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@larabwhelan.bsky.social

Aging/ed English professor, board game enthusiast, poor video gamer, scroller of doom, animal lover, travel addict. She/her.

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Latest posts by larabwhelan.bsky.social on Bluesky

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

10.11.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 25986    πŸ” 6443    πŸ’¬ 248    πŸ“Œ 211

Sorry ghost traditionalists but haunting people while you’re still alive is just better. Like I have this friend who borrowed a book a while ago and never returned it, and the other night I followed him around his house opening his kitchen cabinets and booing him, and you know what? Got my book back

31.10.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 383    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food.

I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.

25.10.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 14145    πŸ” 3836    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 163

I’m so sorry to hear about your family’s loss. Our thoughts are with you all in this most difficult time.

23.10.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

21.10.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 14279    πŸ” 4934    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 431
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Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called β€œkids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

20.10.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 20413    πŸ” 7293    πŸ’¬ 1259    πŸ“Œ 462

Okay new idea for a library service: leave a hobby take a hobby. When people get bored with a hobby they can come and leave their supplies and books and half-finished things, and exchange them for someone else’s supplies and books and half-finished things. Hobby swap.

18.10.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 660    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 22

2025 feels like that late-stage game of monopoly where you just go round and round paying rent and utilities forever and nobody knows what the rules are anymore and everyone’s just waiting for it all to end except the one player who cheated and has all the money

17.10.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2898    πŸ” 589    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 44
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This Is Fascism

12.10.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 30166    πŸ” 12648    πŸ’¬ 700    πŸ“Œ 763

If we are taking in β€œtrillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

09.10.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 21338    πŸ” 6454    πŸ’¬ 1074    πŸ“Œ 331
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Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a β€œbubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a β€œbubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

09.10.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 20510    πŸ” 5147    πŸ’¬ 523    πŸ“Œ 455
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me πŸ‘ŒWe’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me πŸ‘ŒWe’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. Β£325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

06.10.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 15608    πŸ” 5304    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 804
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 38198    πŸ” 17081    πŸ’¬ 820    πŸ“Œ 2410

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

04.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8221    πŸ” 2282    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 8

Trumpnomics: Get tariff money from US consumers on Chinese goods. Our farmers can’t sell their products because the Chinese refuse to pay our tariffs. China buys from farmers in Argentina instead. We send Argentina $20 billion. Then we pay our farmers to throw their crops away.

02.10.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12831    πŸ” 5090    πŸ’¬ 824    πŸ“Œ 370

I cannot express how tired i am of thinking about, worrying about, talking about, and stressing about whether it's time for me to flee the United States while I have the means and opportunity to do so.

29.09.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2676    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 43
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It me!

25.09.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

25.09.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 21140    πŸ” 7901    πŸ’¬ 681    πŸ“Œ 347
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Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

23.09.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 32190    πŸ” 19517    πŸ’¬ 1228    πŸ“Œ 1800

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

23.09.2025 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 12143    πŸ” 3373    πŸ’¬ 437    πŸ“Œ 218

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.

I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.

Never change your last name.

22.09.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 25950    πŸ” 6121    πŸ’¬ 2042    πŸ“Œ 491

🎡And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, love, love
And they’ll know we are Christians by our love🎡
πŸ™„

21.09.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Hitler is strong in this one…

21.09.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: A court ruled that ICE can no longer detain immigrants in abusive conditions at 26 Federal Plaza while our case continues.

This ruling requires ICE to provide people detained at the facility access to hygiene products, sleeping mats, and free, confidential calls to their lawyers.

17.09.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 11031    πŸ” 3333    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 148
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If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

17.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2142    πŸ” 1298    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 204

SNL gonna be 45 minutes of Goat Boy and 45 minutes of Makin’ Copies guy

17.09.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 615    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 6

I saw goody proctor celebrating charlie kirk’s assassination

16.09.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1273    πŸ” 294    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 9

It’s crazy that in 20 years scamming has gone from β€œI’m a prince who needs to transfer his fortune to you” to β€œhey I have a halfway decent job with okay benefits right here”

16.09.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 340    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

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