Willa Brayder (she/her)
@schaerks.bsky.social
Unapologetically weird and boring.
GenX Neurodivergent Mom of teens. Midwesterner. Progressive.
Posts will likely be pictures of creatures; history, art, folklore, political reposts; random thoughts.
Don’t be a dick.
GenX Neurodivergent Mom of teens. Midwesterner. Progressive.
Posts will likely be pictures of creatures; history, art, folklore, political reposts; random thoughts.
Don’t be a dick.
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"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
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Happy Black History Month!
It's freezing outside, so let's take a moment to honor Alice H. Parker, who invented the first central heating system powered by natural gas back in 1919.
Read up on her history in this article by Audrey Henderson: www.canarymedia.com/articles/enn...
It's freezing outside, so let's take a moment to honor Alice H. Parker, who invented the first central heating system powered by natural gas back in 1919.
Read up on her history in this article by Audrey Henderson: www.canarymedia.com/articles/enn...
What we know about Alice Parker, a ‘hidden figure’ in modern heating
Beyond mistaken identity and misattributed invention, huge gaps remain in the history of Alice Parker. Here's what one reporter’s research uncovered about…
www.canarymedia.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Happy Black History Month!
It's freezing outside, so let's take a moment to honor Alice H. Parker, who invented the first central heating system powered by natural gas back in 1919.
Read up on her history in this article by Audrey Henderson: www.canarymedia.com/articles/enn...
It's freezing outside, so let's take a moment to honor Alice H. Parker, who invented the first central heating system powered by natural gas back in 1919.
Read up on her history in this article by Audrey Henderson: www.canarymedia.com/articles/enn...
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Last night's moon peaking through two trees, with a glorious, radiant cloud aura.
I look forward to celebrating this full moon cycle🌕🪷
Thanks for looking; I appreciate ya✨️
#Moon
#FullMoon
#NightGlow
I look forward to celebrating this full moon cycle🌕🪷
Thanks for looking; I appreciate ya✨️
#Moon
#FullMoon
#NightGlow
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Last night's moon peaking through two trees, with a glorious, radiant cloud aura.
I look forward to celebrating this full moon cycle🌕🪷
Thanks for looking; I appreciate ya✨️
#Moon
#FullMoon
#NightGlow
I look forward to celebrating this full moon cycle🌕🪷
Thanks for looking; I appreciate ya✨️
#Moon
#FullMoon
#NightGlow
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Loaded up assorted mystery spa packages with some of these fun heart shaped bath bombs + other goodies, can you help me get a few assorted spa packages sold this evening 👀 🙏🏽
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February 2, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Loaded up assorted mystery spa packages with some of these fun heart shaped bath bombs + other goodies, can you help me get a few assorted spa packages sold this evening 👀 🙏🏽
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February 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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“Light Melts Ice”, 24x24. Acrylic on canvas. Trying to express reactions to our current state of affairs. I want to be hopeful yet very aware of where we are. These are crude and I will probably continue on this after it dries. But it felt good to let anger and outrage flow.
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“Light Melts Ice”, 24x24. Acrylic on canvas. Trying to express reactions to our current state of affairs. I want to be hopeful yet very aware of where we are. These are crude and I will probably continue on this after it dries. But it felt good to let anger and outrage flow.
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In Hayward, Wisconsin fat bike riders gathered for one of many events in memory of Alex Pretti Saturday wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/01/h...
Hayward fat bike riders take to the snow in solidarity, remembrance of Alex Pretti • Wisconsin Examiner
A fat bike ride in Hayward, Wisconsin, was one of many Wisconsin rides in honor of Pretti, a Green Bay native killed by federal agents
wisconsinexaminer.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
In Hayward, Wisconsin fat bike riders gathered for one of many events in memory of Alex Pretti Saturday wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/01/h...
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Almost my photo choice today, here are the crocuses I am keeping an eye on, teasing me big time!
The promise of things soon to come 🤗 #NotLongNow #365DaysWild #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
The promise of things soon to come 🤗 #NotLongNow #365DaysWild #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Almost my photo choice today, here are the crocuses I am keeping an eye on, teasing me big time!
The promise of things soon to come 🤗 #NotLongNow #365DaysWild #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
The promise of things soon to come 🤗 #NotLongNow #365DaysWild #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
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Sanity prevaiis. Thank God.
Justice Department's Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Gets Tossed
www.huffpost.com/entry/justic...
Justice Department's Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Gets Tossed
www.huffpost.com/entry/justic...
Justice Department's Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Gets Tossed
Boasberg, an appointee of Democratic former President Barack Obama, declined to comment.
www.huffpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Sanity prevaiis. Thank God.
Justice Department's Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Gets Tossed
www.huffpost.com/entry/justic...
Justice Department's Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Gets Tossed
www.huffpost.com/entry/justic...
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We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 PM
We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
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🖤🤍❄️… the path …❄️🤍🖤
February 1, 2026 at 7:45 AM
🖤🤍❄️… the path …❄️🤍🖤
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"The point is: a big wave is gathering. For Democrats, tonight is another piece of evidence that the 2026 midterms are going to be a good year for them (if the elections are free and fair, which is not guaranteed)."
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Blue wave watch: Democrat flips Trump +17 Texas Senate seat in 32-point swing
A nerdy look at precinct-level data from the TX SD-9 special election
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM
"The point is: a big wave is gathering. For Democrats, tonight is another piece of evidence that the 2026 midterms are going to be a good year for them (if the elections are free and fair, which is not guaranteed)."
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#Snowdrops from our walk round the village this afternoon. #cheshire
January 31, 2026 at 5:17 PM
#Snowdrops from our walk round the village this afternoon. #cheshire
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January 31, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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These packages include some EXCLUSIVE products + scents such as:
•Dubai Chocolate 🍫
•Chocolate Strawberry 🍓
+ more ‼️
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•Dubai Chocolate 🍫
•Chocolate Strawberry 🍓
+ more ‼️
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Giving the media access to a viewpoint that is not the official one is useful for shaping public opinion. Most people aren’t following BlueSky threads—they are consuming traditional media. If you want masses of people to pressure their Congressional reps, you have to *reach the masses*.
January 31, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Giving the media access to a viewpoint that is not the official one is useful for shaping public opinion. Most people aren’t following BlueSky threads—they are consuming traditional media. If you want masses of people to pressure their Congressional reps, you have to *reach the masses*.
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"The welfare of incarcerated people has never received much attention... as if the fact that an individual has been convicted of a crime justifies whatever may happen to them...
Increasingly, detained migrants... have joined incarcerated people in this crucible of willful disdain and neglect..."
Increasingly, detained migrants... have joined incarcerated people in this crucible of willful disdain and neglect..."
"[L]ess attention was given to the deaths of at least 20 other people held in ICE custody."
"[B]eatings and sexual abuse by officers, as well as medical neglect."
"[D]isproportionate number were suicides."
#USA #Incarceration #Solitary #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Suicide #SexualViolence
"[B]eatings and sexual abuse by officers, as well as medical neglect."
"[D]isproportionate number were suicides."
#USA #Incarceration #Solitary #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Suicide #SexualViolence
The Other ICE Killings
Since Trump Took Office, More Than 20 People Have Died in ICE Custody
solitarywatch.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 AM
"The welfare of incarcerated people has never received much attention... as if the fact that an individual has been convicted of a crime justifies whatever may happen to them...
Increasingly, detained migrants... have joined incarcerated people in this crucible of willful disdain and neglect..."
Increasingly, detained migrants... have joined incarcerated people in this crucible of willful disdain and neglect..."
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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Watch @chrislhayes.bsky.social face when he picks up what @asharangappa.bsky.social is putting down. Keep in mind that Giuliani advised Trump in Dec 2020 the only way the DoD could seize voting machines is if there were foreign election interference, which Sidney Powell then tried to fabricate.
Yep. Mentioned this last night on @allinwithchris.bsky.social and he was 🤯
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Watch @chrislhayes.bsky.social face when he picks up what @asharangappa.bsky.social is putting down. Keep in mind that Giuliani advised Trump in Dec 2020 the only way the DoD could seize voting machines is if there were foreign election interference, which Sidney Powell then tried to fabricate.
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Can understand the revulsion to a US agency named ICE
But ALL of the DHS needs to be dismantled & reorganized
For reasons like CBP is probably as/more culpable than ICE
When “Homeland Security” became official post 9/11, MANY of us were rightly concerned of the now obvious xenophobic implications
But ALL of the DHS needs to be dismantled & reorganized
For reasons like CBP is probably as/more culpable than ICE
When “Homeland Security” became official post 9/11, MANY of us were rightly concerned of the now obvious xenophobic implications
January 31, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Can understand the revulsion to a US agency named ICE
But ALL of the DHS needs to be dismantled & reorganized
For reasons like CBP is probably as/more culpable than ICE
When “Homeland Security” became official post 9/11, MANY of us were rightly concerned of the now obvious xenophobic implications
But ALL of the DHS needs to be dismantled & reorganized
For reasons like CBP is probably as/more culpable than ICE
When “Homeland Security” became official post 9/11, MANY of us were rightly concerned of the now obvious xenophobic implications
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January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Yes, he is trying to steal the 2026 midterm elections.
Yes, he is planning to run for a third term in 2028.
Yes, you are going to have to do something about it besides post on social media.
Yes, authoritarianism is here.
Yes, he is planning to run for a third term in 2028.
Yes, you are going to have to do something about it besides post on social media.
Yes, authoritarianism is here.
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Yes, he is trying to steal the 2026 midterm elections.
Yes, he is planning to run for a third term in 2028.
Yes, you are going to have to do something about it besides post on social media.
Yes, authoritarianism is here.
Yes, he is planning to run for a third term in 2028.
Yes, you are going to have to do something about it besides post on social media.
Yes, authoritarianism is here.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
I am so sick of watching the world be subjected to the whims of disgusting selfish men (and women). Ukraine. Gaza. US.
That statement that’s been going around about how it would take just 23 people TOTAL to change this course by impeaching this POS (& firing Steven Miller).
23 people.
That statement that’s been going around about how it would take just 23 people TOTAL to change this course by impeaching this POS (& firing Steven Miller).
23 people.
January 30, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I am so sick of watching the world be subjected to the whims of disgusting selfish men (and women). Ukraine. Gaza. US.
That statement that’s been going around about how it would take just 23 people TOTAL to change this course by impeaching this POS (& firing Steven Miller).
23 people.
That statement that’s been going around about how it would take just 23 people TOTAL to change this course by impeaching this POS (& firing Steven Miller).
23 people.
That Time 14 Million Americans Boycotted Grapes
The shocking story of the Delano grape strike.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM