brenna thompson
@tidefool.bsky.social
socialist, social-ish. media officer @socodsa.org.
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Join us for our next Mending Circle on Saturday, December 6th at Cast Away Yarn Shop in Santa Rosa! 🧵🧶
¡Acompáñenos en nuestro próximo Círculo de Reparación el sábado 6 de diciembre en la tienda Cast Away Yarn Shop en Santa Rosa! 🧵🧶
¡Acompáñenos en nuestro próximo Círculo de Reparación el sábado 6 de diciembre en la tienda Cast Away Yarn Shop en Santa Rosa! 🧵🧶
![Mending Circle: Free and open to all! Saturday, Dec 6th, 1-4PM at 100 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa (Entrance on Wilson). Join Sonoma County DSA for an afternoon of community, skill-sharing, and music. All levels of skill/engagement are welcome! Basic mending materials will be provided, participants are encouraged to bring their own projects for co-work. [Pictured: three illustrated people sitting in a circle, mending and knitting.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:utllj7svpgd3pfkogdnmul6u/bafkreiemlqzoe2ijwklfy7spv2nbo6icyt5kjr26f5kff2gx4xvh7dgso4@jpeg)
![Círculo de Reparación: ¡Gratis y abierto para todos! Sábado, 6 de diciembre, de 1 a 4 p. m., en 100 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa (entrada en Wilson). Únete a Sonoma County DSA para disfrutar de una tarde de comunidad, intercambio de habilidades y música. ¡Todos los niveles de habilidad/participación son bienvenidos! Se proporcionarán materiales básicos de costura y se anima a los participantes a traer sus propios proyectos para colaborar. [En la imagen: tres personas ilustradas sentadas en círculo, remendando y tejiendo].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:utllj7svpgd3pfkogdnmul6u/bafkreih464tyhbxxpqsjwsx4iua7te6zup6dbgsltkb2ocr3z7toonwsfu@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Join us for our next Mending Circle on Saturday, December 6th at Cast Away Yarn Shop in Santa Rosa! 🧵🧶
¡Acompáñenos en nuestro próximo Círculo de Reparación el sábado 6 de diciembre en la tienda Cast Away Yarn Shop en Santa Rosa! 🧵🧶
¡Acompáñenos en nuestro próximo Círculo de Reparación el sábado 6 de diciembre en la tienda Cast Away Yarn Shop en Santa Rosa! 🧵🧶
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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DSA is officially over 90,000 members strong (and counting)!
Be part of the movement. Join us.
dsausa.org/join
Be part of the movement. Join us.
dsausa.org/join
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
DSA is officially over 90,000 members strong (and counting)!
Be part of the movement. Join us.
dsausa.org/join
Be part of the movement. Join us.
dsausa.org/join
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Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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Join us for Cold Ones with Comrades this Saturday at Shady Oak, where we'll be celebrating the success of our Fall Recruitment Drive! 🥳🥂🍻
¡Acompáñanos este sábado en Shady Oak para disfrutar de Unas Frías con las Camaradas y celebrar el éxito de nuestra campaña de reclutamiento de otoño! 🥳🥂🍻
¡Acompáñanos este sábado en Shady Oak para disfrutar de Unas Frías con las Camaradas y celebrar el éxito de nuestra campaña de reclutamiento de otoño! 🥳🥂🍻
![Cold Ones with Comrades: Celebration Edition! November 29th, 4pm-7pm, Shady Oak Barrel House (420 1st St, Santa Rosa). Come celebrate the end of our successful recruitment drive with some drinks and camaraderie! [Pictured: Our mascot, Rosa the chicken, popping a bottle of champagne above a flower field.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:utllj7svpgd3pfkogdnmul6u/bafkreifw3i55mt4navn2mqwoqbco4pkogmerl7hcrkv45dhgexqr7jfdiy@jpeg)
![¡Frías con las Camaradas: Edición de Celebración! 29 de noviembre, 4pm a 7pm, Shady Oak Barrel House (420 1st St, Santa Rosa). ¡Ven a celebrar el final de nuestra exitosa campaña de reclutamiento con unas copas y camaradería! [En la foto: Nuestra mascota, Rosa la gallina, descorchando una botella de champán sobre un campo de flores].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:utllj7svpgd3pfkogdnmul6u/bafkreicpxykd3wkfczbljepdnvaxfzzle7lcslxseuuwiceftjo2c4fmcy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Join us for Cold Ones with Comrades this Saturday at Shady Oak, where we'll be celebrating the success of our Fall Recruitment Drive! 🥳🥂🍻
¡Acompáñanos este sábado en Shady Oak para disfrutar de Unas Frías con las Camaradas y celebrar el éxito de nuestra campaña de reclutamiento de otoño! 🥳🥂🍻
¡Acompáñanos este sábado en Shady Oak para disfrutar de Unas Frías con las Camaradas y celebrar el éxito de nuestra campaña de reclutamiento de otoño! 🥳🥂🍻
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What should you consider if you're a non-citizen heading to a protest?
What's safe to post on social media while you're there?
Should you even bring your phone?
Read these tips and more in this First Aid Kit Guide on 'How to Stay Safe at a Protest'
✍️: by @cecilialei.bsky.social
What's safe to post on social media while you're there?
Should you even bring your phone?
Read these tips and more in this First Aid Kit Guide on 'How to Stay Safe at a Protest'
✍️: by @cecilialei.bsky.social
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Stay Safe at a Protest
Know your rights, know the risks, and know what to do if you’re arrested.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What should you consider if you're a non-citizen heading to a protest?
What's safe to post on social media while you're there?
Should you even bring your phone?
Read these tips and more in this First Aid Kit Guide on 'How to Stay Safe at a Protest'
✍️: by @cecilialei.bsky.social
What's safe to post on social media while you're there?
Should you even bring your phone?
Read these tips and more in this First Aid Kit Guide on 'How to Stay Safe at a Protest'
✍️: by @cecilialei.bsky.social
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I ran into an advocate who told me that the 9 men detained from Canal Street last month struggled to find legal representation. Historically, Black immigrants experience disproportionately *more* removals than any other group. Anti-Black racism fuels US immigration in *every* way.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I ran into an advocate who told me that the 9 men detained from Canal Street last month struggled to find legal representation. Historically, Black immigrants experience disproportionately *more* removals than any other group. Anti-Black racism fuels US immigration in *every* way.
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Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
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a nice reminder of one of the more absurd elements of trump v. u.s., which is roberts’ apparent belief that the constitution was written to remove limits on executive power prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
The Right-Wing Legal Movement Made Trump a King - The American Prospect
John Roberts created a monster: Donald Trump compressed a solid millennium or two of monarchical misrule into a mere ten months.
prospect.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
a nice reminder of one of the more absurd elements of trump v. u.s., which is roberts’ apparent belief that the constitution was written to remove limits on executive power prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
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Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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THURSDAY: PACK THE PORT FOR AN OAKLAND ARMS EMBARGO!
🗓️ Thursday Nov 20 at 3PM
📍 530 Water St, Oakland
Join us as we pack Oakland’s port commissioner meeting to demand an end to the killer cargo shipments flying out of Oakland’s civilian airport.
SEE YOU TOMORROW! TAKE ACTION: armsembargonow.com
🗓️ Thursday Nov 20 at 3PM
📍 530 Water St, Oakland
Join us as we pack Oakland’s port commissioner meeting to demand an end to the killer cargo shipments flying out of Oakland’s civilian airport.
SEE YOU TOMORROW! TAKE ACTION: armsembargonow.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
THURSDAY: PACK THE PORT FOR AN OAKLAND ARMS EMBARGO!
🗓️ Thursday Nov 20 at 3PM
📍 530 Water St, Oakland
Join us as we pack Oakland’s port commissioner meeting to demand an end to the killer cargo shipments flying out of Oakland’s civilian airport.
SEE YOU TOMORROW! TAKE ACTION: armsembargonow.com
🗓️ Thursday Nov 20 at 3PM
📍 530 Water St, Oakland
Join us as we pack Oakland’s port commissioner meeting to demand an end to the killer cargo shipments flying out of Oakland’s civilian airport.
SEE YOU TOMORROW! TAKE ACTION: armsembargonow.com
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wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
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turns out a culture of complete elite impunity also bred a staggering degree of sexual depravity (not in the good way), and it sucks to see, actually
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
turns out a culture of complete elite impunity also bred a staggering degree of sexual depravity (not in the good way), and it sucks to see, actually
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"Today, hunger and starvation are used by the RSF and army as a strategic weapon of war...But these deadly tactics of obstruction, displacement, and starvation alone cannot account for the crisis levels of hunger people are currently facing."
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
The Politics of Hunger in Sudan – Transition Magazine
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"Today, hunger and starvation are used by the RSF and army as a strategic weapon of war...But these deadly tactics of obstruction, displacement, and starvation alone cannot account for the crisis levels of hunger people are currently facing."
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
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The cost of Trump's immigration surge: Stalled investigations into child sexual abuse, Iranian oil smuggling and human trafficking, among others. My latest piece is a big team effort on how DHS has been transformed into the Department of Deportation.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The cost of Trump's immigration surge: Stalled investigations into child sexual abuse, Iranian oil smuggling and human trafficking, among others. My latest piece is a big team effort on how DHS has been transformed into the Department of Deportation.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
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Join @sbworkersunited.org striking baristas building union power across the country! RSVP: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Join @sbworkersunited.org striking baristas building union power across the country! RSVP: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
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Today was Palestinian Independence Day.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Today was Palestinian Independence Day.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
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@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.
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Repost if you support Starbucks’ striking workers!!! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Repost if you support Starbucks’ striking workers!!! #NoContractNoCoffee
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Kyle Wilson, a 33-year-old Santa Rosa labor lawyer, is launching a long-shot congressional bid driven by his belief that the American Dream has eroded for young people.
‘People have had enough’: Santa Rosa lawyer mounts long-shot congressional bid
Kyle Wilson, a 33-year-old Santa Rosa labor lawyer, is launching a long-shot congressional bid driven by his belief that the American Dream has eroded for young people.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Kyle Wilson, a 33-year-old Santa Rosa labor lawyer, is launching a long-shot congressional bid driven by his belief that the American Dream has eroded for young people.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Join us for our Really (Really!) Free Market on Nov. 30th! Bring what you can, take what you need. No money, no trade, 100% free! 💸
¡Acompáñenos en nuestro mercado realmente (¡realmente!) gratis el 30 de nov! Traiga lo que pueda, llévese lo que necesite. Sin dinero, sin intercambio, ¡100% gratis! ⤵️
¡Acompáñenos en nuestro mercado realmente (¡realmente!) gratis el 30 de nov! Traiga lo que pueda, llévese lo que necesite. Sin dinero, sin intercambio, ¡100% gratis! ⤵️
![Really (Really!) Free Market: Bring what you can, take what you need. No money, no trade, 100% free! Sunday, November 30th @ 1:30 - 4 PM, Santa Rosa Central Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA. [Pictured: Our chicken mascot, Rosa, browsing shop stalls.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:utllj7svpgd3pfkogdnmul6u/bafkreiaobf2ootnkibai3wzxgrziikh4gxcfu7hhpht4wkgbp2hfnpzl3u@jpeg)
![Mercado realmente libre: Trae lo que puedas y llévate lo que necesites. No dinero, no comerciar, ¡100% gratis! Domingo, 30 de noviembre, @ 1:30 PM a 4 PM, Santa Rosa Central Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA. [En la foto: Nuestra mascota, la gallina Rosa, curioseando en los puestos de la tienda].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:utllj7svpgd3pfkogdnmul6u/bafkreifoenwb3c6ljkupfsrdkrloe7inbbvlzq5zsccrywyqzopexdzv6i@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Join us for our Really (Really!) Free Market on Nov. 30th! Bring what you can, take what you need. No money, no trade, 100% free! 💸
¡Acompáñenos en nuestro mercado realmente (¡realmente!) gratis el 30 de nov! Traiga lo que pueda, llévese lo que necesite. Sin dinero, sin intercambio, ¡100% gratis! ⤵️
¡Acompáñenos en nuestro mercado realmente (¡realmente!) gratis el 30 de nov! Traiga lo que pueda, llévese lo que necesite. Sin dinero, sin intercambio, ¡100% gratis! ⤵️