Kristen W.
@tree25.bsky.social
Lesbian wife and homesteader in rural central Wisconsin. LGBTQ historian and local history archivist.
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More excited for this with each passing day. Come thru!!
April 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
More excited for this with each passing day. Come thru!!
@danshafer.bsky.social now don't do that thing where you're like "only 259 days until the next election, let's roll up our sleeves!" isn't this election the one that bought us a little time to breathe? 🤣
April 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
@danshafer.bsky.social now don't do that thing where you're like "only 259 days until the next election, let's roll up our sleeves!" isn't this election the one that bought us a little time to breathe? 🤣
And now everyone can feel what it feels like to be a true Wisconsinite, from a deeply purple state that will alternately break your heart and renew your faith in your neighbors. My heart and soul is in this place, and on balance, I think we choose well more often than not. Tonight we did.
April 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
And now everyone can feel what it feels like to be a true Wisconsinite, from a deeply purple state that will alternately break your heart and renew your faith in your neighbors. My heart and soul is in this place, and on balance, I think we choose well more often than not. Tonight we did.
I know it seems small compared to all the pain and suffering this administration is inflicting. But IMLS hits real close to home, and I'm devastated.
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
March 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I know it seems small compared to all the pain and suffering this administration is inflicting. But IMLS hits real close to home, and I'm devastated.
Interesting statement from Rep Derrick Van Orden (R, WI-3). Something to hold him to when we get to actual decisions being made:
“To be explicitly clear: today’s budget resolution did not include any cuts to specific programs. Anyone saying otherwise is lying and engaging in the fearmongering 🧵
“To be explicitly clear: today’s budget resolution did not include any cuts to specific programs. Anyone saying otherwise is lying and engaging in the fearmongering 🧵
February 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Interesting statement from Rep Derrick Van Orden (R, WI-3). Something to hold him to when we get to actual decisions being made:
“To be explicitly clear: today’s budget resolution did not include any cuts to specific programs. Anyone saying otherwise is lying and engaging in the fearmongering 🧵
“To be explicitly clear: today’s budget resolution did not include any cuts to specific programs. Anyone saying otherwise is lying and engaging in the fearmongering 🧵
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*sigh*
Okay, as someone who has watched lefties use the same tactics for a decade and a half with similar results every time… I have notes.
Yall have the spirit, and I don’t want to discourage that, but we need to talk about these tactics.
Okay, as someone who has watched lefties use the same tactics for a decade and a half with similar results every time… I have notes.
Yall have the spirit, and I don’t want to discourage that, but we need to talk about these tactics.
February 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
*sigh*
Okay, as someone who has watched lefties use the same tactics for a decade and a half with similar results every time… I have notes.
Yall have the spirit, and I don’t want to discourage that, but we need to talk about these tactics.
Okay, as someone who has watched lefties use the same tactics for a decade and a half with similar results every time… I have notes.
Yall have the spirit, and I don’t want to discourage that, but we need to talk about these tactics.
So, I have an idea and would like to see who’s interested.
A regular (weekly?) activism support or discussion group on Zoom. We’d talk about and provide support for each other on actions we’re taking to resist the ongoing coup. This would be for people who feel helpless but want to DO SOMETHING. 🧵
A regular (weekly?) activism support or discussion group on Zoom. We’d talk about and provide support for each other on actions we’re taking to resist the ongoing coup. This would be for people who feel helpless but want to DO SOMETHING. 🧵
February 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So, I have an idea and would like to see who’s interested.
A regular (weekly?) activism support or discussion group on Zoom. We’d talk about and provide support for each other on actions we’re taking to resist the ongoing coup. This would be for people who feel helpless but want to DO SOMETHING. 🧵
A regular (weekly?) activism support or discussion group on Zoom. We’d talk about and provide support for each other on actions we’re taking to resist the ongoing coup. This would be for people who feel helpless but want to DO SOMETHING. 🧵
It’s a snowy day in Wisconsin - what an excellent day to enjoy this gorgeous documentary of Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ history. It’s free! Forever! It won a Midwest Emmy! And it’s full of people who refuse to be erased, no matter what a government says or does.
pbswisconsin.org/wisconsin-pr...
pbswisconsin.org/wisconsin-pr...
Wisconsin Pride
Explore Wisconsin’s hidden LGBTQ+ history and leading role in the gay rights struggle.
pbswisconsin.org
February 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It’s a snowy day in Wisconsin - what an excellent day to enjoy this gorgeous documentary of Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ history. It’s free! Forever! It won a Midwest Emmy! And it’s full of people who refuse to be erased, no matter what a government says or does.
pbswisconsin.org/wisconsin-pr...
pbswisconsin.org/wisconsin-pr...
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Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.
Linda McMahon, Trump’s nominee for education secretary, said she’s not “quite certain” whether African American studies would be allowed under Trump’s executive order
Here’s What Linda McMahon, Nominee for Education Secretary, Had to Say About Higher Ed
She discussed dismantling the Education Department, investigating colleges over antisemitism and DEI, and increasing access to noncollege opportunities.
www.chronicle.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.
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Dear Everyone, Now is the time to use your platform and your voice. Use your influence. Even if you impact one person, it can make a difference. We have power in numbers and we need to amplify each other and fight together to save our country. Now is not the time to tune it out.
February 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dear Everyone, Now is the time to use your platform and your voice. Use your influence. Even if you impact one person, it can make a difference. We have power in numbers and we need to amplify each other and fight together to save our country. Now is not the time to tune it out.
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Another relative got stopped and detained by ICE today near Merrilan, WI. Didn’t have a tribal ID.
Things are moving fast in the U.S. and we’re coming up on the part where our people need to lay low, so I’m gonna quiet down a bit because Reasons.
Things are moving fast in the U.S. and we’re coming up on the part where our people need to lay low, so I’m gonna quiet down a bit because Reasons.
February 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Another relative got stopped and detained by ICE today near Merrilan, WI. Didn’t have a tribal ID.
Things are moving fast in the U.S. and we’re coming up on the part where our people need to lay low, so I’m gonna quiet down a bit because Reasons.
Things are moving fast in the U.S. and we’re coming up on the part where our people need to lay low, so I’m gonna quiet down a bit because Reasons.
In addition to all the other organizing and resisting I’m doing, I’m leaning into community. Open house dinners at our house on the last Sunday of the month. Not everyone who follows me on here is gonna come visit IRL, but if you are, let’s be together. Sunday 2/23, 5 pm. Message for address.
February 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In addition to all the other organizing and resisting I’m doing, I’m leaning into community. Open house dinners at our house on the last Sunday of the month. Not everyone who follows me on here is gonna come visit IRL, but if you are, let’s be together. Sunday 2/23, 5 pm. Message for address.
Do I need to start a cooperative home school in rural central WI for queer and trans kids and kids of color?
January 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Do I need to start a cooperative home school in rural central WI for queer and trans kids and kids of color?
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Not to be alarmist, but this is the most radical presidential action I've ever seen. He's straight up seizing Congress' budget power. What do laws matter if the mad king's whims dictate what gets enforced and where money goes?
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
Trump is blowing up the Constitution and dismantling democracy before our eyes.
Freezing all federal grants is a radical transformation of the relationship between the President & Congress.
It’s illegal & dictatorial & Americans will die as a result.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Freezing all federal grants is a radical transformation of the relationship between the President & Congress.
It’s illegal & dictatorial & Americans will die as a result.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of federal aid
In a two-page memo, the Office of Management and Budget ordered all federal agencies to temporarily suspend payments.
www.politico.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not to be alarmist, but this is the most radical presidential action I've ever seen. He's straight up seizing Congress' budget power. What do laws matter if the mad king's whims dictate what gets enforced and where money goes?
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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If you work in the federal government (particularly civil rights at DOJ) or state or local agencies that get federal funding, and have info about new anti-DEI and anti-civil rights mandates, please reach out to me on signal at nhannahjones.67.
January 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you work in the federal government (particularly civil rights at DOJ) or state or local agencies that get federal funding, and have info about new anti-DEI and anti-civil rights mandates, please reach out to me on signal at nhannahjones.67.
The bishop giving this sermon just put a target on her own back, for all the right reasons. Bless her. The example she's setting on Day 2 of this nightmare is one we'll need to follow.
Epic courage here.
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The bishop giving this sermon just put a target on her own back, for all the right reasons. Bless her. The example she's setting on Day 2 of this nightmare is one we'll need to follow.
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We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
We failed to stop the rise of fascism. What comes next?
How to navigate the future without a map.
shatterzone.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
My gay wife and I spent the evening doing an inventory of our seed supply for this year's garden - literally tending our own home. They can't have that; these experiences will stand, no matter what comes next.
January 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My gay wife and I spent the evening doing an inventory of our seed supply for this year's garden - literally tending our own home. They can't have that; these experiences will stand, no matter what comes next.
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don’t worry guys executive orders aren’t REALLY legal. but DO worry guys because the law isn’t REALLY real in any real sense. but DONT worry because they’re kind of too incompetent if you remember but also DO worry because maybe this time it’s different. but DONT worry bec
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
don’t worry guys executive orders aren’t REALLY legal. but DO worry guys because the law isn’t REALLY real in any real sense. but DONT worry because they’re kind of too incompetent if you remember but also DO worry because maybe this time it’s different. but DONT worry bec
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I know that people are going to flock right back to that app, but even though I think they’re all wrong for doing it, Congress passed a law and the Supreme Court agreed unanimously and now a guy who *isn’t even president* is putting it back online and this is very bad.
January 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I know that people are going to flock right back to that app, but even though I think they’re all wrong for doing it, Congress passed a law and the Supreme Court agreed unanimously and now a guy who *isn’t even president* is putting it back online and this is very bad.
Among all the other TikTok ban weirdness, here’s a thought: the government just demonstrated how quickly and easily they can turn an online community off and back on. It’s a demonstration of power.
January 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Among all the other TikTok ban weirdness, here’s a thought: the government just demonstrated how quickly and easily they can turn an online community off and back on. It’s a demonstration of power.
Missing this cutie today - mom’s pup Cassie (Cassiopeia).
January 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Missing this cutie today - mom’s pup Cassie (Cassiopeia).
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Tonight, scammers spoofed my mom’s phone number, called me from what seemed to be her number, and demanded $3,000 or they’d shoot her. (Seriously! Can you imagine getting that phone call?) She’s traveling so this was more plausible than it would be if she’d been at home with me.
January 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Tonight, scammers spoofed my mom’s phone number, called me from what seemed to be her number, and demanded $3,000 or they’d shoot her. (Seriously! Can you imagine getting that phone call?) She’s traveling so this was more plausible than it would be if she’d been at home with me.