@theresabasile.bsky.social
M.A. in Disability Studies, writer, mom, wife, person. She/her
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The perennial question in American politics is “Who is fully human?”
We settled on a bipartisan “American citizens are fully human. All others are debatable.”
We settled on a bipartisan “American citizens are fully human. All others are debatable.”
When people are like “Bill Kristol supports trans rights now“ I think: that motherfucker helped ensure a war that killed up to a million people in Iraq and lay the groundwork for a US police state. I do not have to let him or any of those W-era monsters into the tent.
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The perennial question in American politics is “Who is fully human?”
We settled on a bipartisan “American citizens are fully human. All others are debatable.”
We settled on a bipartisan “American citizens are fully human. All others are debatable.”
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My sincere year-end thought isn’t an original one, but its importance has been underscored to me repeatedly over the last 12 months: be free with telling the people you love that you love them, casually, and at every chance. Great love, small love, every type of love.
December 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My sincere year-end thought isn’t an original one, but its importance has been underscored to me repeatedly over the last 12 months: be free with telling the people you love that you love them, casually, and at every chance. Great love, small love, every type of love.
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Bill Watterson didn’t fight the merch machine — and win — for this man to be bothering him. Calvin & Hobbes is magical *because* of its format. Not everything needs to be IP.
This headline starts unremarkably, and ends with me seeing red. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Roy Lee Grossed $9B From Movies Like ‘Weapons’ and ‘Minecraft’ But What He Really Wants to Do Is Make ‘Calvin & Hobbes’
In a rare interview, THR’s Producer of the Year, whose 11 credits in 2025 also include ‘The Long Walk’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon,’ explains why studios should give fewer notes and how a psychic dr...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Bill Watterson didn’t fight the merch machine — and win — for this man to be bothering him. Calvin & Hobbes is magical *because* of its format. Not everything needs to be IP.
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Benoit Blanc always finds the one decent person enmeshed in some viper’s nest who deserves justice they can’t get on their own and who the police can’t or won’t help. in real life we don’t have easy access to people like that. that’s why so many of us find comfort in the murder mystery genre
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Benoit Blanc always finds the one decent person enmeshed in some viper’s nest who deserves justice they can’t get on their own and who the police can’t or won’t help. in real life we don’t have easy access to people like that. that’s why so many of us find comfort in the murder mystery genre
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Legacy Democrats want to be Republicans so bad, man.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Legacy Democrats want to be Republicans so bad, man.
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“As with the illegal so-called Department of Government Efficiency—which cost us billions of dollars, and killed hundreds of thousands of people, and will almost certainly kill millions more—the desire is never to eliminate waste, but to eliminate people who have been deemed a waste.”
Back in the days when I was still going to church, the pastor who eventually persuaded me to stop going to church had a phrase that he liked to say a whole lot, and for all I know he still likes to say it.
The phrase was "we're creating victims and villains."
www.the-reframe.com/stories-we-t...
The phrase was "we're creating victims and villains."
www.the-reframe.com/stories-we-t...
Stories We Tell
Recognizing victims and villains is not creating victims and villains. A series on living in a culture of repair, against a culture of abuse.
www.the-reframe.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“As with the illegal so-called Department of Government Efficiency—which cost us billions of dollars, and killed hundreds of thousands of people, and will almost certainly kill millions more—the desire is never to eliminate waste, but to eliminate people who have been deemed a waste.”
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ME: they shouldn't be able to say 'your order has shipped' when they've just created a label. That's not shipped.
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
ME: they shouldn't be able to say 'your order has shipped' when they've just created a label. That's not shipped.
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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The cliche that ‘having an idea’ is the hard part of writing is persistent and pernicious. Realising the idea is the craft of it. That FAQ of…
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The cliche that ‘having an idea’ is the hard part of writing is persistent and pernicious. Realising the idea is the craft of it. That FAQ of…
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"Just because something is churned out by a soulless algorithm slop machine doesn't mean it doesn't make me feel warm and fuzzy"
we need to figure out how to make peace with the notion that a video can be cool and it doesn’t matter if it’s real
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"Just because something is churned out by a soulless algorithm slop machine doesn't mean it doesn't make me feel warm and fuzzy"
You really do not have to "hand it to" Goldman, a rep who doesn't respond to constituent outreach with anything but a form letter, and who voted for Trump's crypto bill.
I officially regret and apologize for any time I publicly opined about a local race that was not my own.
I'm on the other side of it now, and seeing non-NY-10ers share their opinions about Goldman and Lander is making my teeth itch.
I'm on the other side of it now, and seeing non-NY-10ers share their opinions about Goldman and Lander is making my teeth itch.
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You really do not have to "hand it to" Goldman, a rep who doesn't respond to constituent outreach with anything but a form letter, and who voted for Trump's crypto bill.
I officially regret and apologize for any time I publicly opined about a local race that was not my own.
I'm on the other side of it now, and seeing non-NY-10ers share their opinions about Goldman and Lander is making my teeth itch.
I'm on the other side of it now, and seeing non-NY-10ers share their opinions about Goldman and Lander is making my teeth itch.
December 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I officially regret and apologize for any time I publicly opined about a local race that was not my own.
I'm on the other side of it now, and seeing non-NY-10ers share their opinions about Goldman and Lander is making my teeth itch.
I'm on the other side of it now, and seeing non-NY-10ers share their opinions about Goldman and Lander is making my teeth itch.
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I always run into Brad Lander around the neighborhood because he's on his way to help people out; Goldman was supposed to be at a community meeting (of mostly elderly folks!) who had all come out to talk with him, and at the last minute, he FaceTimed in from his car instead, and left the call early.
I've probably photographed Brad Lander more than any other elected in NYC because the dude shows up. He's everywhere, he's incredibly accessible, and he genuinely loves New Yorkers. You can literally go up and talk to him whenever he shows up. Go ahead, try it!
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I always run into Brad Lander around the neighborhood because he's on his way to help people out; Goldman was supposed to be at a community meeting (of mostly elderly folks!) who had all come out to talk with him, and at the last minute, he FaceTimed in from his car instead, and left the call early.
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Brad Lander launching his campaign for a House seat with a terrific video that is definitely a nod to the *guy who beat him in a primary* is a pretty great bit of evidence for how a primary can create more than one winner.
ITS OK TO HAVE PRIMARIES IT IS IN FACT GOOD.
Two very strong, alluring Dem candidates have come forward in Texas
Or, as the Washington Post calls it: Dems in disarray
Or, as the Washington Post calls it: Dems in disarray
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Brad Lander launching his campaign for a House seat with a terrific video that is definitely a nod to the *guy who beat him in a primary* is a pretty great bit of evidence for how a primary can create more than one winner.
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not that you needed the reminder, but these google AI summaries are so fucking bad that, when i tried to remember how raja krishnamoorthi voted on the laken riley act, it gave me two different answers based on how bad my spelling was
(he voted against it, but he still fucking sucks)
(he voted against it, but he still fucking sucks)
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
not that you needed the reminder, but these google AI summaries are so fucking bad that, when i tried to remember how raja krishnamoorthi voted on the laken riley act, it gave me two different answers based on how bad my spelling was
(he voted against it, but he still fucking sucks)
(he voted against it, but he still fucking sucks)
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Reminder:
If you're active on BlueSky, your awareness of the downsides of AI is definitely in the 99.9th percentile. The information environment people like us live in is almost completely separate from what the rest of the country/world is seeing and believing.
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reminder:
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A bunch of progressives are going to win primaries next year, and a bunch of centrists are going to try to reinvent themselves as progressives in order to win primaries.
These are both positive developments, even from the perspective of wanting the progressives to win their races.
These are both positive developments, even from the perspective of wanting the progressives to win their races.
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A bunch of progressives are going to win primaries next year, and a bunch of centrists are going to try to reinvent themselves as progressives in order to win primaries.
These are both positive developments, even from the perspective of wanting the progressives to win their races.
These are both positive developments, even from the perspective of wanting the progressives to win their races.
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for too long, the left wing in this nation has put forward only candidates who represent the "young and cool" or "curmudgeonly" identity groups
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
for too long, the left wing in this nation has put forward only candidates who represent the "young and cool" or "curmudgeonly" identity groups
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
This is SO corny (complimentary). I love this guy.
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is SO corny (complimentary). I love this guy.
Is it wrong for me to think that these tech bros are an even bigger scourge on humanity than far-right agitators? Because I often think that.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Is it wrong for me to think that these tech bros are an even bigger scourge on humanity than far-right agitators? Because I often think that.
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Some of you may be like “what about people who can’t breastfeed or babies who can’t latch” and the answer is that he wants your babies to die
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Some of you may be like “what about people who can’t breastfeed or babies who can’t latch” and the answer is that he wants your babies to die
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
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This is, of course, only magnified by the obvious problem here in that Democrats have already FAILED at Donald Trump Not Being President--twice! And so now their discourse must solely be in the perspective of "You being mean to the guy who is not Donald Trump is why Donald Trump is president"
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is, of course, only magnified by the obvious problem here in that Democrats have already FAILED at Donald Trump Not Being President--twice! And so now their discourse must solely be in the perspective of "You being mean to the guy who is not Donald Trump is why Donald Trump is president"
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The simple reality is there is a huge faction in the party--often the dominant one--that truly does not care about anything except Donald Trump not being president which is why any criticism of a Guy Who Is Not Donald Trump is considered detrimental to their goal of Donald Trump Not Being President
December 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The simple reality is there is a huge faction in the party--often the dominant one--that truly does not care about anything except Donald Trump not being president which is why any criticism of a Guy Who Is Not Donald Trump is considered detrimental to their goal of Donald Trump Not Being President