Dj Ripley
@djripley.bsky.social
Scholar, teacher, DJ, radical, junglist.
Former streetmedic, current assoc. prof. More at http://larisa-mann.com
She/her.
I wrote : RUDE CITIZENSHIP: copyright, Jamaican popular music & reverberations of colonial power https://tinyurl.com/RudeCBook
Former streetmedic, current assoc. prof. More at http://larisa-mann.com
She/her.
I wrote : RUDE CITIZENSHIP: copyright, Jamaican popular music & reverberations of colonial power https://tinyurl.com/RudeCBook
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Dj Ripley
@djripley.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Hi new followers 👋🏻 FYI I am a luddite (laudatory), an anti-zionist secular Jew (like my grandparents) for Palestinian liberation, against white supremacy. 27 years as a dj &event organizer = praxis & care work. Related: I help care for my elderly mother. Against cop shit (in education & everywhere).
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That the virus was more dangerous than the vaccine was pretty clear 4.5 years ago, though an enormous propaganda machine led by our current medical establishment claimed otherwise.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
That the virus was more dangerous than the vaccine was pretty clear 4.5 years ago, though an enormous propaganda machine led by our current medical establishment claimed otherwise.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
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no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
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if you wanna leave a nasty message for chuck schumey a live person answered here (please be kind to them when leaving your comment)
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
if you wanna leave a nasty message for chuck schumey a live person answered here (please be kind to them when leaving your comment)
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Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
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Yes!! And for folks who feel like there is nothing near them to join and don’t have the ability to start their own thing,
there are orgs that have real online organizing programs. @workingfamilies.org has a great virtual program. I know there are others too. Especially in disability justice.
there are orgs that have real online organizing programs. @workingfamilies.org has a great virtual program. I know there are others too. Especially in disability justice.
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Yes!! And for folks who feel like there is nothing near them to join and don’t have the ability to start their own thing,
there are orgs that have real online organizing programs. @workingfamilies.org has a great virtual program. I know there are others too. Especially in disability justice.
there are orgs that have real online organizing programs. @workingfamilies.org has a great virtual program. I know there are others too. Especially in disability justice.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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I'm always reminded by folks how this idea is rooted in colonial ideals. Cuz so many organized religions would classify Natives and brown ppl as "dirty" and needing to scrub until white.
This is why people—even irreligious people!—think if you get sick, especially chronically sick, you must have done something wrong.
It’s a way to reassure themselves. It’s comforting bullshit (that appears nowhere in the book they claim to love).
It’s a way to reassure themselves. It’s comforting bullshit (that appears nowhere in the book they claim to love).
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I'm always reminded by folks how this idea is rooted in colonial ideals. Cuz so many organized religions would classify Natives and brown ppl as "dirty" and needing to scrub until white.
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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“Having an ethics committee would open us up to legal liability” is one of the worst self-owns I can imagine
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Having an ethics committee would open us up to legal liability” is one of the worst self-owns I can imagine
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Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
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Nazi shit.
"Experts said the new guidelines greatly expand the list of medical conditions to be considered and give visa officers more power to make decisions about immigration based on an applicant’s health status."
kffhealthnews.org/news/article... @kffhealthnews.org
kffhealthnews.org/news/article... @kffhealthnews.org
Immigrants With Health Conditions May Be Denied Visas Under New Trump Administration Guidance - KFF Health News
The Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigrants seek visas to enter the U.S.
kffhealthnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Nazi shit.
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When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government.
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out…
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government.
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
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i will repeat: this is psychological torture for SNAP recipients.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
i will repeat: this is psychological torture for SNAP recipients.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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SNAP update. Insane one. So USDA is now saying on a huge lag:
- issue partial payments using a bad-math formula;
- CLAW BACK full issuances that any state sent *properly* under last week's guidance;
- if you don't CLAW BACK benefits, we won't pay the federal share of SNAP administrative costs (??)
- issue partial payments using a bad-math formula;
- CLAW BACK full issuances that any state sent *properly* under last week's guidance;
- if you don't CLAW BACK benefits, we won't pay the federal share of SNAP administrative costs (??)
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
SNAP update. Insane one. So USDA is now saying on a huge lag:
- issue partial payments using a bad-math formula;
- CLAW BACK full issuances that any state sent *properly* under last week's guidance;
- if you don't CLAW BACK benefits, we won't pay the federal share of SNAP administrative costs (??)
- issue partial payments using a bad-math formula;
- CLAW BACK full issuances that any state sent *properly* under last week's guidance;
- if you don't CLAW BACK benefits, we won't pay the federal share of SNAP administrative costs (??)
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One of the things I’ve said multiple times is that any number of these tech weirdos in the Bay Area could have bought the Oakland A’s and built them a stadium and become a Bay Area legend. None thought to do so because none have normal human thoughts and emotions.
November 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One of the things I’ve said multiple times is that any number of these tech weirdos in the Bay Area could have bought the Oakland A’s and built them a stadium and become a Bay Area legend. None thought to do so because none have normal human thoughts and emotions.
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Cities aren’t noisy, cars are. And we need to fix that if we are to retain our sanity, says a leading scholars in her final piece.
Car Harms: The Physical and Mental Health Effects of Noise and the Lessening of Social Values - Streetsblog New York City
Cities aren’t noisy, cars are. And we need to fix that if we are to retain our sanity, says one of the leading scholars in her final piece.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Cities aren’t noisy, cars are. And we need to fix that if we are to retain our sanity, says a leading scholars in her final piece.
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even as gangs of masked ICE freaks attack and kidnap random citizens, ignoring the courts and flaunting their lawlessness, not a single Democratic politician is promising consequences, let alone defunding and disbandment
bottom line, ICE are cops, and Democrats love them some cops
bottom line, ICE are cops, and Democrats love them some cops
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
even as gangs of masked ICE freaks attack and kidnap random citizens, ignoring the courts and flaunting their lawlessness, not a single Democratic politician is promising consequences, let alone defunding and disbandment
bottom line, ICE are cops, and Democrats love them some cops
bottom line, ICE are cops, and Democrats love them some cops
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If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
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Nancy Pelosi’s trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio.
One of the Greatest Wall Street Investors of All Time Announces Retirement
Nancy Pelosi’s trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Nancy Pelosi’s trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio.
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There was an unintentionally revealing moment in oral arguments earlier this Term in a case about a political candidate’s ability to challenge voting rules. Part of the GOP candidate’s arg relied on the notion that…Republicans typically make it harder to vote while Democrats make it easier…
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
There was an unintentionally revealing moment in oral arguments earlier this Term in a case about a political candidate’s ability to challenge voting rules. Part of the GOP candidate’s arg relied on the notion that…Republicans typically make it harder to vote while Democrats make it easier…
greeeeeeat movie. so good.
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016). Sennia Nanua as Melanie.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
greeeeeeat movie. so good.
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The newsletter also has some deep thoughts about the bloodbath at Teen Vogue
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The newsletter also has some deep thoughts about the bloodbath at Teen Vogue
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Human trafficking. Abolish ICE.
ICE to open national call center to find unaccompanied migrant children amid surge in partnerships
ICE to open national call center to find unaccompanied migrant children amid surge in partnerships
ICE to open national call center to find unaccompanied migrant children amid surge in partnerships
www.independent.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Human trafficking. Abolish ICE.