Laurel
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Laurel
@graphitesummer.bsky.social
· Jan 23
By popular demand, my first post is a collection of photos of the strip club across from my high school. For years, our anonymous poet laureate rained their blows of creativity on all who drove down South Walnut. We honor him here.
Welcome to 'A Cherished Bloomington Tradition'.
Welcome to 'A Cherished Bloomington Tradition'.
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Zohran Mamdani’s win has inspired over 3400 young people to raise their hands to run for office just since Tuesday. It’s now @runforsomething.net’s biggest candidate recruitment moment since the election.
A new generation of leaders is here.
A new generation of leaders is here.
June 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Zohran Mamdani’s win has inspired over 3400 young people to raise their hands to run for office just since Tuesday. It’s now @runforsomething.net’s biggest candidate recruitment moment since the election.
A new generation of leaders is here.
A new generation of leaders is here.
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When you go out there, don’t march for the Democratic Party, a candidate, not your state, or even your constitution. March for your community, your neighbours, friends, family, yourself. You aren’t marching for political dominance but survival and security for those you love. You are defending.
June 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
When you go out there, don’t march for the Democratic Party, a candidate, not your state, or even your constitution. March for your community, your neighbours, friends, family, yourself. You aren’t marching for political dominance but survival and security for those you love. You are defending.
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Democratic politicians and liberal pundits bemoaning the LA protests need to understand that as *their* failure. None of this would be happening if they had offered effective resistance to mass deportation (extraordinary rendition, in truth) instead of considering undocumented people expendable.
June 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Democratic politicians and liberal pundits bemoaning the LA protests need to understand that as *their* failure. None of this would be happening if they had offered effective resistance to mass deportation (extraordinary rendition, in truth) instead of considering undocumented people expendable.
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I dunno guys, think I'm seeing a pattern here?
April 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I dunno guys, think I'm seeing a pattern here?
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We’ve mapped out a non-exhaustive list of people affiliated with DOGE, including creating a searchable table with each member, their corporate history, and the agencies they’ve been connected to. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
March 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We’ve mapped out a non-exhaustive list of people affiliated with DOGE, including creating a searchable table with each member, their corporate history, and the agencies they’ve been connected to. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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to me the most disturbing fact about DOGE’s raid on the US Institute of Peace is that the local cops helped them.
March 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
to me the most disturbing fact about DOGE’s raid on the US Institute of Peace is that the local cops helped them.
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Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.
February 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.
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‘Free Luigi’ billboard has gone up in lower Manhattan the evening before his next court appearance.
Sent in anon.
Sent in anon.
February 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
‘Free Luigi’ billboard has gone up in lower Manhattan the evening before his next court appearance.
Sent in anon.
Sent in anon.
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Every allied country needs to:
1. Quietly limit tangible intelligence sharing with the US.
2. Divest from US imports and find trade alternatives.
3. Deny US IP and reproduce homegrown weapons systems (I.e. aircraft, AA, HIMARS).
4. Take maritime control, create new global defence naval force.
1. Quietly limit tangible intelligence sharing with the US.
2. Divest from US imports and find trade alternatives.
3. Deny US IP and reproduce homegrown weapons systems (I.e. aircraft, AA, HIMARS).
4. Take maritime control, create new global defence naval force.
February 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Every allied country needs to:
1. Quietly limit tangible intelligence sharing with the US.
2. Divest from US imports and find trade alternatives.
3. Deny US IP and reproduce homegrown weapons systems (I.e. aircraft, AA, HIMARS).
4. Take maritime control, create new global defence naval force.
1. Quietly limit tangible intelligence sharing with the US.
2. Divest from US imports and find trade alternatives.
3. Deny US IP and reproduce homegrown weapons systems (I.e. aircraft, AA, HIMARS).
4. Take maritime control, create new global defence naval force.
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Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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The Silicon Valley billionaires & techno-feudal lords who are waging a capitalists' coup right now are rebelling against the people & the "free market" for rejecting them & the tech they need us to become dependent on. They're taking over the government to ensure we have no more choice in the matter
February 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Silicon Valley billionaires & techno-feudal lords who are waging a capitalists' coup right now are rebelling against the people & the "free market" for rejecting them & the tech they need us to become dependent on. They're taking over the government to ensure we have no more choice in the matter
The milquetoast reporting of the traditional media on the (gestures vaguely at the world, an active fire) has been the most heartbreaking, for me, an elder millennial who remembers having faith in and respect for American journalism as a check on power.
in which @oliverdarcy.bsky.social levels some extremely correct criticism of his old bosses at CNN (& the rest of the media) for failing to properly convey a tone of urgency in their Trump coverage
February 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The milquetoast reporting of the traditional media on the (gestures vaguely at the world, an active fire) has been the most heartbreaking, for me, an elder millennial who remembers having faith in and respect for American journalism as a check on power.
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Call to action #Feb5: Idaho
“We are tired of the chaos, the misinformation, the divisive language being used to control us. Are you?”
#3E
#USprotests
#endimpunity
#endautogenocide #endoligarchy
#r/5050
“We are tired of the chaos, the misinformation, the divisive language being used to control us. Are you?”
#3E
#USprotests
#endimpunity
#endautogenocide #endoligarchy
#r/5050
February 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Call to action #Feb5: Idaho
“We are tired of the chaos, the misinformation, the divisive language being used to control us. Are you?”
#3E
#USprotests
#endimpunity
#endautogenocide #endoligarchy
#r/5050
“We are tired of the chaos, the misinformation, the divisive language being used to control us. Are you?”
#3E
#USprotests
#endimpunity
#endautogenocide #endoligarchy
#r/5050
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Mass protests in Indiana as hundreds stepped up to stand against tyranny. The demonstrations were sparked after Trump collaborator Gov. Braun signing an executive order, directing law enforcement to aid ICE ethnic cleansing operations. #3E #USprotests #ICE
"Who's the criminal? Donald Trump!"
"Who's the criminal? Donald Trump!"
February 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Mass protests in Indiana as hundreds stepped up to stand against tyranny. The demonstrations were sparked after Trump collaborator Gov. Braun signing an executive order, directing law enforcement to aid ICE ethnic cleansing operations. #3E #USprotests #ICE
"Who's the criminal? Donald Trump!"
"Who's the criminal? Donald Trump!"
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I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
January 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
By popular demand, my first post is a collection of photos of the strip club across from my high school. For years, our anonymous poet laureate rained their blows of creativity on all who drove down South Walnut. We honor him here.
Welcome to 'A Cherished Bloomington Tradition'.
Welcome to 'A Cherished Bloomington Tradition'.
January 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
By popular demand, my first post is a collection of photos of the strip club across from my high school. For years, our anonymous poet laureate rained their blows of creativity on all who drove down South Walnut. We honor him here.
Welcome to 'A Cherished Bloomington Tradition'.
Welcome to 'A Cherished Bloomington Tradition'.
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We can stop reading the NYT and WaPo any time and support independent journalism instead.
January 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We can stop reading the NYT and WaPo any time and support independent journalism instead.
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We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
We failed to stop the rise of fascism. What comes next?
How to navigate the future without a map.
shatterzone.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
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The full-scale invasion day 1,000th.
We owe everything we have to a Ukrainan soldier - who’s tired, unwilling, outnumbered, and outgunned, sensing grief and injustice - yet who keeps doing the terrible job every single day to save the world.
We owe everything we have to a Ukrainan soldier - who’s tired, unwilling, outnumbered, and outgunned, sensing grief and injustice - yet who keeps doing the terrible job every single day to save the world.
November 19, 2024 at 7:13 AM
The full-scale invasion day 1,000th.
We owe everything we have to a Ukrainan soldier - who’s tired, unwilling, outnumbered, and outgunned, sensing grief and injustice - yet who keeps doing the terrible job every single day to save the world.
We owe everything we have to a Ukrainan soldier - who’s tired, unwilling, outnumbered, and outgunned, sensing grief and injustice - yet who keeps doing the terrible job every single day to save the world.
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Hello friendos
Your librarian here with today's library tip
Check out both the Libby and Hoopla app. Both offer ebooks and e-audiobooks. You don't need a Kindle to use them, you can read or listen on your phone, computer, and are compatible with Apple Carplay and Android Auto.
Your librarian here with today's library tip
Check out both the Libby and Hoopla app. Both offer ebooks and e-audiobooks. You don't need a Kindle to use them, you can read or listen on your phone, computer, and are compatible with Apple Carplay and Android Auto.
November 15, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Hello friendos
Your librarian here with today's library tip
Check out both the Libby and Hoopla app. Both offer ebooks and e-audiobooks. You don't need a Kindle to use them, you can read or listen on your phone, computer, and are compatible with Apple Carplay and Android Auto.
Your librarian here with today's library tip
Check out both the Libby and Hoopla app. Both offer ebooks and e-audiobooks. You don't need a Kindle to use them, you can read or listen on your phone, computer, and are compatible with Apple Carplay and Android Auto.
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Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
November 16, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.