Asmara Pelupessy
@asmara-p.bsky.social
cultural worker - decoloniality, displacement, heritage & identity
‘you can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time’
‘you can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time’
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They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"
Before (left), after (right)
Before (left), after (right)
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"
Before (left), after (right)
Before (left), after (right)
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I'm sorry to post these again but like I'm obsessed with the composition! Cutting through their legs with the baseboard, leaving so much head room they look tiny in the frame, horrible lighting/shadows making them look pressed up against the wall like a frightened animal, they're PERFECT lmao
Oh my god y'all I had not seen the rest of the Vanity Fair photos holy shit. Christopher Anderson deserves a medal.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I'm sorry to post these again but like I'm obsessed with the composition! Cutting through their legs with the baseboard, leaving so much head room they look tiny in the frame, horrible lighting/shadows making them look pressed up against the wall like a frightened animal, they're PERFECT lmao
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This photo of @kim.senate.gov clearing trash in the Capitol rotunda after the Jan. 6 attack was, for many, the first 'introduction' to the senator from New Jersey. How fortunate we are to have elected officials like Andy Kim, who continue to protect our country and Constitution
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This photo of @kim.senate.gov clearing trash in the Capitol rotunda after the Jan. 6 attack was, for many, the first 'introduction' to the senator from New Jersey. How fortunate we are to have elected officials like Andy Kim, who continue to protect our country and Constitution
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Zoe Weissman came to Brown University from Parkland, Florida, where she was a student during the mass shooting that occurred there in 2018.
“My most predominant emotion right now is, honestly, anger," Weissman says after living through her second school shooting.
“My most predominant emotion right now is, honestly, anger," Weissman says after living through her second school shooting.
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Zoe Weissman came to Brown University from Parkland, Florida, where she was a student during the mass shooting that occurred there in 2018.
“My most predominant emotion right now is, honestly, anger," Weissman says after living through her second school shooting.
“My most predominant emotion right now is, honestly, anger," Weissman says after living through her second school shooting.
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Despite Judge’s Order, ICE Deports Shackled Babson College Freshman, Harasses Her Family in Texas
Despite Judge’s Order, ICE Deports Shackled Babson College Freshman, Harasses Her Family in Texas
Nineteen-year-old Any Lucía López Belloza was detained and deported, despite a lack of removal order, when attempting to head home from Babson College in Boston to surprise her family in Texas for Tha...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Despite Judge’s Order, ICE Deports Shackled Babson College Freshman, Harasses Her Family in Texas
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Watch our full interview with @kenklippenstein.bsky.social on our website.
Trump Admin Targets “Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity”: Leaked Memo
A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views rela...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Watch our full interview with @kenklippenstein.bsky.social on our website.
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The effort is driven by "genuine fear" among Trump officials following the killing of Charlie Kirk that they could also become targets of political violence, says @kenklippenstein.bsky.social. It is "essentially the same sort of response to 9/11 — but in this case, it's directed at Americans."
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The effort is driven by "genuine fear" among Trump officials following the killing of Charlie Kirk that they could also become targets of political violence, says @kenklippenstein.bsky.social. It is "essentially the same sort of response to 9/11 — but in this case, it's directed at Americans."
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It's Shut The Fuck Up Friday. The feds show up to your door? STFU! You are under no obligation to talk to them. If this happens to you, contact your local NLG. More resources here: www.nlg.org/federalrepre...
October 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's Shut The Fuck Up Friday. The feds show up to your door? STFU! You are under no obligation to talk to them. If this happens to you, contact your local NLG. More resources here: www.nlg.org/federalrepre...
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How gracious of the king: "I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around ... Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday. Stay tuned!"
October 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How gracious of the king: "I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around ... Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday. Stay tuned!"
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So... Is Trump being shown AI slop of troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat with teens on the streets of D.C. or what? Because that's not *actually* happening.
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✍️ @nickturse.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com
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Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C. #politics
YouTube video by The Intercept
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October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So... Is Trump being shown AI slop of troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat with teens on the streets of D.C. or what? Because that's not *actually* happening.
Read more: interc.pt/3LdDdko
✍️ @nickturse.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com
Read more: interc.pt/3LdDdko
✍️ @nickturse.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie delivered on Wednesday his harshest condemnation yet of Trump in anticipation of the administration’s deployment of more than 100 federal agents in the Bay Area.
S.F. Mayor Lurie punches back at Trump’s surge of federal officers in the Bay Area
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie delivered on Wednesday his harshest condemnation yet of Trump in anticipation of the administration’s deployment of more than 100 federal agents in the Bay Area.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie delivered on Wednesday his harshest condemnation yet of Trump in anticipation of the administration’s deployment of more than 100 federal agents in the Bay Area.
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If only there were a Nobel prize for narcissism ….
Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"
October 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If only there were a Nobel prize for narcissism ….
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Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank
October 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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“As more journalists were being slaughtered and there were no consequences for Israel, their response became increasingly brazen.”
— Sharif Kouddous (@dropsitenews.com) on Israel’s systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
Watch Smear. Kill. Repeat. ⤵️
youtu.be/kUSx9znXXYM
— Sharif Kouddous (@dropsitenews.com) on Israel’s systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
Watch Smear. Kill. Repeat. ⤵️
youtu.be/kUSx9znXXYM
October 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“As more journalists were being slaughtered and there were no consequences for Israel, their response became increasingly brazen.”
— Sharif Kouddous (@dropsitenews.com) on Israel’s systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
Watch Smear. Kill. Repeat. ⤵️
youtu.be/kUSx9znXXYM
— Sharif Kouddous (@dropsitenews.com) on Israel’s systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
Watch Smear. Kill. Repeat. ⤵️
youtu.be/kUSx9znXXYM
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Update: The Committee to Protect Journalists says Mario Guevara was deported from the United States early Friday.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Update: The Committee to Protect Journalists says Mario Guevara was deported from the United States early Friday.
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“I am the son of a dockworker. My dad always told me: the purpose of a dockworker has always been to be the arm, the strength, for people in trouble, for those who suffer...”
September 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I am the son of a dockworker. My dad always told me: the purpose of a dockworker has always been to be the arm, the strength, for people in trouble, for those who suffer...”
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Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1
September 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1
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Have Trump's immigrant jails become "black sites"?
Where Are The Detainees? Hundreds of “Alligator Alcatraz” Prisoners Disappear from ICE Database
Hundreds of people who were once detained at the troubled immigration jail in the Florida Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” have disappeared. Democracy Now! speaks with Shirsho Dasgupta, a Miam...
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September 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Have Trump's immigrant jails become "black sites"?
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Anti-DEI laws are reshaping college campuses across the country. Utah passed theirs a year ago, becoming a testing ground for how these policies will work in practice. We followed one student, president of her college's Black Student Union, as she navigated the new reality. link.podtrac.com/x1rke2j8
College Disorientation
Things are different on college campuses this year. We see inside the drama, with students and staff.
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Prologue: We go...
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September 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Anti-DEI laws are reshaping college campuses across the country. Utah passed theirs a year ago, becoming a testing ground for how these policies will work in practice. We followed one student, president of her college's Black Student Union, as she navigated the new reality. link.podtrac.com/x1rke2j8
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We're still taking applications for our next fellowship session. We’re looking for someone with great ideas and Pro Tools (or similar) skills to help us with all parts of making the show. It's a paid position with benefits. Deadline to apply: Oct 1. bit.ly/38WSNey
Fellowships - This American Life
Our fellowship program focuses on every facet of producing this show.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We're still taking applications for our next fellowship session. We’re looking for someone with great ideas and Pro Tools (or similar) skills to help us with all parts of making the show. It's a paid position with benefits. Deadline to apply: Oct 1. bit.ly/38WSNey
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“It’s both deja vu and PTSD.” Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist and author of the book “How to Stand Up to a Dictator,” sits down with Jon Stewart
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Maria Ressa - Fighting Back Against Trump’s Authoritarian Algorithm With Truth | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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September 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“It’s both deja vu and PTSD.” Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist and author of the book “How to Stand Up to a Dictator,” sits down with Jon Stewart
www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1...
newsroom.loc.gov/how-to-stand...
youtu.be/Tsb1I7hqaJ4?...
www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1...
newsroom.loc.gov/how-to-stand...
youtu.be/Tsb1I7hqaJ4?...
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In case you missed it, and before it gets taken down, or they end up 'proscribed' (they've already been arrested), this is the full LBD film...
youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...
youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...
Hey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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September 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
In case you missed it, and before it gets taken down, or they end up 'proscribed' (they've already been arrested), this is the full LBD film...
youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...
youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...
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Authorities Investigating Two Suspicious Hanging Deaths in Mississippi
Authorities Investigating Two Suspicious Hanging Deaths in Mississippi
In Mississippi, a 21-year-old Black student at Delta State University was found hanging from a tree on campus on Monday. Local officials say no foul play is suspected in Demartravion “Trey” Reed’s dea...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Authorities Investigating Two Suspicious Hanging Deaths in Mississippi