emily jan
@emilyjanstudio.bsky.social
artist / writer / educator / traveller
www.emilyjan.com
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“Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.” —Howard Zinn
April 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.” —Howard Zinn
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Oh HELL YEAH
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Oh HELL YEAH
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i am like 80% serious when i say that woke is the only thing that kept this country together
turns out the United States was an incredible moneymaking engine that ran on wokeness
April 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
i am like 80% serious when i say that woke is the only thing that kept this country together
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While Trump bankrupted companies, Carney became the first to lead the central banks of two major economies.
This takedown of Trump’s tariffs is savage🔥
“I’ve seen this movie before. I know exactly what is going to happen to them. America will get weaker. We are going to get stronger.”
#ElbowsUp🇨🇦
This takedown of Trump’s tariffs is savage🔥
“I’ve seen this movie before. I know exactly what is going to happen to them. America will get weaker. We are going to get stronger.”
#ElbowsUp🇨🇦
April 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
While Trump bankrupted companies, Carney became the first to lead the central banks of two major economies.
This takedown of Trump’s tariffs is savage🔥
“I’ve seen this movie before. I know exactly what is going to happen to them. America will get weaker. We are going to get stronger.”
#ElbowsUp🇨🇦
This takedown of Trump’s tariffs is savage🔥
“I’ve seen this movie before. I know exactly what is going to happen to them. America will get weaker. We are going to get stronger.”
#ElbowsUp🇨🇦
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In all 50 states, there’s #HandsOff protests happening today.
BUT, there’s global protests too. Worldwide resistance to Trump & Musk’s illegal trampling of the Constitution.
Demos already seen in Paris🇫🇷, Amsterdam🇳🇱 & Lisbon🇵🇹.
Here’s the current scene in Trafalgar Sq, London🇬🇧👏
(🎥 Chris Hobbs)
BUT, there’s global protests too. Worldwide resistance to Trump & Musk’s illegal trampling of the Constitution.
Demos already seen in Paris🇫🇷, Amsterdam🇳🇱 & Lisbon🇵🇹.
Here’s the current scene in Trafalgar Sq, London🇬🇧👏
(🎥 Chris Hobbs)
April 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In all 50 states, there’s #HandsOff protests happening today.
BUT, there’s global protests too. Worldwide resistance to Trump & Musk’s illegal trampling of the Constitution.
Demos already seen in Paris🇫🇷, Amsterdam🇳🇱 & Lisbon🇵🇹.
Here’s the current scene in Trafalgar Sq, London🇬🇧👏
(🎥 Chris Hobbs)
BUT, there’s global protests too. Worldwide resistance to Trump & Musk’s illegal trampling of the Constitution.
Demos already seen in Paris🇫🇷, Amsterdam🇳🇱 & Lisbon🇵🇹.
Here’s the current scene in Trafalgar Sq, London🇬🇧👏
(🎥 Chris Hobbs)
at what point does ignorance become criminal
April 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
at what point does ignorance become criminal
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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
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"This is not a left or right moment. It is a right or wrong moment."
-- Senator Cory Booker, today
-- Senator Cory Booker, today
April 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
"This is not a left or right moment. It is a right or wrong moment."
-- Senator Cory Booker, today
-- Senator Cory Booker, today
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BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
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Add your name to the petition to thank Senator Booker and urge him—and other elected officials—to keep speaking out on behalf of the American people! sign.moveon.org/petitions/ke...
Keep Going Senator Cory Booker!
Add your name to the petition to thank Senator Booker and urge him—and other elected officials—to keep speaking out on behalf of the American people!
sign.moveon.org
April 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Add your name to the petition to thank Senator Booker and urge him—and other elected officials—to keep speaking out on behalf of the American people! sign.moveon.org/petitions/ke...
i mean, the flaming Ben Franklins still feel appropriate
April 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
i mean, the flaming Ben Franklins still feel appropriate
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*gazes wistfully out a window*
Marine Le Pen Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Banned From Next Elections
Judges convicted the far-right leader of misusing EU funds and barred her from running in the 2027 French presidential elections.
www.wsj.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
*gazes wistfully out a window*
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We’re building the largest one-day mobilization in years.
Nothing stops authoritarians in their tracks like organized people power — and we’re organizing it in communities throughout the country.
All this work depends on people taking real life action. Join us on April 5: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
Nothing stops authoritarians in their tracks like organized people power — and we’re organizing it in communities throughout the country.
All this work depends on people taking real life action. Join us on April 5: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We’re building the largest one-day mobilization in years.
Nothing stops authoritarians in their tracks like organized people power — and we’re organizing it in communities throughout the country.
All this work depends on people taking real life action. Join us on April 5: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
Nothing stops authoritarians in their tracks like organized people power — and we’re organizing it in communities throughout the country.
All this work depends on people taking real life action. Join us on April 5: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
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“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.
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If you can “sneak onto” a signal chat, prolly shouldn’t have used signal right?
March 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you can “sneak onto” a signal chat, prolly shouldn’t have used signal right?
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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
@daniellesmithucp.bsky.social @daniellesmithab.bsky.social why drive both Alberta and Canada off the same cliff the USA just jumped off of? thinking you can prioritize Alberta’s extraction industries over its people and the whole country’s interests is the opposite of leadership
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been trying to appease U.S. President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, she's making extreme demands at home, writes @drewanderson.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/alberta-trum...
Alberta government threatens ‘national unity crisis’ | The Narwhal
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is going to great lengths to appease Trump’s America, and demanding Canada take extreme steps to boost oil and gas
thenarwhal.ca
March 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
@daniellesmithucp.bsky.social @daniellesmithab.bsky.social why drive both Alberta and Canada off the same cliff the USA just jumped off of? thinking you can prioritize Alberta’s extraction industries over its people and the whole country’s interests is the opposite of leadership
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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The Roadless Rule, which protects forests like the Tongass from most logging and road building, is one of the most significant conservation measures in U.S. history.
But the Trump admin plans to remove protections from the Tongass, dragging us back to the destructive days of clearcut logging.
But the Trump admin plans to remove protections from the Tongass, dragging us back to the destructive days of clearcut logging.
Opinion: Southeast Alaskans want sustainable economies, not extractive industry, within the Tongass National Forest
Reversing the Roadless Rule on the Tongass risks dragging us back to the destructive days of clearcut logging, and it’s simply not what most Alaskans want right now.
www.adn.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Roadless Rule, which protects forests like the Tongass from most logging and road building, is one of the most significant conservation measures in U.S. history.
But the Trump admin plans to remove protections from the Tongass, dragging us back to the destructive days of clearcut logging.
But the Trump admin plans to remove protections from the Tongass, dragging us back to the destructive days of clearcut logging.
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Decades before President Trump canceled $400 million in funding for Columbia University, he tried to sell property to the school — for $400 million.
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number.
A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Decades before President Trump canceled $400 million in funding for Columbia University, he tried to sell property to the school — for $400 million.
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Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
March 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
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Building a stronger Canada can only happen in full partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.
Thank you to the leaders of the National Indigenous Organizations for a productive and wide-ranging discussion today. It is the first of many.
Thank you to the leaders of the National Indigenous Organizations for a productive and wide-ranging discussion today. It is the first of many.
March 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Building a stronger Canada can only happen in full partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.
Thank you to the leaders of the National Indigenous Organizations for a productive and wide-ranging discussion today. It is the first of many.
Thank you to the leaders of the National Indigenous Organizations for a productive and wide-ranging discussion today. It is the first of many.
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The crowds that AOC & Bernie Sanders are getting are MASSIVE.
Here’s the current scenes in Denver. Thousands.
#FightOligarchy
(🎥: Bastian Brauns)
Here’s the current scenes in Denver. Thousands.
#FightOligarchy
(🎥: Bastian Brauns)
March 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The crowds that AOC & Bernie Sanders are getting are MASSIVE.
Here’s the current scenes in Denver. Thousands.
#FightOligarchy
(🎥: Bastian Brauns)
Here’s the current scenes in Denver. Thousands.
#FightOligarchy
(🎥: Bastian Brauns)