Alexa (human variety)
@alexathehuman.bsky.social
Librarian, writer, wrangler of house goblins
If you voted for this, we are not friends. There is no love between us, because your hatred of our neighbors killed it.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you voted for this, we are not friends. There is no love between us, because your hatred of our neighbors killed it.
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Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.
Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.
Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.
Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.
Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.
October 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.
Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.
Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.
Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.
Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.
Juniper's breakfast dance
October 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Juniper's breakfast dance
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Hey #asheville folks... We've released an album to benefit BeLoved Asheville on the first anniversary of #Helene. This is a trailer for a full demo vid we made. 16 tracks recorded in the days & nights after the storm passed over. coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
October 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hey #asheville folks... We've released an album to benefit BeLoved Asheville on the first anniversary of #Helene. This is a trailer for a full demo vid we made. 16 tracks recorded in the days & nights after the storm passed over. coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
Shana tova to everyone except RFK Jr. and other vaccine deniers. I have Covid for the first time ever, so I'm ringing in 5786 with apples, honey, and acetaminophen.
September 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Shana tova to everyone except RFK Jr. and other vaccine deniers. I have Covid for the first time ever, so I'm ringing in 5786 with apples, honey, and acetaminophen.
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Also: I put together a book list for this piece, as I do sometimes when what I'm doing in one essay will be wildly inadequate for the topic.
I chose these for various reasons, & there are other books that could be added that are not. I'm a human person with finite time over here! But it's a start:
I chose these for various reasons, & there are other books that could be added that are not. I'm a human person with finite time over here! But it's a start:
Palestine and Israel
This is not a comprehensive list. But here are some places to start, to learn, to engage. Truth. Dignity.
bookshop.org
September 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Also: I put together a book list for this piece, as I do sometimes when what I'm doing in one essay will be wildly inadequate for the topic.
I chose these for various reasons, & there are other books that could be added that are not. I'm a human person with finite time over here! But it's a start:
I chose these for various reasons, & there are other books that could be added that are not. I'm a human person with finite time over here! But it's a start:
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NewsGuard today published its anniversary edition of the AI False Claims Monitor, the monthly benchmark for how AI tools handle provably false claims.
For the first time, NewsGuard de-anonymized the results and named scores for the top LLMs.
www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/a...
For the first time, NewsGuard de-anonymized the results and named scores for the top LLMs.
www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/a...
September 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NewsGuard today published its anniversary edition of the AI False Claims Monitor, the monthly benchmark for how AI tools handle provably false claims.
For the first time, NewsGuard de-anonymized the results and named scores for the top LLMs.
www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/a...
For the first time, NewsGuard de-anonymized the results and named scores for the top LLMs.
www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/a...
Tisha B'Av was this past weekend, and this was my meditation on it. I don't always know how to express the depth of my distress about what's going on in Israel and Gaza, so sometimes I fall back on my coping tactics from high school - mediocre free verse poetry and sketching.
August 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Tisha B'Av was this past weekend, and this was my meditation on it. I don't always know how to express the depth of my distress about what's going on in Israel and Gaza, so sometimes I fall back on my coping tactics from high school - mediocre free verse poetry and sketching.
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"“God’s name is being desecrated through our sins,” Rabbi Amital wrote nearly five decades ago. “Is it possible to remain silent?!” Today, his challenge tragically rings just as true."
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"“God’s name is being desecrated through our sins,” Rabbi Amital wrote nearly five decades ago. “Is it possible to remain silent?!” Today, his challenge tragically rings just as true."
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
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The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
July 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
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This is a concentration camp
July 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is a concentration camp
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The Israeli army has been killing dozens of Palestinians at aid hubs in Gaza practically on a daily basis. Soldiers have told Haaretz they have been ordered to fire at crowds “even though it was clear they posed no threat” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The Israeli army has been killing dozens of Palestinians at aid hubs in Gaza practically on a daily basis. Soldiers have told Haaretz they have been ordered to fire at crowds “even though it was clear they posed no threat” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Oh no, Selena!
June 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Oh no, Selena!
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✨👏🏾STANDING OVATION👏🏾✨
June 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
✨👏🏾STANDING OVATION👏🏾✨
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There seems to be one thing "uniting" Palestinians, Israelis, Iranians, and everyone in these endless wars:
Innocents keep dying.
FFS, children, children keep being killed.
This isn't liberating anyone.
This isn't gonna bring justice for anyone.
This isn't gonna bring long-lasting peace to anyone.
Innocents keep dying.
FFS, children, children keep being killed.
This isn't liberating anyone.
This isn't gonna bring justice for anyone.
This isn't gonna bring long-lasting peace to anyone.
June 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
There seems to be one thing "uniting" Palestinians, Israelis, Iranians, and everyone in these endless wars:
Innocents keep dying.
FFS, children, children keep being killed.
This isn't liberating anyone.
This isn't gonna bring justice for anyone.
This isn't gonna bring long-lasting peace to anyone.
Innocents keep dying.
FFS, children, children keep being killed.
This isn't liberating anyone.
This isn't gonna bring justice for anyone.
This isn't gonna bring long-lasting peace to anyone.
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If that’s what they do to a US Senator with a question, imagine what they do to farm workers, day laborers, cooks, and the other nonviolent immigrants they are targeting in California and across the country. Or any American that dares to speak up.
I will not stop fighting to demand accountability.
I will not stop fighting to demand accountability.
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If that’s what they do to a US Senator with a question, imagine what they do to farm workers, day laborers, cooks, and the other nonviolent immigrants they are targeting in California and across the country. Or any American that dares to speak up.
I will not stop fighting to demand accountability.
I will not stop fighting to demand accountability.
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🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
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hey here's something I would love us all to do like RIGHT NOW: find out if your local library is doing any kind of pride programming or display, and if they are, email them to say thank you and why it matters to you. whether or not you're queer. especially if you're in an area where it's fraught
June 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
hey here's something I would love us all to do like RIGHT NOW: find out if your local library is doing any kind of pride programming or display, and if they are, email them to say thank you and why it matters to you. whether or not you're queer. especially if you're in an area where it's fraught
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Found a baby songbird? Here's a newly updated chart!
May 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Found a baby songbird? Here's a newly updated chart!
Arnold Lobel calling me out from beyond the grave.
May 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Arnold Lobel calling me out from beyond the grave.
Is Gritty actually the physical manifestation of the yetzer hara? 🤯
Going to find the owner of the car with this bumper sticker and become friends.
April 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Is Gritty actually the physical manifestation of the yetzer hara? 🤯
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There are a lot of bad things happening all at once, and it’s overwhelming to think about how to meet moments like this.
Jean says to focus on 1 or 2 things that you care about, understand fairly well, and are either local or involve a topic where you’re likely to have influence and find community
Jean says to focus on 1 or 2 things that you care about, understand fairly well, and are either local or involve a topic where you’re likely to have influence and find community
April 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
There are a lot of bad things happening all at once, and it’s overwhelming to think about how to meet moments like this.
Jean says to focus on 1 or 2 things that you care about, understand fairly well, and are either local or involve a topic where you’re likely to have influence and find community
Jean says to focus on 1 or 2 things that you care about, understand fairly well, and are either local or involve a topic where you’re likely to have influence and find community
Don't buy the Trump administration's claims that they are cracking down on free speech and disappearing people to "combat antisemitism." I don't know a single Jewish person who thinks it makes us safer to imprison college students and scholars for writing op-eds or protesting peacefully. (1/2)
April 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Don't buy the Trump administration's claims that they are cracking down on free speech and disappearing people to "combat antisemitism." I don't know a single Jewish person who thinks it makes us safer to imprison college students and scholars for writing op-eds or protesting peacefully. (1/2)