Keia Lee
@chicanarising.bsky.social
chicana indígena, historian, word weaver
+<•the border crossed us•>+
🌿 biz: sweetwater colibrí & botanica quetzalli
✍🏽 chicana rising substack
🐆 la raza unida abq
🌀 patiloni collective
+<•the border crossed us•>+
🌿 biz: sweetwater colibrí & botanica quetzalli
✍🏽 chicana rising substack
🐆 la raza unida abq
🌀 patiloni collective
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AG Bondi says a DOJ employee has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a wrapped Subway sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C.
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
August 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
AG Bondi says a DOJ employee has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a wrapped Subway sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C.
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
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Border Patrol agents assembled outside a Los Angeles museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a rally and news conference on congressional redistricting. Local elected officials expressed outrage that the agents decided to stand there in a brazen show of force. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
August 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Border Patrol agents assembled outside a Los Angeles museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a rally and news conference on congressional redistricting. Local elected officials expressed outrage that the agents decided to stand there in a brazen show of force. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
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If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
Join the movement.
We should trust individuals to make their own decisions. Raise your voice for everyone's freedom to read. #UniteAgainstBookBans
uniteagainstbookbans.org
August 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
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CW: Sexual assault
In multiple states, men have impersonated ICE agents to kidnap and assault women.
This is one of many reasons we shouldn't have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Our elected officials can and must act now: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
In multiple states, men have impersonated ICE agents to kidnap and assault women.
This is one of many reasons we shouldn't have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Our elected officials can and must act now: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
August 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
CW: Sexual assault
In multiple states, men have impersonated ICE agents to kidnap and assault women.
This is one of many reasons we shouldn't have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Our elected officials can and must act now: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
In multiple states, men have impersonated ICE agents to kidnap and assault women.
This is one of many reasons we shouldn't have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Our elected officials can and must act now: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
lemon verbena in all her glory
#queen #lemonverbena #herbsky #plantitabrujita #kitchenwitch #plantsky
#queen #lemonverbena #herbsky #plantitabrujita #kitchenwitch #plantsky
August 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
lemon verbena in all her glory
#queen #lemonverbena #herbsky #plantitabrujita #kitchenwitch #plantsky
#queen #lemonverbena #herbsky #plantitabrujita #kitchenwitch #plantsky
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Today, the word “Luddite” is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I.
Brian Merchant’s new book, “Blood in the Machine,” argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
www.newyorker.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Today, the word “Luddite” is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
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We hear a lot about immigration-heavy industries like agriculture & construction. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social writes about caregiving, one of the fastest-growing industries in the nation, where immigrants are at least 1/3 of the workforce & mass deportation might lead to a crisis of accessing care.
Mass Deportations Are Worsening the Caregiving Crisis
The loss of staff in the direct care industry threatens the lives of the elderly and people with disabilities.
prospect.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We hear a lot about immigration-heavy industries like agriculture & construction. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social writes about caregiving, one of the fastest-growing industries in the nation, where immigrants are at least 1/3 of the workforce & mass deportation might lead to a crisis of accessing care.
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From Cronicas Mexicanas: Maiz (corn, zea mays), Beans (phaseolus), Tomatos (solanum), Avocados (persea), Vanilla (vanilla), Chiles (capsicum), Squash (pepo), and Chocolate (theobroma).
August 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
From Cronicas Mexicanas: Maiz (corn, zea mays), Beans (phaseolus), Tomatos (solanum), Avocados (persea), Vanilla (vanilla), Chiles (capsicum), Squash (pepo), and Chocolate (theobroma).
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#CanadianNews - Manitoba premier is scorching US politicians 'attention-seekers' throwing a 'timber tantrum' over wildfire smoke, while their country is Second Highest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Polluter contributor to climate change! - via The Torontonian 🇨🇦🍁 #ClimateChange
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
August 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#CanadianNews - Manitoba premier is scorching US politicians 'attention-seekers' throwing a 'timber tantrum' over wildfire smoke, while their country is Second Highest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Polluter contributor to climate change! - via The Torontonian 🇨🇦🍁 #ClimateChange
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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JUST IN: Israel's Cabinet approves new plan to occupy Gaza City
Israel's Cabinet approves new plan to occupy Gaza City
It's the first phase in an offensive that could include the occupation of the entire Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces.
www.axios.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
JUST IN: Israel's Cabinet approves new plan to occupy Gaza City
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Xóchitl was detained by border patrol at the airport despite presenting a valid work authorization. She is a longtime organizer and needs help. There’s more info about what happened on this gofundme for her legal support. Please help out if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Free Xóchitl: Support DACA recipient detained by ICE, organized by Lagartija del sol
Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago, a beloved community member, DACA r… Lagartija del sol needs your support for Free Xóchitl: Support DACA recipient detained by ICE
www.gofundme.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Xóchitl was detained by border patrol at the airport despite presenting a valid work authorization. She is a longtime organizer and needs help. There’s more info about what happened on this gofundme for her legal support. Please help out if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Daily bunny and the Kokitl 💛
August 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Daily bunny and the Kokitl 💛
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My Boys 🦁🐺
One had a long morning walk in the bosque, the other a busy day of catching flies
#petsofbluesky #catsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky
One had a long morning walk in the bosque, the other a busy day of catching flies
#petsofbluesky #catsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky
August 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My Boys 🦁🐺
One had a long morning walk in the bosque, the other a busy day of catching flies
#petsofbluesky #catsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky
One had a long morning walk in the bosque, the other a busy day of catching flies
#petsofbluesky #catsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky
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On @marketplace.org's Make Me Smart, ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social explains how attacks on federal funding, book bans, and the shift to digital are threatening the future of public libraries and why it matters to every community.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
Public libraries on the line
Funding cuts aren’t the only thing libraries are up against.
www.marketplace.org
August 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On @marketplace.org's Make Me Smart, ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social explains how attacks on federal funding, book bans, and the shift to digital are threatening the future of public libraries and why it matters to every community.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
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Happy Chicano Heritage Month! | August holds a very special significance for Chicanos that has nothing to do with the synthetic and Eurocentric “hi-spanic” & “latin” labels. We kick things off with this wonderful piece – “Spiritual Warrior” by New Mexico artist, Pola Lopez. #Chicana #Chicanx #Arts
August 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
July 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Why it matters: America's most elite institutions have largely succumbed to the Trump administration's cultural crackdown, opting to pay up — often to the tune of tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars — rather than fight back.
Data from @axios.com
Data from @axios.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Why it matters: America's most elite institutions have largely succumbed to the Trump administration's cultural crackdown, opting to pay up — often to the tune of tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars — rather than fight back.
Data from @axios.com
Data from @axios.com
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Wow so sad to see that Canada's Bill C5 passed and that Carney could harm Indigenous peoples this way. Also sad to see how some Natives can't see the threat and others have seen it too late. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/maj...
Major projects: How Bill C-5 works and why it alarms its critics
OTTAWA - Parliament has passed controversial major projects legislation that Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to shore up its economy in the face of a trade war with
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
July 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wow so sad to see that Canada's Bill C5 passed and that Carney could harm Indigenous peoples this way. Also sad to see how some Natives can't see the threat and others have seen it too late. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/maj...
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As ICE raids escalate and Trump doubles down on authoritarian tactics, this is the critical moment to build the opposition we need to fight back. We want to train you (and a million Americans) on the tools to lead a local resistance movement against Trump’s regime: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
July 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
As ICE raids escalate and Trump doubles down on authoritarian tactics, this is the critical moment to build the opposition we need to fight back. We want to train you (and a million Americans) on the tools to lead a local resistance movement against Trump’s regime: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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"As ICE transforms into a massive, un-uniformed, masked domestic army ... there’s reason to believe it could backfire," writes @joshuamzeitz in his analysis.
Explore the historical backlash to militarized forces in civilian life and what it could mean for 2025 👇
Explore the historical backlash to militarized forces in civilian life and what it could mean for 2025 👇
ICE Risks Overplaying Its Hand. We’ve Seen It Happen Before.
Militarized federal encroachments on public life provoke strong, even violent responses — even among those who agree with their aims.
www.politico.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"As ICE transforms into a massive, un-uniformed, masked domestic army ... there’s reason to believe it could backfire," writes @joshuamzeitz in his analysis.
Explore the historical backlash to militarized forces in civilian life and what it could mean for 2025 👇
Explore the historical backlash to militarized forces in civilian life and what it could mean for 2025 👇
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Escuchen raza - The root of our problems is settler-colonialism & white supremacy. Gerald Horne's book, The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century (2020), is a great read on the matter. #Chicano #Resistance
July 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Escuchen raza - The root of our problems is settler-colonialism & white supremacy. Gerald Horne's book, The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century (2020), is a great read on the matter. #Chicano #Resistance
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WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
July 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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Mahalo nui loa, thank you very much, to @tomkualiiphotography for letting us repost this breathtaking shot of white-tailed tropicbirds, koaʻe kea, soaring against lava fountains of the 28th eruption of #KīlaueaVolcano at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP.
Peleʻs Koaʻe kea canvas.
#TomKualiiPhotography #HVNP
Peleʻs Koaʻe kea canvas.
#TomKualiiPhotography #HVNP
July 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Mahalo nui loa, thank you very much, to @tomkualiiphotography for letting us repost this breathtaking shot of white-tailed tropicbirds, koaʻe kea, soaring against lava fountains of the 28th eruption of #KīlaueaVolcano at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP.
Peleʻs Koaʻe kea canvas.
#TomKualiiPhotography #HVNP
Peleʻs Koaʻe kea canvas.
#TomKualiiPhotography #HVNP
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In a new column for Source's commentary section, immigration lawyer Allegra Love says she'll be watching local officials to hear their plans for protecting communities from ICE.
ICE is the real danger to community — not immigrants • Source New Mexico
New Mexico-based immigration lawyer Allegra Love says local officials need to come up with ways to protect communities from ICE.
buff.ly
July 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In a new column for Source's commentary section, immigration lawyer Allegra Love says she'll be watching local officials to hear their plans for protecting communities from ICE.