@liveheather.bsky.social
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Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.
People still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.
August 2, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.
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*meredith brooks voice*
im a mitch
im mcconnell
i help trump
comma donald
ive a turtle for a head
im probably really dead
im a mitch
im mcconnell
i help trump
comma donald
ive a turtle for a head
im probably really dead
July 9, 2026 at 2:25 AM
*meredith brooks voice*
im a mitch
im mcconnell
i help trump
comma donald
ive a turtle for a head
im probably really dead
im a mitch
im mcconnell
i help trump
comma donald
ive a turtle for a head
im probably really dead
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In rape culture, everything a woman says means yes and nothing she says means no.
This seems to assert that though she said not to come over, said no repeatedly, struggled against Platner, an ambiguous prior comment constituted irrevocable consent. Not a shocking breach not to include it.
This seems to assert that though she said not to come over, said no repeatedly, struggled against Platner, an ambiguous prior comment constituted irrevocable consent. Not a shocking breach not to include it.
July 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM
In rape culture, everything a woman says means yes and nothing she says means no.
This seems to assert that though she said not to come over, said no repeatedly, struggled against Platner, an ambiguous prior comment constituted irrevocable consent. Not a shocking breach not to include it.
This seems to assert that though she said not to come over, said no repeatedly, struggled against Platner, an ambiguous prior comment constituted irrevocable consent. Not a shocking breach not to include it.
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Israel alone killed over 75 journalists in 2025, something many of the people I'm currently reading breathless posts from have still said nothing about.
the irony is that there are many journalists who are threatened and killed for their work globally, except they don’t overlap at all with the people willing to attend the MAGA White House correspondent’s dinner
April 26, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Israel alone killed over 75 journalists in 2025, something many of the people I'm currently reading breathless posts from have still said nothing about.
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FUN FACT: You personally interact with dozens, even hundreds of artists and storytellers on this website every day who dedicate 0% of their resources to directly harming trans people. Many of them have comics, or albums, or podcasts, or even fantasy novels available for your guilt-free enjoyment!
March 25, 2026 at 6:44 PM
FUN FACT: You personally interact with dozens, even hundreds of artists and storytellers on this website every day who dedicate 0% of their resources to directly harming trans people. Many of them have comics, or albums, or podcasts, or even fantasy novels available for your guilt-free enjoyment!
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i do not know how we will deliver the reckoning that is necessary to the people who are making it their life’s goal to eliminate trans people, but when it comes it must be harsh, swift, and utterly merciless
March 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
i do not know how we will deliver the reckoning that is necessary to the people who are making it their life’s goal to eliminate trans people, but when it comes it must be harsh, swift, and utterly merciless
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I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally
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I swing both ways (anxious AND avoidant)
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I swing both ways (anxious AND avoidant)
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Every platform is compromised. Including this one.
Every platform is also a greenhouse for radicalism.
Analyzing operations & owners: helpful.
Shaming users: individualist bullshit.
Trust yourself to know where your communities are.
Don’t presume to tell others where their communities should be
Every platform is also a greenhouse for radicalism.
Analyzing operations & owners: helpful.
Shaming users: individualist bullshit.
Trust yourself to know where your communities are.
Don’t presume to tell others where their communities should be
August 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Every platform is compromised. Including this one.
Every platform is also a greenhouse for radicalism.
Analyzing operations & owners: helpful.
Shaming users: individualist bullshit.
Trust yourself to know where your communities are.
Don’t presume to tell others where their communities should be
Every platform is also a greenhouse for radicalism.
Analyzing operations & owners: helpful.
Shaming users: individualist bullshit.
Trust yourself to know where your communities are.
Don’t presume to tell others where their communities should be
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There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
May 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"
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FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
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no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good
March 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good
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once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!
March 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!
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Speaking as a rural Democrat, the strategists’ push to the move Dems to the center is ill-advised.
No one needs Republican lite when there’s a Republican already on the ballot.
No one needs Republican lite when there’s a Republican already on the ballot.
March 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Speaking as a rural Democrat, the strategists’ push to the move Dems to the center is ill-advised.
No one needs Republican lite when there’s a Republican already on the ballot.
No one needs Republican lite when there’s a Republican already on the ballot.
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If you are a cis person *please* take 2 minutes to do this. Trans people with non-updated gender markers, historical gender marker changes, and X markers are terrified to travel right now; rolling back this policy would mean a lot.
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
www.reddit.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you are a cis person *please* take 2 minutes to do this. Trans people with non-updated gender markers, historical gender marker changes, and X markers are terrified to travel right now; rolling back this policy would mean a lot.
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"We need to use every tool we have to fight back."
Elizabeth Warren and I are not always aligned but it is ABSURD how much better she is at articulating what's happening — and with the anger it deserves — than Chuck Schumer, who seems like he couldn't give a shit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
Elizabeth Warren and I are not always aligned but it is ABSURD how much better she is at articulating what's happening — and with the anger it deserves — than Chuck Schumer, who seems like he couldn't give a shit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
Warren Sounds Alarm on Threat Elon Musk Poses to Government Payment Systems
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"We need to use every tool we have to fight back."
Elizabeth Warren and I are not always aligned but it is ABSURD how much better she is at articulating what's happening — and with the anger it deserves — than Chuck Schumer, who seems like he couldn't give a shit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
Elizabeth Warren and I are not always aligned but it is ABSURD how much better she is at articulating what's happening — and with the anger it deserves — than Chuck Schumer, who seems like he couldn't give a shit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
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I need Americans to hate this administration the way Kendrick hates Drake so they can actually stand a chance of surviving
February 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I need Americans to hate this administration the way Kendrick hates Drake so they can actually stand a chance of surviving
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"what do you expect dems to even DO?" filibuster every bill. refuse to cooperate on anything unless demands are met. then cancel their vacations to filibuster some more. tell every single dem in gov that disloyalty = no reelection funds
yknow, the stuff GOP have been doing successfully for years
yknow, the stuff GOP have been doing successfully for years
February 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
"what do you expect dems to even DO?" filibuster every bill. refuse to cooperate on anything unless demands are met. then cancel their vacations to filibuster some more. tell every single dem in gov that disloyalty = no reelection funds
yknow, the stuff GOP have been doing successfully for years
yknow, the stuff GOP have been doing successfully for years
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Leonard Freed, Naples, Italy, 1958
February 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Leonard Freed, Naples, Italy, 1958