@rachelfm.bsky.social
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CHICAGO - REPORTING ICE
Let's keep printing, folding, & distributing @meganpiont.bsky.social's zine: How to Report ICE
If you're unfamiliar with folding zines (I was!), there's even an instructions doc in the file ⬇️
Let's keep printing, folding, & distributing @meganpiont.bsky.social's zine: How to Report ICE
If you're unfamiliar with folding zines (I was!), there's even an instructions doc in the file ⬇️
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September 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
CHICAGO - REPORTING ICE
Let's keep printing, folding, & distributing @meganpiont.bsky.social's zine: How to Report ICE
If you're unfamiliar with folding zines (I was!), there's even an instructions doc in the file ⬇️
Let's keep printing, folding, & distributing @meganpiont.bsky.social's zine: How to Report ICE
If you're unfamiliar with folding zines (I was!), there's even an instructions doc in the file ⬇️
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Trump says undocumented immigrants do farm work "naturally" because "they don't get a bad back."
Mississippi's Declaration of Secession similarly said slavery must be protected because "by an impervious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun."
Mississippi's Declaration of Secession similarly said slavery must be protected because "by an impervious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun."
August 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Trump says undocumented immigrants do farm work "naturally" because "they don't get a bad back."
Mississippi's Declaration of Secession similarly said slavery must be protected because "by an impervious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun."
Mississippi's Declaration of Secession similarly said slavery must be protected because "by an impervious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun."
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Hollering “If you want the rewards of being loved you have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known!!!!!!” at my surly tween as she crosses the street to school
June 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hollering “If you want the rewards of being loved you have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known!!!!!!” at my surly tween as she crosses the street to school
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And if you take any of these, add ‘utterly’ before and ‘ed’ onto the end of the word, you get an expression for being drunk
If you want to insult someone in England you can just put words like “utter,” “total,” or “Grade A” before pretty much any inanimate object. Here are ten to get you started…
10. Parcel
9. Walnut
8. Flannel
7. Donut
6. Rocket
5. Helmet
4. Pancake
3. Hoop
2. Plum
1. Wet wipe
10. Parcel
9. Walnut
8. Flannel
7. Donut
6. Rocket
5. Helmet
4. Pancake
3. Hoop
2. Plum
1. Wet wipe
April 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
And if you take any of these, add ‘utterly’ before and ‘ed’ onto the end of the word, you get an expression for being drunk
Our preferred family curse is “I hope you find hair in your burrito.” Obviously we need to level up.
You sound lonely and so you will die lonely. May the groundskeeper forget your grave.
April 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Our preferred family curse is “I hope you find hair in your burrito.” Obviously we need to level up.
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Whenever Germans mistakenly think they hear German phrases in English lyrics, they’re sometimes referred to as “Agatha Bauer” songs. This comes from the 90s hit The Power by Snap! (who ironically are German), where many people in Germany misheard the famous line “I got the power!” as “Agatha Bauer!”
April 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Whenever Germans mistakenly think they hear German phrases in English lyrics, they’re sometimes referred to as “Agatha Bauer” songs. This comes from the 90s hit The Power by Snap! (who ironically are German), where many people in Germany misheard the famous line “I got the power!” as “Agatha Bauer!”
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I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
The best April 1 content out there!
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The best April 1 content out there!
I encourage everyone to learn more about this history and visit the Japanese Exclusion Memorial.
We have to acknowledge the harm done in our names.
www.nps.gov/miin/planyou...
We have to acknowledge the harm done in our names.
www.nps.gov/miin/planyou...
March 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I encourage everyone to learn more about this history and visit the Japanese Exclusion Memorial.
We have to acknowledge the harm done in our names.
www.nps.gov/miin/planyou...
We have to acknowledge the harm done in our names.
www.nps.gov/miin/planyou...
We like to say, “Built by committee.”
My favorite breed of dog is
“We don’t know what he is”
“We don’t know what he is”
March 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We like to say, “Built by committee.”
I first read this as “musty-crocheted demons” and was like, why is Saeed dragging the fiber arts.
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I first read this as “musty-crocheted demons” and was like, why is Saeed dragging the fiber arts.
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A Lithuanian equivalent to “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” is nemokamas sūris tik pelėkautuose. It means “the only free cheese is in a mousetrap”
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
March 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A Lithuanian equivalent to “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” is nemokamas sūris tik pelėkautuose. It means “the only free cheese is in a mousetrap”
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
Putting the “impale” in Impala
Please salute a true hero.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
Today a bollard that has served Calgary since the late 1980’s stopped a Chevy Impala.
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
#Calgary #bollard
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
#Calgary #bollard
March 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Putting the “impale” in Impala
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We shall postpone fighting on the beaches, we shall keep an eye on the landing grounds, we encourage everyone else, should the right circumstances come, to fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall eventually retreat to the hills; we shall never explicitly surrender.
Schumer: "If he defies the Supreme Court, then we are in uncharted territory ... our entire democracy is at risk. I believe that if Donald Trump should defy the courts, the public will rise up. Democrats will fight it in every single way ... autocrats only succeed if the public lets them."
March 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We shall postpone fighting on the beaches, we shall keep an eye on the landing grounds, we encourage everyone else, should the right circumstances come, to fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall eventually retreat to the hills; we shall never explicitly surrender.
This was just delightfully zany.
It's Thursday and we need some levity around here. So, I bring you one of my favorite movies, PRACTICAL MAGIC. Not because of my decades-long crush on Sandra Bullock, but because it was the inspiration for a murder gone wrong and "Justin's Three Rules of Murder." This may be long, so grab some tea.
March 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This was just delightfully zany.
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I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
March 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
So amazing.
March 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
So amazing.
Calling my electeds today to support this measure instead.
A clear alternative to the House GOP funding plan is to pass my short-term bill with @delauro.house.gov to prevent a shutdown & finish work on bipartisan funding bills that invest in workers, keep our country safe, & ensure our constituents have a say in how federal funding is spent.
Murray, DeLauro Introduce Short-Term Continuing Resolution, Call on Congress to Pass Bipartisan Funding Bills | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
March 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Calling my electeds today to support this measure instead.
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This is Just to Say
I have used up
the patience
that was in
the glovebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for the children on roadtrips
Forgive me
I was in traffic
And other drivers were so stupid
and so wrong
I have used up
the patience
that was in
the glovebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for the children on roadtrips
Forgive me
I was in traffic
And other drivers were so stupid
and so wrong
March 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is Just to Say
I have used up
the patience
that was in
the glovebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for the children on roadtrips
Forgive me
I was in traffic
And other drivers were so stupid
and so wrong
I have used up
the patience
that was in
the glovebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for the children on roadtrips
Forgive me
I was in traffic
And other drivers were so stupid
and so wrong
Last night just as the SOTU was starting I had no connecting bus and walked home. Pulled the list of members on Main Street Caucus, and called the Capitol Switchboard 22 times. “The state of the union is terrifying!Impeach Trump! Impeach Vance! IMPEACH MUSK!” Called 10% of Republicans in the House!
March 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last night just as the SOTU was starting I had no connecting bus and walked home. Pulled the list of members on Main Street Caucus, and called the Capitol Switchboard 22 times. “The state of the union is terrifying!Impeach Trump! Impeach Vance! IMPEACH MUSK!” Called 10% of Republicans in the House!
Among the myriad craven profanities of our age, the “Have fun!” really struck me.
Unhinged cruelty and chaos.
Unhinged cruelty and chaos.
March 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Among the myriad craven profanities of our age, the “Have fun!” really struck me.
Unhinged cruelty and chaos.
Unhinged cruelty and chaos.
I guess we know why we got Hegseth and she stands idly by while inspectors general get canned. PACK UP YOUR BREADBAGS JONI.
NEW: Sen. Joni Ernst had relationships with two military officials who lobby her committee, according to sources.
“From an ethics standpoint, it’s severely problematic,” one former legislative affairs official said.
www.propublica.org/article/joni...
“From an ethics standpoint, it’s severely problematic,” one former legislative affairs official said.
www.propublica.org/article/joni...
Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee
Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts say her relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potenti...
www.propublica.org
March 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I guess we know why we got Hegseth and she stands idly by while inspectors general get canned. PACK UP YOUR BREADBAGS JONI.
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Australian ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, dies at 88
Australian ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, dies at 88
James Harrison rolled up his sleeve more than 1,100 times to give his plasma, which was used in life-saving anti-D medication
James Harrison, the Australian known as “the man with the golden arm” because of his prolific baby-saving blood donations, has…
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Australian ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, dies at 88