Vanessa Vigneswaramoorthy
@vandoesthings.bsky.social
She/Her/ள்
2nd Gen Illankai Tamil Settler. Researcher/Writer/Artist.
📍Treaties 13 + 14
Tamil diaspora. Slow work. Community care. BIPOC solidarity.
2nd Gen Illankai Tamil Settler. Researcher/Writer/Artist.
📍Treaties 13 + 14
Tamil diaspora. Slow work. Community care. BIPOC solidarity.
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Every time we’re concerned with some new disturbing development, we’re told it’s unlikely. And then it happens. And then it’s the next thing that’s unlikely.
I urge everyone who is understandably disturbed by the petition news to consider how very unlikely it is for the Court to even take this up, much less reverse Obergefell. Unlike abortion, marriage opponents don’t have the same social movement that anti-abortion forces did, which was core to the GOP.
Obergefell v. Hodges made me believe in the whole "arc of history bends towards justice." In the 90s, I didn't think gay marriage would be legalized in my lifetime because homophobia was so deeply ingrained. We would have never gotten here without the decision and now it may be overturned.
August 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Every time we’re concerned with some new disturbing development, we’re told it’s unlikely. And then it happens. And then it’s the next thing that’s unlikely.
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The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
June 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
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WHICH ONE
Looks like the US is joining the war.
June 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
WHICH ONE
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A detailed story from @kimbolan.bsky.social on the tragedy in Vancouver. vancouversun.com/news/driver-...
Driver charged with 8 counts of murder in Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day tragedy
Kai-ji Adam Lo, charged Sunday with eight counts of murder, had dozens of interactions with police for his deteriorating mental health.
vancouversun.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A detailed story from @kimbolan.bsky.social on the tragedy in Vancouver. vancouversun.com/news/driver-...
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
April 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
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Hot take: the best journalists are, in a way, activists.
If your journalism isn't guided by a desire to make the world kinder and fairer through access to factual information, you're simply a stenographer for the status quo.
If your journalism isn't guided by a desire to make the world kinder and fairer through access to factual information, you're simply a stenographer for the status quo.
I’m totally fine with being called a radical rogue professor. lol
But on a serious note, yes “activist” has been used to delegitimize people who are focused on equity, care and questioning systems.
I’ve dealt with the activist vs. journalist label my entire career.
It’s a control tactic.
But on a serious note, yes “activist” has been used to delegitimize people who are focused on equity, care and questioning systems.
I’ve dealt with the activist vs. journalist label my entire career.
It’s a control tactic.
April 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hot take: the best journalists are, in a way, activists.
If your journalism isn't guided by a desire to make the world kinder and fairer through access to factual information, you're simply a stenographer for the status quo.
If your journalism isn't guided by a desire to make the world kinder and fairer through access to factual information, you're simply a stenographer for the status quo.
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Vote as if your rights are on the line.
Because they are.
Because they are.
April 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Vote as if your rights are on the line.
Because they are.
Because they are.
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You can donate to support the BC Filipino community here: filipinobc.com/donate
April 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You can donate to support the BC Filipino community here: filipinobc.com/donate
As someone who was raised Roman Catholic I really hate how much joy this gives me.
Imagine basing so much of your public identity on your adult conversion to Catholicism, only to be publicly dismissed by the actual Catholic hierarchy.
April 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
As someone who was raised Roman Catholic I really hate how much joy this gives me.
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I have thought about the phrase "may the groundskeeper forget your grave" at least three times a day for three days now
You sound lonely and so you will die lonely. May the groundskeeper forget your grave.
April 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I have thought about the phrase "may the groundskeeper forget your grave" at least three times a day for three days now
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These are stunning. If there's anything left tomorrow/ Tuesday, I'm definitely getting something!
Please check out my website and get yourself (or a loved one) something pretty: cvkvlv.com
I MUST MOVE. Every sale helps me move, every boost increases visibility for this post. Thank you so much!
Goal for April: $408/$2000
MVTO!!
#Native #Indigenous
I MUST MOVE. Every sale helps me move, every boost increases visibility for this post. Thank you so much!
Goal for April: $408/$2000
MVTO!!
#Native #Indigenous
April 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
These are stunning. If there's anything left tomorrow/ Tuesday, I'm definitely getting something!
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Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
March 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
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Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.
February 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.
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Trump on 51st State: "Canada needs America's protection from countries like America"
Trump on 51st State: "Canada needs America's protection from countries like America"
WASHINGTON D.C. - Asked about his earlier comments regarding Canada becoming the 51st state, President Donald Trump clarified that Canada needs America to offer it protection from hostile aggressor na...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Trump on 51st State: "Canada needs America's protection from countries like America"
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On the heels of multiple airplane disasters, including one less than a month ago that killed 67 people, and after years of warnings about our understaffed air traffic control system, Trump has begun firing hundreds of FAA air traffic control workers.
apnews.com/article/doge...
apnews.com/article/doge...
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in Washi...
apnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
On the heels of multiple airplane disasters, including one less than a month ago that killed 67 people, and after years of warnings about our understaffed air traffic control system, Trump has begun firing hundreds of FAA air traffic control workers.
apnews.com/article/doge...
apnews.com/article/doge...
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taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?
Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
February 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?
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Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.
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It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
February 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.