Danielle Kay
@daniellekay.bsky.social
Some things I think about often: community care & mental health, justice, books & libraries, space, the way we tell our stories, equity, trees, music, rocks, the impact of Christian nationalism/evangelicalism, authenticity & sincerity, joy.
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If you think abolishing ICE is too radical, I'd love to learn what you think there is left to save of an agency that is more interested in deportation counts than saving the life of a two-month old baby with bronchitis.
After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
February 18, 2026 at 1:08 AM
If you think abolishing ICE is too radical, I'd love to learn what you think there is left to save of an agency that is more interested in deportation counts than saving the life of a two-month old baby with bronchitis.
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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$1 billion is an annual $100,000 salary for ten thousand years.
$780 billion is an annual $100 MILLION salary for almost eight thousand years.
No one is worth this. Tax breaks, wage theft, and not paying for what you steal from the planet is where is money came from.
$780 billion is an annual $100 MILLION salary for almost eight thousand years.
No one is worth this. Tax breaks, wage theft, and not paying for what you steal from the planet is where is money came from.
February 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
$1 billion is an annual $100,000 salary for ten thousand years.
$780 billion is an annual $100 MILLION salary for almost eight thousand years.
No one is worth this. Tax breaks, wage theft, and not paying for what you steal from the planet is where is money came from.
$780 billion is an annual $100 MILLION salary for almost eight thousand years.
No one is worth this. Tax breaks, wage theft, and not paying for what you steal from the planet is where is money came from.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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It's also worth remembering that this narrative is Nazi in a way that actually pre-dates the Holocaust.
Hitler rose to power telling a story of a Germany shackled by guilt and shame (and of course the material concessions fallout) from WWI
Hitler rose to power telling a story of a Germany shackled by guilt and shame (and of course the material concessions fallout) from WWI
This message from the US State Department about "not wanting allies to be shackled by guilt and shame" is a pretty direct call-out to the German far-right argument that Germany has spent too long feeling guilty about the Holocaust, and needs to move on and stop doing remembrance.
February 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
It's also worth remembering that this narrative is Nazi in a way that actually pre-dates the Holocaust.
Hitler rose to power telling a story of a Germany shackled by guilt and shame (and of course the material concessions fallout) from WWI
Hitler rose to power telling a story of a Germany shackled by guilt and shame (and of course the material concessions fallout) from WWI
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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
Garbage racism based entirely on an invented memory of a time that never existed.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Garbage racism based entirely on an invented memory of a time that never existed.
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This is a helluva thread. And these are concentration camps.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
This is a helluva thread. And these are concentration camps.
Parents and children zip-tied at gun point and sorted "based on perceived immigration status" — this moment is precisely what "never again" is meant for.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Parents and children zip-tied at gun point and sorted "based on perceived immigration status" — this moment is precisely what "never again" is meant for.
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The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
Native activists set up prayer camp outside Minneapolis ICE detention center • Minnesota Reformer
Tribal members and descendents set up tipis and a fire at a Fort Snelling Park for four days of prayer for those detained by ICE
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
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This isn’t a setback. This is deliberately thwarting the research and development of safe and effective medicine.
The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said, in another setback for the technology that’s been a target of some Trump administration health officials. https://cnn.it/4kt8iyn
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
This isn’t a setback. This is deliberately thwarting the research and development of safe and effective medicine.
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This would be such a (rightfully) massive issue if it was human error, but tech bros have convinced everyone with money and decision-making power that humans are expendable for the sake of AI, so here we are now I guess. Horrifying.
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
This would be such a (rightfully) massive issue if it was human error, but tech bros have convinced everyone with money and decision-making power that humans are expendable for the sake of AI, so here we are now I guess. Horrifying.
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This splendid image by Brad Goldpaint pays homage to the sky and ground, featuring some marvels of our planet and the majesty of our galaxy.🔭 🧪 ⚛️
The trees pictured here are incredibly ancient,...
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap16061...
#astrophotography #astronomy #sciart #space #universe
This splendid image by Brad Goldpaint pays homage to the sky and ground, featuring some marvels of our planet and the majesty of our galaxy.🔭 🧪 ⚛️
The trees pictured here are incredibly ancient,...
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap16061...
#astrophotography #astronomy #sciart #space #universe
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
🧵1/6
This splendid image by Brad Goldpaint pays homage to the sky and ground, featuring some marvels of our planet and the majesty of our galaxy.🔭 🧪 ⚛️
The trees pictured here are incredibly ancient,...
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap16061...
#astrophotography #astronomy #sciart #space #universe
This splendid image by Brad Goldpaint pays homage to the sky and ground, featuring some marvels of our planet and the majesty of our galaxy.🔭 🧪 ⚛️
The trees pictured here are incredibly ancient,...
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap16061...
#astrophotography #astronomy #sciart #space #universe
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I read a ton of reactions to Bad Bunny’s halftime show, both here and in the bad place.
I watched the show again this morning.
Yes, it was an incredible performance. Joyful, emotional, uplifting.
It was a love letter to humanity…to Puerto Rico…and more.
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I watched the show again this morning.
Yes, it was an incredible performance. Joyful, emotional, uplifting.
It was a love letter to humanity…to Puerto Rico…and more.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I read a ton of reactions to Bad Bunny’s halftime show, both here and in the bad place.
I watched the show again this morning.
Yes, it was an incredible performance. Joyful, emotional, uplifting.
It was a love letter to humanity…to Puerto Rico…and more.
…
I watched the show again this morning.
Yes, it was an incredible performance. Joyful, emotional, uplifting.
It was a love letter to humanity…to Puerto Rico…and more.
…
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I say this regularly. People use performative as a substitute for 'inauthentic' and we could all just say the words we mean to say. Erving Goffman helps us to understand that we perform all of the time in real life. Life itself is often a performance of self.
People have worn out "performative." We often perform things that are real, you know. Posting is a kind of performance of one's politics. Performative doesn't actually mean "fake" or "empty," it just gets deployed that way. We actually need performance. Case in point: last night's performance.
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I say this regularly. People use performative as a substitute for 'inauthentic' and we could all just say the words we mean to say. Erving Goffman helps us to understand that we perform all of the time in real life. Life itself is often a performance of self.
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Columbus introduced sugar cane to the Caribbean and his son opened the first plantation. They were the originators of this brutality.
So many Caribbean people died on these plantations that they eventually had to start bringing in slaves from Africa.
Average lifespan once there was only 7 years.
So many Caribbean people died on these plantations that they eventually had to start bringing in slaves from Africa.
Average lifespan once there was only 7 years.
Mortality rates were so high on sugar plantations during slavery that slaveholders used to coerce enslaved people working other crops like cotton with threats to sell them or their loved ones to sugar plantations.
That’s where the term “sold down the river” came from.
That’s where the term “sold down the river” came from.
February 9, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Columbus introduced sugar cane to the Caribbean and his son opened the first plantation. They were the originators of this brutality.
So many Caribbean people died on these plantations that they eventually had to start bringing in slaves from Africa.
Average lifespan once there was only 7 years.
So many Caribbean people died on these plantations that they eventually had to start bringing in slaves from Africa.
Average lifespan once there was only 7 years.
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An incredible thread breaking down Bad Bunny’s performance:
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 5:03 AM
An incredible thread breaking down Bad Bunny’s performance:
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One of my favorite things to come out of modern super bowls is the education piece that happens on social media as symbolism in halftime shows is contextualized. It's very sexy of all of you nerds.
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 AM
One of my favorite things to come out of modern super bowls is the education piece that happens on social media as symbolism in halftime shows is contextualized. It's very sexy of all of you nerds.
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In case you missed the moment.
Art is powerful
Art is powerful
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
In case you missed the moment.
Art is powerful
Art is powerful
I have retained SO little Spanish and yet could see a lot of the message with just my eyes and basic knowledge of history?
This is just a long-winded way to announce "I'm ignorant and lack imagination and didn't pay attention at school."
This is just a long-winded way to announce "I'm ignorant and lack imagination and didn't pay attention at school."
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I have retained SO little Spanish and yet could see a lot of the message with just my eyes and basic knowledge of history?
This is just a long-winded way to announce "I'm ignorant and lack imagination and didn't pay attention at school."
This is just a long-winded way to announce "I'm ignorant and lack imagination and didn't pay attention at school."
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Liberation is a collective effort, not an individual one. An individual might stand as a symbol of liberation, but it is still a collective effort.
This is the through line of the histories of liberation symbolized in this show: the only way through is together and we will be stronger for it.
This is the through line of the histories of liberation symbolized in this show: the only way through is together and we will be stronger for it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Liberation is a collective effort, not an individual one. An individual might stand as a symbol of liberation, but it is still a collective effort.
This is the through line of the histories of liberation symbolized in this show: the only way through is together and we will be stronger for it.
This is the through line of the histories of liberation symbolized in this show: the only way through is together and we will be stronger for it.
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That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
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My ideal version of America is what I saw Bad Bunny encapsulate: multicultural, multigenerational, queer, empathetic, and full of raucous love.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
My ideal version of America is what I saw Bad Bunny encapsulate: multicultural, multigenerational, queer, empathetic, and full of raucous love.