Rachel
@thistlewind.bsky.social
Involved mom, wife, daughter, sister, human. Kansas City sports.❤️ 💙 Striving for kindness...with a potty mouth.
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Anytime a CEO claims that workers are being laid off because AI is doing the job instead, ask them to specify which jobs are being replaced, what tasks those jobs entail, and specifics on how AI is replacing those tasks.
They won't be able to answer honestly.
They won't be able to answer honestly.
April 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Anytime a CEO claims that workers are being laid off because AI is doing the job instead, ask them to specify which jobs are being replaced, what tasks those jobs entail, and specifics on how AI is replacing those tasks.
They won't be able to answer honestly.
They won't be able to answer honestly.
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Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
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NEW:
Trump, Vance, Noem and the MAGA influence network are not just pushing a version of the Minnesota ICE shooting, they are trying to rewrite reality
www.wired.com/story/maga-t...
Trump, Vance, Noem and the MAGA influence network are not just pushing a version of the Minnesota ICE shooting, they are trying to rewrite reality
www.wired.com/story/maga-t...
MAGA Is Already Rewriting the ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
The federal government’s narrative of the Minneapolis shooting conflicts wildly with video footage of the incident shared online.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:06 PM
NEW:
Trump, Vance, Noem and the MAGA influence network are not just pushing a version of the Minnesota ICE shooting, they are trying to rewrite reality
www.wired.com/story/maga-t...
Trump, Vance, Noem and the MAGA influence network are not just pushing a version of the Minnesota ICE shooting, they are trying to rewrite reality
www.wired.com/story/maga-t...
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If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
I guess this qualifies as a foggy Christmas Eve. I would rather have a bit of snow, though.
December 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I guess this qualifies as a foggy Christmas Eve. I would rather have a bit of snow, though.
I haven't finished up the stocking stuffers purchases. Ugh.
December 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I haven't finished up the stocking stuffers purchases. Ugh.
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Firing over 100 immigration judges.
Arresting immigrants outside of their immigration hearings.
Pausing asylum decisions.
And now? Cancelling citizenship ceremonies, the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Just remember that Trump never cared about "legal immigration."
Arresting immigrants outside of their immigration hearings.
Pausing asylum decisions.
And now? Cancelling citizenship ceremonies, the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Just remember that Trump never cared about "legal immigration."
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Firing over 100 immigration judges.
Arresting immigrants outside of their immigration hearings.
Pausing asylum decisions.
And now? Cancelling citizenship ceremonies, the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Just remember that Trump never cared about "legal immigration."
Arresting immigrants outside of their immigration hearings.
Pausing asylum decisions.
And now? Cancelling citizenship ceremonies, the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Just remember that Trump never cared about "legal immigration."
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excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
My kid is taking Latin I his Senior year of high school. He loves it, which just blows my mind. Anyway...just got an email from his teacher. He has this in his signature block:
tū nē cēde malīs, sed contrā audentior ītō
“Do not give in to misfortunes, but advance more boldly against them”
tū nē cēde malīs, sed contrā audentior ītō
“Do not give in to misfortunes, but advance more boldly against them”
December 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My kid is taking Latin I his Senior year of high school. He loves it, which just blows my mind. Anyway...just got an email from his teacher. He has this in his signature block:
tū nē cēde malīs, sed contrā audentior ītō
“Do not give in to misfortunes, but advance more boldly against them”
tū nē cēde malīs, sed contrā audentior ītō
“Do not give in to misfortunes, but advance more boldly against them”
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Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection that can be transmitted during childbirth and have long-lasting effects. The vaccine has been shown to be effective in preventing the disease. The CDC's guidance has been in place since 1991, and hepatitis B cases in children have dropped.
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection that can be transmitted during childbirth and have long-lasting effects. The vaccine has been shown to be effective in preventing the disease. The CDC's guidance has been in place since 1991, and hepatitis B cases in children have dropped.
I need some joy-scrolling to offset the doom. Anything Happy happening that you'd like to share?
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I need some joy-scrolling to offset the doom. Anything Happy happening that you'd like to share?
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
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an example of starting to believe your own bullshit. does anyone think being a drug smuggler is a "fight"? It's a business. they're so deep into this "narco-terrorist" language they're thinking these are some kind of hardened cocaine ideologues. theyre all eager to join Mar a Lago.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
an example of starting to believe your own bullshit. does anyone think being a drug smuggler is a "fight"? It's a business. they're so deep into this "narco-terrorist" language they're thinking these are some kind of hardened cocaine ideologues. theyre all eager to join Mar a Lago.
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Skip it and watch John Oliver's exposé on Bari Weiss, her billionaire-bankrolled 'university', and her Free Press employing two worthless hires in what looks to be mostly empty office space.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Skip it and watch John Oliver's exposé on Bari Weiss, her billionaire-bankrolled 'university', and her Free Press employing two worthless hires in what looks to be mostly empty office space.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Roger Marshall is a tool. The very definition of an old, white guy who continues to fail upward.
Aaaaand there it is.
The "Not my lane, haven't read it, I don't know nothin' about it Sycophant Speaker Sgt. Schultz default response.
Pathetic.
The "Not my lane, haven't read it, I don't know nothin' about it Sycophant Speaker Sgt. Schultz default response.
Pathetic.
Q: You outlined the dangers posed by drugs. So what explanation do you have for Trump pardoning the former president of Honduras?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it
Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it?
MARSHALL: I haven't researched it
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it
Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it?
MARSHALL: I haven't researched it
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Roger Marshall is a tool. The very definition of an old, white guy who continues to fail upward.
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Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
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"Underbussing" is a word I have only seen in print in the last two days, & gotta say, as neologisms go this is a good one.
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social's (invaluable) Letters from an American:
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social's (invaluable) Letters from an American:
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Underbussing" is a word I have only seen in print in the last two days, & gotta say, as neologisms go this is a good one.
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social's (invaluable) Letters from an American:
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social's (invaluable) Letters from an American:
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"Every soldier is taught from week one of basic training that the Constitution outranks any individual. And they learn, early and often, that their duty includes refusing unlawful commands—even from senior officers, even from civilian officials."
-- Retired Army lt. general below at @thebulwark.com
-- Retired Army lt. general below at @thebulwark.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"Every soldier is taught from week one of basic training that the Constitution outranks any individual. And they learn, early and often, that their duty includes refusing unlawful commands—even from senior officers, even from civilian officials."
-- Retired Army lt. general below at @thebulwark.com
-- Retired Army lt. general below at @thebulwark.com
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Holidays, days off, long weekends...it sure makes it more and more difficult to want show up to a day job.
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Holidays, days off, long weekends...it sure makes it more and more difficult to want show up to a day job.