Brent Snavely
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Brent Snavely
@brentasnavely.bsky.social
· Jun 13
World Religions Tree
000024.org
Start about 1/2 way down and a bit to the right-of-center of the linked material to find branches of Xianity. Members of each branch are likely to say *they* are "the real Xians." If they are fully open, they would express doubts about all the others >because there are reasons the branches exist<.
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So it's "let's buy dna test kits to gift people with" time of the year and the "don't use dna testing kits because evil people will one day figure out how to use your dna against you" folks are giving their annual warnings. As an adoptee who needed to use one to find her parents, please don't. 🥚
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
So it's "let's buy dna test kits to gift people with" time of the year and the "don't use dna testing kits because evil people will one day figure out how to use your dna against you" folks are giving their annual warnings. As an adoptee who needed to use one to find her parents, please don't. 🥚
multiple layers of shit in this one -- the beauty of adoption being one of them
Her adoptive dad had sexually assaulted her for years. But when Taylor Cadle told police, she was treated like a “monster.” She was charged with lying to the police and had to write an apology letter to her abuser.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
multiple layers of shit in this one -- the beauty of adoption being one of them
Plenary adoption, as practiced in the western world, involves the "good experiences" of misogyny, racism, classism, and xian supremacy. 😲
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the standard pro-#adoption propaganda tactic, which we saw all over social media this month, is to highlight adoptees who share “good adoption experiences.” But the issue, as with all injustices, isn’t whether the practice permits “good experiences,” but what other kinds of experiences it permits.
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Plenary adoption, as practiced in the western world, involves the "good experiences" of misogyny, racism, classism, and xian supremacy. 😲
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A reminder that I have an index of archived versions of every public-facing page on the FDA’s website from before the Trump Administrative fucked it all up:
acasignups.net/fda-website
acasignups.net/fda-website
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A reminder that I have an index of archived versions of every public-facing page on the FDA’s website from before the Trump Administrative fucked it all up:
acasignups.net/fda-website
acasignups.net/fda-website
The white people who raised me gave me some instructions about how to interact with others (you know, those other *white people*) that jeopardized my physical safety.
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Adoption🥚 intersectionality with race. I was adopted to white people. What I didn't know is that PoCs tend to defend against racism more by building up networks. But insulated from both defenses against racism on an individual and systemic level set me back quite a ways.
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The white people who raised me gave me some instructions about how to interact with others (you know, those other *white people*) that jeopardized my physical safety.
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the orange turd's gonna do something worse than Lockerbie, isn't he ?!!!?
A beautiful opportunity here for everyone who has ever delivered a hectoring, stentorian lecture on the non-negotiable obligation to support nations that are illegally attacked by belligerent rogue states. March right out there now and do it all just the same as last time.
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
the orange turd's gonna do something worse than Lockerbie, isn't he ?!!!?
we've some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet in charge of our nation's health guidelines
@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social have you seen this yet
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
we've some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet in charge of our nation's health guidelines
I'll take, "Things an Arbitrary and Capricious Despot Does" for $1,000...
1. Blow up random boats (probably fisherman) and call that a "war on drugs"
2. Pardon vicious drug kingpins.
3. PROFIT!
2. Pardon vicious drug kingpins.
3. PROFIT!
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'll take, "Things an Arbitrary and Capricious Despot Does" for $1,000...
Hegseth exemplifies those with a Nazi mindset who didn't learn fuck-all from the Nuremberg trials
Hegseth included the below in a chapter titled “The Laws of War, For Winners”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Hegseth exemplifies those with a Nazi mindset who didn't learn fuck-all from the Nuremberg trials
if you're busy watching your neighbors and your neighborhood, you'll be too busy to see that the idiots in charge of our government are screwing you over
At left: a New York Times letter to the editor from October 9, 2001, warning that "the newly formed homeland security office" could lead America to a very dark place
At right: Tweets today from the Trump Department of Homeland Security
At right: Tweets today from the Trump Department of Homeland Security
![DHS tweets:
The stakes have never been higher, and the goal has never been more clear: Remigration now.
Help Deport Them: [link to job site]
Help Arrest Them: [link to tip site]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gljcmclsvuebhhnvpa2rwvjr/bafkreieiolswrlh6lfcepzxwbnwy2f7wklgse2lw2pe33xie4i6eeig7ry@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
if you're busy watching your neighbors and your neighborhood, you'll be too busy to see that the idiots in charge of our government are screwing you over
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I’ve had ppl assert that adopters would never hurt the kids they “waited so long ànd payed so much for”. Note thé outright admission of purchase.
Adopted ppl are just as , if not more, likely to be abused and even killed by the strangers who buy them. #adoption #adopted #childabuse #neglect #truth
Adopted ppl are just as , if not more, likely to be abused and even killed by the strangers who buy them. #adoption #adopted #childabuse #neglect #truth
Mialah Leak, 11, died after her adoptive mother, Sherry Leak, allegedly “sat on” her; Sherry now faces manslaughter charges. Mialah leaves behind a twin sister. Reports of ongoing conflict underscore the urgent need for stronger protections for adopted children. 🥚
Birth family felt something was off before police say 11-year-old was killed by adoptive mother
Biological family said Mialah Leak’s adoptive mother had become distant before being charged with the child's death.
www.wzzm13.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’ve had ppl assert that adopters would never hurt the kids they “waited so long ànd payed so much for”. Note thé outright admission of purchase.
Adopted ppl are just as , if not more, likely to be abused and even killed by the strangers who buy them. #adoption #adopted #childabuse #neglect #truth
Adopted ppl are just as , if not more, likely to be abused and even killed by the strangers who buy them. #adoption #adopted #childabuse #neglect #truth
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Desperate mothers seeking help should be aware that, as soon as someone asks you if you’ve considered adoption? You are being preyed upon. Even if the person asking thinks they have good intentions. #adoption #adopted #coercion #crisispregnancy #commodity #pregnantandscared
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Desperate mothers seeking help should be aware that, as soon as someone asks you if you’ve considered adoption? You are being preyed upon. Even if the person asking thinks they have good intentions. #adoption #adopted #coercion #crisispregnancy #commodity #pregnantandscared
because "MAGA" has *always* meant Make American [G]white* Again
*The "G" is silent -- just ask most BIPOC folk.
*The "G" is silent -- just ask most BIPOC folk.
Subtle but important shift in Trump's language on immigration in the wake of yesterday's shooting. From "illegal aliens" to "aliens," he's dropping the modifier & promising to remove anyone
“who does not belong here or does not add benefit to our country."
He's going to start revoking legal status
“who does not belong here or does not add benefit to our country."
He's going to start revoking legal status
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
because "MAGA" has *always* meant Make American [G]white* Again
*The "G" is silent -- just ask most BIPOC folk.
*The "G" is silent -- just ask most BIPOC folk.
the orange turd continues his usurpation of legislative power
There it is again. Trump’s math doesn’t math. The US takes in about 10 times as much through income taxes than it does through tariffs, but nobody around Trump has the courage to correct him. Most journalists reporting on this story are just as cowardly.
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income reut.rs/4p65j0l
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
the orange turd continues his usurpation of legislative power
the weak
point fingers
toward outside scapegoats
when their nation-state
is collapsing from internal stresses
point fingers
toward outside scapegoats
when their nation-state
is collapsing from internal stresses
In a vicious late-night rant, Trump vowed to “permanently pause” migration from “third world” countries
'You Won't Be Here For Long!': Trump Posts Bonkers 'Salutation' Just Before Midnight
The president said he would "permanently pause" all migration from developing countries.
www.huffpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
the weak
point fingers
toward outside scapegoats
when their nation-state
is collapsing from internal stresses
point fingers
toward outside scapegoats
when their nation-state
is collapsing from internal stresses
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THE AGE OF CONSENT UNDER THE UCMJ IS 16?!?
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
Mother of 15-year-old girl furious no charges filed after daughter had sex with sailor on military base
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who ran away from home and was found on Naval Base San Diego with a sailor, who had sex with her, is furious no charges were filed.
www.10news.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
THE AGE OF CONSENT UNDER THE UCMJ IS 16?!?
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
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Wow, this Ireland ad about protecting your kids on your online posts. It might give you pause….think before you post about their activities.
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Wow, this Ireland ad about protecting your kids on your online posts. It might give you pause….think before you post about their activities.
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thanksgiving -- mostly a [white] nation-building myth
Until 5 years ago, I really felt no connection to America's "founding". Being adopted, I didn't know where I came from. My history was a fabrication. A lie. So, finding my ancestors - specifically - was kinda something. Pilgrims. Literal fucking Pilgrims. Explains my contrariness if nothing else,
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
thanksgiving -- mostly a [white] nation-building myth
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Adoption is misogyny. Adoption is trafficking. Adoption strips basic rights from adoptees by legally binding them for life in a contract they never consented to. Adoption cannot be redeemed. 🥚
What in the world does this even mean? Who is rescued? Who is redeemed. Bastards? Biomothers? Adopters? The Adoption Industry, which is desperate for new product. If we all work together we can redeem the purpose of adoption. $$$$ bit.ly/44B6SuL
NAM/NAAM Day 26. Adoption Affirmations: Adoption is Redemption | The Daily Bastardette
What in the world does this even mean? Who is rescued? Who is redeemed. Bastards? Biomothers? Adopters? The Adoption Industry, which is desperate for new product. If we all work together we can rede...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Adoption is misogyny. Adoption is trafficking. Adoption strips basic rights from adoptees by legally binding them for life in a contract they never consented to. Adoption cannot be redeemed. 🥚
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
Remember, peeps, substitutionary atonement is a bullshit story.
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What in the world does this even mean? Who is rescued? Who is redeemed. Bastards? Biomothers? Adopters? The Adoption Industry, which is desperate for new product. If we all work together we can redeem the purpose of adoption. $$$$ bit.ly/44B6SuL
NAM/NAAM Day 26. Adoption Affirmations: Adoption is Redemption | The Daily Bastardette
What in the world does this even mean? Who is rescued? Who is redeemed. Bastards? Biomothers? Adopters? The Adoption Industry, which is desperate for new product. If we all work together we can rede...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Remember, peeps, substitutionary atonement is a bullshit story.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.