Désirée Zamorano
@ladeziree.bsky.social
Humanist.MEXICAN AMERICAN.Writer. Educator. Altadena diaspora
Latest novel: DISPOSSESSED
Our hidden Californian history
www.desireezamorano.com
Latest novel: DISPOSSESSED
Our hidden Californian history
www.desireezamorano.com
Pinned
Thich Nhat Hanh:
This, my dear, is the greatest challenge to being alive:
To witness injustice in the world and not allow it to consume our light.
(via Tara Brach)
This, my dear, is the greatest challenge to being alive:
To witness injustice in the world and not allow it to consume our light.
(via Tara Brach)
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My ideal version of America is what I saw Bad Bunny encapsulate: multicultural, multigenerational, queer, empathetic, and full of raucous love.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
My ideal version of America is what I saw Bad Bunny encapsulate: multicultural, multigenerational, queer, empathetic, and full of raucous love.
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Fact check: The widely promoted claim that President Biden and his son each received $5 million in bribes from a Ukrainian energy company was based on information from an FBI informant who has now been sentenced to federal prison for fabricating the story.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Fact check: The widely promoted claim that President Biden and his son each received $5 million in bribes from a Ukrainian energy company was based on information from an FBI informant who has now been sentenced to federal prison for fabricating the story.
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I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
LAPD Charges at Hundreds of High School Students in Peaceful Walkout Protest at MDC ~ L.A. TACO
LAPD arrested at least two teenagers protesting ICE raids in Los Angeles yesterday. They were also seen corresponding with ICE agents on Alameda Street during the demonstrations.
lataco.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
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One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
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You know how I keep saying that every damn skill and capacity is needed in this moment???
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
You know how I keep saying that every damn skill and capacity is needed in this moment???
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
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Humans warehoused in camps for months, some for years.
Remarkable organizers doing all to support, monitor, and relay from outside.
Indie media like @lataco.bsky.social, started as a taco site, now the vanguard of journalism in this country, deserving your $.
lataco.com/captive-loti...
Remarkable organizers doing all to support, monitor, and relay from outside.
Indie media like @lataco.bsky.social, started as a taco site, now the vanguard of journalism in this country, deserving your $.
lataco.com/captive-loti...
February 6, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Humans warehoused in camps for months, some for years.
Remarkable organizers doing all to support, monitor, and relay from outside.
Indie media like @lataco.bsky.social, started as a taco site, now the vanguard of journalism in this country, deserving your $.
lataco.com/captive-loti...
Remarkable organizers doing all to support, monitor, and relay from outside.
Indie media like @lataco.bsky.social, started as a taco site, now the vanguard of journalism in this country, deserving your $.
lataco.com/captive-loti...
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If only Donald's icy, withholding parents had loved him, none of this embarrassingly needy bullshit would be happening.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump wanted Dulles Airport, Penn Station named after him — in exchange for releasing federal funds
Trump has named several landmarks and initiatives after himself since he returned to office.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:05 AM
If only Donald's icy, withholding parents had loved him, none of this embarrassingly needy bullshit would be happening.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Just affirming how much I've despised the smarmy David Brooks
In March 2011, Brooks wrote a column praising Edge, saying that "We’d certainly be better off if everyone sampled the fabulous Edge symposium, which, like the best in science, is modest and daring all at once."
Brockman goes on to quote this line for years.
web.archive.org/web/20110330...
Brockman goes on to quote this line for years.
web.archive.org/web/20110330...
Tools for Thinking
Science offers some help in the everyday as we navigate the currents of this world.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Just affirming how much I've despised the smarmy David Brooks
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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The people whose names literally show up thousands of times in the Epstein files want you to think a 5-year-old refugee and star kindergarten student is the problem with this country rather than the white pedophiles in charge of it who keep stealing American money and assaulting American children
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The people whose names literally show up thousands of times in the Epstein files want you to think a 5-year-old refugee and star kindergarten student is the problem with this country rather than the white pedophiles in charge of it who keep stealing American money and assaulting American children
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Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto
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Let everything happening radicalize you.
February 6, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Let everything happening radicalize you.
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Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
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This is amazing.
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 5, 2026 at 4:25 AM
This is amazing.
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#Minneapolis Personal Me: This is so much b.s. This AM, neighbors on my friend’s block foiled a kidnapping despite being assaulted and gassed. A school bus driver had to block the door to keep them from entering the bus while they were at it. 4 legal observers were kidnapped near us yesterday. 😡
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
#Minneapolis Personal Me: This is so much b.s. This AM, neighbors on my friend’s block foiled a kidnapping despite being assaulted and gassed. A school bus driver had to block the door to keep them from entering the bus while they were at it. 4 legal observers were kidnapped near us yesterday. 😡
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In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
February 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
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My daughter and I readying to volunteer for canvassing, @yuhline.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
My daughter and I readying to volunteer for canvassing, @yuhline.bsky.social
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ICE Agent Scores Easy Win By Deporting Own Family https://theonion.com/ice-agent-scores-easy-win-by-deporting-own-family/
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
ICE Agent Scores Easy Win By Deporting Own Family https://theonion.com/ice-agent-scores-easy-win-by-deporting-own-family/
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holy shit
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
holy shit
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Apparently there was a city meeting in Hutchins, Texas, tonight. Hutchins is the location of DHS's newly announced 10,000-person concentration camp. What I've been told is that city officials were unanimously and adamantly opposed to it.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Apparently there was a city meeting in Hutchins, Texas, tonight. Hutchins is the location of DHS's newly announced 10,000-person concentration camp. What I've been told is that city officials were unanimously and adamantly opposed to it.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
😭💔
This fucking country
This fucking country
DAILY MEMO: 'They're Going To Kill Him,' Toddler Says, As Border Patrol Arrests Her Father
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 AM
😭💔
This fucking country
This fucking country
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What's glossed over a bit here is it took this guy who proved it like 25 years and a huge community push and tons of advocacy to make this happen. Same with guy who figured out you should wash hands before surgery. We think "why should all this obvious shit be so hard?" But it's ALWAYS been hard
A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked arstechnica.com/science/2026...
A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked
“We should not forget the lessons of history. And the lesson is those regulations have been very important.”...
arstechnica.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
What's glossed over a bit here is it took this guy who proved it like 25 years and a huge community push and tons of advocacy to make this happen. Same with guy who figured out you should wash hands before surgery. We think "why should all this obvious shit be so hard?" But it's ALWAYS been hard
Just reading "Murderland"by Caroline Fraser and the way we polluted and the fight against regulation (continuing today) is UNCONSCIONABLE
A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked arstechnica.com/science/2026...
A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked
“We should not forget the lessons of history. And the lesson is those regulations have been very important.”...
arstechnica.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Just reading "Murderland"by Caroline Fraser and the way we polluted and the fight against regulation (continuing today) is UNCONSCIONABLE
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Woman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
After ICE release St. Paul woman, she says agents keep returning to her home
Thi Dua Vang legally came to the U.S. two years ago. So when ICE showed up, she thought it must have been a mistake.
www.kare11.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Woman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...