Karen
@karenalisa.bsky.social
Trying this out. I’m not committed yet.
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My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
When “earworm” is auto corrected to “warlord” 🤔
March 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
When “earworm” is auto corrected to “warlord” 🤔
Man. Don’t ever mess with a crossing guard!!
March 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Man. Don’t ever mess with a crossing guard!!
Dear Billy Joel, could we please get a follow up “We Didn’t Start The Fire?” I think there’s plenty of material from the last 36 years. Feels like an update is needed.
March 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Dear Billy Joel, could we please get a follow up “We Didn’t Start The Fire?” I think there’s plenty of material from the last 36 years. Feels like an update is needed.
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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
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Are y'all aware of Goods Unite Us? Free app that tells you about the political donations of most major brands. You can also look up politicians to see who has donated to them. Very useful!
apps.apple.com/us/app/goods...
apps.apple.com/us/app/goods...
Goods Unite Us
Americans inadvertently donate 3X more to politicians and PACs through their purchases than they donate on purpose. Let's change that!
Goods Unite Us is a women-led, Madison-Wisconsin based company...
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March 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Are y'all aware of Goods Unite Us? Free app that tells you about the political donations of most major brands. You can also look up politicians to see who has donated to them. Very useful!
apps.apple.com/us/app/goods...
apps.apple.com/us/app/goods...
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Conscience of Congress
Removed: Al Green
Walked Out: Jasmine Crockett, Maxwell Frost, Maxine Dexter, Andrea Salinas, LaMonica McIver, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, and several others
Refused to Attend: AOC, Chris Murphy, Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer
History will honor these names 🔝
Removed: Al Green
Walked Out: Jasmine Crockett, Maxwell Frost, Maxine Dexter, Andrea Salinas, LaMonica McIver, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, and several others
Refused to Attend: AOC, Chris Murphy, Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer
History will honor these names 🔝
March 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Conscience of Congress
Removed: Al Green
Walked Out: Jasmine Crockett, Maxwell Frost, Maxine Dexter, Andrea Salinas, LaMonica McIver, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, and several others
Refused to Attend: AOC, Chris Murphy, Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer
History will honor these names 🔝
Removed: Al Green
Walked Out: Jasmine Crockett, Maxwell Frost, Maxine Dexter, Andrea Salinas, LaMonica McIver, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, and several others
Refused to Attend: AOC, Chris Murphy, Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer
History will honor these names 🔝
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🇲🇽 Mexican President’s Claudia Sheinbaum Official Statement on Trump’s Tariffs & Accusations
Here’s the official response from Mexico’s president regarding Trump’s recent tariffs and allegations. Thanks to @uncommongrace25.bsky.social for the update!
Here’s the official response from Mexico’s president regarding Trump’s recent tariffs and allegations. Thanks to @uncommongrace25.bsky.social for the update!
February 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
🇲🇽 Mexican President’s Claudia Sheinbaum Official Statement on Trump’s Tariffs & Accusations
Here’s the official response from Mexico’s president regarding Trump’s recent tariffs and allegations. Thanks to @uncommongrace25.bsky.social for the update!
Here’s the official response from Mexico’s president regarding Trump’s recent tariffs and allegations. Thanks to @uncommongrace25.bsky.social for the update!
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After Trump ordered the US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, Bloomberg Philanthropies and other U.S. climate funders announced that they will “ensure the United States meets its global climate obligations.”
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Bloomberg philanthropy to cover U.S. climate dues after Paris withdrawal
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework after President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement.
www.reuters.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
After Trump ordered the US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, Bloomberg Philanthropies and other U.S. climate funders announced that they will “ensure the United States meets its global climate obligations.”
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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No lies told in this headline.
January 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
No lies told in this headline.
Can't help but wonder how the families of those in law enforcement who lost their lives because of 1/6/21 feel about the killers being pardoned.
January 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Can't help but wonder how the families of those in law enforcement who lost their lives because of 1/6/21 feel about the killers being pardoned.
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Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
Now bracing for the time when a) we have to watch as perfectly good people get drug from their homes and put into prisons, and b) Trump gets to take credit for a bunch of GOOD things that happen that were not at all his doing. Sad to see the sun set on 1/19/25.
January 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Now bracing for the time when a) we have to watch as perfectly good people get drug from their homes and put into prisons, and b) Trump gets to take credit for a bunch of GOOD things that happen that were not at all his doing. Sad to see the sun set on 1/19/25.
Which is more of a threat to national security? A company based in China, or a company owned by American oligarchs?
January 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Which is more of a threat to national security? A company based in China, or a company owned by American oligarchs?
Oh dear, I’ve started off so negative here at Bluesky. I don’t want that. Of course, the reasons I’m here in the first place are things I do not want. I DO want this to be a place of… not that. We’ll see how it pans out, I guess. 2025 problems.
January 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Oh dear, I’ve started off so negative here at Bluesky. I don’t want that. Of course, the reasons I’m here in the first place are things I do not want. I DO want this to be a place of… not that. We’ll see how it pans out, I guess. 2025 problems.
It's really annoying to see things being passed by the Biden administration that will not bear fruit until the Trump administration is there to falsely claim them, and also to know that most of the beneficiaries will not be the wiser, thanks to widespread and brilliantly-harnessed disinformation.
January 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's really annoying to see things being passed by the Biden administration that will not bear fruit until the Trump administration is there to falsely claim them, and also to know that most of the beneficiaries will not be the wiser, thanks to widespread and brilliantly-harnessed disinformation.
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"Let us now raise our hands and our voices in accord. Let us agree to disagree. Let us shout from the rooftops, 'This man will destroy us all!' and let us keep shouting that, while we make him our king."
This Threat to Democracy Must Be Certified
For years, we Democrats have been reminding you that Donald Trump is a danger to democracy and a scourge on our nation. His election back into our ...
buff.ly
January 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Let us now raise our hands and our voices in accord. Let us agree to disagree. Let us shout from the rooftops, 'This man will destroy us all!' and let us keep shouting that, while we make him our king."
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️