@singingswallow.bsky.social
Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbalist. Farmer. Organizer. Acupuncturist. Aspiring artist. Vipassana Practitioner. Community weaver. Human trying to live in an inhumane world.
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“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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World Athletics: By just testing for this one gene we will determine "biological sex"
Scientist who discovered that one gene: Nope, that's not how any of this works...
Scientist who discovered that one gene: Nope, that's not how any of this works...
World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990
World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.
theconversation.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
World Athletics: By just testing for this one gene we will determine "biological sex"
Scientist who discovered that one gene: Nope, that's not how any of this works...
Scientist who discovered that one gene: Nope, that's not how any of this works...
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As a result, we can expect:
* Cons leaning harder to the far right.
* Someone even worse after Poilievre.
* Tax cuts for the wealthy.
* Subsidies and tax breaks for corporations and tax havens.
* Pipelines, baby! Climate an afterthought.
* No more things like dental/pharma plans.
* Cons leaning harder to the far right.
* Someone even worse after Poilievre.
* Tax cuts for the wealthy.
* Subsidies and tax breaks for corporations and tax havens.
* Pipelines, baby! Climate an afterthought.
* No more things like dental/pharma plans.
April 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
As a result, we can expect:
* Cons leaning harder to the far right.
* Someone even worse after Poilievre.
* Tax cuts for the wealthy.
* Subsidies and tax breaks for corporations and tax havens.
* Pipelines, baby! Climate an afterthought.
* No more things like dental/pharma plans.
* Cons leaning harder to the far right.
* Someone even worse after Poilievre.
* Tax cuts for the wealthy.
* Subsidies and tax breaks for corporations and tax havens.
* Pipelines, baby! Climate an afterthought.
* No more things like dental/pharma plans.
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Good:
* Poilievre isn't Prime Minister.
* Poilevre lost his own seat.
Bad:
* Everything has shifted substantially rightward.
* 40% of popular vote and +20 seats for Cons.
* Basically a two-party parliament of centre right and far right.
* Left leaning parties wiped out.
* Poilievre isn't Prime Minister.
* Poilevre lost his own seat.
Bad:
* Everything has shifted substantially rightward.
* 40% of popular vote and +20 seats for Cons.
* Basically a two-party parliament of centre right and far right.
* Left leaning parties wiped out.
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Good:
* Poilievre isn't Prime Minister.
* Poilevre lost his own seat.
Bad:
* Everything has shifted substantially rightward.
* 40% of popular vote and +20 seats for Cons.
* Basically a two-party parliament of centre right and far right.
* Left leaning parties wiped out.
* Poilievre isn't Prime Minister.
* Poilevre lost his own seat.
Bad:
* Everything has shifted substantially rightward.
* 40% of popular vote and +20 seats for Cons.
* Basically a two-party parliament of centre right and far right.
* Left leaning parties wiped out.
Hate to say it, but the Meta news ban is doing more harm than good at this point
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/t...
Canadians Confront News Void on Facebook and Instagram as Election Nears
Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hate to say it, but the Meta news ban is doing more harm than good at this point
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/t...
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Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
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In a hearing in New York City on Wednesday, Mahmoud Khalil's attorney's said they have not been allowed to have contact with him since his detention. Meanwhile, the Trump administration's rationale for detaining Khalil continues to change.
By Michael Arria, read below:
mondoweiss.net/2025/03/mahm...
By Michael Arria, read below:
mondoweiss.net/2025/03/mahm...
Mahmoud Khalil will remain detained in Louisiana following brief court hearing
In a hearing in New York City on Wednesday, Mahmoud Khalil’s attorney’s said they have not been allowed to have contact with him since his detention. Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s rationale fo...
mondoweiss.net
March 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In a hearing in New York City on Wednesday, Mahmoud Khalil's attorney's said they have not been allowed to have contact with him since his detention. Meanwhile, the Trump administration's rationale for detaining Khalil continues to change.
By Michael Arria, read below:
mondoweiss.net/2025/03/mahm...
By Michael Arria, read below:
mondoweiss.net/2025/03/mahm...
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🚨Last week Helyeh Doutaghi, a scholar in international law, was barred from Yale and put on administrative leave: ‘The decision came three days after a news site powered by artificial intelligence, published a story calling her a member of a terrorist group.’
www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...
www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...
March 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🚨Last week Helyeh Doutaghi, a scholar in international law, was barred from Yale and put on administrative leave: ‘The decision came three days after a news site powered by artificial intelligence, published a story calling her a member of a terrorist group.’
www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...
www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...
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So great to see groups practicing community care. We need to do this more than ever in light of mass dismantling of government institutions.
Why Masks-Required Concerts Still Sell Out in the Bay Area | KQED
COVID-conscious musicians and fans have created a tight-knit, DIY scene that’s all about accessibility.
www.kqed.org
March 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
So great to see groups practicing community care. We need to do this more than ever in light of mass dismantling of government institutions.
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1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
March 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
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"This zine shares some action ideas, but there is no perfect guide, no map, no big red button we can press to fix everything. Nobody has the one-and-only strategy right now. Nobody knows what’s going to happen next. So we need to commit. To show up. To join forces. To experiment. To try."
March 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"This zine shares some action ideas, but there is no perfect guide, no map, no big red button we can press to fix everything. Nobody has the one-and-only strategy right now. Nobody knows what’s going to happen next. So we need to commit. To show up. To join forces. To experiment. To try."
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Third in my series of mini-zines responding to questions I come across in my work/life:
This one highlights about a dozen resources each sharing specific, concrete actions people can take, especially if they're new to activism and still looking for their political home: guante.info/actionzine
This one highlights about a dozen resources each sharing specific, concrete actions people can take, especially if they're new to activism and still looking for their political home: guante.info/actionzine
March 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Third in my series of mini-zines responding to questions I come across in my work/life:
This one highlights about a dozen resources each sharing specific, concrete actions people can take, especially if they're new to activism and still looking for their political home: guante.info/actionzine
This one highlights about a dozen resources each sharing specific, concrete actions people can take, especially if they're new to activism and still looking for their political home: guante.info/actionzine
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A lot of folks are waiting for someone/thing to save them or tell them what to do. People don't realize you can start a protest, make your own fliers, practice mutual aid, write a newsletter. You don't need permission. You can be creative. You don't have to do things how they've always been done.
March 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A lot of folks are waiting for someone/thing to save them or tell them what to do. People don't realize you can start a protest, make your own fliers, practice mutual aid, write a newsletter. You don't need permission. You can be creative. You don't have to do things how they've always been done.
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If you missed tonight’s town hall with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social on resisting the shock and awe politics of the far right and their billionaire enthusiasts, you can watch the video here:
The Corporate Coup in Global Context: An Emergency Town Hall
YouTube video by Haymarket Books
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If you missed tonight’s town hall with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social on resisting the shock and awe politics of the far right and their billionaire enthusiasts, you can watch the video here:
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These folks have never *ever* believed in freedom of speech, or freedom of any kind but the freedom to amass levels of wealth that are cataclysmic to organized society.
Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.
Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."
February 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
These folks have never *ever* believed in freedom of speech, or freedom of any kind but the freedom to amass levels of wealth that are cataclysmic to organized society.
Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.
Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.
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Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
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Trump echoes neo-Nazi language by calling it a "migrant occupation"
March 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Trump echoes neo-Nazi language by calling it a "migrant occupation"
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A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.
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THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE PERMANENT VISA BANS TO TRANS VISITORS TO THE US.
This isn't just for athletes. The directive as stated applies to all visa applications made by trans folks and declare it material fraud to use a different gender marker on applications.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This isn't just for athletes. The directive as stated applies to all visa applications made by trans folks and declare it material fraud to use a different gender marker on applications.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers
Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE PERMANENT VISA BANS TO TRANS VISITORS TO THE US.
This isn't just for athletes. The directive as stated applies to all visa applications made by trans folks and declare it material fraud to use a different gender marker on applications.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This isn't just for athletes. The directive as stated applies to all visa applications made by trans folks and declare it material fraud to use a different gender marker on applications.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It's insane how much MAGA media/members of Congress lie.
They cut a line from @ilhanmn.bsky.social's interview with me, where she condemns GOP members of Congress who say racist things about her as "idiots" & claim she was talking about Americans.
The full clip shows what shameless liars they are:
They cut a line from @ilhanmn.bsky.social's interview with me, where she condemns GOP members of Congress who say racist things about her as "idiots" & claim she was talking about Americans.
The full clip shows what shameless liars they are:
February 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It's insane how much MAGA media/members of Congress lie.
They cut a line from @ilhanmn.bsky.social's interview with me, where she condemns GOP members of Congress who say racist things about her as "idiots" & claim she was talking about Americans.
The full clip shows what shameless liars they are:
They cut a line from @ilhanmn.bsky.social's interview with me, where she condemns GOP members of Congress who say racist things about her as "idiots" & claim she was talking about Americans.
The full clip shows what shameless liars they are:
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Drop the charges against #YvesEngler! #FreePalestine
Free Yves Engler
Those who stand up for just social and economic causes have long faced repression by the Canadian state. In this moment, the struggle for Palestinian liberation is the most unifying cause for people w...
canadiandimension.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Drop the charges against #YvesEngler! #FreePalestine
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"Solidarity and a refusal to practice 'anticipatory obedience' are essential. If parents, students and educators together refuse these policies, the policies will become unenforceable..." — @lewispants.bsky.social
Trump’s Anti-Trans Education Order Relies on Intimidation. We Must Not Yield.
If parents, students and educators together refuse these policies, the policies will become unenforceable.
truthout.org
February 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Solidarity and a refusal to practice 'anticipatory obedience' are essential. If parents, students and educators together refuse these policies, the policies will become unenforceable..." — @lewispants.bsky.social
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Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.
February 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.