Kerilea Butler
@kerileab.bsky.social
Just a GenX leftist hedgewitch out here trying to survive this crazy world who probably drinks too much wine & will never have too many dogs.
How hot is it in Buffalo today, you ask?
So hot that even the squirrels are melting in my yard ... 🥵
So hot that even the squirrels are melting in my yard ... 🥵
June 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
How hot is it in Buffalo today, you ask?
So hot that even the squirrels are melting in my yard ... 🥵
So hot that even the squirrels are melting in my yard ... 🥵
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And again, they were about 15-20 times as large as the April 2009 Tea Party protests, so I'll sit back and wait for 15-20 times as many stories from political pundits explaining that this was a decisive rebuke to the sitting president that Changes Everything.
Just to say it again, the Big Beautiful Protests (the No Kings marches) involved 5 million people and were likely the largest day of protest in America EVER. News outlets that downplay this fact, are lying.
June 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
And again, they were about 15-20 times as large as the April 2009 Tea Party protests, so I'll sit back and wait for 15-20 times as many stories from political pundits explaining that this was a decisive rebuke to the sitting president that Changes Everything.
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It will get worse after this bit of news. Did you get the new DOJ, Pam Bondi memo? ICE can now enter your home without a warrant.
April 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It will get worse after this bit of news. Did you get the new DOJ, Pam Bondi memo? ICE can now enter your home without a warrant.
Listening to the frogs chirp & the killdeers yell in circles as dusk settles in.... Ahh, Spring in WNY. I have missed you.🏵️🦬
April 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Listening to the frogs chirp & the killdeers yell in circles as dusk settles in.... Ahh, Spring in WNY. I have missed you.🏵️🦬
*Every Spring when the 1st warm days hit: "OMG I LOVE the warm weather! F*ck winter!"
*Every Fall when the 1st cool days hit: "OMG I LOVE the cool weather! F**k summer!"
SIGH.
Anyone else this same kind of lunatic? 🙄
*Every Fall when the 1st cool days hit: "OMG I LOVE the cool weather! F**k summer!"
SIGH.
Anyone else this same kind of lunatic? 🙄
April 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
*Every Spring when the 1st warm days hit: "OMG I LOVE the warm weather! F*ck winter!"
*Every Fall when the 1st cool days hit: "OMG I LOVE the cool weather! F**k summer!"
SIGH.
Anyone else this same kind of lunatic? 🙄
*Every Fall when the 1st cool days hit: "OMG I LOVE the cool weather! F**k summer!"
SIGH.
Anyone else this same kind of lunatic? 🙄
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Colleagues, the autism registry doesn’t exist without our participation
Repeat after me: fuck you, make me
If you care about Autistic people
“Fuck you, make me.”
Repeat after me: fuck you, make me
If you care about Autistic people
“Fuck you, make me.”
April 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Colleagues, the autism registry doesn’t exist without our participation
Repeat after me: fuck you, make me
If you care about Autistic people
“Fuck you, make me.”
Repeat after me: fuck you, make me
If you care about Autistic people
“Fuck you, make me.”
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This is why EU is so incredibly strict about digital and personal privacy re: surveys. As a researcher #GDPR 😱 is tough to navigate. But critical.
Why so strict?
the Na*z*s used church & synagogue lists to identify and target people
Why so strict?
the Na*z*s used church & synagogue lists to identify and target people
The US is trying to ban masks, mRNA vaccines, dismantle healthcare and social supports and arranging to keep lists of people with autism (and possibly other disabilities).
This is not how you tackle the chronic illness epidemic. This is how you begin a nationwide eugenics program.
This is not how you tackle the chronic illness epidemic. This is how you begin a nationwide eugenics program.
April 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is why EU is so incredibly strict about digital and personal privacy re: surveys. As a researcher #GDPR 😱 is tough to navigate. But critical.
Why so strict?
the Na*z*s used church & synagogue lists to identify and target people
Why so strict?
the Na*z*s used church & synagogue lists to identify and target people
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Buffalo HandsOff 50501 April 19
April 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Buffalo HandsOff 50501 April 19
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2 if by D.C. If you missed Heather Cox Richardson’s @hcrichardson.bsky.social amazing speech at The Old North Church last night. You can watch it here www.oldnorth.com/lanternservi...
April 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
2 if by D.C. If you missed Heather Cox Richardson’s @hcrichardson.bsky.social amazing speech at The Old North Church last night. You can watch it here www.oldnorth.com/lanternservi...
THIS RIGHT HERE 👇
The protests are not for Trump to see, they are so you can all see each other and grow. It's not the protest itself that tyrants are afraid of, but the networks and community you can grow from them. Your strength is your unity and that's why the enemy thrives by demoralizing and dividing you. #3E
April 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
THIS RIGHT HERE 👇
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The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.
April 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.
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You can leave me, and about 70 million other voters, out of this "we", @newyorker.com.
*We* warned you, over and over and over. *We* lived through January 6. *We* listened to his speeches and believed him. So leave us out of this, and hold the people who chose this, on purpose, accountable.
*We* warned you, over and over and over. *We* lived through January 6. *We* listened to his speeches and believed him. So leave us out of this, and hold the people who chose this, on purpose, accountable.
Fascism is now in the algorithms, the neural pathways, the social interactions. How did we fail to see all this? “We wanted to see Trump in terms of his absences, so that our way of seeing the world would go unchallenged,” Timothy Snyder writes.
What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?
Trump takes the tools of dictators and adapts them for the Internet. We should expect him to try to cling to power until death, and create a cult of January 6th martyrs.
www.newyorker.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
You can leave me, and about 70 million other voters, out of this "we", @newyorker.com.
*We* warned you, over and over and over. *We* lived through January 6. *We* listened to his speeches and believed him. So leave us out of this, and hold the people who chose this, on purpose, accountable.
*We* warned you, over and over and over. *We* lived through January 6. *We* listened to his speeches and believed him. So leave us out of this, and hold the people who chose this, on purpose, accountable.
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Like before the proposed removal of Roe vs Wade and Project 2025......
April 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Like before the proposed removal of Roe vs Wade and Project 2025......
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April 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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“I didn’t ride at midnight for y’all to miss the exit”
— Paul Revere, probably
— Paul Revere, probably
April 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“I didn’t ride at midnight for y’all to miss the exit”
— Paul Revere, probably
— Paul Revere, probably
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1/2: We have reason to believe that events on 4/19 and/or the 50501 Movement may be misrepresented by the Trump admin in an attempt to justify the use of military force.
Let us be clear: our movement is pro-democracy and firmly grounded in non-violence.
Let us be clear: our movement is pro-democracy and firmly grounded in non-violence.
April 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
1/2: We have reason to believe that events on 4/19 and/or the 50501 Movement may be misrepresented by the Trump admin in an attempt to justify the use of military force.
Let us be clear: our movement is pro-democracy and firmly grounded in non-violence.
Let us be clear: our movement is pro-democracy and firmly grounded in non-violence.
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If you're feeling hopeless, please consider purchasing (or requesting at your local library) Stigmergy: How to Create a Mass Movement by Heather Marsh. It outlines everything you need to have your movement become a success and how to avoid saboteurs. #3E
April 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you're feeling hopeless, please consider purchasing (or requesting at your local library) Stigmergy: How to Create a Mass Movement by Heather Marsh. It outlines everything you need to have your movement become a success and how to avoid saboteurs. #3E
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Just spoke with my CDC sources. They were in tears.
Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.
They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.
This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.
Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.
They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.
This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.
April 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Just spoke with my CDC sources. They were in tears.
Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.
They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.
This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.
Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.
They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.
This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.
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History always has a lesson.
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History always has a lesson.
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Thou shalt march on Washington by the millions and not leave until The Mad King Donald is deposed!
Thou Shalt March Until The Mad King Is Deposed
Get it done.
www.thegodpodcast.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Thou shalt march on Washington by the millions and not leave until The Mad King Donald is deposed!
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The Supreme Court blocked the Trump admin from deporting Venezuelans out of the Bluebonnet facility in TX — for now.
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 has NO place in modern immigration policy. This pause is a win, but the fight is far from over.
And yes — Thomas & Alito dissented. Of course they did.
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 has NO place in modern immigration policy. This pause is a win, but the fight is far from over.
And yes — Thomas & Alito dissented. Of course they did.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law.
Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law
The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law.
bit.ly
April 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump admin from deporting Venezuelans out of the Bluebonnet facility in TX — for now.
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 has NO place in modern immigration policy. This pause is a win, but the fight is far from over.
And yes — Thomas & Alito dissented. Of course they did.
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 has NO place in modern immigration policy. This pause is a win, but the fight is far from over.
And yes — Thomas & Alito dissented. Of course they did.
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Friendly reminder. In the United States, criminals are entitled to due process. Even if you pay hush money rig an election, steal top secret documents, or incite a mob to overthrow the government; no matter how egregious your crimes, you’re entitled to due process.
April 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Friendly reminder. In the United States, criminals are entitled to due process. Even if you pay hush money rig an election, steal top secret documents, or incite a mob to overthrow the government; no matter how egregious your crimes, you’re entitled to due process.