shai
@shairacnyc.bsky.social
audhd mom, picture-taker, narrative strategist, researcher | movements, music, culture
caribeña en el bronx, nyc/lenapehoking
caribeña en el bronx, nyc/lenapehoking
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Might I suggest that the fact that folks are continually surprised when their friends or family get detained by ICE despite this pretty clearly being administration policy is indicative of both a failure to curate information diets, but also a media failure?
People still just don't get it.
"Richard said his wife’s apprehension makes no sense because she was not a flight risk wearing an ankle monitor, has ties to the community and has continued her appeal for asylum status."
"Richard said his wife’s apprehension makes no sense because she was not a flight risk wearing an ankle monitor, has ties to the community and has continued her appeal for asylum status."
Alpharetta newlyweds separated after ICE detains wife
Married for three months, Richard Randin watched in disbelief as ICE agents showed up at his home and handcuffed his wife. She entered the U.S. last year as an asylum
www.appenmedia.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Might I suggest that the fact that folks are continually surprised when their friends or family get detained by ICE despite this pretty clearly being administration policy is indicative of both a failure to curate information diets, but also a media failure?
I wrote 'Provocations (after Saul Williams)' in a dissociative/anxious fugue state as a responsive poem to a set of questions @saulwilliams.bsky.social put in a thread here late last year. Check it: open.substack.com/pub/shairacn...
Provocations (after Saul Williams)
For the full source material, check out Saul William’s thread on BlueSky. This work-in-progress is meant to be in conversation with his words; mine are (italicized).
open.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I wrote 'Provocations (after Saul Williams)' in a dissociative/anxious fugue state as a responsive poem to a set of questions @saulwilliams.bsky.social put in a thread here late last year. Check it: open.substack.com/pub/shairacn...
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This is the second time that the Refaat Alareer camp had to relocate. The first time was in August 2024 when Noor got shot in her leg by a Quadcopter. Our hearts are broken for these families even though compared to most they’re lucky, they have means of transport and a place to go.
April 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is the second time that the Refaat Alareer camp had to relocate. The first time was in August 2024 when Noor got shot in her leg by a Quadcopter. Our hearts are broken for these families even though compared to most they’re lucky, they have means of transport and a place to go.
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‼️‼️ Last night the entirety of the Refaat Alareer camp had to be relocated due to bombing. This is a special encampment that the Sameer Project has built to care for critically injured people because most of the hospitals are destroyed. Help them rebuild:
chuffed.org/project/1133...
chuffed.org/project/1133...
The Refaat Alareer Camp - by The Sameer Project
The Sameer Project, a grassroots aid organization led by four Palestinians in the diaspora, is proud to announce our first tent encampment project that provides shelter and specialized support to disp...
chuffed.org
April 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
‼️‼️ Last night the entirety of the Refaat Alareer camp had to be relocated due to bombing. This is a special encampment that the Sameer Project has built to care for critically injured people because most of the hospitals are destroyed. Help them rebuild:
chuffed.org/project/1133...
chuffed.org/project/1133...
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‼️‼️ One more call for contributions from the Sameer Project.
Their South Gaza campaign, where they are distributing food for survival as the price of rice skyrockets, only has funds left for ONE MORE WEEK.
Donate here: t.co/1j2S3Rp86s
Their South Gaza campaign, where they are distributing food for survival as the price of rice skyrockets, only has funds left for ONE MORE WEEK.
Donate here: t.co/1j2S3Rp86s
https://chuffed.org/project/113222-tent-campaign-the-sameer-project
t.co
April 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
‼️‼️ One more call for contributions from the Sameer Project.
Their South Gaza campaign, where they are distributing food for survival as the price of rice skyrockets, only has funds left for ONE MORE WEEK.
Donate here: t.co/1j2S3Rp86s
Their South Gaza campaign, where they are distributing food for survival as the price of rice skyrockets, only has funds left for ONE MORE WEEK.
Donate here: t.co/1j2S3Rp86s
I’m deeply honored and humbled to share that my first short story, Rice Water, is being published in Amorphaville, a speculative fiction and poetry anthology edited by Bri Stokes and Hinchas Press! Support the publication here: www.indiegogo.com/projects/amo...
Amorphaville
A Speculative Fiction & Poetry Anthology | Check out 'Amorphaville' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I’m deeply honored and humbled to share that my first short story, Rice Water, is being published in Amorphaville, a speculative fiction and poetry anthology edited by Bri Stokes and Hinchas Press! Support the publication here: www.indiegogo.com/projects/amo...
we are woefully unprepared for this moment
March 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
we are woefully unprepared for this moment
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This is where the last few years of criminalizing climate protest have been headed:
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is where the last few years of criminalizing climate protest have been headed:
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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"I do NOT actually think we're cooked...I DO think we must put our energies & attention towards the most marginalized."
@prisonculture.bsky.social also quotes Barbara Marx Hubbard, saying we must
"hospice what's dying, and midwife what's being born."
@prisonculture.bsky.social also quotes Barbara Marx Hubbard, saying we must
"hospice what's dying, and midwife what's being born."
March 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"I do NOT actually think we're cooked...I DO think we must put our energies & attention towards the most marginalized."
@prisonculture.bsky.social also quotes Barbara Marx Hubbard, saying we must
"hospice what's dying, and midwife what's being born."
@prisonculture.bsky.social also quotes Barbara Marx Hubbard, saying we must
"hospice what's dying, and midwife what's being born."
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Love this!!!
A way to report incidents of shadowbanning/ censorship on tech platforms relating to medical information on abortion.
So that a case can be built against these companies for putting women’s lives and health in danger.
A way to report incidents of shadowbanning/ censorship on tech platforms relating to medical information on abortion.
So that a case can be built against these companies for putting women’s lives and health in danger.
So we partnered with Repro Uncensored + @eff.org to launch the Report an Incident tool to document and fight back against this suppression.
If your organization or community has faced censorship, please submit your experience at: www.reprouncensored.org/report-incident
If your organization or community has faced censorship, please submit your experience at: www.reprouncensored.org/report-incident
Report an incident — Repro Uncensored
Whether your post was taken down, your Instagram account was shadowbanned, or your organization is not allowed to run Google ads, let us know about your experience. We're here to help.
www.reprouncensored.org
March 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Love this!!!
A way to report incidents of shadowbanning/ censorship on tech platforms relating to medical information on abortion.
So that a case can be built against these companies for putting women’s lives and health in danger.
A way to report incidents of shadowbanning/ censorship on tech platforms relating to medical information on abortion.
So that a case can be built against these companies for putting women’s lives and health in danger.
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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"Remembering what COVID is and the damage it causes is crucial for anyone organizing around or working towards disability justice, racial justice, LGBTQ+ justice, migrant justice, and liberation... we have to acknowledge how we may be contributing to debilitation."
🆕❤️ from me in @forgeorganizing.bsky.social
I was nervous to share this w/ the world because it is filled with lamentation & difficult truths, my truths.
This one is for those dedicated to justice and liberation for all.
It’s year 5 & I'm daring you to remember who & what ur fighting for.
I was nervous to share this w/ the world because it is filled with lamentation & difficult truths, my truths.
This one is for those dedicated to justice and liberation for all.
It’s year 5 & I'm daring you to remember who & what ur fighting for.
Reflecting on COVID, Year 5 - The Forge
Vee Copeland, a disabled organizer and former policy analyst details their experience facing the lack of care in movement strategy around surviving the current administration It has been a treacherous...
forgeorganizing.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"Remembering what COVID is and the damage it causes is crucial for anyone organizing around or working towards disability justice, racial justice, LGBTQ+ justice, migrant justice, and liberation... we have to acknowledge how we may be contributing to debilitation."
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For those who missed it!! #Altgov had a story written about them!!
Calling themselves #AltGov, the network has developed a visible, public-facing presence in recent weeks through Bluesky accounts.
#AltGov: the secret network of federal workers resisting Doge from the inside
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
For those who missed it!! #Altgov had a story written about them!!
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Pretty sure democracy dies when billionaires can just buy major newspapers and then reshape them into right wing propaganda machines
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pretty sure democracy dies when billionaires can just buy major newspapers and then reshape them into right wing propaganda machines
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most journalists today can be divided into two groups: dedicated, impoverished people who mostly write for publications you've never heard of that started eighteen months ago or JP Random House The First, who writes columns for the New York Times about which ethnic groups it should be OK to hunt
an important thing about america's current media elites is that they're basically just the dregs of an industry that has been constant contraction since the 90s and thus a lot of them are nepobabies who don't actually want to do any work
Checked this story about Trump shaking Ukraine down in exchange for continuing military aid to see if it mentions that he got impeached for doing that exact thing, and friends, you will not be surprised that it does not.
February 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
most journalists today can be divided into two groups: dedicated, impoverished people who mostly write for publications you've never heard of that started eighteen months ago or JP Random House The First, who writes columns for the New York Times about which ethnic groups it should be OK to hunt
Hosting another Poets for Gaza featuring Sapphic Fire, Jesi "Rocki" Taylor, Imogen Xtian Smith, C. Rivera, and Alma Valdez-Garcia 💕 rsvp: bit.ly/poets4gz
February 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hosting another Poets for Gaza featuring Sapphic Fire, Jesi "Rocki" Taylor, Imogen Xtian Smith, C. Rivera, and Alma Valdez-Garcia 💕 rsvp: bit.ly/poets4gz
Americana aesthetics will always be fascist propaganda 🤢 in order for art to be subversive it can’t just be part of the status quo with elements of satire 🤢 I won’t be gaslit on this either
February 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Americana aesthetics will always be fascist propaganda 🤢 in order for art to be subversive it can’t just be part of the status quo with elements of satire 🤢 I won’t be gaslit on this either
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Greatest moment in football history and it is not close.
February 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Greatest moment in football history and it is not close.
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Here's a fantastic starter pack: go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
Independent, Worker-Owned and Reader-Funded Media
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
February 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here's a fantastic starter pack: go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
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There are so many truly amazing, fearless independent outlets and journalists who are willing to be bold and tell the truth about what is happening.
If you're able, support them instead.
If you're able, support them instead.
A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There are so many truly amazing, fearless independent outlets and journalists who are willing to be bold and tell the truth about what is happening.
If you're able, support them instead.
If you're able, support them instead.
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I needed this. You may not know it, but you probably do, too. An hour with Nikki Giovanni, poet, writer, activist, mentor, & teller of fabulous tales. She was the best of us. We lost her last year. I listened with a tear in my eye, often from laughter. www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/cele...
Celebrating Nikki Giovanni - With Good Reason
Celebrating the life and legacy of poet Nikki Giovanni.
www.withgoodreasonradio.org
February 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I needed this. You may not know it, but you probably do, too. An hour with Nikki Giovanni, poet, writer, activist, mentor, & teller of fabulous tales. She was the best of us. We lost her last year. I listened with a tear in my eye, often from laughter. www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/cele...
I have been thinking about the US as a fourth world country - deemed a 1st world country but has 3rd world substandard conditions. A place with ongoing genocides foundational to its very existence, denies people access to basic needs & exploits marginalized people for their labor.
February 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I have been thinking about the US as a fourth world country - deemed a 1st world country but has 3rd world substandard conditions. A place with ongoing genocides foundational to its very existence, denies people access to basic needs & exploits marginalized people for their labor.
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How are arts and culture groups who are fed up with the current system of extraction building Solidarity Economy models in the United States? And why does this matter in 2025?
Meet the Art.coop "Remember the Future" Fellows this Thursday from 2 - 3:30 PM ET. Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Meet the Art.coop "Remember the Future" Fellows this Thursday from 2 - 3:30 PM ET. Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
How are arts and culture groups who are fed up with the current system of extraction building Solidarity Economy models in the United States? And why does this matter in 2025?
Meet the Art.coop "Remember the Future" Fellows this Thursday from 2 - 3:30 PM ET. Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Meet the Art.coop "Remember the Future" Fellows this Thursday from 2 - 3:30 PM ET. Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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"All I did was look around at the problems we're neglecting now and give them about 30 years to grow into full-fledged disasters." — Octavia E. Butler on "predicting the future"
Y'all coulda listened at any time.
Y'all coulda listened at any time.
January 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"All I did was look around at the problems we're neglecting now and give them about 30 years to grow into full-fledged disasters." — Octavia E. Butler on "predicting the future"
Y'all coulda listened at any time.
Y'all coulda listened at any time.