Arialla MacAllister ☮️♿️
@ariallafio.bsky.social
A random GenX nerd. I like dance, history, art, fabric, books, & games. She/Her. Love is a verb. Life is amazing. You matter.
If I don't respond same day, it's most likely migraine kicking my butt.
Banner art by @falcoskywolf.bsky.social
If I don't respond same day, it's most likely migraine kicking my butt.
Banner art by @falcoskywolf.bsky.social
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Mississippi immigrants’-rights advocates say they are “preparing for disaster” ahead of Trump’s return and his promise of mass deportations.
Immigrant Advocates ‘Preparing for Disaster’ as Trump Returns
Mississippi immigrants’-rights advocates say they are “preparing for disaster” ahead of Trump’s return and his promise of mass deportations.
buff.ly
December 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Mississippi immigrants’-rights advocates say they are “preparing for disaster” ahead of Trump’s return and his promise of mass deportations.
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As an attorney and the wife of a retired criminal defense attorney, I 100% agree with this. I'd also add that for the most part, you should never speak with any law enforcement agency without having a lawyer present. LEOs are allowed to lie to you to elict admissions! www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | What To Do When Encountering Questions from Law Enforcement | ACLU
Know your rights when encountering questions from law enforcement.
www.aclu.org
December 28, 2024 at 2:19 AM
As an attorney and the wife of a retired criminal defense attorney, I 100% agree with this. I'd also add that for the most part, you should never speak with any law enforcement agency without having a lawyer present. LEOs are allowed to lie to you to elict admissions! www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Today we have a patch ready that will hopefully give you all some extra cheer to start off the holidays with plenty of bug fixes and improvements! store.steampowered.com/news/app/379...
#roguelike #gamedev
#roguelike #gamedev
December 22, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Today we have a patch ready that will hopefully give you all some extra cheer to start off the holidays with plenty of bug fixes and improvements! store.steampowered.com/news/app/379...
#roguelike #gamedev
#roguelike #gamedev
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Today!
Tomorrow morning, the FTC is hosting a virtual public workshop on predatory pricing and how to revive enforcement. Amazon, airlines, pharmacy & more are likely to be part of the discussion. It's a good lineup of speakers, including me.
Competition Snuffed Out: How Predatory Pricing Harms Competition, Consumers, and Innovation
The Federal Trade Commission will host a virtual public workshop on December 18, 2024, to present real-world evidence and economic scholarship regarding modern predatory pricing strategies, and exa
www.ftc.gov
December 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Today!
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States are energized about antitrust! Join us on Jan. 15th for a virtual event: How State Policymakers Can Take On Monopolies and Rebuild Local Economies in 2025. Featuring attorneys general @azagmayes.bsky.social & @keithellison.bsky.social & state lawmakers. Register: ilsr.org/articles/sta...
States and the Future of Antitrust: An ILSR Virtual Event - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
In this ILSR event, two State AGs and other changemakers have a lively discussion about how states can advance the goals of the antitrust movement.
ilsr.org
December 18, 2024 at 10:53 PM
States are energized about antitrust! Join us on Jan. 15th for a virtual event: How State Policymakers Can Take On Monopolies and Rebuild Local Economies in 2025. Featuring attorneys general @azagmayes.bsky.social & @keithellison.bsky.social & state lawmakers. Register: ilsr.org/articles/sta...
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1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
We could have had a whole cookbook of family recipes by the end of the Harris-Walz administration, but no... 😭
December 21, 2024 at 9:50 PM
We could have had a whole cookbook of family recipes by the end of the Harris-Walz administration, but no... 😭
Just in case anyone thinks ableism isn't a real thing...
December 21, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Just in case anyone thinks ableism isn't a real thing...
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Senators want the FBI report on Hegseth released.
Here’s to hoping the FBI actually investigated Hegseth and didn’t pull a Kavanaugh.
#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AtDqh75_ATW2...
Here’s to hoping the FBI actually investigated Hegseth and didn’t pull a Kavanaugh.
#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AtDqh75_ATW2...
In rare move, Republican senators call for Hegseth’s FBI report — POLITICO
The Senate Armed Services Committee usually limits who can view these types of background checks. Lawmakers want to see this one.
apple.news
December 21, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Senators want the FBI report on Hegseth released.
Here’s to hoping the FBI actually investigated Hegseth and didn’t pull a Kavanaugh.
#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AtDqh75_ATW2...
Here’s to hoping the FBI actually investigated Hegseth and didn’t pull a Kavanaugh.
#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AtDqh75_ATW2...
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A huge barred owl flew down a Virginia family’s chimney, knocked over the star on top of their Christmas tree, and perched himself on top www.wusa9.com/article/life...
December 21, 2024 at 9:14 PM
A huge barred owl flew down a Virginia family’s chimney, knocked over the star on top of their Christmas tree, and perched himself on top www.wusa9.com/article/life...
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Watch this inspirational call to action for us all 🔥
“What we need right now is for everyone to stand up and have courage. We need everyone to stand up and say, ‘I am not going to back down to this bully.’ We need people to be warriors for democracy.” @marcelias.bsky.social
“What we need right now is for everyone to stand up and have courage. We need everyone to stand up and say, ‘I am not going to back down to this bully.’ We need people to be warriors for democracy.” @marcelias.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Watch this inspirational call to action for us all 🔥
“What we need right now is for everyone to stand up and have courage. We need everyone to stand up and say, ‘I am not going to back down to this bully.’ We need people to be warriors for democracy.” @marcelias.bsky.social
“What we need right now is for everyone to stand up and have courage. We need everyone to stand up and say, ‘I am not going to back down to this bully.’ We need people to be warriors for democracy.” @marcelias.bsky.social
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She just described the next four years. No one in the trump administration is capable of thinking for two seconds.
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray:
"Whether or not we lurch toward a devastating shutdown … should not depend on whether Elon Musk has the self-control to think for two seconds and do basic fact-checking before mistaking the most obvious Twitter trolls for policy experts."
"Whether or not we lurch toward a devastating shutdown … should not depend on whether Elon Musk has the self-control to think for two seconds and do basic fact-checking before mistaking the most obvious Twitter trolls for policy experts."
December 21, 2024 at 8:40 PM
She just described the next four years. No one in the trump administration is capable of thinking for two seconds.
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I did a thing called Banters and it’s live! In true outspoken fashion I insist you come get to know me, @ourshallowstate.bsky.social and the community we’re creating on the politics of staying sane. It’s free to subscribe. See you there, and do tell two friends 😉
open.substack.com/pub/banters/...
open.substack.com/pub/banters/...
Welcome to Banters Issue #1
Let’s get into it and get through it, TOGETHER
open.substack.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I did a thing called Banters and it’s live! In true outspoken fashion I insist you come get to know me, @ourshallowstate.bsky.social and the community we’re creating on the politics of staying sane. It’s free to subscribe. See you there, and do tell two friends 😉
open.substack.com/pub/banters/...
open.substack.com/pub/banters/...
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Trump just appointed the guy who launched and produced The Apprentice as the special envoy to the United Kingdom.
December 21, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Trump just appointed the guy who launched and produced The Apprentice as the special envoy to the United Kingdom.
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Billionaires don’t seem to understand that most people don’t want more than one home, more clothes or cars than they can ever wear or drive, exotic vacations. We want to be healthy and housed and nourished and educated and gainfully employed. We don’t want more than enough, as they do.
December 21, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Billionaires don’t seem to understand that most people don’t want more than one home, more clothes or cars than they can ever wear or drive, exotic vacations. We want to be healthy and housed and nourished and educated and gainfully employed. We don’t want more than enough, as they do.
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The most that can be said about the present moment is that there is disagreement within the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party about which faces to eat in what order.
December 21, 2024 at 4:07 PM
The most that can be said about the present moment is that there is disagreement within the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party about which faces to eat in what order.
Please help Falco out in whatever way you're able to. Share, donate, encourage a $10 match train, whatever works to keep them housed, fed, and safe 🌟
#MutualAidBoost
#DisabilityCrowdFunding
#MutualAidBoost
#DisabilityCrowdFunding
$35 more received thanks to two great folks!
Gets me to $535- with $165 to go and an hour and a half to get there.
Can anyone else pitch in ASAP? Please keep spreading word?
Gets me to $535- with $165 to go and an hour and a half to get there.
Can anyone else pitch in ASAP? Please keep spreading word?
December 16, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Please help Falco out in whatever way you're able to. Share, donate, encourage a $10 match train, whatever works to keep them housed, fed, and safe 🌟
#MutualAidBoost
#DisabilityCrowdFunding
#MutualAidBoost
#DisabilityCrowdFunding
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This is just for rent, although I'm also WAY behind on storage. If I can't raise the whole amount, $520.10, before the 22nd, I lose everything in my unit- spare mobility tools, clothing, art, documents, etc.
Also running low on food and toiletries. Please help if you can?
Also running low on food and toiletries. Please help if you can?
December 7, 2024 at 5:15 PM
This is just for rent, although I'm also WAY behind on storage. If I can't raise the whole amount, $520.10, before the 22nd, I lose everything in my unit- spare mobility tools, clothing, art, documents, etc.
Also running low on food and toiletries. Please help if you can?
Also running low on food and toiletries. Please help if you can?
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26 hour crunch!
Must raise $700 rent by 11AM tomorrow. At $125 right now- thanks for a fair start to Saturday!
#PleaseShare, and chip in if able? Staying housed is the ONLY way I can survive with my disabilities.
#MutualAidRequest
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#HelpFolksLive2024
Must raise $700 rent by 11AM tomorrow. At $125 right now- thanks for a fair start to Saturday!
#PleaseShare, and chip in if able? Staying housed is the ONLY way I can survive with my disabilities.
#MutualAidRequest
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#HelpFolksLive2024
Multiply disabled heart patient in need of support!
$700 rent weekly, due 11AM Sundays
$300 monthly bills (phone, storage)
Please help if you can? I cannot survive the street AT ALL- need hygiene and privacy to eat and sleep.
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EL5EB7BDZ3GTW
cash.app/$FalcoSkyWolf
$700 rent weekly, due 11AM Sundays
$300 monthly bills (phone, storage)
Please help if you can? I cannot survive the street AT ALL- need hygiene and privacy to eat and sleep.
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EL5EB7BDZ3GTW
cash.app/$FalcoSkyWolf
December 7, 2024 at 4:59 PM
26 hour crunch!
Must raise $700 rent by 11AM tomorrow. At $125 right now- thanks for a fair start to Saturday!
#PleaseShare, and chip in if able? Staying housed is the ONLY way I can survive with my disabilities.
#MutualAidRequest
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#HelpFolksLive2024
Must raise $700 rent by 11AM tomorrow. At $125 right now- thanks for a fair start to Saturday!
#PleaseShare, and chip in if able? Staying housed is the ONLY way I can survive with my disabilities.
#MutualAidRequest
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#HelpFolksLive2024
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Discussing blanket pardons draws us off of the real issue, the concern that Trump will pervert the criminal justice system & use DOJ as a political tool, which is forcing the Biden administration into these considerations. Don't forget why we're here.
December 6, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Discussing blanket pardons draws us off of the real issue, the concern that Trump will pervert the criminal justice system & use DOJ as a political tool, which is forcing the Biden administration into these considerations. Don't forget why we're here.
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The culture wars, the race wars, the gender wars...all smoke screens for the war they don't want you to fight.
The class wars.
The class wars.
December 6, 2024 at 2:11 PM
The culture wars, the race wars, the gender wars...all smoke screens for the war they don't want you to fight.
The class wars.
The class wars.
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I'll never get over this.
There's a sliding scandal-scale w/DJT at one end in a no-scandal-zone
Scandalous behavior needs to be reported, even if expected. It may not feel like news when DJT violates norms or laws; it's certainly not "new"
But it's vitally imp't news by any definition of the word
There's a sliding scandal-scale w/DJT at one end in a no-scandal-zone
Scandalous behavior needs to be reported, even if expected. It may not feel like news when DJT violates norms or laws; it's certainly not "new"
But it's vitally imp't news by any definition of the word
the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
December 4, 2024 at 1:45 PM
I'll never get over this.
There's a sliding scandal-scale w/DJT at one end in a no-scandal-zone
Scandalous behavior needs to be reported, even if expected. It may not feel like news when DJT violates norms or laws; it's certainly not "new"
But it's vitally imp't news by any definition of the word
There's a sliding scandal-scale w/DJT at one end in a no-scandal-zone
Scandalous behavior needs to be reported, even if expected. It may not feel like news when DJT violates norms or laws; it's certainly not "new"
But it's vitally imp't news by any definition of the word
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*cracks knuckles*
The long and short of Skrmetti is that trans people are a vulnerable population (or in constitutional terms, a suspect class because:
1) they don't have a lot of political power
2) they dont have numbers
3) being trans is an immutable characteristic
The long and short of Skrmetti is that trans people are a vulnerable population (or in constitutional terms, a suspect class because:
1) they don't have a lot of political power
2) they dont have numbers
3) being trans is an immutable characteristic
December 4, 2024 at 3:01 PM
*cracks knuckles*
The long and short of Skrmetti is that trans people are a vulnerable population (or in constitutional terms, a suspect class because:
1) they don't have a lot of political power
2) they dont have numbers
3) being trans is an immutable characteristic
The long and short of Skrmetti is that trans people are a vulnerable population (or in constitutional terms, a suspect class because:
1) they don't have a lot of political power
2) they dont have numbers
3) being trans is an immutable characteristic
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To set the stage for what's about to happen at SCOTUS at 10:00am, the case is called US v. Skrmetti. It involves a Tennessee law that bans gender affirming care to trans minors, mainly things like hormone blockers.
December 4, 2024 at 2:53 PM
To set the stage for what's about to happen at SCOTUS at 10:00am, the case is called US v. Skrmetti. It involves a Tennessee law that bans gender affirming care to trans minors, mainly things like hormone blockers.