Valerie F-I (nee S)
@bkwrmgal.bsky.social
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Going back to my roots for a bit and will trafficking in the world of the literary arts for a bit, and focusing on writing some fiction.
While I think writing about the current political upheaval we’re witnessing is important, I also think the same of creating art.
While I think writing about the current political upheaval we’re witnessing is important, I also think the same of creating art.
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Russia has sentenced an 18-year-old artist to prison for the third time for singing songs critical of the Kremlin.
Diana Loginova, the young street performer, was sentenced to 13 days in jail in St. Petersburg for performing songs by opposition artists in public.
Diana Loginova, the young street performer, was sentenced to 13 days in jail in St. Petersburg for performing songs by opposition artists in public.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Russia has sentenced an 18-year-old artist to prison for the third time for singing songs critical of the Kremlin.
Diana Loginova, the young street performer, was sentenced to 13 days in jail in St. Petersburg for performing songs by opposition artists in public.
Diana Loginova, the young street performer, was sentenced to 13 days in jail in St. Petersburg for performing songs by opposition artists in public.
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“When we enlisted in the military, we were proud to serve our country. We never imagined that, after our service, we would have to fight for our own healthcare.” @tennesseelookout.com
Clarksville veterans say care, not cuts to the Veterans Administration, are needed • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee veterans face worsening chronic illnesses as a result of long waits for care and denial of claims from the Veterans Administration.
tennesseelookout.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“When we enlisted in the military, we were proud to serve our country. We never imagined that, after our service, we would have to fight for our own healthcare.” @tennesseelookout.com
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The days of thanking veterans today and forgetting them tomorrow has to come to an end.
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The days of thanking veterans today and forgetting them tomorrow has to come to an end.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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ICYMI, I interviewed one of the activists that had been held hostage by Israel, after trying to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza.
🚨NEW STORY 🚨
Last month, over 400 activists were imprisoned by Israel for trying to bring aid into Gaza. 1 of them was Zue, an army vet.
Here, me and Zue discuss her voyage to Gaza, imprisonment, NOLA's role in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, & more.
antigravitymagazine.com/feature/zue-...
Last month, over 400 activists were imprisoned by Israel for trying to bring aid into Gaza. 1 of them was Zue, an army vet.
Here, me and Zue discuss her voyage to Gaza, imprisonment, NOLA's role in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, & more.
antigravitymagazine.com/feature/zue-...
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
ICYMI, I interviewed one of the activists that had been held hostage by Israel, after trying to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
Honestly the USA is overdue for a proper center-left democratic socialist party like most other high GDP countries have. Ala Spain or various Scandinavian countries. Hell, even Mexico has one!
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Honestly the USA is overdue for a proper center-left democratic socialist party like most other high GDP countries have. Ala Spain or various Scandinavian countries. Hell, even Mexico has one!
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Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Insulin's High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and 26 when he died. He couldn't afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies, so he tried to stretch the doses.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
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Dylan Marlais Thomas died on this day in 1953 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, NYC. He was just 39 years old.
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dylan Marlais Thomas died on this day in 1953 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, NYC. He was just 39 years old.
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
Read some of his poems today. Treat yourself to A Child's Christmas in Wales.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-...
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Might as well primary Schumer I guess. The campaign slogans would be so funny.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Might as well primary Schumer I guess. The campaign slogans would be so funny.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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There’s a disturbing lack of outrage over ICE’s aggressive tackling and arrest of a non verbal autistic man in Chicago.
Just like the lack of outrage over Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held in solitary for months.
Disabled lives matter too!
Just like the lack of outrage over Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held in solitary for months.
Disabled lives matter too!
Disabled People are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention Facilities
Why is no one talking about it? Where's the media? Where's the public outcry? Another example of the pervasive nature of ableism and how society views disabled people as expendable.
www.disabledginger.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
There’s a disturbing lack of outrage over ICE’s aggressive tackling and arrest of a non verbal autistic man in Chicago.
Just like the lack of outrage over Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held in solitary for months.
Disabled lives matter too!
Just like the lack of outrage over Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held in solitary for months.
Disabled lives matter too!
@searchliaison.bsky.social your ai is wrong again 😕 character is not just husband but retired art history professor
cc: @paramountplusbr.bsky.social
these AI results keep being wrong because they aren't going far enough into the articles/studies they are scanning. 😤
cc: @paramountplusbr.bsky.social
these AI results keep being wrong because they aren't going far enough into the articles/studies they are scanning. 😤
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
@searchliaison.bsky.social your ai is wrong again 😕 character is not just husband but retired art history professor
cc: @paramountplusbr.bsky.social
these AI results keep being wrong because they aren't going far enough into the articles/studies they are scanning. 😤
cc: @paramountplusbr.bsky.social
these AI results keep being wrong because they aren't going far enough into the articles/studies they are scanning. 😤
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If you live in or near #GlenPark, please take a moment to email jesus.lozano@sfgov.org and support a challenge to a dumb policy (more detail below) and tell the city we love our street trees! www.glenparkassociation.org/trees-on-nar...
Trees on Narrow Sidewalks
www.glenparkassociation.org
September 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If you live in or near #GlenPark, please take a moment to email jesus.lozano@sfgov.org and support a challenge to a dumb policy (more detail below) and tell the city we love our street trees! www.glenparkassociation.org/trees-on-nar...
Hey 👋🏼 Fellow #SanFranciscans if you know the creep in this video
www.instagram.com/p/DQyLjX1EbSM/ let the original IG poster know!
#GlenPark
#SanFrancisco
@sfchronicle.com
www.instagram.com/p/DQyLjX1EbSM/ let the original IG poster know!
#GlenPark
#SanFrancisco
@sfchronicle.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Hey 👋🏼 Fellow #SanFranciscans if you know the creep in this video
www.instagram.com/p/DQyLjX1EbSM/ let the original IG poster know!
#GlenPark
#SanFrancisco
@sfchronicle.com
www.instagram.com/p/DQyLjX1EbSM/ let the original IG poster know!
#GlenPark
#SanFrancisco
@sfchronicle.com
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
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And never forget that Sabrina Carpenter’s music video for Feather led to Eric Adam’s indictment which indirectly led to Zohran being mayor of NY😭
And what was Jesus? A carpenter
And what was Jesus? A carpenter
a young girl is waving her hand in the air while sitting at a desk in a room .
ALT: a young girl is waving her hand in the air while sitting at a desk in a room .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
And never forget that Sabrina Carpenter’s music video for Feather led to Eric Adam’s indictment which indirectly led to Zohran being mayor of NY😭
And what was Jesus? A carpenter
And what was Jesus? A carpenter
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was sexually assaulted in the street and is rightfully pressing charges. Many women, including myself, have had similar experiences. Yet men tell me men’s violence against women isn’t their problem.
As long as that attitude persists, so will the violence.
As long as that attitude persists, so will the violence.
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was sexually assaulted in the street and is rightfully pressing charges. Many women, including myself, have had similar experiences. Yet men tell me men’s violence against women isn’t their problem.
As long as that attitude persists, so will the violence.
As long as that attitude persists, so will the violence.
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maga are so stupid.....
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
maga are so stupid.....