Marisa
@marisa.blacksky.team
sociology PhD at @cam.ac.uk
team at @blackskyweb.xyz and pactcollective.xyz
team at @blackskyweb.xyz and pactcollective.xyz
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In the future we're building online communities function as digital third places. That requires independence & autonomy (rsky + blacksky.community). Hopefully also democratic decision making (assembly.blacksky.community)
And soon: the opportunity for privacy preserving gift economies + mutual aid
And soon: the opportunity for privacy preserving gift economies + mutual aid
blacksky.cash Feedback Sessions
The Blacksky Algorithms' team wants to build payment features for community members to send money to one another across the AT Protocol (Blacksky/Bluesky). blacksky.cash would work within the AT Proto...
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In the future we're building online communities function as digital third places. That requires independence & autonomy (rsky + blacksky.community). Hopefully also democratic decision making (assembly.blacksky.community)
And soon: the opportunity for privacy preserving gift economies + mutual aid
And soon: the opportunity for privacy preserving gift economies + mutual aid
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Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.
THIS and involving ourselves in local mutual aid. as the middle class dissolves and most Americans struggle, it is more important than ever to have actual relationships of interdependence & collective resilience with our neighbors to build from.
No charity or politician is coming to save us.
No charity or politician is coming to save us.
Philanthropy will never be a replacement for the services that the government can and should provide. Which is why we should tax the shit out of wealthy people to pay for such services.
The SNAP Freeze Shows Charity Is No Substitute for Welfare
The Trump administration suspended funding for food stamps this weekend, and local food banks are already overwhelmed by hungry Americans — belying conservative arguments that private charities can fi...
jacobin.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
THIS and involving ourselves in local mutual aid. as the middle class dissolves and most Americans struggle, it is more important than ever to have actual relationships of interdependence & collective resilience with our neighbors to build from.
No charity or politician is coming to save us.
No charity or politician is coming to save us.
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calling it a ceasefire is just as dangerous as calling it a ‘conflict’ - upholding the illusion that there are two forces of equal power that have agreed to put their weapons down.
I am skeptically celebrating this end to the genocide. it’s still Free Palestine until Palestine is free. 🇵🇸
I am skeptically celebrating this end to the genocide. it’s still Free Palestine until Palestine is free. 🇵🇸
October 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
calling it a ceasefire is just as dangerous as calling it a ‘conflict’ - upholding the illusion that there are two forces of equal power that have agreed to put their weapons down.
I am skeptically celebrating this end to the genocide. it’s still Free Palestine until Palestine is free. 🇵🇸
I am skeptically celebrating this end to the genocide. it’s still Free Palestine until Palestine is free. 🇵🇸
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wow that’s crazy what was going on in germany 100 years ago
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
October 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
wow that’s crazy what was going on in germany 100 years ago
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I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11
October 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11
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Come learn to build an Abolitionist care network at Communiversity this Saturday in Brooklyn. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/communiversi...
Communiversity Catalog: Lessons from Below: PUMA and Abolitionist Networks of Care — Interrupting Criminalization
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Come learn to build an Abolitionist care network at Communiversity this Saturday in Brooklyn. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/communiversi...
The old adage ’strength in numbers’ remains one of the most powerful tools in justice movements. The aid flotillas are a great example of this.
For us to win we need to demonstrate our numbers. we need more people and more resources to movements. if you want to know what you can do, just show up.
For us to win we need to demonstrate our numbers. we need more people and more resources to movements. if you want to know what you can do, just show up.
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The old adage ’strength in numbers’ remains one of the most powerful tools in justice movements. The aid flotillas are a great example of this.
For us to win we need to demonstrate our numbers. we need more people and more resources to movements. if you want to know what you can do, just show up.
For us to win we need to demonstrate our numbers. we need more people and more resources to movements. if you want to know what you can do, just show up.
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technology can be used for powerful things.
they are so close now
www.globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/
www.globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/
October 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
technology can be used for powerful things.
“Nature places before her inhabitants: death or solidarity. There are no other paths for humanity.”
September 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“Nature places before her inhabitants: death or solidarity. There are no other paths for humanity.”
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Noting: Nonsensical, extractive systems (held in place by effort and will of a few) seem vulnerable to being replaced by rational, efficient, open systems.
July 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Noting: Nonsensical, extractive systems (held in place by effort and will of a few) seem vulnerable to being replaced by rational, efficient, open systems.
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Every news outlet that reports on US stocks "surging" should be required to note that the wealthiest 10% of Americans hold more than 90% of all the value of US stocks.
July 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Every news outlet that reports on US stocks "surging" should be required to note that the wealthiest 10% of Americans hold more than 90% of all the value of US stocks.
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The org running Open Collective has made the unfortunate decision to start charging organizations a monthly fee to use their site.
This will cost Pact Collective and hosted mutual aid orgs hundreds of dollars per month and even charging Blacksky (less than Pact, but still)!
So we’re gonna move
This will cost Pact Collective and hosted mutual aid orgs hundreds of dollars per month and even charging Blacksky (less than Pact, but still)!
So we’re gonna move
July 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The org running Open Collective has made the unfortunate decision to start charging organizations a monthly fee to use their site.
This will cost Pact Collective and hosted mutual aid orgs hundreds of dollars per month and even charging Blacksky (less than Pact, but still)!
So we’re gonna move
This will cost Pact Collective and hosted mutual aid orgs hundreds of dollars per month and even charging Blacksky (less than Pact, but still)!
So we’re gonna move
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This is why every billionaire is a policy failure. We’re allowing people to amass supervillain levels of money that allow them to be essentially sovereign individuals.
Much as I hate to agree with David Frum, he’s absolutely right about Elon Musk.
September 9, 2023 at 2:50 AM
This is why every billionaire is a policy failure. We’re allowing people to amass supervillain levels of money that allow them to be essentially sovereign individuals.
A major problem in our society is that we aren’t trusted with complexity, and therefore don’t learn to think critically.
We’re constantly given binaries like left and right (politically speaking) or good and evil that we skip over all the logic and nuance. We have a responsibility to be curious.
We’re constantly given binaries like left and right (politically speaking) or good and evil that we skip over all the logic and nuance. We have a responsibility to be curious.
August 7, 2023 at 1:27 PM
A major problem in our society is that we aren’t trusted with complexity, and therefore don’t learn to think critically.
We’re constantly given binaries like left and right (politically speaking) or good and evil that we skip over all the logic and nuance. We have a responsibility to be curious.
We’re constantly given binaries like left and right (politically speaking) or good and evil that we skip over all the logic and nuance. We have a responsibility to be curious.
genuinely do not understand the Barbie hype/praise.
Its feminist politics are so weak and surface level, doing more to sympathize patriarchy and uphold power structures than tear them down or critique them in any meaningful way.
Its feminist politics are so weak and surface level, doing more to sympathize patriarchy and uphold power structures than tear them down or critique them in any meaningful way.
August 2, 2023 at 5:09 AM
genuinely do not understand the Barbie hype/praise.
Its feminist politics are so weak and surface level, doing more to sympathize patriarchy and uphold power structures than tear them down or critique them in any meaningful way.
Its feminist politics are so weak and surface level, doing more to sympathize patriarchy and uphold power structures than tear them down or critique them in any meaningful way.
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Black August:
“…to commemorate the fallen freedom fighters of the Black Liberation Movement, to call for the release of political prisoners in the United States, to condemn the oppressive conditions of U.S. prisons, and to emphasize the continued importance of the Black Liberation struggle”
“…to commemorate the fallen freedom fighters of the Black Liberation Movement, to call for the release of political prisoners in the United States, to condemn the oppressive conditions of U.S. prisons, and to emphasize the continued importance of the Black Liberation struggle”
Study, fast, train, fight: The roots of Black August – Liberation School
“Black August” is honored every year to commemorate the fallen freedom fighters of the Black Liberation Movement, to call for the release of political prisoners in the United States, to condemn th...
www.liberationschool.org
August 1, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Black August:
“…to commemorate the fallen freedom fighters of the Black Liberation Movement, to call for the release of political prisoners in the United States, to condemn the oppressive conditions of U.S. prisons, and to emphasize the continued importance of the Black Liberation struggle”
“…to commemorate the fallen freedom fighters of the Black Liberation Movement, to call for the release of political prisoners in the United States, to condemn the oppressive conditions of U.S. prisons, and to emphasize the continued importance of the Black Liberation struggle”
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SATURDAY, JULY 29: fundraiser for Astoria Food Pantry at Pig Beach! free books, games, and live music from The Buddy System, 2 Queers 2 Furious, Mikey Erg, and Faith/Void. bring a donation, eat some bbq, and come support your local cute mutual aid crew! flyer by @lubchansky.bsky.social ofc
July 21, 2023 at 4:21 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 29: fundraiser for Astoria Food Pantry at Pig Beach! free books, games, and live music from The Buddy System, 2 Queers 2 Furious, Mikey Erg, and Faith/Void. bring a donation, eat some bbq, and come support your local cute mutual aid crew! flyer by @lubchansky.bsky.social ofc
re-reading old journals of mine is the most cringeeee 🙈
July 26, 2023 at 6:21 PM
re-reading old journals of mine is the most cringeeee 🙈
it is actually derogatory to pigs that we use their name to insult cops
July 25, 2023 at 4:12 PM
it is actually derogatory to pigs that we use their name to insult cops