AW Stiles
@awstiles.bsky.social
South Philly transplant to Chicago now Raleigh. All junk drawer & other posts solely my own. Nonprofits, Bikes, Rowhomes. Workers Rights. Mutual Aid. Visit our Little Free Library just Southeast of Downtown Raleigh https://quarrylittlelibrary.blogspot.com
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AW Stiles
@awstiles.bsky.social
· Aug 21
Beautiful Trouble
Creative tools for a more just world.
beautifultrouble.org
Starting a thread of ideas to protest this weekend in DC (or anywhere) starting with this
Toolbox from Beautiful Trouble
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Toolbox from Beautiful Trouble
beautifultrouble.org
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Got our @404media.co Anti-ICE #zine and absolutely loving this amazing resource.
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Got our @404media.co Anti-ICE #zine and absolutely loving this amazing resource.
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"Free Stickers with Every Order: A History of Hardcore Stickers" is the first book dedicated entirely to the visual and cultural legacy of hardcore punk stickers and it's now available for pre-order via the Decibel store!
tinyurl.com/freestickersbook
tinyurl.com/freestickersbook
Free Stickers with Every Order: A History of Hardcore Stickers by Thom
THIS IS A PREORDER. ITEM IS DUE TO BE RELEASED ON OR AROUND APRIL 17, 2026. Free Stickers with Every Order: A History of Hardcore Stickers is the first book dedicated entirely to the visual and cultur...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"Free Stickers with Every Order: A History of Hardcore Stickers" is the first book dedicated entirely to the visual and cultural legacy of hardcore punk stickers and it's now available for pre-order via the Decibel store!
tinyurl.com/freestickersbook
tinyurl.com/freestickersbook
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NC Health News: The legal battle between Duke Health and WakeMed over a cancer-fighting linear accelerator has a David vs. Goliath flavor.
www.wunc.org/health/2026-...
www.wunc.org/health/2026-...
Raleigh hospital’s attempt to expand cancer services leads to revealing CON law dispute with neighboring systems
The legal battle between Duke Health and WakeMed over a cancer-fighting linear accelerator has a David vs. Goliath flavor.
www.wunc.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
NC Health News: The legal battle between Duke Health and WakeMed over a cancer-fighting linear accelerator has a David vs. Goliath flavor.
www.wunc.org/health/2026-...
www.wunc.org/health/2026-...
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am I the only person who didn't know this hilarious tune www.youtube.com/watch?v=akLN...
Audra McDonald: "Baltimore," Live On Soundcheck
YouTube video by WNYC
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
am I the only person who didn't know this hilarious tune www.youtube.com/watch?v=akLN...
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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A small plug today to consider joining the Freelance Solidarity Project. We're all in this media shitscape together, and it's going to take organizing to rescue its remains from the dumpster fire.
freelancesolidarity.org
freelancesolidarity.org
Home - Freelance Solidarity Project
We are a union of digital media workers raising labor standards across our industry.
freelancesolidarity.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
A small plug today to consider joining the Freelance Solidarity Project. We're all in this media shitscape together, and it's going to take organizing to rescue its remains from the dumpster fire.
freelancesolidarity.org
freelancesolidarity.org
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Today, the Philadelphia Inquirer is still hiring a National Politics Reporter, and the Washington Post just laid off a third of its workforce.
bsky.app/profile/alex...
bsky.app/profile/alex...
In 2016, the Philadelphia Inquirer, emerging from a messy bankruptcy, was acquired by Lenfest and donated to a nonprofit community trust. The Graham family, meanwhile, sold the Post to the richest man in the world.
Today, Will Bunch has a job at the Inky, and Karen Attiah was fired from the Post.
Today, Will Bunch has a job at the Inky, and Karen Attiah was fired from the Post.
The Washington Post is worth more to Jeff Bezos dead than alive
February 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Today, the Philadelphia Inquirer is still hiring a National Politics Reporter, and the Washington Post just laid off a third of its workforce.
bsky.app/profile/alex...
bsky.app/profile/alex...
"Wait! I didn't think you'd put this in MY backyard. I'm fine with all of the crazy things you said during your campaign & after, I just don't want it adversely impact me."
Striking: GOP Senator Roger Wicker just came out strongly against new ICE detention center in Mississippi. The story of the moment is brewing opposition in red areas (see piece and thread below)
February 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
"Wait! I didn't think you'd put this in MY backyard. I'm fine with all of the crazy things you said during your campaign & after, I just don't want it adversely impact me."
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You got what you explicitly signed on to — with blood in your teeth and smiles on your faces — so, enjoy the wrath, i hope
February 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
You got what you explicitly signed on to — with blood in your teeth and smiles on your faces — so, enjoy the wrath, i hope
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BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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Hey, look, the state patrol came too.
It’s almost like law-enforcement is complicit in helping ice. I wonder if that was the deal? Oh wait, they’ve already been doing that.
It’s almost like law-enforcement is complicit in helping ice. I wonder if that was the deal? Oh wait, they’ve already been doing that.
February 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Hey, look, the state patrol came too.
It’s almost like law-enforcement is complicit in helping ice. I wonder if that was the deal? Oh wait, they’ve already been doing that.
It’s almost like law-enforcement is complicit in helping ice. I wonder if that was the deal? Oh wait, they’ve already been doing that.
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Anything not to say a grown man attacked a child.
A man has been arrested in connection with a physical altercation involving minors during a student protest near Austin, Texas.
Man arrested after fight with minors during anti-ICE school walkout
A man has been arrested in connection with a physical altercation involving minors during a student protest near Austin, Texas.
www.scrippsnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Anything not to say a grown man attacked a child.
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Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA.
Facts that bear repeating.
Facts that bear repeating.
In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
February 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA.
Facts that bear repeating.
Facts that bear repeating.
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my favorite part of this is that he shaved his head and mustache to try and not be caught lol
Texas man arrested after he started fight with high schoolers who walked out of class to protest ICE www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
February 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
my favorite part of this is that he shaved his head and mustache to try and not be caught lol
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"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
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an ex-Republican pastor is one of the central organizers in the anti-ICE effort in Springfield OH www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Opinion | In Ohio, I Caught a Glimpse of the New Resistance
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
an ex-Republican pastor is one of the central organizers in the anti-ICE effort in Springfield OH www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
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“durr this is white flight because asians” is the explanation you come up with when you’re barely sentient except for your gutter racism
February 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
“durr this is white flight because asians” is the explanation you come up with when you’re barely sentient except for your gutter racism
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“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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He looks like Peter Griffin in "Death of a Salesman"
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
He looks like Peter Griffin in "Death of a Salesman"
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the defund police movement was pilloried as unpopular and an electoral loser. but it wasn't about winning elections; it was about building antifascist power.
now even centrist dems are (veeeery tentatively) using those ideas as we face a fascist crisis. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/now-is-def...
now even centrist dems are (veeeery tentatively) using those ideas as we face a fascist crisis. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/now-is-def...
Now Is Defund's Moment
The movement was always about fighting fascism, not winning elections
www.everythingishorrible.net
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
the defund police movement was pilloried as unpopular and an electoral loser. but it wasn't about winning elections; it was about building antifascist power.
now even centrist dems are (veeeery tentatively) using those ideas as we face a fascist crisis. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/now-is-def...
now even centrist dems are (veeeery tentatively) using those ideas as we face a fascist crisis. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/now-is-def...
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‘One moment it was a little blip. The next, our friends are dying’: the gay porn soundtrack composers lost to the Aids crisis
‘One moment it was a little blip. The next, our friends are dying’: the gay porn soundtrack composers lost to the Aids crisis
Gay porn in the 80s was home to beautifully moody synth music that is only now getting rediscovered – tragically too late for many of its creators
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
‘One moment it was a little blip. The next, our friends are dying’: the gay porn soundtrack composers lost to the Aids crisis