helendoremus.bsky.social
@helendoremus.bsky.social
I write. I sing. I love movies. I also make them. I know kung fu. I crochet hats. I like pie. From FW TX, in LA. My views are not my employers', etc etc. 💜🤍🖤 she/they
"If Prop 40 passes, about 90% of the money is supposed to be allocated to Medi-Cal, the name for Medicaid benefits in California, according to KQED. The remaining 10% would go toward food assistance and education-related programs."
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h agoCalifornia’s proposed billionaire tax was polling at 52% approval back in May. Tech oligarchs have spent at least $148 million to fight it. Now it polls at 42%.
Yeah cuz they fuckin’ outspent us with their billions of dollars they owe us
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h agoCalifornia’s proposed billionaire tax was polling at 52% approval back in May. Tech oligarchs have spent at least $148 million to fight it. Now it polls at 42%.
Hey, tomorrow's Election Day, and here are some candidates I'll be THRILLED to see win! Wherever you are, I hope you'll get out and vote to put these folks into office AND to put a hell of a lot more progressives in office to back 'em up! First, @ginafortexas.bsky.social for Texas governor!
Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2mo agoSaw @ginafortexas.bsky.social at an event in NYC tonight. The latest Siena poll has her 4 points ahead of Abbott - which I think is the best polling any Texas Democrat has had in a governor's race in a generation.
We're broke and need help with some necessities! Cat litter, soap & hand sanitizer, a thermal blanket, KN95s, that sort of thing - but especially cat litter for our elderly cats! #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2026 #PetHelp #Crowdfunding #DisabilitySky #BlackSky www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Tidal still uses terrible mix playlist covers for a lot of the songs I ported over, but I can tolerate that easily if it means I'm not funding this.
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · yesterday“The product would allow paying subscribers to use AI to create their own versions of popular songs, such as transforming a folk song into a dance track or making one artist appear to cover another’s music.”
I am going through assorted searches like "fic google" and "ao3 google drive" and going BLOCKETY BLOCK BLOCK. Yes, reposting without permission violates copyright. Yes, fanfic has copyright to violate.
“As it stands, if people don’t like what they hear, they can simply turn something off; the system outlined by Microsoft describes an environment where people can instead adjust someone else’s speech to their personal taste.”
Microsoft Patents an AI That Can Literally Put Words in People's Mouths in Real Time
Microsoft just filed a patent for an AI product that would be able to transform live video in real time to alter speakers' words and faces.
futurism.com
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EARLYVOTE TOMORROW IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY
Oh, The Freemanity!!!@freemanity.blacksky.app · yesterdayVOTE LIKE THE POLLS ARE WRONG
The veil is thin. Now is a good time to say something mean about Kissinger
...they're going for like...2012 hipster, maybe? It's genuinely hard to tell which millennial dude subculture they're going for here. 🤷♀️ Also, I genuinely like that song, but that's way more Ok Go dancing than Of Monsters and Men. 🤓
Elad Nehorai@eladn.bsky.social · 4d agoLmao Gen Z are dressing as Millenial Optimism for Halloween
thinking about Patrick Stewart and Tim Curry and Dolly Parton and Catherine O’Hara and how many of the tributes shared after they died translate to something like “their art made me feel like I wasn’t alone in the world” it is hard to think of a better way to spend a life than that
The REASON TX-Sen's polling is so much more blue than TX-Gov is that Paxton is a historically loathsome candidate. But there are plenty of House races with similarly historically loathsome candidates, like Anthony Constantino in NY-21. It's in play, but would require a bigger wave bc it's more GOP
Go vote against these monstrous bigots so hard they never stop crying.
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 4d agoRepublicans have spent $184 million on anti-trans advertising this midterm cycle, per AP/AdImpact, which is more than they did in 2024. They've aired over 217,000 TV spots which, at 30 seconds each, equals 75 straight days worth of agitprop back-to-back
The Potter County GOP wants a federal judge to require election administrators all over Texas to hand count every paper ballot cast before finalizing the results. Read More👉 ebx.sh/7X47Hv
okay... i have a lot of patrick stewart stories, so i'll throw one up on blue because i can see his passing has made us all very sad. firstly... he would have wanted you to remember whatever it was about his time here that made you happy.❤️ he loved you back. with all his heart. here's a story...
What is going on with the acting head of the National Park Service? Well. She's been ordered to court in the morning. Here, I suspect, is why. Law Dork has you covered: www.lawdork.com/i/222655441/...
![Jessica Bowron, the acting director of the United States National Park Service, stated in a declaration that she “plan[s] to close East Potomac Park … including East Potomac Golf Course, effective November 15, 2026.”
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IMAGE:
18. Based on these facts, and subject to all requisite compliance and documentation, I plan to
close East Potomac Park south of Buckeye Drive, including East Potomac Golf Course, effective November 15, 2026.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on October 28,
2026.
JESSICA BOWRON
Jessica Bowron
Digitally signed by JESSICA
BOWRON
Date: 2026.10.28 19:53:13
-04'00'
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Notably, almost the entirety of her declaration focuses on the seawall repair effort — which is and was discussed at hearings in the case as totally separate from the “tree management project” that was used to justify the hundreds of trees cut down earlier this month on less-than-24-hour notice or the Fazio plan to transform the course.
Bowron apparently was much more informed on the project since she testified before Reyes in last week’s hearing.
At that Oct. 19 hearing, Bowron was asked about her knowledge of any East Potomac Golf Course closure plans.
She responded: “None that I have yet been made aware of.”
On Thursday evening, Reyes ordered Bowron to attend Friday’s hearing. She previously had ordered Woodward and an Interior Department counsel to attend.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreianmuirdz4aa5ku624lx2nq6qvsitpaz3vkvxswrpzhy6kcfyu4jy)
any normal person would see this enthusiasm and determination to participate in the electoral process as a great thing for the country and yet u know the end result will be republicans working twice as hard to make sure it never happens again
Michael McDonald@electproject.bsky.social · 4d agoMore people in all of Reeves County, TX have voted than in the entirety of the 2022 election (Hidalgo is on deck at 97%)
REVEALED: the Republican Women’s Caucus (RWC) Fund and a man named John Braun, possibly the WA state senator, have been identified as the names behind controversial text messages about transgender resources sent to Texans earlier this month. www.texasobserver.org/revealed-gop...
Revealed: GOP Group Behind Mysterious Trans Student Messages
Following an order from a Travis County judge, the Republican Women’s Caucus (RWC) Fund and a man named John Braun have been identified as the names behind controversial text messages sent to Texans e...
texasobserver.org
NEW: Texas sued Harris County for running "Get out the Vote" ads targeted toward minority voters, alleging the campaign was racially discriminatory. The lawsuit represents an attack on efforts to encourage voter turnout within underrepresented minority groups. https://demdock.com/4iO4I2s
Texas Attorney General’s Office sues state’s largest county for ads encouraging minority voters
The lawsuit is an attack on efforts to encourage historically underrepresented minority groups to exercise their right to vote.
democracydocket.com
Alex Pretti’s parents: When you vote in this election, do it for Alex. It’s up to us to stand up and hold ICE accountable.
I can make you see them. I'm vocal for those people in my community who can't be. I'm out and proud for those people in my community who don't have a choice. I'm going to scream at the top of my lungs. Don't let my community be left behind a second time.
I wrote a thing about this, and I need to get the rewrite going soon. There were several groups for whom the deadly persecutions didn't end with the liberation of the camps, which is something that deserves much more attention than it gets.
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 4d agoWhen the Allied armies liberated the Nazi death camps, some allied generals found that thousands of queer and trans people were among the condemned people there. The generals left them there to die. I'm not joking. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/li...
PSA: Prop 42’s real intent is to block any future wealth tax on the mega rich calmatters.org/california-v...
Proposition 42: Property taxes
Proposition 42 on the November 2026 ballot is meant to make it harder to create a wealth tax in California by prohibiting certain new taxes.
calmatters.org
I miss Lina Khan running the Federal Trade Commission SO BAD.
DoorDash offers $17 billion for Instacart in what would be a big consolidation for grocery delivery
DoorDash is offering $17 billion to buy Instacart to supercharge its grocery delivery business in what would be a big consolidation in grocery delivery.
apnews.com
New favourite internet abbreviation: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)
