daesabat
@daesabat.bsky.social
Care worker. Student social worker.
Used to be a poet, a philosopher, even a gardener😅.
Immigrant in Scotland. Bulgarian.
Holding it together for my migrant fam 💪.
Lover of books, music, fashion, & all things expressive💥.
Queer 🌈. Non-binary (they/them).
Used to be a poet, a philosopher, even a gardener😅.
Immigrant in Scotland. Bulgarian.
Holding it together for my migrant fam 💪.
Lover of books, music, fashion, & all things expressive💥.
Queer 🌈. Non-binary (they/them).
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daesabat
@daesabat.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Swans - Love Will Save You
YouTube video by SWANS
youtu.be
Слушам тая песен от някакъв древен негов плейлист наречен Hill of Failure и не мога да дишам. Като че ли е знаел.
"Love will save you from the corruption of your lazy-minded soul
And love will save you from your selfish and distorted goals
But it won't save me"
💔
youtu.be/HXbcErP-Xok?...
"Love will save you from the corruption of your lazy-minded soul
And love will save you from your selfish and distorted goals
But it won't save me"
💔
youtu.be/HXbcErP-Xok?...
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if a person is trans being white won't save them in the same way that an immigrant being white won't save them.
February 5, 2026 at 8:18 AM
if a person is trans being white won't save them in the same way that an immigrant being white won't save them.
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'part of me feels like...' [insert a bigoted trope about a queer group that has been around since the homophobia of the 1980s].
part of me feels like a large portion trans movement is primarily "affluent" & "white"
and it is more abt them not being as "free" as their fellow colonizer brothers and sisters
and it is more abt them not being as "free" as their fellow colonizer brothers and sisters
February 5, 2026 at 8:12 AM
'part of me feels like...' [insert a bigoted trope about a queer group that has been around since the homophobia of the 1980s].
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part of me feels like people say shit like this because they don't understand our struggles are interconnected and they want to play Oppression Olympics so they can have an excuse not to stand in solidarity with other marginalized groups.
part of me feels like a large portion trans movement is primarily "affluent" & "white"
and it is more abt them not being as "free" as their fellow colonizer brothers and sisters
and it is more abt them not being as "free" as their fellow colonizer brothers and sisters
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 AM
part of me feels like people say shit like this because they don't understand our struggles are interconnected and they want to play Oppression Olympics so they can have an excuse not to stand in solidarity with other marginalized groups.
My favourite activity of late: daydreaming that we are writing to each other about what's going on in our respective lives in 2026, we're gossiping about the usual stuff and planning to meet again 😭
February 1, 2026 at 12:04 PM
My favourite activity of late: daydreaming that we are writing to each other about what's going on in our respective lives in 2026, we're gossiping about the usual stuff and planning to meet again 😭
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I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.
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ICE tear gassed little white children in Portland Oregon today.
It was a peaceful protest.
ICE didn’t care.
If they’re doing this to white kids in broad daylight and on camera, imagine what Liam Ramos is subjected to in the camps?
Imagine what all the kids they’ve grabbed are going through.
It was a peaceful protest.
ICE didn’t care.
If they’re doing this to white kids in broad daylight and on camera, imagine what Liam Ramos is subjected to in the camps?
Imagine what all the kids they’ve grabbed are going through.
February 1, 2026 at 9:14 AM
ICE tear gassed little white children in Portland Oregon today.
It was a peaceful protest.
ICE didn’t care.
If they’re doing this to white kids in broad daylight and on camera, imagine what Liam Ramos is subjected to in the camps?
Imagine what all the kids they’ve grabbed are going through.
It was a peaceful protest.
ICE didn’t care.
If they’re doing this to white kids in broad daylight and on camera, imagine what Liam Ramos is subjected to in the camps?
Imagine what all the kids they’ve grabbed are going through.
One of my favourite activities when I'm pensive and bored: roulette on good friends to email and reconnect with after 10+ years of radio silence... 😂
January 17, 2026 at 9:44 AM
One of my favourite activities when I'm pensive and bored: roulette on good friends to email and reconnect with after 10+ years of radio silence... 😂
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януари не трябва да бъде за смели решения, активности и ентусиазъм, а за много сън, чай, книги, филми и мързел. така би се доближил с една идея до нещо наподобяващо (подготовка за) рестарт, вместо да се влачи мъчително като раздразнен тюлен.
January 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM
януари не трябва да бъде за смели решения, активности и ентусиазъм, а за много сън, чай, книги, филми и мързел. така би се доближил с една идея до нещо наподобяващо (подготовка за) рестарт, вместо да се влачи мъчително като раздразнен тюлен.
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I wrote a blog post inspired by this train of thought. On Minneapolis, Northern Ireland, necropolitics, and the violences of the State:
eireannach.ghost.io/on-state-vio...
eireannach.ghost.io/on-state-vio...
People living in UK - especially GB - should not be thinking 'at least we're not as bad as America,' when Northern Ireland exists and civilians were being shot by state forces there for decades, and recent governments have given those forces amnesty. @grantsana.bsky.social leading bsky voice here.
January 8, 2026 at 11:56 AM
I wrote a blog post inspired by this train of thought. On Minneapolis, Northern Ireland, necropolitics, and the violences of the State:
eireannach.ghost.io/on-state-vio...
eireannach.ghost.io/on-state-vio...
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Hi, I'm a sinking to the bottom of the Black Sea before I could swim, a getting hit by a fast car when distracted and consumed by teen melancholy in the night rain, and 30+ hours of unmedicated stalled labour.
Hi, I'm a sinking to the bottom of the Black Sea before I could swim, a getting hit by a fast car when distracted and consumed by teen melancholy in the night rain, and 30+ hours of unmedicated stalled labour.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Hi, I'm undiagnosed congenital hernia, bacteria-laden oranges from the Eastern Block black market and Black sea rip current.
Hi, I'm undiagnosed congenital hernia, bacteria-laden oranges from the Eastern Block black market and Black sea rip current.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Hi, I'm a follicular carcinoma, the tendency to sit at external window sills, and speeding
Hi, I'm a follicular carcinoma, the tendency to sit at external window sills, and speeding
January 2, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Hi, I'm a sinking to the bottom of the Black Sea before I could swim, a getting hit by a fast car when distracted and consumed by teen melancholy in the night rain, and 30+ hours of unmedicated stalled labour.
Hi, I'm a sinking to the bottom of the Black Sea before I could swim, a getting hit by a fast car when distracted and consumed by teen melancholy in the night rain, and 30+ hours of unmedicated stalled labour.
Nothing to add.
December 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Nothing to add.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hadeel. Hadeel and her husband owned a business before the war but it and their home was destroyed. They are living with their children Joan, 3 and Celine, 16 months, who was born during the war. They are struggling with vitamin deficiencies.
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hadeel. Hadeel and her husband owned a business before the war but it and their home was destroyed. They are living with their children Joan, 3 and Celine, 16 months, who was born during the war. They are struggling with vitamin deficiencies.
Christmas gifts are mostly for my kid (&yet another cookery book for my partner, ofc, so he can continue to do most of the creative cooking🤫), but I also got myself a clichéd gift of men's underwear&socks, spiked blue earrings to match my hair,&a cute pronoun pin sadly so tiny no one will notice it😂
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Christmas gifts are mostly for my kid (&yet another cookery book for my partner, ofc, so he can continue to do most of the creative cooking🤫), but I also got myself a clichéd gift of men's underwear&socks, spiked blue earrings to match my hair,&a cute pronoun pin sadly so tiny no one will notice it😂
Сега като не съм така отчаян*, съм малко горд* с напредъка тая година и последните години изобщо. Самоспонсорирах си по план магистратурата и най-после ще се обучавам за по-добра работа в социалния сектор.
Вече съм открито queer, имам нови приятели.
Някакви важни неща се движат.
Brag over. 🥹
Вече съм открито queer, имам нови приятели.
Някакви важни неща се движат.
Brag over. 🥹
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Сега като не съм така отчаян*, съм малко горд* с напредъка тая година и последните години изобщо. Самоспонсорирах си по план магистратурата и най-после ще се обучавам за по-добра работа в социалния сектор.
Вече съм открито queer, имам нови приятели.
Някакви важни неща се движат.
Brag over. 🥹
Вече съм открито queer, имам нови приятели.
Някакви важни неща се движат.
Brag over. 🥹
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Santa as we know him today — sleigh riding, gift-giving, rotund and white bearded with his distinctive red suit — only began to properly take shape early 20th century. What did he look like before this? Find out in our "Pictorial History of Santa Claus" publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Santa as we know him today — sleigh riding, gift-giving, rotund and white bearded with his distinctive red suit — only began to properly take shape early 20th century. What did he look like before this? Find out in our "Pictorial History of Santa Claus" publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hadeel. Hadeel was studying social work before the war but she hasn’t been able to continue her education. She is the mother of 2 year old Nimr and she has chronic asthma. She has lost a large number of family members including her father.
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hadeel. Hadeel was studying social work before the war but she hasn’t been able to continue her education. She is the mother of 2 year old Nimr and she has chronic asthma. She has lost a large number of family members including her father.
Пращам на майка ми тая снимка. Тя след малко ми пише: "Къртиш." 🤣🤣🤣
December 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Пращам на майка ми тая снимка. Тя след малко ми пише: "Къртиш." 🤣🤣🤣
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Anyway if youre rightfully angry at these abusive parents, check out what the parents of the Bayswater Group are doing to trans kids in the UK. Supported by Streeting, and interviewed for the to-be-released review of Adult Services for Trans people on the NHS.
I won’t link, this is your homework.
I won’t link, this is your homework.
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Anyway if youre rightfully angry at these abusive parents, check out what the parents of the Bayswater Group are doing to trans kids in the UK. Supported by Streeting, and interviewed for the to-be-released review of Adult Services for Trans people on the NHS.
I won’t link, this is your homework.
I won’t link, this is your homework.
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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Some people might say I am too cynical about the United Kingdom in this book. Those people don't live here.
I've been leaving the conclusion of my UK chapter to the very last minute because I didn't want to have to rewrite a ton if Phillipson dropped the Code on us, and now I'm doing it, and dear god it's depressing.
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Some people might say I am too cynical about the United Kingdom in this book. Those people don't live here.
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I had the opportunity to read this already and I can tell you it is *excellent*. A very careful reading, fair and thorough.
So much of the commentary on the FWS judgment has been driven by reflexive responses to the outcome, but there are so many gaps and leaps in its reasoning that it will spawn litigation for years to come - @aoifemod.bsky.social and I flag some failings in judge craft:
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
December 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I had the opportunity to read this already and I can tell you it is *excellent*. A very careful reading, fair and thorough.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend