Usdi Crittenden
@lilusdi.bsky.social
Same doofus as on twitter. Ndn anarcho-judaism. Non-dirtbag leftist. Unemployed cell/molecular biologist with a powerful rage for health misinfo. Wants to see pictures of your pets. Wondering how long I can make a descri
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Usdi Crittenden
@lilusdi.bsky.social
· May 20
In-progress thread of my own Palestinian-made gift sources!
I definitely am seconding the recommendation of Canaan brand and Handmade Palestine (which is run by a delightful couple in Ramallah), but would also like to recommend the Al-Ard brand (run by the Anabtawi family) for their oils and foods. You can shop at alardproducts.com or look in your local
My policy on sharing campaigns:
I will automatically consider gfm campaigns to be legitimate. @mommunism.bsky.social has touched on this before, and I've seen it firsthand with a friend who is trying to help his fiance escape Russia: gfm heavily vets all campaigns. They often err on the side of
I will automatically consider gfm campaigns to be legitimate. @mommunism.bsky.social has touched on this before, and I've seen it firsthand with a friend who is trying to help his fiance escape Russia: gfm heavily vets all campaigns. They often err on the side of
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Turns out conservatives are liars who lie
February 8, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Turns out conservatives are liars who lie
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
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Incoming transmission from Planet Popstar:
January 30, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Incoming transmission from Planet Popstar:
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It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, exploiting children, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.
February 7, 2026 at 11:34 PM
ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, exploiting children, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.
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Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
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Y'all remember that family that almost died cuz the foraging book they got off amazon told them some bad mushrooms were safe to eat. They had no idea the book was ai-generated.
Also every ad I see on youtube these days is just ai people trying to scam the elderly.
Also every ad I see on youtube these days is just ai people trying to scam the elderly.
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Y'all remember that family that almost died cuz the foraging book they got off amazon told them some bad mushrooms were safe to eat. They had no idea the book was ai-generated.
Also every ad I see on youtube these days is just ai people trying to scam the elderly.
Also every ad I see on youtube these days is just ai people trying to scam the elderly.
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Chuck Schumer declares he will "reform ICE to stop the killings of Americans because no other police department in America is allowed to do that."
US police annually kill 1500 to 2000 people, every single year.
Either Schumer is that incompetent or maliciously lying.
Please Replace Him ASAP.
US police annually kill 1500 to 2000 people, every single year.
Either Schumer is that incompetent or maliciously lying.
Please Replace Him ASAP.
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Chuck Schumer declares he will "reform ICE to stop the killings of Americans because no other police department in America is allowed to do that."
US police annually kill 1500 to 2000 people, every single year.
Either Schumer is that incompetent or maliciously lying.
Please Replace Him ASAP.
US police annually kill 1500 to 2000 people, every single year.
Either Schumer is that incompetent or maliciously lying.
Please Replace Him ASAP.
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The Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) is sitting on $106 million in unspent funds, far more than was previously reported. City Administrator Raymond Lee outlined the funding in a memo Friday afternoon.
Update: Portland Housing Bureau's Unspent Funds Reach $106 Million
News of the unspent money comes two months after city councilors learned the city's Rental Services Office amassed $21 million in revenue, which went unreported for months.
www.portlandmercury.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) is sitting on $106 million in unspent funds, far more than was previously reported. City Administrator Raymond Lee outlined the funding in a memo Friday afternoon.
Levi is a very talented artist and super cool person!
February 8, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Levi is a very talented artist and super cool person!
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Thank you twin cities zine fest!
I had a wonderful time sharing my worm culture of the future, erotic linocut zines, and the two new prints I made in January.
We raised funds for ZCC (my local food resource) and the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota with the funds from Walk Like A Penguin!
I had a wonderful time sharing my worm culture of the future, erotic linocut zines, and the two new prints I made in January.
We raised funds for ZCC (my local food resource) and the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota with the funds from Walk Like A Penguin!
February 8, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Thank you twin cities zine fest!
I had a wonderful time sharing my worm culture of the future, erotic linocut zines, and the two new prints I made in January.
We raised funds for ZCC (my local food resource) and the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota with the funds from Walk Like A Penguin!
I had a wonderful time sharing my worm culture of the future, erotic linocut zines, and the two new prints I made in January.
We raised funds for ZCC (my local food resource) and the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota with the funds from Walk Like A Penguin!
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Hi my name is Julie.
I lost my job in February and I was unable to be there for his birthday.
I got a ticket with affirm but I need help paying it off. Please share and donate if you can
gofund.me/4fd1c660a
#helpsky #fundsky #MutualAid #MutualAidrequest
I lost my job in February and I was unable to be there for his birthday.
I got a ticket with affirm but I need help paying it off. Please share and donate if you can
gofund.me/4fd1c660a
#helpsky #fundsky #MutualAid #MutualAidrequest
Donate to Bring Julie and Her Son Together This Christmas, organized by Julie Kitchen
Hi, my name is Julie and I want to spend Christmas with my son.
… Julie Kitchen needs your support for Bring Julie and Her Son Together This Christmas
gofund.me
February 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Hi my name is Julie.
I lost my job in February and I was unable to be there for his birthday.
I got a ticket with affirm but I need help paying it off. Please share and donate if you can
gofund.me/4fd1c660a
#helpsky #fundsky #MutualAid #MutualAidrequest
I lost my job in February and I was unable to be there for his birthday.
I got a ticket with affirm but I need help paying it off. Please share and donate if you can
gofund.me/4fd1c660a
#helpsky #fundsky #MutualAid #MutualAidrequest
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These blockade are such a beautiful form of community protection.
February 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
These blockade are such a beautiful form of community protection.
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You can't reform these people. They don't need different training. Body cams won't fix this. Taking their masks off won't fix this.
Get rid of them all.
This hasn't just been happening since January 2025, and it didn't just start in 2016 either.
Get rid of them all.
This hasn't just been happening since January 2025, and it didn't just start in 2016 either.
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
You can't reform these people. They don't need different training. Body cams won't fix this. Taking their masks off won't fix this.
Get rid of them all.
This hasn't just been happening since January 2025, and it didn't just start in 2016 either.
Get rid of them all.
This hasn't just been happening since January 2025, and it didn't just start in 2016 either.
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did not realize the people who resigned in protest over this were retconned as firings so Bondi could steal their banked vacation time. what a spiteful little knife twist
A Trump loyalist took over the Minnesota office, and doubled down on the loyalist abuse of the law, trying to investigate Renee Good and her wife rather than the person who killed her. At this point, career civil servants left, and were immediately labeled "deep state" by the Attorney general.
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
did not realize the people who resigned in protest over this were retconned as firings so Bondi could steal their banked vacation time. what a spiteful little knife twist
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Kinda wild to think that we made exceptions for ignorant influencers to sell food products at grocery stores that are full of cow poop and bacteria that kills people. If I put raw cow poop in other food and sold it to people I’d go to jail. Maybe deadly poop juice shouldn’t be for sale at the store?
February 8, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Kinda wild to think that we made exceptions for ignorant influencers to sell food products at grocery stores that are full of cow poop and bacteria that kills people. If I put raw cow poop in other food and sold it to people I’d go to jail. Maybe deadly poop juice shouldn’t be for sale at the store?
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man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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COVID-19 is not “a flu” nor a “hoax.”
Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Zhengqi Jiang, et al., Int J I D,
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
• lasting immune dysregulation for > 20 months.
• especially severe in CVD patients.
• related to long COVID pathogenesis.
Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Zhengqi Jiang, et al., Int J I D,
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
• lasting immune dysregulation for > 20 months.
• especially severe in CVD patients.
• related to long COVID pathogenesis.
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
COVID-19 is not “a flu” nor a “hoax.”
Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Zhengqi Jiang, et al., Int J I D,
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
• lasting immune dysregulation for > 20 months.
• especially severe in CVD patients.
• related to long COVID pathogenesis.
Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Zhengqi Jiang, et al., Int J I D,
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
• lasting immune dysregulation for > 20 months.
• especially severe in CVD patients.
• related to long COVID pathogenesis.
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I wanna point out how well organized this one was. It looks good, it had signage, cars were navigating it fine, shitloads of support from the crowd and cars alike.
February 8, 2026 at 4:19 AM
I wanna point out how well organized this one was. It looks good, it had signage, cars were navigating it fine, shitloads of support from the crowd and cars alike.
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Renee Good's widow shared this statement with us today. It's absolutely heart-wrenching. 💔
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Renee Good's widow shared this statement with us today. It's absolutely heart-wrenching. 💔
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they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American
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this is how axios decided to frame tech companies that went all in on ai getting their stock prices crushed
February 8, 2026 at 1:53 AM
this is how axios decided to frame tech companies that went all in on ai getting their stock prices crushed