Vajra Kilgour
@vajrak.bsky.social
Writer (https://healing-white-racism.com/), translator & interpreter, housing activist, radio active (WBAI.org) | There is no slot in the kyriarchy big enough for a whole human being.
This. One hundred percent this!
1. Contrition.
2. Admitting that past atrocities were the cause of systemic racism today.
3. No more whitewashing history in our schools.
4. Public condemnation of hate groups in America.
5. Land expansion to Indigenous nations.
6. Reparations to Black American descendents of slaves.
2. Admitting that past atrocities were the cause of systemic racism today.
3. No more whitewashing history in our schools.
4. Public condemnation of hate groups in America.
5. Land expansion to Indigenous nations.
6. Reparations to Black American descendents of slaves.
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This. One hundred percent this!
This thread! 😂
'let people enjoy things' applies extra when the things are dumplings
November 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This thread! 😂
All the more impressive considering that Sharon Begley was a truly decent and lovely human being.
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
All the more impressive considering that Sharon Begley was a truly decent and lovely human being.
Another great thread.
Have you ever heard that Oregon has the ugliest, most racist white people? It's because of welfare
In 1850, the US tried to build an all-white state. But only single white men showed up, so they had to create the biggest land welfare program in history.
I WISH I could make this shit up.
In 1850, the US tried to build an all-white state. But only single white men showed up, so they had to create the biggest land welfare program in history.
I WISH I could make this shit up.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Another great thread.
We could've had Maya Wiley as mayor 😭
i see Maya Wiley there, so let this be a random, "I told you so," that you coulda had her for mayor instead of, you know, the crook.
So get Mamdani in there, and neither of those two other knuckleheads!
So get Mamdani in there, and neither of those two other knuckleheads!
October 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We could've had Maya Wiley as mayor 😭
Sad but true. This is a sensible thread.
A few years ago, I was representing a leftist family in foreclosure pro bono. I found a couple of procedural errors that I wanted to use to fight the foreclosure, but the clients said no because they believed it would have required us to concede the validity of the capitalist foreclosure process.
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sad but true. This is a sensible thread.
😎VISION TO REALITY! Four years ago, I helped launch a new program based on the idea that Somerville should fix up and donate abandoned bicycles instead of just auctioning them off.
Now, in partnership with the YMCA, it’s a reality - learn more here: somervilleymca.org
Now, in partnership with the YMCA, it’s a reality - learn more here: somervilleymca.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"The enemy of my enemy may very well also be my enemy" is one of life's most important lessons.
The enemy of my enemy is not always my friend. Such may be an ally for a time, but friendship requires that someone stands with me against my enemies not because of who my enemy is, but because of who I am. Be worthy of such friends.
October 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"The enemy of my enemy may very well also be my enemy" is one of life's most important lessons.
"Emotional support state"
Whenever you feel the need to deny a particular massacre occurred, first ask yourself
"Am I doing this because it destabilizes the idea of my emotional support state?"
"Am I doing this because it destabilizes the idea of my emotional support state?"
Okay going from “there was no massacre at Katyn” to “there may have been some killing at Katyn” after seen the signed order is funny as hell where do these people come from
September 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Emotional support state"
Excellent article.
new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women
"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.
www.teenvogue.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Excellent article.
Thank you for this thread!
Debating people's right to exist is how we get the genocide in Occupied Palestine.
Israelis debated Palestinians' right to exist and decided the answer was no.
You know who wasn't consulted? Palestinians.
Funny how that happens when we debate people's rights like that.
Israelis debated Palestinians' right to exist and decided the answer was no.
You know who wasn't consulted? Palestinians.
Funny how that happens when we debate people's rights like that.
September 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Thank you for this thread!
Great thread.
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 Eminent domain has been a controversial tool that often disproportionately displaced Black communities throughout American history.
Pull up a seat and bring a drink.🥃🍸🍷🍺
(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
historyfortomorrow.org/story/eminen...
🧵 Eminent domain has been a controversial tool that often disproportionately displaced Black communities throughout American history.
Pull up a seat and bring a drink.🥃🍸🍷🍺
(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
historyfortomorrow.org/story/eminen...
September 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Great thread.
This whole thread!
First, all of them have been central to dismantling the public health and scientific infrastructure of their agencies, sidelining and firing hundreds of people. Any notion that they were going offer a constructive new vision was sadly mistaken. 5/
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This whole thread!
This thread! This thread!
white cis men blocking people of color and other members of vulnerable communities because their risk factor is a lot different than ours is peak white nonsense.
It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.
It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This thread! This thread!
excellent reporting and a good example of how unhinged some drivers can be and why I take anti-bike rhetoric seriously. The way many people talk about cyclists online is so dehumanizing it normalizes the idea cyclists don't belong on roads and that hurting them is OK.
September 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Great thread!
Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
September 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Great thread!
"Why don't all the attractive, really smart people want to be on our side?"
"where do centrists find our Mamdani" is going to live in my brain
Lmao
September 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"Why don't all the attractive, really smart people want to be on our side?"
This worker-owned company in Massachusetts has won fans across the country for helping neighbors haul their recycling, compost, yard waste and more, while opening up imaginations about what it's possible to do on a bike. (And you might be surprised by how much the cyclists make.)
Friday Video: The Massachusetts Company That Traded the Trash Truck For a Bike — Streetsblog USA
A small worker-owned cooperative in Massachusetts is reimagining how to do recycling, composting, yardwork and more — no diesel required.
buff.ly
September 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Powerful newsletter piece and a great thread.
I lost a lot of subscribers to my newsletter last week because I sent out this short piece about how Schindler’s List is the reason I call the genocide a genocide and stand against it
Most of the unsubscribers were academics
news.chanda.science/archive/refu...
Most of the unsubscribers were academics
news.chanda.science/archive/refu...
Refusing to name the Final Solution in Gaza
The ancestors demand justice for the living.
news.chanda.science
August 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Powerful newsletter piece and a great thread.
Great thread.
Straight men are not ... owed romantic love
You do realize that what you're really saying is "Straight men are not owed romantic love, and should resign themselves to being alone forever if they aren't privileged enough to meet a standard of social acceptability."
August 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Great thread.
Is there anything the criminal gang in the White House is doing that doesn't use lies as a pretext?
Deploying military troops to seize control of our nation's capital is sickening.
It is more terrifying because of the lies used as a pretext.
Violent crime in our capital is the lowest it has been in THIRTY YEARS, according to the US Dept. of Justice. www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
It is more terrifying because of the lies used as a pretext.
Violent crime in our capital is the lowest it has been in THIRTY YEARS, according to the US Dept. of Justice. www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he's placing Washington, DC, police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard.
August 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Is there anything the criminal gang in the White House is doing that doesn't use lies as a pretext?
Great thread.
This is a good question.
There are, for me at least, five reasons.
1. Because due process is a human right for everyone. As soon as you start making exceptions for anyone, there will be exceptions for everyone. Murderers should get due process because EVERYONE should get due process.
There are, for me at least, five reasons.
1. Because due process is a human right for everyone. As soon as you start making exceptions for anyone, there will be exceptions for everyone. Murderers should get due process because EVERYONE should get due process.
August 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Great thread.