Jennifer Colyer

Jennifer Colyer

@jco.bsky.social

Lawyer, feminist, tutor, scribbler. Pro choice pro immigration pro human rights pro healthcare. No kings no hate. Maybe some hate. Hell’s Kitchen/Jersey/Anguilla

401 followers1.1K following483 posts

Sing it, sister!

Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle@dytsras.bsky.social

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day

I really really hate these people.

Jim Lokay@jimlokay.com

BREAKING: DC Mayor Muriel Bowser says Black Lives Matter Plaza will be changed, becoming part of a mural marking America's 250th birthday. This comes as Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) pushes a bill to strip DC of funds unless the name & mural are removed.

Why yes. Yes it does. It’s also an authoritarian machination worthy of Putin but who’s counting?

Jennifer Colyer@jco.bsky.social

What the hell is going on over there? What two state solution? In what year is this headline writer living? Etc.

Despite that my mother was Danish and lived to 94, today I learned that it’s Danish custom to smash plates on your friends’ doors for New Years. Seems the theory is walking on broken glass (possibly while drinking aquavit?) brings happiness and luck.

Jennifer Colyer reposted

The Seattle Times has no fucks left to give. “As one of the country’s very few family-owned and -operated metro newspapers left, The Seattle Times is also apparently one of the few whose editorial board is willing to endorse presidential candidates.” www.seattletimes.com/opinion/hell...

seattletimes.comHell, yes! The Seattle Times edit board endorses Harris for president | Frank Blethen and Kate RileyThe Seattle Times editorial board feels a responsibility to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

He’s come a long way.

Bobby Silverman@robertsilverman.bsky.social

An extremely wealthy person with way too much free time on their hands and surrounded by enablers *somehow* got hooked on conspiracy garbage. It's a mystery wrapped in an enigma locked in a yurt and shoving ayahuasca down its throat, I tell ya. Luckily, Netflix is On It