TBLive's Avatar

TBLive

@tblive.bsky.social

Annoyingly earnest contrarian w/10-yr-old tomboy humor. Writer. Administrative Hustler. 43/f/ Brookings South Dakota

166 Followers  |  194 Following  |  366 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  2.1649

Latest posts by tblive.bsky.social on Bluesky

Preview
Social Security is making it harder for seniors to do routine tasks by phone in latest anti-fraud effort | CNN Politics Senior citizens soon won’t be able to simply call the Social Security Administration to change their address or check the status of their benefit claim. Instead, they will have to first verify their i...

How does this avoid fraud? Seniors must rely on others to help them create those accounts using information that should be kept as private as possible:
Social Security is making it harder for seniors to do routine tasks by phone in latest anti-fraud effort | CNN Politics share.google/BqD5LBUb9M8J...

30.07.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Two baby beavers born in Cornwall as part of wildlife project The beavers are born as part of a scheme that aims to reintroduce the species in Britain.

Wait a minute, C.S. Lewis put beavers in Narnia, but they'd been extinct in Britain for 400 years?!
www.bbc.com/news/article...

13.07.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Analysis: Meet the new national police force | CNN Politics The agency of mask-wearing officers who aren’t afraid to smash windows, detain lawmakers, and pluck nonviolent undocumented immigrants off the street is about to become the best-funded federal police ...

What's weird to me though is how many damn Border and Customs vehicles driving all over South Dakota a decade ago. I happened to be traveling a lot that year myself, and I'd see them constantly and couldn't figure out why. This didn't happen overnight.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...

09.07.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SFMA has a physical space!

At first congregational church in downtown Sioux Falls.

We need:
Hygiene items
Inclusive gender and sizing clothes
Household items
Self stable food

Reach out via email at: siouxfallsmutualaid@gmail.com for drop off coordination and general questions!

SFMA has a physical space! At first congregational church in downtown Sioux Falls. We need: Hygiene items Inclusive gender and sizing clothes Household items Self stable food Reach out via email at: siouxfallsmutualaid@gmail.com for drop off coordination and general questions!

Attention #SiouxFalls 🌱 New physical place for mutual aid support and donations!

We get through this together πŸ’œ

06.07.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Important to be aware of who is trying to hold this administration accountable. Give them your views, attention and effort right now.

06.07.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, yeah, now I feel bad. My post about hereditary gods giving payback to American leaders did not age well.

06.07.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Most macabre happy news to happen this week.

05.07.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.

Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?

Or just the brown people?

05.07.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 39633    πŸ” 9882    πŸ’¬ 2256    πŸ“Œ 508
A stark black and white illustration shows a family of three seated at a table in a dimly lit room. A woman, a young child, and a man share a simple meal of plates and glasses. Their faces show concern and unease. Behind them, an open doorway reveals a heavily armored officer with the letters ICE on his chest, a raised fist, a hovering drone, and an imposing vehicle outside. Above the scene the words THE SURVEILLANCE STATE appear. Below, text reads ICE BUDGET INCREASED FROM 9 BILLION TO 170 BILLION.

A stark black and white illustration shows a family of three seated at a table in a dimly lit room. A woman, a young child, and a man share a simple meal of plates and glasses. Their faces show concern and unease. Behind them, an open doorway reveals a heavily armored officer with the letters ICE on his chest, a raised fist, a hovering drone, and an imposing vehicle outside. Above the scene the words THE SURVEILLANCE STATE appear. Below, text reads ICE BUDGET INCREASED FROM 9 BILLION TO 170 BILLION.

05.07.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These theocrats believe one way to return people to the Christian God is to remove all societal help and safeguards, so in utter desperation people will cry 'oh, God!' They've never fucking understood their God. And I hope their heredity gods of war find them and judge them for their lack of honor.

04.07.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Theocrats believe that one way to return people to the Christian God is to remove all societal help and safeguards, so in utter desperation people will cry 'oh, God!' They've never fucking understood their God. And I hope their heredity gods of war find them and judge them for their lack of honor.

04.07.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This defeat is difficult to accept, but we must not let it silence us.

I will continue to stand with Americans as we stand against Trump’s attacks on us–because our efforts to build a more just nation have never been more important.

03.07.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 737    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 4

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

03.07.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 102017    πŸ” 22304    πŸ’¬ 3664    πŸ“Œ 955

@mitziegoldfarb.bsky.social Thank you for sending me down the rabbit hole of the General Strike! Via that, I remembered how into the idea of time banking I was over 10 years ago. Talking to people I already get into 'good trouble ' with and doing some prelim organizing.

03.07.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Saw a post about how Orange Caesar's Bullshit Bill won't really affect South Dakotans and health coverage. It's bad already. South Dakotans are just watching America become like us after decades of Tea Party, Neo-Con bullshit. Enjoy! Cause you can't move back like the people who believed Noem's ads.

03.07.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Minnesota state trooper who went viral for saving baby deer drowns in South Dakota lake The Minnesota State Patrol is mourning the loss of a trooper who drowned in a South Dakota lake over the weekend.

What the what is going on in Minnesota? Second drowning death of a female law enforcement officer in a week. | Minnesota state trooper who went viral for saving baby deer drowns in South Dakota lake - CBS Minnesota share.google/TywC4swZTMqQ...

03.07.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, how's Tiktok nowadays? Kinda jonesing for the old school version.

01.07.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Want to look into this more, so sharing here.

28.06.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Literally didn't know about this. I will look into it more. Thank you.

28.06.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably haven't heard of any strike. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ I agree: it'd take a mass movement.

28.06.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Charlize Theron’s β€˜Old Guard 2’ Mullet Made Her Daughters Cry: β€œThey Want Mom to Look Like a Princess” β€œI had to actually sit down with her and say, β€˜We all get to be who we want to be, and right now, mom wants to wear a mullet,’” the Oscar winner revealed.

I've adored her since the gorilla movie from the 90s. Lately Old Guard has made me love her more. But her princess girls crying over her mullet? I feel like we could be friends now. πŸ˜‚ www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

28.06.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So how's your strike going then?

28.06.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My first thought too. Male birds can almost suffer their own false pregnancy/egg laid thing. Saw it in my aunt's cockatiels one time.

27.06.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Blood Relay by Devon Mihesuah | Penguin Random House Canada In this richly layered debut mystery reminiscent of the real issue of missing and murdered Indigenous people, a badass ChoctawΒ detective discovers an insidious plot against her reservation while inves...

So excited to read her new book!! She's one of my favorite writers. πŸ“š www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/783232...

27.06.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.

He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.

He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.

This is political intimidation.

17.06.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 37337    πŸ” 11846    πŸ’¬ 1140    πŸ“Œ 487

Ugh. Well were you there when they stood on the garden bump outs by Rays counter protesting? And the old National Guard equipment etc. And it was at least two guys in those masks with guns. Considering the event was put on with the police dept it felt scarier like didn't they trust our own police?

16.06.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, it was. I've never really recovered from the Proud Boy bs during our Justice for Black Lives #blm event for George Floyd. This helped.

16.06.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Many of us have big feelings that the White male domestic terrorist was taken alive. Then I watched @governorwalz.mn.gov last night talk about bringing him in live to face justice... And I promise you if you translate his comments out of Minnesota Nice, well, I would NOT want to be that terrorist.

16.06.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You were great fun! Appreciated the shout outs to the mamas.

16.06.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@tblive is following 18 prominent accounts