JL Rigby
@jlrigby.bsky.social
Leftist obsessed with my pets. I also am a long hauler / POTS haver. Gimme that salt. New Substack! jlrigby.substack.com.
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Passing on the message from Instagram as approved by Alice Wong’s family and posted by Sandy Ho.
About Alice’s Celebration of Life:
About Alice’s Celebration of Life:
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Passing on the message from Instagram as approved by Alice Wong’s family and posted by Sandy Ho.
About Alice’s Celebration of Life:
About Alice’s Celebration of Life:
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I’m broken hearted over the passing of Alice Wong. What a human.
In her memory, I will be donating to the project she co-founded, Crips for eSims, which has raised over 3 million dollars so that Palestinians in Gaza can stay in contact with the world & one another. chuffed.org/project/crip...
In her memory, I will be donating to the project she co-founded, Crips for eSims, which has raised over 3 million dollars so that Palestinians in Gaza can stay in contact with the world & one another. chuffed.org/project/crip...
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I’m broken hearted over the passing of Alice Wong. What a human.
In her memory, I will be donating to the project she co-founded, Crips for eSims, which has raised over 3 million dollars so that Palestinians in Gaza can stay in contact with the world & one another. chuffed.org/project/crip...
In her memory, I will be donating to the project she co-founded, Crips for eSims, which has raised over 3 million dollars so that Palestinians in Gaza can stay in contact with the world & one another. chuffed.org/project/crip...
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Wow, who would’ve ever guessed this would happen 🥴
"Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
"Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Wow, who would’ve ever guessed this would happen 🥴
"Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
"Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
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Happy Caturday 🐈⬛🤍
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Happy Caturday 🐈⬛🤍
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1/
Learning loss didn’t come from “lockdowns” or remote instruction.
It COMES FROM (still happening) illness.
Illness caused by COVID.
Illness that makes kids miss school and teachers miss teaching.
SICK DAYS. And the vascular damage that causes incapacity to think & retain.
This is still happening.
Learning loss didn’t come from “lockdowns” or remote instruction.
It COMES FROM (still happening) illness.
Illness caused by COVID.
Illness that makes kids miss school and teachers miss teaching.
SICK DAYS. And the vascular damage that causes incapacity to think & retain.
This is still happening.
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
1/
Learning loss didn’t come from “lockdowns” or remote instruction.
It COMES FROM (still happening) illness.
Illness caused by COVID.
Illness that makes kids miss school and teachers miss teaching.
SICK DAYS. And the vascular damage that causes incapacity to think & retain.
This is still happening.
Learning loss didn’t come from “lockdowns” or remote instruction.
It COMES FROM (still happening) illness.
Illness caused by COVID.
Illness that makes kids miss school and teachers miss teaching.
SICK DAYS. And the vascular damage that causes incapacity to think & retain.
This is still happening.
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Nursing is to white women what being a police officer is to white men.
Yeah, sure, some people get into it because they want to help people, and some people are genuinely really good at their jobs!
But the whole foundation is based on being in a position of power over vulnerable people.
Yeah, sure, some people get into it because they want to help people, and some people are genuinely really good at their jobs!
But the whole foundation is based on being in a position of power over vulnerable people.
It’s the control. It’s also why nurses are often abusive
And why when DEI was being done a lot of white women ended up “in charge”
They believe “other” folks should be managed and they are the people to do it
And why when DEI was being done a lot of white women ended up “in charge”
They believe “other” folks should be managed and they are the people to do it
I know it’s not the point, but taking a whole ass job just to try to screw over a tiny minority of people who have done nothing but exist (and take up space in your psyche I guess) is some absolutely baffling behavior.
She’s making major life decisions based on that! Bananapants stupid.
She’s making major life decisions based on that! Bananapants stupid.
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Nursing is to white women what being a police officer is to white men.
Yeah, sure, some people get into it because they want to help people, and some people are genuinely really good at their jobs!
But the whole foundation is based on being in a position of power over vulnerable people.
Yeah, sure, some people get into it because they want to help people, and some people are genuinely really good at their jobs!
But the whole foundation is based on being in a position of power over vulnerable people.
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And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
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say it with me folks: ✨eugenics✨
What we are seeing is a replay of the surrender on Covid protections because it was going to impact the wealth class in a way that would make it harder to accrue wealth without consequences.
Liberals already made the choice to kill millions to maintain the wealth class status quo.
Liberals already made the choice to kill millions to maintain the wealth class status quo.
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
say it with me folks: ✨eugenics✨
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I’m a firm believer in taxes funding a well-functioning govt.
Paying taxes that are properly allocated is good.
But it’s obviously time to organize to withhold federal taxes. Our money’s just being stolen or dangled in our faces by criminals holding govt hostage.
Cut them out & give to the needy.
Paying taxes that are properly allocated is good.
But it’s obviously time to organize to withhold federal taxes. Our money’s just being stolen or dangled in our faces by criminals holding govt hostage.
Cut them out & give to the needy.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’m a firm believer in taxes funding a well-functioning govt.
Paying taxes that are properly allocated is good.
But it’s obviously time to organize to withhold federal taxes. Our money’s just being stolen or dangled in our faces by criminals holding govt hostage.
Cut them out & give to the needy.
Paying taxes that are properly allocated is good.
But it’s obviously time to organize to withhold federal taxes. Our money’s just being stolen or dangled in our faces by criminals holding govt hostage.
Cut them out & give to the needy.
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During the time I was a Virginia reporter I got to see many politicians speak, and I promise you that Tim Kaine was by some distance the least inspiring politician I ever saw, including the local councilmen in my city of 20,000 people.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
During the time I was a Virginia reporter I got to see many politicians speak, and I promise you that Tim Kaine was by some distance the least inspiring politician I ever saw, including the local councilmen in my city of 20,000 people.
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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Cortez Masto
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
Fetterman
Those are the Democrats selling out the people and the party
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
Fetterman
Those are the Democrats selling out the people and the party
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
Fetterman
Those are the Democrats selling out the people and the party
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
Fetterman
Those are the Democrats selling out the people and the party
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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Tim Kaine is a fascist collaborator. Tim Kaine is fine if people lose their healthcare.
@marisakabas.bsky.social puts it best, Tim Kaine is a bitch.
@marisakabas.bsky.social puts it best, Tim Kaine is a bitch.
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Tim Kaine is a fascist collaborator. Tim Kaine is fine if people lose their healthcare.
@marisakabas.bsky.social puts it best, Tim Kaine is a bitch.
@marisakabas.bsky.social puts it best, Tim Kaine is a bitch.
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Want to see a microcosm of America? Immigrants won the World Series for the Dodgers and immigrants will be unwelcome and hunted at the victory parade.
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Want to see a microcosm of America? Immigrants won the World Series for the Dodgers and immigrants will be unwelcome and hunted at the victory parade.
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Hello! I am Nathan, a disabled traditional artist from Brazil
I love drawing cats and critters and fantasy
I'm inspired daily by my 12 kitties (and 2 dogs)!
We've had some incidents lately and the vet bills have been piling up! consider getting a commission!
thecatfortress.carrd.co
I love drawing cats and critters and fantasy
I'm inspired daily by my 12 kitties (and 2 dogs)!
We've had some incidents lately and the vet bills have been piling up! consider getting a commission!
thecatfortress.carrd.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hello! I am Nathan, a disabled traditional artist from Brazil
I love drawing cats and critters and fantasy
I'm inspired daily by my 12 kitties (and 2 dogs)!
We've had some incidents lately and the vet bills have been piling up! consider getting a commission!
thecatfortress.carrd.co
I love drawing cats and critters and fantasy
I'm inspired daily by my 12 kitties (and 2 dogs)!
We've had some incidents lately and the vet bills have been piling up! consider getting a commission!
thecatfortress.carrd.co
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Hehehe.. the night of tricks is almost here 🎃🐈⬛🤍 #Halloween
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hehehe.. the night of tricks is almost here 🎃🐈⬛🤍 #Halloween
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Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
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A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.
October 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.
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Still take COVID precautions or are immunocompromised? It's not too late to sign up for our COVID-safer group trip to Cape Cod from May 14-19, 2026! Stay for one day or all five! Stop by for a tour! The choice is yours! More info: www.accessibleescapes.org/2026-land-ca...
October 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Still take COVID precautions or are immunocompromised? It's not too late to sign up for our COVID-safer group trip to Cape Cod from May 14-19, 2026! Stay for one day or all five! Stop by for a tour! The choice is yours! More info: www.accessibleescapes.org/2026-land-ca...
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Still masking and still mindblown how many people don't mask in medical settings. So many people coughing, sneezing, and obviously sick and so many people unmasked.
It really feels like so many medical settings have gone backwards in infection prevention and control.
It really feels like so many medical settings have gone backwards in infection prevention and control.
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Still masking and still mindblown how many people don't mask in medical settings. So many people coughing, sneezing, and obviously sick and so many people unmasked.
It really feels like so many medical settings have gone backwards in infection prevention and control.
It really feels like so many medical settings have gone backwards in infection prevention and control.
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A lot of people think it’s unreasonable to expect masking in public spaces
What’s unreasonable is accepting a mass disabling event when we have tools to stop it
What’s unreasonable is expecting disabled people to stay home forever
What’s unreasonable is risking your long term health unnecessarily
What’s unreasonable is accepting a mass disabling event when we have tools to stop it
What’s unreasonable is expecting disabled people to stay home forever
What’s unreasonable is risking your long term health unnecessarily
October 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
A lot of people think it’s unreasonable to expect masking in public spaces
What’s unreasonable is accepting a mass disabling event when we have tools to stop it
What’s unreasonable is expecting disabled people to stay home forever
What’s unreasonable is risking your long term health unnecessarily
What’s unreasonable is accepting a mass disabling event when we have tools to stop it
What’s unreasonable is expecting disabled people to stay home forever
What’s unreasonable is risking your long term health unnecessarily