Z H Challah esq., Cavalier of the 8th
@challahchic.bsky.social
Poet. Librarian. Lesbian boywifeguy. Butch dyke fag. Chronically stressed. On at least three tiers of gender at all times.
(they/them, ey/em, ze/hir, etc)
Welcome to the cat colony.
(they/them, ey/em, ze/hir, etc)
Welcome to the cat colony.
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Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
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Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
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If your congressperson hasn’t backed this, call them and tell them to.
It is one tiny step, and of course, it will not change everything. But people need to face consequences for their actions.
It is one tiny step, and of course, it will not change everything. But people need to face consequences for their actions.
146 House Democrats back the articles of impeachment I introduced against Secretary Noem.
Secretary Noem has blood on her hands. Under her leadership, Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good were murdered.
Impeach Noem. Get ICE out of our cities.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Secretary Noem has blood on her hands. Under her leadership, Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good were murdered.
Impeach Noem. Get ICE out of our cities.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Democrats grow louder on calls for Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment
Eight more Democrats have joined an impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after the latest fatal shooting by a federal agent.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
If your congressperson hasn’t backed this, call them and tell them to.
It is one tiny step, and of course, it will not change everything. But people need to face consequences for their actions.
It is one tiny step, and of course, it will not change everything. But people need to face consequences for their actions.
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I wouldn't be me if I didn't have a category for tiny press gems.
January 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I wouldn't be me if I didn't have a category for tiny press gems.
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Submit questions ahead of time, and officials will answer them at the meeting. Use the form in the story.
www.tlvoice.org/city-officia...
www.tlvoice.org/city-officia...
SF officials talk Tenderloin public safety Thursday
The police chief, district supervisor, and others will field questions from the public. All are welcome.
www.tlvoice.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Submit questions ahead of time, and officials will answer them at the meeting. Use the form in the story.
www.tlvoice.org/city-officia...
www.tlvoice.org/city-officia...
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The anime AI closed captioning situation is crazy: aftermath.site/anime-ai-subti...
January 27, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The anime AI closed captioning situation is crazy: aftermath.site/anime-ai-subti...
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Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir
Chase Joynt (2024)
Chase Joynt (2024)
January 26, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir
Chase Joynt (2024)
Chase Joynt (2024)
Thinking once again about Pirkei Avot 2:3, where Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi said:
"Be careful about the government, as they approach a man only when they need him. They seem like good friends in good times, but they don't stay for him in time of his trouble."
"Be careful about the government, as they approach a man only when they need him. They seem like good friends in good times, but they don't stay for him in time of his trouble."
January 27, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Thinking once again about Pirkei Avot 2:3, where Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi said:
"Be careful about the government, as they approach a man only when they need him. They seem like good friends in good times, but they don't stay for him in time of his trouble."
"Be careful about the government, as they approach a man only when they need him. They seem like good friends in good times, but they don't stay for him in time of his trouble."
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On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day:
May it be a contemplative day for all.
May it prompt us to confront where evil still festers in our society.
May it reaffirm our commitment to imagining and striving for a better world.
May we see peace and dignity for all people in this lifetime.
May it be a contemplative day for all.
May it prompt us to confront where evil still festers in our society.
May it reaffirm our commitment to imagining and striving for a better world.
May we see peace and dignity for all people in this lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day:
May it be a contemplative day for all.
May it prompt us to confront where evil still festers in our society.
May it reaffirm our commitment to imagining and striving for a better world.
May we see peace and dignity for all people in this lifetime.
May it be a contemplative day for all.
May it prompt us to confront where evil still festers in our society.
May it reaffirm our commitment to imagining and striving for a better world.
May we see peace and dignity for all people in this lifetime.
open a new book, get smacked in the face with the author's gay incestuous crush on a dead holocaust victim
January 27, 2026 at 6:51 PM
open a new book, get smacked in the face with the author's gay incestuous crush on a dead holocaust victim
I know it’s not Buttigeig’s fault that I got cornered at a LARP con and screamed at for not liking Buttigeig as a presidential candidate but nothing has made me feel more sanguine about him since
Dems are not trying to save America from fascism, they’re trying to figure out how to regain power, and often becoming more conservative in order to try to do so. Buttigieg is a clear exp in how he has thrown trans ppl under the bus while also maintaining civility assimilationist politics.
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I know it’s not Buttigeig’s fault that I got cornered at a LARP con and screamed at for not liking Buttigeig as a presidential candidate but nothing has made me feel more sanguine about him since
we should bring back glasses chains as gender neutral jewelry
January 27, 2026 at 3:33 PM
we should bring back glasses chains as gender neutral jewelry
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IN YOUR SKIN is a body horror comic based in Bollywood, emerging from my love-hate relationship with Hindi movies. This is a story I’ve wanted to tell for ages, and I’m excited to do it with an artist whose work I’ve admired for a very long time.
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
IN YOUR SKIN is a body horror comic based in Bollywood, emerging from my love-hate relationship with Hindi movies. This is a story I’ve wanted to tell for ages, and I’m excited to do it with an artist whose work I’ve admired for a very long time.
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It's #pubday for "P FKN R" by Vanessa Díaz & Petra R. Rivera-Rideau! You can read an excerpt in @rollingstone.com: buff.ly/Dk034ts #BadBunny
And save 30% on the book with coupon E26PFKNR.
And save 30% on the book with coupon E26PFKNR.
'My People Need Me!!! And I Need Them': Bad Bunny's Political Awakening in Puerto Rico
An exclusive excerpt from the book 'P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance' traces the star's music and activism.
buff.ly
January 27, 2026 at 3:10 PM
It's #pubday for "P FKN R" by Vanessa Díaz & Petra R. Rivera-Rideau! You can read an excerpt in @rollingstone.com: buff.ly/Dk034ts #BadBunny
And save 30% on the book with coupon E26PFKNR.
And save 30% on the book with coupon E26PFKNR.
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Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...
EMERGENCY RENT FUND: Support Workers in Minnesota
Rent is due FEBRUARY 1st. Support our Emergency Rent Fund for Minnesotan workers and families facing eviction due to ICE Raids. We are calling for a rent moratorium, but regardless of if that happens ...
chuffed.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...
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Everything is about Race except for Race, which is about Gender.
one kind of weird aspect of this is that a relatively diverse federal agency has been sent to a very white city by white nationalists to do ethnic cleansing, where they're executing white people in the street
January 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Everything is about Race except for Race, which is about Gender.
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the poor family of this young man are only asking for $4,750 to bring his body home.
let’s blow it up 🩷
let’s blow it up 🩷
This is a more direct link for Victor Manuel Diaz's fundraiser to help his mother repatriate his body to Nicaragua. The total is still only at $2,859. PayPal-friendly payment.
www.facebook.com/share/p/16Cd...
www.facebook.com/share/p/16Cd...
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 AM
the poor family of this young man are only asking for $4,750 to bring his body home.
let’s blow it up 🩷
let’s blow it up 🩷
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The disparities in these numbers are fucking terrible. A quantification of how much more valuable a white and then American life is than an immigrant POC.
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 PM
The disparities in these numbers are fucking terrible. A quantification of how much more valuable a white and then American life is than an immigrant POC.
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
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As a 3G Holocaust survivor I think it's bad that Anne Frank has morphed into a universal symbol for victims of human rights violations and I wish people would stop namechecking her every time they want to highlight something as bad
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 PM
As a 3G Holocaust survivor I think it's bad that Anne Frank has morphed into a universal symbol for victims of human rights violations and I wish people would stop namechecking her every time they want to highlight something as bad
hey remember that China Mieville was credibly accused of abuse
“It is not as if the world has not long been one in which vast numbers live in dystopian depredation. The horizon is more visible now to many who had thought themselves insulated, if they thought about it at all. And dystopia for some is utopia for others. We live in a utopia: it just isn’t ours.”
A Strategy for Ruination
An interview with China Miéville
www.bostonreview.net
January 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
hey remember that China Mieville was credibly accused of abuse
Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir
Chase Joynt (2024)
Chase Joynt (2024)
January 26, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir
Chase Joynt (2024)
Chase Joynt (2024)
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Reminder:
You will focus on what you can control and release the rest.
Your fear is understandable, but constantly worrying about the worst-case scenario isnt helpful.
You will try to be kind and gentle with yourself.
I'm proud of you
You will focus on what you can control and release the rest.
Your fear is understandable, but constantly worrying about the worst-case scenario isnt helpful.
You will try to be kind and gentle with yourself.
I'm proud of you
January 26, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Reminder:
You will focus on what you can control and release the rest.
Your fear is understandable, but constantly worrying about the worst-case scenario isnt helpful.
You will try to be kind and gentle with yourself.
I'm proud of you
You will focus on what you can control and release the rest.
Your fear is understandable, but constantly worrying about the worst-case scenario isnt helpful.
You will try to be kind and gentle with yourself.
I'm proud of you
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4:3 crop is perfect lmao
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 AM
4:3 crop is perfect lmao
