Becky Friend
@bkbfriend.bsky.social
Nature lover, animal lover, people lover—with boundaries. Probably a witch.
The opinions represented here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer.
The opinions represented here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer.
U.S. appeals ruling requiring ASL interpreters at White House.
Yet another sign of who doesn’t matter to them. Morally bankrupt and embarrassing.
Yet another sign of who doesn’t matter to them. Morally bankrupt and embarrassing.
U.S. appeals order to use American Sign Language interpreters at White House briefings
The Justice Department is appealing an order for the White House to provide ASL interpretation during press briefings given by the press secretary or President Trump.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
U.S. appeals ruling requiring ASL interpreters at White House.
Yet another sign of who doesn’t matter to them. Morally bankrupt and embarrassing.
Yet another sign of who doesn’t matter to them. Morally bankrupt and embarrassing.
A celebrity becoming a pescatarian may feel unimportant in the scheme of everything going on in the world right now, but animal cruelty is just another link in the chain of other forms of domination that we continue to fight in this deeply flawed world.
‘It’s changed me’: Jeff Goldblum says he has stopped eating meat after working on Wicked
Actor said discussions about animal cruelty with director Jon Chu had led him to join Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in renouncing meat
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A celebrity becoming a pescatarian may feel unimportant in the scheme of everything going on in the world right now, but animal cruelty is just another link in the chain of other forms of domination that we continue to fight in this deeply flawed world.
And they want to make sure that babies born due to their disastrous ”policies” go hungry. Disgusting.
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
And they want to make sure that babies born due to their disastrous ”policies” go hungry. Disgusting.
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So the the United States Supreme Court has gone from protecting schoolchildren from racism in 1954 to helping to kill them with malnourishment in 2025? And the arc of history bends towards justice, you say?
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So the the United States Supreme Court has gone from protecting schoolchildren from racism in 1954 to helping to kill them with malnourishment in 2025? And the arc of history bends towards justice, you say?
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When you desperately want to starve Americans:
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When you desperately want to starve Americans:
From the essay: “We’re supposed to be looking for moments of transcendence,” he said, “not flattening everything out so it fits nicely in a spreadsheet.”
And isn’t this what an education is for, ultimately?
And isn’t this what an education is for, ultimately?
Is College for Puppets?
At a flagship in crisis, a tiny program’s fight to survive reveals competing visions over the purpose of higher education.
www.chronicle.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
From the essay: “We’re supposed to be looking for moments of transcendence,” he said, “not flattening everything out so it fits nicely in a spreadsheet.”
And isn’t this what an education is for, ultimately?
And isn’t this what an education is for, ultimately?
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Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.
Epstein Shutdown.
Epstein Shutdown.
October 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.
Epstein Shutdown.
Epstein Shutdown.
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Quick rant
If you think a person can be illegal you're being manipulated
If you think the imaginary lines around the land you were born on make you better than anyone outside them, you're being manipulated
If you don't think every human deserves the life you want you're being manipulated
Grow up
If you think a person can be illegal you're being manipulated
If you think the imaginary lines around the land you were born on make you better than anyone outside them, you're being manipulated
If you don't think every human deserves the life you want you're being manipulated
Grow up
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...
apnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
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Swear her in.
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Swear her in.
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uh yeah normally a horny dude draws a woman, he gives her comically huge boobs, not a rack that can’t even fill a training bra
They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
September 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
uh yeah normally a horny dude draws a woman, he gives her comically huge boobs, not a rack that can’t even fill a training bra
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the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people
September 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people
Their number one goal is clear: cull the population. Only certain types of people deserve to live. And we look away.
September 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Their number one goal is clear: cull the population. Only certain types of people deserve to live. And we look away.
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Good morning America. Happy Monday. And #RFKJr still needs to go. Now. My piece in @thenation.com last week. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
RFK Jr., American Psycho
He needs to go. Now.
www.thenation.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Good morning America. Happy Monday. And #RFKJr still needs to go. Now. My piece in @thenation.com last week. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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How delightfully selective bodily autonomy applies to vaccines but not wombs. Apparently the Constitution protects your right to spread measles but not to choose motherhood. One can only admire such principled inconsistency. Freedom means infecting babies, tyranny means reproductive choice.
September 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
How delightfully selective bodily autonomy applies to vaccines but not wombs. Apparently the Constitution protects your right to spread measles but not to choose motherhood. One can only admire such principled inconsistency. Freedom means infecting babies, tyranny means reproductive choice.
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If you don’t know what a constitutional crisis “would even look like” (calls BS) then you have no business being a Supreme Court justice.
Also, everyone involved in sinking the boat, including chain of command, should stand trial for murder, in an international court.
Also, everyone involved in sinking the boat, including chain of command, should stand trial for murder, in an international court.
September 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
If you don’t know what a constitutional crisis “would even look like” (calls BS) then you have no business being a Supreme Court justice.
Also, everyone involved in sinking the boat, including chain of command, should stand trial for murder, in an international court.
Also, everyone involved in sinking the boat, including chain of command, should stand trial for murder, in an international court.
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SAY MURDER NYT
News Analysis: By ordering the U.S. military to summarily kill a group of people aboard what he said was a drug-smuggling boat, President Trump used the military in a way that had no clear legal precedent or basis, according to specialists in the laws of war and executive power.
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.
nyti.ms
September 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
SAY MURDER NYT
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To anyone who doesn't understand why women don't come forward to report sexual abuse: the UNITED STATES PRESIDENT said it's a HOAX after Epstein survivors recounted their harrowing tales of being raped as minors.
September 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
To anyone who doesn't understand why women don't come forward to report sexual abuse: the UNITED STATES PRESIDENT said it's a HOAX after Epstein survivors recounted their harrowing tales of being raped as minors.
Our choices are being stripped of us one by one—by people who have no idea what they’re doing. Or maybe they do? More people will die as a result.
What you need to know about Covid vaccines in the US this fall
In a move praised by RFK Jr, the FDA approved a new shot, but only for some people – here’s what to know about who can get them, and where
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Our choices are being stripped of us one by one—by people who have no idea what they’re doing. Or maybe they do? More people will die as a result.
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “GREENVILLE SC #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
GREENVILLE SC #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day · May Day Strong
**Labor and community are planning more than a barbecue on Labor Day this year because we have to stop the billionaire takeover.** Billionaires are converting the government into their private slush f...
www.mobilize.us
August 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “GREENVILLE SC #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
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The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
📌 45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People
📌 45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People
Welcome to How to Resist, a blueprint for resistance based on nonviolence, mutual aid, and community building for ordinary people who want to save democracy.
open.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
📌 45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People
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Thankfully they didn’t have anything on me. But you should check your own info
August 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Thankfully they didn’t have anything on me. But you should check your own info
How YOU Can Fight Back Against Trump
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM