Danielle Gembala
@ddmgembala.bsky.social
Neurodivergent & disabled archaeologist, educator, writer & parent. she/they
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Despite wide public support for the Millionaire's Tax, 30k people have signed CON on this legislation getting its first hearing this Friday, outnumbering those in the PRO column four to one. It's really easy to sign PRO - do it now!
Sign on PRO for WA's millionaire tax
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February 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Despite wide public support for the Millionaire's Tax, 30k people have signed CON on this legislation getting its first hearing this Friday, outnumbering those in the PRO column four to one. It's really easy to sign PRO - do it now!
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If you live in Washington state please take 20 seconds to sign in PRO for our millionaire tax bill currently going through state legislature.
Sign on PRO for WA's millionaire tax
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CSI
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February 6, 2026 at 6:46 AM
If you live in Washington state please take 20 seconds to sign in PRO for our millionaire tax bill currently going through state legislature.
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Sign on PRO for WA's millionaire tax
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CSI
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February 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Sign on PRO for WA's millionaire tax
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when I was in high school I had male teachers in their 30s who I totally thought I was adult peer friends with. when I was in my 30s and was a high school youth group leader I was like “those are not my friends, those are children.” that’s when I realized those men just had bad boundaries
when i was a 16yo girl i thought i was an adult. coaching 12-17yo girls as a 28yo really hammered home how much i was wrong about being an adult at 16 and how obvious it is to actual adults that a 16yo is not an adult. if they say they cannot tell they are lying because they are a creep.
February 6, 2026 at 6:16 AM
when I was in high school I had male teachers in their 30s who I totally thought I was adult peer friends with. when I was in my 30s and was a high school youth group leader I was like “those are not my friends, those are children.” that’s when I realized those men just had bad boundaries
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Okay, tonight's inventory selections.
Today's #TBT feature is a "puffy heart" necklace from some 16 years ago [shown below], set with onyx.
We have a pair of loop earrings strung with onyx and jet that would've matched it beautifully.
Today's #TBT feature is a "puffy heart" necklace from some 16 years ago [shown below], set with onyx.
We have a pair of loop earrings strung with onyx and jet that would've matched it beautifully.
February 6, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Okay, tonight's inventory selections.
Today's #TBT feature is a "puffy heart" necklace from some 16 years ago [shown below], set with onyx.
We have a pair of loop earrings strung with onyx and jet that would've matched it beautifully.
Today's #TBT feature is a "puffy heart" necklace from some 16 years ago [shown below], set with onyx.
We have a pair of loop earrings strung with onyx and jet that would've matched it beautifully.
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A Trump administration proposal for ICE to use a warehouse to hold 8,500 immigrants in Byhalia, Mississippi, has drawn the ire of both residents and Roger Wicker, a top Republican U.S. senator.
www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-proposal...
www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-proposal...
ICE Proposal to Hold 8,500 Immigrants in Mississippi Mega Warehouse Draws Local Opposition
An ICE plan to use a warehouse to hold 8,500 immigrants in Byhalia, Mississippi, has drawn opposition from residents and Sen. Roger Wicker.
www.mississippifreepress.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A Trump administration proposal for ICE to use a warehouse to hold 8,500 immigrants in Byhalia, Mississippi, has drawn the ire of both residents and Roger Wicker, a top Republican U.S. senator.
www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-proposal...
www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-proposal...
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we love a lot of things about Apple TV's adaptation of the Foundation series but first among them is that if Asimov was alive to see it, it would kill him
Just before Foundation came out on Apple TV, I reread the first book. I was appalled at the misogyny and ashamed that I had been oblivious to it when I first read the books as a teenager. At least Apple did a decent job of bringing women into significant roles in the series.
February 6, 2026 at 6:27 AM
we love a lot of things about Apple TV's adaptation of the Foundation series but first among them is that if Asimov was alive to see it, it would kill him
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It's true that Mamdani is a skilled improviser but that's counterintuitively a result of his superior preparation — spending time and energy to hone your speaking style, memorize talking points etc frees up cognitive load to notice and react to what's around you instead of thinking about what to say
Dude is such a natural and charismatic communicator. Something occurs that would make someone else stumble or lose focus and he just rolls it into his speech almost like it was prepared. That takes not just talent but instinct.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 4:52 AM
It's true that Mamdani is a skilled improviser but that's counterintuitively a result of his superior preparation — spending time and energy to hone your speaking style, memorize talking points etc frees up cognitive load to notice and react to what's around you instead of thinking about what to say
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Something I noticed as a kid was that when I was 16, men acted like they thought I was an adult, but once I turned 18, people were constantly telling me they thought I was younger than that and I think it’s related to this general creepiness and evil.
when i was a 16yo girl i thought i was an adult. coaching 12-17yo girls as a 28yo really hammered home how much i was wrong about being an adult at 16 and how obvious it is to actual adults that a 16yo is not an adult. if they say they cannot tell they are lying because they are a creep.
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Something I noticed as a kid was that when I was 16, men acted like they thought I was an adult, but once I turned 18, people were constantly telling me they thought I was younger than that and I think it’s related to this general creepiness and evil.
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I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
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i’m watching bridgerton and like
February 6, 2026 at 5:13 AM
i’m watching bridgerton and like
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Hey let's go! Minneapolis organizers need dash cams so they can record and have a record of all of ICE's lies.
HEY Y'ALL! Did you miss all the Leftist Supply Depot jokes? Do you want to be part of the mysterious organization that results in a baffling number of dash cams dropping from the sky and into the hands of Minneapolis organizers???
We got you: amzn.to/3NY2y3s
(if you hate amz plz go here instead)
We got you: amzn.to/3NY2y3s
(if you hate amz plz go here instead)
Stand With Minnesota
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Hey let's go! Minneapolis organizers need dash cams so they can record and have a record of all of ICE's lies.
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Diana is being held at a facility with a measles outbreak.
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
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A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Diana is being held at a facility with a measles outbreak.
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
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today's New Jersey primary is all about the collapse of the Dem party's mighty machine in NJ — their candidate is coming in 4th.
a piece from 2024 in bolts that gives you a window into what's happening right now: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-p...
a piece from 2024 in bolts that gives you a window into what's happening right now: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-p...
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 AM
today's New Jersey primary is all about the collapse of the Dem party's mighty machine in NJ — their candidate is coming in 4th.
a piece from 2024 in bolts that gives you a window into what's happening right now: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-p...
a piece from 2024 in bolts that gives you a window into what's happening right now: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-p...
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It appears we may not get a final result, or call from the AP, tonight; the count has been frozen for about an hour with Analilia Mejia leading by roughly 500 votes.
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 AM
It appears we may not get a final result, or call from the AP, tonight; the count has been frozen for about an hour with Analilia Mejia leading by roughly 500 votes.
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In New Jersey, AIPAC went on the attack against a moderate Dem & former member of Congress, a longtime supporter of Israel who'd offered some criticism. They tried to help another Dem.
The result appears to be fueling a 3rd candidate, the one who ran on the most left wing lane.
The result appears to be fueling a 3rd candidate, the one who ran on the most left wing lane.
February 6, 2026 at 4:39 AM
In New Jersey, AIPAC went on the attack against a moderate Dem & former member of Congress, a longtime supporter of Israel who'd offered some criticism. They tried to help another Dem.
The result appears to be fueling a 3rd candidate, the one who ran on the most left wing lane.
The result appears to be fueling a 3rd candidate, the one who ran on the most left wing lane.
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(and by mysterious organization I mean a bunch of Very Online Nerds with $20-40 burning a hole in their pockets)
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
(and by mysterious organization I mean a bunch of Very Online Nerds with $20-40 burning a hole in their pockets)
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22 dashcams headed to MSP already! THANK YOU! 💓
HEY Y'ALL! Did you miss all the Leftist Supply Depot jokes? Do you want to be part of the mysterious organization that results in a baffling number of dash cams dropping from the sky and into the hands of Minneapolis organizers???
We got you: amzn.to/3NY2y3s
(if you hate amz plz go here instead)
We got you: amzn.to/3NY2y3s
(if you hate amz plz go here instead)
Stand With Minnesota
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:41 AM
22 dashcams headed to MSP already! THANK YOU! 💓
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How it started: How it's going:
February 6, 2026 at 4:44 AM
How it started: How it's going:
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Rooting for France.
A February 3 raid on the offices of X by the Paris prosecutor's office followed a year-long investigation that began in January 2025 and was expanded to include allegations related to the Grok ‘undressing’ controversy earlier this year. We’re tracking details here:
Tracking the Paris Prosecutor's Investigation into Elon Musk's X
A raid on the offices of X in Paris followed a year-long investigation that began in January 2025.
buff.ly
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Rooting for France.
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We gotta move the "moral panic" from ostracizing anyone in the epstein files to anyone in media being weird about responses to the epstein files.
We cant make the law enforce anything but we can make their lives miserable and lonely.
We cant make the law enforce anything but we can make their lives miserable and lonely.
It’s really weird for some corners of the media to do a whole “the Epstein files are a moral panic that has gone too far” thing when no one has faced any sort of punishment and doesn’t sound like they’re going to.
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 AM
We gotta move the "moral panic" from ostracizing anyone in the epstein files to anyone in media being weird about responses to the epstein files.
We cant make the law enforce anything but we can make their lives miserable and lonely.
We cant make the law enforce anything but we can make their lives miserable and lonely.
Nickelfront.
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Nickelfront.
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Government bureaucrats and administrators in education are enabling the fundamental dehumanization of human beings by replacing teaching and learning - which only living beings can do! - with ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis-harassment-surveillance-slop machines.
3/3
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Who made the monsters? A lesson from Del Toro's Frankenstein
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February 6, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Government bureaucrats and administrators in education are enabling the fundamental dehumanization of human beings by replacing teaching and learning - which only living beings can do! - with ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis-harassment-surveillance-slop machines.
3/3
buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
3/3
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Invest in faculty. Invest in teaching and mentoring students - this involves paying people, not funnelling money to tech billionaires who should be in prison for crimes against education and thus against humanity.
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The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
February 6, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Invest in faculty. Invest in teaching and mentoring students - this involves paying people, not funnelling money to tech billionaires who should be in prison for crimes against education and thus against humanity.
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This. Relatedly, injecting slop systems into the Cal State university system and others like it is AN OBSCENE dereliction of duty: it denies students an education, threatening to turn them into lemmings instead.
Sign the petition to cancel the CUS/OpenAI contract (next post in thread).
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Sign the petition to cancel the CUS/OpenAI contract (next post in thread).
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The thing about saying that genAI will enable the marginalized to create art is that not only is it not true, literally just fucking look at art and music and writing,
but it is saying that a handful of rich pedophiles should be allowed to control whether marginalized people can produce art.
but it is saying that a handful of rich pedophiles should be allowed to control whether marginalized people can produce art.
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 AM
This. Relatedly, injecting slop systems into the Cal State university system and others like it is AN OBSCENE dereliction of duty: it denies students an education, threatening to turn them into lemmings instead.
Sign the petition to cancel the CUS/OpenAI contract (next post in thread).
1/
Sign the petition to cancel the CUS/OpenAI contract (next post in thread).
1/