aubrey
@aubsonhere.bsky.social
i am a parent & math education academic deeply committed to social justice. i enjoy: chickens, gardening, house plants, books. am also a chronic creator of typos & live in the great plains.
#BLM #transrights #disabilityrights #iteachmath
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Early-teen girl carrying a WITCHES AGAINST FASCISM sign.
February 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Early-teen girl carrying a WITCHES AGAINST FASCISM sign.
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Union Square anti-Trump rally is on the move.
February 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Union Square anti-Trump rally is on the move.
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I did a walkthrough, here’s a timelapse. This is probably the biggest demo in D.C. so far post-inauguration, brought together by the 50501 Movement which originated on Reddit.
Everyone was chanting “fire Elon!” while I was filming this.
Everyone was chanting “fire Elon!” while I was filming this.
February 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I did a walkthrough, here’s a timelapse. This is probably the biggest demo in D.C. so far post-inauguration, brought together by the 50501 Movement which originated on Reddit.
Everyone was chanting “fire Elon!” while I was filming this.
Everyone was chanting “fire Elon!” while I was filming this.
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Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.
haven’t spent money at target in about a month … which is a big deal for our household. 🤷🏻
February 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
haven’t spent money at target in about a month … which is a big deal for our household. 🤷🏻
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Suddenly thinking about all the SpaceX rockets that have blown up, with Elon saying things like "we meant to do that, that's how we learn."
February 17, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Suddenly thinking about all the SpaceX rockets that have blown up, with Elon saying things like "we meant to do that, that's how we learn."
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This. And holding as @profblmkelley.bsky.social noted, the federal workforce has a large amount of Black folks, one can see how the idea that "federal workforce is doing nothing and getting paid well to do so" is built on anti-blackness. Using racial capitalism allows our analysis to become sharper
People highlighting all the critical positions being cut are, of course, correct but I think it's missing the larger issue.
The idea that there is a large part of the federal workforce doing nothing and getting paid well to do so is a lie. It has always been a lie.
The idea that there is a large part of the federal workforce doing nothing and getting paid well to do so is a lie. It has always been a lie.
February 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This. And holding as @profblmkelley.bsky.social noted, the federal workforce has a large amount of Black folks, one can see how the idea that "federal workforce is doing nothing and getting paid well to do so" is built on anti-blackness. Using racial capitalism allows our analysis to become sharper
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People in tech talk about the idea of a “10x programmer” — someone whose work is worth that of 10 others. I get the impression Musk etc think they can apply it all over the federal workforce but like… there’s no such thing as a 10x ATC navigational aid maintenance worker. Some jobs just need people.
Abruptly firing people who work in air traffic control is like murdering your own soldiers in the middle of a war.
Even if you think things now aren’t working as efficiently as they should there’s no clear path to recovering from this; it’s just a really extremely foolish and dangerous thing to do.
Even if you think things now aren’t working as efficiently as they should there’s no clear path to recovering from this; it’s just a really extremely foolish and dangerous thing to do.
On the heels of multiple airplane disasters, including one less than a month ago that killed 67 people, and after years of warnings about our understaffed air traffic control system, Trump has begun firing hundreds of FAA air traffic control workers.
apnews.com/article/doge...
apnews.com/article/doge...
February 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
People in tech talk about the idea of a “10x programmer” — someone whose work is worth that of 10 others. I get the impression Musk etc think they can apply it all over the federal workforce but like… there’s no such thing as a 10x ATC navigational aid maintenance worker. Some jobs just need people.
it’s the same as the USPS, as education, as healthcare, etc etc etc.
It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
February 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
it’s the same as the USPS, as education, as healthcare, etc etc etc.
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Trafficking is a central theme of the QAnon worldview, with the idea that Trump would act to stop it when in office. Instead...
Trump officials are reportedly pushing Romania to let Andrew Tate and his brother leave the country, amid human trafficking and sex crime cases. www.ft.com/content/3f95...
Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers
Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering
www.ft.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Trafficking is a central theme of the QAnon worldview, with the idea that Trump would act to stop it when in office. Instead...
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JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington state, who blocked Trump's executive order re: transgender health care, says it is unconstitutional in multiple ways, including usurping Congress' power of the purse storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington state, who blocked Trump's executive order re: transgender health care, says it is unconstitutional in multiple ways, including usurping Congress' power of the purse storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The judge says Trump's EO on transgender health care would create a perverse situation in which a cisgender person could get puberty blockers to treat cancer but a transgender person could not get puberty blockers to treat cancer. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The judge says Trump's EO on transgender health care would create a perverse situation in which a cisgender person could get puberty blockers to treat cancer but a transgender person could not get puberty blockers to treat cancer. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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School play gets canceled for "inappropriate content".
In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival.
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival.
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
After Censorship, Santa Rosa Students Write Their Own Play — and Take the Gold | KQED
A state festival awarded top honors to ‘REDACTED,’ which ruthlessly lampooned district officials.
www.kqed.org
February 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
School play gets canceled for "inappropriate content".
In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival.
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival.
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
i will be humming this all week: “Rut-tut-tuh-duh!”
Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer as Marty Culp and Bobbi Mohan-Culp return to perform Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" on #snl50
February 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
i will be humming this all week: “Rut-tut-tuh-duh!”
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🚨 Update: we were able to track down Yesenia, the mother picked up with her 2 kids in Tucson.
After a night of interrogation at Border Patrol station, the Venezuelan mother of 4 was deported to Mexico.
Her husband and two of her kids remain in US.
azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...
After a night of interrogation at Border Patrol station, the Venezuelan mother of 4 was deported to Mexico.
Her husband and two of her kids remain in US.
azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...
February 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🚨 Update: we were able to track down Yesenia, the mother picked up with her 2 kids in Tucson.
After a night of interrogation at Border Patrol station, the Venezuelan mother of 4 was deported to Mexico.
Her husband and two of her kids remain in US.
azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...
After a night of interrogation at Border Patrol station, the Venezuelan mother of 4 was deported to Mexico.
Her husband and two of her kids remain in US.
azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...
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the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
we pulled the trigger & got a costco membership this morning.
trying to cut target out of our shopping.
it’s definitely never going to be the same shopping experience but it’s still worth it to us to cut ties to target.
trying to cut target out of our shopping.
it’s definitely never going to be the same shopping experience but it’s still worth it to us to cut ties to target.
February 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
we pulled the trigger & got a costco membership this morning.
trying to cut target out of our shopping.
it’s definitely never going to be the same shopping experience but it’s still worth it to us to cut ties to target.
trying to cut target out of our shopping.
it’s definitely never going to be the same shopping experience but it’s still worth it to us to cut ties to target.
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During the nazi regime, there was a common saying of "if only Hitler knew." The negative repercussions of his dictatorship were never his fault, and if he knew, he'd rectify it.
People will build elaborate fantasies to protect their cognitive dissonance and act out in weird ways.
People will build elaborate fantasies to protect their cognitive dissonance and act out in weird ways.
It’s cute he thinks Trump would read this. And care if he did.
February 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
During the nazi regime, there was a common saying of "if only Hitler knew." The negative repercussions of his dictatorship were never his fault, and if he knew, he'd rectify it.
People will build elaborate fantasies to protect their cognitive dissonance and act out in weird ways.
People will build elaborate fantasies to protect their cognitive dissonance and act out in weird ways.
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This is the Great Deconstruction. They want to dismantle everything they think enabled the Obama coalition and America's impending multiracial majority. They're preparing for white minority rule. They even hired a white South African expert consultant...
"DOGE has planned for the Trump administration to trim staff from dozens of offices across the executive branch, including those that protect employees’ civil rights and others that investigate complaints of employment discrimination in the federal workplace."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is the Great Deconstruction. They want to dismantle everything they think enabled the Obama coalition and America's impending multiracial majority. They're preparing for white minority rule. They even hired a white South African expert consultant...
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Eric Adams’ law-breaking and shady alliance with Trump have destroyed his mayoral legacy.
by Rudy Giuliani
by Rudy Giuliani
February 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Eric Adams’ law-breaking and shady alliance with Trump have destroyed his mayoral legacy.
by Rudy Giuliani
by Rudy Giuliani
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If someone on national TV asked you "What has Trump done in the last 4 weeks that you find most concerning?" would you just say, "He hasn't lowered prices." Or is there anything else you might mention about the last month?
February 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If someone on national TV asked you "What has Trump done in the last 4 weeks that you find most concerning?" would you just say, "He hasn't lowered prices." Or is there anything else you might mention about the last month?
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Mandatory repost. Barely a parody now
December 30, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Mandatory repost. Barely a parody now
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I appreciate summary, I really do. I summarize constantly. It’s one of the quintessential skills of thought and communication. But if someone reads a summary and assumes they fully understands the thing being summarized, I think they’ve fundamentally misunderstood the tool they’re using.
February 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I appreciate summary, I really do. I summarize constantly. It’s one of the quintessential skills of thought and communication. But if someone reads a summary and assumes they fully understands the thing being summarized, I think they’ve fundamentally misunderstood the tool they’re using.
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I'm not against going after waste in the government and the Pentagon is the biggest offender! Nearly $900 billion a year in spending and has never passed an audit.
I wonder if Elon Musk will take on the Military Industrial Complex or if he’s scared he’ll lose all those Pentagon contracts?
I wonder if Elon Musk will take on the Military Industrial Complex or if he’s scared he’ll lose all those Pentagon contracts?
February 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'm not against going after waste in the government and the Pentagon is the biggest offender! Nearly $900 billion a year in spending and has never passed an audit.
I wonder if Elon Musk will take on the Military Industrial Complex or if he’s scared he’ll lose all those Pentagon contracts?
I wonder if Elon Musk will take on the Military Industrial Complex or if he’s scared he’ll lose all those Pentagon contracts?