Usdi Crittenden
@lilusdi.bsky.social
Same doofus as on twitter. Ndn anarcho-judaism. Non-dirtbag leftist. Unemployed cell/molecular biologist with a powerful rage for health misinfo. Wants to see pictures of your pets. Wondering how long I can make a descri
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Usdi Crittenden
@lilusdi.bsky.social
· May 20
In-progress thread of my own Palestinian-made gift sources!
I definitely am seconding the recommendation of Canaan brand and Handmade Palestine (which is run by a delightful couple in Ramallah), but would also like to recommend the Al-Ard brand (run by the Anabtawi family) for their oils and foods. You can shop at alardproducts.com or look in your local
My policy on sharing campaigns:
I will automatically consider gfm campaigns to be legitimate. @mommunism.bsky.social has touched on this before, and I've seen it firsthand with a friend who is trying to help his fiance escape Russia: gfm heavily vets all campaigns. They often err on the side of
I will automatically consider gfm campaigns to be legitimate. @mommunism.bsky.social has touched on this before, and I've seen it firsthand with a friend who is trying to help his fiance escape Russia: gfm heavily vets all campaigns. They often err on the side of
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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe includes a calendar that goes all the way to the year 3000. Ironically, this reaches much further than typical modern computer and smartphone calendars. As such, even now Super Mario Bros. Deluxe remains a good option to keep track of far future dates.
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe includes a calendar that goes all the way to the year 3000. Ironically, this reaches much further than typical modern computer and smartphone calendars. As such, even now Super Mario Bros. Deluxe remains a good option to keep track of far future dates.
If all it took was some purified mRNA and a few buffers injected intramuscularly, I would have functioning collagen right now because I'd have done it myself.
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If all it took was some purified mRNA and a few buffers injected intramuscularly, I would have functioning collagen right now because I'd have done it myself.
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In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations
(RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.
religionnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
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If you are still looking for some stunning jewelry for someone this year, please check out @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social
I love the earrings I got earlier this year!
I love the earrings I got earlier this year!
Now, tonight's inventory selections. There are two.
Today's feature is an elegantly simple pendant set with a phenomenal specimen of ultra-high-grade black-web Kingman turquoise [shown below].
We have two extraordinary cuffs set with the same material.
Today's feature is an elegantly simple pendant set with a phenomenal specimen of ultra-high-grade black-web Kingman turquoise [shown below].
We have two extraordinary cuffs set with the same material.
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you are still looking for some stunning jewelry for someone this year, please check out @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social
I love the earrings I got earlier this year!
I love the earrings I got earlier this year!
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This week, a federal judge wrote that federal agents – largely from ICE, but also CBP and other agencies operating in D.C. – had adopted an “arrest first, ask questions later” approach, ignoring legal requirements around when and how immigrants can be detained.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Federal judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
Lawyers say federal agents unlawfully operated under an ‘arrest first, ask questions later’ policy.
51st.news
December 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This week, a federal judge wrote that federal agents – largely from ICE, but also CBP and other agencies operating in D.C. – had adopted an “arrest first, ask questions later” approach, ignoring legal requirements around when and how immigrants can be detained.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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The tools v. technology take is spot on and it's not just human agency at stake but what it means to be distinctively human.
AI can be yet another way we dehumanize education.
AI can be yet another way we dehumanize education.
This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
December 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The tools v. technology take is spot on and it's not just human agency at stake but what it means to be distinctively human.
AI can be yet another way we dehumanize education.
AI can be yet another way we dehumanize education.
Obviously not the main point, because the reality is they're going to use the antifa label on anyone they perceive as an enemy, but the idea of anarchists being organized enough to commit tax fraud is incredibly funny
If antifa were actually a terrorist organization, wouldn’t they be under investigation for *terrorism*??
Pam Bondi tells law enforcement agencies to investigate antifa groups for ‘tax crimes’
Move is part of Trump’s broader crackdown on leftwing groups, including designation of antifa as ‘domestic terrorism’ group
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Obviously not the main point, because the reality is they're going to use the antifa label on anyone they perceive as an enemy, but the idea of anarchists being organized enough to commit tax fraud is incredibly funny
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If antifa were actually a terrorist organization, wouldn’t they be under investigation for *terrorism*??
Pam Bondi tells law enforcement agencies to investigate antifa groups for ‘tax crimes’
Move is part of Trump’s broader crackdown on leftwing groups, including designation of antifa as ‘domestic terrorism’ group
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
If antifa were actually a terrorist organization, wouldn’t they be under investigation for *terrorism*??
Incredibly low-flying (~500 ft) helicopter over much of Washington County last night. Heard it myself, thought an aircraft was about to crash in my neighborhood. Reports in Sherwood, Beaverton, Tigard, possibly more.
This is speculation, but I suspect it's ICE/CBP.
Please be careful.
This is speculation, but I suspect it's ICE/CBP.
Please be careful.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Incredibly low-flying (~500 ft) helicopter over much of Washington County last night. Heard it myself, thought an aircraft was about to crash in my neighborhood. Reports in Sherwood, Beaverton, Tigard, possibly more.
This is speculation, but I suspect it's ICE/CBP.
Please be careful.
This is speculation, but I suspect it's ICE/CBP.
Please be careful.
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Note how the Kennedy Center ribbons are blue, instead of the traditional rainbow colors. Because the Trump administration never gets too preoccupied with its racism to overlook its homophobia.
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Note how the Kennedy Center ribbons are blue, instead of the traditional rainbow colors. Because the Trump administration never gets too preoccupied with its racism to overlook its homophobia.
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Here’s the thing, emerging scientists aren’t going to flee to do science elsewhere…they just won’t do the science.
We will lose at least one, if not two generations of knowledge if we don’t get this shit sorted out immediately.
We will lose at least one, if not two generations of knowledge if we don’t get this shit sorted out immediately.
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Here’s the thing, emerging scientists aren’t going to flee to do science elsewhere…they just won’t do the science.
We will lose at least one, if not two generations of knowledge if we don’t get this shit sorted out immediately.
We will lose at least one, if not two generations of knowledge if we don’t get this shit sorted out immediately.
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Today's quick update [Dec 6]:
- RSF drone strike on power station in Damazin, Blue Nile State, causing complete blackout in the city.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- RSF drone strike on power station in Damazin, Blue Nile State, causing complete blackout in the city.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Today's quick update [Dec 6]:
- RSF drone strike on power station in Damazin, Blue Nile State, causing complete blackout in the city.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- RSF drone strike on power station in Damazin, Blue Nile State, causing complete blackout in the city.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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This is New York, friends.
Routine naturalization ceremonies scheduled for this month in Putnam, Dutchess and Ulster counties to welcome new U.S. citizens were abruptly canceled last week by the federal government, surprising local officials. buff.ly/8emFeDU
Citizen Ceremonies Canceled
Dutchess, Putnam clerks say they have new dates for next year
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is New York, friends.
Tanerelle is one of the most beautiful women alive
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Tanerelle is one of the most beautiful women alive
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Birthright citizenship is like one of the only unequivocally modern elements of the American constitutional order and should be protected at, literally, all costs.
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Birthright citizenship is like one of the only unequivocally modern elements of the American constitutional order and should be protected at, literally, all costs.
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I was driving recently and realized I was wondering, if I got in a bad collision would the airbag take me out or would the seatbelt? And that was when I went from "wanting a different car for convenience reasons" to "wanting a different car for safety reasons"
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I was driving recently and realized I was wondering, if I got in a bad collision would the airbag take me out or would the seatbelt? And that was when I went from "wanting a different car for convenience reasons" to "wanting a different car for safety reasons"
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I'm happy to hear the news about Cocona coming out as a transmasc nonbinary person and that Cocona is in a supportive environment.
This is a GREAT news for young nonbinary people and a tremendous step forward for nonbinary recognition in Japan.
💛💛🤍🤍💜💜🖤🖤
www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
This is a GREAT news for young nonbinary people and a tremendous step forward for nonbinary recognition in Japan.
💛💛🤍🤍💜💜🖤🖤
www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
XG’s Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary
The 20-year-old rapper announced the news in an Instagram post: “I was born and perceived as female, but that label never represented who I truly am. I live in a way that feels more masculine and true...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I'm happy to hear the news about Cocona coming out as a transmasc nonbinary person and that Cocona is in a supportive environment.
This is a GREAT news for young nonbinary people and a tremendous step forward for nonbinary recognition in Japan.
💛💛🤍🤍💜💜🖤🖤
www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
This is a GREAT news for young nonbinary people and a tremendous step forward for nonbinary recognition in Japan.
💛💛🤍🤍💜💜🖤🖤
www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
The top 10 list for highest Jeopardy! single-game winnings is ridiculous.
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The top 10 list for highest Jeopardy! single-game winnings is ridiculous.
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just to be absolutely clear, he is deliberately and knowingly slurring trans people here. fuck him.
this guy is a bigot and a fool and I just pray to god we do not make him president because his hair is slicked back on tv.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
just to be absolutely clear, he is deliberately and knowingly slurring trans people here. fuck him.
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Matthew Lillard is beloved by so many people.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Matthew Lillard is beloved by so many people.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
Hey, short people: (and I mean ACTUAL short people, not 5'4) what cars do you find functional to drive
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Hey, short people: (and I mean ACTUAL short people, not 5'4) what cars do you find functional to drive
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