natalie
@snicklet.bsky.social
audience developer. publishing. bookworm. dog lover. extremely online.
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It’s fun and not at all disturbing that the fascists and tech oligarchs who control this country are all absolutely marinated and cooked in brain rotting conspiracy theories and pseudo-ideological drivel.
October 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
It’s fun and not at all disturbing that the fascists and tech oligarchs who control this country are all absolutely marinated and cooked in brain rotting conspiracy theories and pseudo-ideological drivel.
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These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
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*elite capture intensifies*
Bari is going to run CBS News not because of her journalism, or even because of The Free Press, but because much of the mainstream media serves as a vessel for elites to distribute power to their allies
October 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
*elite capture intensifies*
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Reading this alongside news about the military being requested for Memphis is something else.
"Musk’s data centers will probably bring in only a few hundred jobs to Memphis while consuming millions of gallons of water a day and more electricity than is needed to power all the city’s homes. Natural-gas turbines powering the data centers have brought pollution and controversy over their use.."
Elon Musk Gambles Billions in Memphis to Catch Up on AI
xAI is aiming to win the tech arms race with its “Colossus” data centers, thrown up at lightning speed, but Memphis is divided over the massive power and water demands.
www.wsj.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Reading this alongside news about the military being requested for Memphis is something else.
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Zohran mamdani you have 48 hours to release how fast you ran the mile in 7th grade or the New York Times will publish without comment
July 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Zohran mamdani you have 48 hours to release how fast you ran the mile in 7th grade or the New York Times will publish without comment
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It is SO unusual for the Supreme Court to issue an order this late at night and honestly incredible only Thomas and Alito noted their dissents.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
April 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It is SO unusual for the Supreme Court to issue an order this late at night and honestly incredible only Thomas and Alito noted their dissents.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
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"The last time the federal government meaningfully sought to eradicate poverty in the US was the 1960s."
“Most poor, rural Americans are deprived of their fair share of the American dream,” writes Catherine Coleman Flowers, “and over the years the gap between them and the urban middle class has widened to the point of lunacy.”
Justice for the Rural Poor | Catherine Coleman Flowers
Of the forty-six million Americans in rural communities, more than seven million dwell in stubborn, relentless, abject poverty. They may live in neglected
buff.ly
February 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"The last time the federal government meaningfully sought to eradicate poverty in the US was the 1960s."
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The ACLU has warned trans and nonbinary Americans that if they submit a new application to change the gender marker on their passport, they risk losing access to their passport and supporting documents.
January 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The ACLU has warned trans and nonbinary Americans that if they submit a new application to change the gender marker on their passport, they risk losing access to their passport and supporting documents.
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The inauguration was a carefully constructed fascist pageant meant to seize control of power and reality, foster an authoritarian environment on behalf of the oligarchs, and pummel us into early submission.
It’s time to prepare for the fight.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-repulsiv...
It’s time to prepare for the fight.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-repulsiv...
A Repulsive Regime: Thoughts From a Disgusting Inaugural
I watched every minute of this debacle. It was worse than I even expected.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The inauguration was a carefully constructed fascist pageant meant to seize control of power and reality, foster an authoritarian environment on behalf of the oligarchs, and pummel us into early submission.
It’s time to prepare for the fight.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-repulsiv...
It’s time to prepare for the fight.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-repulsiv...
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Man, this whole TikTok situation has really, really bad vibes and for people watching this and everything else going on and still thinking things are just going to be fine, I hope reality sets in and they can prepare accordingly.
January 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Man, this whole TikTok situation has really, really bad vibes and for people watching this and everything else going on and still thinking things are just going to be fine, I hope reality sets in and they can prepare accordingly.
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I have been thinking a lot about how becoming more informed and aware over the next four years in a way that’s really useful might mean more books about history and less getting sucked into the daily firehose of bad news which is the present
I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
January 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I have been thinking a lot about how becoming more informed and aware over the next four years in a way that’s really useful might mean more books about history and less getting sucked into the daily firehose of bad news which is the present
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Trump didn’t just come up with the Greenland stuff. The tech oligarchs he serves want it for resources.
There’s a difference between ignoring his madness and looking past the very real agendas and designs harbored by the people who control him. And we’d better learn that difference quickly.
There’s a difference between ignoring his madness and looking past the very real agendas and designs harbored by the people who control him. And we’d better learn that difference quickly.
January 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump didn’t just come up with the Greenland stuff. The tech oligarchs he serves want it for resources.
There’s a difference between ignoring his madness and looking past the very real agendas and designs harbored by the people who control him. And we’d better learn that difference quickly.
There’s a difference between ignoring his madness and looking past the very real agendas and designs harbored by the people who control him. And we’d better learn that difference quickly.
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Make America Healthy Again - The Gaetz version. Ivermectin for all. They also sell emergency kits with several antibiotics, compounded semaglutide & viagra. Is this their new model of healthcare - cut the coverage, make it impossible for ppl to see doctors, & push them to buy some drugs online?
January 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Make America Healthy Again - The Gaetz version. Ivermectin for all. They also sell emergency kits with several antibiotics, compounded semaglutide & viagra. Is this their new model of healthcare - cut the coverage, make it impossible for ppl to see doctors, & push them to buy some drugs online?
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The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
January 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
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Zuckerberg and the other tech oligarchs aren’t bending the knee to Trump and Musk.
All these “moderation programs” and “statements of principles” were just PR campaigns meant to hide their antidemocratic actions. They’re not scared, they’re overjoyed.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-they-...
All these “moderation programs” and “statements of principles” were just PR campaigns meant to hide their antidemocratic actions. They’re not scared, they’re overjoyed.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-they-...
What They Always Wanted: Zuckerberg, Trump, and the New Normal
They're not "obeying in advance." They're relieved. They're all-in.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Zuckerberg and the other tech oligarchs aren’t bending the knee to Trump and Musk.
All these “moderation programs” and “statements of principles” were just PR campaigns meant to hide their antidemocratic actions. They’re not scared, they’re overjoyed.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-they-...
All these “moderation programs” and “statements of principles” were just PR campaigns meant to hide their antidemocratic actions. They’re not scared, they’re overjoyed.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-they-...
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Powerful words from my Hebrew University colleague David Shulman: "What we are experiencing now in Israel is a profound failure of our shared humanity, a deadly apathy of the soul. Worse still is the taste for killing and inflicting pain that has infected so many":
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
A Deadly Apathy | David Shulman
A blank indifference to cruelty and atrocity as a normative mode of waging war has infected Israel's collective conscience.
www.nybooks.com
December 27, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Powerful words from my Hebrew University colleague David Shulman: "What we are experiencing now in Israel is a profound failure of our shared humanity, a deadly apathy of the soul. Worse still is the taste for killing and inflicting pain that has infected so many":
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Speaking of shut the fuck up Friday, I’ve been seeing some people say that the FBI has contacted them for questioning after seeing social media posts, and my extremely urgent advice is that you should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES talk to the Feds without a lawyer.
December 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Speaking of shut the fuck up Friday, I’ve been seeing some people say that the FBI has contacted them for questioning after seeing social media posts, and my extremely urgent advice is that you should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES talk to the Feds without a lawyer.
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These are incredibly complicated and confusing times. Getting up to speed can be hard, especially after a lifetime being lied to about politics, so I put together an explainer for those looking to understand or get friends and family on the same page.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-the-h...
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-the-h...
What the Hell is Going On: An Explainer in these Strange Times
A jumping off point for those looking to understand how we got here, where we're going, and what we can do
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:48 PM
These are incredibly complicated and confusing times. Getting up to speed can be hard, especially after a lifetime being lied to about politics, so I put together an explainer for those looking to understand or get friends and family on the same page.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-the-h...
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-the-h...
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Again. This time around, Trump will be normalized in places and in ways you never could have imagined.
Recognize what is happening and also that a lot of liberals have moved to the Right, that they were never your allies or friends, and, like it or not, you’re in and have been in a class war.
Recognize what is happening and also that a lot of liberals have moved to the Right, that they were never your allies or friends, and, like it or not, you’re in and have been in a class war.
1. NEW
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mika and Joe say that they went to Mar-a-Lago this weekend and met with President-elect Trump for the first time in seven years.
Mika says that despite “profound disagreements,” they agreed with Trump to restart communications.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mika and Joe say that they went to Mar-a-Lago this weekend and met with President-elect Trump for the first time in seven years.
Mika says that despite “profound disagreements,” they agreed with Trump to restart communications.
November 18, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Again. This time around, Trump will be normalized in places and in ways you never could have imagined.
Recognize what is happening and also that a lot of liberals have moved to the Right, that they were never your allies or friends, and, like it or not, you’re in and have been in a class war.
Recognize what is happening and also that a lot of liberals have moved to the Right, that they were never your allies or friends, and, like it or not, you’re in and have been in a class war.
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This headline is remarkably irresponsible, framing RFK as the brave crusader trying to make everyone healthy when the reality is quite different.
November 15, 2024 at 7:30 PM
This headline is remarkably irresponsible, framing RFK as the brave crusader trying to make everyone healthy when the reality is quite different.