Sandra T
@sandrat.bsky.social
~ Drinker of coffee, reader of stuff ~
~ Murder of crows in a trenchcoat ~
~ Subversive Element
(according to an old teacher) ~
~ She/her ~
~ Murder of crows in a trenchcoat ~
~ Subversive Element
(according to an old teacher) ~
~ She/her ~
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People used to run away and join the circus, but now, thanks to modern advancements, the circus is all around us all the damn time
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
People used to run away and join the circus, but now, thanks to modern advancements, the circus is all around us all the damn time
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Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.
September 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.
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This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Causing a Führer
Causing a Führer
theonion.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Causing a Führer
Every once in a while I come across a new to me band whose music scratches my brain. @gentryblue.bsky.social, prog/art rock band with a female lead out of Nashville, are one of them. Go check them out and see them live if they’re in your area. Good stuff!! ❤️
March 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Every once in a while I come across a new to me band whose music scratches my brain. @gentryblue.bsky.social, prog/art rock band with a female lead out of Nashville, are one of them. Go check them out and see them live if they’re in your area. Good stuff!! ❤️
I mean, Charlie Kirk was certainly a choice to kick of your new podcast but now Steve Bannon? What consultant told him this was a good idea?
The next guest on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s podcast: Steve Bannon.
March 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I mean, Charlie Kirk was certainly a choice to kick of your new podcast but now Steve Bannon? What consultant told him this was a good idea?
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Mahmoud Khalil showcases an ugly thing about America: freedom of speech (and religion) poll very well in the abstract but if you probe with specific examples of things people don’t like the support falls through the floor. The default is “freedom for things I agree with, for the rest, the lash.”
March 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Mahmoud Khalil showcases an ugly thing about America: freedom of speech (and religion) poll very well in the abstract but if you probe with specific examples of things people don’t like the support falls through the floor. The default is “freedom for things I agree with, for the rest, the lash.”
@cait.bsky.social’s Adonis on this app and Garbanzo’s story on TT are single pawedly carrying the internet right now.
February 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
@cait.bsky.social’s Adonis on this app and Garbanzo’s story on TT are single pawedly carrying the internet right now.
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Have a TH without them, but put up a cardboard cutout of them on the stage
Invite the local media. Have video posted online covering it
Have a Democratic candidate identified for their seat, and have them speak, and recruit supporters and volunteers
Start a campaign against the Republican
Invite the local media. Have video posted online covering it
Have a Democratic candidate identified for their seat, and have them speak, and recruit supporters and volunteers
Start a campaign against the Republican
February 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Have a TH without them, but put up a cardboard cutout of them on the stage
Invite the local media. Have video posted online covering it
Have a Democratic candidate identified for their seat, and have them speak, and recruit supporters and volunteers
Start a campaign against the Republican
Invite the local media. Have video posted online covering it
Have a Democratic candidate identified for their seat, and have them speak, and recruit supporters and volunteers
Start a campaign against the Republican
Got a GOP Rep who refuses to hold town halls? Do it without them. ⏬⏬⏬
Alternative options:
1. Hold a town hall with a life-sized cardboard cut out of the representative and STREAM IT.
2. Find challenger(s) for 2026, hold town hall style meetings with them and STREAM IT.
3. Hold protests outside their local offices.
1. Hold a town hall with a life-sized cardboard cut out of the representative and STREAM IT.
2. Find challenger(s) for 2026, hold town hall style meetings with them and STREAM IT.
3. Hold protests outside their local offices.
February 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Got a GOP Rep who refuses to hold town halls? Do it without them. ⏬⏬⏬
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I keep seeing this. Guys, their literal job is to figure out what to do. They are not helpless even if they are not the majority. I really hope we can stop treating some of the most powerful people in the world as helpless and without sentience.
February 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I keep seeing this. Guys, their literal job is to figure out what to do. They are not helpless even if they are not the majority. I really hope we can stop treating some of the most powerful people in the world as helpless and without sentience.
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ASL interpreters who work in the arts (concerts, opera, theatre, etc) deserve to be valued as artists too. it takes so much skill to be this good at capturing the FEEL of music beyond just translating the meaning of the text and it’s an invaluable accessibility service
February 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
ASL interpreters who work in the arts (concerts, opera, theatre, etc) deserve to be valued as artists too. it takes so much skill to be this good at capturing the FEEL of music beyond just translating the meaning of the text and it’s an invaluable accessibility service
I will never not be irrationally annoyed by folks calling their kids with a lemonade stand “little entrepreneurs”.
February 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I will never not be irrationally annoyed by folks calling their kids with a lemonade stand “little entrepreneurs”.
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Listen, we were all young and stupid once. You can’t judge someone for the thoughtless and provocative posts they made all the way back in September and December of 2024. It was a different time back then.
February 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Listen, we were all young and stupid once. You can’t judge someone for the thoughtless and provocative posts they made all the way back in September and December of 2024. It was a different time back then.
“For too long, our authoritarianism has been “creeping.”
Our oligarchy: “quasi.”
Our Nazis: “neo.”
But now, Americans will get what they want: a stripped-down, streamlined speed run of 1920s Germany meets Ex Machina.”
*chef’s kiss*
Our oligarchy: “quasi.”
Our Nazis: “neo.”
But now, Americans will get what they want: a stripped-down, streamlined speed run of 1920s Germany meets Ex Machina.”
*chef’s kiss*
"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...
buff.ly
February 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“For too long, our authoritarianism has been “creeping.”
Our oligarchy: “quasi.”
Our Nazis: “neo.”
But now, Americans will get what they want: a stripped-down, streamlined speed run of 1920s Germany meets Ex Machina.”
*chef’s kiss*
Our oligarchy: “quasi.”
Our Nazis: “neo.”
But now, Americans will get what they want: a stripped-down, streamlined speed run of 1920s Germany meets Ex Machina.”
*chef’s kiss*
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In related news, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will determine for himself whether what he is doing is sexual assault.
The White House said Elon Musk will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal spending and his overlapping empire of six companies
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In related news, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will determine for himself whether what he is doing is sexual assault.
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Hello friends!
Given these uncertain times, we’ve decided to reprint our 2024 t-shirt! We’ll be donating all proceeds to organizations supporting trans folks in Massachusetts.
Pre-order until Feb 28th:
bostondykemarch.square.site/product/pre-...
Given these uncertain times, we’ve decided to reprint our 2024 t-shirt! We’ll be donating all proceeds to organizations supporting trans folks in Massachusetts.
Pre-order until Feb 28th:
bostondykemarch.square.site/product/pre-...
January 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hello friends!
Given these uncertain times, we’ve decided to reprint our 2024 t-shirt! We’ll be donating all proceeds to organizations supporting trans folks in Massachusetts.
Pre-order until Feb 28th:
bostondykemarch.square.site/product/pre-...
Given these uncertain times, we’ve decided to reprint our 2024 t-shirt! We’ll be donating all proceeds to organizations supporting trans folks in Massachusetts.
Pre-order until Feb 28th:
bostondykemarch.square.site/product/pre-...
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I'm sorry I was so weird the other night that's how I am every night
February 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I'm sorry I was so weird the other night that's how I am every night
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umami: mushrooms
udaddi: older guy w disposable income
uchild: things are gonna get easier
udaddi: older guy w disposable income
uchild: things are gonna get easier
January 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
umami: mushrooms
udaddi: older guy w disposable income
uchild: things are gonna get easier
udaddi: older guy w disposable income
uchild: things are gonna get easier
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A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave.
“Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
“Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
January 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave.
“Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
“Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
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No no, he has to check off 100 boxes to for us to consider him a Nazi and he's only checked off 88.
January 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
No no, he has to check off 100 boxes to for us to consider him a Nazi and he's only checked off 88.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Great summary of the shit show
Colombia has accepted hundreds of deportation flights in the past years. It rejected two flights using military planes, but agreed to continue taking flights using normal ICE planes.
In response, the Trump administration has done the equivalent of punching them in the face.
In response, the Trump administration has done the equivalent of punching them in the face.
NEWS
After President Petro of Colombia denied entry of two US repatriation flights of Colombian migrants, President Trump has announced these retaliatory measures.
Petro said he wouldn’t allow the flights in until Trump establishes a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants.
After President Petro of Colombia denied entry of two US repatriation flights of Colombian migrants, President Trump has announced these retaliatory measures.
Petro said he wouldn’t allow the flights in until Trump establishes a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants.
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Great summary of the shit show
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Alt-text:
A football stadium crowd holds up an image of a fist breaking a swastika, along with letters reading "kein vergeben, kein vergessen" (no forgiveness, no forgetting)
A football stadium crowd holds up an image of a fist breaking a swastika, along with letters reading "kein vergeben, kein vergessen" (no forgiveness, no forgetting)
January 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Alt-text:
A football stadium crowd holds up an image of a fist breaking a swastika, along with letters reading "kein vergeben, kein vergessen" (no forgiveness, no forgetting)
A football stadium crowd holds up an image of a fist breaking a swastika, along with letters reading "kein vergeben, kein vergessen" (no forgiveness, no forgetting)