M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆
@marchenland.bsky.social
Social justice Ranger. Technical writer. Goth. Synner. Spider mom. Sith but mostly for the fashion. Still masking (P100) on Goshute, Shoshone, Paiute, and Ute land. ey/she. Primary issues: pandemics, health justice, climate justice. Still learning.
Pinned
YES: Friends. Black Rock Rangers. Nerds. Goths. People writing about / doing work in social justice, infectious diseases, pandemics, science, nature, photography.
NO: Accounts exclusively selling a good / service, whether that’s art, sex, 0F, or anything else.
Enough enshittification!
NO: Accounts exclusively selling a good / service, whether that’s art, sex, 0F, or anything else.
Enough enshittification!
Currently reading: We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
#currentlyreading #booksky #weloveyoubunny #monaawad #bunny
#currentlyreading #booksky #weloveyoubunny #monaawad #bunny
January 25, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Currently reading: We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
#currentlyreading #booksky #weloveyoubunny #monaawad #bunny
#currentlyreading #booksky #weloveyoubunny #monaawad #bunny
Currently reading: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
#currentlyreading #booksky #fungi #merlinsheldrake #entangledlife
#currentlyreading #booksky #fungi #merlinsheldrake #entangledlife
January 25, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Currently reading: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
#currentlyreading #booksky #fungi #merlinsheldrake #entangledlife
#currentlyreading #booksky #fungi #merlinsheldrake #entangledlife
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I’ve just shot someone else in Minneapolis.. he was wrestled to the ground by six Nazis and then shot while he was on the ground!!!
January 24, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I’ve just shot someone else in Minneapolis.. he was wrestled to the ground by six Nazis and then shot while he was on the ground!!!
Easy Skill for Life Under Fascism:
I made this iOS shortcut years ago. If I press the icon or say “hey siri, I’m being arrested,” it immediately texts my spouse and starts a back camera video. (I wanted it to lock my phone, too, but I ended up just turning off biometrics.)
Haven’t needed it. Yet.
I made this iOS shortcut years ago. If I press the icon or say “hey siri, I’m being arrested,” it immediately texts my spouse and starts a back camera video. (I wanted it to lock my phone, too, but I ended up just turning off biometrics.)
Haven’t needed it. Yet.
![A screen capture from an Apple phone, illustrating the scripts for a shortcut.
1. Text: “I am being arrested.”
2. Send text to [redacted contact name]
3. Take video with Back camera](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zul2sf46jmbzycupokrgwnub/bafkreihvcgj4l2x65hnuz56bl4tq6pxua2khssjlfbxv3m3rxmz6vs34uq@jpeg)
January 24, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Easy Skill for Life Under Fascism:
I made this iOS shortcut years ago. If I press the icon or say “hey siri, I’m being arrested,” it immediately texts my spouse and starts a back camera video. (I wanted it to lock my phone, too, but I ended up just turning off biometrics.)
Haven’t needed it. Yet.
I made this iOS shortcut years ago. If I press the icon or say “hey siri, I’m being arrested,” it immediately texts my spouse and starts a back camera video. (I wanted it to lock my phone, too, but I ended up just turning off biometrics.)
Haven’t needed it. Yet.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The Fall of Empire
January 24, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The Fall of Empire
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For anyone who can't figure out why so many infection control docs are still desperately trying to manufacture a narrative that COVID isn't airborne, N95s don't work, and nothing could have been done differently in 2020...
...imagine having to face the guilt for this in the mirror every day.
...imagine having to face the guilt for this in the mirror every day.
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
For anyone who can't figure out why so many infection control docs are still desperately trying to manufacture a narrative that COVID isn't airborne, N95s don't work, and nothing could have been done differently in 2020...
...imagine having to face the guilt for this in the mirror every day.
...imagine having to face the guilt for this in the mirror every day.
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MINNESOTA VERSION OF COME OUT YE BLACK AND TANS
January 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
MINNESOTA VERSION OF COME OUT YE BLACK AND TANS
2 people have told me recently that they’re burned out and “over” COVID, that it’s mild now, no different than other respiratory illnesses. (Who wants flu/cold/RSV???)
I strongly believe this is all wrong. Of course, when I said as much, they wanted me to do the labor for them.
I’m so tired.
I strongly believe this is all wrong. Of course, when I said as much, they wanted me to do the labor for them.
I’m so tired.
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 AM
2 people have told me recently that they’re burned out and “over” COVID, that it’s mild now, no different than other respiratory illnesses. (Who wants flu/cold/RSV???)
I strongly believe this is all wrong. Of course, when I said as much, they wanted me to do the labor for them.
I’m so tired.
I strongly believe this is all wrong. Of course, when I said as much, they wanted me to do the labor for them.
I’m so tired.
Yes, this!
Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
January 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Yes, this!
A new classic blunder: never invade Minnesota in the winter.
January 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
A new classic blunder: never invade Minnesota in the winter.
I sure hope the “why aren’t Americans doing anything?” folks are finally seeing this.
🚨BREAKING: "ICE OUT!"
THOUSANDS of Minnesotans are marching in -10 degree cold as part of statewide general strike demanding ICE leave the state. Hundreds of businesses are closed, union workers skipping work, residents not shopping. Our @jtcestkowski.bsky.social is LIVE NOW⬇️
THOUSANDS of Minnesotans are marching in -10 degree cold as part of statewide general strike demanding ICE leave the state. Hundreds of businesses are closed, union workers skipping work, residents not shopping. Our @jtcestkowski.bsky.social is LIVE NOW⬇️
January 23, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I sure hope the “why aren’t Americans doing anything?” folks are finally seeing this.
My aunt walked with excruciating care, with crutches and metal braces on her legs, thanks to polio. My mom had scoliosis that they believed was caused by a mild case.
These folks are nearly all dead now, which I guess means no one remembers and it’s time to FAFO again.
These folks are nearly all dead now, which I guess means no one remembers and it’s time to FAFO again.
Time to post my own polio experience yet again: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018...
January 23, 2026 at 9:49 PM
My aunt walked with excruciating care, with crutches and metal braces on her legs, thanks to polio. My mom had scoliosis that they believed was caused by a mild case.
These folks are nearly all dead now, which I guess means no one remembers and it’s time to FAFO again.
These folks are nearly all dead now, which I guess means no one remembers and it’s time to FAFO again.
This! Including masking up with high-quality N95 or better respirators during marches and rallies to protect yourself and your comrades. We can’t march or get much done if we are down with flu, long COVID, etc. Eugenics and ableism does not belong in progressive circles.
fascism will disabled a lot of people, particularly folks who are organizing and resisting. so what will it take for the left to actually care about disabled people?
January 23, 2026 at 9:17 PM
This! Including masking up with high-quality N95 or better respirators during marches and rallies to protect yourself and your comrades. We can’t march or get much done if we are down with flu, long COVID, etc. Eugenics and ableism does not belong in progressive circles.
I just can’t imagine being a member of a targeted group - LGBTQ, an immigrant, BIPOC, etc - and telling a disabled member / ally that taking their health into account just isn’t worth my energy and time.
Please: mask up for your comrades’ health (and your own). Why is this so hard?
Please: mask up for your comrades’ health (and your own). Why is this so hard?
January 23, 2026 at 4:58 AM
I just can’t imagine being a member of a targeted group - LGBTQ, an immigrant, BIPOC, etc - and telling a disabled member / ally that taking their health into account just isn’t worth my energy and time.
Please: mask up for your comrades’ health (and your own). Why is this so hard?
Please: mask up for your comrades’ health (and your own). Why is this so hard?
I felt the Wyoming 4.7 #earthquake here in downtown #SaltLakeCity.
It felt like my dog was shaking the bed. However, I have a very heavy platform bed that is nigh unshakable.
Come to think of it, I blamed my dogs for the last earthquake we had (March 18, 2020, just days into the lockdown).
It felt like my dog was shaking the bed. However, I have a very heavy platform bed that is nigh unshakable.
Come to think of it, I blamed my dogs for the last earthquake we had (March 18, 2020, just days into the lockdown).
January 22, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I felt the Wyoming 4.7 #earthquake here in downtown #SaltLakeCity.
It felt like my dog was shaking the bed. However, I have a very heavy platform bed that is nigh unshakable.
Come to think of it, I blamed my dogs for the last earthquake we had (March 18, 2020, just days into the lockdown).
It felt like my dog was shaking the bed. However, I have a very heavy platform bed that is nigh unshakable.
Come to think of it, I blamed my dogs for the last earthquake we had (March 18, 2020, just days into the lockdown).
Walked out. Headed to my local march.
2-3 people wearing respirators. Got yelled at because these liberals don’t believe in ableism.
2-3 people wearing respirators. Got yelled at because these liberals don’t believe in ableism.
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Walked out. Headed to my local march.
2-3 people wearing respirators. Got yelled at because these liberals don’t believe in ableism.
2-3 people wearing respirators. Got yelled at because these liberals don’t believe in ableism.
According to a Quinnipiac University National Poll, 85% of Americans do not support trying to take Greenland by force.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 11:41 PM
According to a Quinnipiac University National Poll, 85% of Americans do not support trying to take Greenland by force.
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I have a lot of beef with the SLC’s mayor & government. They are moderate liberals with all that entails, both good and bad. They tend to do the minimum. People are shocked that Utah has liberals, but we also have leftists & progressives.
But this is important and makes me a little bit proud.
But this is important and makes me a little bit proud.
January 19, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I have a lot of beef with the SLC’s mayor & government. They are moderate liberals with all that entails, both good and bad. They tend to do the minimum. People are shocked that Utah has liberals, but we also have leftists & progressives.
But this is important and makes me a little bit proud.
But this is important and makes me a little bit proud.
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Need a new book
Need an author suggestion
Need to read something I cant put down and read all day and night til im crying ive read them all.
I have needs
Need an author suggestion
Need to read something I cant put down and read all day and night til im crying ive read them all.
I have needs
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Need a new book
Need an author suggestion
Need to read something I cant put down and read all day and night til im crying ive read them all.
I have needs
Need an author suggestion
Need to read something I cant put down and read all day and night til im crying ive read them all.
I have needs
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ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:05 AM
ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
When I was in the 10th grade, my schoolmate awarded me a Bananaward, the Darth Vader Evil Minded Eccentric Award. (He was probably making fun of me but I thought it was the nicest thing anyone had ever said about me.)
I wonder if I should give it to POSOTUS?
I wonder if I should give it to POSOTUS?
![A hand-drawn award certificate with a poorly rendered cartoon banana at the top.
The faded text, typed on an old-school typewriter, reads:
BANANATIFICATE OF HONOR
This certifies that [name redacted] is the recipient of a Bananaward as part of the second annual Bananawards Ceremony. Under the award of honor titled Darth Vader Evil-Minded-Eccentric Award
this person has shown her value to [redacted] High School. Even if the title is a little derogatory, the winner is lucky even to have won this.
[Illegible Signature]
Director of Bananawards
1985-1986](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zul2sf46jmbzycupokrgwnub/bafkreie3k6haquhjev7h5fhc36mw44ggfozr543p7crflawcoa6nrgjtua@jpeg)
January 18, 2026 at 7:32 AM
When I was in the 10th grade, my schoolmate awarded me a Bananaward, the Darth Vader Evil Minded Eccentric Award. (He was probably making fun of me but I thought it was the nicest thing anyone had ever said about me.)
I wonder if I should give it to POSOTUS?
I wonder if I should give it to POSOTUS?
1 year & 1 Day without Dave, 1946-2025.
And the world carries on without Davey
It's not a worse or better place
Uglier and safer maybe
But thats a question of personal taste - Carter USM, A World Without Dave
Photo: David Lynch, 2002, Hollywood, California. Chris Weeks/WireImage.
And the world carries on without Davey
It's not a worse or better place
Uglier and safer maybe
But thats a question of personal taste - Carter USM, A World Without Dave
Photo: David Lynch, 2002, Hollywood, California. Chris Weeks/WireImage.
January 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
1 year & 1 Day without Dave, 1946-2025.
And the world carries on without Davey
It's not a worse or better place
Uglier and safer maybe
But thats a question of personal taste - Carter USM, A World Without Dave
Photo: David Lynch, 2002, Hollywood, California. Chris Weeks/WireImage.
And the world carries on without Davey
It's not a worse or better place
Uglier and safer maybe
But thats a question of personal taste - Carter USM, A World Without Dave
Photo: David Lynch, 2002, Hollywood, California. Chris Weeks/WireImage.