Oakmarie
@oakmarie.bsky.social
Artist, grandmother, media vet, flamenco aficionada, empath, Minnesota born, Oakland is home. Reluctant optimist. Pragmatic leftist. I know some shit!
“I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours” — B. Dylan
“I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours” — B. Dylan
Thought for today— May the artists, writers, musicians, poets and filmmakers feel the power of compassion and the freedom to express it through their gifts. #ArtSpeaksLoud
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Thought for today— May the artists, writers, musicians, poets and filmmakers feel the power of compassion and the freedom to express it through their gifts. #ArtSpeaksLoud
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A federal judge is weighing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s blackmail letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as evidence that the administration is using the presence of armed federal agents as coercion to achieve policy goals. trib.al/tcKLaft
January 31, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A federal judge is weighing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s blackmail letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as evidence that the administration is using the presence of armed federal agents as coercion to achieve policy goals. trib.al/tcKLaft
Is it too late to get my FBI (FOIA) file from the 80s? Just asking before Palantir starts connecting the dots.
January 31, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Is it too late to get my FBI (FOIA) file from the 80s? Just asking before Palantir starts connecting the dots.
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Out tax dollars paying this company so masked men can identify our unmasked faces.
Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition App
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
www.wired.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Out tax dollars paying this company so masked men can identify our unmasked faces.
SOS! The hits just keep coming. I need some good news. Bring it on.
January 29, 2026 at 11:55 PM
SOS! The hits just keep coming. I need some good news. Bring it on.
This is an awful blow to the Latino community, SF and all of the Bay Area.
#MissionCulturalCenter #MCCLA #SanFrancisco
#MissionCulturalCenter #MCCLA #SanFrancisco
Financial Crisis Forces SF’s Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts to Close — KQED
After months of financial strain, staff departures and scaled-back programming, the nearly 50-year-old nonprofit exhausted its operating funds, shuttering its Mission District building and leaving its...
apple.news
January 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM
This is an awful blow to the Latino community, SF and all of the Bay Area.
#MissionCulturalCenter #MCCLA #SanFrancisco
#MissionCulturalCenter #MCCLA #SanFrancisco
How is Liam Conejo Ramos today?
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
How is Liam Conejo Ramos today?
Morning thoughts about the earlier Pretti video. If anything, it proves he was tracked and hunted —making it a premeditated assassination.
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Morning thoughts about the earlier Pretti video. If anything, it proves he was tracked and hunted —making it a premeditated assassination.
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Bruce Springsteen’s angry anti-ICE song is on-the-nose in the right way
Bruce Springsteen’s angry anti-ICE song is on-the-nose in the right way
The star’s urgent and to-the-point protest song is not subtle about its target and right now that’s why it works so well
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Bruce Springsteen’s angry anti-ICE song is on-the-nose in the right way
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my son is 2 and man. talk about TOS violations
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:35 AM
my son is 2 and man. talk about TOS violations
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The anthem we need
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The anthem we need
On another note, I’m excited to see season 2 “Drops of God” on Apple TV. This drama series is extraordinary in so many ways— great acting, well-developed characters, three languages, smart unique storyline, in gorgeous locations (+ wine). #DropsOfGod #AppleTV
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
On another note, I’m excited to see season 2 “Drops of God” on Apple TV. This drama series is extraordinary in so many ways— great acting, well-developed characters, three languages, smart unique storyline, in gorgeous locations (+ wine). #DropsOfGod #AppleTV
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Ukrainians are freezing to death | Janine di Giovanni
Tents pitched indoors for warmth and makeshift radiators: Ukrainians are freezing to death | Janine di Giovanni
As a war correspondent I’ve seen this strategy used before. Putin is weaponising the savage eastern European winter, says war correspondent Janine di Giovanni
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Ukrainians are freezing to death | Janine di Giovanni
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Three of the world’s biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this week over claims their platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claims
Three of the world’s biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this week over claims their platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Three of the world’s biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this week over claims their platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
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Think. About. Having. To do this as journalists. (And citizens)
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Think. About. Having. To do this as journalists. (And citizens)
I hate saying this, but shame on Tim Cook for being in attendance for the Melania bullshit movie. Steve Jobs would be mortified.
January 26, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I hate saying this, but shame on Tim Cook for being in attendance for the Melania bullshit movie. Steve Jobs would be mortified.
What are the numbers of people (immigrants or legals) who have died in detention under this administration?
We need to be informed.
We need to be informed.
January 26, 2026 at 2:35 AM
What are the numbers of people (immigrants or legals) who have died in detention under this administration?
We need to be informed.
We need to be informed.
It’s Sunday and I so need to see family and eat, drink, laugh, hug … ya know, a day to pretend things are normal. Por favorcito!
January 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
It’s Sunday and I so need to see family and eat, drink, laugh, hug … ya know, a day to pretend things are normal. Por favorcito!
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Trumpists’ view of the Second Amendment turns out to be no different from their view of the First: one whose protections apply exclusively to themselves, Jonathan Chait argues:
What MAGA Really Thinks of the Second Amendment
Now we know.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Trumpists’ view of the Second Amendment turns out to be no different from their view of the First: one whose protections apply exclusively to themselves, Jonathan Chait argues:
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Alex Pretty, the ICU technician and researched murdered by ICE agents today, who DHS is frantically trying to smear. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
What we know about Alex Pretti, victim of ICE shooting
Alex Pretti worked as an ICU nurse and had spent time working with the Department of Veterans Affairs
www.independent.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Alex Pretty, the ICU technician and researched murdered by ICE agents today, who DHS is frantically trying to smear. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
I couldn’t be more proud to call myself a Minnesotan. You can take the girl out of Minnesota but you can’t take Minnesota outta the girl. Whistling in my dreams!
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I couldn’t be more proud to call myself a Minnesotan. You can take the girl out of Minnesota but you can’t take Minnesota outta the girl. Whistling in my dreams!
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Jared Kushner's make over plans for Gaza: Palestine with no Palestinians could be such a wonderful place. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Trump’s New Gaza is first step to the end of any Palestine state, Gaza families warn
Trump’s new Gaza will be ‘built on the graveyards of countless unidentified Palestinians’ UN official warns
www.independent.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Jared Kushner's make over plans for Gaza: Palestine with no Palestinians could be such a wonderful place. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Ads are coming to ChatGPT. News publishers with OpenAI deals won’t see a dime. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/ads-...
Ads are coming to ChatGPT. News publishers with OpenAI deals won’t see a dime.
Ads are officially coming to ChatGPT. A new article from The Information confirms that OpenAI has already pitched placements in ChatGPT to dozens of advertisers. The report comes on the heels of an…
www.niemanlab.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Ads are coming to ChatGPT. News publishers with OpenAI deals won’t see a dime. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/ads-...
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We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...