The Lady Chapman
@theladychapman.bsky.social
just an xennial California girl living in a purple state world. 💜
liquor store girl of your dreams + pragmatic progressive + writer for hire + trivia junkie + cat whisperer.
lady love of @fantasticgigantic.bsky.social.
she/her.
liquor store girl of your dreams + pragmatic progressive + writer for hire + trivia junkie + cat whisperer.
lady love of @fantasticgigantic.bsky.social.
she/her.
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Yo. I'm Stephani.
California native in northern Nevada.
Liquor store dream queen by day, exhausted writer by night.
J-school grad. Subpar advice giver.
Cat mom. Bluey fangirl. Crab rangoon connoisseur.
Life partner of a literal giant.
Welcome to my space. Don't be a dick. 😘
California native in northern Nevada.
Liquor store dream queen by day, exhausted writer by night.
J-school grad. Subpar advice giver.
Cat mom. Bluey fangirl. Crab rangoon connoisseur.
Life partner of a literal giant.
Welcome to my space. Don't be a dick. 😘
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Why bother? He's dead. Maxine Waters killed him.
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Why bother? He's dead. Maxine Waters killed him.
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A knock-on effect of Trump suddenly looking weak is people feel emboldened to push back against his flunkies too. Turns out the media knows exactly how to do this when they want to
KARL: The president claims that Thanksgiving costs are down 25%. Does he know that's not true?
HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart--
KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.
HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart--
KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A knock-on effect of Trump suddenly looking weak is people feel emboldened to push back against his flunkies too. Turns out the media knows exactly how to do this when they want to
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all I’m gonna say is that I am a life-long slightly edgy poster and I’ve never caught a suspension or a ban anywhere - because it is in fact quite easy to avoid crossing the “this joke could possibly be construed as a violent threat” line on social media
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
all I’m gonna say is that I am a life-long slightly edgy poster and I’ve never caught a suspension or a ban anywhere - because it is in fact quite easy to avoid crossing the “this joke could possibly be construed as a violent threat” line on social media
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The extent to which these people will go to avoid placing blame on Republicans for bad things Republicans do is actually remarkable
I do not actually think Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding guest list was at the top of mind for the Virginia senator when he voted to get federal employees a paycheck!
I do not actually think Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding guest list was at the top of mind for the Virginia senator when he voted to get federal employees a paycheck!
Just a friendly reminder that Hillary's VP candidate just sold out the country to a bunch of starvation/death sadists and Chelsea Clinton was best friends with Ivanka for years while Ghislaine Maxwell was a prominent guest at Chelsea's wedding while Bill went to Epstein Island a bunch of times
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The extent to which these people will go to avoid placing blame on Republicans for bad things Republicans do is actually remarkable
I do not actually think Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding guest list was at the top of mind for the Virginia senator when he voted to get federal employees a paycheck!
I do not actually think Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding guest list was at the top of mind for the Virginia senator when he voted to get federal employees a paycheck!
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"Abolish prisons, but summarily execute offenders" is the kind of absolutely insane horseshit that only someone who doesn't actually have a principled stance on the existence of prisons can come up with.
You don't care that prisons are bad; you care about looking edgy and cool.
You don't care that prisons are bad; you care about looking edgy and cool.
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Abolish prisons, but summarily execute offenders" is the kind of absolutely insane horseshit that only someone who doesn't actually have a principled stance on the existence of prisons can come up with.
You don't care that prisons are bad; you care about looking edgy and cool.
You don't care that prisons are bad; you care about looking edgy and cool.
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Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are decided how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement, but by 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are decided how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement, but by 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."
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I’m going to be honest with you: The headline is appalling, but the piece, which indeed has an absolutely bizarre tone of nostalgia, is worse.
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m going to be honest with you: The headline is appalling, but the piece, which indeed has an absolutely bizarre tone of nostalgia, is worse.
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The problem for the White Nationalists is that "lazy bigotries without any united world view behind them" describes and appeals to a *lot* more American voters than their BS does. That was a feature, not a bug for Trump. Start getting too... specific... with things and watch the coalition fall away.
I think that is correct, Trump is a racist, but a lazy one without a unified world view, just lazy bigotries he's never thought about because he doesn't think ever, who only cares about himself really
now the White Nationalists don't want a friend as President they want one of their own.
now the White Nationalists don't want a friend as President they want one of their own.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The problem for the White Nationalists is that "lazy bigotries without any united world view behind them" describes and appeals to a *lot* more American voters than their BS does. That was a feature, not a bug for Trump. Start getting too... specific... with things and watch the coalition fall away.
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my best friend is undocumented and we’ve had long talks about her fears of being disappeared. I regularly lose sleep over it, which is nothing compared to her.
so I’d just like to say in the kindest way possible: go fuck yourself you conspiracy addled grifter
so I’d just like to say in the kindest way possible: go fuck yourself you conspiracy addled grifter
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my best friend is undocumented and we’ve had long talks about her fears of being disappeared. I regularly lose sleep over it, which is nothing compared to her.
so I’d just like to say in the kindest way possible: go fuck yourself you conspiracy addled grifter
so I’d just like to say in the kindest way possible: go fuck yourself you conspiracy addled grifter
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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Rain Man made $354M in 1988 & won 4 Oscars & don’t get me started on Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Rain Man made $354M in 1988 & won 4 Oscars & don’t get me started on Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
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they can come into the tent when they admit they were wrong and change their views
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
they can come into the tent when they admit they were wrong and change their views
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
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Ironically, the condescending attitude that a lot of libs have that white conservatives are simply confused liberals is one of the more justifiable things they hate about us.
"What's the Matter with Kansas" is a scourge.
"What's the Matter with Kansas" is a scourge.
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Ironically, the condescending attitude that a lot of libs have that white conservatives are simply confused liberals is one of the more justifiable things they hate about us.
"What's the Matter with Kansas" is a scourge.
"What's the Matter with Kansas" is a scourge.
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Well it certainly doesnt help if you start your focus on things that bring people joy instead of decarbonising the energy grid, yes.
I think what holds many back is the thought that to really avoid climate damage, we have to stop flying, stop shopping for fashion, reuse, recycle and share more. Walk instead of driving. Live a more village scale life. People don’t want to give up AI, foreign holidays, cars, streaming services
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Well it certainly doesnt help if you start your focus on things that bring people joy instead of decarbonising the energy grid, yes.
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It is genuinely shocking to me that the anti-immigration crusade is so all consuming for republicans that it’s leading to them moving rhetorically and otherwise against churches, moving national security and other law enforcement onto immigration where they don’t fit, etc.
they refused to do this last time. There isn’t a hell hot enough for these fucking guys
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It is genuinely shocking to me that the anti-immigration crusade is so all consuming for republicans that it’s leading to them moving rhetorically and otherwise against churches, moving national security and other law enforcement onto immigration where they don’t fit, etc.
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Dubai
My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Dubai
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As a rule it is a good thing to develop the habits of mind that instinctually keep you on the right side of this line. Especially since 99.8% of the argument on the other side is “lol I’m just shitposting I would never actually *do* anything.”
all I’m gonna say is that I am a life-long slightly edgy poster and I’ve never caught a suspension or a ban anywhere - because it is in fact quite easy to avoid crossing the “this joke could possibly be construed as a violent threat” line on social media
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
As a rule it is a good thing to develop the habits of mind that instinctually keep you on the right side of this line. Especially since 99.8% of the argument on the other side is “lol I’m just shitposting I would never actually *do* anything.”
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I’m familiar, by the way, with the argument that we just aren’t appreciating the NYT’s subtlety here; that it’s actually a searing indictment of this group of elites, just in a “show me, don’t tell me” kind of way. That take relies on ignoring that it’s in the New York Times.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’m familiar, by the way, with the argument that we just aren’t appreciating the NYT’s subtlety here; that it’s actually a searing indictment of this group of elites, just in a “show me, don’t tell me” kind of way. That take relies on ignoring that it’s in the New York Times.
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just cranked through a book purporting to diagnose and point the way out of our malaise. highly abstract dormthoughts about how civilizations increase in complexity until they become "cephalized" and then fall. today's examples of overcomplexity? obvious. dei, hr, and covid lockdowns
can’t really express the level of contempt i have for what is just a form of solipsism. “the things that annoy me are the only things that exist and also the worst things imaginable”
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
just cranked through a book purporting to diagnose and point the way out of our malaise. highly abstract dormthoughts about how civilizations increase in complexity until they become "cephalized" and then fall. today's examples of overcomplexity? obvious. dei, hr, and covid lockdowns
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Anyway, it'd be nice if more people asked why so many people in Bernie's orbit went in the directions they did.
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Anyway, it'd be nice if more people asked why so many people in Bernie's orbit went in the directions they did.
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god I remember the fandom Russian zoomers on Twitter during the start of the war who were either "what can I do, I can't be held responsible" or "wow it's so mean that the West sanctioned us from our favourite fandoms"
I often have trouble explaining to people that the Russian youth is just as dumb and evil as the rest of the population
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
god I remember the fandom Russian zoomers on Twitter during the start of the war who were either "what can I do, I can't be held responsible" or "wow it's so mean that the West sanctioned us from our favourite fandoms"
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Another reason why so many ppl in news media suck is bc they think theyre the cleveriest ppl ever to exist when in fact theyre easily duped idiots
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Another reason why so many ppl in news media suck is bc they think theyre the cleveriest ppl ever to exist when in fact theyre easily duped idiots
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American political journalism has failed democracy.
Margaret Brennan to Tom Suozzi: "Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is this a tactic to distract from the failure to extract healthcare changes?"
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
American political journalism has failed democracy.
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this gets reposted a lot, but truth be told trump has never really wriggled out of anything. what actually happens is that other people passively or actively support him
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
this gets reposted a lot, but truth be told trump has never really wriggled out of anything. what actually happens is that other people passively or actively support him