linda brauer
@nomades.bsky.social
Virgo, critical thinker, books are my jam, echypnophile
navigating the hellscape
navigating the hellscape
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linda brauer
@nomades.bsky.social
· Nov 23
I just got called a “shame merchant” (on one of those other apps) for calling out racism, poorly disguised as high minded lecturing. Feel like I should add that to my bio.
NYT is really outdoing @nytpitchbot.bsky.social. Is this what we’re calling CORRUPTION now? Hunter would like a word…
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
NYT is really outdoing @nytpitchbot.bsky.social. Is this what we’re calling CORRUPTION now? Hunter would like a word…
Perfection
“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands
May 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Perfection
These should be words. 😎
May 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
These should be words. 😎
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“The Trump administration’s sweeping attacks on transgender rights demonstrate the stark reality of what the state can do, rational or not, when driven by animus,” writes @paisleycurrah.com. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Full-Throated Explicit Dehumanization | Paisley Currah
Perhaps because, unlike the Green New Deal, they actually exist, transgender people have been especially easy to single out and harm. Signed on the day of his inauguration, Trump’s executive order “De...
www.nplusonemag.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“The Trump administration’s sweeping attacks on transgender rights demonstrate the stark reality of what the state can do, rational or not, when driven by animus,” writes @paisleycurrah.com. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Learn how to tell the difference between a *real judicial warrant* and other forms of random paper.
The former actually gives law enforcement the right to enter a space. The latter is a trick.
Protect your rights & share w/ others so they can protect theirs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9Z...
The former actually gives law enforcement the right to enter a space. The latter is a trick.
Protect your rights & share w/ others so they can protect theirs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9Z...
Learn the difference between a *real judicial warrant* and other forms of random paper
YouTube video by Partners for Justice
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Learn how to tell the difference between a *real judicial warrant* and other forms of random paper.
The former actually gives law enforcement the right to enter a space. The latter is a trick.
Protect your rights & share w/ others so they can protect theirs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9Z...
The former actually gives law enforcement the right to enter a space. The latter is a trick.
Protect your rights & share w/ others so they can protect theirs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9Z...
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1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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More on why this is so ominous: www.pogo.org/reports/the-...
The Border Zone Next Door, and Its Out-of-Control Police Force
CBP’s excessive authority and poor track record of accountability threaten citizens and immigrants alike.
www.pogo.org
January 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
More on why this is so ominous: www.pogo.org/reports/the-...
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Incorrectly wrote the day for tomorrow's meeting as Tuesday. It's fixed now. The date and link to legistar were correct.
Uncertainty is the key word for Oakland this week. There's no safe bets on who will be voted Council President, Interim Mayor or D2 Interim Tuesday. Then Thursday, an as yet untested Council will cast the final vote on sales tax ballot measure. Start here: oakland-observer.ghost.io/first-counci...
First Council Meetings of 2025 Will Introduce 3 New Members, Seat Mayoral Interim, Consider D2 Vacancy Role & Consider .5% Sales Tax Increase
Two meetings on Tuesday and Thursday this coming week will start a front-loaded year of critical political processes for the City of Oakland. A strikingly different Council will be seated on Tuesday a...
oakland-observer.ghost.io
January 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Incorrectly wrote the day for tomorrow's meeting as Tuesday. It's fixed now. The date and link to legistar were correct.
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Sanctuary policies aren’t a silver bullet, but they do throw sand in the gears of the deportation system, says historian Brianna Nofil. They can delay removals, create time-consuming litigation, and make it more difficult for ICE to identify targets.
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
The Past and Present of Immigration Detention: Your Questions Answered
A historian of migrant detention responds to questions from <em>Bolts</em> readers on the vast network of local lockups that jail immigrants, and how it
boltsmag.org
December 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Sanctuary policies aren’t a silver bullet, but they do throw sand in the gears of the deportation system, says historian Brianna Nofil. They can delay removals, create time-consuming litigation, and make it more difficult for ICE to identify targets.
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
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Important new resource for immigrant families from the Women’s Refugee Commision, in Spanish and English:
ESP: “Prepare un Plan: Pasos a Seguir para Padres Inmigrantes para Evitar la Separación Familiar”
ENG: “Make a Plan: Essential Steps for Migrant Parents to Prevent Family Separation”
ESP: “Prepare un Plan: Pasos a Seguir para Padres Inmigrantes para Evitar la Separación Familiar”
ENG: “Make a Plan: Essential Steps for Migrant Parents to Prevent Family Separation”
Make a Plan: Essential Steps for Migrant Parents for Preventing Family Separation | Women's Refugee Commission
The Women's Refugee Commission created this factsheet on how migrant parents can make a plan for preventing family separation.
www.womensrefugeecommission.org
December 19, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Important new resource for immigrant families from the Women’s Refugee Commision, in Spanish and English:
ESP: “Prepare un Plan: Pasos a Seguir para Padres Inmigrantes para Evitar la Separación Familiar”
ENG: “Make a Plan: Essential Steps for Migrant Parents to Prevent Family Separation”
ESP: “Prepare un Plan: Pasos a Seguir para Padres Inmigrantes para Evitar la Separación Familiar”
ENG: “Make a Plan: Essential Steps for Migrant Parents to Prevent Family Separation”
Very good thread.
A lot to read and digest. I think digging down to the core of many, if not most, issues in this country, one arrives at racism. To deny or minimize it only serves to empower it further.
A lot to read and digest. I think digging down to the core of many, if not most, issues in this country, one arrives at racism. To deny or minimize it only serves to empower it further.
The lesson the American left should learn from the S. Korean protests is that racism enables American authoritarianism more than anything else.
The psychological wages of whiteness are a real currency white people of a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds are willing to be paid in.
The psychological wages of whiteness are a real currency white people of a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds are willing to be paid in.
So one of the reasons South Korea is a healthier democracy is that it’s a relatively homogeneous country and racism can’t be used as an effective tactic for attacking democracy. The psychological wages of whiteness in the US are a key reason authoritarian attacks on democracy in the US succeed
December 15, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Very good thread.
A lot to read and digest. I think digging down to the core of many, if not most, issues in this country, one arrives at racism. To deny or minimize it only serves to empower it further.
A lot to read and digest. I think digging down to the core of many, if not most, issues in this country, one arrives at racism. To deny or minimize it only serves to empower it further.
Found something more annoying than when your smoke detector goes off for no reason and you can’t make it stop or figure out how to get it off the wall so you just end up smashing it to bits… It’s when the smoke detector in the apartment next to yours goes off and the neighbor is on vacation. 😡
December 13, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Found something more annoying than when your smoke detector goes off for no reason and you can’t make it stop or figure out how to get it off the wall so you just end up smashing it to bits… It’s when the smoke detector in the apartment next to yours goes off and the neighbor is on vacation. 😡
More media coverage on the lack of coverage. Still very little coverage of the murder, and what little there is now is about (of course ) the unverified claim that it was gang related.
bsky.app/profile/noma...
bsky.app/profile/noma...
I wrote about the New York Times ignoring the deadly stabbing of a 17-year-old in Manhattan as the paper goes all out on the killing of a rich CEO just up the street.
www.mediaite.com/opinion/new-...
www.mediaite.com/opinion/new-...
New York Times Runs Dozens of Stories About Slain CEO – But Hasn’t Covered the Killing of Teenager in Possible Hate Crime Just a Few Miles Away
Two Killings in Manhattan a Day Apart, and the Gap in the New York Times' Coverage of Them Might as Well Be Measured in Light-Years
www.mediaite.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:24 PM
More media coverage on the lack of coverage. Still very little coverage of the murder, and what little there is now is about (of course ) the unverified claim that it was gang related.
bsky.app/profile/noma...
bsky.app/profile/noma...
I posted about the latter two before the acquittal of Daniel Penny. Nice to see someone connecting the three. Of course there are many more examples, but the fact that these events all took place w/in days of each other makes for an incredible contrast.
wrote about the media frenzy following Daniel Penny's acquittal for murdering Jordan Neely, and the disparity in the NYPD's reaction to finding Luigi Mangione, vs the stabbing of 17-year-old Yeremi Colino—about a country making some lives more valuable than others. @teenvogue.bsky.social
Why Does the UnitedHealthcare CEO'S Death Matter More Jordan Neely's?
The difference in media treatment, and in punishment, for killing seems to depend on how much money the person was worth.
www.teenvogue.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:08 PM
I posted about the latter two before the acquittal of Daniel Penny. Nice to see someone connecting the three. Of course there are many more examples, but the fact that these events all took place w/in days of each other makes for an incredible contrast.
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In a recent episode of @defineamerican.bsky.social, Jose Antonio Vargas and @fwd.us’s @andreaflores.bsky.social look at the current state of #immigration and discuss steps President Biden should take now to protect immigrant communities. Watch the full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2By9...
Where the Democrats Went Wrong on Immigration
YouTube video by Define American
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:50 PM
In a recent episode of @defineamerican.bsky.social, Jose Antonio Vargas and @fwd.us’s @andreaflores.bsky.social look at the current state of #immigration and discuss steps President Biden should take now to protect immigrant communities. Watch the full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2By9...
Another important thread about your rights. The video has links to further info and videos.
In 2018, Brooklyn Defender Services and the ACLU released this “We Have Rights: When Ice Is Outside Our Doors” video in multiple languages. Here’s the English one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW4u...
December 11, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Another important thread about your rights. The video has links to further info and videos.
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Prompts for building community, fortifying, our bodies, mind and spirit for what lies ahead.
We only get through this together.
Registration is open. you can find the link in the comments below.
We only get through this together.
Registration is open. you can find the link in the comments below.
December 10, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Prompts for building community, fortifying, our bodies, mind and spirit for what lies ahead.
We only get through this together.
Registration is open. you can find the link in the comments below.
We only get through this together.
Registration is open. you can find the link in the comments below.
Please read the thread in addition to the article and text of the bill. Call your representatives-because you know some are going to be on board.
My latest with LGBTQ Nation - giving a bit of a rundown on what's going on with the NDAA bill, and how Republicans hijacked it.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/cong...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/cong...
Congressional Republicans hijack military spending bill to target trans kids - LGBTQ Nation
This statute would be the first federal statute to restrict the LGBTQ+ community since the infamous "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of the 1990's.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 9, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Please read the thread in addition to the article and text of the bill. Call your representatives-because you know some are going to be on board.
I’m crying over this continuing loss of our basic humanity. I’m trying my best to maintain my own. It’s just so fucking dark right now. Thanks Noel
“Kindness is your birthright, so is compassion. Both have to be cultivated. Especially when we live in a world that is designed to separate you from your true nature in order to exploit you, to profit off of you. Training you to trade gratitude for gold.”
December 9, 2024 at 11:24 PM
I’m crying over this continuing loss of our basic humanity. I’m trying my best to maintain my own. It’s just so fucking dark right now. Thanks Noel
Can we move this asshole up on the block list?
Democrats should spend exactly zero political capital stopping any Trump deportation efforts.
It is madness to spend capital trying to help people who are no longer a major part of your electoral coalition.
It is madness to spend capital trying to help people who are no longer a major part of your electoral coalition.
*eye twitches*
December 9, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Can we move this asshole up on the block list?
A compassionate and pragmatic approach to immigration.
“The immigrants I know through my ministry are hardworking people pursuing the American dream — caring for their families, starting businesses, paying taxes and enriching our communities through their culture, faith and entrepreneurial spirit.” thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
OPINION: Beyond walls and raids: A case for humane immigration reform - The Nevada Independent
The current immigration system is badly broken, creating needless human suffering while failing to serve our national interests. We need reform that balances rule of law with our highest values of hum...
thenevadaindependent.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:53 PM
A compassionate and pragmatic approach to immigration.
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I made my first tik tok video, about the relationship between private prison corporations and Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
It’s full of primary sources. Video editing is way harder than I thought 😬 check out the full video at the link:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY5uM61X/
It’s full of primary sources. Video editing is way harder than I thought 😬 check out the full video at the link:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY5uM61X/
December 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM
I made my first tik tok video, about the relationship between private prison corporations and Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
It’s full of primary sources. Video editing is way harder than I thought 😬 check out the full video at the link:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY5uM61X/
It’s full of primary sources. Video editing is way harder than I thought 😬 check out the full video at the link:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY5uM61X/
This healed my heart for a brief while. Such a lovely human. 💕
If you only watch one thing this weekend, make it this. This is so beautiful ❤️
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)
YouTube video by Coldplay
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 11:13 PM
This healed my heart for a brief while. Such a lovely human. 💕
Golden State Valkyries 🤩
December 7, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Golden State Valkyries 🤩