Anarchic Squid
@leahanelson.bsky.social
Knower of things about Alabama, public finance as related to mass criminalization, fines and fees, healthcare access. Chair of the Praline Matzo Committee. Actively fearful of the Mariana Trench.
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Anarchic Squid
@leahanelson.bsky.social
· Jan 10
The Only Narcan Vending Machine In Alabama
oxfordamerican.org
In a postage stamp of a town at the southernmost tip of Appalachia, a minister and self-described anarchosocialist operates Alabama's only Narcan vending machine. I wrote about his lifesaving work in this, my first piece for @oxfordamerican.bsky.social.
oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-o...
oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-o...
I personally if I were in charge would not say “the rash and legally reversible decision I made will, if reversed, destroy America” because that would suggest I didn’t think through all possible outcomes
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I personally if I were in charge would not say “the rash and legally reversible decision I made will, if reversed, destroy America” because that would suggest I didn’t think through all possible outcomes
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Saying you inadvertently backed the US into a “National Security Event” isn’t the flex he thinks it is.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Saying you inadvertently backed the US into a “National Security Event” isn’t the flex he thinks it is.
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We have utterly failed as a society when we cage people and are smugly certain that we never need to revisit those decisions. There are so many people dying in prisons who do not need to be there. Today, there is one less. Love and light to you. I'm sorry we failed you.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We have utterly failed as a society when we cage people and are smugly certain that we never need to revisit those decisions. There are so many people dying in prisons who do not need to be there. Today, there is one less. Love and light to you. I'm sorry we failed you.
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Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
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We stand with @nadler.house.gov and 100+ of his colleagues in the House and Senate calling on Congress to act now and stand against violent settlers in the West Bank destroying homes, displacing families and threatening the lives of Palestinians, including American citizens. 1/2
Upon Reaching 100 Cosponsors, Nadler, Smith, and Himes Send Letter to Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Urging a Markup of West Bank Violence Prevention Act
nadler.house.gov
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We stand with @nadler.house.gov and 100+ of his colleagues in the House and Senate calling on Congress to act now and stand against violent settlers in the West Bank destroying homes, displacing families and threatening the lives of Palestinians, including American citizens. 1/2
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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Me: All right, time to focus. Lots of work to do this afternoon on the book and other brain-intensive activities.
My Brain: Hey, remember that really ignorant thing you said twenty-five years ago? How about we run that on a loop for a while, instead?
My Brain: Hey, remember that really ignorant thing you said twenty-five years ago? How about we run that on a loop for a while, instead?
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Me: All right, time to focus. Lots of work to do this afternoon on the book and other brain-intensive activities.
My Brain: Hey, remember that really ignorant thing you said twenty-five years ago? How about we run that on a loop for a while, instead?
My Brain: Hey, remember that really ignorant thing you said twenty-five years ago? How about we run that on a loop for a while, instead?
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Nobody, especially the liberal Jews on this site, is calling AIPAC is “good”. But what they’re not is the root of this country’s problems. God forbid these people blame Leonard Leo, The Heritage Foundation or any of the Christian Nationalists buying out legislators.
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nobody, especially the liberal Jews on this site, is calling AIPAC is “good”. But what they’re not is the root of this country’s problems. God forbid these people blame Leonard Leo, The Heritage Foundation or any of the Christian Nationalists buying out legislators.
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I'll never forget former LA mayor Eric Garcetti saying, "In a good economy, homelessness goes up."
A perfect illustration of what happens when "the economy" is measured by everything except people's ability to meet their most essential material needs.
A perfect illustration of what happens when "the economy" is measured by everything except people's ability to meet their most essential material needs.
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'll never forget former LA mayor Eric Garcetti saying, "In a good economy, homelessness goes up."
A perfect illustration of what happens when "the economy" is measured by everything except people's ability to meet their most essential material needs.
A perfect illustration of what happens when "the economy" is measured by everything except people's ability to meet their most essential material needs.
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This was not a surprise to anyone who followed me and other actual reporters who know Supreme Court procedure.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This was not a surprise to anyone who followed me and other actual reporters who know Supreme Court procedure.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
Excited to go back to not remembering who Kim Davis is
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Excited to go back to not remembering who Kim Davis is
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Editor Brian Lyman writes that Alabama leaders have been notably passive in helping 726,000 Alabamians avoid hunger, particularly when one remembers how quickly they move to give money to corporations and punish transgender people. https://ow.ly/nxjB50Xo2Qj
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Editor Brian Lyman writes that Alabama leaders have been notably passive in helping 726,000 Alabamians avoid hunger, particularly when one remembers how quickly they move to give money to corporations and punish transgender people. https://ow.ly/nxjB50Xo2Qj
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The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide
Supreme Court Rejects Call To Overturn Its Decision Legalizing Same-sex Marriage Nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide
Good.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Kim Davis' call to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
US Supreme Court Rejects Kim Davis' Call to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Rights
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Good.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Kim Davis' call to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
US Supreme Court Rejects Kim Davis' Call to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Rights
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Kim Davis' call to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
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look nobody's going to like the fact that the decision is ultimately between "How long can federal workers miss paychecks" (something at least one federal union buckled on) and "let's see how it plays out with ACA subsidies already going up"
"Tradeoffs Not Real" caucus needs to go to church instead
"Tradeoffs Not Real" caucus needs to go to church instead
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
look nobody's going to like the fact that the decision is ultimately between "How long can federal workers miss paychecks" (something at least one federal union buckled on) and "let's see how it plays out with ACA subsidies already going up"
"Tradeoffs Not Real" caucus needs to go to church instead
"Tradeoffs Not Real" caucus needs to go to church instead
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As I've always said, I will not support a government funding bill that continues to raise our costs, jeopardizes our health care, and hurts the people of my state.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
As I've always said, I will not support a government funding bill that continues to raise our costs, jeopardizes our health care, and hurts the people of my state.
Yes and that’s not uncommon. The Oxford English Dictionary definition includes “well-being” in its definition. 1/
can someone please explain to me what “prosperity” means if not widespread and growing access to good and services
is it, like, a spiritual fulfillment thing for you guys
is it, like, a spiritual fulfillment thing for you guys
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Yes and that’s not uncommon. The Oxford English Dictionary definition includes “well-being” in its definition. 1/
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If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Unintentional poetry from the lab notebooks of Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics 1923
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Unintentional poetry from the lab notebooks of Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics 1923
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.