech, and which letter of the alphabet is the coolest."
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February 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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“We now have not just Trump but also Kennedy, in glorious narcissism, claiming to be on a mission for God. When fanatics (or rulers cynically using religion) claim a direct pipeline to God: Watch out!” ffrf.org/news/release...
Watch out: Fanatical RFK Jr. is national health disaster waiting to happen
At a time when bird flu is alarmingly spreading and measles is breaking out among unvaccinated schoolchildren, our nation yesterday sadly witnessed Senate approval of anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy as ...
ffrf.org
February 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“We now have not just Trump but also Kennedy, in glorious narcissism, claiming to be on a mission for God. When fanatics (or rulers cynically using religion) claim a direct pipeline to God: Watch out!” ffrf.org/news/release...
YEP.
it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit
Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
YEP.
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If you have a child with a 504 plan or IEP please watch.
If you don’t…watch anyway because if you’re reading this, you know someone who does.
Please call your representatives and tell them to stop this nonsense!
Children need advocates to protect them. Please be one.
Part 1
If you don’t…watch anyway because if you’re reading this, you know someone who does.
Please call your representatives and tell them to stop this nonsense!
Children need advocates to protect them. Please be one.
Part 1
February 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If you have a child with a 504 plan or IEP please watch.
If you don’t…watch anyway because if you’re reading this, you know someone who does.
Please call your representatives and tell them to stop this nonsense!
Children need advocates to protect them. Please be one.
Part 1
If you don’t…watch anyway because if you’re reading this, you know someone who does.
Please call your representatives and tell them to stop this nonsense!
Children need advocates to protect them. Please be one.
Part 1
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
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Trump, Vance, Hegseth, and Combs all said they were briefed on the collision, so they all knew about this internal FAA report when they went on TV to blame minorities for the crash.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
January 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trump, Vance, Hegseth, and Combs all said they were briefed on the collision, so they all knew about this internal FAA report when they went on TV to blame minorities for the crash.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
January 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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