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@tumblesweed.bsky.social
Post-academia ex-professor. Fuck academia tbh. Current indie contract grant manager for rural and small Black-led and Native-led nonprofits. Sovereigntist. Abolitionist. White-privileged Yo'eme diaspora. masked. novavaxxed. land back. water back.
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About halfway through Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump by @attackerman.bsky.social. It's packed with receipts and demonstrates quite well that Trump is not an anomaly, not by a long shot. This matters because getting him out of office won't change things.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
About halfway through Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump by @attackerman.bsky.social. It's packed with receipts and demonstrates quite well that Trump is not an anomaly, not by a long shot. This matters because getting him out of office won't change things.
Trump stole the $5 billion in SNAP funds and Dems in Congress just allowed that to happen.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Trump stole the $5 billion in SNAP funds and Dems in Congress just allowed that to happen.
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The reason that Beyoncé is hanging out with the Kardashians & Bezos is because they have capitalist class solidarity with each other & that trumps any shared "identity" you may have with the lot.
These people are all our class enemies even if the music slaps. Hope that helps.
These people are all our class enemies even if the music slaps. Hope that helps.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The reason that Beyoncé is hanging out with the Kardashians & Bezos is because they have capitalist class solidarity with each other & that trumps any shared "identity" you may have with the lot.
These people are all our class enemies even if the music slaps. Hope that helps.
These people are all our class enemies even if the music slaps. Hope that helps.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
I have never met a cat I don't like, but now having two black cats in my care has taught me that they are the most loving, silliest cats I've ever known. People not adopting them for paranoia superstitions are truly missing out on having the sweetest companions.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I have never met a cat I don't like, but now having two black cats in my care has taught me that they are the most loving, silliest cats I've ever known. People not adopting them for paranoia superstitions are truly missing out on having the sweetest companions.
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Last night I heard a man who’d fled the Salvadoran civil war describe ICE as a paramilitary army aligned with an authoritarian government, and I thought… oh.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Last night I heard a man who’d fled the Salvadoran civil war describe ICE as a paramilitary army aligned with an authoritarian government, and I thought… oh.
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ALL THAT FOR NOTHING
USELESS ASS PARTY
USELESS ASS PARTY
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ALL THAT FOR NOTHING
USELESS ASS PARTY
USELESS ASS PARTY
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Oh damn they really shut down the government for 40 days to pass this provision before releasing the Epstien Files.
Huh.
Huh.
read the actual bill text and this is quite literally a provision designed solely to impede civil and criminal investigations into United States Senators and their staff. www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Oh damn they really shut down the government for 40 days to pass this provision before releasing the Epstien Files.
Huh.
Huh.
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Mega Prayer and Mutual Aid request. My friend Lisa's daughter, Angelique Sanchez, was diagnosed with Lupus as an infant, that she has managed to survive is a miracle. Over the last two months, she has been having severe complications, this is her 5th hospitalization in that time.
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Mega Prayer and Mutual Aid request. My friend Lisa's daughter, Angelique Sanchez, was diagnosed with Lupus as an infant, that she has managed to survive is a miracle. Over the last two months, she has been having severe complications, this is her 5th hospitalization in that time.
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This is my assessment as well. They know if they name how horrific the horrors are, they'll be stuck having to push back on whatever the new political status quo is in 2027
“if we talk a lot about ICE and then win, we will be expected to do something about ICE. can’t have that!” this is setting up 2 years of dicking around with bipartisan healthcare legislation that goes nowhere. that’s the plan afaict
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is my assessment as well. They know if they name how horrific the horrors are, they'll be stuck having to push back on whatever the new political status quo is in 2027
please help dear ruaa. this is a genuine fundraiser and she has been working for so long on it.
Everyone… I just need to rent a place to replace our tent. My family has fallen very sick because of it, Don’t forget us even with the ceasefire it’s an illusion to divert attention from us. Our suffering has worsened, the situation is extremely dire and I’ve lost everything except my trust in you.
My dearest friend set up the weekly and monthly donation options so that we can stay alive after a tent was destroyed just 100 meters away from us last night. The sand covered our faces while we were still alive.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
please help dear ruaa. this is a genuine fundraiser and she has been working for so long on it.
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who else up thinking about how Obergefell v. Hodges was almost as much a disability rights decision as it was a marriage equality decision…
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
who else up thinking about how Obergefell v. Hodges was almost as much a disability rights decision as it was a marriage equality decision…
What if, and take my hand, the Dems did this because the courts were going to fix the problem. What if they are helping the Republicans?
Really cant understand how badly the Dems messaged this fold. The easy out was to say "we never expected Trump would illegally starve children and when SCOTUS stepped in to illegally help him we couldn't put kids at risk."
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
What if, and take my hand, the Dems did this because the courts were going to fix the problem. What if they are helping the Republicans?
well i'm sobbing now
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
well i'm sobbing now
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Um what???
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Um what???
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Jesus fucking Christ! Everybody already knows where they stand! It's not a secret, they say it all the time!
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Jesus fucking Christ! Everybody already knows where they stand! It's not a secret, they say it all the time!
absolutely vibing to Beastie Boys' Check Your Head while doing dishes and baking double chocolate chip cookies with additional white chocolate chips and peppermint flakes. Pretty sure they were the best cookies I ever had.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
absolutely vibing to Beastie Boys' Check Your Head while doing dishes and baking double chocolate chip cookies with additional white chocolate chips and peppermint flakes. Pretty sure they were the best cookies I ever had.
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THIS is the person beating Senate Democrats.
INGRAHAM: Is a 50 year mortgage really a good idea?
TRUMP: It's not even a big deal. You go from 40 to 50 years. All it means is you pay less per month
TRUMP: It's not even a big deal. You go from 40 to 50 years. All it means is you pay less per month
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
THIS is the person beating Senate Democrats.
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Everyone… I just need to rent a place to replace our tent. My family has fallen very sick because of it, Don’t forget us even with the ceasefire it’s an illusion to divert attention from us. Our suffering has worsened, the situation is extremely dire and I’ve lost everything except my trust in you.
My dearest friend set up the weekly and monthly donation options so that we can stay alive after a tent was destroyed just 100 meters away from us last night. The sand covered our faces while we were still alive.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Everyone… I just need to rent a place to replace our tent. My family has fallen very sick because of it, Don’t forget us even with the ceasefire it’s an illusion to divert attention from us. Our suffering has worsened, the situation is extremely dire and I’ve lost everything except my trust in you.
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This looks amazing!!
“Back of House, the new cookbook by Diana Albrecht & Ryan Stopera (foreword by me) was covered for BLCK Press today: www.blckpress.com/post/cooking...
“Back of House” is available to order now, and you can do so by ordering it here: www.ryanstopera.com/shop/p/back-...
“Back of House” is available to order now, and you can do so by ordering it here: www.ryanstopera.com/shop/p/back-...
Cooking as Connection: A New Book Celebrates Immigrant Home Kitchens
In Back of House, a new cookbook from photographer-writer duo Ryan Stopera and Diane Albrecht, food isn’t simply something to plate and serve. The book features 12 recipes and the histories behind the...
www.blckpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This looks amazing!!
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This is nonsense. People are asking Democrats to not fold on an issue that takes away basic, essential needs. That's not "fighting each other". That's telling their Rep to actually REPRESENT them. Instead, multiple Dems gave in for nothing and have shown absolutely no interest in that bigger fight.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is nonsense. People are asking Democrats to not fold on an issue that takes away basic, essential needs. That's not "fighting each other". That's telling their Rep to actually REPRESENT them. Instead, multiple Dems gave in for nothing and have shown absolutely no interest in that bigger fight.
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no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
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We've identified over 200 ICE Agents, employees and collaborators. None have been assaulted, as the US government claims.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
ICE List – Put ICE on ice
The ICE List is an open journalistic project, created by Crust News, aimed at collecting and sharing information that can hold ICE members legally accountable.
icelist.is
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We've identified over 200 ICE Agents, employees and collaborators. None have been assaulted, as the US government claims.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.