Helena Greer
@blumagaincurios.bsky.social
Writer, librarian, sex educator, chaos bisexual
Carrigan's Christmasland series
Tucson forever
Reparations + land back + abolish ICE +
Free Palestine
TERFS fuck off
She/her
Carrigan's Christmasland series
Tucson forever
Reparations + land back + abolish ICE +
Free Palestine
TERFS fuck off
She/her
Pinned
Helena Greer
@blumagaincurios.bsky.social
· Nov 29
"The books in this series have been absolute orgies of comfort reading, brimming with sparkling banter and the kind of heart-rending angst you can drown in." -- @oliviawaite.com on Carrigan's Christmasland
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Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
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What I appreciate from Wired though, and what sets it apart ethically, is that they just don’t tell a vague story about expansion but explicitly list out the locations to help the people preparing to resist this state violence. It’s very courageous.
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
What I appreciate from Wired though, and what sets it apart ethically, is that they just don’t tell a vague story about expansion but explicitly list out the locations to help the people preparing to resist this state violence. It’s very courageous.
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
I used to admin a huge Facebook page for children's librarians. I went viral for advocating that libraries support BLM. I published an oped that often gets taught in library school about how libraries aren't neutral. I published it because I saw so many kids libs+ admin carrying water for fascism.
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I used to admin a huge Facebook page for children's librarians. I went viral for advocating that libraries support BLM. I published an oped that often gets taught in library school about how libraries aren't neutral. I published it because I saw so many kids libs+ admin carrying water for fascism.
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This is why I push back on calling library workers the last stand for democracy or superheroes. We're not. Many are so committed to "neutrality" that they'll let fascism go unchecked. And there are more of these people than you think.
"condemning ICE raids is, at most, tangentially related to libraries"
Are you fucking kidding me right now
[I regret opening my Connect digest this morning]
Are you fucking kidding me right now
[I regret opening my Connect digest this morning]
February 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
This is why I push back on calling library workers the last stand for democracy or superheroes. We're not. Many are so committed to "neutrality" that they'll let fascism go unchecked. And there are more of these people than you think.
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
I know I'm the only person on this entire app who watches When Calls the Heart but truly... How long can one proposal take
February 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I know I'm the only person on this entire app who watches When Calls the Heart but truly... How long can one proposal take
I posted this and immediately had to put the album on, but I'm going to have to switch to Cake soon. 😭
Me, a middle aged person wandering around my kitchen with my 40 oz tumbler of water: it's the only chance I have to feel good even though I feel bad.
February 8, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I posted this and immediately had to put the album on, but I'm going to have to switch to Cake soon. 😭
Me, a middle aged person wandering around my kitchen with my 40 oz tumbler of water: it's the only chance I have to feel good even though I feel bad.
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Me, a middle aged person wandering around my kitchen with my 40 oz tumbler of water: it's the only chance I have to feel good even though I feel bad.
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HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Remember that one time I wrote a book about two ridiculous married people who couldn't figure out how to be together or stay apart, or have a conversation?
It's on sale right now for 2.99, all month.
It's on sale right now for 2.99, all month.
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Remember that one time I wrote a book about two ridiculous married people who couldn't figure out how to be together or stay apart, or have a conversation?
It's on sale right now for 2.99, all month.
It's on sale right now for 2.99, all month.
Do you ever just think about how Trayvon Martin should have turned 31 yesterday and no one ever got held fucking accountable that he didn't?
I do.
I do.
February 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Do you ever just think about how Trayvon Martin should have turned 31 yesterday and no one ever got held fucking accountable that he didn't?
I do.
I do.
Fobazi is an amazing human who has changed the face of our profession, and many others, with her scholarship. Please, if you're able, donate.
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Fobazi is an amazing human who has changed the face of our profession, and many others, with her scholarship. Please, if you're able, donate.
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If you have a network with a decently large following, please consider adopting a Minneapolis family to pay their rent this month.
This is being done in a decentralized fashion because a lot of the groups getting $ are having their Venmo frozen and it's hard to send mutual aid.
This is being done in a decentralized fashion because a lot of the groups getting $ are having their Venmo frozen and it's hard to send mutual aid.
tomorrow i would really like to challenge a few folks with larger followings than me to adopt a rent and raise it in one day.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
today's report:
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
If you have a network with a decently large following, please consider adopting a Minneapolis family to pay their rent this month.
This is being done in a decentralized fashion because a lot of the groups getting $ are having their Venmo frozen and it's hard to send mutual aid.
This is being done in a decentralized fashion because a lot of the groups getting $ are having their Venmo frozen and it's hard to send mutual aid.
This is so hopeful to me because Surprise has not historically been like,a hotbed of liberalism.
Fuck yeah AZ.
Fuck yeah AZ.
The overflow room at the Surprise City Council meeting has also filled up (it has a 500 person capacity). I can’t tell how many are still outside but we can hear them chanting “ICE out” in here so it seems like quite a lot.
February 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM
This is so hopeful to me because Surprise has not historically been like,a hotbed of liberalism.
Fuck yeah AZ.
Fuck yeah AZ.
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The targeting of Native Americans by ICE is so widespread, tribal governments all over are responding. To protect tribal citizens from ICE raids, tribes are holding events to help citizens get updated IDs and even speeding up the printing and processing times.
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The targeting of Native Americans by ICE is so widespread, tribal governments all over are responding. To protect tribal citizens from ICE raids, tribes are holding events to help citizens get updated IDs and even speeding up the printing and processing times.
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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.
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — In Other Lands
One movie 🎥 — Empire Records
One album 💿 — August and Everything After
One TV show 📺 — Nancy Drew
One book 📚 — In Other Lands
One movie 🎥 — Empire Records
One album 💿 — August and Everything After
One TV show 📺 — Nancy Drew
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — Jonathan Livingston Seagull
One movie 🎥 — Big Eden
One album 💿 — Andrew Bird, My Finest Work Yet
One TV show 📺 — Warehouse 13
One book 📚 — Jonathan Livingston Seagull
One movie 🎥 — Big Eden
One album 💿 — Andrew Bird, My Finest Work Yet
One TV show 📺 — Warehouse 13
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — The Silmarillion
One movie 🎥 — Ever After
One album 💿 — The Killers - Hot Fuss
One TV show 📺 — Buffy the Vampire Slayer
One book 📚 — The Silmarillion
One movie 🎥 — Ever After
One album 💿 — The Killers - Hot Fuss
One TV show 📺 — Buffy the Vampire Slayer
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — In Other Lands
One movie 🎥 — Empire Records
One album 💿 — August and Everything After
One TV show 📺 — Nancy Drew
One book 📚 — In Other Lands
One movie 🎥 — Empire Records
One album 💿 — August and Everything After
One TV show 📺 — Nancy Drew
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There's been a culture of tolerating & enabling terrible behavior bc of 'artistic genius' for far too long
It's also the basis for denying opportunities to people who have remarkable talent & aren't terrible people - money/support/publicity/contracts are not infinite resources
It's also the basis for denying opportunities to people who have remarkable talent & aren't terrible people - money/support/publicity/contracts are not infinite resources
"wait now you want to get rid of ALL the abusive & monstrous people???" Yes. Yes we do. There are more good people than bad in every industry, whole scads of people who'd never in their wildest dreams think of being systematically horrible & ask to be rewarded for it. Wild but true!
After the Spacey allegations came to light, a gross industry male asked me “jeez, who’s gonna be left?”
I was like - how about AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY FULL OF TALENTED - NON ASSHOLISH - PEOPLE WILLING TO DO THE WORK…?
There are plenty of good things made by good people with more on the way.
I was like - how about AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY FULL OF TALENTED - NON ASSHOLISH - PEOPLE WILLING TO DO THE WORK…?
There are plenty of good things made by good people with more on the way.
February 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
There's been a culture of tolerating & enabling terrible behavior bc of 'artistic genius' for far too long
It's also the basis for denying opportunities to people who have remarkable talent & aren't terrible people - money/support/publicity/contracts are not infinite resources
It's also the basis for denying opportunities to people who have remarkable talent & aren't terrible people - money/support/publicity/contracts are not infinite resources
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This 2017 banger by Caroline Framke remains eternally relevant www.vox.com/culture/2017... @carolineframke.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This 2017 banger by Caroline Framke remains eternally relevant www.vox.com/culture/2017... @carolineframke.bsky.social
Thisssss I truly believe that the instinct to "separate the art from the artist" comes from the same place as worshipping white male geniuses. There are other people who can do science/write books/solve math problems or whatever. There's not a shortage. Those people just got driven out by assholes.
And also like there is so much creative workout there, if I live to be 200 years old, I will not live long enough to read all of the books that I want to, it really is OK to let some of them go
February 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Thisssss I truly believe that the instinct to "separate the art from the artist" comes from the same place as worshipping white male geniuses. There are other people who can do science/write books/solve math problems or whatever. There's not a shortage. Those people just got driven out by assholes.
I love all of this conversation, partly because I too am no longer interested in the question of separating the art from the artist, precisely because once I know an artist is abusive, I can no longer engage with their art without factoring that in. Also because I can't give money to living abusers.
It's hard. "Can you separate the art from the artist"--I got asked that 1 million times in the last decade. It took a long time but I came up with my answer to that Kobayashi Maru dilemma. Talked about it with @colehaddon.bsky.social in 5am Storytalk in 2024: colehaddon.substack.com/p/q-and-a-jo...
February 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I love all of this conversation, partly because I too am no longer interested in the question of separating the art from the artist, precisely because once I know an artist is abusive, I can no longer engage with their art without factoring that in. Also because I can't give money to living abusers.
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The amount of observers that have been detained today in the city already that I’ve seen videos of is really spooky.It’s very clear that ice is now just straight up targeting observers in an effort to quash people watching them. It’s also clear that they are absolutely keeping databases of observers
February 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The amount of observers that have been detained today in the city already that I’ve seen videos of is really spooky.It’s very clear that ice is now just straight up targeting observers in an effort to quash people watching them. It’s also clear that they are absolutely keeping databases of observers
I do not like apple pie, I think cinnamon and apples are kind of gross together.
Guys, I really need to talk about something dumb and meaningless. What's a universally beloved sweet treat that you think is just mid? For me, it's meringue.
February 2, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I do not like apple pie, I think cinnamon and apples are kind of gross together.
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Time for Dems to pass funding to train ICE to release bodycam footage
The ProPublica story on the Pretti killers says DHS has bodycam footage from the incident but they refuse to release it
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Time for Dems to pass funding to train ICE to release bodycam footage
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Hi everyone, one of our whistle producers is down to a roll or two of filament. If you have the capacity, would you mind helping them out so they can keep printing whistles?
Thank you all!
Thank you all!
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February 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Hi everyone, one of our whistle producers is down to a roll or two of filament. If you have the capacity, would you mind helping them out so they can keep printing whistles?
Thank you all!
Thank you all!