Widdershins
@alustriel.bsky.social
Formerly IStoleFire on twitter. Still Bri. I'm sure I'll add more to this later. She/her
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Today’s advice from your Goth Auntie
-Blink a few times, drink some water, take your meds.
-In case anyone hasn’t told you recently: you’re doing the best you can. Be proud of that.
-The Cursed Object said it doesn’t want to do anything with the yarn, it just wants it.
❤️ Auntie Jilli
-Blink a few times, drink some water, take your meds.
-In case anyone hasn’t told you recently: you’re doing the best you can. Be proud of that.
-The Cursed Object said it doesn’t want to do anything with the yarn, it just wants it.
❤️ Auntie Jilli
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Today’s advice from your Goth Auntie
-Blink a few times, drink some water, take your meds.
-In case anyone hasn’t told you recently: you’re doing the best you can. Be proud of that.
-The Cursed Object said it doesn’t want to do anything with the yarn, it just wants it.
❤️ Auntie Jilli
-Blink a few times, drink some water, take your meds.
-In case anyone hasn’t told you recently: you’re doing the best you can. Be proud of that.
-The Cursed Object said it doesn’t want to do anything with the yarn, it just wants it.
❤️ Auntie Jilli
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also, Spotify doesn't pay royalties at all for tracks with less than a thousand streams.
and sometimes if an album gets a sudden surge of fan interest, Spotify deems it "unusual listening activity" and just removes the album, as happened to my last EP.
and sometimes if an album gets a sudden surge of fan interest, Spotify deems it "unusual listening activity" and just removes the album, as happened to my last EP.
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
also, Spotify doesn't pay royalties at all for tracks with less than a thousand streams.
and sometimes if an album gets a sudden surge of fan interest, Spotify deems it "unusual listening activity" and just removes the album, as happened to my last EP.
and sometimes if an album gets a sudden surge of fan interest, Spotify deems it "unusual listening activity" and just removes the album, as happened to my last EP.
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She became a citizen this fall, and her first vote was to oust a Republican sheriff who had just contracted with ICE.
And the sheriff lost.
Powerful example of how it feels to make a difference:
And the sheriff lost.
Powerful example of how it feels to make a difference:
An immigration advocate who registered to vote in Pennsylvania for the first time this fall says she is “full of hope and happiness” because Sheriff Fred Harran, who has closely partnered with ICE, was defeated, thanks in part to her vote.
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
She became a citizen this fall, and her first vote was to oust a Republican sheriff who had just contracted with ICE.
And the sheriff lost.
Powerful example of how it feels to make a difference:
And the sheriff lost.
Powerful example of how it feels to make a difference:
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ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Native American woman nearly deported after Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
A Native American woman from Arizona was nearly deported by federal immigration officials after a clerical error at the Polk County Jail. The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous...
www.iowapublicradio.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
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i knew it was bad. but this is truly insane to look at
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
i knew it was bad. but this is truly insane to look at
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Sora is a plague.
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Sora Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Sora is a plague.
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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The look on that seal’s face 🤣 Like, “can’t get me now, bitches!”
A wildlife photographer captured a dramatic encounter on video between a harbor seal and a pod of killer whales.
Seal escapes orca hunt by jumping onto photographer's boat
A wildlife photographer captured a dramatic encounter on video between a harbor seal and a pod of killer whales.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The look on that seal’s face 🤣 Like, “can’t get me now, bitches!”
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This mood is just - really strong right now.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This mood is just - really strong right now.
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Oreoboros
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Oreoboros
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Capitalism in a nurshell.
"When we want the rich to work harder, we pay them more. When we want the poor to work harder, we pay them less."
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- John Kenneth Galbraith
– Jag behöver en omställningsperiod för att landa i en ny verklighet
Samtidigt i Centerns budgetmotion:
"Genom att ge ersättningar på för hög nivå under för lång tid uppmuntrar a-kassan människor att vänta med att söka jobb, eller vänta in jobb på en viss lönenivå"
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
Samtidigt i Centerns budgetmotion:
"Genom att ge ersättningar på för hög nivå under för lång tid uppmuntrar a-kassan människor att vänta med att söka jobb, eller vänta in jobb på en viss lönenivå"
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Capitalism in a nurshell.
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Bubbles would like to show you her chin. She is very proud of how clean it is.
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Bubbles would like to show you her chin. She is very proud of how clean it is.
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White male fragility at its finest.
Hegseth has a memorial to Black Soldiers who fought in World War II removed from an American military cemetery in The Netherlands. Pure racism. www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Display about Black soldiers in World War II removed from US military cemetery | CNN Politics
Decades ago, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old 1st Lt. Jeffersons Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers in, were tasked with burying the...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
White male fragility at its finest.
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He's gonna take it so hard and Sliwa is gonna laugh like Vincent Price at the end of Thriller
I want to see Mamdani win in NYC tomorrow for a lot of reasons, but one of them is absolutely to watch Bill Ackman crash out
November 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
He's gonna take it so hard and Sliwa is gonna laugh like Vincent Price at the end of Thriller
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So @hankgreen.bsky.social on Scott Adams is good. Adams should get the treatment he needs. But it's ridiculous that the only way he (and almost certainly not others) get it is by having friends close to President Trump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DZ...
Government for the Few by Fewer
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
So @hankgreen.bsky.social on Scott Adams is good. Adams should get the treatment he needs. But it's ridiculous that the only way he (and almost certainly not others) get it is by having friends close to President Trump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DZ...
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Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
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This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
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At his final rally on Monday, New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani vowed to resist US President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal funds if he wins, framing the vote as a stand against intimidation and political bullying.
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
At his final rally on Monday, New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani vowed to resist US President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal funds if he wins, framing the vote as a stand against intimidation and political bullying.
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we installed so much solar it upended our entire power grid, and now we get cool policies like this. if you can run your dishwasher and hot water on a schedule--or own an EV--this will cut your power bills MASSIVELY
Australians will be getting 3 hours of free electricity a day because of how many people have installed solar - this is seriously huge considering the massive solar uptake in Australia happened while the federal government delayed action on climate
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
we installed so much solar it upended our entire power grid, and now we get cool policies like this. if you can run your dishwasher and hot water on a schedule--or own an EV--this will cut your power bills MASSIVELY
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Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.
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they’re going to run so many articles about her over the next few years
[the NY Post scrambling to make a last-ditch scandal:]
"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"
"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
they’re going to run so many articles about her over the next few years
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So upset about @teenvogue.com being absorbed into Vogue.
Teen Vogue’s political reporting has often been sharper than other mainstream outlets.
Now there will be no political staffers left.
www.thewrap.com/teen-vogue-e...
Teen Vogue’s political reporting has often been sharper than other mainstream outlets.
Now there will be no political staffers left.
www.thewrap.com/teen-vogue-e...
Teen Vogue Merges With Vogue.com
Teen Vogue will keep its name and mission, with Vogue editorial content head Chloe Malle overseeing the site.
www.thewrap.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
So upset about @teenvogue.com being absorbed into Vogue.
Teen Vogue’s political reporting has often been sharper than other mainstream outlets.
Now there will be no political staffers left.
www.thewrap.com/teen-vogue-e...
Teen Vogue’s political reporting has often been sharper than other mainstream outlets.
Now there will be no political staffers left.
www.thewrap.com/teen-vogue-e...
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.