Karla Monterroso
@karlaliliana.bsky.social
Part chaplain, part cross-pollinator, part coach, part builder. Multiracial multicultural institution dreamer. Brava pero vulnerable.
www.bravaleaders.com
www.bravaleaders.com
Hey folks with lupus and/or long covid. Have you gotten autoimmune hives? Any tips on recovering from them?
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Hey folks with lupus and/or long covid. Have you gotten autoimmune hives? Any tips on recovering from them?
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I know everyone is fed up with the state of the world but what if you didn’t take it out on people you have mild disagreements with on social media
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I know everyone is fed up with the state of the world but what if you didn’t take it out on people you have mild disagreements with on social media
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🧵*11/17/2025 noncooperation thread*
A daily-ish thread of acts of noncompliance & defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.
*
West coast, East coast
Everywhere in between
We're telling ICE to go to hell
Wanna help? Here's a zine ⬇️
(cc zine maven @meganpiont.bsky.social)
A daily-ish thread of acts of noncompliance & defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.
*
West coast, East coast
Everywhere in between
We're telling ICE to go to hell
Wanna help? Here's a zine ⬇️
(cc zine maven @meganpiont.bsky.social)
Charlotte Residents Defend Community as ICE Arrives for Latest Trump Immigration Crackdown www.commondreams.org/news/ice-cha...
Charlotte Residents Defend Community as ICE Arrives for Latest Trump Immigration Crackdown | Common Dreams
In Charlotte, NC, Trump's anti-immigration crackdown sparked outrage as Border Patrol and ICE agents targeted Latino communities. Local residents fought back, filming agents, handing out whistles, and...
www.commondreams.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🧵*11/17/2025 noncooperation thread*
A daily-ish thread of acts of noncompliance & defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.
*
West coast, East coast
Everywhere in between
We're telling ICE to go to hell
Wanna help? Here's a zine ⬇️
(cc zine maven @meganpiont.bsky.social)
A daily-ish thread of acts of noncompliance & defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.
*
West coast, East coast
Everywhere in between
We're telling ICE to go to hell
Wanna help? Here's a zine ⬇️
(cc zine maven @meganpiont.bsky.social)
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Elizabeth Warren has urged Harvard to oust Larry Summers after revelations that he solicited advice from Jeffrey Epstein on how to abuse his position and coerce his mentee to have sex with him.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Urges Harvard to Cut Ties With Summers After Epstein Emails Surface | News | The Harvard Crimson
Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren (D-Mass.) urged Harvard to cut ties with former University President Lawrence Summers after newly released emails revealed years of personal correspondence between Summers and...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Elizabeth Warren has urged Harvard to oust Larry Summers after revelations that he solicited advice from Jeffrey Epstein on how to abuse his position and coerce his mentee to have sex with him.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Just keeping this thought in mind every day.
I really think within the next decade or two, the Republican party will cease to exist - at very least MAGA will be relegated to being the Klan, and the Democratic party will split in two.
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just keeping this thought in mind every day.
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At work, we are seeing a STEEP decline in vaccinations for Latino children.
Many of these children receive those vaccines at school sites and mobile clinics at school.
That likely means that Latino parents just arent sending their kids to school at ALL for fear of ICE.
Many of these children receive those vaccines at school sites and mobile clinics at school.
That likely means that Latino parents just arent sending their kids to school at ALL for fear of ICE.
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
At work, we are seeing a STEEP decline in vaccinations for Latino children.
Many of these children receive those vaccines at school sites and mobile clinics at school.
That likely means that Latino parents just arent sending their kids to school at ALL for fear of ICE.
Many of these children receive those vaccines at school sites and mobile clinics at school.
That likely means that Latino parents just arent sending their kids to school at ALL for fear of ICE.
A wild entitlement.
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A wild entitlement.
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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There is no universe where I’ll ever consider these people as political allies. I will literally compromise on every ideological issue to prevent them from gaining power.
Fuck them.
Fuck them.
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
There is no universe where I’ll ever consider these people as political allies. I will literally compromise on every ideological issue to prevent them from gaining power.
Fuck them.
Fuck them.
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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
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The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
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For a very particular reason, ALAN DERSHOWITZ, I’m thinking about how the Harvard Law Faculty, which Dersh is a member of, were VERY vocal about how Harvard’s mee Obama-era title IX standards were too stringent and “unfair” to accused perpetrators
To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For a very particular reason, ALAN DERSHOWITZ, I’m thinking about how the Harvard Law Faculty, which Dersh is a member of, were VERY vocal about how Harvard’s mee Obama-era title IX standards were too stringent and “unfair” to accused perpetrators
Put another way — they were perfectly fine giving power to an individual sufficiently assimilated to the dominant neoliberal point of view, but deeply unwilling to hand power to everyday people from marginalized communities.
Think it is so rich how folks in the Democratic party are decrying identity politics. They didn’t actually DO identity politics short of the prioritization of the “moderate middle class”. Everything else was tokenization — which is all the room they had left after the primary Identitarian push.
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Put another way — they were perfectly fine giving power to an individual sufficiently assimilated to the dominant neoliberal point of view, but deeply unwilling to hand power to everyday people from marginalized communities.
Think it is so rich how folks in the Democratic party are decrying identity politics. They didn’t actually DO identity politics short of the prioritization of the “moderate middle class”. Everything else was tokenization — which is all the room they had left after the primary Identitarian push.
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Think it is so rich how folks in the Democratic party are decrying identity politics. They didn’t actually DO identity politics short of the prioritization of the “moderate middle class”. Everything else was tokenization — which is all the room they had left after the primary Identitarian push.
The difference between tokenization is all the power we’ll give you and all we know how to do — and identity doesn’t work as politics is screaming real loud here.
This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The difference between tokenization is all the power we’ll give you and all we know how to do — and identity doesn’t work as politics is screaming real loud here.
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So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
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“I’m Hispanic and I’m dark (skinned), so that’s why they picked me up,” Diaz, a U.S. citizen, said. “It feels scary because I’m wearing a target — you know, pick me up because I’m this color. It shouldn’t be like that.”
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“I’m Hispanic and I’m dark (skinned), so that’s why they picked me up,” Diaz, a U.S. citizen, said. “It feels scary because I’m wearing a target — you know, pick me up because I’m this color. It shouldn’t be like that.”
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In 2022, I commissioned @mollycrabapple.bsky.social to make a portrait of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, as part of a series for the release of The Viral Underclass. Molly signed if for her. Alice was so excited to have a Molly Crabapple of herself!
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
In 2022, I commissioned @mollycrabapple.bsky.social to make a portrait of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, as part of a series for the release of The Viral Underclass. Molly signed if for her. Alice was so excited to have a Molly Crabapple of herself!
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
For those of us who became disabled as a result of the pandemic, Alice was a bright light walking us through the experience. She did so much to show many of us what it meant to see disability as a beautiful part of who we are, not something to resent.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
For those of us who became disabled as a result of the pandemic, Alice was a bright light walking us through the experience. She did so much to show many of us what it meant to see disability as a beautiful part of who we are, not something to resent.
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Aaron Goggans and I talk about what happens when movements start running on empty—how trauma, burnout, and dysregulation can shape our organizing, and what it takes to sustain ourselves and each other in a moment of crisis and emergency. I found this conversation so helpful, and I hope you will too.
Burnout Is Not Inevitable: Building Movements That Can Hold Us
“Care really should be at the center of our strategy, of our analysis, and of our practice,” says Aaron Goggans.
truthout.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Aaron Goggans and I talk about what happens when movements start running on empty—how trauma, burnout, and dysregulation can shape our organizing, and what it takes to sustain ourselves and each other in a moment of crisis and emergency. I found this conversation so helpful, and I hope you will too.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Well the $30,000 that I was counting on from a funder that I was going to use to pay some young organizers in 2026, fell through. #SIGH... the absolute worst part of my work these days is fundraising.
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Well the $30,000 that I was counting on from a funder that I was going to use to pay some young organizers in 2026, fell through. #SIGH... the absolute worst part of my work these days is fundraising.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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It’s not just about recognizing class politics, it’s about refashioning class politics to be a critique of capitalism, exploitation, and privatization instead of reactionary, punitive, deficit-minded, equality in suffering bullshit.
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It’s not just about recognizing class politics, it’s about refashioning class politics to be a critique of capitalism, exploitation, and privatization instead of reactionary, punitive, deficit-minded, equality in suffering bullshit.