mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
Well I can still get on here. Pretty sure TN will go the way of MS soon though.
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Well I can still get on here. Pretty sure TN will go the way of MS soon though.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
If Not Friend Why Friend-shaped? Armadillo visit. First one I've seen up close and alive in TN!
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder if he got a refund?
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
Link from Eyes On Ice about safely recording ICE or LE. Thought it might be useful! librarywebfiles.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Training+Mat...
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Me too.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
There are ppl on CNN still talking about economic anxiety. Way too many ppl, educated ppl who should know better, are burying their heads in the sand. I suspect on some level they do know better, they're just afraid to confront it.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Lastly, ppl don't just become fascists overnight. Maybe for those who are just starting down that road, it could be a wakeup call.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
And even if it has no impact on the alt right audience, I think there's value in ppl who normally watch Mehdi seeing this and coming to grips with what it is we're actually dealing with here, bc far too many liberals don't seem to grasp it.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
I think we're way past "just ignore them and maybe they'll go away," at this point. There are ppl with the same ideology in positions of real power in this country, and all over the world rn.
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
This is actually a significant & frightening step in the fascist flex. If you support someone targeted by Trump the DOJ will turn its investigatory muscle against you. Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
Well this is concerning: adopteerightslaw.com/uscis-withho...
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
They'll be the ones sitting in the shade "supervising."
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Ffs. I can actually feel the shame listening to that.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
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mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Omg this is an abomination.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
My mother used to smoke these. She's actually still alive.
Jason, ex Inferis (@benedictsred.bsky.social) reposted
White people be like let’s try this recipe from 1955 for jello ham with asbestos
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
But there's endless space for speculation now. Nothing can ever be proved or disproved definitively. If the MAGAs get too upset over this, Dump can always throw Bondi under the bus and they'll all shrug & say she was a DEI hire anyway.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Was Epstein running a blackmail operation? Idk- maybe. Was he doing so as an agent of the Mossad? I think Tucker's antisemitism might be showing there.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is 💯 that type of guy, and didn't his administration have access to this stuff the first time around? Anything that incriminated him was long gone before Biden took office. Also, never underestimate the cowardice of Merrick Garland.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Add to that- send providers who defraud the system to the tune of billions the prison, not the US Senate.
💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 (@northjules.bsky.social) reposted
Explain this! Stop what you are doing and look at this video. #ProudBlue
Bella (@kristinajensen.bsky.social) reposted
A Truth Speaker.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
www.reddit.com/r/boringdyst...
Kye (@gxldsociety.bsky.social) reposted
Trump and Abbott are trying to ERASE Jasmine Crockett’s district in Dallas. Not run against her. Not debate her. ERASE HER. This is what fascism looks like in real time.
LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 (@longtimehistory.bsky.social) reposted
ICE forces U.S. Army Purple Heart veteran to deport—after taking 2 bullets in combat. Sae Joon Park "miraculously" survived being shot in spine—then given 3 weeks to deport to South Korea. Will miss dying mother's funeral—then his daughter's wedding. Was legally in U.S. under deferred action.
Nina Willburger (@drnwillburger.bsky.social) reposted
This rock crystal sphere with an inscription in Greek letters was found in a woman's grave in Årslev (Denmark) dating to the 3rd c. AD. The inscription, "ΑΒΛΑΘΑΝΑΛΒΑ" is presumably an abbreviation of the palindrome ΑΒΛΑΝΑΘΑΝΑΛΒΑ, a textual sequence exhibiting symmetry in its . ...🧵1/4 📷 me 🏺
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Stephen is a result of a failure to control ejaculation, but such is life.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
Just wanted to remind everyone of this. Unfit AF.
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Cool! Thanks for the info! I haven't been there since I was a kid and have been dying to go back. I'll skip the Hard Rock!
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Omg he's 71. Lol I figured he was like 90.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Ancient. He's running for Mayor!
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
Omg I am hooked on these videos. It's like a trainwreck. You can't look away youtube.com/shorts/VESiA...
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Did anyone ask for this? Srsly, was there a popular groundswell of ppl saying, "You know, I think Atlanta is just too walkable- what we need is a fleet of kill-bots."
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Iceland? I'm interested. Can you elaborate?
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Lol it's wild that the most chill Republican quoted in this article was Curtis Sliwa.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
The humidity is 98%. How TF is it not raining?
Cool Zone Media (@coolzonemedia.bsky.social) reposted
New It Could Happen Here w/ @stevanzetti.bsky.social 🦠🦠🦠 Part Four of Anti-Vax America: Soft Eugenics www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Lol I read this as "medieval perspective" at first and was baffled, but also intrigued.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
I had a long and shitty night at work where the AC is on its last legs. I really needed this!!
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) (@iwriteok.bsky.social) reposted
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Damning Report Exposes Stephen Miller’s Shady Ties to Palantir
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
So "America Second?"
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
So much for appeasement.
Rolling Stone (@rollingstone.com) reposted
The early results of the Democratic primary are mostly in, and disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo is trailing dreamboat Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani by seven points. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
so much of the things party leaders say they want and need, Mamdani just went out and fucking did. non-stop. from the immediate aftermath of Trump's victory onward. no donor retreats and blind items. just did the thing. which, it turns out, is what the people actually want.
Ashley Rattner (@ashleyrattner.bsky.social) reposted
Tonight I'm texting Nancy Pelosi and asking HER for $5
fightthefire.bsky.social (@fightthefire.bsky.social) reposted
Fight the Fire's Christopher Shields portrays the fate of the national park system in Trump's tiny hands -- this land was your land, this land was my land.
fightthefire.bsky.social (@fightthefire.bsky.social) reposted
Marjorie Taylor Greene falsely accuses a black Democrat of being a former member of antifa. Welcome to another edition of ‘C’mon, Georgia, is THIS the best you have to offer?’
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
Guy took 2 bullets for this country. This is some bullshit. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/06/24/u...
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh but wearing a mask during a pandemic is tyranny. Ok.
John Joseph 🇺🇸🇵🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦 (@unclevername.bsky.social) reposted
Jennifer ✨Get In Good Trouble (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) reposted
Senate Parliamentarian appreciation day! She BLOCKED GOP plans to sell off public lands, gut environmental protections, & force oil drilling—these provisions now need 60 votes to pass & 4 Republicans said they’re voting no. This is momentum. Keep calling. Keep fighting. 🌲💪
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Should be helpful this hurricane season. I thought the Everglades were protected?
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
I want someone to explain to me how this isn't a home invasion robbery.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
And they get to destroy wetlands as a bonus.
Tara Dublin, Rock Star Author📚❤️🔥🤘🏻 (@taradublinrocks.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump’s entire miserable life in one GIF
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh yeah! That's a great idea. I need to look into this. I have a kid who turns 26 this year.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
Chickamauga Battlefield is a national park. This is gonna get weird. coloradosun.com/2025/06/18/a...
United Farm Workers (@ufw.bsky.social) reposted
We are posting this placard at all of our offices and asking our union contract farms to post as well. We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
BREAKING: Emil Bove - whose judicial confirmation hearing is tomorrow - told lawyers to tell the courts to “fuck off” if they ordered the planes to El Salvador to turn around - per whistleblower Erez Reuveni. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
And nowadays ppl don't even get much of a tax refund unless they have kids. Care Credit maybe? Like idk what ppl are supposed to do.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah part of mine is genetic too I think. The well water didn't help though. At least I had fluoride toothpaste. I feel bad for Heavenly Homeschool's kids. She's setting them up for a lot of pain & misery, imo.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Omg that sucks. And I don't think any of the free dental clinics deal with oral surgery?
Public Citizen (@publiccitizen.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Our Corporate Enforcement Tracker is keeping tabs on which investigations and lawsuits against corporations have been dismissed or withdrawn: www.citizen.org/article/corp...
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Probably not. But I mean they gave one to Henry Kissinger, so who knows.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
You'll never get a Nobel prize, Donnie. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
John Oliver's recent episode on AI slop scared me, also. I saw so much insane nonsense during Helene that was just so patently fake.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Adults don't get dental on Medicaid in my state. Ppl camp out in parking lots for days whenever Remote Area Medical swings through. Literally for days.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Omg. That post had thousands of likes & comments. Used to you just avoided eye contact w these ppl when they tried to hand you some grubby pamphlet on the street, or yelled at you on a subway platform. Now they can form a movement. Thanks, internet.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup. I wasn't allowed to have sugar. And yeah my teeth went even more to hell when I was pregnant. I could have a new car for what I've spent and they're still not great.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
The word doxxed is kinda pissing me off here. They're public employees. We should know who they are.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean it may be true of some ppl, but I worry more about cops than the military.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Weird how Heavenly Homeschool there can't process these facts. I grew up without fluoride. One visit to the dentist I had 6 cavities. Only thing to drink in my house was Tab, lol.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Idk. It's baffling. And I hear ppl all the time bitch about not having insurance, no labor law enforcement, or sticking up for ppl on SNAP. Like . ....?
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
They absolutely do, but they're also not drinking sweet tea or Mountain Dew all day.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
Some "Heavenly homeschool" logic.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
For those lucky enough to miss it, a woman watched the HI fires on TV, saw some homes w blue roofs not burn, and came to the conclusion that blue fooled the directed energy weapons Dems use to start fires.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Beef tallow! The answer is always beef tallow!
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Jfc these ppl are dumb. "Tribes living in the wilderness" don't eat and drink sugar all day long. This is like that lady who painted her roof blue so the space lasers won't set her house on fire.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
Happy to say Chattanooga Zoo took him in and has sent him to a wildlife rehab.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
Literal vampire capitalism. www.mintpressnews.com/harvesting-b...
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
My dog killed a bunny family. There's one baby one. Anyone know anything about caring for baby rabbits?
Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) reposted
Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary. I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
CRAWFORD: “Wisconsin stood up and said justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale.”
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
Lynn McFarland, age 80(!) was arrested for refusing to leave her seat at the TN state Senate. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) reposted
This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) reposted
"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
This means I now have negative 4 security clearances
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
My devoutly Catholic great aunt and uncle got a divorce so she could get Medicaid to help with long term care. They've both passed, but I was thinking of them when the talk of Medicaid cuts started.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social) reply parent
They could go to a Town Hall if any of our elected officials ever held one. But there are so many ppl like this. Hell my MIL has about run through her 401k, without any major tragedy. It just wasn't that much. She still gets her husband's pension, or she'd be in bad shape.
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
So Gov Lee and his cronies can hire lobbyists to push their agenda, but school boards and superintendents groups can't fight back? Tennessee Senate targets school boards, superintendents associations tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/27/t...
Bock Sam (@bocksam.bsky.social) reposted
1 in 5 Americans have a pre-existing condition? The ACA protects them from being denied coverage or charged more. If the law is rolled back, millions will be vulnerable. What would happen to your family if you lost coverage? Pre-existing conditions kept so many from insurance 💙🩵 #ACASavesLives
mairead22.bsky.social (@mairead22.bsky.social)
This fucking guy. We know an older couple, both disabled, and that check is their only income. They burned through their 401k when the husband was sick. They've burned through everything, bc of his illness. That check is their only income.