Sunny Birch
@crow-coombs.bsky.social
Reader, editor, poetry aficionado, the Great Lakes are my home. I do not answer DMs.
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How about some basic rules?
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
May 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
How about some basic rules?
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
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Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.
May 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.
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As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe.
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
May 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe.
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
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A male stoplight parrotfish strikes a pose for the Camera in slow motion #stoplightparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #parrotfish #slowmotion #strikeapose #vogue #protogynoushermaphrodite #supermale #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
May 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A male stoplight parrotfish strikes a pose for the Camera in slow motion #stoplightparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #parrotfish #slowmotion #strikeapose #vogue #protogynoushermaphrodite #supermale #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
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Fascism 101.
April 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Fascism 101.
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day Strong: We are the Many” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
May Day Strong: We are the Many · Mobilize
Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. **We are demanding a country that puts ou...
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April 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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April 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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If you're angry at Jeffrey Goldberg or the Atlantic today, you're a sh*tty American.
March 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you're angry at Jeffrey Goldberg or the Atlantic today, you're a sh*tty American.
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Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.
Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote
Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote
Find Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection Team
This searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up!
wisdems.org
March 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.
Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote
Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote
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I dare you to read this piece in its entirety, and tell me how this makes anyone safer.
What it clearly does do is funnel hundreds of millions of our tax $$s to certain corps to kidnap, detain and degrade people for absurd reasons or none at all—in the name of the United States.
You ok with this?
What it clearly does do is funnel hundreds of millions of our tax $$s to certain corps to kidnap, detain and degrade people for absurd reasons or none at all—in the name of the United States.
You ok with this?
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I dare you to read this piece in its entirety, and tell me how this makes anyone safer.
What it clearly does do is funnel hundreds of millions of our tax $$s to certain corps to kidnap, detain and degrade people for absurd reasons or none at all—in the name of the United States.
You ok with this?
What it clearly does do is funnel hundreds of millions of our tax $$s to certain corps to kidnap, detain and degrade people for absurd reasons or none at all—in the name of the United States.
You ok with this?
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Thanks Canada. This made smile a whole lot! I sent to all my friends
We Will Survive
YouTube video by Jesse McFaul
youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Thanks Canada. This made smile a whole lot! I sent to all my friends
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Good morning BlueSky🦋!! Take a moment to remember the comforts of childhood.
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd. What is it about this book that rests children's souls? The knitter, the socks & mittens drying, the child safely tucked in? 🧶
#goodnightmoon #art #knitsky
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd. What is it about this book that rests children's souls? The knitter, the socks & mittens drying, the child safely tucked in? 🧶
#goodnightmoon #art #knitsky
February 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Good morning BlueSky🦋!! Take a moment to remember the comforts of childhood.
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd. What is it about this book that rests children's souls? The knitter, the socks & mittens drying, the child safely tucked in? 🧶
#goodnightmoon #art #knitsky
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd. What is it about this book that rests children's souls? The knitter, the socks & mittens drying, the child safely tucked in? 🧶
#goodnightmoon #art #knitsky
Dear poets, in case you’ve wondered, editors who reject your work may rejoice for you when they see you published in other places. It’s great to see people find compatible publication homes, the groove that fits their tongue.
December 4, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Dear poets, in case you’ve wondered, editors who reject your work may rejoice for you when they see you published in other places. It’s great to see people find compatible publication homes, the groove that fits their tongue.
Community Chorale concert. The tacky stage was decorated like a VFW Post in the late 1950s, cluttered with red poinsettias, a skinny green tree shaped like a torpedo, bright colored lights strung at the edge of the stage, a cacaphony of reassuring glitz: no elegance allowed.
December 4, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Community Chorale concert. The tacky stage was decorated like a VFW Post in the late 1950s, cluttered with red poinsettias, a skinny green tree shaped like a torpedo, bright colored lights strung at the edge of the stage, a cacaphony of reassuring glitz: no elegance allowed.
A strategy.
"He is a ridiculous person, and tremendously vulnerable to ridicule." Fighting Trump will be much harder now than before, but here are some things that could disrupt some of the devastation he's planning open.substack.com/pub/davekarp... by @davekarpf.bsky.social
Charting the path forward: Some things that won't work anymore, and a few that might.
Some early notes on political resistance in Trump's second term.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:58 PM
A strategy.
First I read an article about the psychology of hoarding (trauma based, of course) and then turned to this delightful mini-memoir on imaginary spaces and I feel so anticipated here.
I wrote a piece for a magazine about the Shed, and Virginia Woolf, and the importance of imaginary spaces... www.certainagemag.com/post/the-shed
The Shed | Certain Age Magazine
A room of one's own does not have to be limited by the rules of physical space. by Joanne Harris
www.certainagemag.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:25 PM
First I read an article about the psychology of hoarding (trauma based, of course) and then turned to this delightful mini-memoir on imaginary spaces and I feel so anticipated here.
I don’t want to lose track of this discussion.
Who are the political poets and collections that you feel are must reads right now? Let's make a thread.
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
Customs and Look by Solmaz Sharif
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
Customs and Look by Solmaz Sharif
November 17, 2024 at 3:20 PM
I don’t want to lose track of this discussion.
Reading The Overstory by Richard Powers. The experience is very satisfying and wonderful.
September 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Reading The Overstory by Richard Powers. The experience is very satisfying and wonderful.
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I’m really excited to see this doc, and selfishly as the mom of a queer kid who is already experiencing that hate firsthand, I am so, so grateful for community elders like Harper allowing themselves to be hyper-visible. It matters, and tiny queer kids are benefiting 💜
Will Ferrell has an enormous audience of straight dudes who need to hear this. Nothing but facts here about anti-trans bigotry:
September 27, 2024 at 8:07 PM
I’m really excited to see this doc, and selfishly as the mom of a queer kid who is already experiencing that hate firsthand, I am so, so grateful for community elders like Harper allowing themselves to be hyper-visible. It matters, and tiny queer kids are benefiting 💜
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"transgender operations on illegal aliens who are in prison" sir the question was about fracking
September 11, 2024 at 1:45 AM
"transgender operations on illegal aliens who are in prison" sir the question was about fracking
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A grade school classmate of mine just unearthed this treasure from our school yearbook, published in 1967. Imagine being introduced to the world of books by Mrs. Rollins.
May 12, 2024 at 4:22 PM
A grade school classmate of mine just unearthed this treasure from our school yearbook, published in 1967. Imagine being introduced to the world of books by Mrs. Rollins.