rowan
@rowan75.bsky.social
Account deleter but I been around.
Feel free to steal my ideas. I got way too many.
white cis lady, medium-aged, chinook land, happily married, crazy as a shithouse rat
Feel free to steal my ideas. I got way too many.
white cis lady, medium-aged, chinook land, happily married, crazy as a shithouse rat
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WATCH: Reps. Vindman, Raskin call on Trump to release transcript of 2019 call with MBS after Khashoggi murder www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
WATCH: Reps. Vindman, Raskin call on Trump to release transcript of 2019 call with MBS after Khashoggi murder
"The Kashoggi family and the American people deserve to know what was said on that call," said Rep. Eugene Vindman.
www.pbs.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
WATCH: Reps. Vindman, Raskin call on Trump to release transcript of 2019 call with MBS after Khashoggi murder www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
A lot of folks bought Ring cameras just because they were $99 and that's disappointing.
So-called "smart" devices are pushed heavily for the holidays, but be mindful of what you're opting that gift recipient into. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers,
www.eff.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A lot of folks bought Ring cameras just because they were $99 and that's disappointing.
I hope someone is compiling a pardon list for the public-defender class, in case this country ever actually gets better.
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island gothamist.com/news/us-post...
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I hope someone is compiling a pardon list for the public-defender class, in case this country ever actually gets better.
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The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.
A Lost Planet Created the Moon. Now, We Know Where It Came From.
The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.
www.404media.co
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.
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Great video capturing a lot of the tactics being employed. I will just add that while federal agents have detained U.S. citizens and legal residents countless times, these "Kavanaugh stops" have also been used to take thousands of undocumented residents by stripping them of due process.
The Trump administration has a new mass deportation playbook.
We’ve seen it in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Charlotte. And it’s coming to more cities.
@daralind.bsky.social explains 👇
We’ve seen it in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Charlotte. And it’s coming to more cities.
@daralind.bsky.social explains 👇
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Great video capturing a lot of the tactics being employed. I will just add that while federal agents have detained U.S. citizens and legal residents countless times, these "Kavanaugh stops" have also been used to take thousands of undocumented residents by stripping them of due process.
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Reminder that I'm hiring an Operations Coordinator! If you're passionate about organization and systems, this is the position for you.
Applications are due by November 30.
Applications are due by November 30.
Team Avalos is hiring for an Operations Coordinator who believes that strong internal systems make it possible for communities to win lasting change and is ready to build the structures that help us govern effectively and sustainably.
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reminder that I'm hiring an Operations Coordinator! If you're passionate about organization and systems, this is the position for you.
Applications are due by November 30.
Applications are due by November 30.
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Weird, I wonder what infinitely profitable civilization-transforming sentient culture-inhaling immortality machine could have underperformed to necessitate this
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Weird, I wonder what infinitely profitable civilization-transforming sentient culture-inhaling immortality machine could have underperformed to necessitate this
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Gentle reminder that Mount Rushmore was a sacred place to the Lakota and the United States promised they would have it (and the entire Black Hills) in perpetuity as part of a legally binding treaty and then reneged as soon as gold was found,
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Gentle reminder that Mount Rushmore was a sacred place to the Lakota and the United States promised they would have it (and the entire Black Hills) in perpetuity as part of a legally binding treaty and then reneged as soon as gold was found,
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Read this review of that book instead: www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Read this review of that book instead: www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
Did women ruin the ~~workplace~~ cultural landscape?
She really wrote the following sentence and a half and it wasn't about Gamergate:
Fans expected “not just tolerance for their taste but deference to it.” They issued death threats
She really wrote the following sentence and a half and it wasn't about Gamergate:
Fans expected “not just tolerance for their taste but deference to it.” They issued death threats
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Did women ruin the ~~workplace~~ cultural landscape?
She really wrote the following sentence and a half and it wasn't about Gamergate:
Fans expected “not just tolerance for their taste but deference to it.” They issued death threats
She really wrote the following sentence and a half and it wasn't about Gamergate:
Fans expected “not just tolerance for their taste but deference to it.” They issued death threats
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Just imagine if there were millions of people who wanted to come to this country.
I used the past tense because we're not a country people want to come to anymore.
I used the past tense because we're not a country people want to come to anymore.
A chronic shortage of manufacturing labor could imperil the domestic factory boom promised by President Trump, who has touted his protectionist trade policy as a key driver of economic growth.
Shortage of manufacturing talent threatens Trump’s reshoring push
Even if companies bring factories back to the United States, there might not be enough workers to staff them.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just imagine if there were millions of people who wanted to come to this country.
I used the past tense because we're not a country people want to come to anymore.
I used the past tense because we're not a country people want to come to anymore.
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Live in Illinois' Ninth District? Want to support the campaign?
Get a yard sign delivered FREE to your home!!!
Get a yard sign delivered FREE to your home!!!
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Live in Illinois' Ninth District? Want to support the campaign?
Get a yard sign delivered FREE to your home!!!
Get a yard sign delivered FREE to your home!!!
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i hope this email finds you receptive to my heartfelt yearning for authentic relationships that can spark systems change for equity and climate resiliency
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
i hope this email finds you receptive to my heartfelt yearning for authentic relationships that can spark systems change for equity and climate resiliency
Would love to know the identities of the feds in Portland who randomly assaulted: a nurse, a veteran, a teenager, and the OG frog, among probably hundreds or thousands of other people, including me.
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Would love to know the identities of the feds in Portland who randomly assaulted: a nurse, a veteran, a teenager, and the OG frog, among probably hundreds or thousands of other people, including me.
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A most Idahoan Washingtonian (pejorative)
Spokane Valley City Councilwoman declares she’s a “proud Islamaphobe” in social media post: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Spokane Valley councilwoman says she's a 'proud Islamophobe' in private Facebook post
Spokane Valley Councilwoman Jessica Yaeger declared she is a “proud Islamophobe” on a post Thursday morning on her personal Facebook page.
www.spokesman.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A most Idahoan Washingtonian (pejorative)
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“[I]t’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,”
Sigh... Trans people are feeling these indignities firsthand. Not vicariously. And when you don't stand up for yourself, it makes it harder for us to stand up for ourselves.
Sigh... Trans people are feeling these indignities firsthand. Not vicariously. And when you don't stand up for yourself, it makes it harder for us to stand up for ourselves.
Sarah McBride does not speak for me.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
Democrat Sarah McBride on her approach to expanding trans acceptance in Congress — and America
“I recognize that it’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,” Delaware U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“[I]t’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,”
Sigh... Trans people are feeling these indignities firsthand. Not vicariously. And when you don't stand up for yourself, it makes it harder for us to stand up for ourselves.
Sigh... Trans people are feeling these indignities firsthand. Not vicariously. And when you don't stand up for yourself, it makes it harder for us to stand up for ourselves.
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When the President of the United States starts calling for lawmakers to be killed, he definitely needs to be REMOVED IMMEDIATELY!
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
When the President of the United States starts calling for lawmakers to be killed, he definitely needs to be REMOVED IMMEDIATELY!
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#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
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"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them"
Assata Shakur
1947-2025
1947-2025
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Public opinion is malleable AF.
Look at the mainstreaming of white supremacy and tell me you can't convince people of the actual fact that every trans person they'll ever meet is probably a fucken delight.
Saying "we're helpless against public opinion" is an indictment of one's leadership skills.
Look at the mainstreaming of white supremacy and tell me you can't convince people of the actual fact that every trans person they'll ever meet is probably a fucken delight.
Saying "we're helpless against public opinion" is an indictment of one's leadership skills.
"I get that. I understand that. One, we have to be better as elected officials in saying no, in saying: Public opinion is everything." - U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride
We are fucking doomed.
We are fucking doomed.
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Public opinion is malleable AF.
Look at the mainstreaming of white supremacy and tell me you can't convince people of the actual fact that every trans person they'll ever meet is probably a fucken delight.
Saying "we're helpless against public opinion" is an indictment of one's leadership skills.
Look at the mainstreaming of white supremacy and tell me you can't convince people of the actual fact that every trans person they'll ever meet is probably a fucken delight.
Saying "we're helpless against public opinion" is an indictment of one's leadership skills.
Babes this is illegal in Portland. Get a yard sign for your next left-wing city council candidate.
New: cops used Flock AI-enabled cameras to monitor No Kings protests around the country. Also monitored No Hands protests and protests against DOGE.
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Babes this is illegal in Portland. Get a yard sign for your next left-wing city council candidate.
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Every state that has Geo Group operating as ICE have done stories of the abuse and sexual assaults by Geo Group except Oregon. Portland ICE cells and chains are run by Geo Group. Break the silence on abuse in ICE cells in Oregon.
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Every state that has Geo Group operating as ICE have done stories of the abuse and sexual assaults by Geo Group except Oregon. Portland ICE cells and chains are run by Geo Group. Break the silence on abuse in ICE cells in Oregon.
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It seems likely that City Council will pass legislation banning AI rental price-fixing at tonight's meeting. But the Council's conversation about the ban has raised interesting questions (and caused some drama, too). For example, do renter protections necessarily mean reduced housing development?
Portland City Council to Vote on AI Rental Price-Fixing Software Ban
After months of uncertainty, a policy to ban the sale or use of algorithmic rental price-fixing software in Portland is back on the table. The proposed ordinance, brought to Portland City Council by C...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It seems likely that City Council will pass legislation banning AI rental price-fixing at tonight's meeting. But the Council's conversation about the ban has raised interesting questions (and caused some drama, too). For example, do renter protections necessarily mean reduced housing development?
ICE landlord Lindquist has to submit his defense of ICE's blatant permit violations by December 1. Then potentially revoking the permit moves onto the next stage.
I want ICE out, but I'm also "Celtic" (white as fuck) so my voice sure shouldn't be the loudest in any room on this.
I want ICE out, but I'm also "Celtic" (white as fuck) so my voice sure shouldn't be the loudest in any room on this.
As promised:
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ICE landlord Lindquist has to submit his defense of ICE's blatant permit violations by December 1. Then potentially revoking the permit moves onto the next stage.
I want ICE out, but I'm also "Celtic" (white as fuck) so my voice sure shouldn't be the loudest in any room on this.
I want ICE out, but I'm also "Celtic" (white as fuck) so my voice sure shouldn't be the loudest in any room on this.
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.