Sydnie Dan'el Mares
@syddanel.com
communications manager at upEND Movement. abolitionist. htx. (she/her) https://linktr.ee/syddanel
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NEW BLOG POST: Breaking Down Family Policing Copaganda in the New ‘Lilo & Stitch’ - by @upendmovement.org’s Communications Manager @syddanel.com 🎬
upendmovement.org/2025/06/09/b...
upendmovement.org/2025/06/09/b...
Breaking Down Family Policing Copaganda in the New 'Lilo & Stitch' - upEND Movement
by Sydnie Dan’el Mares Disney’s latest live-action remake, Lilo and Stitch (2025) grossed $341 million in its opening weekend at the box office. Set in Hawai’i, against the backdrop of violent family...
upendmovement.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NEW BLOG POST: Breaking Down Family Policing Copaganda in the New ‘Lilo & Stitch’ - by @upendmovement.org’s Communications Manager @syddanel.com 🎬
upendmovement.org/2025/06/09/b...
upendmovement.org/2025/06/09/b...
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please familiarise yourself with current bds boycott targets and share
December 24, 2024 at 5:57 PM
please familiarise yourself with current bds boycott targets and share
New chronic illness just dropped, 4 months before my 30th birthday. So this next decade will look a little different than I thought. ✨
December 23, 2024 at 4:46 PM
New chronic illness just dropped, 4 months before my 30th birthday. So this next decade will look a little different than I thought. ✨
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"We need a shared recognition that we are all suffering in wholly preventable, manufactured ways–and that corporations and billionaires are our collective enemies."
My latest is a reflection on how people have responded to the killing of a health insurance CEO. "Rather than centering Thompson’s humanity, as scolding voices have demanded, they centered their own, and the humanity and suffering of others who were harmed by the insurance industry."
Insurance Denials, Chronic Pain, and a Nation’s Rage
One might call this development “a morbid symptom” of a late-stage sickness.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 11, 2024 at 6:47 PM
"We need a shared recognition that we are all suffering in wholly preventable, manufactured ways–and that corporations and billionaires are our collective enemies."
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!!
I remember when you could just buy a computer program like Microsoft Word or Photoshop and just have it on your computer forever without having to pay monthly or yearly. What a time that was
December 8, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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I see a lot of people talk about the environmental costs of AI. I don't see as much about the human exploitation behind it.
Training AI takes heavy toll on Kenyans working for $2 an hour | 60 Minutes
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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December 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM
I see a lot of people talk about the environmental costs of AI. I don't see as much about the human exploitation behind it.
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Brian Eno on AI:
“For me, using AI all too often feels like I’m engaging in a socially useless process, in which I learn almost nothing and then pass on my non-learning to others.”
www.bostonreview.net/forum_respon...
“For me, using AI all too often feels like I’m engaging in a socially useless process, in which I learn almost nothing and then pass on my non-learning to others.”
www.bostonreview.net/forum_respon...
AI’s Walking Dog - Boston Review
Today’s tech inverts the value of the creative process.
www.bostonreview.net
December 5, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Brian Eno on AI:
“For me, using AI all too often feels like I’m engaging in a socially useless process, in which I learn almost nothing and then pass on my non-learning to others.”
www.bostonreview.net/forum_respon...
“For me, using AI all too often feels like I’m engaging in a socially useless process, in which I learn almost nothing and then pass on my non-learning to others.”
www.bostonreview.net/forum_respon...
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Awesome selection of free ebooks plus they’re doing a great sale on paper/hardbacks for holiday gifts!
November 24, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Awesome selection of free ebooks plus they’re doing a great sale on paper/hardbacks for holiday gifts!
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Houston area folks: It's time for the IHWSH mammogram bus. FREE to anyone 35+ who works in food & beverage in any capacity. Preventative care is self care. 💜
www.illhavewhatsheshaving.org/12224mammogr...
www.illhavewhatsheshaving.org/12224mammogr...
November 23, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Houston area folks: It's time for the IHWSH mammogram bus. FREE to anyone 35+ who works in food & beverage in any capacity. Preventative care is self care. 💜
www.illhavewhatsheshaving.org/12224mammogr...
www.illhavewhatsheshaving.org/12224mammogr...
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Odessa, Texas has voted to pass a transgender bathroom bounty law that applies to PRIVATE bathrooms.
This means even in queer spaces.
If a cisgender person encounters a transgender person, they can sue them for $10,000 or more.
This is the first law of its kind in the nation.
This means even in queer spaces.
If a cisgender person encounters a transgender person, they can sue them for $10,000 or more.
This is the first law of its kind in the nation.
November 20, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Odessa, Texas has voted to pass a transgender bathroom bounty law that applies to PRIVATE bathrooms.
This means even in queer spaces.
If a cisgender person encounters a transgender person, they can sue them for $10,000 or more.
This is the first law of its kind in the nation.
This means even in queer spaces.
If a cisgender person encounters a transgender person, they can sue them for $10,000 or more.
This is the first law of its kind in the nation.
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You know what is a top tier feeling???
LAYING DOWN!!!
LAYING DOWN!!!
November 18, 2024 at 1:21 PM
You know what is a top tier feeling???
LAYING DOWN!!!
LAYING DOWN!!!
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Yeah, and we just had a rule implemented where medical staff have to ask everyone about their citizenship at hospitals
www.texastribune.org/2024/10/17/t...
www.texastribune.org/2024/10/17/t...
Texas’ order to ask hospital patients’ citizenship status renews focus on the state’s large uninsured population
On Nov. 1, hospitals will begin asking patients their citizenship status. But data suggests uninsured citizens, not immigrants, cost Texas hospitals more.
www.texastribune.org
November 18, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Yeah, and we just had a rule implemented where medical staff have to ask everyone about their citizenship at hospitals
www.texastribune.org/2024/10/17/t...
www.texastribune.org/2024/10/17/t...
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"A UN special committee has found that Israel’s tactics of starvation and mass civilian slaughter in Gaza are 'consistent with genocide,' in one of the strongest worded reports by a UN group yet on the Israeli siege."
UN Report: Israel’s Tactics in Gaza Are “Consistent With Genocide”
Israel’s “unprecedented destruction” has deprived Palestinians of all conditions of life, the group found.
truthout.org
November 16, 2024 at 4:43 AM
"A UN special committee has found that Israel’s tactics of starvation and mass civilian slaughter in Gaza are 'consistent with genocide,' in one of the strongest worded reports by a UN group yet on the Israeli siege."
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My nonprofit is me, my best friend @biensur-jetaime.bsky.social, and 2 other people along with the lawyer and accounting firm we hired. We ALL have full time jobs and I run storage from my apartment.
We’re in 25 states & have served 10,300 women and girls in 4 years.
thurmanperryfoundation.org
We’re in 25 states & have served 10,300 women and girls in 4 years.
thurmanperryfoundation.org
November 14, 2024 at 12:49 AM
My nonprofit is me, my best friend @biensur-jetaime.bsky.social, and 2 other people along with the lawyer and accounting firm we hired. We ALL have full time jobs and I run storage from my apartment.
We’re in 25 states & have served 10,300 women and girls in 4 years.
thurmanperryfoundation.org
We’re in 25 states & have served 10,300 women and girls in 4 years.
thurmanperryfoundation.org
I love the notion app, my whole life is on there. I just love lists.
I have a database for
- every movie I've ever watched
- articles I've read + saved
- recipes
- makeup shades I use
- family health records
- car records
- travel plans
- budget + savings calculator
- project plans
I have a database for
- every movie I've ever watched
- articles I've read + saved
- recipes
- makeup shades I use
- family health records
- car records
- travel plans
- budget + savings calculator
- project plans
November 15, 2024 at 11:24 PM
I love the notion app, my whole life is on there. I just love lists.
I have a database for
- every movie I've ever watched
- articles I've read + saved
- recipes
- makeup shades I use
- family health records
- car records
- travel plans
- budget + savings calculator
- project plans
I have a database for
- every movie I've ever watched
- articles I've read + saved
- recipes
- makeup shades I use
- family health records
- car records
- travel plans
- budget + savings calculator
- project plans
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My debut novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER is officially available for preorder! In honor of the occasion, I'll be sharing a blurb a day :) seeing kind words like these sprinkle in has been a shining highlight my year.
I cannot wait for y'all to meet Kia. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739902...
I cannot wait for y'all to meet Kia. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739902...
November 15, 2024 at 5:50 PM
My debut novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER is officially available for preorder! In honor of the occasion, I'll be sharing a blurb a day :) seeing kind words like these sprinkle in has been a shining highlight my year.
I cannot wait for y'all to meet Kia. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739902...
I cannot wait for y'all to meet Kia. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739902...
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I wrote about the need to rethink our approach to direct action in changing times.
Collective Survival, Adaption and Direct Action
Defiance must be woven into the fabric of our daily lives, rather than simply proclaimed at marches or on social media.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 14, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I wrote about the need to rethink our approach to direct action in changing times.
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Exclusive: AI writing is commonplace in top Substack newsletters: www.wired.com/story/substa...
Some of Substack’s Biggest Writers Rely On AI Writing Tools
An analysis of Substack’s top newsletters estimated that around 10 percent publish AI-generated or AI-assisted content.
www.wired.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Exclusive: AI writing is commonplace in top Substack newsletters: www.wired.com/story/substa...
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Shoutout to the online yassification of Conclave for delivering me through this last week
November 15, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Shoutout to the online yassification of Conclave for delivering me through this last week
I'm sorry for the person I will become when this comes out
November 14, 2024 at 6:54 PM
I'm sorry for the person I will become when this comes out