L hale
@lhvt.bsky.social
Writer, nature photographer, cat caretaker, music maker, and general do-gooder.
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Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
Donate Your Skymiles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
Friends, if you are new to being outside in proximity to officials who do not care about your human rights and may spread chemical irritants, I strongly recommend reading up on keeping yourself safe.
phr.org/our-work/res...
phr.org/our-work/res...
Preparing for, Protecting Against, and Treating Tear Gas and Other Chemical Irritant Exposure: A Protestor’s Guide - PHR
Deceptively known as “less-lethal,” these weapons can in fact cause severe injuries and even death when used with excessive force. Physicians for Human Rights has worked extensively on the health impa...
phr.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Friends, if you are new to being outside in proximity to officials who do not care about your human rights and may spread chemical irritants, I strongly recommend reading up on keeping yourself safe.
phr.org/our-work/res...
phr.org/our-work/res...
Ah, we have reached the point of random intermittent burst of crying throughout the day. This is fine. Everything is fine. The world is fine.
February 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Ah, we have reached the point of random intermittent burst of crying throughout the day. This is fine. Everything is fine. The world is fine.
Solidarity. I'm two coffees in and my brain is wide awake but my body is not.
February 1, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Solidarity. I'm two coffees in and my brain is wide awake but my body is not.
Right? That post that if you don't vote you can't complain is incredibly reductive and condescending.
January 31, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Right? That post that if you don't vote you can't complain is incredibly reductive and condescending.
Yes. YES.
"I am my own original sin. One someone is always willing to forgive. Until enough of you demand that I be better."
I’m Still Your America
Hey, patriot. It’s been a week. As ICE spreads terror through the streets, and Teacup Eichmann presided over the murder of yet another innocent civ...
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January 31, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Yes. YES.
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
40 years ago today I was in 2nd grade watching the Challenger shuttle launch with my class. I remember the classroom going silent in confusion first, and then horror when we saw our teacher burst into tears. No one ever talked about the explosion after. We were just supposed to forget what we saw.
January 28, 2026 at 10:25 PM
40 years ago today I was in 2nd grade watching the Challenger shuttle launch with my class. I remember the classroom going silent in confusion first, and then horror when we saw our teacher burst into tears. No one ever talked about the explosion after. We were just supposed to forget what we saw.
Timeline cleanse:
Today at a local senior center I learned about their pen pal program with a local elementary school. 25 kiddos and older people have been exchanging art and letters and will have an ice cream social together in June 😭 This visionary unicorn was drawn by 1st grader Ava ♥️
Today at a local senior center I learned about their pen pal program with a local elementary school. 25 kiddos and older people have been exchanging art and letters and will have an ice cream social together in June 😭 This visionary unicorn was drawn by 1st grader Ava ♥️
January 27, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Timeline cleanse:
Today at a local senior center I learned about their pen pal program with a local elementary school. 25 kiddos and older people have been exchanging art and letters and will have an ice cream social together in June 😭 This visionary unicorn was drawn by 1st grader Ava ♥️
Today at a local senior center I learned about their pen pal program with a local elementary school. 25 kiddos and older people have been exchanging art and letters and will have an ice cream social together in June 😭 This visionary unicorn was drawn by 1st grader Ava ♥️
When ICE inevitably pulls back from this kind of extremely visible illegal activity, law enforcement will still do this in the shadows. Look up the horrifying lack of public defenders rn. Please keep giving a shit about these abuses through all our carceral systems when the pressure is off.
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 PM
When ICE inevitably pulls back from this kind of extremely visible illegal activity, law enforcement will still do this in the shadows. Look up the horrifying lack of public defenders rn. Please keep giving a shit about these abuses through all our carceral systems when the pressure is off.
Patrick J. Schiltz, Chief Judge, United States District Court has absolutely had it with this crap, apparently.
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Patrick J. Schiltz, Chief Judge, United States District Court has absolutely had it with this crap, apparently.
Honestly, Tardigrade Awareness Day should be every day. Those tiny creatures are absolutely amazing
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Honestly, Tardigrade Awareness Day should be every day. Those tiny creatures are absolutely amazing
Mike is the frickin best
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Mike is the frickin best
I appreciate you and our friendship so much ♥️
January 24, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I appreciate you and our friendship so much ♥️
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I know someone else needs to hear this - you don't have to watch videos of violence to condemn the acts. Especially those of us who've been on the receiving end of violence don't need to watch others beaten/murdered. Traumatizing yourself won't do you any good. It won't make you a better advocate.
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I know someone else needs to hear this - you don't have to watch videos of violence to condemn the acts. Especially those of us who've been on the receiving end of violence don't need to watch others beaten/murdered. Traumatizing yourself won't do you any good. It won't make you a better advocate.
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There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it.
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say
More than a hundred protesters and observers have gathered near E. 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it.
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
I will read anything JP writes, and I this is why.
When I first saw Applebee's advertisement for the O-M-Cheeseburger, I was terrified. I trembled. I cowered. Then I opened my heart to it. Here is what it revealed to me. johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/god-cheese...
God. Cheese. Burger.
An exercise in ecstatic American theology
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I will read anything JP writes, and I this is why.
Totally. If my friend did they would not get re-elected, despite agreeing whole heartedly. And it fucking sucks.
January 22, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Totally. If my friend did they would not get re-elected, despite agreeing whole heartedly. And it fucking sucks.
I tried to keep it specific to his budget address because, trust me, I also have stronger things to say...
January 22, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I tried to keep it specific to his budget address because, trust me, I also have stronger things to say...
Reading the transcript of the Gov's budget address had me enraged. I did not call him a liar but I did say he was ignorant at best and willfully misleading the public at worst
January 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Reading the transcript of the Gov's budget address had me enraged. I did not call him a liar but I did say he was ignorant at best and willfully misleading the public at worst
I just ghost wrote a budget presentation rebuttal speech for a friend in office and to say that my speech writing has gotten spicy is an understatement. Blessings on the brave public figures who use my speeches as written.
January 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I just ghost wrote a budget presentation rebuttal speech for a friend in office and to say that my speech writing has gotten spicy is an understatement. Blessings on the brave public figures who use my speeches as written.