Niki Dykstra

@enephdee.bsky.social

Biologist, veterans advocate & labor union enthusiast. Rutgers PhD. New Englander. Cleared CIF for the last time.

No no no, unity is when leftists join with ME or it's their fault when Republicans win. Me having to join with leftists doesn't feel like unity, and if Republicans win it's their fault for asking me.

Member when you could screw up setting the time and channel to record Family Matters on your VCR and ended up recording an infomercial for the Slap Chop instead? This is what they took from you.

the whole "women's sports exist to protect women from men" framing is hilarious, given that a lot of these divisions were initially formed because men were deeply embarrassed any time a woman beat them at a sport olympic shooting was mixed gender right up until a woman won the gold

Every time, there's a swell of, "Why didn't she come forward for us to scream at her earlier in the process?" She's watched people like you scream at people like her her entire fucking life.

Everyone who served in combat arms — probably everyone who served in the USMC or Army — knows a Graham Platner. It’s hard to explain to people who haven’t known a Graham Platner. He may say things that you agree with but you wouldn’t let him near your kids. He’s deeply fucked up underneath.