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mander

@captainmander.bsky.social

she/her, 30-something, Chicagoland librarian

51 Followers  |  65 Following  |  136 Posts  |  Joined: 13.08.2023
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i’m so excited for peace in the Middle East. we’re only one war away.

28.02.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3099    πŸ” 349    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 14

Fuck this

28.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today is a great day to donate to the ALCU of Kansas! www.aclukansas.org

27.02.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 311    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Abolish the legal gender marker entirely. No government can be trusted to have a database of which people have changed theirs, no government has any business tracking what your gender is "supposed" to be in the first place.

26.02.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9527    πŸ” 3362    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 86

Trans people: we would like to be recognized as human beings.

NY Times journalists: uuuuuuugh I always have to endure your unsparing criticism.

26.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trans Continental Pipeline-Donate to help queer relocation! At TCP, our mission is to help Queer and 2SLGBTQIA+ people move from unsafe environments to Colorado and provide connections and resources through our relocation program.Every Cent you donate will go ...

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But also…

26.02.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

It really is either you support trans rights or you support Hitler 2.0

26.02.2026 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6451    πŸ” 1759    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 36

Largely fears over cancel culture among elites are likely motivated by the fact that they truly believe that their status and wealth should shield them from certain moral or ethical standards. Pretending it is anything else is delusional at this point.

24.02.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 873    πŸ” 209    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 6
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a man in a tuxedo says " you know what? nevermind, man " Alt: Will Smith from Fresh Prince. He says "You know what? Never mind, man."

Me, watching Heated Rivalry: "Maybe I'll get into men's hockey."

Me, seeing the men's Olympic hockey team celebrate with a fascist:

23.02.2026 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 374    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
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the concept of partying with the guy who went under oath to say that epstein didn’t do anything wrong

22.02.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4241    πŸ” 622    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 84

he’s just admitting it lol

20.02.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2206    πŸ” 294    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 0
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Substack announces a partnership with Polymarket. β€œJournalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.”

19.02.2026 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 286    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 145
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Alysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" πŸ—£οΈ

19.02.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8701    πŸ” 1919    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 532

Isabeau skates like a ballerina, she is just so ridiculously graceful. I hope she's so proud of herself!!!

19.02.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amber did so good πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

19.02.2026 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

let's have a spirited international sporting event focused on "purging the billionaires and the fascists and salting the defiled earth from whence they sprang" - we can give out fun prizes

19.02.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 658    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 7

I also talked about figure skating in therapy today lmao

19.02.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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she is so real

18.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is diabolical to have your ex commentating on your short program performance…

18.02.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mayor Mamdani Breaks His Promise to NYC Public Libraries The Struggle Against Defunding Libraries Continues...

I hope New Yorkers will challenge Mamdani about this. Too often, people feel they need to be absolutely for or against a politician β€” ignoring their missteps or throwing them out with the bathwater. You can like and/or believe in someone and still challenge them to deliver on their promises.

18.02.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3060    πŸ” 1021    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 56

And every time libraries "step in" to do things, it's added load to library workers who too often are seen as "no one."

18.02.2026 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.

And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

18.02.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 20794    πŸ” 5571    πŸ’¬ 217    πŸ“Œ 377

β€œwhy do you hate technology” as though β€œtechnology” were some discrete entity divorced entirely from the context of what it does and what it creates, rather than a category so broad as to constitute reality itself

18.02.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1682    πŸ” 336    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 34
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The general public should get a chance to see the last half of Amber’s program the way it was meant to be seen. The energy and exuberance are next level, it makes you want to smile. Amber is SO GOOD when she’s on!
#MilanoCortina2026
#figureskating

18.02.2026 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 387    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7

at the end of the day, Amber Glenn and Ilia Malinin are Olympic Gold Medalists

17.02.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

cool Donna Summer routine ........ be a real shame if Alysa Liu performed a more captivating and beautiful one

17.02.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

amber :(

17.02.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

alysa liu really makes it look effortless. like she's floating

17.02.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In summary: πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ government US Military killed future of US skating, and killed so many other people.

Final Collision Report

17.02.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone who doesn't watch figure skating all that much except every 4 years at the olympics... the difference between the men's and women's events is huge, the women are killing it

17.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0