helendoremus.bsky.social
@helendoremus.bsky.social
I write. I sing. I love movies. I also make them. I know kung fu. I crochet hats. I like pie. From FW TX, in LA. My views are not my employers', etc etc. 💜🤍🖤 she/they
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In general, my approach to blocking and bad faith arguments is one I learned at the elbow of the storied Mr. Billy Joel: "You can speak your mind, but not on my time...Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone."
Do with that information what you will.
Do with that information what you will.
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1/5 My 2020 interview with Alice Wong is now out and ready to be shared! You can download it here: tinyurl.com/2wke8tk6 (Note that you may not be able to view it online if you’re not signed into Google, but anyone can download it.)
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
1/5 My 2020 interview with Alice Wong is now out and ready to be shared! You can download it here: tinyurl.com/2wke8tk6 (Note that you may not be able to view it online if you’re not signed into Google, but anyone can download it.)
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
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Tax receipts are down almost 30% in one California farm town, where immigrants are afraid to go out and some longtime workers are weighing self-deportation. bit.ly/3JVJscF
📷️ Larry Valenzuela
📷️ Larry Valenzuela
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Tax receipts are down almost 30% in one California farm town, where immigrants are afraid to go out and some longtime workers are weighing self-deportation. bit.ly/3JVJscF
📷️ Larry Valenzuela
📷️ Larry Valenzuela
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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The Court once said the government "suffers a form of irreparable injury" when blocked from implementing statutes
But recently the Court's been turning the idea that the govt should be able to *apply laws into the idea that the govt shouldnt have to *follow laws
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
But recently the Court's been turning the idea that the govt should be able to *apply laws into the idea that the govt shouldnt have to *follow laws
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence
For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Court once said the government "suffers a form of irreparable injury" when blocked from implementing statutes
But recently the Court's been turning the idea that the govt should be able to *apply laws into the idea that the govt shouldnt have to *follow laws
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
But recently the Court's been turning the idea that the govt should be able to *apply laws into the idea that the govt shouldnt have to *follow laws
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
Genuinely can't wait for the LegalEagle video on this.
BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Genuinely can't wait for the LegalEagle video on this.
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"$1,000 a month as part of a state program experimenting with giving homeless youths cash payments for two years with no strings attached."
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"$1,000 a month as part of a state program experimenting with giving homeless youths cash payments for two years with no strings attached."
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
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Seeing the sort of things I expected to happen as of April of 2023 begin to transpire at Dallas City Hall makes me feel both incredibly smart and like I'm about to go insane
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Seeing the sort of things I expected to happen as of April of 2023 begin to transpire at Dallas City Hall makes me feel both incredibly smart and like I'm about to go insane
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
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uh why is bookshop recommending noam chomsky in its holiday gift email list
has nobody in their marketing dept read the news lately
has nobody in their marketing dept read the news lately
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
uh why is bookshop recommending noam chomsky in its holiday gift email list
has nobody in their marketing dept read the news lately
has nobody in their marketing dept read the news lately
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My mom said she is not shopping there. (She’s a boomer with no social media.)
Home Depot on defense for their horrific enabling of ICE crimes. That means Ain't Buying It boycott is already working and it's not even Thanksgiving yet!
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
Home Depot speaks out about ICE involvement as boycott calls grow
The retailer's premises have become a key target of immigration enforcement activities in recent months.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My mom said she is not shopping there. (She’s a boomer with no social media.)
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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Can we talk about the fact that there's a company that wants to block out the sun AND a company that wants to put mirrors in space so you can aim sunbeams in the middle of the night if you want to and I need EVERYBODY to quit torment-nexusing the sky?
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Can we talk about the fact that there's a company that wants to block out the sun AND a company that wants to put mirrors in space so you can aim sunbeams in the middle of the night if you want to and I need EVERYBODY to quit torment-nexusing the sky?
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Incredible reporting on the 1930s-style union-busting going on at Starbucks, including Schulz’s personal complicity and the company’s SHOCK, SHOCK I TELL YOU that $15.25/hr part-time with hours kept just under the threshold for benefits isn’t enough to satisfy some “partners”
How Starbucks tried to quash union activity in Colorado
The coffee giant shuttered a store in Colorado Springs in 2022 shortly after its workers voted to unionize. A federal agency later ordered Starbucks to reopen that store, along with 22 others.
www.dailycamera.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Incredible reporting on the 1930s-style union-busting going on at Starbucks, including Schulz’s personal complicity and the company’s SHOCK, SHOCK I TELL YOU that $15.25/hr part-time with hours kept just under the threshold for benefits isn’t enough to satisfy some “partners”
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“I share these stories not to victimize the Muslim community or seek sympathy. In fact, I see these perpetrators as victims as well— victims of isolation, stereotypes, single narratives, and narrow perspectives.”
A Muslim activist tried to tell Texas education leaders about a growing wave of Islamophobia. Some of them called her a terrorist.
A dispatch from the front line of the battle to Christianize public schools:
A dispatch from the front line of the battle to Christianize public schools:
She Wanted to Speak on Anti-Muslim Bigotry. She Was Labeled a Terrorist Leader.
Shaimaa Zayan, who works for the Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, urged the Texas State Board of Education to reconsider its curriculum changes.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“I share these stories not to victimize the Muslim community or seek sympathy. In fact, I see these perpetrators as victims as well— victims of isolation, stereotypes, single narratives, and narrow perspectives.”
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Latest comic: Climate Silence
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Latest comic: Climate Silence
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I’ve been noticing this as well, and it’s really troubling, particularly having lived through the 90s/00s extreme thinness hell.
So apparently a lot of female celebrities are extremely skinny right now, reminding people of the "heroin chic" beauty standard of the 90s.
I'm not going to share pictures - I feel uncomfortable being like "look at these bodies, they're bad" even when what I'm critiquing is not the bodies
I'm not going to share pictures - I feel uncomfortable being like "look at these bodies, they're bad" even when what I'm critiquing is not the bodies
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’ve been noticing this as well, and it’s really troubling, particularly having lived through the 90s/00s extreme thinness hell.
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BREAKING: Resident of Washington state dies after being infected with H5N5 bird flu
A Grays Harbor County resident receiving treatment for H5N5 avian flu has died. The Washington State Department of Health extends its condolences to the family.
A Grays Harbor County resident receiving treatment for H5N5 avian flu has died. The Washington State Department of Health extends its condolences to the family.
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
BREAKING: Resident of Washington state dies after being infected with H5N5 bird flu
A Grays Harbor County resident receiving treatment for H5N5 avian flu has died. The Washington State Department of Health extends its condolences to the family.
A Grays Harbor County resident receiving treatment for H5N5 avian flu has died. The Washington State Department of Health extends its condolences to the family.
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i just want to vote for socialism and cook in fancy pans. is that so much to ask for?
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
i just want to vote for socialism and cook in fancy pans. is that so much to ask for?
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Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
macspaunday.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
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The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.