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@1989swiftie.bsky.social

Avid hater of fascism & the patriarchy. Disobey, resist, and fight for democracy.

created June 29, 2023

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Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

I just made my first fall dessert. Apple crisp šŸŽšŸ„§

31/8/2025, 11:44:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bruh Jack Black is in ā€œI Still Know What You Did Last Summer.ā€ Lmao onmggg

31/8/2025, 8:22:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fuck it. No one cares anyway.

3/8/2025, 10:57:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s kinda where I’m at too. But, he always ends up with mechanical pencils some way, somehow. I’m thinking I’ll do the fun color ticonderogas and maybe get a 2 pack of mechanical pencils. We’ve entered into the trivial pursuits of middle school stage. I forgot about this part of life. šŸ™ƒ

3/8/2025, 10:24:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

I sat in a different desk chair for 2 days and I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck. Aging is wild.

2/8/2025, 6:05:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m the perfect all-american bitch.

1/8/2025, 6:19:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

I had a win today. That makes me happy.

1/8/2025, 12:28:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Mercury is Gatoradeing so hard rn. Ommmggg. But it’s okay. It’s okay.

31/7/2025, 7:18:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Having the chills and a fever in 100° weather is the WORST.

28/7/2025, 8:39:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

I’ve been sick not once but twice this month. I’m over it.

28/7/2025, 8:38:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Damn

22/7/2025, 4:29:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

I am so grateful for my bed.

15/7/2025, 10:03:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

How do you know if you’re contemplating your life choices? Oh, me? Yeah, I listen to Dave Matthews Band.

12/7/2025, 9:53:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Anyone wanna throw in on gas and just go drive somewhere? Just anywhere but here.

12/7/2025, 4:28:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Lmao it’s so funny being logical with a narcissist and their cohorts. It’s amusing at how dumb they think I am. šŸ˜‚

11/7/2025, 2:21:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

He broke my heart, my grace is gone.

11/7/2025, 1:25:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Wasting everyone’s time and tax dollars for that pathetic show of a hearing. That was that and everyone moved on to wearing a gauze pad on their ears. I do have to believe that there are more of us than them. I also refuse to let his theater corruption scare me. Fuvk that noise. He’s a coward.

11/7/2025, 1:20:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

It was never real. It was all a ploy by his team of thugs to make a power play to win the election. And it fucking worked. Unfortunately, there are people who will believe everything they see. He never talks about that day because he doesn’t need to. The director of secret service resigned after

11/7/2025, 1:17:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

A LOT of people are facing difficulties with their mental health right now. I PROMISE you, you are not alone and you are worthy of belonging and staying another day. Please call or text 988 for 24/7/365 support. Trained crisis counselors are available to talk to you at anytime. chat.988lifeline.org

11/7/2025, 12:30:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Lmmmaaaooo omg

9/7/2025, 11:59:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Lmao narcissists are so wild.

9/7/2025, 11:55:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Staying in dysfunction to prove a point and staying in dysfunction because you don’t have the skills to work with others is wild. Tension builds and BAM. People are unwell.

9/7/2025, 11:51:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I still can’t believe it, old habits die screaming.

6/7/2025, 11:34:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m so grossed out.

5/7/2025, 4:04:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Anyway…independence day huh?

4/7/2025, 9:36:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Let’s keep lighting off fireworks because a traumatized mind can’t tell the difference between fireworks and gunshots. Also, it sure would be convenient for a bombing to happen today bc who would know the difference? We have literally no intelligence or national security. We truly are in peril.

4/7/2025, 9:35:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

It’s July 4, 2025 in the USA. The government launched a (failed?) drone strike against a nuclear facility in Iran 2 weeks ago. We have mass shootings every day. We’re wide open to any and all national security threat, foreign & domestic. PTSD is not only rampant among veterans & civilians but yes..

4/7/2025, 9:32:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Great Googly Moogly (@mutiny32.com) reposted

With Microsoft doing all these layoffs, hopefully they laid off the team who decided to push the half-baked pile of trash that is New Outlook on everybody.

4/7/2025, 7:46:18 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

I’ve not been following the Sean Combs trial for the sake of my own mental health. But, waiting for the verdict to be read has me feeling like I’m going to throw up.

2/7/2025, 2:21:06 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

She might pretend to faint to avoid the question and any others that follow.

23/6/2025, 2:39:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Can we please start saying ā€œThe White House willingly gave Russia (insert everything here).ā€? I mean, we already know how much they hate encryption and cybersecurity when the group chats pop off. They prob also use šŸ«”šŸ’– if it’s correspondence from the oval.

23/6/2025, 2:38:21 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Literally why does šŸ‘šŸ¼ feel so passive aggressive? There needs to be a better emoji to use than the 🩷 or the šŸ‘šŸ¼. ESPECIALLY for teams, slack, whatever.

23/6/2025, 2:33:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

I’m so angry right now.

22/6/2025, 9:24:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rebecca in KC (@rebeccainkc.bsky.social) reposted

For anyone in Kansas City, KS, this was just posted (June 22nd, 3:15 p.m.)

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22/6/2025, 8:22:21 PM | 4 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Support him. I didn’t know how and he didn’t know how he needed someone to show up for him. He returned to San Diego. I can’t fully recall but I don’t think I took him back to the airport. I think he chose to have a family member take him. We didn’t talk much after that visit but wed chit chat

22/6/2025, 9:13:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

For more than like 2-3 days bc he had orders to return to base by a certain day/time. The 1st or 2nd night he was here was the 1st time I witnessed someone else have symptoms of PTSD and his were so severe. It was scary and heartbreaking. I had my own trauma to work through at the time and I couldnt

22/6/2025, 9:12:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

You say it). Anyway, so we reconnect and we decide to give dating a try. He books a flight and I pick him up from the airport. We always got in trouble for goofing off in class and we laughed about that a lot during the time we reconnected. I went with him to visit family and such. He couldn’t visit

22/6/2025, 9:09:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

But we were both over the age of 21…maybe I was 22 and he was 23. He returned to the states and was stationed in San Diego after serving 8 years overseas. He served in Iraq for several years. He also told me about his time in combat against Somalian pirates. 2 tours in combat. (I think that’s how..

22/6/2025, 9:05:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Ugh yeah that tracks. I’m still learning. I didn’t know that about previous wars. Thank you for sharing that knowledge with me.

22/6/2025, 5:35:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

POTUS cannot declare war without the approval from Congress. If THIS isn’t the final straw for impeachment and removal from office, then I’m actually really concerned. I’ve been concerned, but I haven’t been *this* concerned yet. This is going to be so bad. Like catastrophic if he’s not removed.

22/6/2025, 5:10:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

I’m so distraught by the airstrikes in Iran. There was literally no reason other than power and greed. I have so much to process about this. PS - we’re not going to put boots in asses this time. Jesus fuck.

22/6/2025, 5:07:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Okay so now we’re really fucked.

22/6/2025, 5:00:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

LITERALLY NO ONE WANTED THIS. Millennials have only experienced, what like…a few years of peacetime?

22/6/2025, 1:00:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Fuck.

20/6/2025, 5:16:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Anyway, I need a part time job bc that’s the only way I’ll be able to pay off my student loans by 2051 (estimated payoff year). LMAO HOW IS THIS REAL LIFE?!

20/6/2025, 4:12:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

You’ll see symptom overlap in folks with the same diagnoses, but the way the symptoms present and the severity in which they cause functional impairment differ from person to person. I’m learning more and more that nothing is ever black and white. It’s all very grey.

20/6/2025, 4:10:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

We need to normalize that ADHD ā€œlooksā€ different for each person and reject the one size fits all mentality about this disorder. No two people with ADHD have the same symptoms. Honestly, the majority of MH diagnoses & their symptoms occur on a spectrum.

20/6/2025, 4:05:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

ALSO…if you have to use chatGPT to figure out whether or not documents are classified, then you probably shouldn’t be the director of national intelligence.

19/6/2025, 11:55:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, if you’re in college and relying on chatGPT to write your papers for you, it’s better to just withdrawal from your courses and/or the university altogether. If you want to go back and get the degree later on, it’ll be so much easier to come back from a withdrawal than academic misconduct.

19/6/2025, 11:53:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

See post below: ChatGPT also told someone in recovery to use meth as a little treat. Like be so fuvking for real.

19/6/2025, 11:32:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith.com) reposted reply parent

ā€œChatGPT isn’t actually designed to do that, so it’s the user’s fault.ā€ Bro, the Q-Tips box says they don’t go inside the ear. Be serious.

19/6/2025, 11:04:58 PM | 96 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Fuvk the gestapo. There’s more of us than there are of them. #abolishice

19/6/2025, 10:41:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

So, maybe this just means I’ll get a PhD or summin.

19/6/2025, 8:13:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Cervical cancer is a silent killer and with prevention, it can help prevent the spread of and contracting HPV.

19/6/2025, 8:11:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

If your child is old enough, please have them vaxxed for HPV. Girls, boys, non-binary, etc. Get it while we have it. Seriously.

19/6/2025, 8:10:36 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

If I didn’t go to college. I went to college. Was told my degree was worthless. Went and got a masters. Now, I’m told that’s silly bc why would I only put myself further into debt and risk ruining that made up number. Anyway, is this even living or are we living to just get by?

19/6/2025, 8:09:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

lol jk. I’ll still be paying for those things. I’ll just have minimal disposable income and a made up number that determines whether or not banks want to give me a loan for a house or a car or whatever. Oh this made up number is only affected by my student loans bc I was told I’d be lazy…

19/6/2025, 8:07:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

So as long as I don’t pay for my utilities, phone, or food…I should have just enough money to get by and do fun things with my paycheck!

19/6/2025, 8:04:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

I’m so disgusted. Political violence is never okay.

14/6/2025, 3:45:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Charles Gaba (@charlesgaba.com) reposted

Jesus. The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

10:30am:
14/6/2025, 3:06:11 PM | 17395 6255 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Just screaming into the void. Don’t mind me.

9/6/2025, 4:37:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Having whatever virus I’ve caught + allergies is just cruel. Ommmggg

30/5/2025, 12:49:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m not backing down from my boundaries. Stay mad about it.

29/5/2025, 10:09:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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White people don’t get to decide what is or isn’t a micro-aggression.

29/5/2025, 4:02:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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NEVER let anyone make you think your voice doesn’t matter.

29/5/2025, 2:08:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Is there anyone out there who is on Jerry Moran’s staff? Like intern to senior advisor…I don’t care. I just want to hear from you - what is your typical work day like? How much are you getting paid? Hell, proof of life would be cool. -signed Kansans #jerrymoran

28/5/2025, 10:22:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s been quite the week. Getting sick was just the cherry on top.

28/5/2025, 7:23:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Honestly with how much I’ve been sleeping, I’m surprised I don’t have Covid. The cough, the rancid smells, etc…le sigh.

27/5/2025, 4:11:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hate being sick

27/5/2025, 4:07:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Destruction instead of aiding in rebuilding, unity, and honoring human rights.

24/5/2025, 3:26:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Nailed it. This happens on the left or even in centrist circles as well. It all comes down to money, greed, and self-fulfilling power. I wonder what it would take For people in general to start asking why and start working towards solutions rather than cyclical blaming that aids in the continued

24/5/2025, 3:24:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

I did not say anything along those lines or even suggest that the leftists are responsible for the downfall of society. That is far from what I believe and far from what I said.

24/5/2025, 2:59:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

On your subjective experience with the leftists you referenced. Your post opened the door for subjective interpretation and oversimplified responses to a complex and nuanced discussion.

24/5/2025, 2:57:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

And their juxtaposition to right wing ideologies. I am aware that my response to your post presents as an over simplified opinion by 1 person (me). It would not be efficient to explore cross-disciplinary critical theory analysis on a social media post. Your original post was generalized and based

24/5/2025, 2:54:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Philosophy, ethics and morality, cultural, historical, economic, and schools of thought. Given the multiple ā€œsoft scienceā€ overlaps, it’s evident that this topic is extremely complex and many nuances need to be critically examined to determine what contributes to leftist ideologies…

24/5/2025, 2:48:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

If one examines theory, this political theory as you referenced and others are just that. Theories. While some are more accepted than others, the acceptance or rejection is subjective to each individual. None are proven to be true and that’s why they’re theories. This encompasses social…

24/5/2025, 2:45:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

It seems like they have zero sense of self and are in a constant identity crisis. Like work that shit out in therapy plz.

24/5/2025, 2:38:36 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Try and set an example for peace and freedom otherwise we’ll be stuck in a continuous cycle of violence, division, chaos, and oppression.

24/5/2025, 2:36:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

They have gone so far left they have gone to the right. The amount of self righteousness, attitudes of moral superiority, and disparaging behaviors and comments that contribute to the downfall of democracy is astounding. The no one deserves freedom until we’re all free makes no sense. At least…

24/5/2025, 2:34:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

^white cisgender male partner.

24/5/2025, 2:30:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Also, the amount of racist micro-aggressions I’ve witnessed over the last week is diabolical. I’m taking some time to self-reflect and figure out what I am going to do to safely, and effectively call these microaggressions out when they happen. Silence is complicit. And I am Anything but silenced.

24/5/2025, 2:30:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

It’s really interesting how I’m treated by others depending on whether or not my partner is near me.

24/5/2025, 2:27:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jake_Vig (@jakevig.bsky.social) reposted

Whomp- and I cannot stress this enough- whomp

22/5/2025, 4:29:39 PM | 93 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social)

Anxiety anxieteaaaaa.

23/5/2025, 10:26:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

I’ve heard many people say that in real life and on the internet. It’s total foolishness. But then, we just have to agree to disagree because ✨I✨ am unwilling to keep an open mind when it comes to the šŸŠšŸ¤”

23/5/2025, 10:24:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

The Chicago school of economics. Ohh my. I’m still trying to process this.

23/5/2025, 6:01:21 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Ivermectin and the cure for autism.

23/5/2025, 5:57:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Contagion in a bottle! Super cool!!

23/5/2025, 5:56:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

I will never know why or how you came to summarize my post in such a peculiar manner but that is your stuff to figure out. Not me.

23/5/2025, 5:46:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

I never said this. If you have a brain, you have defense mechanisms. These defense mechanisms are not unique to humans. They serve a purpose and are critical to survival. I never said anything about a basketball sized tumor on mine or anyone else’s neck, either.

23/5/2025, 5:43:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Or relevance in my life. Every agree to disagree conversation I’ve ever had with someone is oftentimes the last or second to last conversation I’ll ever have with that person. They don’t go quietly but that’s a whole other issue.

23/5/2025, 5:32:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

If making me the scapegoat, spewing total nonsense, and frantic and repeated attempts to damage or delude my credibility through logical fallacies is how we arrive at the we’re just going to have to agree to disagree destination, then so be it. These people have no purpose, place, significance..

23/5/2025, 5:22:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Going to stop fighting for democracy, freedom, liberty, and rights. Anyone who doesn’t like this can kick rocks.

23/5/2025, 5:08:04 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

How to resist the proverbial electroshock therapy that seeks to regress, destroy, divide, and eliminate opposition or force opposition into submission until they no longer have a voice. This is what the regime is trying to do but fuvk them. My perpetual overreactions are my lifeline bc I’m not

23/5/2025, 5:06:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

And the blatant disregard for humanity is gut wrenching. But, are the mental gymnastics worth your time and energy? In my experience as an over-reactor, it is not. I’ve read On Tyranny and am currently reading the shock doctrine to gain knowledge about what I can do to fight for democracy & learn

23/5/2025, 4:56:27 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

As a means of avoidance bc minimizing is more palatable and acceptable to the status quo. If they outright admit their support for this regime, they know the risks are far greater than the benefits. If you read between the lines, you’ll see their true colors. It’s infuriating & invalidating…

23/5/2025, 4:51:19 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

There are many explanations for this. Denial and bargaining against the reality is their psychological defense mechanisms to protect themselves from whatever their brain finds necessary for their survival. Others could be delusional and completely detached from reality. Or, they’re minimizing things

23/5/2025, 4:43:51 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Into a cause that aligns with your values and beliefs to move forward and fight against the authoritarian regime. That’s what you, me, and other overreacting folks can realistically control if we want to see the changes we relentlessly long for.

23/5/2025, 4:38:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Oftentimes people who tell me all the ways I’m overreacting are the ones who eat crow. So anyway, people are in denial or they are closeted Trump supporters. There is nothing anyone can do to change their minds about this regime. Channel your productive energy and passion to fight for democracy…

23/5/2025, 4:32:40 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D (@1989swiftie.bsky.social) reply parent

Opinions and beliefs. I’m also a hypocrite bc I tell others to keep an open mind when I’m unwilling to do the same. Close minded people like me are the reason we can’t have civil discourse about politics. If only I understood that facts don’t care about feelings. I should also be more optimistic.

23/5/2025, 4:26:45 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view