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blueberrykris.bsky.social
Came for the politics, stayed for the cats.
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If we can't sleep peacefully, they don't get to sleep peacefully. Don't call your republican reps because you think you can convince them. Call them because fuck them, they don't get a free pass on this shit.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Not sure we’ve ever had a president who hates Americans as much as this asshole does

submitted 4 days ago • 130 comments

MAJOR EFFICIENCY WIN: the CFPB that’s returned over $21,000,000,000.00 to scammed americans now being dissolved to save every american $2.00 annually

submitted 12 days ago • 99 comments

if you see someone wearing a mask PLEASE assume that YES, they would love it if you also masked. if they say “no, don’t worry about it” they probably don’t mean it. signed, an immunocompromised people-pleaser

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

If you want to “Make America Healthy Again,” one of the worst things you can do is slash the budget of the world's largest public funder of biomedical research, the National Institutes of Health.

submitted 14 days ago • 11 comments

Dozens of Department of Education staff have been suspended for attending DEI seminars, one of which was to learn how to accommodate disabled students. School is so hard when you’re a disabled or chronically ill kid. It’s even worse with rampant covid reinfections. The kids need us to fight back

submitted 18 days ago • 12 comments

As ICE steps up immigration enforcement, it is more urgent for all of us – immigrants and citizens alike - to understand our rights. CASA's 'Know Your Rights' document (updated in Jan 2025) is a great resource. Here are some key takeaways.

submitted 21 days ago • 13 comments

They should be doing this right now. We desperately need some stunts and some visual courage from elected Democrats.

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

Do yourself and democracy a favor. Support independent media.

submitted 21 days ago • 478 comments

feels like a lot of us are Cassandra, except instead of the gift of prophecy we've been given the gift of being able to see the obvious fucking things that the god damn asshole said he was gonna do

submitted 21 days ago • 19 comments

Trump announces Tariffs Stock market tanks Trump’s friends buy the dip Trump reverses course This is the strategy

submitted 22 days ago • 32 comments

Let a thousand Benghazi-style investigations into the loathsome and criminal activities of Trump and the GOP bloom. Cede nothing. Investigate everything.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Every safety regulation was written in blood, frequently with a body count higher than one, and it’s not political to put the blame on people who want to “move fast and break things” when they start breaking human lives.

submitted 24 days ago • 46 comments

WATCH: “Instead of giving money to private schools that don’t take kids like me, please help public schools get better and fund them.” A 6th grader with cerebral palsy speaks out against the TEXAS voucher scam. (cc: @GovBillLee)

submitted 24 days ago • 335 comments

Warren: "He can stand there, smile at you and say, 'anybody can vaccinate their kids who wants to,' but he literally could bankrupt the vaccines manufacturers with the power he will have. And since he's got a financial incentive to do that, we cannot trust him in that job."

submitted 24 days ago • 633 comments

I’ll never get over that all of this was avoidable and our kids could’ve had a better future had voters just made the obviously rational choice in November. It’s water under the bridge now. But what the fuck, people.

submitted 29 days ago • 1586 comments

Your fave quotes about reading and/or books? I have a little craft shop and I’m making bookmarks. I want to do a set with a reading quote on each design. I have some good options but I’m a bit biased to my faves and I’d like a wider perspective. Librarians especially! 🙏❤️🙏

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Just because an illness is chronic and/or won’t kill you - doesn’t mean it won’t ruin your quality of life. Many chronic illnesses score lower on quality of life scales than terminal cancer & other end stage diseases - but they’re treated as though they’re “no big deal.” /1 🧵

submitted 143 days ago • 4 comments

the same way it worked for gay people and later gay marriage - so many folks think “it’s weird” until it’s someone they know and care for and it’s why the bigots are so determined to drive trans people out of public life, so nobody has a chance to come to that realization

submitted 146 days ago • 13 comments