sonya/соня
@sonya-sadovaya.bsky.social
litigating civil rights • yes: "TK" in legal writing drafts • no: cookies that have both chocolate and raisins • views: mine • she/her
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Welcoming people into the tent means, like, YOUR NEIGHBOR DOWN THE STREET who respons to your protest sign, not your Congressman who voted to send billions of weapons to murder children, & not the NYT columnist who helped create the largest cohort of pediatric amputees in history. Don’t be dense!!!
July 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Welcoming people into the tent means, like, YOUR NEIGHBOR DOWN THE STREET who respons to your protest sign, not your Congressman who voted to send billions of weapons to murder children, & not the NYT columnist who helped create the largest cohort of pediatric amputees in history. Don’t be dense!!!
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I wonder if leaders will ever admit that smearing all protests to stop the genocide actually contributed to the genocide. Will there ever be that level of self reflection and honesty or are we just going to get fake surprise like this after mass death.
Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border.
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
The hunger crisis in Gaza has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row, a senior official with the UN World Food Programm...
news.un.org
July 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I wonder if leaders will ever admit that smearing all protests to stop the genocide actually contributed to the genocide. Will there ever be that level of self reflection and honesty or are we just going to get fake surprise like this after mass death.
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The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
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This is so much more grave of a violation of academic freedom than a few Oberlin students protesting a speaker. And yet the “Free Press” crew will be completely silent about it. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This is so much more grave of a violation of academic freedom than a few Oberlin students protesting a speaker. And yet the “Free Press” crew will be completely silent about it. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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feel like this goes beyond politics and into tech and maybe culture. there's a kind of future blindness it feels like. a focus on both tearing down structural things/institutions and replacing them with nothing. or building things that disrupt institutions/infrastructure w/ little thought to future
This is, to me, the defining dyamic of everything the last six months. Any game theory notion of deterrence or the shoe being on the other foot ever is entirely gone. Either 1) They don't think they'll ever lose power again or 2) they're confident Democrats won't ever do the same things back to them
Budget agreements won’t matter, funding obligations won’t matter, expended funds on the basis of promised reimbursement won’t matter.
You really don’t get the impression the GOP is thinking through what this means for the second they’re not in control.
You really don’t get the impression the GOP is thinking through what this means for the second they’re not in control.
July 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
feel like this goes beyond politics and into tech and maybe culture. there's a kind of future blindness it feels like. a focus on both tearing down structural things/institutions and replacing them with nothing. or building things that disrupt institutions/infrastructure w/ little thought to future
spending my sunday morning making a reservation at the times square margaritaville, how about you
July 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
spending my sunday morning making a reservation at the times square margaritaville, how about you
currently watching tv for the first time in forever and the number of loan/banking/budget app ads sure feels like a recession indicator
July 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
currently watching tv for the first time in forever and the number of loan/banking/budget app ads sure feels like a recession indicator
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"I Just Hope I Get My Mom Back," Says 15-Year-Old Juan Martinez, Who Is Now Caring for His Brothers, Ages 8 and 9
This is horrific: abducting, imprisoning, and deporting innocent human beings is a crime against our basic human rights no matter civil status. We must figure out some mass way of civil disobedience to stop this. Together.
FUCK!!!!!!!!
July 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"I Just Hope I Get My Mom Back," Says 15-Year-Old Juan Martinez, Who Is Now Caring for His Brothers, Ages 8 and 9
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my inner monologue every time i log onto twitter
July 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
my inner monologue every time i log onto twitter
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Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
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Any excuse to repost an all-time Bluesky banger
June 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Any excuse to repost an all-time Bluesky banger
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I’m just a Texan cat rancher but it does seem to me like some dem centrists were hoping to use the Trump thermidor to sideline their progressive wing, whom they hold responsible for recent Dem losses, and Mamdani threw a wrench into that
June 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I’m just a Texan cat rancher but it does seem to me like some dem centrists were hoping to use the Trump thermidor to sideline their progressive wing, whom they hold responsible for recent Dem losses, and Mamdani threw a wrench into that
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A pregnant woman lost her baby after ICE refused to give her prenatal care.
She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor.
This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor.
This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
Detained immigrant's pregnancy fails while in ICE custody - Nashville Banner
ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.
nashvillebanner.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A pregnant woman lost her baby after ICE refused to give her prenatal care.
She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor.
This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor.
This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
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It would be so great if Democratic Party elected officials would start acting as if they’re living under a government that will lawlessly kill or arrest them for the crime of political opposition.
June 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It would be so great if Democratic Party elected officials would start acting as if they’re living under a government that will lawlessly kill or arrest them for the crime of political opposition.
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"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"
Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
www.thecity.nyc
June 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"
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NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
I’ve been thinking about shock exhaustion a LOT the last few months - it’s frankly alarming to witness relatively privileged americans engage in patterns of behavior that I associate with having grown up in the USSR
Masha Gessen worries that Americans are entering a phase of the "shock exhaustion" witnessed in Putin's Russia: A coping response to awful things happening in rapid succession is to normalize extremism.
Establishment media (incl. the Times) too often enable this by both-sidesing authoritarianism.
Establishment media (incl. the Times) too often enable this by both-sidesing authoritarianism.
Opinion | The Beautiful Danger of Normal Life During an Autocratic Rise
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I’ve been thinking about shock exhaustion a LOT the last few months - it’s frankly alarming to witness relatively privileged americans engage in patterns of behavior that I associate with having grown up in the USSR
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Soon i will be culturally illiterate not just because i am old but because i am violently allergic to shortform phone videos
June 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Soon i will be culturally illiterate not just because i am old but because i am violently allergic to shortform phone videos
had a real “who’s on first” interaction with a barista this morning that was so embarrassing I finally just looked at her and said “I should probably leave”
June 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
had a real “who’s on first” interaction with a barista this morning that was so embarrassing I finally just looked at her and said “I should probably leave”
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Opposing Andrew Cuomo is a non-negotiable for our membership. In light of today’s news that Jessica Ramos has endorsed Cuomo, our New York City CAP Council immediately voted to unendorse her on our ballots. @uawregion9a.bsky.social
region9a.uaw.org/news/NYCMayo...
region9a.uaw.org/news/NYCMayo...
June 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Opposing Andrew Cuomo is a non-negotiable for our membership. In light of today’s news that Jessica Ramos has endorsed Cuomo, our New York City CAP Council immediately voted to unendorse her on our ballots. @uawregion9a.bsky.social
region9a.uaw.org/news/NYCMayo...
region9a.uaw.org/news/NYCMayo...
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Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
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BREAKING: Rümeysa, our union sister who was snatched by ICE, is free today. We stood up for our union family and demanded justice! When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. #4the1st ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
May 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
BREAKING: Rümeysa, our union sister who was snatched by ICE, is free today. We stood up for our union family and demanded justice! When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. #4the1st ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
rümeysa is so brave. 🩵 a privilege to be on her team
Video stills of Rümeysa Öztürk being released from ICE custody via NBC 10 Boston
May 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
rümeysa is so brave. 🩵 a privilege to be on her team
if I had a nickel for every time I heard a parisian busker play dua lipa on sax I’d have one nickel which still feels like kind of a lot
April 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
if I had a nickel for every time I heard a parisian busker play dua lipa on sax I’d have one nickel which still feels like kind of a lot
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"ICE took our students, we want them back," @aaup professors from NYU/Columbia among other universities chant, marching to Foley Square.
April 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"ICE took our students, we want them back," @aaup professors from NYU/Columbia among other universities chant, marching to Foley Square.