Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)
@laurafrommi.bsky.social
Just me, selling books and fighting tyranny. Michigan bookstore owner, photographer, and marketer. I also talk about video games at my other account @AylaRavenstar. ✊💙📚
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There were two things that stuck with me from my most recent chat with my therapist that I'd like to share. First, my therapist was telling me how on a trip to the Amazon, she came across a line of ants that she followed. (1/🧵) 💙
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September 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
September 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
This is... A lot.
July 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is... A lot.
I'm so proud of my little town!
Milan, Michigan kneels to #NoKings!
Our little town got over 211 people out ... over 3.5% of the town population!
Happy Birthday to the Faux King. Nobody serves you here.
Our little town got over 211 people out ... over 3.5% of the town population!
Happy Birthday to the Faux King. Nobody serves you here.
June 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'm so proud of my little town!
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OUR GRATE PERADE IS ON, RANE OR SHYNE!
Can’t wait to celabrate freedumb with tanks, flags, and a puddle of melted constitooshun. 🤭🙄
#NoKings
Can’t wait to celabrate freedumb with tanks, flags, and a puddle of melted constitooshun. 🤭🙄
#NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
OUR GRATE PERADE IS ON, RANE OR SHYNE!
Can’t wait to celabrate freedumb with tanks, flags, and a puddle of melted constitooshun. 🤭🙄
#NoKings
Can’t wait to celabrate freedumb with tanks, flags, and a puddle of melted constitooshun. 🤭🙄
#NoKings
I haven't posted in a while, but this really resonated.
"I'm asking you to believe not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours."
We are the ones that we have been waiting for. Stand strong today.
#NoKings
"I'm asking you to believe not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours."
We are the ones that we have been waiting for. Stand strong today.
#NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I haven't posted in a while, but this really resonated.
"I'm asking you to believe not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours."
We are the ones that we have been waiting for. Stand strong today.
#NoKings
"I'm asking you to believe not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours."
We are the ones that we have been waiting for. Stand strong today.
#NoKings
Reading is the key, and the gateway, to so many important things. Protect it.
It's not the first time I've said this, and it won't be the last. Reading is fundamental to freedom. 💙📚
#Booksky #Reading #ReadBannedBooks #ProtectBooks
#Booksky #Reading #ReadBannedBooks #ProtectBooks
May 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Reading is the key, and the gateway, to so many important things. Protect it.
The reason drug prices are high comes down to several things (a🧵 based on data from @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social )
Unlike other countries, the U.S. government can't do anything to negotiate drug prices, and there are no laws that dictate how much profit drug companies are allowed to make. 1/🧵
Unlike other countries, the U.S. government can't do anything to negotiate drug prices, and there are no laws that dictate how much profit drug companies are allowed to make. 1/🧵
May 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The reason drug prices are high comes down to several things (a🧵 based on data from @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social )
Unlike other countries, the U.S. government can't do anything to negotiate drug prices, and there are no laws that dictate how much profit drug companies are allowed to make. 1/🧵
Unlike other countries, the U.S. government can't do anything to negotiate drug prices, and there are no laws that dictate how much profit drug companies are allowed to make. 1/🧵
This "germ denial" theory has dark implications. There are people in the MAHA movement who are suggesting that the real reason people die from illness is because their "unhealthy diet" or "lack of exercise" caused damage to their immune system. 1/🧵
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
The rise of a new form of germ theory denial
But did they have any underlying conditions?
open.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This "germ denial" theory has dark implications. There are people in the MAHA movement who are suggesting that the real reason people die from illness is because their "unhealthy diet" or "lack of exercise" caused damage to their immune system. 1/🧵
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
This is excellent news!
Originally from Chicago, Prevost spent decades as a missionary in Peru & is seen as one of the least “American” of the American cardinals. Still, his deep understanding of the U.S. makes him a timely pick in the Trump era.
His most recent tweet was a repost criticizing Trump’s immigration policies.
His most recent tweet was a repost criticizing Trump’s immigration policies.
May 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This is excellent news!
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio has increasingly instructed officials to push for regulatory approvals for Musk’s satellite firm at a moment when the White House is calling for wide-ranging talks on trade."
Elon Musk isn't in this for us. He's in it for himself.
link.theskimm.com/click/397646...
Elon Musk isn't in this for us. He's in it for himself.
link.theskimm.com/click/397646...
U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show
Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in preparation for trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, b...
link.theskimm.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio has increasingly instructed officials to push for regulatory approvals for Musk’s satellite firm at a moment when the White House is calling for wide-ranging talks on trade."
Elon Musk isn't in this for us. He's in it for himself.
link.theskimm.com/click/397646...
Elon Musk isn't in this for us. He's in it for himself.
link.theskimm.com/click/397646...
This makes me feel sick. ICE is targeting people at their most vulnerable, and it's absolutely despicable.
#ImmigrantsAreHuman
#ImmigrantsAreHuman
The Trump Regime stationed Border Guards at a Maternity Ward in order to deport a woman who was giving birth.
While now released, the woman named only as 'Erika', was denied a change to speak to a lawyer and her future remains in question.
While now released, the woman named only as 'Erika', was denied a change to speak to a lawyer and her future remains in question.
Border Agents Stationed in Maternity Ward to Deport New Mother
In a case that has sparked widespread outrage, U.S. border agents were stationed in the maternity ward of an Arizona hospital to initiate the deportation of a 24-year-old Guatemalan migrant mother…
crustiandaily.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This makes me feel sick. ICE is targeting people at their most vulnerable, and it's absolutely despicable.
#ImmigrantsAreHuman
#ImmigrantsAreHuman
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April 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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what if we put the people breaking laws and ignoring court orders into jail? is that an option? we can apparently do it to people who haven't broken any laws and are just too brown, so I have to assume we can do it to people who are actually doing bad shit, right?
I hate it here.
I hate it here.
April 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
what if we put the people breaking laws and ignoring court orders into jail? is that an option? we can apparently do it to people who haven't broken any laws and are just too brown, so I have to assume we can do it to people who are actually doing bad shit, right?
I hate it here.
I hate it here.
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)
While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.
April 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.
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“When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the Constitution, we didn't wake up then, either. They said it would be temporary. Nothing changes instantaneously.”
- The Handmaids Tale #krasnov #deathofdemocracy #ourlastchance
- The Handmaids Tale #krasnov #deathofdemocracy #ourlastchance
April 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the Constitution, we didn't wake up then, either. They said it would be temporary. Nothing changes instantaneously.”
- The Handmaids Tale #krasnov #deathofdemocracy #ourlastchance
- The Handmaids Tale #krasnov #deathofdemocracy #ourlastchance
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I laughed all the way out loud when I saw this.
April 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I laughed all the way out loud when I saw this.
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70 Michigan students are facing deportation. No explanation. No due process. Just revenge.
This is Trump making good on his threat to punish student protestors—and using immigration as his weapon.
Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s already here.
This is Trump making good on his threat to punish student protestors—and using immigration as his weapon.
Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s already here.
April 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
70 Michigan students are facing deportation. No explanation. No due process. Just revenge.
This is Trump making good on his threat to punish student protestors—and using immigration as his weapon.
Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s already here.
This is Trump making good on his threat to punish student protestors—and using immigration as his weapon.
Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s already here.
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If Trump & RFK Jr. actually cared about “Making America Healthy Again,” they wouldn’t be dismantling the agencies that keep our food and drugs safe.
@repsummerlee.bsky.social serves an honest #CupOfJoe calling out the false narratives of RFK Jr. & FOTUS.
@repsummerlee.bsky.social serves an honest #CupOfJoe calling out the false narratives of RFK Jr. & FOTUS.
April 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If Trump & RFK Jr. actually cared about “Making America Healthy Again,” they wouldn’t be dismantling the agencies that keep our food and drugs safe.
@repsummerlee.bsky.social serves an honest #CupOfJoe calling out the false narratives of RFK Jr. & FOTUS.
@repsummerlee.bsky.social serves an honest #CupOfJoe calling out the false narratives of RFK Jr. & FOTUS.
There are ways to do religion right. I'm sad your grandma's not in the world anymore @sarahneedscoffee.bsky.social.
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A few thoughts on the whole “Christians can’t vote blue” from the ghost of my 93-year-old grandmother.
April 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There are ways to do religion right. I'm sad your grandma's not in the world anymore @sarahneedscoffee.bsky.social.
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I'm currently reading Attack From Within by Barbara McQuade, and it's very informative but also very painful to relive all Trump's lies. 😮💨
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April 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I'm currently reading Attack From Within by Barbara McQuade, and it's very informative but also very painful to relive all Trump's lies. 😮💨
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I think it's fair to judge Cybertruck owners, but I always try to give other Tesla owners the benefit of the doubt.
Hey Bluesky, how many of us dreamt of having a Tesla prior to Jan 20, 2025? Please don't be an asshat to car owners. They are us. They car about the climate and reducing fossil fuels and emissions.
April 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I think it's fair to judge Cybertruck owners, but I always try to give other Tesla owners the benefit of the doubt.
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#MorningVibe
Here’s to the quiet resilience we don’t always post about—but absolutely need to celebrate.
Fill up your tank & #KeepMovingForward.
Here’s to the quiet resilience we don’t always post about—but absolutely need to celebrate.
Fill up your tank & #KeepMovingForward.
April 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
#MorningVibe
Here’s to the quiet resilience we don’t always post about—but absolutely need to celebrate.
Fill up your tank & #KeepMovingForward.
Here’s to the quiet resilience we don’t always post about—but absolutely need to celebrate.
Fill up your tank & #KeepMovingForward.
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"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
April 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
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"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who had ever been alive."
- James Baldwin
#booksky #📚💙
- James Baldwin
#booksky #📚💙
March 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM