@ravensitka.bsky.social
I don´t like to be shush. Immigrant. Librarian. Host of Bulevar Latino at KCAW, Sitka. Opinions are my own.Exhausted. Libre, o intentándolo. From Spain to Alaska, and many other places in between. Books, always books. And dogs!
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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I think the Minnesota Star Tribune's coverage of ICE and the murders of Renew Good and Alex Pretti will be a strong finalist candidate for a Pulitzer Prize, if not deserving of a special citation from the board
January 26, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I think the Minnesota Star Tribune's coverage of ICE and the murders of Renew Good and Alex Pretti will be a strong finalist candidate for a Pulitzer Prize, if not deserving of a special citation from the board
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Thank God there were people filming. This administration would have said Alex Pretti pulled a handgun, a package of fentanyl, and a signed copy of the Communist Manifesto if they could.
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Thank God there were people filming. This administration would have said Alex Pretti pulled a handgun, a package of fentanyl, and a signed copy of the Communist Manifesto if they could.
Thanks for the steady presence and no-matter-what-I’ll -hold-you-up of our dogs (and cats, and else).
January 25, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Thanks for the steady presence and no-matter-what-I’ll -hold-you-up of our dogs (and cats, and else).
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It's hard to sleep.
January 25, 2026 at 6:39 AM
It's hard to sleep.
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YOUR PHONE CALLS TO THE SENATE ARE WORKING. KEEP CALLING.
202–224-3121
Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.
202–224-3121
Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.
DHS funding bill faces new Senate hurdles after another person killed in Minneapolis
Some Democrats who voted for recent funding bills said they'll vote against any DHS bill without restrictions on enforcement operations. The deadline to avert a shutdown is Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships
July 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships
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Les petits poulbots de Montmartre. París, 1958
[Burt Glinn]
[Burt Glinn]
July 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Les petits poulbots de Montmartre. París, 1958
[Burt Glinn]
[Burt Glinn]
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who claimed to oppose Medicaid cuts, provides crucial vote for $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts. Time to revise her book.
July 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who claimed to oppose Medicaid cuts, provides crucial vote for $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts. Time to revise her book.
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The protests & slowdowns & leaks & refusals to comply & boycotts & strikes & antifascist art & gumming up the works & sanctuary projects & all the other stuff that we’ve got to run all at once have to feel like that too.
Break their hold bit by bit.
Here, there, & over here too, until - whoosh.
Break their hold bit by bit.
Here, there, & over here too, until - whoosh.
It's hard to overstate how destructive the reflexive "this is a distraction!" stuff that politicians and commentators and people are always peddling.
Everything is happening all at once. That's how authoritarianism works. If you can't navigate and synthesize this, you're not meeting the moment.
Everything is happening all at once. That's how authoritarianism works. If you can't navigate and synthesize this, you're not meeting the moment.
June 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The protests & slowdowns & leaks & refusals to comply & boycotts & strikes & antifascist art & gumming up the works & sanctuary projects & all the other stuff that we’ve got to run all at once have to feel like that too.
Break their hold bit by bit.
Here, there, & over here too, until - whoosh.
Break their hold bit by bit.
Here, there, & over here too, until - whoosh.
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“‘The role of the church – the role of people of faith – is to care for our neighbors. Yes,’ said Rep. Isaac Schultz, R-Elmdale Township, during the House floor debate. ‘But not in this instance, specifically.’”
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The Senate just voted to repeal MinnesotaCare for undocumented adults. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Tim Walz, who has agreed to sign it. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/09/l...
Legislature repeals MinnesotaCare for undocumented adults • Minnesota Reformer
Despite Democratic-Farmer-Labor control of the state Senate, the governor’s office, and half of the House, Republicans forced Democrats to roll back one of their signature accomplishments from the 202...
minnesotareformer.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“‘The role of the church – the role of people of faith – is to care for our neighbors. Yes,’ said Rep. Isaac Schultz, R-Elmdale Township, during the House floor debate. ‘But not in this instance, specifically.’”
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This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
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Thousands of protesters rallied peacefully downtown on Monday despite police orders to disperse & reports of arrests. Civil rights, labor unions, & veterans groups opposed using active-duty military for crowd control, citing risks to democratic norms and setting an authoritarian precedent.
Live Updates: Immigration Protests Spread to More Cities as Trump Defends Deployments to L.A.
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thousands of protesters rallied peacefully downtown on Monday despite police orders to disperse & reports of arrests. Civil rights, labor unions, & veterans groups opposed using active-duty military for crowd control, citing risks to democratic norms and setting an authoritarian precedent.
Grateful. Sanity comes in many ways.
May 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Grateful. Sanity comes in many ways.
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A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind.
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
ICE raids have 'overwhelmed' coastal California communities
Communities in three California counties "overwhelmed" as ICE raids ramp up in the region.
www.sfgate.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind.
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
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"The crowd chants 'Don’t take the mother!' over and over again as the daughter keeps trying to get back on the hood of the car. More Worcester cops arrive, all helping the ICE agents carry out their rotten senseless work." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The crowd chants 'Don’t take the mother!' over and over again as the daughter keeps trying to get back on the hood of the car. More Worcester cops arrive, all helping the ICE agents carry out their rotten senseless work." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles
The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
www.wwltv.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress, was fired by Pres. Trump today according to a press statement from @morelle.house.gov. Only the Legislative Branch should make decisions about the hiring & removal of the Librarian of CONGRESS. This needs to be fixed asap.
May 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress, was fired by Pres. Trump today according to a press statement from @morelle.house.gov. Only the Legislative Branch should make decisions about the hiring & removal of the Librarian of CONGRESS. This needs to be fixed asap.
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Nooooooo!!!!! She's the best!!!!
May 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Nooooooo!!!!! She's the best!!!!
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Donald Trump just fired my dear friend Dr. Carla Hayden—the Librarian of Congress—via email. This is disgraceful. The Library of Congress represents some of the best America has to offer. Equal access to learning for all.
May 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Donald Trump just fired my dear friend Dr. Carla Hayden—the Librarian of Congress—via email. This is disgraceful. The Library of Congress represents some of the best America has to offer. Equal access to learning for all.
First North American Pope.
Francisco was from Argentina.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history.
Francisco was from Argentina.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history.
May 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
First North American Pope.
Francisco was from Argentina.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history.
Francisco was from Argentina.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history.
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We need EVERY library advocate to raise their voice in support of library funding. Take action NOW, call Congress to #FundLibraries: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries
Time is running out to Fund Libraries next fiscal year. Congress MUST act to include libraries in the next federal budget. #ForOurLibraries
Time is running out to Fund Libraries next fiscal year. Congress MUST act to include libraries in the next federal budget. #ForOurLibraries
May 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We need EVERY library advocate to raise their voice in support of library funding. Take action NOW, call Congress to #FundLibraries: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries
Time is running out to Fund Libraries next fiscal year. Congress MUST act to include libraries in the next federal budget. #ForOurLibraries
Time is running out to Fund Libraries next fiscal year. Congress MUST act to include libraries in the next federal budget. #ForOurLibraries
🚨 Public media is under attack from every direction: ❌ Funding eliminated in the Administration’s budget ❌ Executive order targeting NPR + PBS ❌ Grants to kids' educational programs cut Tell Congress to protect it: bit.ly/4iPZakE #ProtectMyPublicMedia
Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Email your Members of Congress now!
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
🚨 Public media is under attack from every direction: ❌ Funding eliminated in the Administration’s budget ❌ Executive order targeting NPR + PBS ❌ Grants to kids' educational programs cut Tell Congress to protect it: bit.ly/4iPZakE #ProtectMyPublicMedia
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Hoy hace 1.871 días que el Gobierno Ayuso aprobó el Protocolo que impedía trasladar al hospital a los residentes más vulnerables. 7.291 murieron sin recibir atención médica adecuada en el propio centro donde vivían. Aún no se ha hecho Justicia. #NoOlvidamos. ¿Se lo recordamos a diario?
May 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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