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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 2h

Hey if you are going to be at the #ABQ #NoKings protest I'm planning on being there with packets of these. I'm not sure where I'm going to set up yet but I'll be in a wheelchair with a big rainbow bag full of little packets of 'em. If you want more than like 50 hmu in advance. #Albuquerque #Burque

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · Jun 21

hey Burque, I am just making rolls of 200-250 of these on 4x6 inch stickers. if you're in ABQ and want some, hit me up. you can also just make your own, they're standard size for thermal printers. lmk if you need it in some other size or if you want the file to adjust to your city or somethin

Flyer reads:

SI ALGUIEN ES LLEVADO POR LA MIGRA WHAT TO DO WHEN SOMEONE IS TAKEN BY ICE

ICE

Linea De Apoyo |

Hotline

Textea ABQMIGRA to 58910 para reportar una redada y obtener apoyo ayuda legal gratuita

Text ABQICE to 58910 to report an ICE raid and get support

Ayuda Legal Gratuita | Free Legal Help

Centro Legal De Inmigrantes De Nuevo Mexico

New Mexico Immigrant Law Center

505-247-1023

https://www.nmilc.org

Proyecto Soñadores De Santa Fe Santa Fe

Dreamers Project

8505-490-2789

santafedreamersproject.org

Para Buscar A Un Adulto Llevado Por ICE | How To Find An Adult Taken By ICE

locator.ice.gov/odls

Para Buscar A Un Niño Llevado Por ICE | How To Find A Child Taken By ICE

1-800-203-7001

El Consulado Mexicano | Mexican Consulate

8505-270-7009 or 505-247-2147

El consulado Mexicano en Albuquerque puede ayudar a encontrar a los ciudadanos Mexicanos

The Mexican consulate of Albuquerque can help Mexican citizens

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 3d

I wrote about AI art and why I philosophically refuse to use generative AI regardless of its potential utility, but it's actually about mortality and authoritarianism and book clubs and Bowling Alone. (I resisted an extended metaphor about curling, you're welcome / I'm sorry.)

choosing friction

In 2018, legal scholar Tim Wu wrote in the New York Times that: Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all desti...

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 6h

The Carney government's revealed preference is for deeper US integration. Literally everything Carney has done is consistent with this position.
If any other politician at any other time was doing what Carney is doing, this wouldn't even be up for debate.

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 7h

Natural Resources Minister brushes off national security concerns over U.S. stakes in Canadian critical mineral companies

Ottawa is not immediately concerned about the positions, considering the U.S. is an ally, Hodgson says

www.theglobeandmail.com

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 5h

where is the whimsy!!

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d

I would rather stand in the ranks of an army of fuckups than desperately try to keep my place in a dwindling clique of angels.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 1d

this week's post is something i've been thinking about for a long time. it's called "all of us imperfect comrades: or, an army of fuckups cannot lose"

margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/each-of-us...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 19h

Seeing people say that "by the numbers" Stancil is right about No Kings being bigger than the civil rights mvt. But no. That's not how any of this works.

It's like saying I'm a bigger organizer than Greta Thunberg because I'm taller. It's not technically true, it's just stupid.

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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 20h

Maggie Helwig's ENCAMPMENT has won the Toronto Book Awards!

The city has also just given notice that the encampment beside her church (St. Stephen-in-the-Fields) is to be cleared TOMORROW MORNING (Thurs., Oct. 16). If you're in Toronto, support the encampment and its residents at 103 Bellevue Ave.!

A photograph of Maggie Helwig alongside friends, encampment residents, and readers.

A photograph of the notice given to clear the encampment with less than 24 hours notice.

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 19h

him and Lander as a duo especially, whew

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 21h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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Nire Bryce @nirebryce.breadthcharge.net · 20h

I think people keep misinterpreting the no kings protests as like the final step of what that milieu is doing instead of being a constant signal of the number of people willing to throw away 3 hours of their weekend to attend some speeches.

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 21h

realtors here looked at redlining and were like "how do we get in on that"

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1d

A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 1d

📢📢📢CALLING ALL PARENTS ALL ACROSS ONTARIO!!! SHARE WIDELY!

Join Parents Against Speeding and plan a local event on Oct 20 to protest the shutting down of Ontario's life-saving school zone speed safety camera program. Tell Doug Ford it's wrong to care more about lawbreakers than kids' safety!

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 1d

renting in toronto now includes above asking offers, tenant bio letters, and offers of six months up front. literally kill me.

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Spock's Brian @spocksbrian.worstpossible.world · 2d

Too many amazing stories from Gallup, and almost none I will repeat here. However I will talk about what I myself experienced. There was Something in the basement at the Old Rehoboth Church

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 1d

All seven obstetrician-gynecologists at Kamloops hospital resign

“It is fairly unprecedented for an entire group of physicians to depart, but with the state of obstetrics in our community…we see no viable way forward.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

Seven OB/GYNs at B.C. hospital resign, citing unsafe workloads, lack of support

Years of challenges have made the situation untenable, doctors say in letter obtained by The Globe

www.theglobeandmail.com

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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 2d

My expectation is Israel will push the boundaries on the ceasefire to see how many Palestinians they can kill in any given day without US censure, knowing that every death will push Hamas to strike back which Trump and Netanyahu would see as the official breach and thus commit to total annihilation.

onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

israel has already broken the ceasefire

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

The first
Antifa
Counter Terrorism
Task Force
Trump already gave so many of us jobs with ICE. We may have to start recruiting soon to fill all these spots.

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 2d

humiliation fetish

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 2d

thanks Sam 🥰🥰

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 2d

Thanks for reading Tim!!

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

Important to note that this isn’t a problem for the billionaire buying media properties. If they make them into successful rightwing propaganda? Cool more money. If it fails? Cool they’ve destroyed one of the few outlets with the resources to investigate them. Either way they achieved their goal

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 2d

good morning I'm pretty happy with this essay and would love for you to read it

jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 3d

I wrote about AI art and why I philosophically refuse to use generative AI regardless of its potential utility, but it's actually about mortality and authoritarianism and book clubs and Bowling Alone. (I resisted an extended metaphor about curling, you're welcome / I'm sorry.)

choosing friction

In 2018, legal scholar Tim Wu wrote in the New York Times that: Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all desti...

phirephoenix.com

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