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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2h

This whole interview with @lindseyboylan.bsky.social is amazing, but we need to shout this from the rooftops.

There's this message that abusive men like to send that's something like "yeah, I'm an abuser, but I'm a strong man who can get things done."

And no, he isn't.

LINDSEY BOYLAN: People who abuse women abuse every kind of power they have.

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 3h

...You cannot appeal to civility when the entire political project of the far right is to revel in transgression and humiliation. These are not exceptions or pathologies at the margins; they are central features of our present."/

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 3h

Excellent piece...

"You cannot shame people who no longer recognize the legitimacy of shared norms. You cannot debate authoritarians into submission when language itself is treated as a game without stakes. /1

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4h

Yesterday, Trump awarded Charlie Kirk a Medal of Freedom and named 10/14 a National Day of Remembrance for an unabashed advocate for white supremacy and fascism.

Shame has lost its meaning and power. And so has liberalism. My new essay for The New Republic:
newrepublic.com/article/2015...

Why Shame No Longer Works in American Politics

While it once played a role in binding society, shame has lost its power—and so have the liberal tools that depend on it.

newrepublic.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

Why would the cartels want to stop ICE and CBP activities that have been diverting resources away from drug interdiction?

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 23h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 9h

I haven't had any health care workers refuse to wear a mask for me thus far, fortunately. I think if they did, I'd do what you did and request a new one.

🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 19h

❤️ TY! YES TO ALL THIS. ❤️

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 19h

a man in a striped shirt is smiling in a fisheye shot

Alt: a man in a striped shirt is smiling in a fisheye shot. From a Beastie Boys video

media.tenor.com

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 19h

Given that I'm in NYC, I'll likely be able to get what I want. It's definitely an adjustment I need to make in my mindset.

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 19h

I need to start refusing. I am the customer, after all, lol.

Thank you for the inspiration. ❤️

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 19h

That's awesome! Definitely safer to put it on before entering the facility.

Next time I'm asked to remove my mask to be photographed, I'll politely refuse and see what happens.

Fortunately it's rare I'm at the hospital.

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 19h

I had a "squad" of 3 women friends. Lost them all at once when one of them got upset at ME for fleeing our girls' trip when she tested positive for Covid, despite no complaints from me. I just decided to go home.

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 20h

This is another thing that irritates me about folks criticizing immigrant, marginalized, & impoverished folk for using services like Amazon & Instacart like theyre luxuries.

Theyre the closest thing we have to accessible! The world has been made too dangerous for many of us to BE out in it.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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chadzia dax 🔞😷🖖🏻 @m00psy.bsky.social · 19h

re: #readimask:

🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 19h

Couldn't agree more about how secure it feels.

Only downside is once it's on, you can't take it off & put it back on.

For an MRI, I'm assuming it's best to put it on right before the MRI in case the nurse needs to take your temperature or if security needs to take your photo for a visitor badge.

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 19h

Couldn't agree more about how secure it feels.

Only downside is once it's on, you can't take it off & put it back on.

For an MRI, I'm assuming it's best to put it on right before the MRI in case the nurse needs to take your temperature or if security needs to take your photo for a visitor badge.

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 20h

Readimasks (certified N95s that use adhesive instead of straps) are 75% off w/code NONSMOKINGZONE.

They’re MRI-safe (nice because if you need an MRI, you prob really don’t also want Covid) and also handy for things like haircuts. Not my everyday mask but super to have around for those situations!

ReadiMask® The Only Strapless N95 Respirator - Alliant Biotech

ReadiMask N95s protect against bacteria, viruses, debris, pollution, smoke, and diseases like colds, flus, Coronavirus.

alliantbiotech.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 20h

Madness. In jail, in another state, since Sunday, clarinetist Oriana Korol is a 38-year-old child and family therapist, a U.S. citizen and mom with a 3 y.o.

Sound dangerous?

The Sheriff says she is being held on suspicion of assault on a federal officer. But, not charged yet?

Habeas corpus, kids!

pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 22h

more detailed story in the @oregonian.com

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, the end stop in the penultimate line and the caesura in final line...

How it slows you down, how it makes you think

#poetry
#poemoftheday

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 23h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 23h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

youtu.be

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21h

it wasn't enough that our cities and states already paid far more than they receive from the federal government. the people who elected trump want to steal more from us, to give to Argentina, to give to ICE, to give to billionaires. Intolerable

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 23h

Trump admin has frozen or cancelled $28 b for projects, almost all in Dem districts. Small amount of frozen funds in GOP districts are in predominately Dem states (CA, OR, WA, CO, MN, IL, NY, MD), or in predominately Dem cities (St Louis, Atlanta, Greenville) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump admin is freezing or cancelling billions of dollars in funding for projects in Democratic areas.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 22h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 22h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 21h

Why, thank you!! ❤️

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

It is engineering malpractice that this site has not yet implemented an option to allow people to private their accounts, given that they’re a US based company, and the US is going through what it’s going through.

But hey, waffles, amirite.

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 1d

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 1d

It's so disappointing because he's so on the money, generally speaking.

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