Emma Galbraith
@emgalb.bsky.social
actor and activist in la!
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How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
May 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
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DOGE was never about "efficiency."
May 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
DOGE was never about "efficiency."
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Trump just fired the three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The CPSC regulates the safety of everyday consumer products.
Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's "unconstitutional"?
Amazon.
Connect the dots.
The CPSC regulates the safety of everyday consumer products.
Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's "unconstitutional"?
Amazon.
Connect the dots.
May 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump just fired the three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The CPSC regulates the safety of everyday consumer products.
Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's "unconstitutional"?
Amazon.
Connect the dots.
The CPSC regulates the safety of everyday consumer products.
Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's "unconstitutional"?
Amazon.
Connect the dots.
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We're at the very end of the dry season here in this part of Costa Rica and there are #butterflies everywhere at @tapirvalley.bsky.social
This is a Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark, a less-common and beautiful butterfly here.
#costarica #bugsky 🌿
This is a Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark, a less-common and beautiful butterfly here.
#costarica #bugsky 🌿
May 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We're at the very end of the dry season here in this part of Costa Rica and there are #butterflies everywhere at @tapirvalley.bsky.social
This is a Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark, a less-common and beautiful butterfly here.
#costarica #bugsky 🌿
This is a Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark, a less-common and beautiful butterfly here.
#costarica #bugsky 🌿
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
May 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
www.chron.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
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if we add pete hegseth to enough signal chats we may be able to warn yemen every time we bomb them
April 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
if we add pete hegseth to enough signal chats we may be able to warn yemen every time we bomb them
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Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants.
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark
The chemical lobby demanded Trump make the locations of high-risk chemical plants secret. The EPA did just that.
www.levernews.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants.
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
April 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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I guess building your brand on mocking “wokeness” while trying to kill it is a tenuous business model
March 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I guess building your brand on mocking “wokeness” while trying to kill it is a tenuous business model
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Our economy is far larger than it was decades ago.
Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.
Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.
This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.
Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.
Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.
This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.
March 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Our economy is far larger than it was decades ago.
Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.
Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.
This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.
Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.
Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.
This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
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Learned from a newspaper ad woman in upstate NY and a bookshop owner in Montreal what this trade war could do to words. Much or most newsprint comes from Canada, soon subject to U.S. tariffs. & Canada is putting 25% on U.S. books. Which includes, get this, Handmaid’s Tale.
March 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Learned from a newspaper ad woman in upstate NY and a bookshop owner in Montreal what this trade war could do to words. Much or most newsprint comes from Canada, soon subject to U.S. tariffs. & Canada is putting 25% on U.S. books. Which includes, get this, Handmaid’s Tale.
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Walked past a Cybertruck parked in front of a sidewalk cafe in NYC today. Friend stopped to look for something in his pocket and the owner clicked the fob to make sure we knew he was watching over it.
Imagine buying a tank to feel safe in the big bad world and instead you have to keep the car safe.
Imagine buying a tank to feel safe in the big bad world and instead you have to keep the car safe.
March 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Walked past a Cybertruck parked in front of a sidewalk cafe in NYC today. Friend stopped to look for something in his pocket and the owner clicked the fob to make sure we knew he was watching over it.
Imagine buying a tank to feel safe in the big bad world and instead you have to keep the car safe.
Imagine buying a tank to feel safe in the big bad world and instead you have to keep the car safe.
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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People need to be making a connection. Why is ICE abducting people to Louisiana & the deep south? Because these places are serious about incarceration. They have serious mass incarceration & are serious about torture. And it comes from the plantation legacy of the region. @prisonculture.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
People need to be making a connection. Why is ICE abducting people to Louisiana & the deep south? Because these places are serious about incarceration. They have serious mass incarceration & are serious about torture. And it comes from the plantation legacy of the region. @prisonculture.bsky.social
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If you give in to extortionists, they’ll extort you and others for more. If you let bullies get their way, those bullies will bully you and others even more menacingly.
Which brings me to Columbia University. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-shame-of-columbia-university
Which brings me to Columbia University. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-shame-of-columbia-university
March 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you give in to extortionists, they’ll extort you and others for more. If you let bullies get their way, those bullies will bully you and others even more menacingly.
Which brings me to Columbia University. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-shame-of-columbia-university
Which brings me to Columbia University. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-shame-of-columbia-university
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I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year
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Horrific. Keep people connected with eSIMs chuffed.org/project/crip...
March 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Horrific. Keep people connected with eSIMs chuffed.org/project/crip...
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Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
March 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
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In the late 1940s into the 1950s, the US sought to ideologically deport individuals, including those who had lived in the US for most of their lives.
"Should Miss Liberty Be Deported?" is a pamphlet in 1950 calling on the public to help challenge these deportations.
Ch. 5 in "Threat of Dissent" 🗃️
"Should Miss Liberty Be Deported?" is a pamphlet in 1950 calling on the public to help challenge these deportations.
Ch. 5 in "Threat of Dissent" 🗃️
March 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
In the late 1940s into the 1950s, the US sought to ideologically deport individuals, including those who had lived in the US for most of their lives.
"Should Miss Liberty Be Deported?" is a pamphlet in 1950 calling on the public to help challenge these deportations.
Ch. 5 in "Threat of Dissent" 🗃️
"Should Miss Liberty Be Deported?" is a pamphlet in 1950 calling on the public to help challenge these deportations.
Ch. 5 in "Threat of Dissent" 🗃️
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“Libraries translate .003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 BILLION people each year.”
- @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
#SaveIMLS #SaveOurLibraries
- @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
#SaveIMLS #SaveOurLibraries
March 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“Libraries translate .003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 BILLION people each year.”
- @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
#SaveIMLS #SaveOurLibraries
- @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
#SaveIMLS #SaveOurLibraries