Michelle
@justmichelle.bsky.social
All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others. - Desmond Tutu
🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 #voteblue
🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 #voteblue
Pinned
Michelle
@justmichelle.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Remember, not all guardrails will fall away at once.
For now, we stay informed.
We don't obey in advance.
We support those who need help.
And we make our voices heard - especially by VOTING (including in local elections).
We're stuck with Trump for 4 years, but that doesn't mean we're powerless.
For now, we stay informed.
We don't obey in advance.
We support those who need help.
And we make our voices heard - especially by VOTING (including in local elections).
We're stuck with Trump for 4 years, but that doesn't mean we're powerless.
Reposted by Michelle
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
Reposted by Michelle
As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
April 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
Reposted by Michelle
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Reposted by Michelle
What is hard about this?
DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE
DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE
March 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
What is hard about this?
DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE
DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE
Reposted by Michelle
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
Reposted by Michelle
Reposted by Michelle
When someone expresses genuine regret voting for Trump, the best thing we can do is welcome them into the fold. We're not gonna get anywhere with ridiculous gatekeeping and pettiness. Let's offer folks an off-ramp into the coalition of reasonable adults.
February 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When someone expresses genuine regret voting for Trump, the best thing we can do is welcome them into the fold. We're not gonna get anywhere with ridiculous gatekeeping and pettiness. Let's offer folks an off-ramp into the coalition of reasonable adults.
Reposted by Michelle
Reposted by Michelle
Reposted by Michelle
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
Reposted by Michelle
I have many regrets about Earth, but making humans in a wide range of colors, shapes, and temperaments is not one of them.
Celebrate thy diversity.
Love each other.
Celebrate thy diversity.
Love each other.
February 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I have many regrets about Earth, but making humans in a wide range of colors, shapes, and temperaments is not one of them.
Celebrate thy diversity.
Love each other.
Celebrate thy diversity.
Love each other.
Reposted by Michelle
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Reposted by Michelle
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
Reposted by Michelle
What is one simple act of resistance that will absolutely infuriate any authoritarian determined to make the world ignore pandemics and climate change?
Wearing a mask.
Wearing a mask.
January 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
What is one simple act of resistance that will absolutely infuriate any authoritarian determined to make the world ignore pandemics and climate change?
Wearing a mask.
Wearing a mask.
Reposted by Michelle
Just a reminder we’re all “the other” to someone. Don’t wait until they’re talking about you to speak up.
youtu.be/42X_eAOU4DU?...
youtu.be/42X_eAOU4DU?...
"Don't Be a Sucker" (1947) Reel America Preview
YouTube video by C-SPAN
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Just a reminder we’re all “the other” to someone. Don’t wait until they’re talking about you to speak up.
youtu.be/42X_eAOU4DU?...
youtu.be/42X_eAOU4DU?...
Reposted by Michelle
Do not obey in advance
January 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Do not obey in advance
Reposted by Michelle
Reminder: High quality masks/respirators such as N95s protect against all airborne viruses including bird flu.
December 18, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Reminder: High quality masks/respirators such as N95s protect against all airborne viruses including bird flu.
Reposted by Michelle
A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014.
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
December 8, 2024 at 2:51 AM
A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014.
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
Reposted by Michelle
Regimes seem solid until they are not. Every resistance act matters because often regimes are crumbling from within from corruption and yet good at hiding that fact. cc: Russia
December 7, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Regimes seem solid until they are not. Every resistance act matters because often regimes are crumbling from within from corruption and yet good at hiding that fact. cc: Russia
Reposted by Michelle
#16Days
Using or recognising this signal can save a life - and it has. If you see this sign act immediately. Not everyone in danger can speak.
Using or recognising this signal can save a life - and it has. If you see this sign act immediately. Not everyone in danger can speak.
December 5, 2024 at 2:28 AM
#16Days
Using or recognising this signal can save a life - and it has. If you see this sign act immediately. Not everyone in danger can speak.
Using or recognising this signal can save a life - and it has. If you see this sign act immediately. Not everyone in danger can speak.
Reposted by Michelle
On an AA flight that landed at JFK waiting for a gate. Two littles were crying because of their ear pain on landing. After a couple minutes the flight attendant started singing *Twinkle Twinkle little star’, the entire plane joined in, the kids stopped crying, and this is the world I wanna live in.
December 7, 2024 at 8:36 PM
On an AA flight that landed at JFK waiting for a gate. Two littles were crying because of their ear pain on landing. After a couple minutes the flight attendant started singing *Twinkle Twinkle little star’, the entire plane joined in, the kids stopped crying, and this is the world I wanna live in.
Reposted by Michelle
People always need reminders than the COVID vaccines work. In the world is misinformation, good data is king.
December 2, 2024 at 1:48 PM
People always need reminders than the COVID vaccines work. In the world is misinformation, good data is king.
Reposted by Michelle
FACT CHECK—Did vaccine scientist @PeterHotez “threaten multiple viruses will attack/to be unleashed on the United States on January 21, 2025” as Bannon claims? NO! @PolitiFact does a super easy debunk. Rubbish. But we now live in Trump/Bannon/RFK Jr’s disinfo world. Beware.
December 7, 2024 at 10:40 PM
FACT CHECK—Did vaccine scientist @PeterHotez “threaten multiple viruses will attack/to be unleashed on the United States on January 21, 2025” as Bannon claims? NO! @PolitiFact does a super easy debunk. Rubbish. But we now live in Trump/Bannon/RFK Jr’s disinfo world. Beware.
Reposted by Michelle
New modeling study finds that if everyone in the United Kingdom had worn N95 or FFP2 masks from the start of the pandemic, the rate of COVID-19 transmission would have been 9 times lower.
December 6, 2024 at 12:48 AM
New modeling study finds that if everyone in the United Kingdom had worn N95 or FFP2 masks from the start of the pandemic, the rate of COVID-19 transmission would have been 9 times lower.
Reposted by Michelle
Early days, but another exciting application of vaccine technology.
And a tough one for antivaxx crowd.
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine....
And a tough one for antivaxx crowd.
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine....
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer | WashU Medicine
Clinical trial targeted recurrence of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer
medicine.washu.edu
December 6, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Early days, but another exciting application of vaccine technology.
And a tough one for antivaxx crowd.
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine....
And a tough one for antivaxx crowd.
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine....