Jessica Sleeth
@jsleeth.bsky.social
Prodigal daughter back in VA after almost 2 decades in Maine. She/her
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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Another thing I learned in the town hall is that the events in Minneapolis are being well-documented because of the thousands of people who trained to become legal observers after the murder of George Floyd
We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it
January 25, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Another thing I learned in the town hall is that the events in Minneapolis are being well-documented because of the thousands of people who trained to become legal observers after the murder of George Floyd
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I'm done mourning my comforting, childish hopes for what this country might be, and I'm ready to accept who, what, and where we really are
Now there can only be grim determination for whatever must be done to once again reach a place where we can afford hopeful, flattering thoughts of ourselves.
Now there can only be grim determination for whatever must be done to once again reach a place where we can afford hopeful, flattering thoughts of ourselves.
January 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I'm done mourning my comforting, childish hopes for what this country might be, and I'm ready to accept who, what, and where we really are
Now there can only be grim determination for whatever must be done to once again reach a place where we can afford hopeful, flattering thoughts of ourselves.
Now there can only be grim determination for whatever must be done to once again reach a place where we can afford hopeful, flattering thoughts of ourselves.
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Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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You are living through the unthinkable: the president of the United States using the military to seize domestic power. The greatest crisis of executive power in American history, at the hands of the worst, most corrupt, and most unfit president in American history.
August 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
You are living through the unthinkable: the president of the United States using the military to seize domestic power. The greatest crisis of executive power in American history, at the hands of the worst, most corrupt, and most unfit president in American history.
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If you're looking for a tipping point to conclude "OK, the U.S. is now authoritarian," this seems like it.
Trump signs an executive order tasking Hegseth to establish "specialised units" within the National Guard to "deal with public order issues" across the US.
Using the US Military against the American public.
Using the US Military against the American public.
August 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you're looking for a tipping point to conclude "OK, the U.S. is now authoritarian," this seems like it.
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Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
August 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
Jesus Christ. Just horrific levels of crimes against humanity happening every day in Gaza. Our country keeps supplying weaponry to the perpetrators of this atrocity, which makes us equally culpable. May all those involved never know peace.
June 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Jesus Christ. Just horrific levels of crimes against humanity happening every day in Gaza. Our country keeps supplying weaponry to the perpetrators of this atrocity, which makes us equally culpable. May all those involved never know peace.
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"The nation’s forecasting agency is in tatters as what could be a destructive hurricane season nears. Several current and former agency meteorologists told CNN they are concerned forecasts and life-saving warnings are not going to be issued in time." www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously thought as hurricane season nears | CNN
Several current and former agency meteorologists and staff told CNN they are concerned warnings won’t be issued in time as hurricane season nears.
www.cnn.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"The nation’s forecasting agency is in tatters as what could be a destructive hurricane season nears. Several current and former agency meteorologists told CNN they are concerned forecasts and life-saving warnings are not going to be issued in time." www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
This is the most backward, irredeemable administration of evil fuckwits… your standard dystopian fiction could never. This plot would have been deemed too heavy-handed and juvenile by even the most cut-rate publisher.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's kicking out the Ambassador from South Africa — accusing him of hating America and hating Donald Trump.
Trump Administration say South Africa's Ambassador to U.S. 'persona non grata'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's kicking out the Ambassador from South Africa -accusing him of hating America and hating Donald Trump.
www.npr.org
March 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is the most backward, irredeemable administration of evil fuckwits… your standard dystopian fiction could never. This plot would have been deemed too heavy-handed and juvenile by even the most cut-rate publisher.
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the leap from disappearing the undocumented to disappearing visa holders to disappearing green card holders to disappearing naturalized citizens to disappearing natural born citizens is no leap at all, but a series of tiny steps
block the path
block the path
March 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
the leap from disappearing the undocumented to disappearing visa holders to disappearing green card holders to disappearing naturalized citizens to disappearing natural born citizens is no leap at all, but a series of tiny steps
block the path
block the path
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A reminder that women’s sports are kept separate from men’s not to protect women from always losing to men, but rather to ensure that no man ever loses to a woman.
I’m not making this up; that’s literally the reason.
I’m not making this up; that’s literally the reason.
March 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A reminder that women’s sports are kept separate from men’s not to protect women from always losing to men, but rather to ensure that no man ever loses to a woman.
I’m not making this up; that’s literally the reason.
I’m not making this up; that’s literally the reason.
“Democrats need to decide whether they want to fight for the things they believe in, or spend the rest of their days chasing polls but never catching them.” Hell yes, @notalawyer.bsky.social excellent newsletter today!
March 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“Democrats need to decide whether they want to fight for the things they believe in, or spend the rest of their days chasing polls but never catching them.” Hell yes, @notalawyer.bsky.social excellent newsletter today!
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the thing about genAI is if it was actually useful or benefits the end user in any capacity, you'd have to pay for it. it'd be locked behind so many gates as a use privilege
but instead opt-outs are virtually impossible and it's force-fed down your throat like ducks being prepared for foie gras
but instead opt-outs are virtually impossible and it's force-fed down your throat like ducks being prepared for foie gras
February 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
the thing about genAI is if it was actually useful or benefits the end user in any capacity, you'd have to pay for it. it'd be locked behind so many gates as a use privilege
but instead opt-outs are virtually impossible and it's force-fed down your throat like ducks being prepared for foie gras
but instead opt-outs are virtually impossible and it's force-fed down your throat like ducks being prepared for foie gras
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The literal wealthiest man in the world donating hundreds of millions of dollars to a presidential campaign and getting rewarded with a government post where he can award his companies with contracts is the most cartoonish possible rendering of what people warned about after Citizens United.
February 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The literal wealthiest man in the world donating hundreds of millions of dollars to a presidential campaign and getting rewarded with a government post where he can award his companies with contracts is the most cartoonish possible rendering of what people warned about after Citizens United.
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If I worked at a newspaper, I’d ask why we have to keep coming up with novel phrases like “mass detention camp” to describe Trump’s plans instead of using a more familiar term.
Trump outlines plan for mass detention camp at the Guantanamo Bay navy base with capacity for 30,000 deportees www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... with @danlamothe.bsky.social
Trump to build mass detention camp for deportees at Guantánamo Bay
The president issued an executive order to construct a detention camp with room for 30,000 migrants on the U.S. naval base in Cuba
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If I worked at a newspaper, I’d ask why we have to keep coming up with novel phrases like “mass detention camp” to describe Trump’s plans instead of using a more familiar term.
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No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.
January 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.
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It sucks pretty bad that democracy needs to be chosen at the ballot box over and over again while fascism only needs to be chosen once, by the slavery-era relic the Electoral College.
October 25, 2024 at 5:26 PM
It sucks pretty bad that democracy needs to be chosen at the ballot box over and over again while fascism only needs to be chosen once, by the slavery-era relic the Electoral College.
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the death penalty is one of the most evil things in this country. it must be abolished and it is a deep, horrible nauseating rot on the fabric of all that we should hold dear that it still exists.
September 24, 2024 at 11:34 PM
the death penalty is one of the most evil things in this country. it must be abolished and it is a deep, horrible nauseating rot on the fabric of all that we should hold dear that it still exists.