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@v-radicle.bsky.social
Just another creature living through violent times on a watery rock hurtling through space. Doing my honest best.
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My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
August 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
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Only two reporters were in the courtroom every day of this trial, and @alleenbrown.bsky.social was one of them. The judge denied requests to stream, film, or record, so her notes and meticulous coverage are now an important part of the public record. 👇
A tremendous package of stories, podcast, and documents from @alleenbrown.bsky.social on the story of Energy Transfer punishing Greenpeace for the #StandingRock protests is up @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
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SLAPP’d
The story of an Indigenous nation fighting for its water, an environmental nonprofit facing extinction, and an energy giant using the courts to punish protestors.
drilled.media
August 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Only two reporters were in the courtroom every day of this trial, and @alleenbrown.bsky.social was one of them. The judge denied requests to stream, film, or record, so her notes and meticulous coverage are now an important part of the public record. 👇
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Queer & trans organizers in Newark link environmental injustice, redlining, & the racism at the root of it, Lana Leonard reports. While locals could not stop a fourth fossil fuel power-plant facility constructed in the Ironbound neighborhood, their efforts illustrate the fight for a better world.
Newark queer and trans organizers link environmental injustice, redlining, and racism
While locals couldn't not stop a fourth fossil fuel power-plant facility in the Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, their efforts illustrate their broader fight
prismreports.org
July 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Queer & trans organizers in Newark link environmental injustice, redlining, & the racism at the root of it, Lana Leonard reports. While locals could not stop a fourth fossil fuel power-plant facility constructed in the Ironbound neighborhood, their efforts illustrate the fight for a better world.
“We stand firm in our joy and in our belonging even through the storm.” - Klie, @imaginewaterworks.org
I’m excited to share a new article I contributed to! Thank you to the wonderful @audreygray.bsky.social for lifting up these stories!
insideclimatenews.org/news/2007202...
I’m excited to share a new article I contributed to! Thank you to the wonderful @audreygray.bsky.social for lifting up these stories!
insideclimatenews.org/news/2007202...
Out in the Storm - Inside Climate News
LGBTQ+ Americans are organizing disaster protection for each other as political weather worsens.
insideclimatenews.org
July 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“We stand firm in our joy and in our belonging even through the storm.” - Klie, @imaginewaterworks.org
I’m excited to share a new article I contributed to! Thank you to the wonderful @audreygray.bsky.social for lifting up these stories!
insideclimatenews.org/news/2007202...
I’m excited to share a new article I contributed to! Thank you to the wonderful @audreygray.bsky.social for lifting up these stories!
insideclimatenews.org/news/2007202...
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something you may not know about me is that i am a hurricane katrina survivor.
this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
July 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
something you may not know about me is that i am a hurricane katrina survivor.
this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
Sad to read this news. Dan almost represented me once during an intense time. I remember him as both kind and sharply inquisitive. I felt so powerful under his guidance. Rest in power.
July 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sad to read this news. Dan almost represented me once during an intense time. I remember him as both kind and sharply inquisitive. I felt so powerful under his guidance. Rest in power.
This is a hard time to be a creature on earth. Rarely do I feel comfortable with self-promotion in the midst of so much violence and loss. But it feels important to share this:
I’m grateful to have two contributions in this path-breaking new book.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
I’m grateful to have two contributions in this path-breaking new book.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Queering Disasters, Climate Change and Humanitarian Crises
This edited book investigates how disaster-related experiences and needs of LGBTIQA+ people differ across national, cultural, and regional boundaries.
link.springer.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is a hard time to be a creature on earth. Rarely do I feel comfortable with self-promotion in the midst of so much violence and loss. But it feels important to share this:
I’m grateful to have two contributions in this path-breaking new book.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
I’m grateful to have two contributions in this path-breaking new book.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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The debt, deportation, and death bill has passed. Congress further decimates care work to fund violence work.
Vital services eviscerated and ICE becomes the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency ever known. It hasn’t been sold this way, but it’s a massive public jobs program for fascists.
Vital services eviscerated and ICE becomes the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency ever known. It hasn’t been sold this way, but it’s a massive public jobs program for fascists.
July 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The debt, deportation, and death bill has passed. Congress further decimates care work to fund violence work.
Vital services eviscerated and ICE becomes the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency ever known. It hasn’t been sold this way, but it’s a massive public jobs program for fascists.
Vital services eviscerated and ICE becomes the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency ever known. It hasn’t been sold this way, but it’s a massive public jobs program for fascists.
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This is what won against a dictator! Democracy is cringe. Beautiful, beautiful cringe. youtu.be/ZxV94BwGidE?...
Chile, la alegria ya viene English
YouTube video by Dan Curry
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July 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is what won against a dictator! Democracy is cringe. Beautiful, beautiful cringe. youtu.be/ZxV94BwGidE?...
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Happy Monday! The interactive ATLAS and StoryMap of the 5th National Climate Assessment can still be reached on Esri servers at
nca-atlas-nationalclimate.hub.arcgis.com and
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0c8f...
NCA5 will soon be at www.ncei.noaa.gov/nca2023/ after NOAA finishes security scans
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nca-atlas-nationalclimate.hub.arcgis.com and
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0c8f...
NCA5 will soon be at www.ncei.noaa.gov/nca2023/ after NOAA finishes security scans
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June 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Happy Monday! The interactive ATLAS and StoryMap of the 5th National Climate Assessment can still be reached on Esri servers at
nca-atlas-nationalclimate.hub.arcgis.com and
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0c8f...
NCA5 will soon be at www.ncei.noaa.gov/nca2023/ after NOAA finishes security scans
🧪
nca-atlas-nationalclimate.hub.arcgis.com and
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0c8f...
NCA5 will soon be at www.ncei.noaa.gov/nca2023/ after NOAA finishes security scans
🧪
The fascist regime took down the Fifth National Climate Assessment, which happens to also be the first national assessment to acknowledge climate vulnerabilities to queer and trans communities. Luckily, it’s already backed up.
thankfully a bunch of people submitted it to the wayback machine (most recent save here, from June 29: web.archive.org/web/20250629...) but absolutely fucked that they even had to
Fifth National Climate Assessment
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the sc...
web.archive.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The fascist regime took down the Fifth National Climate Assessment, which happens to also be the first national assessment to acknowledge climate vulnerabilities to queer and trans communities. Luckily, it’s already backed up.
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Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.
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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to…
www.wired.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.
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“Our ancestors fought to be here.” Hundreds of environmentalists, tribal elders, policymakers, & local residents gathered to protest the proposed development of 'Alligator Alcatraz' ICE facility in the Everglades, @alexmar.bsky.social reports from Miami.
prismreports.org/2025/06/26/a...
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Protesters decry ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ICE facility in the Everglades
The proposed Everglades development, adjacent to federally protected land, would be the largest immigration detention center in Florida
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June 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“Our ancestors fought to be here.” Hundreds of environmentalists, tribal elders, policymakers, & local residents gathered to protest the proposed development of 'Alligator Alcatraz' ICE facility in the Everglades, @alexmar.bsky.social reports from Miami.
prismreports.org/2025/06/26/a...
prismreports.org/2025/06/26/a...
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***Taps the sign again*** after the SCOTUS decision stripping immigrants of due process to traffick then into foreign prisons and slavery.
The law won't save us. Nearly all authoritarian regimes legitimize their actions within the law and make their acts legal.
More lawyers need to realize this.
More lawyers need to realize this.
June 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
***Taps the sign again*** after the SCOTUS decision stripping immigrants of due process to traffick then into foreign prisons and slavery.
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“But on the question of what to do, of what we must do to transform our current conditions, I’m noticing an intellectual and perhaps spiritual exhaustion. But the truth is quite simple: we don’t know what to do because there’s not just one thing to do.”
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The Struggle is Permanent: Keep Fighting
Or some notes on carrying on...
prisonculture.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“But on the question of what to do, of what we must do to transform our current conditions, I’m noticing an intellectual and perhaps spiritual exhaustion. But the truth is quite simple: we don’t know what to do because there’s not just one thing to do.”
prisonculture.substack.com/p/the-strugg...
prisonculture.substack.com/p/the-strugg...
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They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days.
But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼
But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼
June 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days.
But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼
But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
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The way to beat Trump's fake populism is with real economic populism:
- genuine solutions like rent control and free fast busses
- directing the deep well of public anger up at the oligarchs, not the vulnerable.
This is what Trump fears most - and it's why he never wanted to run against Bernie
- genuine solutions like rent control and free fast busses
- directing the deep well of public anger up at the oligarchs, not the vulnerable.
This is what Trump fears most - and it's why he never wanted to run against Bernie
June 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The way to beat Trump's fake populism is with real economic populism:
- genuine solutions like rent control and free fast busses
- directing the deep well of public anger up at the oligarchs, not the vulnerable.
This is what Trump fears most - and it's why he never wanted to run against Bernie
- genuine solutions like rent control and free fast busses
- directing the deep well of public anger up at the oligarchs, not the vulnerable.
This is what Trump fears most - and it's why he never wanted to run against Bernie
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The connection between fossil fuel money and anti-trans groups makes way more sense once you understand the concept of petromasculinity
June 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The connection between fossil fuel money and anti-trans groups makes way more sense once you understand the concept of petromasculinity
Grateful to have had the chance to collaborate with the team doing this research. Thank you to @yessfun.com for the great reporting on the fossil fuel funding of the anti-trans movement
An independent analysis of 45 right-wing groups advocating against trans rights found that 80% of them have received donations from fossil fuel companies or billionaires.
Read more on this investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED here:
Read more on this investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED here:
Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement | Atmos
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
atmos.earth
June 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Grateful to have had the chance to collaborate with the team doing this research. Thank you to @yessfun.com for the great reporting on the fossil fuel funding of the anti-trans movement
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This Pride Month, the LGBTQ+ community must commit to ending state violence in all its forms—domestically and abroad. We can't forget that our historic struggle against the police state is inseparable from resisting militarism and empire. There is no liberation without a Free Palestine, period.
June 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This Pride Month, the LGBTQ+ community must commit to ending state violence in all its forms—domestically and abroad. We can't forget that our historic struggle against the police state is inseparable from resisting militarism and empire. There is no liberation without a Free Palestine, period.
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Josephine Baker: The Black bisexual icon who dated Frida Kahlo and helped defeat the Nazis
The Black bisexual hero who dated Frida Kahlo and helped defeat the Nazis
An icon in every sense of the word, Josephine Baker is the bisexual goddess we all truly aspire to be. Will we get a new movie about her?
www.thepinknews.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Josephine Baker: The Black bisexual icon who dated Frida Kahlo and helped defeat the Nazis
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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow
Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
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June 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.