Ellie Thorman
@ejt0011.bsky.social
Midwest till death, Rust Belt lefty loser, deeply uncool | she/her
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I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
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My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
One of my favorite ways to see the world.
October 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
One of my favorite ways to see the world.
Another summer heavily featuring Rosie the cat.
July 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Another summer heavily featuring Rosie the cat.
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it turns out that embracing a multi-racial, multi-faith democracy is the best path towards peace in this chaotic world.
June 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
it turns out that embracing a multi-racial, multi-faith democracy is the best path towards peace in this chaotic world.
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Groups tied to Elon Musk have already spent more than $4.2 million on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race—a clear sign that his plans for oligarchy extend well beyond Washington.
Republicans and Elon Musk are also causing a constitutional crisis in the states
The GOP is going to unprecedented lengths to seize power over state courts in North Carolina and Wisconsin.
www.motherjones.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Groups tied to Elon Musk have already spent more than $4.2 million on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race—a clear sign that his plans for oligarchy extend well beyond Washington.
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“As we’ve seen with the attack on health care for trans minors, children often serve as the canary in the coal mine for abusive conservatives’ most radical ideas.”
February 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“As we’ve seen with the attack on health care for trans minors, children often serve as the canary in the coal mine for abusive conservatives’ most radical ideas.”
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In 2023, Wisconsin’s supreme court flipped to liberals for the first time since at least 2008. Now, with a liberal justice retiring, control of the court is on the line once again.
boltsmag.org/wiscons...
boltsmag.org/wiscons...
A Supreme Court Race May Shuffle the Rules of Wisconsin’s Democracy, Again
Two years after liberals flipped this supreme court, ushering in a new era on election issues from gerrymandering to drop boxes, conservatives hope to win it back in April.
boltsmag.org
February 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In 2023, Wisconsin’s supreme court flipped to liberals for the first time since at least 2008. Now, with a liberal justice retiring, control of the court is on the line once again.
boltsmag.org/wiscons...
boltsmag.org/wiscons...
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SCOOP from me @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social: Wisconsin youth gender clinic cancels appointment for hormone replacement therapy after Trump’s anti-trans executive order. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/02/wisc...
Children’s Wisconsin hospital cancels gender-affirming care for trans teen after Trump’s executive order
The Gender Health Clinic at Children’s Wisconsin hospital in Milwaukee canceled a transgender teenager’s appointment this week — the first reported case of a Wisconsin hospital pausing gender-affir…
wisconsinwatch.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
SCOOP from me @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social: Wisconsin youth gender clinic cancels appointment for hormone replacement therapy after Trump’s anti-trans executive order. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/02/wisc...
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upton sinclair, shredding from his grave:
youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg?...
youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg?...
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
upton sinclair, shredding from his grave:
youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg?...
youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg?...
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*mj lenderman voice*
doing all those things + crying + going to community events + engaging in mutual aid + petting my cats + doing the dishes
February 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
*mj lenderman voice*
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Well, they haven't fixed their hearts, so
January 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Well, they haven't fixed their hearts, so
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Everything is extremely chaotic but the best info we have so far suggests that Trump’s “stop funding” EO would cover:
Medicaid
ESSA funds
IDEA
Snap
School meals
WIC
Head start grants
Child care block grants
Pell grants
Student loans
Higher Ed grants
Housing vouchers
CTE
Devastating beyond words.
Medicaid
ESSA funds
IDEA
Snap
School meals
WIC
Head start grants
Child care block grants
Pell grants
Student loans
Higher Ed grants
Housing vouchers
CTE
Devastating beyond words.
January 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Everything is extremely chaotic but the best info we have so far suggests that Trump’s “stop funding” EO would cover:
Medicaid
ESSA funds
IDEA
Snap
School meals
WIC
Head start grants
Child care block grants
Pell grants
Student loans
Higher Ed grants
Housing vouchers
CTE
Devastating beyond words.
Medicaid
ESSA funds
IDEA
Snap
School meals
WIC
Head start grants
Child care block grants
Pell grants
Student loans
Higher Ed grants
Housing vouchers
CTE
Devastating beyond words.
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Trump's illegal freeze on billions of dollars allocated by law could:
-Hurt people in federally subsidized housing
-Block maternal and child health grants
-Halt emergency public health efforts
-Limit lead reduction efforts
-Hurt students on scholarship
-Harm hospitals
And much more.
-Hurt people in federally subsidized housing
-Block maternal and child health grants
-Halt emergency public health efforts
-Limit lead reduction efforts
-Hurt students on scholarship
-Harm hospitals
And much more.
January 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Trump's illegal freeze on billions of dollars allocated by law could:
-Hurt people in federally subsidized housing
-Block maternal and child health grants
-Halt emergency public health efforts
-Limit lead reduction efforts
-Hurt students on scholarship
-Harm hospitals
And much more.
-Hurt people in federally subsidized housing
-Block maternal and child health grants
-Halt emergency public health efforts
-Limit lead reduction efforts
-Hurt students on scholarship
-Harm hospitals
And much more.
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leaded glass skylights at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple (1908) in Oak Park, IL
January 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
leaded glass skylights at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple (1908) in Oak Park, IL
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New You
Mondovi, WI
Mondovi, WI
January 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New You
Mondovi, WI
Mondovi, WI
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“Home is a complicated idea. Is it the physical bricks and mortar in which you live, or is it a feeling? Is it the people you see each day who contribute to the feeling of belonging that comes with “home”? Can you feel at home anywhere?” Jimmy Carter for @bittersouth.bsky.social in 2021:
A Letter From Home - Jimmy Carter — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
bittersoutherner.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:15 AM
“Home is a complicated idea. Is it the physical bricks and mortar in which you live, or is it a feeling? Is it the people you see each day who contribute to the feeling of belonging that comes with “home”? Can you feel at home anywhere?” Jimmy Carter for @bittersouth.bsky.social in 2021:
In peril cleaning out my inbox.
December 30, 2024 at 7:19 PM
In peril cleaning out my inbox.
Disassociating at a roller rink in western Wisconsin and the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is playing extremely loudly.
December 29, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Disassociating at a roller rink in western Wisconsin and the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is playing extremely loudly.
Quick escape from the Midwest.
December 16, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Quick escape from the Midwest.