Petra von Schalien
@sponsoredbycoffee.bsky.social
Opinionated woman. Producer / Storyteller. Swedish/Finnish but UK based. Let’s hit up Magnolia and mack on some cupcakes.
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Israel kidnapping Greta Thunberg, the Academy-Award winning co-director of the documentary No Other Land, and declaring Ms. Rachel an anti-semite for not wanting Palestinian kids to die.
Yup, this is how you win the world.
Yup, this is how you win the world.
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Israel kidnapping Greta Thunberg, the Academy-Award winning co-director of the documentary No Other Land, and declaring Ms. Rachel an anti-semite for not wanting Palestinian kids to die.
Yup, this is how you win the world.
Yup, this is how you win the world.
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At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
June 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
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Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.
How do we just… normalise all this shit when we have the capacity to be human? To make the world better? To fix so much shit instead of making more trauma and darkness. 💔
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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April 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
How do we just… normalise all this shit when we have the capacity to be human? To make the world better? To fix so much shit instead of making more trauma and darkness. 💔
Terrifying on every level.
RFK Jr. is launching a government registry to track autistic Americans using private medical records.
RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People
And he’s using private medical records to make it happen.
newrepublic.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Terrifying on every level.
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When anyone says "Keep politics out of [thing]!" they're just saying that they liked it when it was only their politics in [thing] and they should be called crybabies and weirdos at every opportunity.
April 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
When anyone says "Keep politics out of [thing]!" they're just saying that they liked it when it was only their politics in [thing] and they should be called crybabies and weirdos at every opportunity.
You protest. You inspire others to use voices they forgot they had in isolation, because it’s so easy to think “I’m just one person, what can I do” and forget that the answer is “everything” because we are the masses, and those elected into power work for us.
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
You protest. You inspire others to use voices they forgot they had in isolation, because it’s so easy to think “I’m just one person, what can I do” and forget that the answer is “everything” because we are the masses, and those elected into power work for us.
Belated but as it was UK Mothers Day yday… May I suggest tuning into #Nightbitch by 🎬 Marielle Heller (on Disney atm) for a feral and relevant conversation around motherhood (especially in societies without policies to support them). 💕🍼🎥
March 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Belated but as it was UK Mothers Day yday… May I suggest tuning into #Nightbitch by 🎬 Marielle Heller (on Disney atm) for a feral and relevant conversation around motherhood (especially in societies without policies to support them). 💕🍼🎥
So everything abt this is terrifying, and a reminder of how fast democracies can unravel when completely false wild click bait claims aren’t held to account and give some deeply problematic people who care only abt profit and not humans far too much unchecked power.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So everything abt this is terrifying, and a reminder of how fast democracies can unravel when completely false wild click bait claims aren’t held to account and give some deeply problematic people who care only abt profit and not humans far too much unchecked power.
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The safer you are in an environment of rising authoritarianism, the more obligation you have to make some noise on behalf of the people who are more vulnerable than you. Indeed, this is the only way you might avoid having the leopards eat your face.
March 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The safer you are in an environment of rising authoritarianism, the more obligation you have to make some noise on behalf of the people who are more vulnerable than you. Indeed, this is the only way you might avoid having the leopards eat your face.
Gets rid of books, education and checks and balances… but yeah sure what was the issue again, her laugh? Okay then. 💔😩🙄
BREAKING
The Trump administration fired nearly the entire civil rights branch of the Department of Homeland Security on Friday, gutting a government office responsible for conducting oversight of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The Trump administration fired nearly the entire civil rights branch of the Department of Homeland Security on Friday, gutting a government office responsible for conducting oversight of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Trump Fires Nearly the Entire Civil Rights Branch of D.H.S. (Gift Article)
The move guts the office responsible for oversight over President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
nyti.ms
March 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Gets rid of books, education and checks and balances… but yeah sure what was the issue again, her laugh? Okay then. 💔😩🙄
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When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.
Leavitt: "We are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport to maybe save themselves from being in one of these fun videos."
March 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.
Horrifying
The State Department has ended funding for the tracking of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and U.S. officials or contractors might have deleted a database with information on them, according to a letter that lawmakers plan to send to Secretary of State Rubio.
Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia
A Democratic lawmaker is drafting a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database on thousands of children has been deleted.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Horrifying
The way - as with so much - so many remain fully willing to look the other way to profit off what the PR machine has sold, with no care that the cost is a complete lack of basic human rights. 💔
1/ among the most amazing pieces of reporting I have ever read.
a multinational system of the ultimately most powerful, exploiting and abusing these women like a modern slave trade www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/w...
a multinational system of the ultimately most powerful, exploiting and abusing these women like a modern slave trade www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/w...
Why Maids Keep Dying in Saudi Arabia
East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The way - as with so much - so many remain fully willing to look the other way to profit off what the PR machine has sold, with no care that the cost is a complete lack of basic human rights. 💔
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This is now an authoritarian country. No guardrails. Trump defies judges. No checks and balances.
US deports 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling to halt flights
US deports 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling to halt flights
Trump invoked 1798 law previously used to detain Japanese Americans in second world war to justify deportations
The US deported more than 250 mainly Venezuelan alleged gang members to El Salvador despite a US judge’s ruling to halt the flights on…
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is now an authoritarian country. No guardrails. Trump defies judges. No checks and balances.
Yes okay fabulous the Tesla reactions are happening, because of course economic boycotts of companies impacts… but you’re telling me the signs weren’t clear enough… until now? He wasn’t subtle a year or two ago…? This isn’t a badge to have waited until it was generalised to speak up.
March 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yes okay fabulous the Tesla reactions are happening, because of course economic boycotts of companies impacts… but you’re telling me the signs weren’t clear enough… until now? He wasn’t subtle a year or two ago…? This isn’t a badge to have waited until it was generalised to speak up.
Can you all see it now? Is the quiet part being said loud enough? Now that it’s too late and real lives are being impacted irreversibly daily?
A teacher in Idaho has been told to remove posters reading "Everyone is welcome here" - specifically because it features different skin tones. As I wrote last week, this is a global political movement that has explicitly set the goal of eradicating the very concept of equality.
West Ada teacher stands firm after she’s told to remove ‘Everyone is welcome here’ signs
Sarah Inama said she was told by administrators that her signs “don’t allow people to express differing opinions.”
www.idahostatesman.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Can you all see it now? Is the quiet part being said loud enough? Now that it’s too late and real lives are being impacted irreversibly daily?
The level of authoritarian dictator vibes this is all giving… like guys. Wtf.
Wow. Disgusting, even for this White House. This has nothing to do with protecting Jews, btw. It's all about using them to attack colleges, protests, and free speech. Trump quoted Hitler when he said he would unleash the military against "the enemy from within." This was right before the elections.
March 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The level of authoritarian dictator vibes this is all giving… like guys. Wtf.
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Trump has ordered massive swathes of US national forests to be cut down.
Hundreds of millions of acres of trees will be razed and endangered species will not be protected.
Hundreds of millions of acres of trees will be razed and endangered species will not be protected.
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
The actress facing 74 lashes in Iran for her Oscar-nominated film
Instead of attending the glitzy Hollywood ceremony, Soheila Golestani is on trial by the Revolutionary Court for her part in The Seed of the Sacred Fig
www.thetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
When the richest person in history uses “empathy is overrated” as his excuse for picking Lex Luthor over doing literally ANY good… well.
Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.
Government AI, defending DOGE and more: Takeaways from Elon Musk’s three-hour interview with Joe Rogan
The wide-ranging interview between the two prominent Trump supporters comes as Musk remakes the federal government.
www.politico.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
When the richest person in history uses “empathy is overrated” as his excuse for picking Lex Luthor over doing literally ANY good… well.
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No Other Land still has no distribution.
March 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
No Other Land still has no distribution.
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Michelle Trachtenberg’s Comic Timing Shined Bright, From ‘Buffy’ to ‘Gossip Girl’ to Nickelodeon variety.com/2025/tv/colu...
Michelle Trachtenberg’s Comic Timing Shined Bright, From ‘Buffy’ to ‘Gossip Girl’ to Nickelodeon
The "Harriet the Spy" star died at age 39
variety.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Cannot state enough how much of a must-see this documentary is, from both a human and filmmaking pov. The kind of raw, honest, hopeful in darkness and impactful storytelling docs and journalism is all about.
The censorship, bullying, and fear are real.
“No Other Land,” about the destruction of a village in the occupied West Bank, keeps being praised but won't be released.
Inside the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will Touch www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/m...
“No Other Land,” about the destruction of a village in the occupied West Bank, keeps being praised but won't be released.
Inside the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will Touch www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/m...
Inside the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will Touch
“No Other Land,” about the destruction of a village in the occupied West Bank, is one of the year’s most acclaimed films. Still, U.S. studios are unwilling to distribute it.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cannot state enough how much of a must-see this documentary is, from both a human and filmmaking pov. The kind of raw, honest, hopeful in darkness and impactful storytelling docs and journalism is all about.
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“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated."
"This is a very real threat to the American flying public.”
EXCLUSIVE ⤵️
"This is a very real threat to the American flying public.”
EXCLUSIVE ⤵️
FAA Employees Say Trump and Musk's Purge Is a 'Threat' to Air Safety
Donald Trump and Elon Musk fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees. The administration argues it won’t affect air safety.
www.rollingstone.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated."
"This is a very real threat to the American flying public.”
EXCLUSIVE ⤵️
"This is a very real threat to the American flying public.”
EXCLUSIVE ⤵️