Old butch lesbian writer, tech nerd, and advocate for the chronically ill.https://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3mi5i5tjr622nA few of the signs at the No Kings protest in Dayville, CT, 3/28/26.28 Mar 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5i5tjr622nhttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3mi5hbr4foc2nWe had a great turnout in Dayville, CT, for the No Kings demonstration. Seemed like far more people honking and cheering us on, and far fewer promoting Trump. The temp was in the thirties, but the wind made it seem much colder. It cut right through me and chilled my hips and lower back.28 Mar 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5hbr4foc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3men37tdlxk2s“‘If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket,’ President Lyndon Baines Johnson once told a staffer. ‘Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.’” https://apple.news/AcxahcOcyTOGPwf0bcrflKw12 Feb 2026 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3men37tdlxk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3mdbutrql422c25 Jan 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbutrql422chttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3md2i26hzuk2lLet's not forget Daniel Robinson, a young, Black geologist who went missing around the time that Gabbie Petito went missing. Check out pleasehelpfinddaniel.com.23 Jan 2026 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3md2i26hzuk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3mceaodzcrc2fClaudette Colvin, a true American patriot and hero, R.I.P.14 Jan 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mceaodzcrc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3mau5ej5eac2cOkay, I know this will sound uncivilized, if not savage, but someone should record “Handel’s Messiah without All the Fucking Singing.” I love Handel, but the opera ruins it for me.26 Dec 2025 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mau5ej5eac2chttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3mamifbbe7s23Bari Weiss does not belong in the position she currently holds. A response was sought from the Trump administration. Their failure to respond should not have derailed the important piece of journalism 60 Minutes was poised to air. Weiss is acting as a MAGA apologist.23 Dec 2025 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mamifbbe7s23https://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3m7jgjmsqdk2kOnomatomania is an obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness. I would assume that this is Donald J. Trump’s problem with his own name.09 Dec 2025 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7jgjmsqdk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3m4teqmxb522kAyup, I voted!04 Nov 2025 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4teqmxb522khttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3m3ijlqkji22kI'm here in Willimantic with thousands of people who love the United States of America!18 Oct 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ijlqkji22khttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3m3ib62vunc22I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Willimantic” - sign up now to join me! https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/843988/?referring_vol=10598157&rname=Candace&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky&timeslot=552312518 Oct 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ib62vunc22https://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3m2uxv2e6jk2k"Nothing says MAGA Christian like shooting a priest in the head with a rubber bullet,” commented one person.11 Oct 2025 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2uxv2e6jk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3m24lyzj2e22oSuzanne Swierc has been fired for saying, in her private Facebook account, “If you think Charlie Kirk was a wonderful person, we can’t be friends.” In her post she also stated that she believes in the Resurrection and was praying for his soul. This does not advocate violence. It is an opinion. WTF?01 Oct 2025 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m24lyzj2e22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3lzj7gbin5k2oPer the OED: The word ‘trumpery’ means: “Something regarded as having little or no true value, especially when presented as having greater value than it in fact possesses.”23 Sep 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzj7gbin5k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3lz56efmkwk2aWe need more jokes with Trump as the punchline. So, let’s start off with this writing prompt: Trump is soooo dumb that….18 Sep 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz56efmkwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3lz54oe7iuk2eDrumpf has absolutely no sense of humor and zero ability to laugh at himself—or see what a horse’s patootie he is. So of course he’s attacking clever people with wit. My money’s on the funny guys.18 Sep 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz54oe7iuk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3lz32q5fdwk2b“Woody Allen has claimed people would be just as outraged if he had married an ‘air stewardess’….” Yeah, if the air stewardess was the barely legal daughter of his extremely long-term romantic partner. Could someone please buy this guy a clue?18 Sep 2025 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz32q5fdwk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3lxupcool5k25Today is my birthday, and unless you are well into your fifties, I’ve got socks older than you!02 Sep 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxupcool5k25https://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3lxj4ovq3i226There’s this Miss Dior fragrance ad on TV that uses a Janis Joplin performance. It’s good to hear Joplin howl, but to have her interrupted by some scrawny-assed posturing model who questions what we’d do for love is so ludicrous as to be stomach-turning. Haute couture meets the blues?29 Aug 2025 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxj4ovq3i226https://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3lvwwuq4oys2lWell, I did it. I’ve deleted all of my Meta- and/or Facebook-related accounts and apps. After reading Sarah Wynn-Williams’ _Careless People_, there’s no way can I participate in anything to do with them.09 Aug 2025 04:34 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvwwuq4oys2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3lvkhdt4vak2nAn interesting article about the effects of late-stage syphilis on seven notable composers: https://ijuh.org/assets/pdfs/volume1/issue1/8_Rempelakos.pdf04 Aug 2025 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvkhdt4vak2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3lvehabhot22z“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” Charles MacKay, *Memoirs of Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds,* 1852.01 Aug 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvehabhot22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/candacesovan.bsky.social/post/3lrrnewi5z22eA good idea: "Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, is leading a push to curb President Trump’s authority to use U.S. forces to engage in hostilities against Iran, as the war between Israel and Iran raises fears of American entanglement in a broader conflict." NYT, by R.Jimison.17 Jun 2025 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:252sr6buaum5xp46oxmhdevp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrrnewi5z22e