Cynthia Santiglia
@cynnkitty.bsky.social
"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." - D Parker
The correct pronunciation of forte (meaning niche) is fort, not for-tay, The incorrect pronunciation has been willed into acceptance by the masses. I fold, even though that's really not my forte.
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The correct pronunciation of forte (meaning niche) is fort, not for-tay, The incorrect pronunciation has been willed into acceptance by the masses. I fold, even though that's really not my forte.
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NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
Lead/lede. Two different words.
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Lead/lede. Two different words.
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How would you feel if—hypothetically—our country’s leaders shut down the entire government just to protect an elite pedophile network?
October 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
How would you feel if—hypothetically—our country’s leaders shut down the entire government just to protect an elite pedophile network?
The dish is called Crab Rangoon. Did you eat one dumpling? You ate Crab Rangoon. Did you eat eighty-four dumplings? You ate Crab Rangoon. *Still working on my hostile delivery*
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The dish is called Crab Rangoon. Did you eat one dumpling? You ate Crab Rangoon. Did you eat eighty-four dumplings? You ate Crab Rangoon. *Still working on my hostile delivery*
Friendly PSA for today: "coarse" and "course" are not interchangeable. This will be my last friendly PSA. Future PSAs will be hostile and aloof.
August 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Friendly PSA for today: "coarse" and "course" are not interchangeable. This will be my last friendly PSA. Future PSAs will be hostile and aloof.
Today's friendly PSA: Home in. Hone down.
August 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today's friendly PSA: Home in. Hone down.
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@propublica.org has documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself.
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
July 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@propublica.org has documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself.
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They fled violence, sexual assault, and death threats.
Now thousands of legal immigrants, many of whom developed deep roots in the US, are at risk of deportation, marking the single largest delegalization campaign in US history.
Now thousands of legal immigrants, many of whom developed deep roots in the US, are at risk of deportation, marking the single largest delegalization campaign in US history.
Trump is making thousands of rule-abiding immigrants undocumented
Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
www.motherjones.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
They fled violence, sexual assault, and death threats.
Now thousands of legal immigrants, many of whom developed deep roots in the US, are at risk of deportation, marking the single largest delegalization campaign in US history.
Now thousands of legal immigrants, many of whom developed deep roots in the US, are at risk of deportation, marking the single largest delegalization campaign in US history.
Friendly PSA for today: "Ravioli" is already plural.
June 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Friendly PSA for today: "Ravioli" is already plural.
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
Friendly PSA for today: "leery" and "weary" are not interchangeable.
May 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Friendly PSA for today: "leery" and "weary" are not interchangeable.
Friendly PSA for today: "exacerbate" and "exasperate" are not interchangeable.
May 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Friendly PSA for today: "exacerbate" and "exasperate" are not interchangeable.
Friendly PSA for today: "We're expecting heavy RAIN, so I'm going to REIN in my rambunctious pets even though they normally have free REIGN over the backyard."
May 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Friendly PSA for today: "We're expecting heavy RAIN, so I'm going to REIN in my rambunctious pets even though they normally have free REIGN over the backyard."
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Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’
"Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats."
"Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats."
Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’
A third of Americans have fallen for Russian disinformation as well as other false online claims about health, elections and international conflict.
www.forbes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’
"Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats."
"Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats."
Friendly PSA for today: You can be LED to water, but you shouldn't drink it if there's LEAD in it.
April 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Friendly PSA for today: You can be LED to water, but you shouldn't drink it if there's LEAD in it.
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Yesterday, TX Rep. Keith Self (R) quoted Nazi Joseph Goebbels on controlling public opinion🤬
Using Nazi propaganda is more than vile; it’s a flashing red siren. This is how democracy dies: not with a bang, but with silence in the face of fascist rot.
America, do not be silent.
Call out evil.
Using Nazi propaganda is more than vile; it’s a flashing red siren. This is how democracy dies: not with a bang, but with silence in the face of fascist rot.
America, do not be silent.
Call out evil.
April 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Yesterday, TX Rep. Keith Self (R) quoted Nazi Joseph Goebbels on controlling public opinion🤬
Using Nazi propaganda is more than vile; it’s a flashing red siren. This is how democracy dies: not with a bang, but with silence in the face of fascist rot.
America, do not be silent.
Call out evil.
Using Nazi propaganda is more than vile; it’s a flashing red siren. This is how democracy dies: not with a bang, but with silence in the face of fascist rot.
America, do not be silent.
Call out evil.
Your friendly PSA for today: If you LOSE weight, your belt might be LOOSE.
March 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Your friendly PSA for today: If you LOSE weight, your belt might be LOOSE.
Friendly PSA for today: They're/their/there. That is all.
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Friendly PSA for today: They're/their/there. That is all.
Friendly PSA for today: "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" are not the same thing.
February 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Friendly PSA for today: "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" are not the same thing.
"Nauseous" and "nauseated" didn't USED to be interchangeable, (and they shouldn't be interchangeable, according to me), but now they ARE more or less interchangeable, according to Merriam-Webster. Makes me sick! 😅
January 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"Nauseous" and "nauseated" didn't USED to be interchangeable, (and they shouldn't be interchangeable, according to me), but now they ARE more or less interchangeable, according to Merriam-Webster. Makes me sick! 😅
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
Reposted by Cynthia Santiglia
“Sometimes, ‘bearing witness’ feels like the only thing we can do, but the relentless consumption of suffering and injustice does not change anyone’s material conditions. It may feel like we’re doing something, but during such moments, we are experiencing an impact rather than having one.” Read 👇🏻👇🏻
I wrote about Trump's executive orders, including his attacks on trans and undocumented people, and how we should be orienting ourselves to defy fascist violence in this moment. This piece includes commentary from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @silkys13.bsky.social.
A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe
We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.
organizingmythoughts.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“Sometimes, ‘bearing witness’ feels like the only thing we can do, but the relentless consumption of suffering and injustice does not change anyone’s material conditions. It may feel like we’re doing something, but during such moments, we are experiencing an impact rather than having one.” Read 👇🏻👇🏻
Your friendly PSA for today: "then" and "than" are not interchangeable.
January 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Your friendly PSA for today: "then" and "than" are not interchangeable.
Your friendly PSA for today: "of" and "have" are not interchangeable.
December 28, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Your friendly PSA for today: "of" and "have" are not interchangeable.