Atena O. Danner
@atenaoyadi.bsky.social
Poet and cultural worker for justice and Black liberation/collective liberation
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Blog: https://blog.atenadannercreative.com
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"The best way to do collaborative...collective care is to ask, How are we backing each other up? How are we encouraging each other to take the breaks we need...? How do we make sure the goals of our work are covered so that nobody has to burn themselves out because they’re politically committed?" 🫂
I started reading this earlier at the doctor's office, but then got home, & other priorities took precedence. Given how demoralized I feel, I am returning to it and hoping that posting quotes that resonate as I go may help me with finishing it. Channeling my past self, who read 450+ books in 2017! 🥹
December 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"The best way to do collaborative...collective care is to ask, How are we backing each other up? How are we encouraging each other to take the breaks we need...? How do we make sure the goals of our work are covered so that nobody has to burn themselves out because they’re politically committed?" 🫂
I learn so much from Rabbi Ruttenberg. She shares a compelling story of a woman’s bravery in the face of violence, framed in the all-too-relevant context of today’s climate.
I highly recommend subscribing to ‘Life is a Sacred Text!’ Happy Hanukkah! 🕯️
I highly recommend subscribing to ‘Life is a Sacred Text!’ Happy Hanukkah! 🕯️
Moral Kindling
how the Maccabees -and we- ignite in the face of tyranny
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I learn so much from Rabbi Ruttenberg. She shares a compelling story of a woman’s bravery in the face of violence, framed in the all-too-relevant context of today’s climate.
I highly recommend subscribing to ‘Life is a Sacred Text!’ Happy Hanukkah! 🕯️
I highly recommend subscribing to ‘Life is a Sacred Text!’ Happy Hanukkah! 🕯️
I learn so much from Rabbi Ruttenberg. She shares a compelling story of a woman’s bravery in the face of violence, framed in the all-too-relevant context of today’s climate.
I highly recommend subscribing to ‘Life is a Sacred Text!’ Happy Hanukkah! 🕯️
I highly recommend subscribing to ‘Life is a Sacred Text!’ Happy Hanukkah! 🕯️
Moral Kindling
how the Maccabees -and we- ignite in the face of tyranny
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I learn so much from Rabbi Ruttenberg. She shares a compelling story of a woman’s bravery in the face of violence, framed in the all-too-relevant context of today’s climate.
I highly recommend subscribing to ‘Life is a Sacred Text!’ Happy Hanukkah! 🕯️
I highly recommend subscribing to ‘Life is a Sacred Text!’ Happy Hanukkah! 🕯️
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i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
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Y'all have GOT to start including the centuries-old racism in your analyses if you want to get anywhere close to the answers here.
December 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Y'all have GOT to start including the centuries-old racism in your analyses if you want to get anywhere close to the answers here.
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Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social is co-organizing a toy drive. If you can, please support and share with others! If you are based in NYC, you can also drop off toys and gifts in person on 12/18 and 12/19.
Check out the donations list for:
🎁Teen Gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
🎁Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Check out the donations list for:
🎁Teen Gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
🎁Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
December 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I have 2 unrelated comments:
1. Oppressive conservatives don’t define all religion. I, a UU, learned a lot about justice for Palestine from my Lutheran roommate. For many, faith fuels our pursuit of justice.
2. That 3rd Morning Page makes a difference! I don’t always get there, but when I do..! 🙌🏿
1. Oppressive conservatives don’t define all religion. I, a UU, learned a lot about justice for Palestine from my Lutheran roommate. For many, faith fuels our pursuit of justice.
2. That 3rd Morning Page makes a difference! I don’t always get there, but when I do..! 🙌🏿
December 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I have 2 unrelated comments:
1. Oppressive conservatives don’t define all religion. I, a UU, learned a lot about justice for Palestine from my Lutheran roommate. For many, faith fuels our pursuit of justice.
2. That 3rd Morning Page makes a difference! I don’t always get there, but when I do..! 🙌🏿
1. Oppressive conservatives don’t define all religion. I, a UU, learned a lot about justice for Palestine from my Lutheran roommate. For many, faith fuels our pursuit of justice.
2. That 3rd Morning Page makes a difference! I don’t always get there, but when I do..! 🙌🏿
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The post thanksgiving travel influenza spike is here. Flu is all the way up in hospitals abd clinics. Later up on protection.
Get your vaccine ASAP
Wear a mask 😷
Ventilate/improve airflow in your indoor spaces.
Stay home from work if you are sick.
Get your vaccine ASAP
Wear a mask 😷
Ventilate/improve airflow in your indoor spaces.
Stay home from work if you are sick.
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The post thanksgiving travel influenza spike is here. Flu is all the way up in hospitals abd clinics. Later up on protection.
Get your vaccine ASAP
Wear a mask 😷
Ventilate/improve airflow in your indoor spaces.
Stay home from work if you are sick.
Get your vaccine ASAP
Wear a mask 😷
Ventilate/improve airflow in your indoor spaces.
Stay home from work if you are sick.
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Good morning! Can we help Chantal get to her next check? Please share if you can’t donate 💜
Quick quesh. Anyone wanna help tide me over to payday? I have no food & zero in the bank so that's challenging to figure out survival. Many have pressing needs but if anyone wants to help me perhaps as a tip? Love you boo. Cashapp is $chantallisette #mutualaid
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Good morning! Can we help Chantal get to her next check? Please share if you can’t donate 💜
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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Documenting Deportation Flights at MSP Airport
“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
Documenting Deportation Flights at MSP Airport - UNICORN RIOT
Over the past several months, an "aviation geek" in Minnesota who goes by ottergoose on reddit has been tracking, photographing, and posting his documentation of deportation flights online.
unicornriot.ninja
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Documenting Deportation Flights at MSP Airport
“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
This is EXACTLY the kind of festive shit I LOVE! 🎄🎉🙌🏿
It appears there is a group of Santas doing civil disobedience in downtown Chicago while demanding "a city budget for the money not the few." The Santas want billionaires to get taxed. So say we all.
Source: www.facebook.com/reel/1415480...
Source: www.facebook.com/reel/1415480...
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This is EXACTLY the kind of festive shit I LOVE! 🎄🎉🙌🏿
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
So Chicago.
This cool. You don’t think twice about these old signs. It’s just part of the building/street. Lol
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So Chicago.
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For 4 more days, you can stream Louis Massiah's brilliant documentary "TCB: THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING" through the DocNYC film fest! www.docnyc.net/film/tcb-the...
TCB: THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING - DOC NYC
NYC PREMIERE The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing celebrates the life of the dynamic author, editor, and activist. From her Harlem roots to her role
www.docnyc.net
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
For 4 more days, you can stream Louis Massiah's brilliant documentary "TCB: THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING" through the DocNYC film fest! www.docnyc.net/film/tcb-the...
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Thank you for anything you do in support of families impacted by incarceration, including the annual Holiday Solidarity Drive. If you are boycotting Target & Amazon, we have a few options, including a Kohl's registry: www.kohls.com/babyregistry...
Find more options here: forms.gle/57aMxGGNPg6c...
Find more options here: forms.gle/57aMxGGNPg6c...
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thank you for anything you do in support of families impacted by incarceration, including the annual Holiday Solidarity Drive. If you are boycotting Target & Amazon, we have a few options, including a Kohl's registry: www.kohls.com/babyregistry...
Find more options here: forms.gle/57aMxGGNPg6c...
Find more options here: forms.gle/57aMxGGNPg6c...
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11 years ago today.
I know we're in a good mood today, but...Tamir Rice should still be here. It's been 10 years and he should be 22 now. RIP to the kid.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
11 years ago today.
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Yeah she's resigning because she doesn't want to deal with losing the primary for 2026 but leaving herself room to reenter politics in a post-Trump era
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Yeah she's resigning because she doesn't want to deal with losing the primary for 2026 but leaving herself room to reenter politics in a post-Trump era
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🗓️Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET: If you've been thinking about joining @prisonculture.bsky.social for this monthly drop-in space for people who are taking consistent community action, this Nov. 30 session is your last chance! Learn more and register:
Another World Is Possible Activist Drop In Space: November — Interrupting Criminalization
An informal accountability group or space for people who are and/or who want to take consistent community action and want to reflect with others, hosted by IC co-founder Mariame Kaba. (All times in…
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🗓️Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET: If you've been thinking about joining @prisonculture.bsky.social for this monthly drop-in space for people who are taking consistent community action, this Nov. 30 session is your last chance! Learn more and register: