The Curious Fish
@thecuriousfish.bsky.social
Public relations and communications pro turned public educator. I teach English and journalism at a Title 1 school — it gives me purpose and allows me to live out this mantra: Always learn something.
Two mortal enemies come together in harmony in order to feed at the teat and suck the damn thing dry …
But enough about the Senate, here is a cute video of a baby rhino and a baby zebra!
Boom goes the dynamite.
But enough about the Senate, here is a cute video of a baby rhino and a baby zebra!
Boom goes the dynamite.
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Two mortal enemies come together in harmony in order to feed at the teat and suck the damn thing dry …
But enough about the Senate, here is a cute video of a baby rhino and a baby zebra!
Boom goes the dynamite.
But enough about the Senate, here is a cute video of a baby rhino and a baby zebra!
Boom goes the dynamite.
It worked for Mississippi, right? When funding public education became “discretionary” to avoid integration, Mississippi fundamentally ended public education. Compulsory attendance laws did not return until the mid-late-1980s.
Mississippi is a thriving hotbed for quality education. What? No? Huh.
Mississippi is a thriving hotbed for quality education. What? No? Huh.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It worked for Mississippi, right? When funding public education became “discretionary” to avoid integration, Mississippi fundamentally ended public education. Compulsory attendance laws did not return until the mid-late-1980s.
Mississippi is a thriving hotbed for quality education. What? No? Huh.
Mississippi is a thriving hotbed for quality education. What? No? Huh.
I get it. 🍻
Too many are hellbent on protecting a system built on disenfranchisement. Last Presidnetial election, more people voted than didn’t vote. However, more people didn’t vote than voted for either candidate.
Too many are hellbent on protecting a system built on disenfranchisement. Last Presidnetial election, more people voted than didn’t vote. However, more people didn’t vote than voted for either candidate.
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I get it. 🍻
Too many are hellbent on protecting a system built on disenfranchisement. Last Presidnetial election, more people voted than didn’t vote. However, more people didn’t vote than voted for either candidate.
Too many are hellbent on protecting a system built on disenfranchisement. Last Presidnetial election, more people voted than didn’t vote. However, more people didn’t vote than voted for either candidate.
Umm, you do know the term of a US Senator is 6 years, right? Those are the years that they last ran. Look at their election cycles.
Yes, the GOP and Citizens United are problems, but why excuse “the opposition” for empowering them?
Yes, the GOP and Citizens United are problems, but why excuse “the opposition” for empowering them?
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Umm, you do know the term of a US Senator is 6 years, right? Those are the years that they last ran. Look at their election cycles.
Yes, the GOP and Citizens United are problems, but why excuse “the opposition” for empowering them?
Yes, the GOP and Citizens United are problems, but why excuse “the opposition” for empowering them?
You’re totally right, I concede to the strength and wisdom of your posts. Please tell me which pre-selected, donor approved Democrat I should vote for next.
Like I said, tell me you don’t want to have a serious conversation without saying it.
Like I said, tell me you don’t want to have a serious conversation without saying it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
You’re totally right, I concede to the strength and wisdom of your posts. Please tell me which pre-selected, donor approved Democrat I should vote for next.
Like I said, tell me you don’t want to have a serious conversation without saying it.
Like I said, tell me you don’t want to have a serious conversation without saying it.
Umm … the Democratic Party IS one of the forces that rigged the system and made our lives more difficult. A two party system means the People are no longer a party to the system.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Umm … the Democratic Party IS one of the forces that rigged the system and made our lives more difficult. A two party system means the People are no longer a party to the system.
Tell me you don’t want to have a serious conversation without telling me. You don’t care about 90mil + disenfranchised voters, you seemingly only care about trying to con enough of them back to claw out the next victory.
You don’t want activist change for people, you want votes to keep (D) in power.
You don’t want activist change for people, you want votes to keep (D) in power.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Tell me you don’t want to have a serious conversation without telling me. You don’t care about 90mil + disenfranchised voters, you seemingly only care about trying to con enough of them back to claw out the next victory.
You don’t want activist change for people, you want votes to keep (D) in power.
You don’t want activist change for people, you want votes to keep (D) in power.
All I can add is …
a group of stormtroopers are standing next to each other in a room and talking to a man .
Alt: A group of Star Wars stormtroopers are standing at attention. Lando Calrissian walks past and the caption reads “This deal is getting worse all the time.”
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November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
All I can add is …
Not sure if you mean my comment or the one you quoted … but truth is truth. As I said, in my area, I need 25X the number of signatures of the 2 Parties to run. The system is made to lock out independent thought and voices. If I lived with an abusive spouse, would you call me a quitter for leaving?
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Not sure if you mean my comment or the one you quoted … but truth is truth. As I said, in my area, I need 25X the number of signatures of the 2 Parties to run. The system is made to lock out independent thought and voices. If I lived with an abusive spouse, would you call me a quitter for leaving?
Then why are you crying about voters the party disenfranchised? You have the answers. Oh wait, Dems came up 2 million voters short and need someone to blame.
Interesting that we can point to numerous and immense changes in the electorate, but we are still told THESE are our 2 choices, suck it up.
Interesting that we can point to numerous and immense changes in the electorate, but we are still told THESE are our 2 choices, suck it up.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Then why are you crying about voters the party disenfranchised? You have the answers. Oh wait, Dems came up 2 million voters short and need someone to blame.
Interesting that we can point to numerous and immense changes in the electorate, but we are still told THESE are our 2 choices, suck it up.
Interesting that we can point to numerous and immense changes in the electorate, but we are still told THESE are our 2 choices, suck it up.
Maybe it is defeatist when you cannot see your complicity. For the rest of us, it is simply history and reality.
I love what I have seen of @katmabu.bsky.social , but I also would classify her as somebody who accepted (D) fealty, not a party liner.
Taking over a party is the way to succeed in IL.
I love what I have seen of @katmabu.bsky.social , but I also would classify her as somebody who accepted (D) fealty, not a party liner.
Taking over a party is the way to succeed in IL.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Maybe it is defeatist when you cannot see your complicity. For the rest of us, it is simply history and reality.
I love what I have seen of @katmabu.bsky.social , but I also would classify her as somebody who accepted (D) fealty, not a party liner.
Taking over a party is the way to succeed in IL.
I love what I have seen of @katmabu.bsky.social , but I also would classify her as somebody who accepted (D) fealty, not a party liner.
Taking over a party is the way to succeed in IL.
I didn’t choose to remove myself. I cannot vote in a primary unless I declare fealty to (R) or (D). To run for the House seat in IL-15 (2024 cycle data) as an (I) or 3rd party, I would need 12k+ signatures. An (R) needed 500, (D) 600. The system is rigged for them. It was never meant to be binary.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I didn’t choose to remove myself. I cannot vote in a primary unless I declare fealty to (R) or (D). To run for the House seat in IL-15 (2024 cycle data) as an (I) or 3rd party, I would need 12k+ signatures. An (R) needed 500, (D) 600. The system is rigged for them. It was never meant to be binary.
It is not pure ignorance. (R)s and (D)s have worked for generations to build a system that locks out all others for their benefit. That is “both sides”. Add in interchangeable policies and politicians who change parties and the argument is even clearer. It is both sides vs. the rest of us.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It is not pure ignorance. (R)s and (D)s have worked for generations to build a system that locks out all others for their benefit. That is “both sides”. Add in interchangeable policies and politicians who change parties and the argument is even clearer. It is both sides vs. the rest of us.
That is the point … (R)s and (D)s have worked extremely hard to take away all the other political coins. I agree, let’s find new coins instead pretending one is the answer to the other. They both benefit.
Burn it down.
Burn it down.
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
That is the point … (R)s and (D)s have worked extremely hard to take away all the other political coins. I agree, let’s find new coins instead pretending one is the answer to the other. They both benefit.
Burn it down.
Burn it down.
I’m assuming @ianthe.online is in Illinois and @420eggman69.bsky.social is not. In Illinois, I cannot vote in a primary since I am neither (R) nor (D).
(D)s are complicit in disenfranchising those 90mil voters (this how both sides are the same), then want to cry and blame them when they lose.
(D)s are complicit in disenfranchising those 90mil voters (this how both sides are the same), then want to cry and blame them when they lose.
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’m assuming @ianthe.online is in Illinois and @420eggman69.bsky.social is not. In Illinois, I cannot vote in a primary since I am neither (R) nor (D).
(D)s are complicit in disenfranchising those 90mil voters (this how both sides are the same), then want to cry and blame them when they lose.
(D)s are complicit in disenfranchising those 90mil voters (this how both sides are the same), then want to cry and blame them when they lose.
You see “people abstaining” … I see 90 million disenfranchised voters that are sick of two sides of the same coin. Pointing the finger at them and blaming “both sides-ers” is blind, ego-driven oversimplification to an amazing degree.
Like tech-bros, (D)s are amazed people don’t want their product.
Like tech-bros, (D)s are amazed people don’t want their product.
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
You see “people abstaining” … I see 90 million disenfranchised voters that are sick of two sides of the same coin. Pointing the finger at them and blaming “both sides-ers” is blind, ego-driven oversimplification to an amazing degree.
Like tech-bros, (D)s are amazed people don’t want their product.
Like tech-bros, (D)s are amazed people don’t want their product.
Illustrative of the real problem: it benefits those that are in the system, regardless of which "side." It does not benefit the people. The system is broken and needs rebuilt. Not fixed. Rebuilt.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Illustrative of the real problem: it benefits those that are in the system, regardless of which "side." It does not benefit the people. The system is broken and needs rebuilt. Not fixed. Rebuilt.
I like your spirit, but they are too comfortable and won't leave early. That's why they were the chosen ones. We can try, though!
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I like your spirit, but they are too comfortable and won't leave early. That's why they were the chosen ones. We can try, though!
Keep flipping a coin. It will only come up heads or tails, and you still only have that coin. Its still the same coin. Flip it again. Go ahead. Look! Same coin.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Keep flipping a coin. It will only come up heads or tails, and you still only have that coin. Its still the same coin. Flip it again. Go ahead. Look! Same coin.
Nope. It was a cover package designed by Democratic leadership. They fell for it again, and these are the Senators who could suffer the heat for the rest.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
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November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Nope. It was a cover package designed by Democratic leadership. They fell for it again, and these are the Senators who could suffer the heat for the rest.
You are never going to replace them by continually licking their boots clean.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
You are never going to replace them by continually licking their boots clean.
Not all of them, but the retiring Senators likely have a preferred or chosen successor. Don't let their legacy live on. 2 of the 3 vying for Durbin's seat have already spoken out against this.
Have no doubt though, these Senators did this to provide cover. This was a coordinated move from inside.
Have no doubt though, these Senators did this to provide cover. This was a coordinated move from inside.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Not all of them, but the retiring Senators likely have a preferred or chosen successor. Don't let their legacy live on. 2 of the 3 vying for Durbin's seat have already spoken out against this.
Have no doubt though, these Senators did this to provide cover. This was a coordinated move from inside.
Have no doubt though, these Senators did this to provide cover. This was a coordinated move from inside.
It's just a jump to the right
And then a step to the right
Put your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
Let's screw Americans again
Let's screw Americans again
And then a step to the right
Put your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
Let's screw Americans again
Let's screw Americans again
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It's just a jump to the right
And then a step to the right
Put your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
Let's screw Americans again
Let's screw Americans again
And then a step to the right
Put your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
Let's screw Americans again
Let's screw Americans again