Allen Marshall
@crataegus.bsky.social
Enby queer dad. AuDHD. Old. Community activist, according to some. aka Drusilla Bloeme
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I get what you’re trying to tell me, but I’ve been applying for jobs hot and heavy since the first week of November. Getting a job that doesn’t pay my bills does not stop that.
February 13, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I get what you’re trying to tell me, but I’ve been applying for jobs hot and heavy since the first week of November. Getting a job that doesn’t pay my bills does not stop that.
I'm attending Lexington County Democrats's event, “February Executive Committee Meeting” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/lexingtoncou...
February Executive Committee Meeting · Lexington County Democrats
Hey Neighbor,
The Lexington County Democratic Party (LCDP) will hold an Executive Committee Meeting.
When: Monday, February 23rd, 2026 @ 6:30 PM
Where: The Lexington Main Library
5440 Augusta Rd...
www.mobilize.us
February 13, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I'm attending Lexington County Democrats's event, “February Executive Committee Meeting” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/lexingtoncou...
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Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
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It's always immoral to be sane if you ask me. Freedom for the mad!
will defer to you, but i wonder if it's recognition: given the times, it feels immoral to be sane
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
It's always immoral to be sane if you ask me. Freedom for the mad!
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In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:50 PM
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
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For fun y'all stop adding images without alt text
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 AM
For fun y'all stop adding images without alt text
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When you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always.... REWATCH STAR TREK
February 11, 2026 at 8:13 AM
When you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always.... REWATCH STAR TREK
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You can stop talking. You can name that you need space. Just because you’re in a place or environment doesn’t mean you have to engage. You set a boundary for yourself. You CAN, you just have to choose to take care of yourself.
What if you can't because it's in an direct environment where you can't remove yourself from
I stop talking to people who aren’t engaging in good faith.
February 10, 2026 at 1:19 PM
You can stop talking. You can name that you need space. Just because you’re in a place or environment doesn’t mean you have to engage. You set a boundary for yourself. You CAN, you just have to choose to take care of yourself.
I completed day 1 of C25K for the first time since about 2012, I think. I am perhaps unduly proud.
February 10, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I completed day 1 of C25K for the first time since about 2012, I think. I am perhaps unduly proud.
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“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”
Opinion | Ring is using lost dogs to make the surveillance state adorable
The same technology the Amazon-owned company uses to find lost dogs could easily be turned against their owners.
www.ms.now
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”
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BREAKING: Minneapolis police just arrested ~30 protesters and deployed LRAD devices at Whipple. Does not appear to have been any SoL members arrested.
February 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING: Minneapolis police just arrested ~30 protesters and deployed LRAD devices at Whipple. Does not appear to have been any SoL members arrested.
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The reason I’m not writing about Trump’s racist post is because I see no value in repeating what I’ve been saying for nearly two decades about the man. Here’s a piece I wrote for CNN in 2011.
www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION...
www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION...
It's not about his birth, it's about his race
I will not click on the link to view the long form of President Obama's birth certificate. I will not participate in this final humiliation -- in the president's reluctant acquiescence in this ongoing...
www.cnn.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The reason I’m not writing about Trump’s racist post is because I see no value in repeating what I’ve been saying for nearly two decades about the man. Here’s a piece I wrote for CNN in 2011.
www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION...
www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION...
There’s a white gay talking about the plight of white South Africans in this Biscuitville B made me take her to.
February 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
There’s a white gay talking about the plight of white South Africans in this Biscuitville B made me take her to.
I can’t tell if I was just cruised in the gym by a young man or not, and I fear I’ve grown too awkward to respond correctly.
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I can’t tell if I was just cruised in the gym by a young man or not, and I fear I’ve grown too awkward to respond correctly.
I broke down and applied for the IT/MSP company with the white supremacist symbol as their logo because I am still without a job.
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I broke down and applied for the IT/MSP company with the white supremacist symbol as their logo because I am still without a job.
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It’s infuriating and dispiriting how cozy scientists and science communicators were with Epstein. Not just creeps like Krauss and Horner, but former SciAm editor-in-chief Mariette DiChristina corresponding with Epstein in 2014-2015. “He’s done so much for science, I think that deserves some fun!”
BU COM dean corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015, files show
Mariette DiChristina, dean of Boston University’s College of Communication, corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015. The two set up a one-on-one meeting, had “phone dates” and D...
dailyfreepress.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:33 PM
It’s infuriating and dispiriting how cozy scientists and science communicators were with Epstein. Not just creeps like Krauss and Horner, but former SciAm editor-in-chief Mariette DiChristina corresponding with Epstein in 2014-2015. “He’s done so much for science, I think that deserves some fun!”
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🧵A new bill has been introduced into the US House of Reps. This costly bill attempts to ban #InstantRunoffVoting in federal elections, disenfranchising South Carolina's military voters and disregarding the will of voters in Maine, Alaska, and DC
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
🧵A new bill has been introduced into the US House of Reps. This costly bill attempts to ban #InstantRunoffVoting in federal elections, disenfranchising South Carolina's military voters and disregarding the will of voters in Maine, Alaska, and DC
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What a useful resource for organizing.
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 5, 2026 at 12:28 PM
What a useful resource for organizing.
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Nancy Mace has an auto responder for comments containing the word “drugs”.
February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Nancy Mace has an auto responder for comments containing the word “drugs”.
I don’t envy Tim Walz because the first governor to actually stand up and use the NG and/or police to defend people from ICE will have the Insurrection Act used on them. Plus, they’ll find out how much of the NG & the pigs are MAGAts.
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I don’t envy Tim Walz because the first governor to actually stand up and use the NG and/or police to defend people from ICE will have the Insurrection Act used on them. Plus, they’ll find out how much of the NG & the pigs are MAGAts.
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For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
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February 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
My favorite Local Bike Shop put out a generative AI ad. They’re members of the local Sierra Club. That’s just depressing.
February 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
My favorite Local Bike Shop put out a generative AI ad. They’re members of the local Sierra Club. That’s just depressing.
I did half of the first day of C25K for the first time in *coughcough* years. Oy vey.
February 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I did half of the first day of C25K for the first time in *coughcough* years. Oy vey.