Sapphic Spock

@sapphicspock.bsky.social

Dreaming of a perfect world, planning for a better one. Often wrong, frequently loud. Trying to be a little better every day. Probably watching Heated Rivalry.

Deploying troops or armed federal agents to election sites is illegal under federal law. And voters have the right to vote free from fear and intimidation. Here is what you can do to protect your vote if federal agents show up at your polling place. bit.ly/4wpSGAH

Vote Safely in 2026

Sending troops or ICE officers to the polls is illegal. Here’s how you can protect your vote and your community’s voice, even if federal agents unlawfully show up.

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There's a way that I recognize certain sentences, not for what they say, but for what they don't. Yes. Yes, she would absolutely cook you dinner five days later. In all her eagerness to believe it was all ok, everything normal, it was just the stress of things at work and it won't happen again.

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I haven't said anything about the "she cooked dinner for him," & I know I posted this on my old account. Really, tip of the iceberg memory, or what I let myself go through. I'm not here to retraumatize ppl. I know what it is. All of it.

He sits slumped over the kitchen table,
a cup of coffee in his hand, grinning,
eyes bloodshot from the bender he's been on
while we've been at grandma's or 
an old high school friend's house, 
a weekend or week-long trip,
poorly planned, he talked her back from,
again, always promising, but we,
filing past, small suitcases in hand &
under watchful eye, know all lies.

Guess what arrived today? (Please ignore where I was falling out of my jumpsuit, and my messy hair, I was doing laundry when I got the notification) Warning: y'all will not be able to tell me nothing about myself for the next 2-4 business days.

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"so it felt like character flaws rather than what it really was, which was undiagnosed ADHD" Oh my God the years I spent over the years berating myself for having more ambition than work ethic, not knowing my brain was working against me the whole time

NPR@npr.org · 3d ago

For decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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Ways that I was SO SEEN today: 1. Someone told me that their phone keeps needing to recharge so I wouldn’t freak out if I couldn’t reach them. 2. Someone reached out just to check in, even though I said last week that I’d call them soon. ❤️ 3. Someone listened and asked GOOD questions while +

Republicans spent years lecturing Democrats about “family values.” This poll says the lecture is over. Moral bankruptcy is not a dealbreaker for most Republican voters. And we can see it in the candidates they nominate and continue to support.

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