Sophia
@seaowl-bywest.bsky.social
Peace maker, disruptor, theologian. Nature and justice are my North Stars.
#abolition
#restisresistance
#abolition
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Behind any statistic you can trot out for #WorldAIDSDay is a person. A story. A life lived and lost. Don’t know Paul (or Terry) or @ajaxsinger.bsky.social for that matter. But here is one story and like all of them, it’s worth reading. Thanks for sharing it Constantine.
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Behind any statistic you can trot out for #WorldAIDSDay is a person. A story. A life lived and lost. Don’t know Paul (or Terry) or @ajaxsinger.bsky.social for that matter. But here is one story and like all of them, it’s worth reading. Thanks for sharing it Constantine.
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LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
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This is a 19-paragraph article to which 7 journalists contributed; it contains not a single hint that there is any impropriety in the President of the United States directing the Justice Department to investigate his political adversaries.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is a 19-paragraph article to which 7 journalists contributed; it contains not a single hint that there is any impropriety in the President of the United States directing the Justice Department to investigate his political adversaries.
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One thing about Mamdani’s election that I’m going to be carrying for a while: alllllll the fuckin bad faith ass attacks he had to endure and he paid that shit dust. He never capitulated on his message or his stated commitments. So incredibly encouraging.
Stand. On. Yours. Stand. On. Ours.
Stand. On. Yours. Stand. On. Ours.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
One thing about Mamdani’s election that I’m going to be carrying for a while: alllllll the fuckin bad faith ass attacks he had to endure and he paid that shit dust. He never capitulated on his message or his stated commitments. So incredibly encouraging.
Stand. On. Yours. Stand. On. Ours.
Stand. On. Yours. Stand. On. Ours.
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He said his audience should "stop transgender people" and "buy a lot of bullets."
In 2024, he said a bible verse that called for queer people to be stoned to death was "god's perfect law when it came to sexual matters."
You tell me that wasn't violent. You tell me those weren't threats.
In 2024, he said a bible verse that called for queer people to be stoned to death was "god's perfect law when it came to sexual matters."
You tell me that wasn't violent. You tell me those weren't threats.
“So what if he disagreed with you, he didn’t deserve to die”
But he thought I did.
This isn’t disagreement. It’s someone who was not only opposed to my existence but was called a good and faithful servant by the church for doing it.
I don’t have to mourn that. And asking me to is violence too.
But he thought I did.
This isn’t disagreement. It’s someone who was not only opposed to my existence but was called a good and faithful servant by the church for doing it.
I don’t have to mourn that. And asking me to is violence too.
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
He said his audience should "stop transgender people" and "buy a lot of bullets."
In 2024, he said a bible verse that called for queer people to be stoned to death was "god's perfect law when it came to sexual matters."
You tell me that wasn't violent. You tell me those weren't threats.
In 2024, he said a bible verse that called for queer people to be stoned to death was "god's perfect law when it came to sexual matters."
You tell me that wasn't violent. You tell me those weren't threats.
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The White House has already previewed their legal argument in the military deployment at the border context; they argue it's not a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act because the troops are not arresting the person, merely temporarily detaining them for local law enforcement to arrive.
BREAKING: US Marines deployed to Los Angeles have carried out the first known detention of a civilian, the US military confirms.
It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.
It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.
June 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The White House has already previewed their legal argument in the military deployment at the border context; they argue it's not a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act because the troops are not arresting the person, merely temporarily detaining them for local law enforcement to arrive.
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You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
June 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
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How is there always enough money to terrorize people but never enough to feed and house them?
June 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
How is there always enough money to terrorize people but never enough to feed and house them?
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
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Trump in 2020: We have to go by the laws. We can't move in the National Guard. I can call insurrection but there's no reason to ever do that, even in a Portland case. We can't call in the National Guard unless we're requested by a governor.
June 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Trump in 2020: We have to go by the laws. We can't move in the National Guard. I can call insurrection but there's no reason to ever do that, even in a Portland case. We can't call in the National Guard unless we're requested by a governor.
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It is completely unlawful for ICE to turn away members of Congress like this. The law could not be more clear; no member of Congress may be denied access to a facility where ICE is detaining someone, and they cannot be required to schedule in advance. Surprise inspections must be surprise.
If ICE were acting entirely within the law and maintaining good conditions in all its facilities, they would not be turning Congresspeople away.
But they clearly aren't.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/n...
But they clearly aren't.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/n...
5 Lawmakers in California and New York Are Denied Access to Federal Detention Facilities
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It is completely unlawful for ICE to turn away members of Congress like this. The law could not be more clear; no member of Congress may be denied access to a facility where ICE is detaining someone, and they cannot be required to schedule in advance. Surprise inspections must be surprise.
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Really? Because we neutralized the ICE tip line using Bluesky. We also flooded the “gender identity” snitch email with over 54,000 useless submissions. But go on…
June 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Really? Because we neutralized the ICE tip line using Bluesky. We also flooded the “gender identity” snitch email with over 54,000 useless submissions. But go on…
@hakeem-jeffries.blsky.social
We need someone in a leadership position on the House Oversight Committee who isn't afraid to stand up and hold this administration accountable.
That person is Jasmine Crockett.
I support Jasmine Crockett in the leadership position on the Oversight Committee.
We need someone in a leadership position on the House Oversight Committee who isn't afraid to stand up and hold this administration accountable.
That person is Jasmine Crockett.
I support Jasmine Crockett in the leadership position on the Oversight Committee.
May 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
@hakeem-jeffries.blsky.social
We need someone in a leadership position on the House Oversight Committee who isn't afraid to stand up and hold this administration accountable.
That person is Jasmine Crockett.
I support Jasmine Crockett in the leadership position on the Oversight Committee.
We need someone in a leadership position on the House Oversight Committee who isn't afraid to stand up and hold this administration accountable.
That person is Jasmine Crockett.
I support Jasmine Crockett in the leadership position on the Oversight Committee.
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Leader Schumer and Leader Jeffries:
I know there's a lot going on right now, but when the Pope, from halfway around the world, is more forcefully calling out Trump's horrific anti-migrant actions, that's a pretty clear sign you need to step it up on the messaging.
I know there's a lot going on right now, but when the Pope, from halfway around the world, is more forcefully calling out Trump's horrific anti-migrant actions, that's a pretty clear sign you need to step it up on the messaging.
February 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Leader Schumer and Leader Jeffries:
I know there's a lot going on right now, but when the Pope, from halfway around the world, is more forcefully calling out Trump's horrific anti-migrant actions, that's a pretty clear sign you need to step it up on the messaging.
I know there's a lot going on right now, but when the Pope, from halfway around the world, is more forcefully calling out Trump's horrific anti-migrant actions, that's a pretty clear sign you need to step it up on the messaging.
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Camps. He’s describing a concentration camp.
Trump announces an executive order authorizing a 30,000 capacity migrant detention center in Guantanamo.
"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
January 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Camps. He’s describing a concentration camp.
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NOW: More than 98% of #Costco shareholders have just rejected an anti-DEI measure
The attempt to force Costco to audit their #DEI work was by an anti-inclusion lobby group:
"The proponent's broader agenda is not reducing risk for the Company but abolition of diversity initiatives." - Costco Board
The attempt to force Costco to audit their #DEI work was by an anti-inclusion lobby group:
"The proponent's broader agenda is not reducing risk for the Company but abolition of diversity initiatives." - Costco Board
January 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Happy New Year.
2024 was a difficult year for transgender people, and yet at the turning of the year, I find myself holding on tightly to the small moments of peace we have right now.
2025 will be difficult, and it is essential that we find space for peace and rest to prepare for it.
2024 was a difficult year for transgender people, and yet at the turning of the year, I find myself holding on tightly to the small moments of peace we have right now.
2025 will be difficult, and it is essential that we find space for peace and rest to prepare for it.
December 31, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Happy New Year.
2024 was a difficult year for transgender people, and yet at the turning of the year, I find myself holding on tightly to the small moments of peace we have right now.
2025 will be difficult, and it is essential that we find space for peace and rest to prepare for it.
2024 was a difficult year for transgender people, and yet at the turning of the year, I find myself holding on tightly to the small moments of peace we have right now.
2025 will be difficult, and it is essential that we find space for peace and rest to prepare for it.
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It’s wild how many editors used to reach out when there was a new state trying to curtail the rights of trans people, and how that just kinda stopped as more than half of U.S. states adopted anti trans legislation between 2022-23.
Work has been drying up for trans writers for years. Of course, part of this is bc work has been drying up for all journalists.
However, with trans issues as the top priority of the Republican party there's a strong journalistic argument for increasing or maintaining that capacity.
However, with trans issues as the top priority of the Republican party there's a strong journalistic argument for increasing or maintaining that capacity.
December 10, 2024 at 2:43 AM
It’s wild how many editors used to reach out when there was a new state trying to curtail the rights of trans people, and how that just kinda stopped as more than half of U.S. states adopted anti trans legislation between 2022-23.
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For five years, I have been covering what is unquestionably the biggest criminal justice scandal in American history.
Today it ended when the most corrupt cop in history took his life.
But it's not over.
A thread.
Today it ended when the most corrupt cop in history took his life.
But it's not over.
A thread.
December 2, 2024 at 6:02 PM
For five years, I have been covering what is unquestionably the biggest criminal justice scandal in American history.
Today it ended when the most corrupt cop in history took his life.
But it's not over.
A thread.
Today it ended when the most corrupt cop in history took his life.
But it's not over.
A thread.
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Which is why Bluesky needs to yeet Jesse Singal out of here. And to yeet JKR on sight when she brings her hate brigade over here. It should be non-negotiable.
It's extremely hard to convey to the average cis person just how bad the harassment of trans people on social media has gotten and how aggressively we're targeted, because if you've not been on the receiving end of it for years, you can't really grasp how relentless it is, and how isolating it is.
Since about 2018 it became hard to say anything about being trans on that platform without constant demands by clearly anti trans groups to debate them over our own experiences or prove ourselves. This was after maybe 2 decades of us using the internet to share our experiences with normal cis people
December 9, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Which is why Bluesky needs to yeet Jesse Singal out of here. And to yeet JKR on sight when she brings her hate brigade over here. It should be non-negotiable.
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Jesse Singal doxxed the medical records of a minor child because they were trans
He did that ON TWITTER
He should not be allowed on any social media to hurt more children
Jesse Singal DOXXED A CHILD'S MEDICAL RECORDS BECAUSE HE HATES TRANS KIDS SO MUCH.
GET HIM OUT OF HERE
He did that ON TWITTER
He should not be allowed on any social media to hurt more children
Jesse Singal DOXXED A CHILD'S MEDICAL RECORDS BECAUSE HE HATES TRANS KIDS SO MUCH.
GET HIM OUT OF HERE
December 8, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Jesse Singal doxxed the medical records of a minor child because they were trans
He did that ON TWITTER
He should not be allowed on any social media to hurt more children
Jesse Singal DOXXED A CHILD'S MEDICAL RECORDS BECAUSE HE HATES TRANS KIDS SO MUCH.
GET HIM OUT OF HERE
He did that ON TWITTER
He should not be allowed on any social media to hurt more children
Jesse Singal DOXXED A CHILD'S MEDICAL RECORDS BECAUSE HE HATES TRANS KIDS SO MUCH.
GET HIM OUT OF HERE
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Unless I’m mistaken, @nytimes.com has not deigned to cover this manhattan murder at all. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Migrant teen stabbed to death in NYC by group of men who asked if he spoke English
Mayor Eric Adams said the incident could be classified as a hate crime
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Unless I’m mistaken, @nytimes.com has not deigned to cover this manhattan murder at all. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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They celebrate the destruction of our homes, our lives and our memories.
I can't believe it's really happening to us and the world is watching silently?
Human rights
Animal rights
International law
Humanity
Women's rights
Rights of children
It all fell in Gaza.
I can't believe it's really happening to us and the world is watching silently?
Human rights
Animal rights
International law
Humanity
Women's rights
Rights of children
It all fell in Gaza.
December 8, 2024 at 10:41 PM
They celebrate the destruction of our homes, our lives and our memories.
I can't believe it's really happening to us and the world is watching silently?
Human rights
Animal rights
International law
Humanity
Women's rights
Rights of children
It all fell in Gaza.
I can't believe it's really happening to us and the world is watching silently?
Human rights
Animal rights
International law
Humanity
Women's rights
Rights of children
It all fell in Gaza.