Elizabeth Majerus
@emajerus.bsky.social
Teacher, poet, punk, feminist; author of Songs Are Like Tattoos, co-editor of Can I Teach That; anti-white-supremacy; pro-climate action, -reproductive justice, and -preserving democracy; 1/3 of Motes; private citizen, She/her, opinions my own
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Elizabeth Majerus
@emajerus.bsky.social
· Oct 27
Art Works: Mixtapes and Modernism with Elizabeth Majerus - Arts
We planned to meet at Urbana’s Caffé Paradiso, but with Paradiso’s truncated summer hours, we ended up a block away at Caffé Bene, its wide-open tables offering the perfect setting for an unhurried co...
www.smilepolitely.com
Honored by Amy Penne's beautiful profile––deft & lovely readings of the poems in Songs Are Like Tattoos & great snapshot of interwoven strands of an utterly enjoyable cafe conversation! #SongsAreLikeTattoos www.smilepolitely.com/arts/art-wor...
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Why we signed on: “The rapid, largely unregulated rise of #datacenters to fuel the #AI and crypto frenzy is disrupting communities across the country and threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate and water security." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #rural #ruralcommunities
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Why we signed on: “The rapid, largely unregulated rise of #datacenters to fuel the #AI and crypto frenzy is disrupting communities across the country and threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate and water security." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #rural #ruralcommunities
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The unregulated AI Tech Oligarchy threatens the foundations of our society and planet:
Massive job loss & increased social isolation
Rampant environmental pollution
Unwarranted spying & privacy violations
I promise to regulate the Tech Oligarch Bros and hold them accountable #ai #datacenters
Massive job loss & increased social isolation
Rampant environmental pollution
Unwarranted spying & privacy violations
I promise to regulate the Tech Oligarch Bros and hold them accountable #ai #datacenters
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The unregulated AI Tech Oligarchy threatens the foundations of our society and planet:
Massive job loss & increased social isolation
Rampant environmental pollution
Unwarranted spying & privacy violations
I promise to regulate the Tech Oligarch Bros and hold them accountable #ai #datacenters
Massive job loss & increased social isolation
Rampant environmental pollution
Unwarranted spying & privacy violations
I promise to regulate the Tech Oligarch Bros and hold them accountable #ai #datacenters
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
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Protest against ICE in Home Depot today in Manhattan.
December 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Protest against ICE in Home Depot today in Manhattan.
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Not only does Musk demonstrate unfamiliarity with hysterectomies -- and 600,000 of these procedures are performed each year in the US alone -- but it really illustrates how he sees women: not as fully equal human beings, as tools for (his) reproduction
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Not only does Musk demonstrate unfamiliarity with hysterectomies -- and 600,000 of these procedures are performed each year in the US alone -- but it really illustrates how he sees women: not as fully equal human beings, as tools for (his) reproduction
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So if you have a hysterectomy, you automatically get a significant pay raise at work or …?
December 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So if you have a hysterectomy, you automatically get a significant pay raise at work or …?
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
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When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.
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all respect, what should be done about people who rack up speeding infractions and DUIs? i do not want to throw them in prison. i do want to limit their ability to do harm. and there seems to be almost no concern for the fact that speeding or driving under the influence is not a victimless crime.
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
all respect, what should be done about people who rack up speeding infractions and DUIs? i do not want to throw them in prison. i do want to limit their ability to do harm. and there seems to be almost no concern for the fact that speeding or driving under the influence is not a victimless crime.
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Trump’s tariffs are DEVASTATING to American consumers.
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Trump’s tariffs are DEVASTATING to American consumers.
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The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
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This is absolutely insane. This should be the lead on every broadcast tonight.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is absolutely insane. This should be the lead on every broadcast tonight.
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HUGE appreciation for the local Indivisible groups in Indiana who have been working for weeks and weeks on this, meeting with legislators, testifying, protesting, calling, advocating. Pressure works!!!
🎉 BREAKING: WE DID IT! 🎉
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
HUGE appreciation for the local Indivisible groups in Indiana who have been working for weeks and weeks on this, meeting with legislators, testifying, protesting, calling, advocating. Pressure works!!!
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US policy on artificial intelligence is caught between flamboyant, fantastical claims and government leaders deferring to industry without the imagination to drive toward real societal progress, write Arati Prabhakar and Asad Ramzanali. There is a better way forward, they say.
America Needs Better AI Ambitions | TechPolicy.Press
Arati Prabhakar and Asad Ramzanali say we are caught between fantastical claims and leaders deferring to industry without the imagination to drive progress.
www.techpolicy.press
December 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
US policy on artificial intelligence is caught between flamboyant, fantastical claims and government leaders deferring to industry without the imagination to drive toward real societal progress, write Arati Prabhakar and Asad Ramzanali. There is a better way forward, they say.
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🚨BREAKING: In a powerful reproach to President Donald Trump, the Indiana Senate voted against a mid-decade redistricting that would have gerrymandered the state’s congressional maps. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Blow to Trump, Indiana Rejects GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a powerful reproach to President Donald Trump, the Indiana Senate voted against a mid-decade redistricting that would have gerrymandered the state’s congressional maps. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
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personally I cannot imagine the ghoulishness required to make this argument but Alabama's attorney general office certainly found the ghoul within
The Constitution prohibits executions of intellectually disabled people. Now, Alabama is asking the Supreme Court a simple question: What if it didn't?
Alabama Is Asking the Supreme Court For Some Leeway On “Cruel and Unusual Punishment”
In 2002, the Court decided that the Constitution does not allow executions of intellectually disabled people. But states are testing that holding’s limits.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
personally I cannot imagine the ghoulishness required to make this argument but Alabama's attorney general office certainly found the ghoul within
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“Liquid glass.” It’s horrible.
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“Liquid glass.” It’s horrible.
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The new iPhone update is nauseating with everything being animated. I highly recommend reducing motion under the accessibility settings.
You’ll thank me, I swear.
You’ll thank me, I swear.
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The new iPhone update is nauseating with everything being animated. I highly recommend reducing motion under the accessibility settings.
You’ll thank me, I swear.
You’ll thank me, I swear.
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
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Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies.
Either way, never trust them again.
Either way, never trust them again.
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies.
Either way, never trust them again.
Either way, never trust them again.