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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · Aug 9

Good morning.

Sunrise in Portland at the foot of a bridge. Green bike lane. Someone has stenciled FUCK ICE.

Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 4h

"The way we stop them is by growing our community power. If you see unmarked vans or suspect ICE presence, report it to a trusted immigrant rights group. Join or support a local rapid response network. Donate to mutual aid efforts for those in detention...Refuse to let kidnapping become normal."

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4h

“ICE has raided our day labor sites at least 14 times since June.”

truthout.org/articles/ice...

ICE Is Targeting Day Labor Centers in LA That Hold Contracts With the City

Elected leaders are failing to protect immigrant workers. We must build community power, as only we can keep us safe.

truthout.org

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 5h

The Spanish language zines have really been a group effort. Many thanks to @kimtillman.bsky.social, Rommel and the Marin Promise Partnership, @mediaperuana.bsky.social, Leah and @taniazsk.bsky.social!!!

You can find them here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Hand holding Spanish “how to report ICE” zines

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 7h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 4h

lol true my grammar leaves something to be desired

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 4h

Megan, thank you so much for these zines. I have printed so many for my fence (free zine dispenser) and keep running out. Appreciate your labor and heart.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 5h

All they do is lie.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

A trend I’ve noticed after having watched too many of these despicable ICE arrest videos is when bystanders demand they let detainee go, an officer suggests they’re being picked up for a serious crime to try and deter help. But we know that’s not true of a vast majority of people and the jig is up.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 5h

Two more! (A treat for @darthbluesky.bsky.social)

A little black and white dog in a trailer with bags of veggies. Also not on fire.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 5h

For over a decade, I have taken my (87-year-old) mom to the Portland Farmer’s market most Saturday mornings so she can do her weekly shopping. Today, I thought why not share a few snaps with Bluesky?

Vendor with pumpkins, tomatoes, arugula, lettuce. No fires.

South Park Blocks with vendors and people lined up waiting to purchase their veggies. No fires.

Beautiful multicolored peppers in foreground. Radishes, zucchini, and radicchio in background. Not on fire.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 7h

Must be strange to be here while the propagandists in DC do their best to warp reality beyond recognition. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🐸 🐸 🐸

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 27

yup, we rise up to the level of our training, not to the level of our imagined selves.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 7h

Of course, the too-passionate post results in a meaningful typo. CANNOT repeat enough...

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 7h

Can repeat enough: Chicago is the rehearsal for what's ahead (and yes, is also already underway) in other cities — AND for the campaign of noncooperation & opposition that must be unleashed. We must study & practice & prepare.

I repeat: we love you, Chicago.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8h

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 1d

Our fantastic grassroots education conference is happening on the same day as the October No Kings protests (we selected the date last year). I hope educators will choose us!

Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · Aug 18

18th Annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Portland, OR
Morning Keynote: Walidah Imarisha
Afternoon Keynote: Jesse Hagopian

nwtsj.org | Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference | Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · Aug 18

18th Annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Portland, OR
Morning Keynote: Walidah Imarisha
Afternoon Keynote: Jesse Hagopian

nwtsj.org | Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference | Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference

nwtsj.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 18

I'm here to once again say that convenings and gatherings are going to be extremely important for people to organize in the coming years. If that's part of your skill-set, put those skills to use.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 7h

I am sure inflatable animal costumes are welcome! (though harder to pedal in)

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 7h

And the revocation of the land use permit is a real possibility worth working toward.

UPDATED: ICE Violated Portland Policies with Detention Practices, City Leaders Say

When Portland gave Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the green light to open a processing and holding facility in the South Waterfront in 2011, the city set conditions for the agency to opera...

www.portlandmercury.com

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 7h

A few addenda:

You do NOT have to ride nude! Many folks are clothed or partially clothed.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 8h

"They're hoping to draw crowds to inner Portland on Sunday for an Emergency World Naked Bike Ride to protest the ICE facility in South Portland. Specifically, they're getting on bikes in the buff to ask Portland's City Council to revoke the facility's land use approval."

Portland's Emergency World Naked Bike Ride Organizers Confirm Time and Location

Suzette Smith

www.portlandmercury.com

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 8h

I see you found a lovely location for your event! Hope the city is treating you well. 💛

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 8h

I repeat: staying humble isn’t hard when you’re always making mistakes.

(Hot with shame I tell myself, "better than the alternative.")

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Nov 13

another curmudgeonly thread for the many of you who will be entering organizing spaces.

all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 1d

DC!

Join @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a discussion of his book RECONSIDERING REPARATIONS with Jenice L. View, hosted by @teachingchange.bsky.social

Wednesday, October 22nd at
@busboysandpoets.bsky.social

RSVP to attend: www.teachingforchange.org/reconsiderin...

Reconsidering Reparations: Author Talk with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò - Teaching for Change

Join us on October 22 at 6:30pm at Busboys and Poets (14th & V) to hear from author Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, in conversation with Jenice L. View, on his book, Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice ...

www.teachingforchange.org

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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so looking forward to this conversation on KING OF THE NORTH with the great @sifill.bsky.social with @zinnedproject.bsky.social & @jessehagopian.bsky.social on Monday October 27 at 7:00 EST. All are welcome to tune in: www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...

King of the North: Part Two

Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...

www.zinnedproject.org

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