emily
@soupmuse.bsky.social
lawyer. human rights and civilian protection. forever Arabic student.
our liberation is bound together.
our liberation is bound together.
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What the fuck is going on with the Minnesotan senators making no statements about the terror campaign being inflicted on their own state?
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
What the fuck is going on with the Minnesotan senators making no statements about the terror campaign being inflicted on their own state?
manifesting this for peacock and portland city council in the new year
(and thinking back on one of the city's finest moments of the last year for no particular reason)
bsky.app/profile/soup...
(and thinking back on one of the city's finest moments of the last year for no particular reason)
bsky.app/profile/soup...
would love a council president who wanted to raise expectations and do big things 👀
January 1, 2026 at 10:07 PM
manifesting this for peacock and portland city council in the new year
(and thinking back on one of the city's finest moments of the last year for no particular reason)
bsky.app/profile/soup...
(and thinking back on one of the city's finest moments of the last year for no particular reason)
bsky.app/profile/soup...
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This is a brilliant line that should make a lot of folks…in both parties…very uncomfortable. Yes.
Good.
Good.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This is a brilliant line that should make a lot of folks…in both parties…very uncomfortable. Yes.
Good.
Good.
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The latest print issue of @streetroots.bsky.social is a devastating read, even if you won’t read every word. 16 pages of items city contractors took during sweeps in the first half of 2025. Data, presented without comment, tells the real, human-centered story of unsheltered Portland homelessness.
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The latest print issue of @streetroots.bsky.social is a devastating read, even if you won’t read every word. 16 pages of items city contractors took during sweeps in the first half of 2025. Data, presented without comment, tells the real, human-centered story of unsheltered Portland homelessness.
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
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one last time, for the road
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM
one last time, for the road
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This is great news and reflects the efforts from everyday Portlanders who poured into the streets, found ways to throw sand in the gears of this machine, and the urgency of my fellow electeds. Special thanks to the vets who joined me in the call to refuse orders. We won and it’s just the beginning.
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is great news and reflects the efforts from everyday Portlanders who poured into the streets, found ways to throw sand in the gears of this machine, and the urgency of my fellow electeds. Special thanks to the vets who joined me in the call to refuse orders. We won and it’s just the beginning.
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When news about the UN’s fiscal crisis floats out to larger audiences, it’s important to note that it’s largely the result of unpaid membership dues. While the organization could certainly use some reform, it’s not constantly financially strapped because it’s constantly mismanaging its funds.
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When news about the UN’s fiscal crisis floats out to larger audiences, it’s important to note that it’s largely the result of unpaid membership dues. While the organization could certainly use some reform, it’s not constantly financially strapped because it’s constantly mismanaging its funds.
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A professor from France studying homelessness in PDX came to one of the council meetings and he was like “wow you guys are being so calm and civil? Our legislators would be fist fighting on the floor”
And it was so funny because in Portland it was considered one of the most contentious meetings
And it was so funny because in Portland it was considered one of the most contentious meetings
The problem with “Portland nice” is officials think accountability, which sometimes necessarily means being adversarial, is uncouth.
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A professor from France studying homelessness in PDX came to one of the council meetings and he was like “wow you guys are being so calm and civil? Our legislators would be fist fighting on the floor”
And it was so funny because in Portland it was considered one of the most contentious meetings
And it was so funny because in Portland it was considered one of the most contentious meetings
Nothing like a cozy morning with coffee and a new Sarah Jeong article for this household
December 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Nothing like a cozy morning with coffee and a new Sarah Jeong article for this household
An end of year masterpiece on collective literacy that may just ruin ezra klein’s day.
no one asked for a sequel to the shitposting fire emblem triangle article but i wrote one anyway www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
An end of year masterpiece on collective literacy that may just ruin ezra klein’s day.
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Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
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Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
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losing my mind thinking about these people being taken off a sanctions list while even more icc judges get sanctioned
More evidence that the Trump administration is cozying up to cybermercenaries. The Treasury Dept has removed three people closely affiliated with Intellexa, the company that makes Predator, off a sanctions list: therecord.media/treasury-san...
Treasury removes sanctions for three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa
The Treasury Department on Tuesday took three people closely affiliated with the holding company behind Predator spyware off of a sanctions list, reversing their designation in 2024 by the Biden admin...
therecord.media
December 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
losing my mind thinking about these people being taken off a sanctions list while even more icc judges get sanctioned
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This is an act of war and illegal under both US and international law, let’s just be clear about that:
C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This is an act of war and illegal under both US and international law, let’s just be clear about that:
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It's all a smokescreen *and it has always been*. The issue is simple: there is an illegal, unjustified, aggressive invasion, and there are those defending against it. Everyone who has tried to complicate that fact has abandoned their principles once convenient.
December 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's all a smokescreen *and it has always been*. The issue is simple: there is an illegal, unjustified, aggressive invasion, and there are those defending against it. Everyone who has tried to complicate that fact has abandoned their principles once convenient.
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If the damage being done wasn't so serious, it'd be kind of funny how his whole deal is "no this isn't like Dred Scott" and then he keeps haphazardly bumbling into reinventing Dred Scott from scratch.
Did I bang my head this morning, because this seems to be egregiously inaccurate:
December 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If the damage being done wasn't so serious, it'd be kind of funny how his whole deal is "no this isn't like Dred Scott" and then he keeps haphazardly bumbling into reinventing Dred Scott from scratch.
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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The lawless killing spree continues over the holidays.
Per usual, neither the "Designated Terrorist Organization" supposedly operating this vessel nor the "narco-terrorists" killed are identified.
Per usual, neither the "Designated Terrorist Organization" supposedly operating this vessel nor the "narco-terrorists" killed are identified.
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The lawless killing spree continues over the holidays.
Per usual, neither the "Designated Terrorist Organization" supposedly operating this vessel nor the "narco-terrorists" killed are identified.
Per usual, neither the "Designated Terrorist Organization" supposedly operating this vessel nor the "narco-terrorists" killed are identified.
This is awful and racist.
AND also, it is just so painfully dumb to proffer Zohran speaking Arabic as evidence of him being “foreign.” he literally learned Arabic as a second language. He is not Arab!
كلهم كلاوات.
AND also, it is just so painfully dumb to proffer Zohran speaking Arabic as evidence of him being “foreign.” he literally learned Arabic as a second language. He is not Arab!
كلهم كلاوات.
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is awful and racist.
AND also, it is just so painfully dumb to proffer Zohran speaking Arabic as evidence of him being “foreign.” he literally learned Arabic as a second language. He is not Arab!
كلهم كلاوات.
AND also, it is just so painfully dumb to proffer Zohran speaking Arabic as evidence of him being “foreign.” he literally learned Arabic as a second language. He is not Arab!
كلهم كلاوات.
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One thing 2025 made clear: Durable progress on climate in the US will require structural reform to our corrupted political systems. Otherwise, steps forward will always be vulnerable to the bloody clawbacks we saw this year. A political strategy that doesn't center system reform is not "pragmatic."
December 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
One thing 2025 made clear: Durable progress on climate in the US will require structural reform to our corrupted political systems. Otherwise, steps forward will always be vulnerable to the bloody clawbacks we saw this year. A political strategy that doesn't center system reform is not "pragmatic."
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There are moments the mask is removed, and all the lies evaporate. This quote by a District Attorney in California is incredible. He says the volume of shackled poor people brought to court--what he calls the "cattle call"--makes it impossible to consider them as individuals.
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
There are moments the mask is removed, and all the lies evaporate. This quote by a District Attorney in California is incredible. He says the volume of shackled poor people brought to court--what he calls the "cattle call"--makes it impossible to consider them as individuals.
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The vast majority of Americans are opposed to AI and oligarchy, but both of our major political parties are too corrupted by billionaire control to stand up for the people.
Americans Hate AI. Which Party Will Benefit?
Party insiders are divided on how to channel Americans’ growing fear of AI.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The vast majority of Americans are opposed to AI and oligarchy, but both of our major political parties are too corrupted by billionaire control to stand up for the people.
hearing from an insider that one reason for the failed Epstein redactions was that DOGE made a bunch of agencies cancel their Adobe Acrobat subscriptions.
lol. lmao even.
lol. lmao even.
December 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
hearing from an insider that one reason for the failed Epstein redactions was that DOGE made a bunch of agencies cancel their Adobe Acrobat subscriptions.
lol. lmao even.
lol. lmao even.
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She followed around a Parkland kid to harass him about how school shootings aren’t real, and her doing this shit propelled her to conspiracy internet fame then Congress. You do not have to hand it to her.
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
She followed around a Parkland kid to harass him about how school shootings aren’t real, and her doing this shit propelled her to conspiracy internet fame then Congress. You do not have to hand it to her.