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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the push, just emailed my uni

marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · 11d

Love the celebration of honest labor.

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 21d

“Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That is more loving. It's really working to create something beautiful."
— Assata Shakur
(July 16, 1947- September 26, 2025)

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Aug 29

Solidarity action for marchers in Gunsan, Korea protesting destruction of tidal flats where the Sura birds live - to build yet another US military serving airport. Birds not bombs! Sura, aka Kuaka, long distance record-holding migratory champ, beloved in Polynesia, not just Korea.

People with protest signs (“tidal flats not airports!”) in Korean and English, peace flag, woman in bird costume (me) kneels in front. Diamondhead/Leahi in background to show we are in the destroyed-for-tourism former wetlands of Waikiki.

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Jul 21

Happy to support this project. Every kid should know Benjamin Lay.

Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · Jul 21

Dear friends, please support @pmpress.bsky.social on Kickstarter as they prepare to publish our children's book, *Fearless Benjamin: The Quaker Dwarf Who Fought Slavery*. Get an early copy and a signed one! Other rewards also available.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3...

Fearless Benjamin: The Quaker Dwarf Who Fought Slavery

A beautifully illustrated children's book on the life of Benjamin Lay, a courageous little person who stood tall against oppression.

www.kickstarter.com

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thank you for writing this lovely piece. I still, tentatively, believe it was not for nothing, because they left us an obligation to fight and that is something.

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Jul 14

I was weeping by the end…

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Jul 10

Super Very!

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thank you!

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Jul 1

Someone told me bt can hurt bees. Is this true?

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Jul 1

For Asian America the line between citizen and foreigner has never meant safety. Here is my etching from my grandmother’s painting of Heart Mountain, where she was imprisoned with her US citizen sons. My father volunteered for combat duty from behind barbed wire.

Landscape of desert with barracks and dome-shaped mountain in the distance, human figures in foreground. Fine lined copper etching, traditional style, with black tones at bottom transitioning to red at top in the wiping technique called a la poupet.

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · May 17

No, it fell out of their pocket when they dropped their pants to… whatever. Same reason you find coins, right?

marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · May 16

Is 2 a harmonica?

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · May 2

Happy May Day! To go with all of todayʻs union actions, here is when the amazing artist Favianna Rodrigues visited my drawings of 1940s-70s struggles. (Last week to see these at Native Books/Arts and Letters)

Two women artists stand smiling in front of charcoal drawings of strikers, workers, protesters.

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · May 2

Union power as far as you can see outside the Honolulu federal building. You will have to imagine the sound of hundreds singing Solidarity Forever to go with these pics.

Woman singing into bullhorn, street lined with picketers, old and young.

Pickets line the street, red t shirts and flags of Unite Here. Hawaiian flag also visible. Under green trees and bright blue sky.

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Apr 24

Hi, maybe ask a botanist if they are samara (seeds with wings) Charms to make trees do well?

marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Apr 18

What was on the playlist at your university’s action today? Bet you can’t top The Times They Are A Changin followed by Kaulana Nā Pua

Two Kanaka singers with flowering Gold Tree in background.

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Apr 6

Aloha from the resistance, Honolulu.

All ages and colors of folks with signs line the sidewalk, under a bright blue sky.

Group in front of palm trees with signs opposing fascism, racism, &c, list of evils.

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thanks, Mary, for pushing all of us to fight back. Humanities = human. Everything we do to survive and find love and know ourselves. Our beating hearts. Plus, once I was a debt-burdened asst prof who really needed those tiny grants.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · Apr 4

I did this. Takes maybe one minute. Via American Historical Association.
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URGENT: Save the NEH

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Apr 4

Your mother and her parents are watching from somewhere and they are soooo proud. A 3 generation legacy of holding Harvard to the highest standards.

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Apr 3

A waiting room for a pediatrician, with your kid. My family’s pediatrician in DC told me there were parents she never saw, only the nanny. I was shocked. It seems so basic to parenting.

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Mar 20

The guy I count on for historically-informed strategy says it’s time to poke the bear. inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

For Labor, Caution Is Fatal

The riskiest course is to stay the course.

inthesetimes.com

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Mar 16

Qualitative info as well: my mom was a Headstart trainer. Headstart moms got help with getting GEDs, going on to college, pulling whole families out of poverty.Years later women still tell me “your mom made me register at HCC (local community college)”

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Mar 16

I converted an old guitar into a dobro by adding a resonator and a thrift shop tray for a cover.

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marimatsuda.bsky.social @marimatsuda.bsky.social · Mar 16

Thank you for knowing and remembering.

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