@hiboulit.bsky.social
Bookseller in the South Puget Sound. WBB & Seattle Reign FC fan. Gardener in progress. Parent. Once academic, now occasional writer.
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WA: Washington’s flooding has been declared a state of emergency. If your property has been impacted by the atmospheric rivers, there are financial relief options available to you.
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
How WA property owners can get financial relief after the flood
More than 100,000 Washington residents have been advised to evacuate their homes in the wake of catastrophic flooding across the region. That’s about double the number of Washington homes and business...
www.kuow.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 AM
WA: Washington’s flooding has been declared a state of emergency. If your property has been impacted by the atmospheric rivers, there are financial relief options available to you.
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
super well put.
Wrecking young people's reading, writing & analytical skills during their formative years is an economic imperative for AI companies. For many of us who learned these things without AI, slop can't pass for news or entertainment. Destroying standards is essential to the industry's growth & survival.
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
super well put.
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Last 3 hours to join Blanket Friday, our alternative to the consumerist hellscape designed to lull us into genocide denial in the us settler colony, in Palestine, and everywhere empire extends. All powered by workers in hellish conditions.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Last 3 hours to join Blanket Friday, our alternative to the consumerist hellscape designed to lull us into genocide denial in the us settler colony, in Palestine, and everywhere empire extends. All powered by workers in hellish conditions.
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bla...
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bla...
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Next year, Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will hand $67 BILLION of YOUR taxpayer dollars over to corporations for a single tax break.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Next year, Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will hand $67 BILLION of YOUR taxpayer dollars over to corporations for a single tax break.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
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Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
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"Juan" shares, "It was 33° in Sunnyside WA when we arrived at 7am this day to begin pruning cherry trees. It was 50° when we left at 3:30. It's a hard job. We must balance on a ladder cutting branches with heavy shears. We earn $1.80 a tree average 50-60 trees a day." #WeFeedYou
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Juan" shares, "It was 33° in Sunnyside WA when we arrived at 7am this day to begin pruning cherry trees. It was 50° when we left at 3:30. It's a hard job. We must balance on a ladder cutting branches with heavy shears. We earn $1.80 a tree average 50-60 trees a day." #WeFeedYou
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She left footprints of blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen. A doctor injected anesthesia as she read testimonies of genocide. Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo on the role of political art.
Regina José Galindo, Performance Artist: “In Guatemala, we don’t live with the truth”
She walked barefoot, leaving footprints of human blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen and become a virgin again. She had a doctor injected her in the…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
She left footprints of blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen. A doctor injected anesthesia as she read testimonies of genocide. Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo on the role of political art.
i think about this all the time
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
i think about this all the time
Buried in here is this man's arrest after "allegedly wandering drunkenly into the women’s restroom of the Yard House restaurant on Long Beach’s Shoreline Village waterfront wearing a gun and an ammunition clip, despite being off-duty, and asking a female customer out on a date."
Border Patrol agent who went viral over arrest video died of overdose, lawyer says
Border Patrol agent who went viral over arrest video died of overdose, lawyer says
www.independent.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Buried in here is this man's arrest after "allegedly wandering drunkenly into the women’s restroom of the Yard House restaurant on Long Beach’s Shoreline Village waterfront wearing a gun and an ammunition clip, despite being off-duty, and asking a female customer out on a date."
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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I’m heated + I’ve got time tonight so let me say this: the pathway to becoming a professional athlete has never been “fair.” Being trans is not a competitive advantage!
Wealth and access is THE BIGGEST competitive advantage. Anyone saying it’s about fairness is full of shit!
LEAVE TRANS PPL ALONE!
Wealth and access is THE BIGGEST competitive advantage. Anyone saying it’s about fairness is full of shit!
LEAVE TRANS PPL ALONE!
November 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’m heated + I’ve got time tonight so let me say this: the pathway to becoming a professional athlete has never been “fair.” Being trans is not a competitive advantage!
Wealth and access is THE BIGGEST competitive advantage. Anyone saying it’s about fairness is full of shit!
LEAVE TRANS PPL ALONE!
Wealth and access is THE BIGGEST competitive advantage. Anyone saying it’s about fairness is full of shit!
LEAVE TRANS PPL ALONE!
I have a copy of Enrique Olvera's cookbook, "Mexico from the Inside Out" in my shop right now & it opens w/this exquisite sentence:
"Mexico is the only country in the world with a national coat of arms that consecrates an act of feral gastronomy."
Feral gastronomy! What a phrase. #booksky
"Mexico is the only country in the world with a national coat of arms that consecrates an act of feral gastronomy."
Feral gastronomy! What a phrase. #booksky
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I have a copy of Enrique Olvera's cookbook, "Mexico from the Inside Out" in my shop right now & it opens w/this exquisite sentence:
"Mexico is the only country in the world with a national coat of arms that consecrates an act of feral gastronomy."
Feral gastronomy! What a phrase. #booksky
"Mexico is the only country in the world with a national coat of arms that consecrates an act of feral gastronomy."
Feral gastronomy! What a phrase. #booksky
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Due to the organizing of LGBTQ & Palestinian activists fighting to end the genocide in Gaza, @hrc.org has confirmed it is no longer sponsored by weapons companies Northrop Grumman and RTX Corporation
Out joint statement w/
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
www.adalahjusticeproject.org/hrc-victory-...
Out joint statement w/
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
www.adalahjusticeproject.org/hrc-victory-...
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Due to the organizing of LGBTQ & Palestinian activists fighting to end the genocide in Gaza, @hrc.org has confirmed it is no longer sponsored by weapons companies Northrop Grumman and RTX Corporation
Out joint statement w/
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
www.adalahjusticeproject.org/hrc-victory-...
Out joint statement w/
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
www.adalahjusticeproject.org/hrc-victory-...
sounds like Cuomo coming for Mamdani & telling him to move out of his rent-controlled 1br apt bc he's a "very rich person" 🙄
As Mayor, Harrell Paid for Luxury Upgrades on City Trips, Including a $12,000 Flight and a $1,000-a-Night Hotel
Now he wants voters to believe he represents the working class—and that his opponent, renter Katie Wilson, is an out-of touch-elite.
publicola.com/2025/11/04/h...
Now he wants voters to believe he represents the working class—and that his opponent, renter Katie Wilson, is an out-of touch-elite.
publicola.com/2025/11/04/h...
As Mayor, Harrell Paid for Luxury Upgrades on City Trips, Including a $12,000 Flight and $1,000-a-Night Hotels - PubliCola
Now he wants voters to believe he represents the working class—and that his opponent, renter Katie Wilson, is an out-of…
publicola.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
sounds like Cuomo coming for Mamdani & telling him to move out of his rent-controlled 1br apt bc he's a "very rich person" 🙄
Here in Tacoma, an ICE contractor who works at Northwest Ice Processing Center left a loaded gun in a hospital bathroom at St. Joe's.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdYA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdYA...
'Atrociously unsafe': ICE contractor leaves gun unattended in Tacoma hospital bathroom
YouTube video by KING 5 Seattle
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Here in Tacoma, an ICE contractor who works at Northwest Ice Processing Center left a loaded gun in a hospital bathroom at St. Joe's.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdYA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdYA...
some people abuse children & they're running the world.
“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
October 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
some people abuse children & they're running the world.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.
Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.
Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.
Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.
Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.
"I'm only 4'6 and I can't see. What harm was I going to do to them?" Haberl said...
They call Portland a war zone? The only people that's making it a war zone is ICE," Haberl said."
Anyone celebrating No Kings being "peaceful," remember it's Cops & ICE who make things violent, not protestors.
They call Portland a war zone? The only people that's making it a war zone is ICE," Haberl said."
Anyone celebrating No Kings being "peaceful," remember it's Cops & ICE who make things violent, not protestors.
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"I'm only 4'6 and I can't see. What harm was I going to do to them?" Haberl said...
They call Portland a war zone? The only people that's making it a war zone is ICE," Haberl said."
Anyone celebrating No Kings being "peaceful," remember it's Cops & ICE who make things violent, not protestors.
They call Portland a war zone? The only people that's making it a war zone is ICE," Haberl said."
Anyone celebrating No Kings being "peaceful," remember it's Cops & ICE who make things violent, not protestors.
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER
In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.
blockclubchicago.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
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UPDATE Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years, 3 months for attempting a military coup, with plans to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, VP Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, to stay in power after his 2022 election loss
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
September 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
UPDATE Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years, 3 months for attempting a military coup, with plans to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, VP Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, to stay in power after his 2022 election loss
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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It's not lost on me in the midst of this eulogizing and memorializing a monster that my home state, Florida, has made it a crime to commemorate or remember the victims of the Pulse massacre.
In America, only some deaths are considered grievable. The rest of us are just "collateral damage."
In America, only some deaths are considered grievable. The rest of us are just "collateral damage."
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It's not lost on me in the midst of this eulogizing and memorializing a monster that my home state, Florida, has made it a crime to commemorate or remember the victims of the Pulse massacre.
In America, only some deaths are considered grievable. The rest of us are just "collateral damage."
In America, only some deaths are considered grievable. The rest of us are just "collateral damage."
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It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.
September 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.