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Alyssa Harad

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Writer. Reader. I live in a box of paints. She/her. Banner: a detail from Remedios Varo’s Vampiros Vegetarianos. Three vampires in fantastical golden outfits sip fruit through extra long straws.)

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · Nov 11

Sorry this took so long, but I finally got the doc I prepared for my friend up on Google Docs. It is a deliberately short Long Covid On Ramp for folks just discovering they are sick and wondering what to do next. Thanks to all who contributed! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 5h

(I will definitely be watching the sequel.)

Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 5h

The algorithm served up St. Trinian's to me tonight and I can't say all of it's aged well but I also sort of can't believe something this good naturedly anarchic and demented got made? Bonus: Soooo many Colin Firth jokes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTyj...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 14h

😳

Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

I’m out then. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

That was my first guess too. I know the habit on the other end of the spectrum from extreme heat in Texas. It’s hard to remember the weather isn’t trying to kill you.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 1d

Would you like a little good news? The immigrant childrens detention center I've protested at myriad times (Also at its landlords house) has closed and will now be a project to house the unhoused.

As much as I'd love to take credit, it's apparently because SW Key no longer gets $$ from Trump. 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

Houston Announces New $16 Million Low-Barrier Homeless 'Super Hub'

The City of Houston is spending $16 million to turn a former migrant shelter into a homeless “super hub”—a facility officials say will streamline access to services, but critics warn will damage the c...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

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Chicago Is Organizing for All

Everyday Chicagoans are proving to be the first line of defense against the federal incursion into their city.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

Moby Dick is so wild.

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

He put his hand upon the sleeper’s rear, as though feeling if it was soft enough; and then, without more ado, sat quietly down there.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

And cooking! ❤️

Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

Truly I am growing old.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, God. Goodbye, Diane. Thank you.

GᵣₐbₜₕₑInflatableWₑₙₑₛₛ @ayankdownunder.bsky.social · 1d

RIP ❤️

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

And of course, the Patreon version: www.patreon.com/posts/you-ha...

You Have to See This Mamdani Ad | Katelyn Burns

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

It is so simple and clear and it should not be this rare.

Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

Such a powerful use of his platform. Already doing the work.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. And also, “I know the history, good and bad. Here I am saying it in public. It’s on the record now where it belongs.” 🥹❤️

Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

Over and over again I’m struck by how the core of Mamdani’s campaign is, “I know and love New York and I know you do too. Let’s fight for this tremendous place together.” The love is important but the knowledge equally, maybe even more so.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

It feels brave in this moment. A gauntlet laid down. But with no bravado. Just sleeves rolled up.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

I love this, but more importantly, the trans folks in the replies and on my TL do too.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

🧵🪡✨💫

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

Regarding capitalism, the Milky Way's neighbor Andromeda offered the following comment: BITCH, PLEASE

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Andromeda. Saturation way turned down. Easy to see two of the satellites -- the bigger bright spots.

Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d

Damn.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 2d

It is an extremely cozy situation.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2d

as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 2d

What can I say I have a palette.