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Martha Smith

@mostlymartha.bsky.social

More like Aunty Mame every day. Behold fat femme wizardry, bisexual hullabaloo, culinary feats of derring-do, progressive theology, and kitty cats. Probably posting from the bath. she/her Nashville-->Boston-->SF-->OAKLAND BABY

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Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4h ago

Just to make the point abundantly clear, Chris Wallace is now a paid advisor to an investment firm that has a large stake in Paramount and a vested interest in getting the Warner Bros. merger over the line. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Chris Wallace: States Are Playing Politics With the Law to Block Paramount’s Warner Bros. Deal

"I don’t believe government should use its powers to determine who owns a news platform or to control how that outlet reports the news," writes the former Fox and CNN anchor, who is now a paid advisor...

hollywoodreporter.com

Shepherd@neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 15h ago

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

dorian @doriantaylor.com air travel is one of those experiences that has gotten monotonically worse over my entire lifetime question though: has *anything* in the last 40+ years genuinely gotten *better*? like, there's *more* stuff, sure, but is any of it *better*? 2:58 PM Aug 4, 2026
Rockom Sockom NoBots@rockom.bsky.social · 14h ago

Privilege is sitting in my air conditioned house while the air quality is unhealthy at the same time minimum wage farm workers pick the produce I eat in the exact same conditions.

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 20h ago

"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

A worker holding up a cell phone in a carrot field they are weeding in Moses Lake WA. The cell phone weather app shows a AQI is 166
Martha Smith@mostlymartha.bsky.social · 14h ago

I hate it when that "What would your job have been 200 years ago?" nonsense goes around. I would have been a food-insecure laborer burying multiple children until I died from childbirth myself.

Sara Manns@whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 14h ago

My great grandmother had 13 children who lived to adulthood of her 16 live births in a reproductive window of ages 17-43. Don’t start with me on things used to be better. That is testosterone poisoning talking.

lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸@whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 16h ago

Hell no. I won’t go even one day into the past. My ex had pre-eclampsia and I don’t trust my now 15 year old son’s life to anything but modern medicine.

Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 16h ago

Honestly for me the limit is just child mortality. I would go back to the 20s; hell maybe earlier (I’m a white dude I know), and take my health & safety chances for a billion dollars, but the much higher chance you lose a child is one the money can’t make up for

Zoomer Antimillenarian@surcomplicated.bsky.social · 16h ago

One thing I think a lot of ppl don't properly appreciate is how thoroughly the GOP has devoured its seed corn. They *have* to keep winning elections or the entire patronage apparatus risks collapsing. They've chased off a lot of reliable rich donors. It's criminal assholes w/ expiration dates now.