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Momo chinga la migra @moncholapoet.bsky.social · 1d

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My first collection of poetry deals with family, trauma, and being trans. Thank you

Greyhound Americans|Paperback

Dazzlingly queer, inclusive, celestial, with indigenous ancestral heart, Greyhound Americans, by award winning poet Moncho Alvarado, confronts a family history of borderland politics by discovering a ...

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 4d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Arya (hogpog_98 elsewhere) @aryawrites.bsky.social · 12d

Been working on this for the last few months, and it's really really important to me. We've got some really cool games and folks. Please come by and watch the stream and donate!

Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 12d

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

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Io Dodds 🌘🏳️‍⚧️♾️ @iododds.bsky.social · 18d

NEW: LGBT+ rights leaders held an "emergency" briefing today on reports that Trump may "weaponise" the FBI against trans people.

"We need every elected official to sound the alarm with us... to confront the lies that put trans Americans in danger," one said.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

LGBT+ activists sound alarm over Trump admin’s ‘trans mass shooters’ narrative

Civil rights leaders warned that the White House’s ‘demonizing’ rhetoric is laying the groundwork for ‘abuse and mass surveillance’ of the whole trans community

www.independent.co.uk

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Momo chinga la migra @moncholapoet.bsky.social · 24d

Share decklist please?

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Momo chinga la migra @moncholapoet.bsky.social · 26d

Bathroom queen era

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · Sep 8

It makes me mad that youtube buried our last episode of cancel me daddy because we dared talk about NSFW topics. it was in no way salacious and it was a frank and needed conversation about government policy. and yet it is the least viewed episode in months. youtu.be/lwRGW0Jb9TI?...

The Insidious Government Plan to Censor the Internet (ft Siri Dahl)

YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy - Media & Politics Podcast

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ACLU @aclu.org · Sep 1

A reminder on this Labor Day: Slavery still exists in the form of incarcerated labor.

It’s long overdue to end forced labor in prisons.

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Momo chinga la migra @moncholapoet.bsky.social · Aug 28

Times when i feel so emotionally spent, i cry in my workplaces safespace room so i can cry. I just feel like crying all day.

Momo chinga la migra @moncholapoet.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you so much for taking a stand against them!

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Momo chinga la migra @moncholapoet.bsky.social · Aug 22

Woots!! One of my favorite worlds, enjoy the ride!

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Aug 21

#OtD 21 Aug 1831 Nat Turner's rebellion of enslaved Africans began in Southampton County, Virginia. Over the next two days, his band of rebels travelled to multiple plantations, freeing enslaved people and killing the enslavers until being repressed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9345...

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ACLU @aclu.org · Aug 21

The budget bill Congress just passed will strip millions of people of health care while giving $170 billion to an immigration police force larger than most of the world’s militaries.

Members of Congress are home for August recess, and we're holding them accountable at town halls across the country.

How H.R. 1 Harms Communities

Congress voted to gut Medicaid and “defund” Planned Parenthood to fund President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. We won’t allow it.

www.aclu.org

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Momo chinga la migra @moncholapoet.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · May 2

A friend sent me this ahead of tomorrow's May Day march.

#protest #may3rd #may1st #mayday

A sign that has Big Bird holding the letter F.

He says, "The letter of the day is F. F is for Fuck Fascism."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jul 15

THIS is what courage looks like.Today, striking farmworkers bravely stood in front of cameras, the community, and the press, risking their jobs, safety, and future. To speak the truth. About the stolen wages. About the years of being unheard.
This is a movement. And today was a turning point.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Jul 9

In this July issue of Prisons, Prose & Protest, I give a short history of the US government’s use of immigration and passport control to punish well-known Black activists for their political speech. I recommend two excellent new abolitionist podcasts, several good recent articles, and more…

Prisons, Prose & Protest - #29

Rants, Musings and More

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jul 8

At the DeSantis Everglades detention camp, people with green cards are being held in terrible conditions, with maggots in the food, the lights kept on 24 hours a day, and delayed access to medicine.

One guy had his Bible taken and was told "here there is no right to religion."

"I am Leamsy La Figura. We've been here at Alcatraz since Friday. There's over 400 people here. There's no water to take a bath, it's been four days since I've taken a bath," he said.

He claimed the food at the immigration facility is scarce and unsanitary.

"They only brought a meal once a day and it had maggots. They never take off the lights for 24 hours. The mosquitoes are as big as elephants," La Figura said.

Detainees say rights are being violated
Other detainees echoed La Figura's concerns, alleging violations of their basic rights.

"They're not respecting our human rights," one man said during the same call. "We're human beings; we're not dogs. We're like rats in an experiment."

"I don't know their motive for doing this, if it's a form of torture. A lot of us have our residency documents and we don't understand why we're here," he added.

A third detainee, who said he is Colombian, described deteriorating mental health and lack of access to necessary medical care.

"I'm on the edge of losing my mind. I've gone three days without taking my medicine," he said. "It's impossible to sleep with this white light that's on all day."

He also claimed his Bible was confiscated.

"They took the Bible I had and they said here there is no right to religion. And my Bible is the one thing that keeps my faith, and now I'm losing my faith," he said.

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · Jun 30

“From The Depths,” William Balfour Ker

“From the depths” by William Balfour-Ker. A lavish party of the wealth is interrupted by an upraised fist breaking through their dance floor; underneath we can see the entire party venue is built on the shoulders of the marginalized and lower classes.

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Jim Davis @jimdavismtg.bsky.social · Jun 25

This Saturday I'm hosting an awesome event on my channel!

Join a whole host of #WotCstaff members as they raise money for @translifeline.org! They'll be playing #MTGArena, telling design stories, doing raffles, and more!

Early donation information:
tiltify.com/@hogpog-98/m...

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Momo chinga la migra @moncholapoet.bsky.social · Jun 25

Had so much fun for the #finalfantasy #mtg event this past weekend. I almost finished all my quests but was ganged up on. Sighs, Y'shtola was awesome.

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🎃 Fall-mode pink cat 🎃 @hugothepinkcat.bsky.social · Jun 18

CLARIFICATION :

The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.

They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY

So spread this around

They can be texted. They can be called.

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Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · Jun 18

Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.

These bastards want us all dead.

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · Jun 18

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

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Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social · Jun 17

“ Write it. Write. In ordinary ink
on ordinary paper: they were given no food,
they all died of hunger. "All. How many?
It's a big meadow….”

Szymborska wrote this after WW2. What changed? Starving people is a war crime. Starving people is a war crime.

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https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hunger-camp-at-jaslo/

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Momo chinga la migra @moncholapoet.bsky.social · Jun 17

woots! one of us! play the magic arena app to learn the basics and rules of the game.