Towa
@thetowa.bsky.social
I usually need coffee and can be a bit grumpy, but actually a nice person. PNW.
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This is the Tufts PhD student who seized by masked agents on the street and jailed for two months because she wrote an op-ed calling for the school to divest from Israel.
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is the Tufts PhD student who seized by masked agents on the street and jailed for two months because she wrote an op-ed calling for the school to divest from Israel.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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Just thinking about the 2024 economy for no reason.
April 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Just thinking about the 2024 economy for no reason.
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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
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December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Americans want to be able to afford to buy a home, but private equity firms are gobbling up entire neighborhoods, pricing families out, and the GOP and Trump instead blame immigrants for this.
The real villains are the billionaires turning homes into profit machines.
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
The real villains are the billionaires turning homes into profit machines.
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Americans want to be able to afford to buy a home, but private equity firms are gobbling up entire neighborhoods, pricing families out, and the GOP and Trump instead blame immigrants for this.
The real villains are the billionaires turning homes into profit machines.
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
The real villains are the billionaires turning homes into profit machines.
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
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I’m just a foreign policy wonk, standing in front of the GOP, asking them to read at least one fucking book about the history of US interventions in Latin America. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I’m just a foreign policy wonk, standing in front of the GOP, asking them to read at least one fucking book about the history of US interventions in Latin America. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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The Sobering Center is a jail-and-hospital deferment program. If someone gets picked up for public intoxication, they can choose the Center instead of jail. No hoops, no moralizing, no paperwork marathon. Just a bed, some crackers. A place to sober up. That’s it. /2
soberingcenter.org/donate/
soberingcenter.org/donate/
Donate - The Sobering Center
soberingcenter.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Sobering Center is a jail-and-hospital deferment program. If someone gets picked up for public intoxication, they can choose the Center instead of jail. No hoops, no moralizing, no paperwork marathon. Just a bed, some crackers. A place to sober up. That’s it. /2
soberingcenter.org/donate/
soberingcenter.org/donate/
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This a thread about one feature of the Trump Admin's EO regarding the Smithsonian that I haven't seen much explicit discussion of. The stated purpose for reviewing Smithsonian exhibits and collections is to ensure they align with something called "Americanism." That term has a notable genealogy.
August 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This a thread about one feature of the Trump Admin's EO regarding the Smithsonian that I haven't seen much explicit discussion of. The stated purpose for reviewing Smithsonian exhibits and collections is to ensure they align with something called "Americanism." That term has a notable genealogy.
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
“I was just so disappointed that with all of the serious issues facing our nation,... and it’s the president trying to save his own skin by holding a majority in Congress,” Walker added. “It’s so that he’s not impeached again. That’s all this is about.”
NEW: An Indiana Senate Republican who President Donald Trump called out in a Truth Social post Sunday for not backing the White House’s plan to draw new congressional maps was later targeted by a swatting, according to local authorities.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/16/indiana-republican-trump-redistricting-swatted-00654098
t.co
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“I was just so disappointed that with all of the serious issues facing our nation,... and it’s the president trying to save his own skin by holding a majority in Congress,” Walker added. “It’s so that he’s not impeached again. That’s all this is about.”
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NEW: An Indiana Senate Republican who President Donald Trump called out in a Truth Social post Sunday for not backing the White House’s plan to draw new congressional maps was later targeted by a swatting, according to local authorities.
t.co/PWrWcuna1k
t.co/PWrWcuna1k
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/16/indiana-republican-trump-redistricting-swatted-00654098
t.co
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
NEW: An Indiana Senate Republican who President Donald Trump called out in a Truth Social post Sunday for not backing the White House’s plan to draw new congressional maps was later targeted by a swatting, according to local authorities.
t.co/PWrWcuna1k
t.co/PWrWcuna1k
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Trump’s “peace plan” in one cartoon that rings true.
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Trump’s “peace plan” in one cartoon that rings true.
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In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
"Indiana normally revises its congressional map once a decade after the census."
No kidding. Gosh, that's exactly what the constitution calls for - in EVERY state. Stop pretending anything Texas has been able to get away with is normal.
No kidding. Gosh, that's exactly what the constitution calls for - in EVERY state. Stop pretending anything Texas has been able to get away with is normal.
Indiana Senate Republican Greg Walker “said he would have reported the alleged violation to federal authorities “if I thought that there was anyone of integrity in Washington that would follow through on my accusation ..”
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
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@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Indiana normally revises its congressional map once a decade after the census."
No kidding. Gosh, that's exactly what the constitution calls for - in EVERY state. Stop pretending anything Texas has been able to get away with is normal.
No kidding. Gosh, that's exactly what the constitution calls for - in EVERY state. Stop pretending anything Texas has been able to get away with is normal.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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I don’t have a new book to promote, but four of my former students have their first books coming out this academic year and, people, you are going to hear about them.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I don’t have a new book to promote, but four of my former students have their first books coming out this academic year and, people, you are going to hear about them.
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
It’s like the people behind Fyre Festival were running the federal government.
It’s like the people behind the Fyre Festival decided to throw a little war
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It’s like the people behind Fyre Festival were running the federal government.
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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Whoever set up a functional gmail style inbox of Epstein's inbox deserves a journalism prize.
jmail.world
jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Whoever set up a functional gmail style inbox of Epstein's inbox deserves a journalism prize.
jmail.world
jmail.world