Ruby S.
@rubyji.bsky.social
❤️🩹Hope is a discipline.
💀Capitalism is a death cult.
🍉Solidarity is the antidote to fascism.
Awakening 🙈🤩
Living 🐈🪴🌌
Loving ♾️🏳️🌈
Raising a teen 🎮🏹
Durham 🐂🚬 NC, USA
https://lotusmedia.org
💀Capitalism is a death cult.
🍉Solidarity is the antidote to fascism.
Awakening 🙈🤩
Living 🐈🪴🌌
Loving ♾️🏳️🌈
Raising a teen 🎮🏹
Durham 🐂🚬 NC, USA
https://lotusmedia.org
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Ruby S.
@rubyji.bsky.social
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the fundamental central operating premise of this entire dominant ecosystem of what passes for the institutional "left" in this country is that you must carefully calibrate what you believe in light of what you perceive certain demographics to believe. but what wins elections is believing in shit
Let me repeat for the pundits in the back:
What wins elections is believing in shit.
What wins elections is believing in shit.
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The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves.
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves.
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
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While reporting this, we came across this ProPublica story from 2019 about a Border Patrol Facebook group.
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
While reporting this, we came across this ProPublica story from 2019 about a Border Patrol Facebook group.
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
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me when people start casually telling me about how they use genAI products and how it's fun
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
me when people start casually telling me about how they use genAI products and how it's fun
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Remembering Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray on her 115th birthday
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Remembering Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray on her 115th birthday
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WOW
WHAT A COINCIDENCE
WHAT A COINCIDENCE
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
WOW
WHAT A COINCIDENCE
WHAT A COINCIDENCE
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Join the hundreds of members of your community that have met this moment by taking leadership and showing what the path to a truly safe North Carolina can look like.
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
For a Safe North Carolina - Defend and Recruit
For a Safe North Carolina HELP OUR COMMUNITIES IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS Right now, Border Patrol is attacking our communities and our people. Our elected representatives, faith leaders, and business own...
defendandrecruit.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Join the hundreds of members of your community that have met this moment by taking leadership and showing what the path to a truly safe North Carolina can look like.
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
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I'm old enough to remember a time when ICE didn't exist. The entire Department of Homeland Security was created post 9/11 for the purpose of racist fearmongering. We don't need it.
I hope I live long enough to see ICE not exist again. #AbolishICE
I hope I live long enough to see ICE not exist again. #AbolishICE
October 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm old enough to remember a time when ICE didn't exist. The entire Department of Homeland Security was created post 9/11 for the purpose of racist fearmongering. We don't need it.
I hope I live long enough to see ICE not exist again. #AbolishICE
I hope I live long enough to see ICE not exist again. #AbolishICE
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ICE raids are driving Charlotte students out of the classroom. More than 20% stayed home this week. #nced
notesfromthechalkboard.com/2025/11/20/i...
notesfromthechalkboard.com/2025/11/20/i...
ICE raids are driving Charlotte students out of the classroom - Notes from the Chalkboard
*this opinion piece was first published by the Charlotte Observer Monday morning I stood outside my school to greet students as they got off the bus. Our school counselor and a couple of other teache...
notesfromthechalkboard.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
ICE raids are driving Charlotte students out of the classroom. More than 20% stayed home this week. #nced
notesfromthechalkboard.com/2025/11/20/i...
notesfromthechalkboard.com/2025/11/20/i...
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If you are looking for ways to disrupt the abduction detention & deportation machine check out the new mini-toolkit from @interruptcrim.bsky.social gathering opportunities for action from orgs like @detentionwatchnetwork.org @siembranc.bsky.social BAJI +
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If you are looking for ways to disrupt the abduction detention & deportation machine check out the new mini-toolkit from @interruptcrim.bsky.social gathering opportunities for action from orgs like @detentionwatchnetwork.org @siembranc.bsky.social BAJI +
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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It’s bewildering how effective using claims of defending against antisemitism to promote open neo-nazism was at absolutely one-shotting large swaths of American society. It’s going to take so much cultural work to come back from this.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s bewildering how effective using claims of defending against antisemitism to promote open neo-nazism was at absolutely one-shotting large swaths of American society. It’s going to take so much cultural work to come back from this.
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NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
As ICE descends on Charlotte, faith leaders draw on other cities' actions to aid immigrants
(RNS) — As many as 500 people, a mix of clergy and other volunteers, have appeared at the training sessions on how to counter ICE.
religionnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
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It is interesting how Sudan is invoked as proof of hypocrisy on the part of left wing political dissidents re Palestine when ime the most ardent critics of the UAE are...more or less the same orgs critical of Israel
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It is interesting how Sudan is invoked as proof of hypocrisy on the part of left wing political dissidents re Palestine when ime the most ardent critics of the UAE are...more or less the same orgs critical of Israel
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When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
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So this is happening outside of the Heritage Foundation right now
"Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE! Fuck Project 2025! Fuck Alligator Alcatraz!"
"Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE! Fuck Project 2025! Fuck Alligator Alcatraz!"
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
So this is happening outside of the Heritage Foundation right now
"Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE! Fuck Project 2025! Fuck Alligator Alcatraz!"
"Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE! Fuck Project 2025! Fuck Alligator Alcatraz!"
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Durham showed out so strong that these racist chickenshits didn't even show their face here today! But we know they're still lurking, and the bull city will be on patrol and helping our neighbors again tomorrow.
Follow @siembranc.bsky.social for updates! #ncpol #fuckICE
Follow @siembranc.bsky.social for updates! #ncpol #fuckICE
I hope folks are paying attention. Y'all are not going to believe the amazing way that Durham is showing out to protect our neighbors.
Organizers pulled today's response together with about 12 hours notice. Tomorrow we are going to send CBP home crying.
www.theassemblync.com/news/politic... #NCpol
Organizers pulled today's response together with about 12 hours notice. Tomorrow we are going to send CBP home crying.
www.theassemblync.com/news/politic... #NCpol
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Durham showed out so strong that these racist chickenshits didn't even show their face here today! But we know they're still lurking, and the bull city will be on patrol and helping our neighbors again tomorrow.
Follow @siembranc.bsky.social for updates! #ncpol #fuckICE
Follow @siembranc.bsky.social for updates! #ncpol #fuckICE
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North Carolinians are showing up for one another during this difficult moment. Here are some support numbers you can call if you see federal agents in your community:
Siembra NC (Statewide) 336-543-0353
Radar Safe (RDU) 1-800-559-8714
Carolina Migrant Network (CLT) 704-740-7737
Siembra NC (Statewide) 336-543-0353
Radar Safe (RDU) 1-800-559-8714
Carolina Migrant Network (CLT) 704-740-7737
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
North Carolinians are showing up for one another during this difficult moment. Here are some support numbers you can call if you see federal agents in your community:
Siembra NC (Statewide) 336-543-0353
Radar Safe (RDU) 1-800-559-8714
Carolina Migrant Network (CLT) 704-740-7737
Siembra NC (Statewide) 336-543-0353
Radar Safe (RDU) 1-800-559-8714
Carolina Migrant Network (CLT) 704-740-7737
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Remember: Courage is Contagious!
This was at Kairu Sushi & Noodle Bar in Huntersville, NC, a few miles north of Charlotte.
Bravo! The staff locked CPB out.
No warrant. No entry.
#ICE
#Charlotte'sWeb
#NCPOL
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This was at Kairu Sushi & Noodle Bar in Huntersville, NC, a few miles north of Charlotte.
Bravo! The staff locked CPB out.
No warrant. No entry.
#ICE
#Charlotte'sWeb
#NCPOL
scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Remember: Courage is Contagious!
This was at Kairu Sushi & Noodle Bar in Huntersville, NC, a few miles north of Charlotte.
Bravo! The staff locked CPB out.
No warrant. No entry.
#ICE
#Charlotte'sWeb
#NCPOL
scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-...
This was at Kairu Sushi & Noodle Bar in Huntersville, NC, a few miles north of Charlotte.
Bravo! The staff locked CPB out.
No warrant. No entry.
#ICE
#Charlotte'sWeb
#NCPOL
scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-...
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Your periodic reminder that we could provide universal free breakfast and lunch with a mere 1% increase in state funding for schools
#ncpol
#ncpol
Perspective | The first bell should not ring on an empty stomach
Feeding all children is necessary for access to educational opportunity. An Alamance County middle school teacher shares why.
www.ednc.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Your periodic reminder that we could provide universal free breakfast and lunch with a mere 1% increase in state funding for schools
#ncpol
#ncpol
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“it is bonkers, frankly, when you see [what is happening in Charlotte] yourself.”
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“it is bonkers, frankly, when you see [what is happening in Charlotte] yourself.”
ICE is wasting tax dollars on a crusade to terrorize an entire community based on the color of their skin. No one wants this, and it's past time for our leaders to take a stand against it. Join me to send a letter to call on the #NCGA to stand up for us!
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-... #NCpol
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-... #NCpol
Ask your rep to add their names!
Right now, Border Patrol is attacking our communities and our people. Our elected representatives need to stand with us - they need to add their names to our pledge and join faith leaders, business ow...
actionnetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
ICE is wasting tax dollars on a crusade to terrorize an entire community based on the color of their skin. No one wants this, and it's past time for our leaders to take a stand against it. Join me to send a letter to call on the #NCGA to stand up for us!
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-... #NCpol
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-... #NCpol
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Old white people are mad as hell & we're out here in LARGE numbers.
I played by the rules my entire life & paid more than my fair share in taxes as compared to oligarchs.
I'll be damned if you're gonna make me sacrifice the golden years I *earned* for a new Gilded Age for oligarchs who didn't.
I played by the rules my entire life & paid more than my fair share in taxes as compared to oligarchs.
I'll be damned if you're gonna make me sacrifice the golden years I *earned* for a new Gilded Age for oligarchs who didn't.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Old white people are mad as hell & we're out here in LARGE numbers.
I played by the rules my entire life & paid more than my fair share in taxes as compared to oligarchs.
I'll be damned if you're gonna make me sacrifice the golden years I *earned* for a new Gilded Age for oligarchs who didn't.
I played by the rules my entire life & paid more than my fair share in taxes as compared to oligarchs.
I'll be damned if you're gonna make me sacrifice the golden years I *earned* for a new Gilded Age for oligarchs who didn't.