Alison Coffey
@acoffey.bsky.social
Popular with gnomes.
(also: psychotherapist, humanist, existentialist, Iowa City citizen, Survivor fan, reader, vegetarian, and The National stan)
(also: psychotherapist, humanist, existentialist, Iowa City citizen, Survivor fan, reader, vegetarian, and The National stan)
Can there please be a day when Stephen Miller has to account for his crimes against humanity?
October 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Can there please be a day when Stephen Miller has to account for his crimes against humanity?
Reposted by Alison Coffey
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted."
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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October 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted."
www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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I'm overwhelmed by the number of wild and crazy things that happened on tonight's Survivor. All the Brodys and their plans and shenanigans! #Survivor51
October 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I'm overwhelmed by the number of wild and crazy things that happened on tonight's Survivor. All the Brodys and their plans and shenanigans! #Survivor51
I somehow have gotten the "help me pick my wedding dress" reddit constantly showing up on my reddit feed. And of course I have to now help every woman pick her wedding dress. It's a lot of work, but it has to be done. I'm here to help.
October 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I somehow have gotten the "help me pick my wedding dress" reddit constantly showing up on my reddit feed. And of course I have to now help every woman pick her wedding dress. It's a lot of work, but it has to be done. I'm here to help.
What is Brazil thinking and what is the thinking about Brazil? I need to understand.
October 7, 2026 at 4:28 AM
What is Brazil thinking and what is the thinking about Brazil? I need to understand.
Ordered small IGLOO cooler & what came was a pair of shelves. Not even close. Now I have to return them and, yes, first world problems, but this is such a strange mix up and your girl does not want to drive out to a UPS store with a big, long box. I'm rightly being punished for ordering via Amazon .
October 6, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Ordered small IGLOO cooler & what came was a pair of shelves. Not even close. Now I have to return them and, yes, first world problems, but this is such a strange mix up and your girl does not want to drive out to a UPS store with a big, long box. I'm rightly being punished for ordering via Amazon .
I think these dudes who rape--date rapers (the most common type)--convince themselves that it isn't rape, somehow. A tricky leap from the wanting to taking. I have to wonder if they don't grasp (not that they would want to) how much harm they are causing. If they knew the harm, would they proceed?
October 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I think these dudes who rape--date rapers (the most common type)--convince themselves that it isn't rape, somehow. A tricky leap from the wanting to taking. I have to wonder if they don't grasp (not that they would want to) how much harm they are causing. If they knew the harm, would they proceed?
I don't know how else to say this, but maybe everything--everything--is just stupid. Everything is stupid. Not that many things aren't also good and lovely and necessary. But we have a lot of stupid. I think I'm tired.
October 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I don't know how else to say this, but maybe everything--everything--is just stupid. Everything is stupid. Not that many things aren't also good and lovely and necessary. But we have a lot of stupid. I think I'm tired.
Reposted by Alison Coffey
feels like at least part of what is happening is that a lot of people want politics to solve the "my life feels empty" problem and the populist right is directly appealing to them
October 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
feels like at least part of what is happening is that a lot of people want politics to solve the "my life feels empty" problem and the populist right is directly appealing to them
I'm so very tired of anyone complaining about "woke" of any number. Let's instead complain about nazis and rapists and terfs and tech billionaires and the loss of abortion rights and weird lip injections and beef tallow French fries and ICE and frats and genocide and Scientology.
October 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I'm so very tired of anyone complaining about "woke" of any number. Let's instead complain about nazis and rapists and terfs and tech billionaires and the loss of abortion rights and weird lip injections and beef tallow French fries and ICE and frats and genocide and Scientology.
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Let's talk about Ana, Rob, Brady, and Eric! What a fun episode.
#Survivor51
Let's talk about Ana, Rob, Brady, and Eric! What a fun episode.
#Survivor51
Season 51, Episode 2: Popcorn Gate and Other Insanities
This episode had everything! It had thumb chopping, supernatural abilities to catch lying that aren't actually supernatural abilities, ankle injuries, medicinal leaves, idol finds, popcorn lies, Devin...
coconutsandcastaways.com
October 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Let's talk about Ana, Rob, Brady, and Eric! What a fun episode.
#Survivor51
Let's talk about Ana, Rob, Brady, and Eric! What a fun episode.
#Survivor51
I think I need to officially give up on attempting to cook or bake. At this point it's self abuse.
October 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I think I need to officially give up on attempting to cook or bake. At this point it's self abuse.
I'm disheartened to see Turek feeling the need to prove himself anti immigration with an ad featuring a visit to the border and talking about the importance of border security. Don't follow, man! You need to set the narrative and the framing. Don't chase their bullets. Ugh. I hate it all.
October 2, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I'm disheartened to see Turek feeling the need to prove himself anti immigration with an ad featuring a visit to the border and talking about the importance of border security. Don't follow, man! You need to set the narrative and the framing. Don't chase their bullets. Ugh. I hate it all.
Reposted by Alison Coffey
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week:
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
October 2, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week:
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
Universities need to shut down the Greek system. It's toxic.
October 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Universities need to shut down the Greek system. It's toxic.
I'm still trying to process last night's Survivor episode and Rob's weird shenanigans. And I noticed that Brady called his fellow tribe members "Brodys" and I'm so confused and also delighted. Alexis, man, she's hardcore. Recap coming on coconutsandcastaways.com! #Survivor51
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Better Living Through Survivor
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October 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I'm still trying to process last night's Survivor episode and Rob's weird shenanigans. And I noticed that Brady called his fellow tribe members "Brodys" and I'm so confused and also delighted. Alexis, man, she's hardcore. Recap coming on coconutsandcastaways.com! #Survivor51
Okay, who loves the dancing guy Coffee Mate creamer commercial? Me! I'd say I'm not proud of it but here I am telling you all about it.
October 1, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Okay, who loves the dancing guy Coffee Mate creamer commercial? Me! I'd say I'm not proud of it but here I am telling you all about it.
Reposted by Alison Coffey
This seems like an appropriate time to remind people of the 1990 book, Fraternity Gang Rape, by the anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday, who was my favorite professor in college and unfortunately passed away last year.
September 30, 2026 at 10:51 PM
This seems like an appropriate time to remind people of the 1990 book, Fraternity Gang Rape, by the anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday, who was my favorite professor in college and unfortunately passed away last year.
If Yung Lean doesn't win video of the year, I riot. By myself. While drinking my sparkling water and eating my Fast Break and waiting for Big Brother to come on. #VMAS
September 28, 2026 at 1:53 AM
If Yung Lean doesn't win video of the year, I riot. By myself. While drinking my sparkling water and eating my Fast Break and waiting for Big Brother to come on. #VMAS
These VMAs are a Gen X celebration, no?
September 28, 2026 at 1:45 AM
These VMAs are a Gen X celebration, no?
Reposted by Alison Coffey
Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem.
September 28, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem.