Shel-brr Cold-pacio 🍂 [Feral #FreeLink Edition]
@virtuistic.bsky.social
Advocate. Bi. Genderqueer. Green thumb.
Disabled. Vaxxed. Boosted. Masked.
Editor. Journalist. Producer. Writer.
(she/they)
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Disabled. Vaxxed. Boosted. Masked.
Editor. Journalist. Producer. Writer.
(she/they)
linktr.ee/virtuistic
PFP: purple-tinted pic of me with hair down, wearing glasses, and smiling.
Banner: The shore of gichi-gami
Pinned
UPDATE: I'm still looking for work, and I'll be vulnerable and admit it — I'm starting to feel scared. I only have two weeks of unemployment insurance remaining, after which point we won't have income to cover our essential bills.
So, I'm adjusting a bit and made this:
🆕 virtuistic.beehiiv.com ✨🧵
So, I'm adjusting a bit and made this:
🆕 virtuistic.beehiiv.com ✨🧵
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Fascists tried to have a conference in Vancouver. It was infiltrated. Now, they’ve been identified.
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Fascists tried to have a conference in Vancouver. It was infiltrated. Now, they’ve been identified.
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I find academics particularly awkward about telling audiences something some people might already know, even though I've found that when someone repeats some things I already know as background it enhances my perception of their credibility
Don't fear the repetition, embrace it!
Don't fear the repetition, embrace it!
Speakers, don’t assume the knowledge level of your audience. If you have a new person there and you say “I assume everyone here is familiar with this” they don’t learn anything and they probably feel bad about themselves. Better to just explain the thing. The people who are familiar with it can deal
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I find academics particularly awkward about telling audiences something some people might already know, even though I've found that when someone repeats some things I already know as background it enhances my perception of their credibility
Don't fear the repetition, embrace it!
Don't fear the repetition, embrace it!
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And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
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The deep irony is going to be the democrats voted to help the fascists materially and the fascists will just continue crushing the public using all means including never restarting snap because the goal was to kill all social services not reopen government.
Democrats played themselves. Again.
Democrats played themselves. Again.
OK, where are we on the SNAP benefits cases?
Two things happened this morning:
* DOJ told SCOTUS they're still fighting to stop full November SNAP benefit payments, via their stay request at SCOTUS
* District court judge in Mass. stayed USDA's 11/8 memo ordering states to "undo" full payments
Two things happened this morning:
* DOJ told SCOTUS they're still fighting to stop full November SNAP benefit payments, via their stay request at SCOTUS
* District court judge in Mass. stayed USDA's 11/8 memo ordering states to "undo" full payments
![Judge Indira Talwani: ELECTRONIC ORDER: granting in part Plaintiffs' Further Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Emergency Virtual Hearing Request [
80
]. Good cause shown, the USDA Memorandum issued on Saturday, November
8, 2025, directing that "ItJo the extent States sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025," they "must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025" and shall "advise the appropriate FNS Regional Office representative of steps taken to correct any actions taken that do not comply with this memorandum[,l" see Attachment to Defendants' Third Notice to Court 4 [ 79 4 is STAYED pending further court order. The clerk shall reset the hearing scheduled for November 13, 2025, to a remote hearing today at 3:30 p.m.(SEC) (Entered:
11/10/2025)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreif6tnsoqzmk6snokm2m64ne264idl5paz4wwle4phmab2aftkto4y@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The deep irony is going to be the democrats voted to help the fascists materially and the fascists will just continue crushing the public using all means including never restarting snap because the goal was to kill all social services not reopen government.
Democrats played themselves. Again.
Democrats played themselves. Again.
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This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.
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"Kerala expropriated private land and redistributed it to landless workers. This laid the foundations for Kerala’s remarkable social indicators: near-universal literacy, one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the global south, and the highest life expectancy in India”
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
"Kerala expropriated private land and redistributed it to landless workers. This laid the foundations for Kerala’s remarkable social indicators: near-universal literacy, one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the global south, and the highest life expectancy in India”
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Coming soon to St. Paul...
Fresh Air Wheels: Saint Anthony Park eBike Library!
Donate and share their Give to the Max Fundraiser so they have resources to launch in the spring: www.givemn.org/story/tgmneg
Fresh Air Wheels: Saint Anthony Park eBike Library!
Donate and share their Give to the Max Fundraiser so they have resources to launch in the spring: www.givemn.org/story/tgmneg
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Coming soon to St. Paul...
Fresh Air Wheels: Saint Anthony Park eBike Library!
Donate and share their Give to the Max Fundraiser so they have resources to launch in the spring: www.givemn.org/story/tgmneg
Fresh Air Wheels: Saint Anthony Park eBike Library!
Donate and share their Give to the Max Fundraiser so they have resources to launch in the spring: www.givemn.org/story/tgmneg
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If your senator’s voicemail is full, fax that ass
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If your senator’s voicemail is full, fax that ass
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CNN, CBS, others report that at least 8 Dems have reached a deal to end the shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
CNN, CBS, others report that at least 8 Dems have reached a deal to end the shutdown
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I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
TYSM to the kind soul who made sure I could stay housed.
I have a few urgent needs on my throne list that need to be met.
The prices are decent, I think, and items will last me several months.
All is appreciated! #helpsky #mutualaid 💸💕 #helpfolkslive2025 #disability
throne.com/kswriteshere...
I have a few urgent needs on my throne list that need to be met.
The prices are decent, I think, and items will last me several months.
All is appreciated! #helpsky #mutualaid 💸💕 #helpfolkslive2025 #disability
throne.com/kswriteshere...
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“Instead, what you get is a piece making the various more or less bovine noises of studious grey-lady impartiality, with the labor of anything resembling “appraisal” surgically excised.”
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“more or less bovine noises” is going to be in my mind for a long time
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“more or less bovine noises” is going to be in my mind for a long time
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Instead, what you get is a piece making the various more or less bovine noises of studious grey-lady impartiality, with the labor of anything resembling “appraisal” surgically excised.”
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“more or less bovine noises” is going to be in my mind for a long time
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“more or less bovine noises” is going to be in my mind for a long time
THIS IS SO COOL
Wild. They are figuring out how to store electricity in ... concrete.
Concrete “battery” developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power
New concrete and carbon black supercapacitors with optimized electrolytes have 10 times the energy storage of previous designs and can be incorporated into a wide range of architectural forms.
news.mit.edu
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
THIS IS SO COOL
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Thinking about what those who sacrificed their lives during ww2 would make of how many people in the UK, Europe and US have been seduced by fascism again.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Thinking about what those who sacrificed their lives during ww2 would make of how many people in the UK, Europe and US have been seduced by fascism again.
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Today I am, again, furious that "affordability" is the consensus tactic for taking Trump and MAGA fascism down while the administration is busy committing absolute atrocities against marginalized people.
Anyone willing to tolerate cruelty until it impacts their wallets is a moral monster.
Anyone willing to tolerate cruelty until it impacts their wallets is a moral monster.
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Today I am, again, furious that "affordability" is the consensus tactic for taking Trump and MAGA fascism down while the administration is busy committing absolute atrocities against marginalized people.
Anyone willing to tolerate cruelty until it impacts their wallets is a moral monster.
Anyone willing to tolerate cruelty until it impacts their wallets is a moral monster.
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Sunday plans:
🖼️ Franco Matticchio
🖼️ Franco Matticchio
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Sunday plans:
🖼️ Franco Matticchio
🖼️ Franco Matticchio
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About 90% of my clients come from social media because I use these apps as the tools they are: a platform for exposure. If you're an artist or a you provide services, you HAVE to promote yourself on socials. Here's how:
Create A Social Media Content Strategy without Using AI
A quick and dirty plan for developing a social media content strategy if you're camera shy.
ruthnineke.co
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
About 90% of my clients come from social media because I use these apps as the tools they are: a platform for exposure. If you're an artist or a you provide services, you HAVE to promote yourself on socials. Here's how:
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lol. The "religious freedom" crusaders are literally trying to ban people from praying outside of immigration jails.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
lol. The "religious freedom" crusaders are literally trying to ban people from praying outside of immigration jails.
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If you haven't deleted your twitter yet you really should.
Read this: A new report shows X is amplifying far-right accounts
Read this: A new report shows X is amplifying far-right accounts
www.avclub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If you haven't deleted your twitter yet you really should.
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It's refreshing to see former sports stars admit that they aren't these superheroes that everyone can learn from (as we hear from the TED Talk/LinkedIn crowd).
The road to becoming an elite athlete is very different to the one that leads to success in life.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
The road to becoming an elite athlete is very different to the one that leads to success in life.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It's refreshing to see former sports stars admit that they aren't these superheroes that everyone can learn from (as we hear from the TED Talk/LinkedIn crowd).
The road to becoming an elite athlete is very different to the one that leads to success in life.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
The road to becoming an elite athlete is very different to the one that leads to success in life.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
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There is no doubt at all that the Trump Administration spent the emergency USDA SNAP fund and they may have even spent the regular SNAP funds.
In this article they claim USDA would have to dig in couches for something that isn’t there.
Where is the SNAP money?
www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
In this article they claim USDA would have to dig in couches for something that isn’t there.
Where is the SNAP money?
www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
Full SNAP benefits start to go out even as the Trump administration appeals
A federal judge ordered the government to fully fund food aid by Friday. The Trump administration's appeal was denied, so it's asking appealed, saying it's up to Congress to fund SNAP.
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
There is no doubt at all that the Trump Administration spent the emergency USDA SNAP fund and they may have even spent the regular SNAP funds.
In this article they claim USDA would have to dig in couches for something that isn’t there.
Where is the SNAP money?
www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
In this article they claim USDA would have to dig in couches for something that isn’t there.
Where is the SNAP money?
www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
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This is what good journalism looks like. Go talk to the people actually impacted by all the nonsense, rather than just presenting the view from nowhere...
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is what good journalism looks like. Go talk to the people actually impacted by all the nonsense, rather than just presenting the view from nowhere...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
YA GIRL LANDED AN INTERVIEW NEXT WEEK, Y'ALL! Please send good vibes my way. 💖 🤞 ✨