West Coast Chick
@welcome2absurdia.bsky.social
Keep calm and opposition-party on. NF writer-editor turned grad student. Fan of democracy & freedom, nature & conservation, potato chips, and cats. ******AGAINST EXTREME WEALTH INEQUALITY.******
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I have concluded, after learning about the history of the social safety net in the US, that the reason Republicans in Congress are doing zero zilch nada to stop Trump is bc he is accomplishing their longstanding dream of diverting all public monies into private profits.
Hello. A price IS a price point. Please stop saying price point. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
December 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hello. A price IS a price point. Please stop saying price point. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
I’m not following the logic here: is it that we can’t/shouldn’t create useful programs because the wrong person might be in charge of them someday?
Almost all of them switched decades ago or longer. Tell me how we are going to move from where we are today , to where you want to go ?
Saying you want it is easy. All I'm asking is how are we going to get there ?
If Bernie's M4A passed under Biden, RFK jr would be running M4A today.
Saying you want it is easy. All I'm asking is how are we going to get there ?
If Bernie's M4A passed under Biden, RFK jr would be running M4A today.
Every other country does it, Mark. It's not some vague thought experiment.
Lots of ways it can be imperfect, of course, but it fundamentally gives everyone access to healthcare without fear of bankruptcy.
Lots of ways it can be imperfect, of course, but it fundamentally gives everyone access to healthcare without fear of bankruptcy.
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m not following the logic here: is it that we can’t/shouldn’t create useful programs because the wrong person might be in charge of them someday?
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If you've ever wondered why tech bros keep trying to cram things down your throat that nobody wants, nobody asked for, could never turn a profit and never actually work, frankly -- this is why.
A lot of people are making a lot of money from "failure". If they weren't, they wouldn't keep doing it.
A lot of people are making a lot of money from "failure". If they weren't, they wouldn't keep doing it.
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If you've ever wondered why tech bros keep trying to cram things down your throat that nobody wants, nobody asked for, could never turn a profit and never actually work, frankly -- this is why.
A lot of people are making a lot of money from "failure". If they weren't, they wouldn't keep doing it.
A lot of people are making a lot of money from "failure". If they weren't, they wouldn't keep doing it.
The photos—and especially the alt text captions—are what we all need in these ugly times.
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
December 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The photos—and especially the alt text captions—are what we all need in these ugly times.
I love how our white supremacist admin is like, “Nordic people are the best. We should all aspire to be Nordic: white, blonde, and blue-eyed.” But are also: “Nordic socialism is the greatest threat our country faces [whispering: after brown people, of course].”
December 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I love how our white supremacist admin is like, “Nordic people are the best. We should all aspire to be Nordic: white, blonde, and blue-eyed.” But are also: “Nordic socialism is the greatest threat our country faces [whispering: after brown people, of course].”
Who doesn’t enjoy a little #healthcare enshittification on a Friday afternoon at the start of holiday season? (For some reason, my family’s healthcare is no longer active, and we haven’t changed a thing.)
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Who doesn’t enjoy a little #healthcare enshittification on a Friday afternoon at the start of holiday season? (For some reason, my family’s healthcare is no longer active, and we haven’t changed a thing.)
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Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
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Political #corruption made Americans in the 1800s distrust social programs, a prob that continues today, when wealth inequality has grown to Gilded Age (1870-1910) levels. This is the time Trump wants to take us back to. #Dems in ofc should be loudly anti-corruption, pro social programs.
March 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Political #corruption made Americans in the 1800s distrust social programs, a prob that continues today, when wealth inequality has grown to Gilded Age (1870-1910) levels. This is the time Trump wants to take us back to. #Dems in ofc should be loudly anti-corruption, pro social programs.
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This experiment is very revealing about the antisocial effects of money.
youtu.be/Qri10wUxyos?... Watch this and then see whether you think the current number of #billionaires in the U.S. and elsewhere is good for the rest of us.
Monopoly Social Experiment - How Money and Power can Modify Your Mind
YouTube video by Randomer
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This experiment is very revealing about the antisocial effects of money.
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its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social this reminds me of your cat's cat's cat. 😄
Don't talk to me or my son or my son's son or my son's son's son ever again
Post a green Transformer
October 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social this reminds me of your cat's cat's cat. 😄
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If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
We’re going to need a South Africa-style Truth and Reconciliation Commission when this is all over. (But with less amnesty for those who crimed.)
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We’re going to need a South Africa-style Truth and Reconciliation Commission when this is all over. (But with less amnesty for those who crimed.)
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This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
October 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Zohran Mamdani’s senses of morality and integrity is making a lot of powerful people realize how much they lack them and they hate him for it.
October 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s senses of morality and integrity is making a lot of powerful people realize how much they lack them and they hate him for it.
DAMN this is good.
If you think the problem in this city is that my rent is too low, vote for Andrew Cuomo.
If you know the problem in this city is that your rent is too high, vote for me.
If you know the problem in this city is that your rent is too high, vote for me.
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DAMN this is good.
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My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
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Welcome back monarchs on Sunday,
No kings next Saturday.
A sign like this should work for both.
No kings next Saturday.
A sign like this should work for both.
October 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Welcome back monarchs on Sunday,
No kings next Saturday.
A sign like this should work for both.
No kings next Saturday.
A sign like this should work for both.
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I have four cats. But no children. I’m who JV Dance warned you about.
September 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I have four cats. But no children. I’m who JV Dance warned you about.
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Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.
September 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.
Not enough of you care about the 1859 Pig War and it sows.
the problem with doing WW2 revisionism on here is that everyone on this website is a thirty eight year old nerd who spent all of high school reading WW2 history books
September 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Not enough of you care about the 1859 Pig War and it sows.
youtu.be/Qri10wUxyos?... Watch this and then see whether you think the current number of #billionaires in the U.S. and elsewhere is good for the rest of us.
Monopoly Social Experiment - How Money and Power can Modify Your Mind
YouTube video by Randomer
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
youtu.be/Qri10wUxyos?... Watch this and then see whether you think the current number of #billionaires in the U.S. and elsewhere is good for the rest of us.
Get in losers, it’s avgolemono night!!! (Reposting bc I never knew how to spell the word correctly until now.)
It’s Avgolemono night, motherfuckers
September 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Get in losers, it’s avgolemono night!!! (Reposting bc I never knew how to spell the word correctly until now.)
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It’s Avgolemono night, motherfuckers
September 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It’s Avgolemono night, motherfuckers
We need a lot more folks in government who care about people more they care about power.
September 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We need a lot more folks in government who care about people more they care about power.