Lenika Cruz
@lenika.bsky.social
ex senior editor at The Atlantic // that BTS lady // writing a memoir for Atria Books // Chamoru nene girl giya Guåhan 🇬🇺// indigenous + azn
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Archivists, historians, scribes: your time is now. Yours is among the most urgent work needed.
January 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Archivists, historians, scribes: your time is now. Yours is among the most urgent work needed.
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we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths
January 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths
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Fun how all the platforms get less fun, less interesting, and less usable as they get more right-wing and more dedicated to sucking up as much of our time and scamming us as much as possible.
January 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Fun how all the platforms get less fun, less interesting, and less usable as they get more right-wing and more dedicated to sucking up as much of our time and scamming us as much as possible.
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This entire project is *very expliclty* about fully purging black people and women from huge swaths of public life, employment and education.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Far-right pundit rails against women in law enforcement: ‘It’s an absurdity!’
‘If we’re being honest, female cops are absurd. It’s an absurdity. I’m sorry. It’s just ridiculous. It’s cartoonish,’ Matt Walsh ranted on his podcast this week
www.independent.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This entire project is *very expliclty* about fully purging black people and women from huge swaths of public life, employment and education.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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People of good faith can have different ideas of what effective immigration policy looks like, but on a human level, that policy should be informed by a sense of empathy for and understanding of the violence and poverty that so many people are fleeing from.
January 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
People of good faith can have different ideas of what effective immigration policy looks like, but on a human level, that policy should be informed by a sense of empathy for and understanding of the violence and poverty that so many people are fleeing from.
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As we see these images of people crying at the border after the asylum system shut down, it is again worth considering how indescribably desperate a person must feel to travel with their children through the desert, across the water, or through the Darien Gap simply for the *possibility* of safety.
January 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
As we see these images of people crying at the border after the asylum system shut down, it is again worth considering how indescribably desperate a person must feel to travel with their children through the desert, across the water, or through the Darien Gap simply for the *possibility* of safety.
i don’t feel sane using any social media but i feel more sane on bluesky. never been more glad to have cured my twitter addiction, even if it means starting from scratch. i hope more of us migrate over here rather than giving that shithead musk more of our time on his nazi-ass platform.
January 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
i don’t feel sane using any social media but i feel more sane on bluesky. never been more glad to have cured my twitter addiction, even if it means starting from scratch. i hope more of us migrate over here rather than giving that shithead musk more of our time on his nazi-ass platform.
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The Germans press is not having as much trouble discerning what happened as the American press. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
Elon Musk: Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß
Elon Musk streckt den rechten Arm, und alle springen drüber. Willkommen im neuen Aufmerksamkeitsregime.
www.zeit.de
January 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Germans press is not having as much trouble discerning what happened as the American press. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
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Today is a good day for everyone to step back and think about how they may have inadvertently contributed to making today happen.
Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
January 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Today is a good day for everyone to step back and think about how they may have inadvertently contributed to making today happen.
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He's a fucking Nazi
This is exactly what it looks like (via @patriottakes.bsky.social)
January 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
He's a fucking Nazi
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this sort of naked cynicism is jarring, but you’re going to see more of it because this is how kleptocracy works. it makes groveling and sycophancy the rational choice, because it will very often be rewarded.
January 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
this sort of naked cynicism is jarring, but you’re going to see more of it because this is how kleptocracy works. it makes groveling and sycophancy the rational choice, because it will very often be rewarded.
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The language Trump uses in these executive orders is identical to laws in Hungary under Orban --banning "gender ideology," enforcing binary biological sex definitions in identity documents, claiming women deserve special "dignity and protection."
Emily Yoffe got a preview of Trump’s gender executive orders: www.thefp.com/p/trumps-day...
January 20, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The language Trump uses in these executive orders is identical to laws in Hungary under Orban --banning "gender ideology," enforcing binary biological sex definitions in identity documents, claiming women deserve special "dignity and protection."
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Just a countdown to the dumbest reality
January 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just a countdown to the dumbest reality
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“Some of the aid that children in Gaza need is not aid that we can bring in on trucks. Every single child in Gaza today is deeply, deeply scarred and traumatised by what they’ve witnessed,” Bollen said.
“They’ve gone through things that no child should ever have to witness,” she said.
“They’ve gone through things that no child should ever have to witness,” she said.
Joy as 90 Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons under Gaza ceasefire deal
Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed three Israeli captives on day one of ceasefire.
www.aljazeera.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
“Some of the aid that children in Gaza need is not aid that we can bring in on trucks. Every single child in Gaza today is deeply, deeply scarred and traumatised by what they’ve witnessed,” Bollen said.
“They’ve gone through things that no child should ever have to witness,” she said.
“They’ve gone through things that no child should ever have to witness,” she said.
this will be the year of bangtan
January 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
this will be the year of bangtan
i have been waiting so long to say this: bts will all be back this year 💜
January 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
i have been waiting so long to say this: bts will all be back this year 💜
can’t believe i woke up to a jk noraebang let’s GOOOOOO
December 18, 2024 at 3:05 PM
can’t believe i woke up to a jk noraebang let’s GOOOOOO
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BREAKING: The Montana Supreme Court has blocked the state's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, finding the 2023 law violates the state constitution’s privacy clause and that trans people have a right "to make medical judgments affecting her or his bodily integrity and health"
Montana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Families & Doctors, Blocks Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth | American Civil Liberties Union
Earlier today, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that SB 99, a 2023 Montana law that categorically bans life-saving gender-affirming care for transgender...
www.aclu.org
December 11, 2024 at 6:34 PM
BREAKING: The Montana Supreme Court has blocked the state's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, finding the 2023 law violates the state constitution’s privacy clause and that trans people have a right "to make medical judgments affecting her or his bodily integrity and health"
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“Bodies are completely evaporating, and they’re not even finding remains of people anymore,” a UN officer said.
UN Officer: Israel Bombs Are “Evaporating” Palestinians’ Bodies in Gaza
“Bodies are completely evaporating, and they’re not even finding remains of people anymore,” a UN officer said.
truthout.org
December 11, 2024 at 11:19 PM
“Bodies are completely evaporating, and they’re not even finding remains of people anymore,” a UN officer said.
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Today we remember the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
December 4, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Today we remember the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
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I love my trans friends and family, respect and value my trans colleagues, and want every trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming person in the world to have bodily autonomy, access to health care, privacy, respect and freedom. I want that for all of us, but those having to fight for it.
December 4, 2024 at 6:45 PM
I love my trans friends and family, respect and value my trans colleagues, and want every trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming person in the world to have bodily autonomy, access to health care, privacy, respect and freedom. I want that for all of us, but those having to fight for it.
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around 42% of all marriages end in divorce. that is a very high regret rate for people committing to life changing decisions. the state should do something, ultimately we should ban marriage entirely
December 4, 2024 at 5:37 PM
around 42% of all marriages end in divorce. that is a very high regret rate for people committing to life changing decisions. the state should do something, ultimately we should ban marriage entirely
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Idaho already bans almost all abortions. On Monday, a panel of federal judges ruled that the state can enforce portions of its draconian “abortion trafficking” law. theappeal.org?p=34321&prev...
Idaho Can Now Arrest People Who Help Kids Get Abortions in Other States
On Monday, a panel of federal judges ruled that Idaho can enforce portions of its draconian “abortion trafficking” ban.
theappeal.org
December 4, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Idaho already bans almost all abortions. On Monday, a panel of federal judges ruled that the state can enforce portions of its draconian “abortion trafficking” law. theappeal.org?p=34321&prev...