Ari Trujillo-John
@reftw.bsky.social
Organizer. Engineer. Writer.
Queer Afro-Xicana. Trans Gender Cryptid.
Politics during business hours; SFF after hours. Baseball always.
Let's Go Giants.
I make my own stuff.
Queer Afro-Xicana. Trans Gender Cryptid.
Politics during business hours; SFF after hours. Baseball always.
Let's Go Giants.
I make my own stuff.
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I love paywalls now.
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I love paywalls now.
I just read the latest Ryan Lizza drop aloud to the wife and we are both completely horrified and deeply invested.
It's worse than lurid fanfic writing from the early aughts web rings where every chapter ends with someone being knocked unconscious, but I need it in my veins.
It's worse than lurid fanfic writing from the early aughts web rings where every chapter ends with someone being knocked unconscious, but I need it in my veins.
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I just read the latest Ryan Lizza drop aloud to the wife and we are both completely horrified and deeply invested.
It's worse than lurid fanfic writing from the early aughts web rings where every chapter ends with someone being knocked unconscious, but I need it in my veins.
It's worse than lurid fanfic writing from the early aughts web rings where every chapter ends with someone being knocked unconscious, but I need it in my veins.
Tomorrow, begins my annual tamale making ritual.
It's a two day affair.
A truth act of Catholic devotion.
I haven't made this many before, so I have no idea if I got the right proportions of anything.
But I do know, that my house is about to smell *amazing*.
It's a two day affair.
A truth act of Catholic devotion.
I haven't made this many before, so I have no idea if I got the right proportions of anything.
But I do know, that my house is about to smell *amazing*.
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Tomorrow, begins my annual tamale making ritual.
It's a two day affair.
A truth act of Catholic devotion.
I haven't made this many before, so I have no idea if I got the right proportions of anything.
But I do know, that my house is about to smell *amazing*.
It's a two day affair.
A truth act of Catholic devotion.
I haven't made this many before, so I have no idea if I got the right proportions of anything.
But I do know, that my house is about to smell *amazing*.
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Wait. What?
Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Wait. What?
Cozy autistic alert:
Three full seasons of Antiques Roadshow are on Netflix.
They open in Alaska.
It's so lush and green and quiet.
One of the assessors talks about seeing a bear.
+5 Stars.
Three full seasons of Antiques Roadshow are on Netflix.
They open in Alaska.
It's so lush and green and quiet.
One of the assessors talks about seeing a bear.
+5 Stars.
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Cozy autistic alert:
Three full seasons of Antiques Roadshow are on Netflix.
They open in Alaska.
It's so lush and green and quiet.
One of the assessors talks about seeing a bear.
+5 Stars.
Three full seasons of Antiques Roadshow are on Netflix.
They open in Alaska.
It's so lush and green and quiet.
One of the assessors talks about seeing a bear.
+5 Stars.
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The Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
Wow. Real tragic loser behavior.
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Wow. Real tragic loser behavior.
Look at Congress, behaving like a whole ass branch of government.
Good for them.
Good for them.
Breaking: The House voted unanimously, 426-0, to strip a provision in the funding bill that allowed senators to sue the government for $500K if their phone data was searched without their knowledge.
The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.
The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Look at Congress, behaving like a whole ass branch of government.
Good for them.
Good for them.
Man, "going on attack".
Good luck with that.
Toss Stacey Plackett out with the rest of 'em. Make the DNC return the $32k.
All of them should be held to account.
EVERY. ONE.
Good luck with that.
Toss Stacey Plackett out with the rest of 'em. Make the DNC return the $32k.
All of them should be held to account.
EVERY. ONE.
Donald Trump doesn't want to release the Epstein files because he's in the files.
Trump is in the files because he was "best friends" with Epstein for years.
He was "best friends" with Epstein for years because they were abusing women and girls together.
His attacks won't change any of that.
Trump is in the files because he was "best friends" with Epstein for years.
He was "best friends" with Epstein for years because they were abusing women and girls together.
His attacks won't change any of that.
‘Democrats are going to come to regret this’: After Epstein vote, Trump ready to attack
The White House is frustrated about being backed into a corner on the Epstein vote. They plan to punish Democrats for it.
www.politico.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Man, "going on attack".
Good luck with that.
Toss Stacey Plackett out with the rest of 'em. Make the DNC return the $32k.
All of them should be held to account.
EVERY. ONE.
Good luck with that.
Toss Stacey Plackett out with the rest of 'em. Make the DNC return the $32k.
All of them should be held to account.
EVERY. ONE.
Another key take away:
You should always, absolutely always, take people talking about doing serious things seriously, even if they're total chuckle fucks otherwise.
If a clown car starts planning to invade Austria, treat it serious as a heart attack.
Don't be Neville Chamberlain.
You should always, absolutely always, take people talking about doing serious things seriously, even if they're total chuckle fucks otherwise.
If a clown car starts planning to invade Austria, treat it serious as a heart attack.
Don't be Neville Chamberlain.
The most horrifying lesson of the rise of the Nazis to me so far:
- How quickly the violence ramps up
- How willing every day people are with horrifying violence and vitriol if they themselves are protected or cared for
- How unwilling those same people are to believe the worst is happening
- How quickly the violence ramps up
- How willing every day people are with horrifying violence and vitriol if they themselves are protected or cared for
- How unwilling those same people are to believe the worst is happening
Watching this documentary on the Nuremberg trials and my head is spinning with parallels so frequently, I have to pause and yell every 10 minutes.
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Another key take away:
You should always, absolutely always, take people talking about doing serious things seriously, even if they're total chuckle fucks otherwise.
If a clown car starts planning to invade Austria, treat it serious as a heart attack.
Don't be Neville Chamberlain.
You should always, absolutely always, take people talking about doing serious things seriously, even if they're total chuckle fucks otherwise.
If a clown car starts planning to invade Austria, treat it serious as a heart attack.
Don't be Neville Chamberlain.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Molotov insults the Germans while in Berlin, cause the Nazis are so used to lying to people's faces, they don't really know how to deal with reality anymore.
"We're on the verge of winning the war against Britain," Ribbentrop said.
"Then why are we in this bunker?"
Molotov insults the Germans while in Berlin, cause the Nazis are so used to lying to people's faces, they don't really know how to deal with reality anymore.
"We're on the verge of winning the war against Britain," Ribbentrop said.
"Then why are we in this bunker?"
Neville Chamberlain's useless ass is here and I'm already so god damned angry.
The most horrifying lesson of the rise of the Nazis to me so far:
- How quickly the violence ramps up
- How willing every day people are with horrifying violence and vitriol if they themselves are protected or cared for
- How unwilling those same people are to believe the worst is happening
- How quickly the violence ramps up
- How willing every day people are with horrifying violence and vitriol if they themselves are protected or cared for
- How unwilling those same people are to believe the worst is happening
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Molotov insults the Germans while in Berlin, cause the Nazis are so used to lying to people's faces, they don't really know how to deal with reality anymore.
"We're on the verge of winning the war against Britain," Ribbentrop said.
"Then why are we in this bunker?"
Molotov insults the Germans while in Berlin, cause the Nazis are so used to lying to people's faces, they don't really know how to deal with reality anymore.
"We're on the verge of winning the war against Britain," Ribbentrop said.
"Then why are we in this bunker?"
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FLASHBACK: “You spend all this time working with Saudi Arabia, you leave office—6 months later you get $2 BILLION.”
Trump’s son-in-law Kushner was asked about his corrupt SA deal, and to his annoyance, Khashoggi’s death. Feels relevant.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRQ30qz...
Trump’s son-in-law Kushner was asked about his corrupt SA deal, and to his annoyance, Khashoggi’s death. Feels relevant.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRQ30qz...
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
FLASHBACK: “You spend all this time working with Saudi Arabia, you leave office—6 months later you get $2 BILLION.”
Trump’s son-in-law Kushner was asked about his corrupt SA deal, and to his annoyance, Khashoggi’s death. Feels relevant.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRQ30qz...
Trump’s son-in-law Kushner was asked about his corrupt SA deal, and to his annoyance, Khashoggi’s death. Feels relevant.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRQ30qz...
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Neville Chamberlain's useless ass is here and I'm already so god damned angry.
The most horrifying lesson of the rise of the Nazis to me so far:
- How quickly the violence ramps up
- How willing every day people are with horrifying violence and vitriol if they themselves are protected or cared for
- How unwilling those same people are to believe the worst is happening
- How quickly the violence ramps up
- How willing every day people are with horrifying violence and vitriol if they themselves are protected or cared for
- How unwilling those same people are to believe the worst is happening
Watching this documentary on the Nuremberg trials and my head is spinning with parallels so frequently, I have to pause and yell every 10 minutes.
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Neville Chamberlain's useless ass is here and I'm already so god damned angry.
The most horrifying lesson of the rise of the Nazis to me so far:
- How quickly the violence ramps up
- How willing every day people are with horrifying violence and vitriol if they themselves are protected or cared for
- How unwilling those same people are to believe the worst is happening
- How quickly the violence ramps up
- How willing every day people are with horrifying violence and vitriol if they themselves are protected or cared for
- How unwilling those same people are to believe the worst is happening
Watching this documentary on the Nuremberg trials and my head is spinning with parallels so frequently, I have to pause and yell every 10 minutes.
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The most horrifying lesson of the rise of the Nazis to me so far:
- How quickly the violence ramps up
- How willing every day people are with horrifying violence and vitriol if they themselves are protected or cared for
- How unwilling those same people are to believe the worst is happening
- How quickly the violence ramps up
- How willing every day people are with horrifying violence and vitriol if they themselves are protected or cared for
- How unwilling those same people are to believe the worst is happening
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
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The collapse of civilisation is on the horizon, but it’s never on the front pages.
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The collapse of civilisation is on the horizon, but it’s never on the front pages.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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Please understand that if something like this doesn't pass soon, we will be facing yet another crisis. A huge wave of people is about to retire on 401(k) plans, which is an untested retirement vehicle for the volume of people retiring.
GOOD NEWS: @ramirez.house.gov will be working with @sanders.senate.gov to introduce the Pensions for All Act.
The bill requires corporations to provide traditional pension plans for their workers or pay into the federal retirement system to ensure all workers receive retirement benefits.
The bill requires corporations to provide traditional pension plans for their workers or pay into the federal retirement system to ensure all workers receive retirement benefits.
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Please understand that if something like this doesn't pass soon, we will be facing yet another crisis. A huge wave of people is about to retire on 401(k) plans, which is an untested retirement vehicle for the volume of people retiring.
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When Europeans find out you are an American journalist they have a lot of questions…not about how this happened, they are familiar, but essentially along the lines of: when will America have a general strike?
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When Europeans find out you are an American journalist they have a lot of questions…not about how this happened, they are familiar, but essentially along the lines of: when will America have a general strike?
Environmentalism *is* a form of material prosperity.
People prize access to clean air, clean water, and access to nature both, every day (local parks) and spectacular (Yosemite et all).
They often pay for it, and handsomely, when given the opportunity.
It's essentially a material experience.
People prize access to clean air, clean water, and access to nature both, every day (local parks) and spectacular (Yosemite et all).
They often pay for it, and handsomely, when given the opportunity.
It's essentially a material experience.
Oh, I don’t know. Our rivers no longer catch on fire and our air is far less poisonous than it used to be, even in smog bowls like Los Angeles. And I think those are good things.
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Environmentalism *is* a form of material prosperity.
People prize access to clean air, clean water, and access to nature both, every day (local parks) and spectacular (Yosemite et all).
They often pay for it, and handsomely, when given the opportunity.
It's essentially a material experience.
People prize access to clean air, clean water, and access to nature both, every day (local parks) and spectacular (Yosemite et all).
They often pay for it, and handsomely, when given the opportunity.
It's essentially a material experience.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won.
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back.
A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.
www.autonomynews.co
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won.
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co