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Silja JA Talvi
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In forced exile from U.S. Investigative journalist (35 yrs), author, lecturer. Multi-minority. Anti-racist; despise ALL bigotry. Prisons, criminal justice, eugenics, refugees, misogyny, trauma, etc. Documentary: https://youtu.be/lbBMriSDEwg?feature=shared
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · Oct 26
Documentary link is corrected in bio. After staying relatively hidden for over a decade, I broke my silence. The doc explains why I was forced to flee the U.S. despite a flourishing career as investigative/immersive journo. It all came down to what I stumbled across.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
30 that we know of … and this doesn’t include deaths in custody or black ops. The real total of ppl who have been killed (or tortured) will remain unknown for the foreseeable future.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
According to latest stats, 1.8 million persons are incarcerated in the U.S., an increase of 400,000 since 2019. More than 10% (roughly 200,000) are lifers. The U.S. represents 4% of the global pop but 40% of ALL lifers are in U.S. prisons, inc. 83% of all ppl serving life without parole. #LWOP
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
Humanizing individuals who are relegated into the realm of faceless statistics is what we, as journalists, are called to do. In the daily maelstrom of American disappearances, detentions & deportations, stories like Nory’s rarely get told. A heart wrenching profile: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Nory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
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👋 Netanyahu: See you in The Hague
He’s got the blood of thousands on his hands but leaders still shake it. Join the people’s global call for justice now!
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
Rakas Isoäiti: Tänä päivänä monta vuotta sitten, sinä siirryit maailmasta taivaaseen. Haluan kiittää sinua siitä että sain kokea aitoa rakkautta. Sain tarttua käteesi ja istua vieressäsi saunassa & keittiössä. Ihailin sinun vahvuutta ja viisautta. Kiitän & rakastan sinua ikuisesti, Irja Talvi 💜
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
”On” eikä ”in” …
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
Just think: this event happened just 3 days before October 7, 2023. My master’s thesis focused on #Palestinian, #Arab & #Jewish women’s resistance to oppression & occupation. It wasn’t a #feminist pipe dream. Women activists have REAL solutions.
www.womenwagepeace.org.il/en/joint-eve...
Joint event of Women Wage Peace and Women of the sun, October 4th. 2023 - Women Wage Peace
Thousands of women from the Israeli movement “Women Wage Peace” and the Palestinian movement “Women of the Sun” held a mass event with this message: “We, Palestinian and Israeli mothers, are determine...
www.womenwagepeace.org.il
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
Joo, etenkin täällä! Olen huomannut sen. Just tämmöisen kanssa ehdotukset auttaisi koska suomalainen huumorin taju on edelleen vaikeata ymmärtää vaikka kuinka yritän … se in siis täysin erilaista kun missään muualla.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
The recent shudders of violence in #Gaza are predictable but horrible. As long as sick & demented right-wing Israeli & Hamas extremists are in power, ppl keep dying. Hamas has even started up public executions again. The answer lies w/ the strong #women who want 2 lead ppl 2 peaceful co-existence.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
Highlight of my life; skanking on stage next to Dick Lucas for an ENTIRE set of Subhumans/Citizen Fish & Culture Shock songs. And that was when I was nearly 40. 👊🏽
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
Etsin apua: ihmisiä jotka tarkistaa ja jopa ehdottaa tekstiä. Sitten yritän kerätä riittävästi € että pystyn tuottamaan ja tarjoamaan ympäri Suomea ilmaiseksi. Miten voisin kerätä pieniä lahjoituksia tätä varten? Ideana olisi että tarrat laitetaan terveyskeskuksien lähelle. #HuonovointiSuomi
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
Hei muut vihaiset Suomalaiset: meinaan tehdä isoja tarroja missä tuon esiin meidän ”hyvinvointivaltion” romahdus etenkin julkisen terveydenhoidon näkökulmasta. Miten me köyhät, kroonisesti sairaat (ja vähemmistö ryhmän jäsenet) kohdellaan ikään kuin meidän elämällä ei ole merkitystä. (Jatkuu … )
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
Certain album covers stay with you for life. This was one of many. Punk rock rasta chica since early 80s, still as full of sociopolitical rage and wondering HTF most music got so insipid & tepid. Every day is a FU to everyone who told me I was going through a “phase.” ✊🏽
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 1d
While nearly 2 million ppl rot in US prisons—many serving decades or even life sentences—frmr Rep. Santos just got released after serving 3 mo of a 7 yr sentence. So far, Trump has freed 1,600 Jan6ers, fraud & tax evasion pardons 4 reality tv stars & frmr Rep. Grimm. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
Social Media, Pleas From Allies and Prison Essays: How Santos Won His Freedom
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 3d
Fascists don’t come knocking at your door to ask politely if they can come inside. Authoritarian rule doesn’t shake your hand & ask for your support. Tyrannical leaders don’t study press polls b4 seizing power permanently. They break your door down, throw you in a cell & take control of the media.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 3d
Are you a survivor of #humantrafficking, #sextrafficking or any form of #modernslavery looking to share your story of survival? As the gap between rich & poor grows, so does slavery. Seeking additional personal stories of trafficking in Western & Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia & Africa.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 3d
Four seasons. As climate change has impacted our lives here in dramatic ways, we take even more time to appreciate what’s left of a once glorious decay & renewal/rebirth cycle.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 3d
For all my fellow Americans who still see Europe as a monolith, it’s crucial to understand that these countries are TRULY different from one another. In #Finland, the practice of retrieving lost items & placing them on display in hopes that the owner will find them is an ubiquitous cultural trait.
ihmiskoira.graysky.social ihmiskoira @ihmiskoira.graysky.social · 4d
Kuvanmukaiset lasten silmälasit roikkuvat Veräjämäessä metsäpolun varressa (saa jakaa).

#kadonnut #löydetty #silmälasit #Veräjämäki #Helsinki
Pienet muovisankaiset lasten silmälasit muovipussitettuna ja kuusen oksaan ripustettuna metsäpolun varressa. Veräjämäki, Helsinki.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 3d
When peace becomes a subversive concept we’re in trouble … and one of the primary things I find distressing ab the modern day left. Even here on BlueSky I read leftists who support torturing ppl they dislike & back violence as response to oppression. I understand rage. But I don’t seek violence.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 8d
Absolutely everyone on the left needs to stop using Facebook, Google/Gmail and X. I can’t believe many “progressive” pubs still use all of them. There’s just no excuse (no matter how accustomed you are to using them) to support platforms that happily hand over data to the fed govt, NSA, FBI, CIA …
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 8d
There’s no shame in his game. He knows he’s the man in charge and gets away with everything. The extreme narcissism is already astounding to watch on display, the add to that knowing he’s dictator of the US empire … why would he worry about watching his words? It’s sadistic “fun” for him.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 8d
(To clarify: By referencing 2 years, I mean the Jewish lunar calendar.)

I also need to say I grieve w/ EVERY person who lost loved ones in this catastrophic war. The grief process must be respected & the resulting trauma must be addressed. Without it, more brutality & suffering will follow.
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 8d
Have you all noticed that what would’ve once been a matter of outrage—even front page news—is now relegated to little more than a mention or the online equivalent of a dismissive shrug? This is the normalization of brutality & authoritarian control. This is PRECISELY how the arc of facism develops.
austinmermaid.bsky.social Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 8d
“Are you ICE or a cop? I’m a combat vet. Who are you with? I’ve got this on video.

Wow! You better not fucking tase him! Call the cops. You fucking pieces of shit! Racist little bastards!

Don’t you touch me! I’ll knock you the fuck out! We’re following you..

#AbolishICE #Vets
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 8d
Thank you for posting this. It is vital that we bring as much attn to issues and ppl who aren’t in the headlines but whose struggles cry out for our attention. #IndigenousWisdom
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Silja JA Talvi @sjat.bsky.social · 8d
Two yrs ago to the day, the horror of an unimaginable massacre, hostages & the relentless murder of #Palestinian innocents started on #SimchatTorah. I thank Jah 4 listening to our prayers & protests. We are DONE w/ men & war. The time 4 women’s guidance is NOW. #NotInOurName #NetanyahuHamasOutNow
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