Elly Bailey
@ellbail.bsky.social
Welcome to the Recumbent Renaissance. Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. Amor fati. Remission Biome R50. She/her.
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ACCURATE
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
ACCURATE
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Pure cruelty.
Officially, stores cannot give SNAP recipients preferential treatment absent a waiver, w waivers given to places encouraging healthy eating.
So obvs a rule aimed at preventing junk-food places from targeting SNAP.
This is … SO much not that.
And this enforcement is a CHOICE.
Officially, stores cannot give SNAP recipients preferential treatment absent a waiver, w waivers given to places encouraging healthy eating.
So obvs a rule aimed at preventing junk-food places from targeting SNAP.
This is … SO much not that.
And this enforcement is a CHOICE.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Pure cruelty.
Officially, stores cannot give SNAP recipients preferential treatment absent a waiver, w waivers given to places encouraging healthy eating.
So obvs a rule aimed at preventing junk-food places from targeting SNAP.
This is … SO much not that.
And this enforcement is a CHOICE.
Officially, stores cannot give SNAP recipients preferential treatment absent a waiver, w waivers given to places encouraging healthy eating.
So obvs a rule aimed at preventing junk-food places from targeting SNAP.
This is … SO much not that.
And this enforcement is a CHOICE.
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ICE are thug trash.
ICE has not yet fired him. Gotta make sure he has due process and all. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
October 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
ICE are thug trash.
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Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is
September 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is
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this should become a thing, putting up signs like this for every arrest & disappearance in public spaces. it would likely break into lower info, less politically engaged demos and local social media groups
Seen on my run in Rock Creek Park today. Parking lot near Beach and Tilden. Paper taped on over a Harris 2024 sign.
August 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
this should become a thing, putting up signs like this for every arrest & disappearance in public spaces. it would likely break into lower info, less politically engaged demos and local social media groups
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so wait i thought we were already communists because we had to sometimes wear masks for a brief period that one time
September 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
so wait i thought we were already communists because we had to sometimes wear masks for a brief period that one time
@yakimaindivisible.bsky.social General Mtg June 28th
🌟Join your fellow “Indivisibles” at Mighty Tieton at 608 Wisconsin Avenue from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the success of our June events – and to help us prepare for the national John Lewis Day of Action in July!
🌟Join your fellow “Indivisibles” at Mighty Tieton at 608 Wisconsin Avenue from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the success of our June events – and to help us prepare for the national John Lewis Day of Action in July!
June 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@yakimaindivisible.bsky.social General Mtg June 28th
🌟Join your fellow “Indivisibles” at Mighty Tieton at 608 Wisconsin Avenue from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the success of our June events – and to help us prepare for the national John Lewis Day of Action in July!
🌟Join your fellow “Indivisibles” at Mighty Tieton at 608 Wisconsin Avenue from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the success of our June events – and to help us prepare for the national John Lewis Day of Action in July!
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ICE wanted the San Francisco Standard to blur the faces of agents who were taking immigrants into custody.
The Standard told them "no."
"...we believe that censoring images from this news event would set a harmful precedent for the media’s right to report and the public’s right to know."
The Standard told them "no."
"...we believe that censoring images from this news event would set a harmful precedent for the media’s right to report and the public’s right to know."
The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please
After taking four people into custody at SF’s immigration court, ICE wanted The Standard to conceal agents’ faces.
sfstandard.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
ICE wanted the San Francisco Standard to blur the faces of agents who were taking immigrants into custody.
The Standard told them "no."
"...we believe that censoring images from this news event would set a harmful precedent for the media’s right to report and the public’s right to know."
The Standard told them "no."
"...we believe that censoring images from this news event would set a harmful precedent for the media’s right to report and the public’s right to know."
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May 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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NYT: “.. People making between about $51,000 and $17,000 could lose about $700 on average in after-tax income ..
“By contrast, the top 0.1 percent, including those with incomes over $4.3 million, would gain on average more than $389,000 ..”
@tonyromm.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
“By contrast, the top 0.1 percent, including those with incomes over $4.3 million, would gain on average more than $389,000 ..”
@tonyromm.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
May 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NYT: “.. People making between about $51,000 and $17,000 could lose about $700 on average in after-tax income ..
“By contrast, the top 0.1 percent, including those with incomes over $4.3 million, would gain on average more than $389,000 ..”
@tonyromm.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
“By contrast, the top 0.1 percent, including those with incomes over $4.3 million, would gain on average more than $389,000 ..”
@tonyromm.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
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I say this a lot, but many people don't realize that the income requirements for SSI are incredibly low ($2,000 for individuals) so even people who can and want to work, are limited to a certain number of hours so they don't lose benefits. It's a system that keeps disabled people in poverty.
They are in a rock and a hard place. SSI/SSDI work requirements keep them under an income level. Even those who can work part time, are continually paranoid about going over the cap, because medications, treatments cost way more than any income they receive. It's not the glamour life.
May 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I say this a lot, but many people don't realize that the income requirements for SSI are incredibly low ($2,000 for individuals) so even people who can and want to work, are limited to a certain number of hours so they don't lose benefits. It's a system that keeps disabled people in poverty.
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Yesterday, Avelo Airlines contributed a second 737 to the ICE Air fleet. Operating as AVELO 47, tail number N804VL performed a round trip from Phoenix to Yakima WA.
May 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Yesterday, Avelo Airlines contributed a second 737 to the ICE Air fleet. Operating as AVELO 47, tail number N804VL performed a round trip from Phoenix to Yakima WA.
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Oh wow they did all that?
They might want to take a break for a month.
They might want to take a break for a month.
“On Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee is having a plane fly a banner near Mar-a-Lago, the president’s beloved home and club in Palm Beach. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. it will identify the location as ‘Qatar-a-Lago.’”
Democrats plan to fly ‘Qatar-a-Lago’ banner at Trump’s home to troll him over airliner gift
Democrats have raised serious, weighty objections to President Donald Trump’s move to accept a $400 million plane from the governor of Qatar, with many arguing it’s a clear violation of the emolume…
www.sun-sentinel.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Oh wow they did all that?
They might want to take a break for a month.
They might want to take a break for a month.
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I firmly believe that this--anti-mask/free-floating ableism re COVID--is one of the reasons why people became cruel, disaffected and disarticulated enough from any sense of the collective good, disarticulated enough to happily usher in technofascism.
Cool how the net result of COVID-19 wasn't preventing deaths or changing society for the better or anything it was just letting all of you normal people indulge in your complete sociopathy toward the disabled freely and without restraint
Got into a fight with a NURSE who we asked to give us a little distance when we were at a picnic table eating. We told her we’re were trying to be Covid safe because I’m at risk. She said I should have just stayed home. I said at risk people should be socially isolated and lonely AND SHE SAID YES
May 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I firmly believe that this--anti-mask/free-floating ableism re COVID--is one of the reasons why people became cruel, disaffected and disarticulated enough from any sense of the collective good, disarticulated enough to happily usher in technofascism.
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There are so many things to be mad at right now, but for some reason I'm especially enraged by the fact that there are places in the USA now where a cop wearing a face mask to illegally protect his identity can arrest YOU for wearing a face mask to protect your health
May 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
There are so many things to be mad at right now, but for some reason I'm especially enraged by the fact that there are places in the USA now where a cop wearing a face mask to illegally protect his identity can arrest YOU for wearing a face mask to protect your health
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I'm gonna break down what's happening here in case it isn't obvious.
Oz is laying the groundwork for trying to get y'all to accept the mass killing of disabled folks.
Oz is laying the groundwork for trying to get y'all to accept the mass killing of disabled folks.
Dr Oz on Fox: "It's your patriotic duty to be as healthy as you can."
May 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I'm gonna break down what's happening here in case it isn't obvious.
Oz is laying the groundwork for trying to get y'all to accept the mass killing of disabled folks.
Oz is laying the groundwork for trying to get y'all to accept the mass killing of disabled folks.
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One of most alarming red flags to date. Not so much for the impact, but for what it says about Trumps’ footsoldiers’ devotion to his cult of personality. This is full-on dictator mythmaking.
Oklahoma Education Commissar Ryan Walters announces new academic standards for the coming school year. Among other things, all students will be required to learn Trump's version of the 2020 election.
May 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One of most alarming red flags to date. Not so much for the impact, but for what it says about Trumps’ footsoldiers’ devotion to his cult of personality. This is full-on dictator mythmaking.
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UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days.
We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
April 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days.
We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
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NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.
April 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.
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EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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In case you're still keeping track, we have detection of both a highly divergent BQ-derived variant that has been evolving within a chronically infected host for almost 3 years and a quadruple recombinant within the Pirola soup.
April 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In case you're still keeping track, we have detection of both a highly divergent BQ-derived variant that has been evolving within a chronically infected host for almost 3 years and a quadruple recombinant within the Pirola soup.
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The businesses on PublicSquare felt that I should take their politics into account in deciding whether to patronize them. Guess what? I agree.
There are over 700 Oregon businesses that have chosen to be listed as pro-MAGA businesses on this website, including the CrossFit gym in my neighborhood. www.publicsquare.com/search/busin...
April 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The businesses on PublicSquare felt that I should take their politics into account in deciding whether to patronize them. Guess what? I agree.