Amy Franco
@thomaspoptart.bsky.social
Midwestern Isthmian 🇵🇦 en PDX. Coyote, bird, and bat enthusiast
Board Secretary of Pueblo Unido PDX
Mujer del maíz 🌽 🌱
Board Secretary of Pueblo Unido PDX
Mujer del maíz 🌽 🌱
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Amy Franco
@thomaspoptart.bsky.social
· Apr 12
For the last year, I've had the honor of getting to know Hashem Safi. When the genocide began he was a 2nd year medical student. He and his family have suffered bombings, displacement, and loss. And, he is so much more than what he's suffered. Kind, funny, full of life and desire to care for others
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Carving a comfortable and livable house out of the trunk of a giant ancient tree would fix me
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Carving a comfortable and livable house out of the trunk of a giant ancient tree would fix me
Decimating NOAA funding and then scheming to bring ICE in is depraved.
I've been hearing all day about rumors that ICE wants to set up a new outpost on the Oregon coast. Newport officials say their airport is in the agency's sites. #orpol
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Newport officials raise alarm about possible new ICE facility
Rumors have spread since last week that the Trump administration is planning an outpost on Oregon's central coast.
www.opb.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Decimating NOAA funding and then scheming to bring ICE in is depraved.
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A 45-year-old man who works in construction and has lived in Oregon for more than 20 years was reportedly treated at OHSU after an altercation earlier this week with U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. Family says he is now behind held in a Tacoma detention facility.
Man hospitalized after altercation with Border Patrol in Beaverton
According to two organizations that provide legal aid to immigrants in Oregon, hospitalizations of detainees are becoming more frequent as immigration agents’ tactics grow increasingly aggressive.
www.opb.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A 45-year-old man who works in construction and has lived in Oregon for more than 20 years was reportedly treated at OHSU after an altercation earlier this week with U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. Family says he is now behind held in a Tacoma detention facility.
“I absolutely think they’re doing it (going to 26th Street) on purpose, they’re trying to agitate the community…I’ve been very impressed by how residents have remained nonviolent, but we need to make sure we’re here for one another and maintain our moral strength.”
The @chicagotribune.com has updated its story to clarify that the baby was exposed to pepper spray, not tear gas
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“I absolutely think they’re doing it (going to 26th Street) on purpose, they’re trying to agitate the community…I’ve been very impressed by how residents have remained nonviolent, but we need to make sure we’re here for one another and maintain our moral strength.”
Guillermo del Toro’s Tim Burton’s Frankenstein - a movie about the lengths one will go to get an I’m Sorry from your dad
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Guillermo del Toro’s Tim Burton’s Frankenstein - a movie about the lengths one will go to get an I’m Sorry from your dad
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
I had the joy of seeing these two short films, Tiger and Remaining Native last night at Clinton St Theater. Highly recommend!!
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I had the joy of seeing these two short films, Tiger and Remaining Native last night at Clinton St Theater. Highly recommend!!
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
For an inane reason known only to them Trimet keeps running a regular degular size bus for the 8:00 AM FX2. Every day, that bus is 10 to 20 minutes late.
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
For an inane reason known only to them Trimet keeps running a regular degular size bus for the 8:00 AM FX2. Every day, that bus is 10 to 20 minutes late.
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The Chicago Police Department spent more than its City Council-approved budget in five of the last six years, costing Chicago taxpayers more than $501.2 million in unanticipated expenses, records show.
https://to.wttw.com/4ok8hxL
https://to.wttw.com/4ok8hxL
Chicago Police Department Overspent Its Budget By $501M Over 5 Years: Data
Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and the director of...
to.wttw.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Chicago Police Department spent more than its City Council-approved budget in five of the last six years, costing Chicago taxpayers more than $501.2 million in unanticipated expenses, records show.
https://to.wttw.com/4ok8hxL
https://to.wttw.com/4ok8hxL
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Zohran's win is a city fighting to save itself, I wrote for @inthesetimes.com. And he can only deliver on his promises if the movement stays engage. Tonight we celebrate, tomorrow it's back to work. Read here!
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani Wins and It Is a Celebration of My New York
Mamdani will be New York City's first Muslim, socialist mayor. But his victory does—and should—mean much more.
inthesetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Zohran's win is a city fighting to save itself, I wrote for @inthesetimes.com. And he can only deliver on his promises if the movement stays engage. Tonight we celebrate, tomorrow it's back to work. Read here!
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
Let’s goooooooo 😭💓😭💓😭💓
His centerpiece policy proposals include free buses, some city-owned grocery stores, a rent freeze on roughly a million rent-stabilized units and universal child care.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Let’s goooooooo 😭💓😭💓😭💓
Jaloguin kumbia mix is ON
Hay candy
Hay tricotree
Hay candy
Hay tricotree
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Jaloguin kumbia mix is ON
Hay candy
Hay tricotree
Hay candy
Hay tricotree
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Happy Halloween to us all, blessing your timeline with a photo of Queen Stevie Nicks in a witch “costume” 😉🌙🔮🎩
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Happy Halloween to us all, blessing your timeline with a photo of Queen Stevie Nicks in a witch “costume” 😉🌙🔮🎩
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George Retes on His 3 Day ICE Detention
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
George Retes on His 3 Day ICE Detention
I strongly believe that all pitbulls should be issued a hoodie to wear in autumn.
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I strongly believe that all pitbulls should be issued a hoodie to wear in autumn.
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This timeline manages to be both gravely horrific and deeply unserious at the same time.
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This timeline manages to be both gravely horrific and deeply unserious at the same time.
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spotted on a migra watch walk today
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
spotted on a migra watch walk today
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great mail day, new issue of @highcountrynews.org with an incredible cover story about the Fire In The Mountain fest on the Blackfeet Nation…
@btoastie.bsky.social
@btoastie.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
great mail day, new issue of @highcountrynews.org with an incredible cover story about the Fire In The Mountain fest on the Blackfeet Nation…
@btoastie.bsky.social
@btoastie.bsky.social
I’ve been at this new job for one month and have learned the mailman’s full life story, and got to practice Spanish with the facilities dude today.
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’ve been at this new job for one month and have learned the mailman’s full life story, and got to practice Spanish with the facilities dude today.
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Nothing like a quiet bus commute cry & poem to start the day.
Poet @joseolivarez.bsky.social reacts to the immigration crackdown in his hometown the way he knows best: through verse.
A Poem for Our Times
A poet reacts to the immigration crackdown in his hometown the way he knows best: through verse.
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nothing like a quiet bus commute cry & poem to start the day.