Alyssa Barringer
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Alyssa Barringer
@alyssakaye.bsky.social
Improviser, Latin teacher, etc
I am looking for good guys in this story and I can’t find any
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Reposted by Alyssa Barringer
for example, Matthew 5:39, the "turn the other cheek" verse: this is not trad manly-man teaching. it's a radical inversion of that, strength in submission. present-day grifter types make up fake glosses on it (as they do with Mark 10:25, the "eye of the needle" verse) but they know they're wrong
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Yep. I’m connected to some of the suburb ones, which seemed to start with one church and school and spread outward from there
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
One friend finds that if she wears a blazer, has a nice folder with her, and mentions rights, sometimes they back off.

“They’re dressing like cops even though they aren’t cops, I don’t see why I can’t dress like a lawyer.”
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I know of a couple Chicago-area signal chats where (mostly white) people organize to walk kids to/from their bus stops, or take shifts hanging out in vulnerable areas to record any CBP/ICE activity
November 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
*I, though possibly also you
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
If there’s one thing I love
It’s an infinite resource
If there’s one thing worth loving
It’s a surplus of supplies

m.youtube.com/watch?v=EL5H...
The Mountain Goats - Hostages (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
m.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Simply cannot keep up with the volume of books the kid reads
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I am told this is from a middle grade spy novel but cannot independently verify
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s not a naturally occurring phenomenon!
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Seconded.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
And those who are now eligible for release still have to pay $1,500, which seems more like ransom money than bail.

There’s a fund to help cover this:

www.mibfc.org
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM