VioletViva
@violetviva.bsky.social
Nature grrl. Puppy guardian. Arts dabbler. Book reader. Opinion yeller. Emotional baggage handler. Nap taker.
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VioletViva
@violetviva.bsky.social
· Aug 26
An incomplete list of things my dogs bark at on the tv: dogs, cats, horses, Frasier’s doorbell, the baby in Baby Boom, and Kendall Roy rapping.
The scene in The Virgin Suicides where the men are removing the fence
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what the fuck is a co-CEO. Thats literally an oxymoron. If you have two CEOs, you have none.
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
what the fuck is a co-CEO. Thats literally an oxymoron. If you have two CEOs, you have none.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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I'm so over pretending that people like Tom Cotton deserve anything except being shunned like they used to shun lepers in the 15th century
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm so over pretending that people like Tom Cotton deserve anything except being shunned like they used to shun lepers in the 15th century
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we gotta get used to calling these people weird little bitches because that’s what they are and there’s nothing they hate more than being called what they are—that’s right, weird little bitches
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
we gotta get used to calling these people weird little bitches because that’s what they are and there’s nothing they hate more than being called what they are—that’s right, weird little bitches
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hey we aren’t debating birthright citizenship. just tell people they’re fucking weird to bring it up. maybe call them a little bitch too.
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
hey we aren’t debating birthright citizenship. just tell people they’re fucking weird to bring it up. maybe call them a little bitch too.
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This is a very judgmental thing to say.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is a very judgmental thing to say.
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A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
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Have we fully considered the possibility that “masculinity” *is* the crisis?
"we're having a crisis of masculinity!11!" - a man-baby dork
December 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Have we fully considered the possibility that “masculinity” *is* the crisis?
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One of my favorite parts of working on Rachel Harlow's story was meeting and interviewing all of the elderly queer people she knows, some as old as 90. Their perspectives are fascinating and they can be hilariously blunt. Every old gay man volunteered that Grace Kelly's sister was prettier than her
Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
share.inquirer.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
One of my favorite parts of working on Rachel Harlow's story was meeting and interviewing all of the elderly queer people she knows, some as old as 90. Their perspectives are fascinating and they can be hilariously blunt. Every old gay man volunteered that Grace Kelly's sister was prettier than her
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At a dance class I complimented a woman on her grippy-bottomed socks. “I love the psych ward socks,” I said. And she goes “I call them Pilates socks.” And those, my friends, are the two types of people.
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
At a dance class I complimented a woman on her grippy-bottomed socks. “I love the psych ward socks,” I said. And she goes “I call them Pilates socks.” And those, my friends, are the two types of people.
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There is some argument to be made about how only the woman in this sordid scenario is paying a price but it is not a lynching in any way shape or form. I wish people demonstrated even a slight understanding of history.
December 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
There is some argument to be made about how only the woman in this sordid scenario is paying a price but it is not a lynching in any way shape or form. I wish people demonstrated even a slight understanding of history.
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
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Imagine seeing this on a Christmas tree and not knowing it’s from a movie
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Imagine seeing this on a Christmas tree and not knowing it’s from a movie
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honestly my prediction accuracy rate this year is through the roof. I may go mad with hubris and take to street corners.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
honestly my prediction accuracy rate this year is through the roof. I may go mad with hubris and take to street corners.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
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see the thing about them all being the worst people in the world is that even when one of them gets killed they can't create a proper cult of martyrdom around him because the others get jealous he's getting all the attention.
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
see the thing about them all being the worst people in the world is that even when one of them gets killed they can't create a proper cult of martyrdom around him because the others get jealous he's getting all the attention.
Republicans who think they’d win a civil war in 2 days remind me of a guy I use to know who once set out on a camping trip across America and came home the next day and asked his girlfriend to marry him because he couldn’t hack taking care of himself.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Republicans who think they’d win a civil war in 2 days remind me of a guy I use to know who once set out on a camping trip across America and came home the next day and asked his girlfriend to marry him because he couldn’t hack taking care of himself.
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lamenting the slow decline of normal-sized, fully functional scroll bars.
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
lamenting the slow decline of normal-sized, fully functional scroll bars.
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A phrase I hope we leave in 2025:
Male loneliness epidemic
Male loneliness epidemic
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A phrase I hope we leave in 2025:
Male loneliness epidemic
Male loneliness epidemic
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Especially when the putative data is mostly just cherry-picking to match your vibes.
perils of structuring your political beliefs according to political winds and issue polls
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Especially when the putative data is mostly just cherry-picking to match your vibes.
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still poleaxed by the idea that you could oppose birthright citizenship and still think of yourself as a liberal in any sense of the term.
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
still poleaxed by the idea that you could oppose birthright citizenship and still think of yourself as a liberal in any sense of the term.
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perils of structuring your political beliefs according to political winds and issue polls
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
perils of structuring your political beliefs according to political winds and issue polls
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...