Marf
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Marf
@marf.bsky.social
· Apr 10
"You might say that I’m just somebody who’s focused on what’s really important: Not remembering anything but my feelings and being convinced that I am the arbiter of the human experience because I am the only one who continually exists."
I Have No Object Permanence, and I Vote
“With a brain that’s permanently set to read-only, it’s easy for me to pick strong candidates who don’t waste time planning ahead because ‘ahead’ is an illus...
buff.ly
So many of my friends have divorced this man
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Do not tell me about "lost generations" when I can see how easily I could have been lost, and know that so many others just simply didn't have my luck, and ARE lost, because of what they didn't have.
September 28, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Do not tell me about "lost generations" when I can see how easily I could have been lost, and know that so many others just simply didn't have my luck, and ARE lost, because of what they didn't have.
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Based on what they found out in those investigations, which took forever thanks to witness intimidation etc,
The DOL put in a bunch of anti-slavery provisions for H2A farm workers in 2024.
And Trump cancelled back in June 2025.
Who's in power absolutely does matter.
The DOL put in a bunch of anti-slavery provisions for H2A farm workers in 2024.
And Trump cancelled back in June 2025.
Who's in power absolutely does matter.
October 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Based on what they found out in those investigations, which took forever thanks to witness intimidation etc,
The DOL put in a bunch of anti-slavery provisions for H2A farm workers in 2024.
And Trump cancelled back in June 2025.
Who's in power absolutely does matter.
The DOL put in a bunch of anti-slavery provisions for H2A farm workers in 2024.
And Trump cancelled back in June 2025.
Who's in power absolutely does matter.
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there's a thing in moderate democratic politics where it is considered fundamentally illegitimate to deliver results to your own voters; instead, you must propose a better way to implement your adversaries' entire ideological program
"Making day care free, while offering nothing to stay-at-home parents, appeals to the educated, urban, affluent voters who have come to make up the Democratic base, but not to the electorate at large," Marc Novicoff argues:
The Problem With Democrats' Favorite Policy Proposal
Universal child care appeals to the party's cosmopolitan base—but not to most of the country.
bit.ly
September 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM
there's a thing in moderate democratic politics where it is considered fundamentally illegitimate to deliver results to your own voters; instead, you must propose a better way to implement your adversaries' entire ideological program
Putting Berlin on blast, 🤌🫖
Obligatory note bc this is Bluesky: polyamory can work, when that's what you both signed up for!
Being monogamous for several years & then one partner "discovers they're poly," especially when it's the dude in a straight couple… ho boy.
Being monogamous for several years & then one partner "discovers they're poly," especially when it's the dude in a straight couple… ho boy.
September 29, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Putting Berlin on blast, 🤌🫖
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The sunny side of this delusion is the computer gives you a flying car and makes it so you don't have to work. The blackpill one is that it wipes us out via some cinematic method TBD. Two futures you don't actually have to live in. Both are abdications, and embarrassingly childish on their face.
September 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The sunny side of this delusion is the computer gives you a flying car and makes it so you don't have to work. The blackpill one is that it wipes us out via some cinematic method TBD. Two futures you don't actually have to live in. Both are abdications, and embarrassingly childish on their face.
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“…if the last two years have confirmed anything, it’s that the logic of collective resistance is sound. Not only is the immediate price for bucking Trump small; it actually works.” More please, from institutions, business leaders, and of course voters!
Trump is raging at news orgs for refusing to cover his reception of Xi after he banned three from the White House. The real lesson here: When institutions join together to resist his abuses of power it actually works, sending him into a helpless fury.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2158...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2158...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel
Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works.
newrepublic.com
September 26, 2026 at 1:17 PM
“…if the last two years have confirmed anything, it’s that the logic of collective resistance is sound. Not only is the immediate price for bucking Trump small; it actually works.” More please, from institutions, business leaders, and of course voters!
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The psychology of doomerism is that the Doomer is the smartest boy in class because he can see the Real Problem, which obviously negates the primacy of Other Problems. For totally mysterious reasons, the Real Problem is never poverty or discrimination.
September 27, 2026 at 1:53 AM
The psychology of doomerism is that the Doomer is the smartest boy in class because he can see the Real Problem, which obviously negates the primacy of Other Problems. For totally mysterious reasons, the Real Problem is never poverty or discrimination.
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Facts
Not unprecedented though.. The French monarchy was trash forever, but it was high bread prices that finally got 'em.
Not unprecedented though.. The French monarchy was trash forever, but it was high bread prices that finally got 'em.
Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive.
Remarkable: An Iowa right wing radio host just leaked word that GOP polling shows House Rs in peril even in districts Trump won by +10. The culript? Trump and the war.
On the pod, Iowa Dem chair Rita Hart explains why the conditions are ripe for big Dem rural gains:
newrepublic.com/article/2158...
On the pod, Iowa Dem chair Rita Hart explains why the conditions are ripe for big Dem rural gains:
newrepublic.com/article/2158...
September 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Facts
Not unprecedented though.. The French monarchy was trash forever, but it was high bread prices that finally got 'em.
Not unprecedented though.. The French monarchy was trash forever, but it was high bread prices that finally got 'em.
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God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins
September 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM
God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins
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This would have been such an easy yes. I don’t want to hear one fucking thing about this guy as a presidential candidate.
Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.
Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care
California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.
www.motherjones.com
September 23, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This would have been such an easy yes. I don’t want to hear one fucking thing about this guy as a presidential candidate.
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The thing that's infuriating about our squeamishness about consequences for traitors and corrupt officials is that we are one of the most punitive countries in the world in most other respects.
Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution.
Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.
September 24, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The thing that's infuriating about our squeamishness about consequences for traitors and corrupt officials is that we are one of the most punitive countries in the world in most other respects.
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The story of the bosses' revolt comes down to their experience, in 2020, of helplessly watching the labor-income line go up — and resolving, right then and there, to make sure that never happened again.
One of my most galaxy-brained takes is that politicians and political groups should talk more about workers’ share of national income.
It's one of the clearest, simplest ways to describe how billionaires and corporate elites captured so much of the economy--and something policy can change.
It's one of the clearest, simplest ways to describe how billionaires and corporate elites captured so much of the economy--and something policy can change.
U.S. workers' share of national income falls to a new low
Labor's bargaining position has worsened markedly in the last half-decade.
www.axios.com
September 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
The story of the bosses' revolt comes down to their experience, in 2020, of helplessly watching the labor-income line go up — and resolving, right then and there, to make sure that never happened again.
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The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward.
You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.
You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.
September 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward.
You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.
You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.
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The push to make it so that "websites as a destination for humans is over" is an intentional move to violate the freedom to read of individuals and move access to information into a "pay to get an opaquely intermediated version from a nontransparent source" model.
people keep saying to me "the website as a destination [for humans] is over" "no one is going to read news on websites any more" "search is done". They are pushing for us to change how global voices works. I would love to hear what you all think of that and if you DO appreciate how we work now, why?
September 28, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The push to make it so that "websites as a destination for humans is over" is an intentional move to violate the freedom to read of individuals and move access to information into a "pay to get an opaquely intermediated version from a nontransparent source" model.
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I want the name of every consultant who convinces a Democrat to run an ad ceding ground to trans hatred, and I want them blacklisted by the party and noted so I can never give a cent to anyone who hires them ever again.
September 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I want the name of every consultant who convinces a Democrat to run an ad ceding ground to trans hatred, and I want them blacklisted by the party and noted so I can never give a cent to anyone who hires them ever again.
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a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
September 20, 2026 at 12:57 AM
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Every time I’ve gone overseas this year, I didn’t really know how people would react to me as an American. And every time people found out I was from Minnesota, people thanked me for being a good American and said they wished more Americans were like us. Every time.
Finger on the pulse Tafoya, missing that Minnesota has become a world-wide phenomenon, synonyms with "badass".
September 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Every time I’ve gone overseas this year, I didn’t really know how people would react to me as an American. And every time people found out I was from Minnesota, people thanked me for being a good American and said they wished more Americans were like us. Every time.
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i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
Program's up!
30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
September 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Lilly Wachowski helped us out a lot with rent fundraising this past winter so if you are a Minnesotan you absolutely have to listen to her and not watch the new HP trash.
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series:
“She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.”
variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
“She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.”
variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
variety.com
September 12, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Lilly Wachowski helped us out a lot with rent fundraising this past winter so if you are a Minnesotan you absolutely have to listen to her and not watch the new HP trash.
Side note, I love that the vaccine is called Qdenga, such fun to say
RFK Jr stays winning, Floridians can once again get 100% natural dengue fever
September 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Side note, I love that the vaccine is called Qdenga, such fun to say
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When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.
September 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM
When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.
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This is a very big deal. For those who don't know, this is not an opening act.
This was the Irish band that backed Ed Sheeran on the tour, including at MetLife, on the song Galway Girl and others.
He has lost his own backup singers and band over this.
It's huge.
This was the Irish band that backed Ed Sheeran on the tour, including at MetLife, on the song Galway Girl and others.
He has lost his own backup singers and band over this.
It's huge.
September 15, 2026 at 7:38 PM
This is a very big deal. For those who don't know, this is not an opening act.
This was the Irish band that backed Ed Sheeran on the tour, including at MetLife, on the song Galway Girl and others.
He has lost his own backup singers and band over this.
It's huge.
This was the Irish band that backed Ed Sheeran on the tour, including at MetLife, on the song Galway Girl and others.
He has lost his own backup singers and band over this.
It's huge.
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HOLY SHIT DUDES
fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God
and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live here
fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God
and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live here
Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document
The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”
www.americamagazine.org
September 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
HOLY SHIT DUDES
fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God
and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live here
fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God
and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live here
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it's legitimately heartwarming how the majority of WNBA players have absolutely seen through this bullshit and have been vocally supportive of trans women
Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.
August 30, 2026 at 2:41 AM
it's legitimately heartwarming how the majority of WNBA players have absolutely seen through this bullshit and have been vocally supportive of trans women
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This is one of the biggest reasons I’m opposed to means testing for things like free school meals. I grew up in a community with a lot of kids from wildly wealthy families who were abused & neglected by their parents. Kids of wealthy parents need to be protected, too
fwiw, one reason young people are more attracted to egalitarian philosophies is that no young person is actually rich. children don't own any property in their own name. this is not just a tecnicality; it's a material reality that has realy material consequences. 1
idk why do 60 year olds with erectile dysfunction like reading the same article over and over
August 31, 2026 at 3:39 AM
This is one of the biggest reasons I’m opposed to means testing for things like free school meals. I grew up in a community with a lot of kids from wildly wealthy families who were abused & neglected by their parents. Kids of wealthy parents need to be protected, too