Ursula
@ladyofsardines.bsky.social
I am a high school teacher. Earnest posting until the end. (she/they)
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Ursula
@ladyofsardines.bsky.social
· Jul 26
A good question to ask oneself at the start of each day, imho. Comrade card for 7/26/2024.
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Was just reading some David Graeber last night.
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Was just reading some David Graeber last night.
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It's still wild to me how much we've memory holed Occupy Wallstreet.
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's still wild to me how much we've memory holed Occupy Wallstreet.
“Mohammed and his peers — the brilliant students of Gaza — are calling on international institutions and universities that support our cause: Pay attention to them, provide scholarships.”
In Gaza, where schools have been turned into piles of rubble, young people are rewriting the story of resilience.
For Gaza’s Students, Exams Are Far More Than a Test. They Are Hope for a Future.
My brother — along with 27,000 others — managed to take his high school exams despite years of shelling and starvation.
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Mohammed and his peers — the brilliant students of Gaza — are calling on international institutions and universities that support our cause: Pay attention to them, provide scholarships.”
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Is it even Sunday if you don't have an organizing meeting scheduled?
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Is it even Sunday if you don't have an organizing meeting scheduled?
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Good morning & happy Sunday.
February 11, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Good morning & happy Sunday.
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“Better ships than citizenship include friendship, relationship, or even a pirate ship, where unauthorized, motley formations are bound together to disrupt notions of the private, of property, of wealth and its concentration…”
God I love this so much. (From Elleza Kelley, quoted in Robin Kelley's Twenty Years of Freedom Dreams in the Boston Review)
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Better ships than citizenship include friendship, relationship, or even a pirate ship, where unauthorized, motley formations are bound together to disrupt notions of the private, of property, of wealth and its concentration…”
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My birthday is coming up and as it gets closer I will post links to the people, places and initiatives I will be trying to raise money to support. I hope you’ll join me.
A Gaza Giving Circle will be one.
chuffed.org/project/hope...
A Gaza Giving Circle will be one.
chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that the...
chuffed.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My birthday is coming up and as it gets closer I will post links to the people, places and initiatives I will be trying to raise money to support. I hope you’ll join me.
A Gaza Giving Circle will be one.
chuffed.org/project/hope...
A Gaza Giving Circle will be one.
chuffed.org/project/hope...
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I see no path forward between what people are saying they want and the Democratic party as currently constituted. No path.
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I see no path forward between what people are saying they want and the Democratic party as currently constituted. No path.
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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Her work was a reminder that memory is not passive. It’s an active practice of tending to the filaments she described—those blazing threads that glow warm with the people who shaped us. To tend them is to extend them. To extend them is to refuse the isolation the system relies on.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Her work was a reminder that memory is not passive. It’s an active practice of tending to the filaments she described—those blazing threads that glow warm with the people who shaped us. To tend them is to extend them. To extend them is to refuse the isolation the system relies on.
This time of year I become an apple proselytizer. Goldrush are *the* perfectly balanced sweet-to-tart ratio. PERFECT.
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This time of year I become an apple proselytizer. Goldrush are *the* perfectly balanced sweet-to-tart ratio. PERFECT.
The power of an authentic "thank you" is unmatched.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The power of an authentic "thank you" is unmatched.
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Good morning Portland, see you out at the Tesla store in a couple of hours!
PORTLAND: come on down to the Tesla store this Saturday for the #NoTrillionaires national day of action!
I'll be there from 11am to 1pm, with music and bubbles and sign-making supplies. Bring friends and family, and remind our neighbors their Tesla funds fascism!
actionnetwork.org/events/tesla...
I'll be there from 11am to 1pm, with music and bubbles and sign-making supplies. Bring friends and family, and remind our neighbors their Tesla funds fascism!
actionnetwork.org/events/tesla...
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Good morning Portland, see you out at the Tesla store in a couple of hours!
Some of us that teach a lot of white kids been saying…
“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Some of us that teach a lot of white kids been saying…
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
Journal writing prompt for the weekend, given that death can arrive for any of us at any time: write a note of 200 words or less, starting with the words, “Hi everyone,” that will be shared with the public upon your passing.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Journal writing prompt for the weekend, given that death can arrive for any of us at any time: write a note of 200 words or less, starting with the words, “Hi everyone,” that will be shared with the public upon your passing.
“The power of the love letter is that it is written without the guarantee of a response.”
God I love this so much. (From Elleza Kelley, quoted in Robin Kelley's Twenty Years of Freedom Dreams in the Boston Review)
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“The power of the love letter is that it is written without the guarantee of a response.”
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Sunday is the last day to order your copy of Sojourners for Justice Press's 2026 Calendar. It's beautiful and supports the work of our press: 1wr6j.mjt.lu/nl3/cXQBv1BR...
Last chance to get a 2026 calendar!
1wr6j.mjt.lu
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Sunday is the last day to order your copy of Sojourners for Justice Press's 2026 Calendar. It's beautiful and supports the work of our press: 1wr6j.mjt.lu/nl3/cXQBv1BR...
“Better ships than citizenship include friendship, relationship, or even a pirate ship, where unauthorized, motley formations are bound together to disrupt notions of the private, of property, of wealth and its concentration…”
God I love this so much. (From Elleza Kelley, quoted in Robin Kelley's Twenty Years of Freedom Dreams in the Boston Review)
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Better ships than citizenship include friendship, relationship, or even a pirate ship, where unauthorized, motley formations are bound together to disrupt notions of the private, of property, of wealth and its concentration…”
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
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Sameer Project’s Give Warmth campaign is up. Pls read, give, and stay tuned for additional ways to give !
maurafinkelstein.substack.com/p/give-warmt...
maurafinkelstein.substack.com/p/give-warmt...
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Sameer Project’s Give Warmth campaign is up. Pls read, give, and stay tuned for additional ways to give !
maurafinkelstein.substack.com/p/give-warmt...
maurafinkelstein.substack.com/p/give-warmt...
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"Our actions are working, and they are not enough.
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Our actions are working, and they are not enough.
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
“detentions in Oregon jumped dramatically in October, increasing by at least 550% compared to previous months, according to figures from the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition”
‘Detain first and ask questions later’: Oregon ICE arrests shot up in October
The Portland Immigrants Rights Coalition reported 329 arrests in Oregon last month.
opb.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“detentions in Oregon jumped dramatically in October, increasing by at least 550% compared to previous months, according to figures from the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition”
Friday prayer
sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness
Galway Kinnell
Galway Kinnell
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Friday prayer