Susan Bigelow 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@whateversusan.bsky.social
Librarian, writer, recovering political junkie, queer, history dork, talkin' Connecticut. I am my own distaff counterpart.
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Amazing how groceries costing more has been worse for Trump's approval ratings than fucking up the entire Covid-19 pandemic
December 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Amazing how groceries costing more has been worse for Trump's approval ratings than fucking up the entire Covid-19 pandemic
This is shameful. It is NOT okay when it's one of ours. It wouldn't be okay if a Dem president pardoned Cuellar, either!
Corporate Dem Rep Henry Cuellar & his wife were indicted in March 2024 for accepting hundreds of thousands in foreign bribes.
Trump just pardoned them.
Hakeem Jeffries is praising Trump’s decision as “exactly the right outcome” & praising Cuellar as “a beloved member of the House.”
Ridiculous.😐
Trump just pardoned them.
Hakeem Jeffries is praising Trump’s decision as “exactly the right outcome” & praising Cuellar as “a beloved member of the House.”
Ridiculous.😐
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This is shameful. It is NOT okay when it's one of ours. It wouldn't be okay if a Dem president pardoned Cuellar, either!
1. Yes, they're hanging him out to dry to try and protect Hegseth
2. He still shouldn't have followed an illegal order and deserves to be hung out to dry
2. He still shouldn't have followed an illegal order and deserves to be hung out to dry
Congressional investigation of shipwreck killings is gaining steam:
"On Thursday, [Admiral Bradley] will head to Capitol Hill for closed-door sessions with lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats express concerns about the Trump administration’s campaign."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
"On Thursday, [Admiral Bradley] will head to Capitol Hill for closed-door sessions with lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats express concerns about the Trump administration’s campaign."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
After Decades in Combat, a SEAL Suddenly Comes Under Scrutiny
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December 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
1. Yes, they're hanging him out to dry to try and protect Hegseth
2. He still shouldn't have followed an illegal order and deserves to be hung out to dry
2. He still shouldn't have followed an illegal order and deserves to be hung out to dry
winning in Atlanta suburbs is very, very good, we should keep doing that
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
winning in Atlanta suburbs is very, very good, we should keep doing that
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
It's becoming clear that the zenith of Trump's strength was January 21.
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It's becoming clear that the zenith of Trump's strength was January 21.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Winning that TN seat would have been glorious, yes, but losing by a much tighter margin than 2024, plus forcing the GOP to panic-spend money and time in what should be a safe, deep red district? Still very, very good.
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Winning that TN seat would have been glorious, yes, but losing by a much tighter margin than 2024, plus forcing the GOP to panic-spend money and time in what should be a safe, deep red district? Still very, very good.
I feel shame, I can do so much better
@whateversusan.bsky.social has swears! They've used 88 profanities in their last 718 posts.
🥇 "shit" (21 times)
🥈 "fuck" (13 times)
🥉 "fucking" (11 times)
🥇 "shit" (21 times)
🥈 "fuck" (13 times)
🥉 "fucking" (11 times)
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I feel shame, I can do so much better
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Blessed are those who catalogue minutia, for they shall know the names of the stars.
Anyone who does this deserves their own beatitude
"oh, you research literature? you must get to read all the time, how fun!"
*me, going through every single (digital) issue of an 18th century daily newspaper to make a spreadsheet listing number of advertisements and the portion of them that were for books*
*me, going through every single (digital) issue of an 18th century daily newspaper to make a spreadsheet listing number of advertisements and the portion of them that were for books*
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Blessed are those who catalogue minutia, for they shall know the names of the stars.
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I'm Gonna Lose My Shit This Thanksgiving, Charle Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm Gonna Lose My Shit This Thanksgiving, Charle Brown
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A city of 10 million people now has to move. It won't be the last.
As impossible as it seems, everything happening now will be a footnote to the climate crisis.
As impossible as it seems, everything happening now will be a footnote to the climate crisis.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A city of 10 million people now has to move. It won't be the last.
As impossible as it seems, everything happening now will be a footnote to the climate crisis.
As impossible as it seems, everything happening now will be a footnote to the climate crisis.
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when you lightly touch miette with the side of your foot
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
when you lightly touch miette with the side of your foot
this is just to say
there aren't any plums in the icebox
they're too fucking expensive
there aren't any plums in the icebox
they're too fucking expensive
U.S. grocery prices have hit a record high — the monthly cost for a family of four is now $1,030.
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
this is just to say
there aren't any plums in the icebox
they're too fucking expensive
there aren't any plums in the icebox
they're too fucking expensive
We just going to breeze right past this one, too???
We are?
Okay then.
We are?
Okay then.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We just going to breeze right past this one, too???
We are?
Okay then.
We are?
Okay then.
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bush v gore is the hinge upon which basically everything awful from the last quarter century swings on
i don't think that bush v. gore is the *worst* ruling in the history of the supreme court, but i do think it is the most openly *corrupt* ruling in its history. a real disgrace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
bush v gore is the hinge upon which basically everything awful from the last quarter century swings on
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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HOLY SHIT ONE THOUSAND GIRLS
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
HOLY SHIT ONE THOUSAND GIRLS
If you're in Hartford, I recommend Story and Soil on Capitol Ave., they have great coffee and are queer friendly and cool
Lots of great non-Starbucks options for your coffee! Pay them a visit until the greedy Starbucks owners decide to treat their workers with dignity.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you're in Hartford, I recommend Story and Soil on Capitol Ave., they have great coffee and are queer friendly and cool
Me watching MTG and Trump fight:
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Me watching MTG and Trump fight:
It's like a national trauma response
It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.
It’s so true. It’s actually horrifying to see the memes and jokes about this.
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It's like a national trauma response