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LGBTQ writer. Commissioner. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Honolulu-native. Chicagoan. Historical novel enthusiast. GeraldFarinas.com
Did you know? We’re building nine new U.S. military bases in the #Philippines despite opposition of people in those areas
#colonization #militarization #indigenous #greenland #venezuela #iran #empire #imperialism #manifestdestiny
#colonization #militarization #indigenous #greenland #venezuela #iran #empire #imperialism #manifestdestiny
U.S. building nine military bases in Philippines without calling them ‘bases’
They’re pushing out indigenous peoples while mayors and governor of Cagayan province claim these bases are being forced on them in undemocratic process.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Did you know? We’re building nine new U.S. military bases in the #Philippines despite opposition of people in those areas
#colonization #militarization #indigenous #greenland #venezuela #iran #empire #imperialism #manifestdestiny
#colonization #militarization #indigenous #greenland #venezuela #iran #empire #imperialism #manifestdestiny
Birthdaying with my peoples who dragged me out into the bitter cold to celebrate
January 22, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Birthdaying with my peoples who dragged me out into the bitter cold to celebrate
From an old Soviet story:
A man goes to a newsstand everyday and looks at the front pages of all the newspapers. The guy behind the newsstand asks him what he's looking for.
“An obituary.”
“But friend—obituaries aren't on the front page!"
“The one I'm looking for will be.”
A man goes to a newsstand everyday and looks at the front pages of all the newspapers. The guy behind the newsstand asks him what he's looking for.
“An obituary.”
“But friend—obituaries aren't on the front page!"
“The one I'm looking for will be.”
January 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM
From an old Soviet story:
A man goes to a newsstand everyday and looks at the front pages of all the newspapers. The guy behind the newsstand asks him what he's looking for.
“An obituary.”
“But friend—obituaries aren't on the front page!"
“The one I'm looking for will be.”
A man goes to a newsstand everyday and looks at the front pages of all the newspapers. The guy behind the newsstand asks him what he's looking for.
“An obituary.”
“But friend—obituaries aren't on the front page!"
“The one I'm looking for will be.”
#AmericanExceptionalism POV, like #ManifestDestiny, will be our downfall
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
January 21, 2026 at 3:06 PM
#AmericanExceptionalism POV, like #ManifestDestiny, will be our downfall
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
The American Dream
I have a headache, so need to rest my sore head on a big chest please
January 21, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The American Dream
#AmericanExceptionalism POV, like #ManifestDestiny, will be our downfall
In Simple Words: Who is Xi Jinping and why Americans should care
American exceptionalism, the idea that America could never be topped, will be our downfall. We have to be realistic when choosing our next president and Congress.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:56 PM
#AmericanExceptionalism POV, like #ManifestDestiny, will be our downfall
Birthday eve lumpia and falafel
January 21, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Birthday eve lumpia and falafel
According to the Congressional Joint Economic Committee (of a Republican majority Congress), this is how much we paid more due to #tariffs in the first year of this presidency
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
According to the Congressional Joint Economic Committee (of a Republican majority Congress), this is how much we paid more due to #tariffs in the first year of this presidency
Jesus and #Buddha would’ve gotten along
Buddha and Jesus would’ve gotten along — Gerald Fariñas y Cacáy
One of my favorite professors gave me a piece of advice that stayed with me: He told me never to raise a word against Buddhism until I had actually read and understood its Scripture. I took that chall...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Jesus and #Buddha would’ve gotten along
It’s Winston!
It’s Winston! #kittens #kittensoftiktok #kittensofinstagram #catsoftiktok #catsofinstagram
TikTok video by churchofscotland1983
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January 20, 2026 at 5:50 AM
It’s Winston!
A lament for the Bears’ post-season—without using NFL-speak
We almost made it.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:12 AM
When you create a peasantry, even in modern form, you will create the inevitability of revolution. Thousands of years of history has shown this. But we never learn
January 18, 2026 at 3:46 AM
When you create a peasantry, even in modern form, you will create the inevitability of revolution. Thousands of years of history has shown this. But we never learn
I must defend Branwell Brontë
#annebronte #charlottebronte #emilybronte #englishlit #westminsterabbey
#annebronte #charlottebronte #emilybronte #englishlit #westminsterabbey
January 17, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I must defend Branwell Brontë
#annebronte #charlottebronte #emilybronte #englishlit #westminsterabbey
#annebronte #charlottebronte #emilybronte #englishlit #westminsterabbey
Today’s lower level b.s. of the day that’s underreported because of whatever is happening elsewhere
#consumerprotection #carinsurance #autoinsurance #economicjustice #illinoishouse #illinoissenate #alexigiannoulias
#consumerprotection #carinsurance #autoinsurance #economicjustice #illinoishouse #illinoissenate #alexigiannoulias
Demand state legislatures ban using credit scores, ZIP codes for car insurance rates
California, Hawaii, and Massachusetts already made it illegal to use credit scores to determine a person’s insurance prices.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Today’s lower level b.s. of the day that’s underreported because of whatever is happening elsewhere
#consumerprotection #carinsurance #autoinsurance #economicjustice #illinoishouse #illinoissenate #alexigiannoulias
#consumerprotection #carinsurance #autoinsurance #economicjustice #illinoishouse #illinoissenate #alexigiannoulias
Responding to those who ask what speaking out against the policies of the President has to do with the Gospel
#nokings #handsoffchicago #speakup
#nokings #handsoffchicago #speakup
January 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Responding to those who ask what speaking out against the policies of the President has to do with the Gospel
#nokings #handsoffchicago #speakup
#nokings #handsoffchicago #speakup
According to the Energy Secretary, the U.S. began selling Venezuelan oil to other countries at a 30% increase in price. America is making bank on Venezuelan oil for the first time in decades
#imperialism #venezuela
#imperialism #venezuela
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
According to the Energy Secretary, the U.S. began selling Venezuelan oil to other countries at a 30% increase in price. America is making bank on Venezuelan oil for the first time in decades
#imperialism #venezuela
#imperialism #venezuela
January 16, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Why did Machado gamble away her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump?
#mariacorinamachado #nobelpeaceprize #mariacorinaesvenezuela #venezuela #venezuelalibre
#mariacorinamachado #nobelpeaceprize #mariacorinaesvenezuela #venezuela #venezuelalibre
Why did Machado gamble away her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump?
If you were in her shoes, you would, too.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Why did Machado gamble away her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump?
#mariacorinamachado #nobelpeaceprize #mariacorinaesvenezuela #venezuela #venezuelalibre
#mariacorinamachado #nobelpeaceprize #mariacorinaesvenezuela #venezuela #venezuelalibre
In case you missed the #SCOTUS ruling that could change #mailinballots and #mailinvoting
#nokings
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
#nokings
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
In case you missed the #SCOTUS ruling that could change #mailinballots and #mailinvoting
#nokings
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
#nokings
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
Apart from the moral costs, $3T is a lot to pay for land owned by others and whose inhabitants want to remain as Danish nationals
#greenland #denmark #nomorewars #nokings
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
#greenland #denmark #nomorewars #nokings
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Apart from the moral costs, $3T is a lot to pay for land owned by others and whose inhabitants want to remain as Danish nationals
#greenland #denmark #nomorewars #nokings
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
#greenland #denmark #nomorewars #nokings
Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on this day in 1929. He is remembered at Westminster Abbey with a statue above the Great West Door—one of ten to 20th-century Christian martyrs that were dedicated in 1998 by the Church and Queen Elizabeth II
#mlk #mlkday #nokings #handsoffchicago
#mlk #mlkday #nokings #handsoffchicago
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on this day in 1929. He is remembered at Westminster Abbey with a statue above the Great West Door—one of ten to 20th-century Christian martyrs that were dedicated in 1998 by the Church and Queen Elizabeth II
#mlk #mlkday #nokings #handsoffchicago
#mlk #mlkday #nokings #handsoffchicago