AW Stiles
@awstiles.bsky.social
South Philly transplant to Chicago now Raleigh. All junk drawer & other posts solely my own. Nonprofits, Bikes, Rowhomes. Workers Rights. Mutual Aid. Visit our Little Free Library just Southeast of Downtown Raleigh https://quarrylittlelibrary.blogspot.com
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AW Stiles
@awstiles.bsky.social
· Aug 21
Beautiful Trouble
Creative tools for a more just world.
beautifultrouble.org
Starting a thread of ideas to protest this weekend in DC (or anywhere) starting with this
Toolbox from Beautiful Trouble
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Toolbox from Beautiful Trouble
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After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
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I should probably republish it on a live website but in the meantime, god bless the Wayback Machine web.archive.org/web/20201117...
Issue #14: Cold-Oven Thanksgiving Turkey
= Hello! I recently tweeted a bare-bones method for roasting a perfect Thanksgiving turkey in a cold oven, and many people had lots of questions. =
web.archive.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I should probably republish it on a live website but in the meantime, god bless the Wayback Machine web.archive.org/web/20201117...
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"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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When your grandmother cooks the turkey to 195 degrees Fahrenheit
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When your grandmother cooks the turkey to 195 degrees Fahrenheit
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This is a really sick story.
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is a really sick story.
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
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Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
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OK calm down
🏈 KC 6 - 0 DAL
13:04 1Q
This game has a 6.51% chance of ending in Scorigami.
Most likely Scorigami: 36-23 (0.18%)
13:04 1Q
This game has a 6.51% chance of ending in Scorigami.
Most likely Scorigami: 36-23 (0.18%)
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
OK calm down
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Moving tribute to Alice Wong from Rebecca Cokley: “Alice was constantly watching what people were doing, & lifting up people whose work she thought deserved attention & amplification. This was core to the creation of the Disability Visibility Project.”
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
www.thenation.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Moving tribute to Alice Wong from Rebecca Cokley: “Alice was constantly watching what people were doing, & lifting up people whose work she thought deserved attention & amplification. This was core to the creation of the Disability Visibility Project.”
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Please don’t ask me how my writing is going. But please buy these books for your great aunts, cousins, crafty pals, & art lovers who like to learn about history. americanart.si.edu/books/patter...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/internationa...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/internationa...
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Please don’t ask me how my writing is going. But please buy these books for your great aunts, cousins, crafty pals, & art lovers who like to learn about history. americanart.si.edu/books/patter...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/internationa...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/internationa...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Amy Grant
Torche
Nirvana
Prince
Sonny and Cher
Amy Grant
Torche
Nirvana
Prince
Sonny and Cher
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Patti LuPone
Paul McCartney
“Weird” Al
B-52s/Devo
Elton John
Patti LuPone
Paul McCartney
“Weird” Al
B-52s/Devo
Elton John
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
NIN/Bowie
NINJA
Area2
Tragically Hip @ ACC opening
Tool many times
And so many, many more. Sadly don't get out as much as I used to, though.
NIN/Bowie
NINJA
Area2
Tragically Hip @ ACC opening
Tool many times
And so many, many more. Sadly don't get out as much as I used to, though.
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Amy Grant
Torche
Nirvana
Prince
Sonny and Cher
Amy Grant
Torche
Nirvana
Prince
Sonny and Cher
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Taking a ‘cousin walk’ this Thanksgiving? As cannabis has become less stigmatized and more readily available in the U.S., industry experts say ‘Green Wednesday’ has begun to rival 4/20 for the most weed sales.
The other thing Americans consume in record numbers on Thanksgiving: marijuana
At a Maryland cannabis dispensary on ‘Green Wednesday,’ a day that has begun to rival 4/20 for the most weed sales, one product sold out in 15 minutes.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Taking a ‘cousin walk’ this Thanksgiving? As cannabis has become less stigmatized and more readily available in the U.S., industry experts say ‘Green Wednesday’ has begun to rival 4/20 for the most weed sales.
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My book, Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster, is now available through NYU Press. Use code NYUAU30 for a 30% discount here: nyupress.org/978147982813...
Disabled Power
A call to place disability at the center of climate and disaster responsesEvery disaster is a disability disaster, argues Angela Frederick. Disabled Power te...
nyupress.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My book, Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster, is now available through NYU Press. Use code NYUAU30 for a 30% discount here: nyupress.org/978147982813...
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Hall and Oates bring out the Bloodhound Gang
Trying to think of the Philadelphia equivalent of Eminem making a surprise appearance at a Jack White Detroit Lions halftime show on Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Hall and Oates bring out the Bloodhound Gang
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I promise you, virtually any corporate executive, you add almost no value to the business and the preening about your commitment is really just for show.
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I promise you, virtually any corporate executive, you add almost no value to the business and the preening about your commitment is really just for show.
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
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I don’t think you gut the anti-terror effort unless you think a little terrorism is useful.
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I don’t think you gut the anti-terror effort unless you think a little terrorism is useful.
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
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Available as always to talk about the imperial boomerang on your podcast or TV show or just show up at your house and talk at your dinner guests
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Available as always to talk about the imperial boomerang on your podcast or TV show or just show up at your house and talk at your dinner guests
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This is who we're deporting while we're importing sex traffickers like the Tate brothers and white supremacists who are nostalgic for Apartheid.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is who we're deporting while we're importing sex traffickers like the Tate brothers and white supremacists who are nostalgic for Apartheid.
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Grandma Thankfully Dies Before Sister’s Girlfriend Arrives https://theonion.com/grandma-thankfully-dies-before-sisters-girlfriend-arrives/
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Grandma Thankfully Dies Before Sister’s Girlfriend Arrives https://theonion.com/grandma-thankfully-dies-before-sisters-girlfriend-arrives/
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
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“He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...