Art Mendo
@zanshinart.bsky.social
Artist. Organizer. Badger (yes that's a grey fox in my yard cos we don't, alas, have badgers visit). Mendocino County. Indivisible Ukiah, Sonoma County DSA. See also https://www.indivisibleukiah.org/
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Here's a better headline for Axios: "How Trump has normalized racism and racist slurs." Why can't some journalists just call a thing what it is? https://loom.ly/hiKWr58
How Trump flipped America's race conversation
Language that once was disqualifying is now a fixture of national political discourse.
www.axios.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Here's a better headline for Axios: "How Trump has normalized racism and racist slurs." Why can't some journalists just call a thing what it is? https://loom.ly/hiKWr58
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Journalists and media: stop bothsidesing attacks on childhood vaccines. We look to you to report what is happening and what the effects will be, not repeat the administration’s rhetoric. The effects will be more sickness and more death. That is not something to bothsides. Hold power accountable.
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Journalists and media: stop bothsidesing attacks on childhood vaccines. We look to you to report what is happening and what the effects will be, not repeat the administration’s rhetoric. The effects will be more sickness and more death. That is not something to bothsides. Hold power accountable.
My collage “Forgotten People” is part of the December group show at Medium Art Center in #ukiah and all are small works at low prices for taking home as they sell. #art #collage #mediumartcenter
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My collage “Forgotten People” is part of the December group show at Medium Art Center in #ukiah and all are small works at low prices for taking home as they sell. #art #collage #mediumartcenter
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So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.
New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.
www.businessinsider.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
What ??? @governor.ca.gov you really want to kill off beneficial predators like otters, condors, and gray fox by lacing their prey with deadly anticoagulants that are no more effective than other means of rodent control???? #environment #toxins
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
California pesticide agency could loosen restrictions on most toxic rat poisons
The anti-coagulant rodenticides also unintentionally harm wildlife across the state, including endangered species
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What ??? @governor.ca.gov you really want to kill off beneficial predators like otters, condors, and gray fox by lacing their prey with deadly anticoagulants that are no more effective than other means of rodent control???? #environment #toxins
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
The return of my #deaccession project: clearing studio space by leaving older work in public so #freeart may find new homes. Each bears a red Deaccessioned stamp in its verso. Photos on social media announce them. Documenting it on janetrosen.com Historically I don’t know what happened to ANY!
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The return of my #deaccession project: clearing studio space by leaving older work in public so #freeart may find new homes. Each bears a red Deaccessioned stamp in its verso. Photos on social media announce them. Documenting it on janetrosen.com Historically I don’t know what happened to ANY!
M Gessen on the genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. Gift link, no paywall
#gaza #westbank #palestine #israel
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
#gaza #westbank #palestine #israel
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | ‘This Is Illegal,’ He Said, Spreading His Arms. ‘This Is Illegal.’
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
M Gessen on the genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. Gift link, no paywall
#gaza #westbank #palestine #israel
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
#gaza #westbank #palestine #israel
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
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Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
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Of the 80,000 Somalis who live in the twin cities, only 4000 are non-citizens. And the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of those 4000 non-citizens are NOT undocumented—they are here legally.
There is no immigration issue to enforce here.
I know racists don't care about this, but these facts do matter
There is no immigration issue to enforce here.
I know racists don't care about this, but these facts do matter
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Of the 80,000 Somalis who live in the twin cities, only 4000 are non-citizens. And the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of those 4000 non-citizens are NOT undocumented—they are here legally.
There is no immigration issue to enforce here.
I know racists don't care about this, but these facts do matter
There is no immigration issue to enforce here.
I know racists don't care about this, but these facts do matter
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
Thank you for all the music. #stevecropper #staxrecords #guitar #mgs #memphissoul
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84
Prolific musician was known for work on songs like Green Onions and Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thank you for all the music. #stevecropper #staxrecords #guitar #mgs #memphissoul
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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Pretty impressive that through this entire scandal and press blitz, RFK Jr. hasn't lost focus on his life's work of shortening the life expectancy of the average American and endangering the lives of children.
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Pretty impressive that through this entire scandal and press blitz, RFK Jr. hasn't lost focus on his life's work of shortening the life expectancy of the average American and endangering the lives of children.
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Dear Hillary. I am not a young Jew. I am 9 years younger than Israel. And I do not support the Israeli government or practice the religion theoretically assigned to my ethnic group.
Free Palestine. FEED Palestine.
Free Palestine. FEED Palestine.
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Dear Hillary. I am not a young Jew. I am 9 years younger than Israel. And I do not support the Israeli government or practice the religion theoretically assigned to my ethnic group.
Free Palestine. FEED Palestine.
Free Palestine. FEED Palestine.
Great news and a win for public health! We need pillars like Planned Parenthood around to continue providing quality accessible sexual and reproductive healthcare.
And a friendly reminder that today is Giving Tuesday should you feel so inclined to support any of your favorite worthwhile causes.
And a friendly reminder that today is Giving Tuesday should you feel so inclined to support any of your favorite worthwhile causes.
JUST IN: One Big Beautiful Bill ban on Planned Parenthood is blocked again by Judge Indira Talwani (MA/Obama), this time on suit brought by 22 states & DC. Judge says ban's lack of clarity imposes unconstitutional burden on states. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Congratulations to Joel Brooks and North NJ DSA! 🎉On City Council, Joel will fight to make sure Jersey City is a livable city for families 🌹not a playground for predatory real estate speculators 🦈
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Congratulations to Joel Brooks and North NJ DSA! 🎉On City Council, Joel will fight to make sure Jersey City is a livable city for families 🌹not a playground for predatory real estate speculators 🦈
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Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
World AIDS Day. In memory of those we lost so early we could only provide palliative care. In memory of a beloved friend who made it to within months of the “cocktails” that have saved so many.
Mike Berry. A badass atheist Commie leather boy and best LVN and comrade ever. #worldaidsday
Mike Berry. A badass atheist Commie leather boy and best LVN and comrade ever. #worldaidsday
December 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
World AIDS Day. In memory of those we lost so early we could only provide palliative care. In memory of a beloved friend who made it to within months of the “cocktails” that have saved so many.
Mike Berry. A badass atheist Commie leather boy and best LVN and comrade ever. #worldaidsday
Mike Berry. A badass atheist Commie leather boy and best LVN and comrade ever. #worldaidsday
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They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
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We invite you to read this article in the post below.
”Almost every problem we treat as an inevitable feature of American democracy has been solved somewhere else.“
”Almost every problem we treat as an inevitable feature of American democracy has been solved somewhere else.“
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We invite you to read this article in the post below.
”Almost every problem we treat as an inevitable feature of American democracy has been solved somewhere else.“
”Almost every problem we treat as an inevitable feature of American democracy has been solved somewhere else.“
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World AIDS Day is tomorrow.
US government doesn’t want us to champion it - we can anyway.
Honor lives stolen.
Fight like hell for everyone living with HIV.
Do everything we can to prevent new infections.
Show up. Speak up.
At the very least:
🔴 wear a red ribbon tomorrow to work 🔴
US government doesn’t want us to champion it - we can anyway.
Honor lives stolen.
Fight like hell for everyone living with HIV.
Do everything we can to prevent new infections.
Show up. Speak up.
At the very least:
🔴 wear a red ribbon tomorrow to work 🔴
Home - World AIDS Day
Get Involved There are loads of ways to get involved: in school, college or university, in your workplace or in any other setting.In your school Never too young to raise awareness (and money) to help ...
worldaidsday.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
World AIDS Day is tomorrow.
US government doesn’t want us to champion it - we can anyway.
Honor lives stolen.
Fight like hell for everyone living with HIV.
Do everything we can to prevent new infections.
Show up. Speak up.
At the very least:
🔴 wear a red ribbon tomorrow to work 🔴
US government doesn’t want us to champion it - we can anyway.
Honor lives stolen.
Fight like hell for everyone living with HIV.
Do everything we can to prevent new infections.
Show up. Speak up.
At the very least:
🔴 wear a red ribbon tomorrow to work 🔴
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WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.