Ann Scranton
@annsy.bsky.social
PNW potter, baker, knitter, lefty church lady, mom of a teenager. Trying to love my neighbor but dang, it’s hard these days! She/her. Aka Vanilla Bean Ceramics!
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If you’re a woman, the question of whether you survive your childbearing years really isn’t that abstract, and it’s disturbing that a man would think that
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests.
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
www.cbsnews.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
If you’re a woman, the question of whether you survive your childbearing years really isn’t that abstract, and it’s disturbing that a man would think that
Glad kanelbullensdag! I love a made-up food holiday 😊
October 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Glad kanelbullensdag! I love a made-up food holiday 😊
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“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
October 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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why pay for school photos when, for the low, low price of feeding your own child's sensitive personal information to a machine that churns out child sexual exploitation imagery, you could get a bunch of photos of a creepy waxwork simulacrum of your child instead?
October 4, 2026 at 3:15 AM
why pay for school photos when, for the low, low price of feeding your own child's sensitive personal information to a machine that churns out child sexual exploitation imagery, you could get a bunch of photos of a creepy waxwork simulacrum of your child instead?
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Hi government employee here, who has visibility into how things worked before 2025 and since:
This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later.
This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later.
If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦♂️
DOGE overhauled the federal workforce and slashed government spending — moves that inspired nationwide protests and lawsuits. The backlash has given Democrats nationally an opportunity to reclaim the government efficiency mantle.
October 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Hi government employee here, who has visibility into how things worked before 2025 and since:
This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later.
This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later.
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For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!
October 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!
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Yknow its a shame halloween isn’t a gift giving holiday, i’d make bank in october selling Luxury Halloween Gifts™
By all means help me make this new tradition a reality. Gift your loved ones something spooky. To uhhh, ward of evil
By all means help me make this new tradition a reality. Gift your loved ones something spooky. To uhhh, ward of evil
October 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Yknow its a shame halloween isn’t a gift giving holiday, i’d make bank in october selling Luxury Halloween Gifts™
By all means help me make this new tradition a reality. Gift your loved ones something spooky. To uhhh, ward of evil
By all means help me make this new tradition a reality. Gift your loved ones something spooky. To uhhh, ward of evil
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
October 1, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
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fucking GOOD
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis.
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October 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
fucking GOOD
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What a light last week in the forest near my house
October 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM
What a light last week in the forest near my house
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End the death penalty. End it now. There is no reason for it, never.
October 1, 2026 at 2:35 AM
End the death penalty. End it now. There is no reason for it, never.
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October 1, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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*extremely tired voice*AI agents don't "go rogue". They are not sentient; they don't have agency. They work within guardrails set by humans. If the humans are so shit at building secure sandboxes for the agents to work within, that's on the humans. Stop using this framing.
OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue this year at least four additional times, trying to break into government and university sites, according to researchers and government officials.
OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
nyti.ms
September 24, 2026 at 1:17 PM
*extremely tired voice*AI agents don't "go rogue". They are not sentient; they don't have agency. They work within guardrails set by humans. If the humans are so shit at building secure sandboxes for the agents to work within, that's on the humans. Stop using this framing.
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this is a fucking bellwether. i cannot emphasize enough just how how deeply entwined the crafting and fiber arts communities were with hp fandom, and if over 50% of the reddit crafting forum has voted it out? it's fucking over, that shit is officially running on fumes now.
r/crafts has banned all Harry Potter-related crafts due to JK Rowling’s anti-trans bigotry, after a 53-41 vote
From the crafts community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the crafts community
www.reddit.com
September 21, 2026 at 3:26 AM
this is a fucking bellwether. i cannot emphasize enough just how how deeply entwined the crafting and fiber arts communities were with hp fandom, and if over 50% of the reddit crafting forum has voted it out? it's fucking over, that shit is officially running on fumes now.
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fascists only have one move, which is to find people to blame problems on.
they can't address any real problems bc that's not part of the story. they just have to find people to blame. and anybody who doesn't play along becomes somebody to blame
they can't address any real problems bc that's not part of the story. they just have to find people to blame. and anybody who doesn't play along becomes somebody to blame
September 20, 2026 at 2:59 PM
fascists only have one move, which is to find people to blame problems on.
they can't address any real problems bc that's not part of the story. they just have to find people to blame. and anybody who doesn't play along becomes somebody to blame
they can't address any real problems bc that's not part of the story. they just have to find people to blame. and anybody who doesn't play along becomes somebody to blame
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ended up talking to the 4th grader this morning about fascists, which can be hard to explain simply.
i said fascists get mad the world isn't how they want, so they make up a story: things used to be good, but certain people ruined it, and if we just get rid of them everything will be good again
i said fascists get mad the world isn't how they want, so they make up a story: things used to be good, but certain people ruined it, and if we just get rid of them everything will be good again
September 20, 2026 at 2:59 PM
ended up talking to the 4th grader this morning about fascists, which can be hard to explain simply.
i said fascists get mad the world isn't how they want, so they make up a story: things used to be good, but certain people ruined it, and if we just get rid of them everything will be good again
i said fascists get mad the world isn't how they want, so they make up a story: things used to be good, but certain people ruined it, and if we just get rid of them everything will be good again
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Me when it's time to defend Tillamook
September 19, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Me when it's time to defend Tillamook
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when ai leaves u behind
September 20, 2026 at 11:37 AM
when ai leaves u behind
We took our baby to college and left him there today - it’s exciting and scary all at once (for all of us)! But I’ve spent 19 years completely immersed in his life, and now that stage of my life is over. Now this huge piece of my heart lives elsewhere, and it’s discombobulating. It’s too quiet here.
September 20, 2026 at 2:33 AM
We took our baby to college and left him there today - it’s exciting and scary all at once (for all of us)! But I’ve spent 19 years completely immersed in his life, and now that stage of my life is over. Now this huge piece of my heart lives elsewhere, and it’s discombobulating. It’s too quiet here.
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The new AI captchas are really something
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September 18, 2026 at 4:46 AM
The new AI captchas are really something
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"How's it going?"
"Welp it's a major news story that the nominee for the nation's leading health advocate position dares to agree with the overwhelming scientific consensus."
"Welp it's a major news story that the nominee for the nation's leading health advocate position dares to agree with the overwhelming scientific consensus."
President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general on Wednesday told a Senate committee that vaccines are the best way to fight diseases such as measles and hepatitis B.
Trump’s surgeon general nominee praises MMR and hepatitis B vaccines at Senate hearing
Both the president and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have made numerous false claims about the vaccines’ efficacy and safety
www.scientificamerican.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:25 AM
"How's it going?"
"Welp it's a major news story that the nominee for the nation's leading health advocate position dares to agree with the overwhelming scientific consensus."
"Welp it's a major news story that the nominee for the nation's leading health advocate position dares to agree with the overwhelming scientific consensus."
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People - including children - will die. Only a question of how many and when.
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation…
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
People - including children - will die. Only a question of how many and when.
Thank goodness they put a shaker lid on this jar of whole nutmeg, that’ll be really useful
September 17, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Thank goodness they put a shaker lid on this jar of whole nutmeg, that’ll be really useful
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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September 15, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Top 4%! This was an interesting artifact day. Anthropeum.com · Sep 14 2026
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