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K. P. Aldrich

@kpaldrich.bsky.social

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She/they Writer/Poet✍🏻Mom💕ADHDer🌈🦋Vegan🌱 Eclectic poetry vibes, post-digital era themes and opinions. www.kpaldrich.com

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K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · Oct 3

"Lean into—not away from—empathy. Recognize that we are in serious need of each other’s support. Understand that if some are vulnerable, we are all vulnerable. Show up not just for your own groups, but for every group that you can…"

A picture of a poem. Title: the silenced majority. Centered text in a lighter gray font color: workers, women, poor, immigrants, indigenous peoples, black people, brown people, asian people, trans people, queer people, genderqueer people, people of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, refugees, displaced peoples, undocumented immigrants, farmers, caretakers, civil servants, veteran, doctors, nurses, scientists, frontline workers, unhoused, bereaved, senior citizens, retirees, parents, children, adolescents, girls, teens, autistic people, neurodivergent people, disabled people, people living with chronic illness, people living with addiction, people living with mental health conditions, people in debt, people living paycheck to paycheck, unemployed, imprisoned, incarcerated, disenfranchised, people of diverse faith communities and traditions, marginalized, stigmatized, trafficked, victims, survivors… Poem, split into two columns on either side of center text: we label away each other’s humanness so effectively that tyrants hardly need to divide us themselves; still—we are perishing together as wannabe emperors and greed-riddled grifters consume us: they assault us, betray us, demonize us, and throw us away, above all— they conspire to silence us; these abusers manipulate us to listen to them above one another, because they know that united as allies…we are the majority. Signature at bottom of image: K.P. Aldrich

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20h

Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.

More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents

ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.

www.motherjones.com

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

The absolutely brilliant pitch perfect troll of getting targeted by your opponent with virulent Islamophobia and then immediately releasing an ad in all Arabic.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

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K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 1d

…speechless is NOT paralyzed. Even when we can’t find the words, we can still take action. We can donate to hurricane relief funds and local food pantries. We can VOTE. We can share reliable information online. We can protest! Our voices are important, but our collective actions are saving lives.

K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 1d

Current events of the past month have left me a bit speechless. It has been difficult to know what to say that isn’t trite or redundant, even though words are usually some of my best friends. I think this is the point, of course, to leave people paralyzed and unable to react. But…(1/2)

K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 1d

For now, I’ll leave a wikipedia link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamartia

Hamartia - Wikipedia

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K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 1d

If you find this post and happen to know a great source written by people knowledgeable on the subject, please drop it in the comments.

K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 1d

[Insert cleverly authored article about ‘hubris’ here] because I couldn’t find anything not AI-generated, thanks to aforementioned billionaires and grifters.

K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 1d

Some of these billionaires and grifters act like they’ve never had a Lit teacher drill them on the fatal flaws of greco-roman epic heroes—and it shows.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d

This whole thread.

“Oh no, someone might eat food!”

Good. That’s good.

“They might buy something they like.”

Cool.

“They might get a treat!”

Also cool.

grimm 🍂 @mugrimm.bsky.social · 3d

There's something deeply disturbing about EBT/SNAP hate to me. Like just truly bone blanching shit.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

I visited Grand Street Senior Housing on the Lower East Side today and tried a little Bomba y Plena…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

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bplum.bsky.social @bplum.bsky.social · 3d

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

In a win for the arts and universal basic income, Ireland plans to make permanent a $1,500-a-month pilot program for artists, citing benefits to creativity, mental health, and financial stability.

Ireland plans to make a $1,500 a month basic income for artists permanent

Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts experiment has given creatives a weekly payment for three years. Now, a permanent program could be on the way.

www.businessinsider.com

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K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 4d

Wow, that is a great use of shading. Thanks for sharing💙

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K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 5d

Community organized D&D potlucks might have power to save us, TBH.

K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 5d

Or, if you’re not that adventurous, any number of incredible board games that have come out in the last several years.

K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 5d

Know what doesn’t cost $29.99 a month for the privilege of playing an ~$80 RPG with/without friends?

D&D, folks!

Time to dust off the ol’ player’s handbook.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 7d

One day, when this national nightmare is over and speaking up has no consequences, everyone will claim they were against this.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 8d

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.

As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.

trib.al

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Alice Blanchard @alicebooks333.bsky.social · 9d

“Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.”
— Anne Sexton

#5amwritersclub #amwriting #writerslife #writing #wattpad #mustread #amreading #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #WIP #poetry

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K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 9d

Oh wait, nvm. A quick search has revealed that I’m way out of the loop on crypto currencies. At least I’m exactly where I want to be!

K. P. Aldrich @kpaldrich.bsky.social · 9d

Uh…Ripple?! Like the plant-based milk company?

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Armchair Classicist (Ryan Schaller) @armchairclassicist.bsky.social · 12d

"The word of truth is single in its nature; and a just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument, since it is sick, needs clever medicine."

#Classics #Quotes 📚💙