Gabriela
@gabrielart.bsky.social
culture critic • writer • comedian • scholar • educator
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words in: Bitch Media, Refinery29, Film Daze, Autostraddle
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Winter is coming and Gazans are freezing.
Gaza prepares for another difficult winter despite the ceasefire
With their homes reduced to rubble, many Palestinians in Gaza remain displaced in tents that pose significant hazards as winter approaches
prismreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Winter is coming and Gazans are freezing.
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and what ICE is doing is not "immigration enforcement"
DOGE was not a "cost-cutting measure," the assault on universities was not a "fight against anti-semitism," and the extra-judicial murder spree sure as shit is not an "anti-drug campaign."
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
![U.S. aircraft carrier nears Latin America as Venezuela tensions simmer
The USS Gerald R. Ford joins a sprawling buildup that has fueled speculation that the Trump administration intends to dramatically escalate its [highlight] antidrug campaign. [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreidn4xekvi4whd2lz5oxc2sg26ofnbyqrhxnsbxaf4j42jnywjpeh4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
and what ICE is doing is not "immigration enforcement"
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In a world full of terrible role models for young people, I’m so glad there are also smart, joyful and empathetic people like Ms Rachel and Mychal Threets.
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In a world full of terrible role models for young people, I’m so glad there are also smart, joyful and empathetic people like Ms Rachel and Mychal Threets.
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We've identified over 200 ICE Agents, employees and collaborators. None have been assaulted, as the US government claims.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
ICE List – Put ICE on ice
The ICE List is an open journalistic project, created by Crust News, aimed at collecting and sharing information that can hold ICE members legally accountable.
icelist.is
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We've identified over 200 ICE Agents, employees and collaborators. None have been assaulted, as the US government claims.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
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we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
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"What these pundits are nudging us to do, ever so politely, is accept that women, in the main, are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be."
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November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"What these pundits are nudging us to do, ever so politely, is accept that women, in the main, are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be."
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Hahahahahahaha holy fuck not only did they get nothing they got worse than nothing! Absolute fucking idiots all of them!
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hahahahahahaha holy fuck not only did they get nothing they got worse than nothing! Absolute fucking idiots all of them!
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Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
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did you know that most independent booksellers do not get healthcare through their jobs and navigate insurance markets on their own? do you know most independent booksellers don't make a lot of money?
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
Home - Binc Foundation
The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation and Macmillan Publishers are proud to announce that applications are open for the Macmillan Booksellers
bincfoundation.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
did you know that most independent booksellers do not get healthcare through their jobs and navigate insurance markets on their own? do you know most independent booksellers don't make a lot of money?
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
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After millions of people took to the streets, and a resounding nationwide electoral sweep, Democrats clearly had no other option in the Senate but to utterly capitulate to the Republicans.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
After millions of people took to the streets, and a resounding nationwide electoral sweep, Democrats clearly had no other option in the Senate but to utterly capitulate to the Republicans.
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"Authoritarianism can’t abide the concept of public health[...] It proposes limits on both government and individual activity, and the rationale for those limitations is grounded in the scientific process—it quite literally can appeal to an authority greater than whoever leads the state."
“Understanding the Covid-19 pandemic as a catalyst for right-wing backlash is misleading because it’s too passive” www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...
Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health
The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Authoritarianism can’t abide the concept of public health[...] It proposes limits on both government and individual activity, and the rationale for those limitations is grounded in the scientific process—it quite literally can appeal to an authority greater than whoever leads the state."
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"public health also means something anathema to the authoritarian: true collective responsibility. There aren’t supposed to be in-groups or out-groups that can be excluded and disregarded, and that is completely against the grain of collective responsibility as imagined by a dictator."
Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health
The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"public health also means something anathema to the authoritarian: true collective responsibility. There aren’t supposed to be in-groups or out-groups that can be excluded and disregarded, and that is completely against the grain of collective responsibility as imagined by a dictator."
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today is as good a day as any to buy palestinian olive oil www.eater.com/24430125/bes...
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
today is as good a day as any to buy palestinian olive oil www.eater.com/24430125/bes...
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"We lived in intense silent fear as an algorithm meticulously tore our family apart…This AI chatbot perfectly mimicked the predatory behaviour of a human groomer, systematically stealing our child's trust and innocence.”
Mothers say AI chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves
In her first UK interview Megan Garcia speaks to Laura Kuenssberg about the death of her teenage son.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"We lived in intense silent fear as an algorithm meticulously tore our family apart…This AI chatbot perfectly mimicked the predatory behaviour of a human groomer, systematically stealing our child's trust and innocence.”
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I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!
"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" | National Museum of African American History & Culture.
<p>“Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaigns of the 1930s used effective direct-action tactics, such as boycotts and picketing. </p>
www.searchablemuseum.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!
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We're socialized to constantly apologize for being too outwardly excited about things, but this world is so full of terror and misery that I'd rather see those bursts of light and passion shine through the cracks wherever you can find them.
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We're socialized to constantly apologize for being too outwardly excited about things, but this world is so full of terror and misery that I'd rather see those bursts of light and passion shine through the cracks wherever you can find them.
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Both parties actively endorsed Andrew Cuomo and he STILL couldn't beat a vocally pro-Palestine, pro-trans, socialist, Muslim immigrant. The vindication I feel IS a part of that obvs coz I'm a petty little cunt. But I mostly feel intense joy and relief that another way has been shown to be possible.
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Both parties actively endorsed Andrew Cuomo and he STILL couldn't beat a vocally pro-Palestine, pro-trans, socialist, Muslim immigrant. The vindication I feel IS a part of that obvs coz I'm a petty little cunt. But I mostly feel intense joy and relief that another way has been shown to be possible.
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The writer for the New York Times hack piece that this article describes is Jeremy Peters , who organized writers against criticisms by colleagues who were trans and gender non conforming by lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The writer for the New York Times hack piece that this article describes is Jeremy Peters , who organized writers against criticisms by colleagues who were trans and gender non conforming by lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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every sunday, from pulpits in megachurches across america, white evangelicals cry out about some imaginary persecution of christianity. but i can’t stop thinking about the pile of rosaries collected by a janitor at a border crossing or the priest turned away at the gates of the detention camp.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
every sunday, from pulpits in megachurches across america, white evangelicals cry out about some imaginary persecution of christianity. but i can’t stop thinking about the pile of rosaries collected by a janitor at a border crossing or the priest turned away at the gates of the detention camp.
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I know what's happening on the ground in Jamaica thanks to WhatsApp — ordinarily, a quick and convenient means of staying in touch; under threat of natural a disaster, a lifeline.
Messaging through Hurricane Melissa
I know what's happening on the ground in Jamaica thanks to WhatsApp — ordinarily, a quick and convenient means of staying in touch; under threat of natural a disaster, a lifeline.
globalvoices.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I know what's happening on the ground in Jamaica thanks to WhatsApp — ordinarily, a quick and convenient means of staying in touch; under threat of natural a disaster, a lifeline.
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There is something really wrong with people who need workers to be not just competent, but slavishly fake-happy. "Slavishly" used on purpose, bc that's where this grotesquerie comes from.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There is something really wrong with people who need workers to be not just competent, but slavishly fake-happy. "Slavishly" used on purpose, bc that's where this grotesquerie comes from.
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This week’s newsletter:
Celebrities are meeting the moment with a mixture of self-interest and evasion. Celebrities will not save us
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Celebrities are meeting the moment with a mixture of self-interest and evasion. Celebrities will not save us
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Celebrities will not save us
Celebrities are meeting the moment with a mixture of self-interest and evasion
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November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This week’s newsletter:
Celebrities are meeting the moment with a mixture of self-interest and evasion. Celebrities will not save us
Read! Subscribe! It’s free!
Celebrities are meeting the moment with a mixture of self-interest and evasion. Celebrities will not save us
Read! Subscribe! It’s free!
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One thing that strikes me is just how fake all of our problems related to government are
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
One thing that strikes me is just how fake all of our problems related to government are
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal