Katie Armstrong
@katiearmstrong.bsky.social
Cartographer | Anti-imperialist | prev w/ Nat Geo | Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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🔴 BREAKING: Israel Launches New Wave of Strikes Across Southern Lebanon
The Israeli military has unleashed heavy airstrikes across various parts of...Lebanon in what Al Jazeera described as the most serious escalation since the ceasefire that ended the 2024 war with Hezbollah...
More details: ⬇️ 🧵
The Israeli military has unleashed heavy airstrikes across various parts of...Lebanon in what Al Jazeera described as the most serious escalation since the ceasefire that ended the 2024 war with Hezbollah...
More details: ⬇️ 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Israel Launches New Wave of Strikes Across Southern Lebanon
The Israeli military has unleashed heavy airstrikes across various parts of...Lebanon in what Al Jazeera described as the most serious escalation since the ceasefire that ended the 2024 war with Hezbollah...
More details: ⬇️ 🧵
The Israeli military has unleashed heavy airstrikes across various parts of...Lebanon in what Al Jazeera described as the most serious escalation since the ceasefire that ended the 2024 war with Hezbollah...
More details: ⬇️ 🧵
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Deja vu. bsky.app/profile/equa...
This is driving me crazy. The New York Times calling this madness an “anti-drug operation” is one of the worst forms of propaganda: accepting stated motivations of powerful people as the truth.
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Deja vu. bsky.app/profile/equa...
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THREAD: There is no explanation for the New York Times continue this level of unethical reporting. I’ve talked to reporters and editors there and no one defends this: reporting the stated reasons of the government as its *actual* reasons.
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
THREAD: There is no explanation for the New York Times continue this level of unethical reporting. I’ve talked to reporters and editors there and no one defends this: reporting the stated reasons of the government as its *actual* reasons.
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Periodic reminder that teargas is an abortifacient. I've been documenting the effects of teargas for five years by speaking to people directly impacted and exposed in the US. 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Periodic reminder that teargas is an abortifacient. I've been documenting the effects of teargas for five years by speaking to people directly impacted and exposed in the US. 🧵
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If you’re interested in any facet of Virginia Folklore please join this virtual meeting on Nov 19 @6pm and/or pass the invite to your friends! We’re trying to cast as wide a net as possible and get a ton of different voices statewide on the call.
Are you interested in local folklore/history? Want to connect with other researchers outside institutional settings? Consider joining on 10/19 6PM for a virtual reunion of the Virginia Folklore Society. Were hoping to help the society out of its dormancy & would love to hear from anyone out there!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virginia Folklore Society Reunion / Interest Meet Up. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virginia Folklore Society Reunion / Interest Meet Up. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
virginia.zoom.us
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If you’re interested in any facet of Virginia Folklore please join this virtual meeting on Nov 19 @6pm and/or pass the invite to your friends! We’re trying to cast as wide a net as possible and get a ton of different voices statewide on the call.
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People want to talk about supporting our Black, native Washingtonians. Then they strip the very laws that our people have benefited from for decades - and pay lip service in the process while stealing opportunity from straight under their feet. Shame.
October 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
People want to talk about supporting our Black, native Washingtonians. Then they strip the very laws that our people have benefited from for decades - and pay lip service in the process while stealing opportunity from straight under their feet. Shame.
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First it was single family, then it was new builds, now 2-4 units. The single greatest tool we have for preserving affordable housing and building generation wealth. . All sales going forward will be to be venture capital firms and private equity. This major door to homeownership closed.
Lewis George's amendment fails on a 9-4 vote. And thus, the D.C. Council just exempted almost all 2-4 unit buildings in the city from TOPA. (Which wasn't initially included in the underlying RENTAL Act.)
October 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
First it was single family, then it was new builds, now 2-4 units. The single greatest tool we have for preserving affordable housing and building generation wealth. . All sales going forward will be to be venture capital firms and private equity. This major door to homeownership closed.
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⚡️Mousa Abu Marzouk has spent decades building Hamas as a resistance and political movement. After being born a refugee in Rafah in 1951, he studied in the U.S., earning a Master’s in engineering at Colorado State and a PhD at Louisiana Tech in 1991 — the same year he became chairman of the Hamas...
October 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
⚡️Mousa Abu Marzouk has spent decades building Hamas as a resistance and political movement. After being born a refugee in Rafah in 1951, he studied in the U.S., earning a Master’s in engineering at Colorado State and a PhD at Louisiana Tech in 1991 — the same year he became chairman of the Hamas...
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fucked up that this is all just landlords swatting their own buildings to get rid of all the working class residents so they can raise the rent or sell to a developer who'll flip them into high end condos or w/e
like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!
like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!
There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
fucked up that this is all just landlords swatting their own buildings to get rid of all the working class residents so they can raise the rent or sell to a developer who'll flip them into high end condos or w/e
like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!
like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!
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“My biggest fear is going to the hospital."
Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth.
Some experience dangerous complications as a result.
19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth.
Some experience dangerous complications as a result.
19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk
Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.
19thnews.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“My biggest fear is going to the hospital."
Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth.
Some experience dangerous complications as a result.
19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth.
Some experience dangerous complications as a result.
19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
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NEW — Freedom Flotilla Coalition says there may soon be an attempt by Israel to intercept the Global Sumud Flotilla. Say radars show roughly 12 unidentified vessels, just 5-15 miles away.
Some flotilla boats seem to be losing connection, possibly experiencing signal jamming.
Some flotilla boats seem to be losing connection, possibly experiencing signal jamming.
October 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NEW — Freedom Flotilla Coalition says there may soon be an attempt by Israel to intercept the Global Sumud Flotilla. Say radars show roughly 12 unidentified vessels, just 5-15 miles away.
Some flotilla boats seem to be losing connection, possibly experiencing signal jamming.
Some flotilla boats seem to be losing connection, possibly experiencing signal jamming.
a single, beautiful tithonia and not where I planted it (them)
September 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
a single, beautiful tithonia and not where I planted it (them)
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What is the history of member-driven change in the AAG?
Our archival research has shown that member-driven political activity has been common in AAG's history, including struggles around the Equal Rights Amendment; the US funding of contras in Nicaragua; and nuclear proliferation and war.
Our archival research has shown that member-driven political activity has been common in AAG's history, including struggles around the Equal Rights Amendment; the US funding of contras in Nicaragua; and nuclear proliferation and war.
September 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
What is the history of member-driven change in the AAG?
Our archival research has shown that member-driven political activity has been common in AAG's history, including struggles around the Equal Rights Amendment; the US funding of contras in Nicaragua; and nuclear proliferation and war.
Our archival research has shown that member-driven political activity has been common in AAG's history, including struggles around the Equal Rights Amendment; the US funding of contras in Nicaragua; and nuclear proliferation and war.
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Say his name: Yahya Barzaq, one of the 275+ journalists killed in Gaza. He was known as one of the most prominent photojournalists still alive in Gaza. Prior to the genocide, he was known for gently photographing newborn babies.
September 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Say his name: Yahya Barzaq, one of the 275+ journalists killed in Gaza. He was known as one of the most prominent photojournalists still alive in Gaza. Prior to the genocide, he was known for gently photographing newborn babies.
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Footage shot by Enzo Pianetti from Sirius, where Drop Site’s Alex Colston (@recolston.bsky.social) is reporting. Mast lights from ships dot the horizon where all the boats are gathered...every so often an explosion can be seen and heard. Crews remain vigilant awaiting more...unpredictable attacks.
September 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Footage shot by Enzo Pianetti from Sirius, where Drop Site’s Alex Colston (@recolston.bsky.social) is reporting. Mast lights from ships dot the horizon where all the boats are gathered...every so often an explosion can be seen and heard. Crews remain vigilant awaiting more...unpredictable attacks.
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Highlight of the last week for me. Yasmin showing us how to do it. ❤️🔥
Just so y'all know what's happening at the Kennedy Center. Shout out to Yasmin Williams who is showing that we are not monolithic and that we all have different ways of protesting what is going on.
September 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Highlight of the last week for me. Yasmin showing us how to do it. ❤️🔥
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Remora House is the real deal supporting their community and they need your help. Anything helps and they're a great cause.
❗️Monthly Donation Request❗️
We’re hoping to add another friend to our monthly cash distro, where once a month we send $150 no-questions-asked cash to unhoused & recently housed neighbors!
We could use a few more recurring donations to help get us there!
Sign up here!:
givebutter.com/remorahouse
We’re hoping to add another friend to our monthly cash distro, where once a month we send $150 no-questions-asked cash to unhoused & recently housed neighbors!
We could use a few more recurring donations to help get us there!
Sign up here!:
givebutter.com/remorahouse
Support Remora House
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September 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Remora House is the real deal supporting their community and they need your help. Anything helps and they're a great cause.
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⛵️Global Sumud Flotilla update: The Sumud Flotilla’s fleet from both Barcelona and Tunisia is currently sailing west of the island of Malta.
September 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
⛵️Global Sumud Flotilla update: The Sumud Flotilla’s fleet from both Barcelona and Tunisia is currently sailing west of the island of Malta.
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I actually think that learning how to grow protein rich peanut crops that are delicious and also fix your soil is more important than computer glasses but what do I know…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech: https://cnn.it/47L2Y5a
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I actually think that learning how to grow protein rich peanut crops that are delicious and also fix your soil is more important than computer glasses but what do I know…
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This is horrifying & devastating.
Every single person that has said unhoused people are dangerous, that they are undeserving of support, that they need to just be cleared out & warehoused for forced treatment, contributed to this happening.
Hating homeless people is a bipartisan policy position.
Every single person that has said unhoused people are dangerous, that they are undeserving of support, that they need to just be cleared out & warehoused for forced treatment, contributed to this happening.
Hating homeless people is a bipartisan policy position.
FOX news host suggests we euthanize the homeless, someone goes into two encampments and starts shooting.
13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments
13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments
'We're shutting this thing down': 8 shot at Minneapolis homeless encampment hosted by landlord, Frey pledges action
That shooting came less than 12 hours after another shooting just two miles away that left five others injured.
kstp.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is horrifying & devastating.
Every single person that has said unhoused people are dangerous, that they are undeserving of support, that they need to just be cleared out & warehoused for forced treatment, contributed to this happening.
Hating homeless people is a bipartisan policy position.
Every single person that has said unhoused people are dangerous, that they are undeserving of support, that they need to just be cleared out & warehoused for forced treatment, contributed to this happening.
Hating homeless people is a bipartisan policy position.
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Israeli settlers are attacking Palestinians and their homes in the West Bank, unchecked and with impunity.
These acts of violence are thuggish and inhumane.
The silence of the international community is a disgrace.
Shame on this world.
These acts of violence are thuggish and inhumane.
The silence of the international community is a disgrace.
Shame on this world.
September 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Israeli settlers are attacking Palestinians and their homes in the West Bank, unchecked and with impunity.
These acts of violence are thuggish and inhumane.
The silence of the international community is a disgrace.
Shame on this world.
These acts of violence are thuggish and inhumane.
The silence of the international community is a disgrace.
Shame on this world.
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The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.
The crowd has no beginning and no end as it begins its march to the White House
September 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.
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NEW: Student journalists at the University of Texas Dallas tell us the story of how they formed their own newspaper after being dismissed from their school's paper for their coverage of the 2023 pro-Palestine protests on campus.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/rip-mer...
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RIP Mercury, Hello Retrograde! How Administrators Failed to Stop the Presses at the University of Texas Dallas - UNICORN RIOT
How student journalists at the University of Texas Dallas formed their own newspaper after being fired over their coverage of pro-Palestinian protests.
unicornriot.ninja
September 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
NEW: Student journalists at the University of Texas Dallas tell us the story of how they formed their own newspaper after being dismissed from their school's paper for their coverage of the 2023 pro-Palestine protests on campus.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/rip-mer...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/rip-mer...
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This summer, Israeli bulldozers rolled through the West Bank city of Hebron with ruthless efficiency, targeting Palestine’s only surviving national seed bank. What happened in Hebron fits the legal definition of ecocide — the deliberate destruction of ecosystems to undermine human survival.
Israel’s Attacks on Seed Banks Destroy Millenia of Palestinian Cultural Heritage
When Israel targets Palestinian seed banks, it’s not just destroying buildings. It’s attacking the future itself.
truthout.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This summer, Israeli bulldozers rolled through the West Bank city of Hebron with ruthless efficiency, targeting Palestine’s only surviving national seed bank. What happened in Hebron fits the legal definition of ecocide — the deliberate destruction of ecosystems to undermine human survival.