Ermengarde Gersberms 🏳️🌈♠️
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she/her. Retired techie (i.e. laid off and can't get callbacks, let alone interviews) in the SF Bay Area. Aro ace. PFP by the wildly skilled @neilak20.bsky.social .
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One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.
September 28, 2026 at 6:28 PM
One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.
Possibly the most progressive policy platform of my lifetime! But it was all for naught—less than naught—because he let the traitors skate.
A lot of people don’t want to hear it but Joe Biden’s entire legacy will likely be as the guy who let the worst president in American history come to power again and who funded and armed a genocide abroad.
History will not remember him well.
History will not remember him well.
September 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Possibly the most progressive policy platform of my lifetime! But it was all for naught—less than naught—because he let the traitors skate.
this has healed my withered husk of a heart
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
September 26, 2026 at 8:58 PM
this has healed my withered husk of a heart
@gilduran.com's new book is the most rapidly vindicated take in the history of takes
September 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
@gilduran.com's new book is the most rapidly vindicated take in the history of takes
Conservatism cannot be understood without hierarchy.
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
September 26, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Conservatism cannot be understood without hierarchy.
In a world that tells you that you’re an interchangeable cog in vast and indifferent machinery, that your decisions don’t matter—be a Stanislav Petrov.
Save the world.
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day.
Save the world.
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day.
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.”
If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it.
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@docsforclimate.bsky.social
He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.”
If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it.
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
sammatey.substack.com
September 26, 2026 at 6:30 AM
In a world that tells you that you’re an interchangeable cog in vast and indifferent machinery, that your decisions don’t matter—be a Stanislav Petrov.
Save the world.
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day.
Save the world.
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day.
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it really needs to be more openly discussed that all the people advocating for “we should be fine with losing basic skills if we get more systems thinking” are men, meaning socialized to expect to be able to offload basic tasks of daily living onto a wife as part of their compensation for existing
Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?”
Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
September 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
it really needs to be more openly discussed that all the people advocating for “we should be fine with losing basic skills if we get more systems thinking” are men, meaning socialized to expect to be able to offload basic tasks of daily living onto a wife as part of their compensation for existing
A Burmese restaurant called Burma-Shave is this anything
September 25, 2026 at 6:01 AM
A Burmese restaurant called Burma-Shave is this anything
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September 24, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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@duckworth.senate.gov : “get back to work” and “let them save face” after Watergate got us Iran Contra. “Let’s move forward not backwards“ after Iran Contra got us W lying us into war and torture as US policy. No more. We prosecute and jail every last one of these bastards.
I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.
www.c-span.org
September 24, 2026 at 4:51 AM
@duckworth.senate.gov : “get back to work” and “let them save face” after Watergate got us Iran Contra. “Let’s move forward not backwards“ after Iran Contra got us W lying us into war and torture as US policy. No more. We prosecute and jail every last one of these bastards.
Every time I think these evil people have found a rock bottom for wickedness, they innovate and go even lower.
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
www.wsj.com
September 23, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Every time I think these evil people have found a rock bottom for wickedness, they innovate and go even lower.
Every one of us must cultivate our inner Grapefruit Lady.
September 23, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Every one of us must cultivate our inner Grapefruit Lady.
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And for this complaint to come from Bret Stephens -- who only has a cushy columnist gig at the New York Times because of their desire to be politically diverse and inclusive -- is fucking hilarious.
You're the DEI hire, my man. You.
You're the DEI hire, my man. You.
September 22, 2026 at 1:35 PM
And for this complaint to come from Bret Stephens -- who only has a cushy columnist gig at the New York Times because of their desire to be politically diverse and inclusive -- is fucking hilarious.
You're the DEI hire, my man. You.
You're the DEI hire, my man. You.
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The refusal to go after Musk is a serious validator of the notion democrats have no real interest in winning. No serious party would let someone like him emerge as a major funder of the opposition and just… not say anything about it.
Not sure if they're cowards who don't want to take him on or if they're complicit in taking money from him and people like him, but it's staggering.
Standing up to Elon Musk should be an easy layup for any Democrat.
Standing up to Elon Musk should be an easy layup for any Democrat.
September 22, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The refusal to go after Musk is a serious validator of the notion democrats have no real interest in winning. No serious party would let someone like him emerge as a major funder of the opposition and just… not say anything about it.
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"Nearly two millennia ago, a wealthy Roman commissioned an intricate, multicolored floor mosaic that depicted two beloved household animals: a cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean." 🗃️ #Archaeology www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Stunning Roman-era mosaic discovered in Turkey features 'Emerald' the cat and 'Ocean' the dog
A cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean were memorialized in a Roman mosaic over 1,800 years ago.
www.livescience.com
September 20, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"Nearly two millennia ago, a wealthy Roman commissioned an intricate, multicolored floor mosaic that depicted two beloved household animals: a cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean." 🗃️ #Archaeology www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid."
Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
Incredibly disappointing ad from Mary Peltola (D-AK) saying she neither supports "kids getting surgeries to change genders or men in girls bathrooms."
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
September 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid."
Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
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I dont know how to explain to you that democrats putting out attack ads on a minority currently facing global genocide instead of on their opponents are not the kind of people who will fight for anyone. those are the kind of democrats that side with Republicans when it comes to ice/police budgets.
September 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I dont know how to explain to you that democrats putting out attack ads on a minority currently facing global genocide instead of on their opponents are not the kind of people who will fight for anyone. those are the kind of democrats that side with Republicans when it comes to ice/police budgets.
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Seriously I'm seeing people be all "haha he's a 12 year old boy" when he mentioned the Arch with the Snipers but for some reason no one seems to do the math this way. Whether or not he builds the arch, he's telling you he's not leaving and he's gonna ask the military to protect him in the WH
A billionaire dictator who'll lose everything if the opposition replaces him on Jan. 20, 2029 is stockpiling killer drones and high-powered rifles on towering monuments and ballroom roofs
I'm sure it's nothing to worry about
I'm sure it's nothing to worry about
lol what
September 20, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Seriously I'm seeing people be all "haha he's a 12 year old boy" when he mentioned the Arch with the Snipers but for some reason no one seems to do the math this way. Whether or not he builds the arch, he's telling you he's not leaving and he's gonna ask the military to protect him in the WH
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PROSECUTE EVERY LAST ONE OF THE MOTHERFUCKERS THAT SIGNED OFF ON THIS
“There’s no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison,” he told me. “And when we ask them why we are here, they tell us…Washington…ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
www.motherjones.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
PROSECUTE EVERY LAST ONE OF THE MOTHERFUCKERS THAT SIGNED OFF ON THIS
thiiiiiis
Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop.
You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.
You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.
September 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
thiiiiiis
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👇🎯 It is surreal, but it’s also the direct & inevitable consequence of no one in any senior position from the Reagan or GWB administrations going to jail or facing any personal, legal, or social consequences for the crimes of Iran-Contra & all the awful & illegal things that came afterward in 2001-8
For a long time my standard for incompetent/blundering/impulsive government was the GWB administration. I feel like this was already quite cynical and pessimistic. But I find myself regularly surprised by the words and actions of public officials in this era. It's surreal.
September 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
👇🎯 It is surreal, but it’s also the direct & inevitable consequence of no one in any senior position from the Reagan or GWB administrations going to jail or facing any personal, legal, or social consequences for the crimes of Iran-Contra & all the awful & illegal things that came afterward in 2001-8
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🚨 Patel admits agents will be deployed to polling places 👇
WELCH: I thought you weren't going to be sending people to the polls?
PATEL: Nope
W: So you are sending FBI agents?
P: We have election crisis coordinators manned at all 56 field offices. Election integrity is of paramount importance
WELCH: I thought you weren't going to be sending people to the polls?
PATEL: Nope
W: So you are sending FBI agents?
P: We have election crisis coordinators manned at all 56 field offices. Election integrity is of paramount importance
September 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🚨 Patel admits agents will be deployed to polling places 👇
WELCH: I thought you weren't going to be sending people to the polls?
PATEL: Nope
W: So you are sending FBI agents?
P: We have election crisis coordinators manned at all 56 field offices. Election integrity is of paramount importance
WELCH: I thought you weren't going to be sending people to the polls?
PATEL: Nope
W: So you are sending FBI agents?
P: We have election crisis coordinators manned at all 56 field offices. Election integrity is of paramount importance
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crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.
Democrats should be targeting crypto, as a Republican constituency, with the same zeal that Republicans targeted universities for being liberal-coded.
But they won’t, because it might jeopardize the crumbs that industry throws their way.
But they won’t, because it might jeopardize the crumbs that industry throws their way.
September 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.
Putting my marker down now: we will learn in the future that Trump and his cronies have stolen money and art from the Kennedy Center.
MAGA and Trumpism in a nutshell.
He ruins everything.
Congrats, America.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
He ruins everything.
Congrats, America.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
Officials said the center is facing “certain financial collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 14, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Putting my marker down now: we will learn in the future that Trump and his cronies have stolen money and art from the Kennedy Center.