Asheville Kathy LaLaLa
@kathological.bsky.social
Retired public defender ⚖️, now making pottery 🏺and salads 🥗.
Best advice: Just don’t freak out. Get grounded and connected, remember who you are, what matters to you and what is good for you. Be courageous & informed but also joyful.
Best advice: Just don’t freak out. Get grounded and connected, remember who you are, what matters to you and what is good for you. Be courageous & informed but also joyful.
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"While individually, citizens may feel powerless, together they are powerful." Good post by Rory Truex on the importance of doing many small things. rorytruex.substack.com/p/what-do-i-...
What Do I Do in a Time Like This?
Towards a Democracy Defense Movement
rorytruex.substack.com
“I love that line, ‘citizens are not subjects.’ We are not here to be ruled. But nor are we a ‘hateful mob.’ We are ‘upright, fair, peaceful, and rational,’ even when our government fails to be.”
This is so cool 👇
these two young white guys on IG go to an NYC restaurant each week to try food from a different country. they posted a video bringing together the owners of their first 12 stops & it made me cry bc it was simple & beautiful. just people from all over the world hanging & being pals. how it should be.
February 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
This is so cool 👇
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PMC COVlD Report, Week of Feb 16, 2026 (U.S.)
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
February 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
PMC COVlD Report, Week of Feb 16, 2026 (U.S.)
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
Empty warehouses make great artist spaces. Just saying’.
February 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Empty warehouses make great artist spaces. Just saying’.
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This scheme to make passports harder to obtain comes as Republicans are trying to make passports one of the few documents that can be presented in order to be permitted to register to vote.
State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service.
apnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This scheme to make passports harder to obtain comes as Republicans are trying to make passports one of the few documents that can be presented in order to be permitted to register to vote.
Similarly we always ask how we can fund mental health care, addiction care, other diversion services. We NEVER ask whether we can afford a sprawling prison system.
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Similarly we always ask how we can fund mental health care, addiction care, other diversion services. We NEVER ask whether we can afford a sprawling prison system.
My mom would have said, “Mean Secretary Noem?” Wellllllll…
February 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
My mom would have said, “Mean Secretary Noem?” Wellllllll…
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The best way to get the pedophiles out of your city is to pass a billionaires tax.
February 14, 2026 at 11:37 PM
The best way to get the pedophiles out of your city is to pass a billionaires tax.
This is rich. Glad to see my Alma mater on there but really wouldn’t most universities qualify?
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This is rich. Glad to see my Alma mater on there but really wouldn’t most universities qualify?
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The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
I think he’s trying to say that we’re bound together by whiteness.
I don't think he was trying to reassure anyone, and I can't see why anyone in Europe would feel reassured www.ft.com/content/ad26...
February 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I think he’s trying to say that we’re bound together by whiteness.
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
reut.rs
February 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
There might be too many of us
"[DHS] is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency."
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:45 AM
There might be too many of us
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February 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Who cares about children being sex trafficked when the Dow is doing so well?!?!
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Who cares about children being sex trafficked when the Dow is doing so well?!?!
Y’all. Get rid of Ring and all the other surveillance technology in your home. While you’re at it get off of Facebook, Instagram, X. Stop supporting all this. I know it’s hard, but take one little step today.
February 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Y’all. Get rid of Ring and all the other surveillance technology in your home. While you’re at it get off of Facebook, Instagram, X. Stop supporting all this. I know it’s hard, but take one little step today.
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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We have important work to do, together, in the coming days:
- Roll back Trump's terrible tariffs
- Rein in ICE
- Block Miller's detention centers
- Force accountability for allies of Epstein
Let's get to work people! 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/rolling-ba...
- Roll back Trump's terrible tariffs
- Rein in ICE
- Block Miller's detention centers
- Force accountability for allies of Epstein
Let's get to work people! 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/rolling-ba...
Rolling Back The Tariffs, Reining In ICE, Blocking The Detention Centers, Forcing Accountability For Epstein Crimes
Need to be very loud folks - so much happening on the Hill now - need to lean in hard today everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
We have important work to do, together, in the coming days:
- Roll back Trump's terrible tariffs
- Rein in ICE
- Block Miller's detention centers
- Force accountability for allies of Epstein
Let's get to work people! 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/rolling-ba...
- Roll back Trump's terrible tariffs
- Rein in ICE
- Block Miller's detention centers
- Force accountability for allies of Epstein
Let's get to work people! 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/rolling-ba...
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From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
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People often say w/pride, 'I'm not interested in politics.' They might as well say, 'I'm not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future or any future.' If we mean to keep any control over our world & lives, we must be interested in politics. -M Gellhorn
You may think you are apolitical but you will definitely be remembered for your politics.
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
People often say w/pride, 'I'm not interested in politics.' They might as well say, 'I'm not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future or any future.' If we mean to keep any control over our world & lives, we must be interested in politics. -M Gellhorn
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i feel compelled to remind everyone that chatgpt/LLMs are functionally the *opposite* of an actual expert.
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
March 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
i feel compelled to remind everyone that chatgpt/LLMs are functionally the *opposite* of an actual expert.
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
You don’t even have to watch the video. Just read the first dozen comments or so! 🤣
BRENNAN: Do you think the president needs to apologize for the video?
REP. TONY GONZALES: It's up to the president. There's no room in the country for racism, antisemitism, socialism -- all the isms need to go. What no one is talking about is the video was about election integrity.
REP. TONY GONZALES: It's up to the president. There's no room in the country for racism, antisemitism, socialism -- all the isms need to go. What no one is talking about is the video was about election integrity.
February 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
You don’t even have to watch the video. Just read the first dozen comments or so! 🤣
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And I want to be clear, this isn't just about age.
Louise Lucas here is 82 and meeting the moment pretty damn well in word and deed.
Louise Lucas here is 82 and meeting the moment pretty damn well in word and deed.
February 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
And I want to be clear, this isn't just about age.
Louise Lucas here is 82 and meeting the moment pretty damn well in word and deed.
Louise Lucas here is 82 and meeting the moment pretty damn well in word and deed.
Good advice, hilarious thread
If you bought a new TV for the Super Bowl, make sure you anchor it to the wall.
February 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Good advice, hilarious thread
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The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations.
Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret U.S. government surveillance, sounds new alarm over 'CIA activities' | TechCrunch
The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations.
techcrunch.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations.
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In Ukraine, when a funeral procession with a fallen soldier goes by, everyone stops whatever they are doing to stand silently. Traffic stops. Public transportation stops. Conversation stops.
In Lviv, people take this tradition a step further. Most people the procession passes take a knee.
In Lviv, people take this tradition a step further. Most people the procession passes take a knee.
February 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
In Ukraine, when a funeral procession with a fallen soldier goes by, everyone stops whatever they are doing to stand silently. Traffic stops. Public transportation stops. Conversation stops.
In Lviv, people take this tradition a step further. Most people the procession passes take a knee.
In Lviv, people take this tradition a step further. Most people the procession passes take a knee.