ellestad.bsky.social
@ellestad.bsky.social
Tea drinker, husband, pet companion, woodwind musician, enthusiast cook; works in technology. San Francisco, CA. He/Him.
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The goal of the republicans plan is to create a socially Darwinian society that allows the most at risk to die without being seen or heard.
It’s all social murder at scale and eugenics all the way down.
The republicans are building the tools of mass death and painting them as public health.
It’s all social murder at scale and eugenics all the way down.
The republicans are building the tools of mass death and painting them as public health.
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The goal of the republicans plan is to create a socially Darwinian society that allows the most at risk to die without being seen or heard.
It’s all social murder at scale and eugenics all the way down.
The republicans are building the tools of mass death and painting them as public health.
It’s all social murder at scale and eugenics all the way down.
The republicans are building the tools of mass death and painting them as public health.
First real winter rainstorm of the season is a good day to get out a Shou Puerh mini from the 2021 W2T Trick or Treat Bag. Lesser Evils small batch Shou was one of my faves from the assortment.
#ShouPuerh #RipePuerh #White2Tea @white2tea.bsky.social #TeaSky
#ShouPuerh #RipePuerh #White2Tea @white2tea.bsky.social #TeaSky
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
First real winter rainstorm of the season is a good day to get out a Shou Puerh mini from the 2021 W2T Trick or Treat Bag. Lesser Evils small batch Shou was one of my faves from the assortment.
#ShouPuerh #RipePuerh #White2Tea @white2tea.bsky.social #TeaSky
#ShouPuerh #RipePuerh #White2Tea @white2tea.bsky.social #TeaSky
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Republicans just voted to end Affordable Care Act funding, putting health care at risk for nearly 300,000 Wisconsinites.
WisDems Chair @devinremiker.bsky.social responds: 👇
WisDems Chair @devinremiker.bsky.social responds: 👇
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Republicans just voted to end Affordable Care Act funding, putting health care at risk for nearly 300,000 Wisconsinites.
WisDems Chair @devinremiker.bsky.social responds: 👇
WisDems Chair @devinremiker.bsky.social responds: 👇
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The Senate’s spending bill eliminates or delays food safety rules aimed at preventing foodborne illnesses and contamination.
Not only did 8 Senate Democrats fail to protect millions of Americans’ healthcare, but they’re also making our food less safe.
Hello?
Not only did 8 Senate Democrats fail to protect millions of Americans’ healthcare, but they’re also making our food less safe.
Hello?
The Government Shutdown Deal Is Endangering Food Safety
After intense lobbying and major campaign donations, the emergency spending bill intended to end the federal government
jacobin.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Senate’s spending bill eliminates or delays food safety rules aimed at preventing foodborne illnesses and contamination.
Not only did 8 Senate Democrats fail to protect millions of Americans’ healthcare, but they’re also making our food less safe.
Hello?
Not only did 8 Senate Democrats fail to protect millions of Americans’ healthcare, but they’re also making our food less safe.
Hello?
Not to mosh your holiday plans, but a reduction in commercial flights is probably part of the plan to reduce the barriers to mass deportation via air carriers/military.
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Not to mosh your holiday plans, but a reduction in commercial flights is probably part of the plan to reduce the barriers to mass deportation via air carriers/military.
Iron Arhat (Tue Luo Han) is always one of my favorite rock teas. This is a very nice (2022) example from Rivers and Lakes Tea.
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #Yancha #TeaSky
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #Yancha #TeaSky
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Iron Arhat (Tue Luo Han) is always one of my favorite rock teas. This is a very nice (2022) example from Rivers and Lakes Tea.
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #Yancha #TeaSky
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #Yancha #TeaSky
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of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
"Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be 'no more prayer' in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be 'no more prayer' in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Press pot brewing Kuura Corp Go Juice "all day every day" Yunnan black tea. Nothing fancy.
#BlackTea #HongCha #KuuraCorp #TeaSky
#BlackTea #HongCha #KuuraCorp #TeaSky
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Press pot brewing Kuura Corp Go Juice "all day every day" Yunnan black tea. Nothing fancy.
#BlackTea #HongCha #KuuraCorp #TeaSky
#BlackTea #HongCha #KuuraCorp #TeaSky
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
White Rooster Crest is usually processed as a low oxidation, low roast rock tea. Almost more like a green tea than an Oolong. Subtly flavored, it is a rock tea varietal I struggle to appreciate.
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #YanCha #TeaSky
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #YanCha #TeaSky
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
White Rooster Crest is usually processed as a low oxidation, low roast rock tea. Almost more like a green tea than an Oolong. Subtly flavored, it is a rock tea varietal I struggle to appreciate.
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #YanCha #TeaSky
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #YanCha #TeaSky
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BREAKING: Highlights Magazine Caves Into Trump Administration’s Demands, Kills Gallant Off and Only Keeps Goofus
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
BREAKING: Highlights Magazine Caves Into Trump Administration’s Demands, Kills Gallant Off and Only Keeps Goofus
Moving my traditional winter rock tea fiesta up a bit this year from starting after Thanksgiving to starting after Halloween. Golden Water Turtle (Shui Jon Gui) rock tea from Rivers and Lakes.
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #YanCha #TeaSky
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #YanCha #TeaSky
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Moving my traditional winter rock tea fiesta up a bit this year from starting after Thanksgiving to starting after Halloween. Golden Water Turtle (Shui Jon Gui) rock tea from Rivers and Lakes.
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #YanCha #TeaSky
#RiversAndLakesTea #RockTea #YanCha #TeaSky
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California, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii must secede from the United States of America.
The new nation of Pacifica will command the world’s 4th largest economy and will become a global power.
Pacifica’s asylum policy will welcome ex-pats from the former U.S., offering housing, food and healthcare.
The new nation of Pacifica will command the world’s 4th largest economy and will become a global power.
Pacifica’s asylum policy will welcome ex-pats from the former U.S., offering housing, food and healthcare.
October 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
California, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii must secede from the United States of America.
The new nation of Pacifica will command the world’s 4th largest economy and will become a global power.
Pacifica’s asylum policy will welcome ex-pats from the former U.S., offering housing, food and healthcare.
The new nation of Pacifica will command the world’s 4th largest economy and will become a global power.
Pacifica’s asylum policy will welcome ex-pats from the former U.S., offering housing, food and healthcare.
"Alarmingly high levels of plutonium-239 have been found at...former Hunter's Point shipyard."
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Alarmingly high levels of plutonium-239 have been found at...former Hunter's Point shipyard."
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...
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(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
@miamiherald.com
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
@miamiherald.com
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Hey folks, an update on the battle to bring down prices!
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hey folks, an update on the battle to bring down prices!
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Illinois is essentially ending the power RFK Jr. has over state vaccine policy.
They’ve passed a bill through the state legislature to give their state vaccine advisory committee more power, and to require insurance to cover vaccines that the state committee recommends, not ACIP.
They’ve passed a bill through the state legislature to give their state vaccine advisory committee more power, and to require insurance to cover vaccines that the state committee recommends, not ACIP.
Koehler highlights bill to boost vaccine transparency
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Dave Koehler today advanced House Bill 767, legislation designed to put clear, expert vaccine guidance at the center of Illinois’ public health response.“Families deserve s...
www.senatordavekoehler.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Illinois is essentially ending the power RFK Jr. has over state vaccine policy.
They’ve passed a bill through the state legislature to give their state vaccine advisory committee more power, and to require insurance to cover vaccines that the state committee recommends, not ACIP.
They’ve passed a bill through the state legislature to give their state vaccine advisory committee more power, and to require insurance to cover vaccines that the state committee recommends, not ACIP.
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Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
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These Nazi cosplay images are so on-the-nose for ICE that I doubted they were real, but I checked and, yeah, they’re real. Here’s another:
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
These Nazi cosplay images are so on-the-nose for ICE that I doubted they were real, but I checked and, yeah, they’re real. Here’s another:
Zhangping Shui Xian (Roasted) from Rivers and Lakes tea. This version is tasty too, but as a small matter of preference, this morning I feel I prefered the previous unroasted version.
#OolongTea #WulongCha #RiversAndLakesTea #TeaSky
#OolongTea #WulongCha #RiversAndLakesTea #TeaSky
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Zhangping Shui Xian (Roasted) from Rivers and Lakes tea. This version is tasty too, but as a small matter of preference, this morning I feel I prefered the previous unroasted version.
#OolongTea #WulongCha #RiversAndLakesTea #TeaSky
#OolongTea #WulongCha #RiversAndLakesTea #TeaSky
Selective Service System public service announcements on San Francisco buses reminding men ages 18-25 to register seems a little too Starship Troopers to be true, but here we are.
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Selective Service System public service announcements on San Francisco buses reminding men ages 18-25 to register seems a little too Starship Troopers to be true, but here we are.
You know how newly dead creatures keep moving after they have been killed? That's how the US' experiment in representative democracy feels to me at the moment.
October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
You know how newly dead creatures keep moving after they have been killed? That's how the US' experiment in representative democracy feels to me at the moment.
Dear very rich people in other cities. It appears you can prevent ICE mobilization in your vicinity.
If & when federal courts (& SCOTUS) insist on deferring to the President's determination that deploying the Natl Guard is necessary for the enforcement of federal law, safety, etc. - please remember Trump says he's making such decisions based in part on what the CEOs of Salesforce & NVIDIA tell him.
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Dear very rich people in other cities. It appears you can prevent ICE mobilization in your vicinity.