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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Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
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“Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights," said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at UCLA.
Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
“Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights," said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at UCLA.
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watching the double luge and my wife just made a great point: they should keep going.
three people. four. five, if the physics works and they don't topple. build the human jenga stack.
three people. four. five, if the physics works and they don't topple. build the human jenga stack.
February 12, 2026 at 1:56 AM
watching the double luge and my wife just made a great point: they should keep going.
three people. four. five, if the physics works and they don't topple. build the human jenga stack.
three people. four. five, if the physics works and they don't topple. build the human jenga stack.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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It is 8:30 p.m. in Minnesota & I don't know about you, but I am tired.
Did you get enough food today? Are you drinking enough water? If you take meds, have you taken them?
Maybe it's time to take a break (even from this place) & relax if you can. Watch or read or listen to something fun. 💜
Did you get enough food today? Are you drinking enough water? If you take meds, have you taken them?
Maybe it's time to take a break (even from this place) & relax if you can. Watch or read or listen to something fun. 💜
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
It is 8:30 p.m. in Minnesota & I don't know about you, but I am tired.
Did you get enough food today? Are you drinking enough water? If you take meds, have you taken them?
Maybe it's time to take a break (even from this place) & relax if you can. Watch or read or listen to something fun. 💜
Did you get enough food today? Are you drinking enough water? If you take meds, have you taken them?
Maybe it's time to take a break (even from this place) & relax if you can. Watch or read or listen to something fun. 💜
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Google gave ICE this British STUDENT JOURNALIST's personal info bank account numbers while they were trying to detain him for attending a protest at a job fair at Cornell for just 5 minutes. Not a crime. He fled to Switzerland & EFF is representing him now. theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Google gave ICE this British STUDENT JOURNALIST's personal info bank account numbers while they were trying to detain him for attending a protest at a job fair at Cornell for just 5 minutes. Not a crime. He fled to Switzerland & EFF is representing him now. theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Despicable, hateful losers
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Despicable, hateful losers
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i truly hope you can make the connection between what you've just posted and businesses trying to keep their shared air a little less pathogenic. to further underscore this point, it behooves us not to forget who is most impacted by some of those airborne pathogens...
![GuardianUS
'Petri dish for disease': attorney raises alarm of possible Covid outbreak at
'Alligator Alcatraz'
A respiratory disease is running rampant through Florida immigration jail, according to attorney of a detained person
Richard Luscombe in Miami
Tue 12 Aug 2025 09.00 EDT
He added: "Based on what multiple detainees have told me, in the last 72 to 100 hours, there is some respiratory disease which has made the majority, or I would even say vast majority of detainees, sick in some form.
"There are people who are losing breath. There are people who are walking around coughing on one another. Their requests for masks from the guards are denied, and they only are allowed to shower once or maybe twice a week.
"I said to Luis, 'pass the phone. Let me hear it from somebody else. I just want to make sure that people's stories are straight! And unfortunately they very much are."
The development follows a claim by a woman, a state licensed corrections officer, who said she contracted Covid-19 after working at the camp in unsanitary conditions for about a week last month, and was subsequently fired.
"We had to use the porta-johns. We didn't have hot water half the time. Our bathrooms were backed up," the woman told NBC6 News after being granted anonymity to discuss conditions there.
"[The detainees] have no sunlight. There's no clock in there. They don't even know what time of the day it is.
The bathrooms are backed up because so many people [are] using them."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:reatxkwxwfh2osvbkbxyjktg/bafkreiav55ygaif6qb76rolplb3ydimsxu5vzmhytevcgnznw2ixalmwpe@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
i truly hope you can make the connection between what you've just posted and businesses trying to keep their shared air a little less pathogenic. to further underscore this point, it behooves us not to forget who is most impacted by some of those airborne pathogens...
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yeah, it's fascinating how Christians seem to see Jesus as having "freed" people from the burden of observing Shabbat
but like, most Jews LIKE observing Shabbat? it's a day of rest
then Christians went and made blue laws and all kinds of oppressive rules about what you can't do on Sunday anyway
but like, most Jews LIKE observing Shabbat? it's a day of rest
then Christians went and made blue laws and all kinds of oppressive rules about what you can't do on Sunday anyway
(I don't have any particular gripe with this post)
The interesting thing is that it seems to be largely Christians who view Torah as an imposition, while Jews see it as a source of identity and a labor of love.
The interesting thing is that it seems to be largely Christians who view Torah as an imposition, while Jews see it as a source of identity and a labor of love.
This Sunday, our readings invite us to consider God’s laws and true wisdom. Our attitude may depend on whether we respond to God’s law of love, or see it only as a legal imposition.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
yeah, it's fascinating how Christians seem to see Jesus as having "freed" people from the burden of observing Shabbat
but like, most Jews LIKE observing Shabbat? it's a day of rest
then Christians went and made blue laws and all kinds of oppressive rules about what you can't do on Sunday anyway
but like, most Jews LIKE observing Shabbat? it's a day of rest
then Christians went and made blue laws and all kinds of oppressive rules about what you can't do on Sunday anyway
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Six sleepy noodles (Tidus is fully passed out in my hand)
February 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Six sleepy noodles (Tidus is fully passed out in my hand)
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support my work, because my survival is the very DEFINITION of resistance! I’m disabled, 2S +LGBTQIA, multiracial (AND multiethnic too btw), a person of Indigenous descent, Mexican-American, an artist, writer, musician, a trauma survivor, and much more. I’m just getting started but I need help!
a pink heart with the words re-building stronger together written on it
Alt: a pink heart with the words re-building stronger together written on it, two hands are linked together.
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 AM
support my work, because my survival is the very DEFINITION of resistance! I’m disabled, 2S +LGBTQIA, multiracial (AND multiethnic too btw), a person of Indigenous descent, Mexican-American, an artist, writer, musician, a trauma survivor, and much more. I’m just getting started but I need help!
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readsludge.com/2026/02/11/t... whose in bed with the devil?
These Cities and States Hold Contracts With ICE
More than a dozen governments, many with “welcoming city” policies, still hold active contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
readsludge.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:46 AM
readsludge.com/2026/02/11/t... whose in bed with the devil?
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To say "imperialism has nothing to do with the situation in Cuba right now" when the U.S., in Monroe Doctrine fashion, kidnapped Maduro and is choking off the supply of oil from Venezuela and Mexico, is a deeply unserious take. Feels very yanqui coded.
In the current emergency, no it doesn't and if you said this to Cubans right now, with no income, no water, no power, they would rightly spit on you.
February 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
To say "imperialism has nothing to do with the situation in Cuba right now" when the U.S., in Monroe Doctrine fashion, kidnapped Maduro and is choking off the supply of oil from Venezuela and Mexico, is a deeply unserious take. Feels very yanqui coded.
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And it especially disenfranchises women.
I feel sick. If the Senate also passes this and it becomes law, this could likely prevent TENS OF MILLIONS of American voters from casting ballots. Perhaps up to 40% of all likely voters.
February 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
And it especially disenfranchises women.
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Like I said a couple years ago, leftist antisemitism is getting worse. Like, we're at the Naming The Jew stage and next I guess will be the triple parentheses
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Like I said a couple years ago, leftist antisemitism is getting worse. Like, we're at the Naming The Jew stage and next I guess will be the triple parentheses
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Got my grocery bag searched by the national guard trying to walk home 🙃 I'm trying not to be salty about it but also: I cannot go anywhere without dealing with police, the guard, armored vehicles, street closures and barriers, and it's very very stressful to my brain
February 12, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Got my grocery bag searched by the national guard trying to walk home 🙃 I'm trying not to be salty about it but also: I cannot go anywhere without dealing with police, the guard, armored vehicles, street closures and barriers, and it's very very stressful to my brain
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⚡️'Remembrance is not a violation' — third Ukrainian athlete barred from wearing helmet at Olympics.
Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat."
Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat."
'Remembrance is not a violation' — third Ukrainian athlete barred from wearing helmet at Olympics
Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat." It was banned from the Olympics on the grounds o...
kyivindependent.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
⚡️'Remembrance is not a violation' — third Ukrainian athlete barred from wearing helmet at Olympics.
Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat."
Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat."
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Notepad should not know what the internet is. If you have notepad talking to remote servers you're already like 10 steps into a "factors leading to" slide.
What the heck are they doing over there
What the heck are they doing over there
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Notepad should not know what the internet is. If you have notepad talking to remote servers you're already like 10 steps into a "factors leading to" slide.
What the heck are they doing over there
What the heck are they doing over there
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been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
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Tomorrow, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider Jeremy Carl for a U.S. post at the UN—despite promoting the “Great Replacement” and attacking civil rights law. If confirmed, he would shape U.S. policy on human rights and refugees, bringing extremist ideology into U.S. diplomacy.
Trump Nominee Jeremy Carl Champions ‘Anti-White Racism,’ Calls for the Death Penalty for Teachers Union Chief
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to act this week on Jeremy Carl’s nomination for a senior State Department role at the United Nations despite a public record that includes promotion...
globalextremism.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Tomorrow, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider Jeremy Carl for a U.S. post at the UN—despite promoting the “Great Replacement” and attacking civil rights law. If confirmed, he would shape U.S. policy on human rights and refugees, bringing extremist ideology into U.S. diplomacy.
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The Commerce Clause??
NEW: Don Lemon is set to be arraigned this week on charges tied to a protest at a church.
The case has raised press freedom concerns. But the constitutional provision most likely to derail the indictment isn’t the First Amendment—it’s the Commerce Clause.
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
The case has raised press freedom concerns. But the constitutional provision most likely to derail the indictment isn’t the First Amendment—it’s the Commerce Clause.
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
Minnesota FACE Off: A Deep Dive Into the St. Paul Church Protest Case
Unpacking the Don Lemon indictment, its factual allegations, the elements the government must prove to convict, and the potential defenses available to the accused.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The Commerce Clause??
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ICE has interrupted church services to arrest non-whites. When will those ICE agents face charges?
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
ICE has interrupted church services to arrest non-whites. When will those ICE agents face charges?
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What a holy honor to be with 500+ Jews against ICE today. Let me be clear: ICE and its brutal policies are counter to the Torah.
If you are Jewish, you have a moral obligation to fight this, in your own unique way. #JewsAgainstICE
@bendthearc.bsky.social @truahrabbis.bsky.social
If you are Jewish, you have a moral obligation to fight this, in your own unique way. #JewsAgainstICE
@bendthearc.bsky.social @truahrabbis.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
What a holy honor to be with 500+ Jews against ICE today. Let me be clear: ICE and its brutal policies are counter to the Torah.
If you are Jewish, you have a moral obligation to fight this, in your own unique way. #JewsAgainstICE
@bendthearc.bsky.social @truahrabbis.bsky.social
If you are Jewish, you have a moral obligation to fight this, in your own unique way. #JewsAgainstICE
@bendthearc.bsky.social @truahrabbis.bsky.social