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AJLZarychta

@ajlzarychta.bsky.social

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Arcane scribbling, fairy dust, and tea. Opinionated. Recovering Archaeologist. Louisiana born, still not Republican.

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AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 1h

Yes! It's a great feeling to know you're not the only "blue dot".

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 4h

Let's fucking GO.

The amazing people at the Perdue Exponent helping a RIVAL school's paper to print critical stories when their administration censors them is continuing a grand tradition of Freedom of the Press.

I fully approve. Y'all are badasses.

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 1d

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 5h

It's okay. I was just wondering.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 5h

Firecrackers? What douche bags!

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 6h

I think that it depends on the town and the cop, but I take your point. Small town cops can be pretty terrible.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 6h

Nice. I hope we see more of that. And you know that this will give some people the courage to stand up next time.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 6h

Where was this?

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 14h

Okay, guys. Time for bed. We've had a long day of fighting fascism. Let's get some shut-eye so we can keep it going in our daily lives.

Hamlet is already way ahead of me. Time to catch up.

A gray and white cat asleep on a couch cushion, paws towards the camera.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 14h

Really?! That's so cool.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 14h

We had a lot of fun in Baton Rouge celebrating the America we want to build. Free of fascism, fair for all.

A person in a crawfish suit bearing a sign that reads, "I'm just a crawfish, but still got more of a spine than Mike Johnson".

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you and your mom! I'm so glad to see people turn out in smaller towns. There's this unspoken assumption that everyone in a small town is bloody red conservative.

I might live in a city now, but I'm from the country. Rural poverty is no joke, & Trump is making it worse.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 14h

Holy crap! What a crowd!

You guys are amazing 🤩

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 14h

No, thank you and your neighbors for showing up for democracy. Others in your community now know they're not alone. And that's a wonderful thing.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 14h

I also want a national database of bad cops.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 14h

Small town protesters showing up. This grows the community by making those unexpected connections. You might not have guessed that Jimmy who fixes diesel engines or Alice who does Grandma's hair doesn't like what the Administration is doing. But now you do. Build on that.

Ms B Moran @msbmoran.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKingsSmallTowns
Our little town in Puget Sound WA drew 800 humans and at least 30 dogs. Take THAT dog killer Noem.

Protest crowd

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 16h

Pretty red. At least a few hundred, I think. But many more driving past and honking, waving, that kind of thing. It was really great to see everyone come out like that. There were 11 cities that had events, and some that weren't official.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 16h

Also with my full chest:

If you don't want to get called a Nazi, don't do Nazi shit.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 16h

A new friend with better googlefu than I have was able to get their digital hands on this one!

A person in an inflatable crawfish suit with a protest sign

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 16h

Bravery in the face of bullies.

Small town hero, Kendra Sullivan.

hpanzironi @hpanzironi.bsky.social · 19h

Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 16h

They're fantastic!

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 16h

Even the Chihuahua contingent was out for #NoKings today.

Shervin Malekzadeh @swarthy-bastard.bsky.social · 19h

#NoKings
#DTLA

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 17h

Absolute peak #NoKings.

❤️ Our community

Liz Sepper @lsepper.bsky.social · 22h

Texts from today "are you by the ghostbusters with the banana in the middle?" "I'm to the east. A dinosaur just walked by"

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 17h

You guys rock. Solidarity with you all.

BTW, I know recovery after storms is hard. If you know of any local and indigenous organizations that need help, please let me know. My megaphone is small, but I will use it. And try to contribute if I can.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 17h

And by tiny sample size, I mean small towns. A small town probably has the same percentage of pro-democracy residents as a city. Sometimes more.

AJLZarychta @ajlzarychta.bsky.social · 17h

In a tiny sample size, definitely. It's unfortunate that the big crowds are getting ALL the press, for sure.