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Karla Archer

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Artist • Advocating against coercive control • Aphantasia • ADHD • @divorcealchemy.bsky.social • Reseller of cool stuff https://linktr.ee/karlaarcher

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Karla Archer @karlaarcher.bsky.social · Feb 14

Is it still doomscrolling if what you are really trying to do is keep scrolling to find the one post/update somewhere of someone telling us something hopeful?

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Diana 💚☘️🏀 @dmr09.bsky.social · 29d

Gamergate never got the attention it deserved

It’s a significant story and folks unfamiliar should Google Karen’s work on it

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Sep 12

I wrote one (1) story about Gamergate in 2016, was instantly targeted and threatened on social media, and was scared off from reporting anything further on online culture. Many media organizations have repeatedly failed to deal with bad faith attacks and are too often wholly unprepared for new ones.

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argovela.bsky.social @argovela.bsky.social · Aug 3

We need to support this group.

Karla Archer @karlaarcher.bsky.social · Mar 19

More brilliant Brite Blue Dot Birmingham, Alabama billboards have dropped!

These are targeting DOGE, Elon, and Tommy Tuberville

A billboard with images and text as follows:

A chainsaw (with the text “cuts for you”) + a bag of money (with the text “billions for me” = a photo of a smug Elon Musk

A billboard with images and text as follows:

A photo of a smug Elon Musk + a photo of Tommy Tuberville (with the text “coward coach & co” = a photo of a laid off vet holding a cardboard sign with Tubs phone number

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jul 7

Solidarity with all workers, but the UFW is not involved or engaged on this.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 4

Russia attacked Ukraine on Friday with the largest number of drones and missiles launched in a single barrage so far in the war, the Ukrainian Air Force said, just hours after a phone call between President Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia. Read more: https://trib.al/OO1CrJa

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · Jun 15

The assassin 1) had ties to New Apostolic Reformation & 2) allegedly had hit list

In 2022 I went to New Apostolic Reformation conference (where Trump Jr & Roger Stone spoke)

A speaker projected this image, prophesying “Angel of death” would visit these Dem political opponents. It was a hit list

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · Jun 15

Here’s the flip-flops link. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-endl...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Jun 15

Is it possible that Trump totally gets away with flip-flopping because it wouldn't actually be popular for him to go through with everything he says? ICYMI @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-t...

No Kings: Stand Against Trump’s Un-American Birthday Bash

He claims it’s about the Army, but it’s really about him.

www.thebulwark.com

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AL.com @al.com · Jun 15

“The Constitution (and) due process are being completely ignored, and if they’re treating immigrants as garbage,” one protestor said, “citizens will be next.”

Read more: https://www.al.com/news/2025/06/birmingham-crowd-joins-no-kings-marchers-theyre-treating-immigrants-as-garbage.html

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jun 14

just watched this netflix documentary on the oklahoma city bombing and once again i'm struck by how so many of the popular media takes on this event just avoid entirely the connection to organized white supremacism

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Erik Ledbetter @bandoblue.bsky.social · Jun 14

The parade today by contrast moves west to east, outside to in. It starts at the Pentagon not Arlington National Cemetary. It follows the symbolic route of troops entering to quell or occupy the city, not leaving with love and thanks. 8/

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Jun 12

Quitting my lucrative job as an international fentanyl smuggler to pursue my true passion, vacuuming the hallways of a Holiday Inn Express

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · Jun 12

This is remarkably incoherent even for him. But I especially like the notion that these evil criminals are applying to pick crops and mop hotel bathrooms.

Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump
Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace. In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · Jun 12

If you don't prepare for police aggression, they could hurt you. If you help your friends prepare for police aggression, they could arrest you. This sends a clear message: they don't want you to resist at all.

Kelly Stuart @skyspider.bsky.social · Jun 12

Essayli has charged a Teamsters rep with Conspiracy to commit civil disorder for distributing protective face shields.

Text from Twitter Screenshot: U.S. Attorney Bil... &
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ARRESTED: Alejandro
Theodoro Orellana was arrested this morning by @FBILosAngeles on an allegation of Conspiracy to Commit Civil Disorders (18
USC 371) for distributing face shields to suspected rioters on Tuesday. We are moving quickly to identify and arrest those involved in organizing and / or supporting civil disorder in Los Angeles.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · Jun 11

Every organization that chooses silence in this moment is on the side of fascism.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Jun 11

Pretty much everyone hates the “Big Beautiful Bill”, but it will pass just the same.

The only person whose opinion matters to the weakling Republicans in Congress is Trump’s.

poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Majority Of Voters Oppose GOP Budget Bill, With Just 67% Of Republicans In Support, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Trump Job Approval: 38%, His Handling Of Russia - Ukraine War Lowes...

"With Medicaid's future as a healthcare safety net for millions suddenly uncertain, voters make it clear they want the 60-year-old program for those in need to be handled with care," said Quinnipiac U...

poll.qu.edu

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Jun 11

At least three have been important sources of vaccine misinformation - very bad www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/... science.feedback.org/review/scien... sciencebasedmedicine.org/unethical/

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · Jun 11

BREAKING: RFK Jr. names Martin Kulldorff and Robert Malone and six others to ACIP.

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Secretary Kennedy on X: "On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s" / X

On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s

x.com

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Karla Archer @karlaarcher.bsky.social · Jun 11

Womp womp

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · Jun 11

More performative BS from Pam Bondi.

January 6th is NOT the LA protests.

Don’t let her lies stand without pushback.

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Karla Archer @karlaarcher.bsky.social · Jun 11

Time to go to Red cities and raise Cain then

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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · Jun 10

lol ABC News just fired Terry Moran

when these people pretend in 10-20 years that they did their best to stop what's happening during the press tour for their memoirs feel free to ignore them

Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · Jun 9

anyway CNN is reporting that Pentagon lawyers are defining the RULES OF ENGAGEMENT for the U.S. Marines against civilians in L.A. and at the same time you have Serious Journalists™ defending the suspension of a reporter for calling Stephen Miller a hateful person

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Karla Archer @karlaarcher.bsky.social · Jun 10

They’ve shown who they are, and convinced themselves that they are the strong defenders.

But they believe in their rights only. They don’t want to live in a society.

They will be shocked to see the pushback.

Karla Archer @karlaarcher.bsky.social · Jun 10

WE are the ones who actually believed what they taught us in school about our country’s ideals (just like so many of us are the ones who believed the words our pastors and Sunday school teachers taught us about what Christianity stands for)

Karla Archer @karlaarcher.bsky.social · Jun 10

They’ve lied to themselves that the left doesn’t believe in America and freedom, while waving their “OnLy My RiGhTs MaTtEr” Gadsden flags.

Karla Archer @karlaarcher.bsky.social · Jun 10

I think what we are seeing and are about to witness more of is truth about how little the right actually believes in America and what we claim it stands for.

How they’ve never gotten it, and how much their patriotism is bullshit and built on lies they’ve told themselves. 🧵

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SEIU California @seiuca.org · Jun 6

Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.

ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.

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SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles

We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…

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