✨️Sparkle Puffs💖
@sparklepuffs.bsky.social
msw researcher thinking about how socially engaged art can make organizing work & medical care more bearable for all|
promoter of radical gender ideology, BIG abortion & overdose prevention sites
promoter of radical gender ideology, BIG abortion & overdose prevention sites
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No amount of conformity and obeisance to authoritarians will spare you, especially if you are a member of a group they use to scapegoat.
The only way out is through.
The only way out is through.
January 30, 2026 at 10:39 PM
No amount of conformity and obeisance to authoritarians will spare you, especially if you are a member of a group they use to scapegoat.
The only way out is through.
The only way out is through.
“To be honest, it helped me imagine how the slaves might have felt, going to another land in shackles and chains — that loneliness, that disconnect, that sense of loss.”
Fantastic article by @silkys13.bsky.social from @truthout.org
#ICE #ICE2026 #massdeportation #internmentcamps #stopthefunds
Fantastic article by @silkys13.bsky.social from @truthout.org
#ICE #ICE2026 #massdeportation #internmentcamps #stopthefunds
For @truthout.org I wrote an analysis of the mass deportation boom during 2025. Amid all the spectacle, the passage of the funding bill in July was an ominous milestone in the history of U.S. immigration policy and the Trump administration's aspiring fascism.
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Trump Has Made ICE the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the Country
With Congress-approved funding, ICE detention is expected to triple in size, mirroring the scale of Japanese internment.
truthout.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:43 PM
“To be honest, it helped me imagine how the slaves might have felt, going to another land in shackles and chains — that loneliness, that disconnect, that sense of loss.”
Fantastic article by @silkys13.bsky.social from @truthout.org
#ICE #ICE2026 #massdeportation #internmentcamps #stopthefunds
Fantastic article by @silkys13.bsky.social from @truthout.org
#ICE #ICE2026 #massdeportation #internmentcamps #stopthefunds
“We need both realism and compassion... People’s discomfort is understandable, but the crisis reflects deeper systemic issues, such as housing, employment and the toxic drug supply. We need nuanced conversations about what’s working and what isn’t so we can find solutions.” #overdosepreventionsites
• Study Finds No Link Between Supervised Consumption Sites and Increased Crime.
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www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha...
Do supervised consumption sites bring increased crime? Study suggests that’s a myth
Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local crime, McGill University researchers have found. Over 10 years, crime reports...
www.mcgill.ca
January 20, 2026 at 3:08 AM
“We need both realism and compassion... People’s discomfort is understandable, but the crisis reflects deeper systemic issues, such as housing, employment and the toxic drug supply. We need nuanced conversations about what’s working and what isn’t so we can find solutions.” #overdosepreventionsites
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We should be applauding people who break rules to stop what's happening. Failing to break rules is what's worthy of critique right now. That's the stuff people should have an explanation for — and I know, some do, and that's fine, but the absolute moral minimum is supporting those who resist.
January 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
We should be applauding people who break rules to stop what's happening. Failing to break rules is what's worthy of critique right now. That's the stuff people should have an explanation for — and I know, some do, and that's fine, but the absolute moral minimum is supporting those who resist.
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
January 5, 2026 at 5:10 AM
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
"And when I say this what I mean is that I am attempting to speak/ to yous of these things in order to get out of our bed in the morning/ in the face of all that happened and is yet to happen, the spinning/ earth, the gathering forces of some sort of destruction that is/ endless and happens over and
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 AM
"And when I say this what I mean is that I am attempting to speak/ to yous of these things in order to get out of our bed in the morning/ in the face of all that happened and is yet to happen, the spinning/ earth, the gathering forces of some sort of destruction that is/ endless and happens over and
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"They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor" - Tupac Shakur 1993
January 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor" - Tupac Shakur 1993
That RFK article has me darkly wondering about what future generations will think & do about accountability? To what extent might punishment & violence against alleged perpetrators be part of that?
All the more reason to take action now, but maybe not acting on rage.
Anyway, Happy End to 2025
All the more reason to take action now, but maybe not acting on rage.
Anyway, Happy End to 2025
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
That RFK article has me darkly wondering about what future generations will think & do about accountability? To what extent might punishment & violence against alleged perpetrators be part of that?
All the more reason to take action now, but maybe not acting on rage.
Anyway, Happy End to 2025
All the more reason to take action now, but maybe not acting on rage.
Anyway, Happy End to 2025
In Japan and in most European nations, primary care systems have the capacity to find and vaccinate children who face a higher risk for vaccine-preventable diseases — and in many of those countries, paid sick leave also helps minimize the spread of contagions through schools and offices."
NYT: This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
Opinion | This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In Japan and in most European nations, primary care systems have the capacity to find and vaccinate children who face a higher risk for vaccine-preventable diseases — and in many of those countries, paid sick leave also helps minimize the spread of contagions through schools and offices."
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Ruth Wilson Gilmore's definition of racism gets at why it's not something that can be ignored: "the state-sanctioned and/or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death". --- THE PREMATURE DEATH part is not something that can be "ignored"
December 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Ruth Wilson Gilmore's definition of racism gets at why it's not something that can be ignored: "the state-sanctioned and/or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death". --- THE PREMATURE DEATH part is not something that can be "ignored"
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
I just discovered the fabulous Fat Liberation archival website (fatlibarchive.org) and the 1973 Fat Liberation Manifesto feels more relevant and needed than ever...
fatlibarchive.org/fat-liberati...
#fatliberation #disabilityjustice #BMIisnotscience
fatlibarchive.org/fat-liberati...
#fatliberation #disabilityjustice #BMIisnotscience
Fat Liberation Manifesto (1973) - Fat Liberation Archive
Fat Liberation Manifesto, written in 1973 by Judy Freespirit and Aldebaran, founders on the Fat Underground. Provided by Largesse Fat Liberation Archive.
fatlibarchive.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I just discovered the fabulous Fat Liberation archival website (fatlibarchive.org) and the 1973 Fat Liberation Manifesto feels more relevant and needed than ever...
fatlibarchive.org/fat-liberati...
#fatliberation #disabilityjustice #BMIisnotscience
fatlibarchive.org/fat-liberati...
#fatliberation #disabilityjustice #BMIisnotscience
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You have to act. No way around that.
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
You have to act. No way around that.
“Freire believed that even when people are lied to, they can still recognize the truth if given the chance to reflect,” Pinto said. “And Boal suggested that we should embody those reflections and act them out.”
#UniversityofMichigan #theateroftheoppressed #dreamflag
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#UniversityofMichigan #theateroftheoppressed #dreamflag
record.umich.edu/articles/pro...
Professor uses art as both a teaching and research tool | The University Record
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November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Freire believed that even when people are lied to, they can still recognize the truth if given the chance to reflect,” Pinto said. “And Boal suggested that we should embody those reflections and act them out.”
#UniversityofMichigan #theateroftheoppressed #dreamflag
record.umich.edu/articles/pro...
#UniversityofMichigan #theateroftheoppressed #dreamflag
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The part where enough people have nothing left to lose enters the chat.
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The part where enough people have nothing left to lose enters the chat.
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Portland’s ICE protests at their doorstep: Gas masks, 100-decibel din, sleepless nights
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
October 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Portland’s ICE protests at their doorstep: Gas masks, 100-decibel din, sleepless nights
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
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The math being that for every dollar of SNAP issued to recipients, almost twice that goes back into the economy.
A snapshot of SNAP’s economy impact:
A snapshot of SNAP’s economy impact:
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The math being that for every dollar of SNAP issued to recipients, almost twice that goes back into the economy.
A snapshot of SNAP’s economy impact:
A snapshot of SNAP’s economy impact:
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#PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky 🛟 💊🫁
The next pandemic will not be televised.
“Almost the entire staff behind the CDC’s flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, have been fired.“
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
The next pandemic will not be televised.
“Almost the entire staff behind the CDC’s flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, have been fired.“
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings
The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...
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October 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky 🛟 💊🫁
The next pandemic will not be televised.
“Almost the entire staff behind the CDC’s flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, have been fired.“
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
The next pandemic will not be televised.
“Almost the entire staff behind the CDC’s flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, have been fired.“
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
The Women’s Refugee Commission is monitoring the numbers of pregnant, postpartum & nursing people in US immigration detention, and information about the conditions and treatment they experience. Report if you know something-
detentionpregnancytracker.com?mc_cid=a6512... #WRC #iceconditions #prolife?
detentionpregnancytracker.com?mc_cid=a6512... #WRC #iceconditions #prolife?
Women's Refugee Commission
detentionpregnancytracker.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Women’s Refugee Commission is monitoring the numbers of pregnant, postpartum & nursing people in US immigration detention, and information about the conditions and treatment they experience. Report if you know something-
detentionpregnancytracker.com?mc_cid=a6512... #WRC #iceconditions #prolife?
detentionpregnancytracker.com?mc_cid=a6512... #WRC #iceconditions #prolife?
Surveillance is not safety.
October 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Surveillance is not safety.
🧵I've just reread this paragraph in James Baldwin's "The Devil Finds Work" over and over again
"In 1952, I was in America, just in time for the McCarthy era. I had never seen anything like it.
If I had ever really been able to hate white people, the era of that dimwitted, good-natured, flamboyant
"In 1952, I was in America, just in time for the McCarthy era. I had never seen anything like it.
If I had ever really been able to hate white people, the era of that dimwitted, good-natured, flamboyant
September 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🧵I've just reread this paragraph in James Baldwin's "The Devil Finds Work" over and over again
"In 1952, I was in America, just in time for the McCarthy era. I had never seen anything like it.
If I had ever really been able to hate white people, the era of that dimwitted, good-natured, flamboyant
"In 1952, I was in America, just in time for the McCarthy era. I had never seen anything like it.
If I had ever really been able to hate white people, the era of that dimwitted, good-natured, flamboyant
Air pollution is a leading cause of cancer and asthma, and is PREVENTABLE. Good thing cancer research funding is being cancelled, too.....
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration’s Attack on Environmental Protections Will Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution
The Trump administration’s plan to torpedo air pollution limits and cancer prevention programs while ripping away health care and cancer treatment and canceling clean energy investments will increase ...
www.americanprogress.org
September 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Air pollution is a leading cause of cancer and asthma, and is PREVENTABLE. Good thing cancer research funding is being cancelled, too.....
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...