Daisha
@mutinypie.bsky.social
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I hope you feel a little okay. I hope you smiled once. I hope today grants you space for restful sleep at least tonight and maybe some energy for tomorrow. I hope you're hopeful.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I hope you feel a little okay. I hope you smiled once. I hope today grants you space for restful sleep at least tonight and maybe some energy for tomorrow. I hope you're hopeful.
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wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america
Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america
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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
I might buy this if I wasn’t from red rural America & still connected to those towns, but I’m watching Trump voters support Trump rescinding grants to build a needed daycare for their kids (he must have found fraud!) and to update their failing water treatment plant (democrats fault somehow?).
April 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I might buy this if I wasn’t from red rural America & still connected to those towns, but I’m watching Trump voters support Trump rescinding grants to build a needed daycare for their kids (he must have found fraud!) and to update their failing water treatment plant (democrats fault somehow?).
I looked for you! And we even were on the same side of the crowd even, but it was so big I missed you.
April 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I looked for you! And we even were on the same side of the crowd even, but it was so big I missed you.
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"[T]here is work to be done to solve our immigration challenges. But the only way our leaders should approach the Alien Enemies Act . . . is by acknowledging the fundamental injustice of wartime internment and . . . working to repeal the law, not resurrecting it." /fin
time.com/7268851/alie...
time.com/7268851/alie...
Why the Alien Enemies Act Should Be Repealed, Not Revived
Karen Ebel and Grace Shimizu, whose fathers were held prisoner in U.S. internment camps, explain the grave cost of the Alien Enemies Act.
time.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"[T]here is work to be done to solve our immigration challenges. But the only way our leaders should approach the Alien Enemies Act . . . is by acknowledging the fundamental injustice of wartime internment and . . . working to repeal the law, not resurrecting it." /fin
time.com/7268851/alie...
time.com/7268851/alie...
I’m looking forward to this (and buying less in general these days).
February 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I’m looking forward to this (and buying less in general these days).
Yes, but he still wanted the money, so he was nice about it.
February 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Yes, but he still wanted the money, so he was nice about it.
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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
I appreciate how this article notes culture as a key front for resegregationists. If we go all in on a commitment to love and connect across differences, support real (ie human) art and artists across differences, and guard our own hearts and minds it’s a front we can win.
“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I appreciate how this article notes culture as a key front for resegregationists. If we go all in on a commitment to love and connect across differences, support real (ie human) art and artists across differences, and guard our own hearts and minds it’s a front we can win.
Thank you for this perspective. I’ve been on the fence about applying for a project (or rather re-starting an interrupted application) and need discernment as I assess the potential costs & risks of this grant for the artists involved. It’s heartbreaking. Communities deserve better.
February 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Thank you for this perspective. I’ve been on the fence about applying for a project (or rather re-starting an interrupted application) and need discernment as I assess the potential costs & risks of this grant for the artists involved. It’s heartbreaking. Communities deserve better.
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An engineer once explained to me that an efficient system always has need available when a resource becomes free, and an effective system always has a resource available when a need arises. Mind was blown.
February 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
An engineer once explained to me that an efficient system always has need available when a resource becomes free, and an effective system always has a resource available when a need arises. Mind was blown.
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On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.
February 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.
For real, de Tocqueville commented on America’s tendency to carry out essential work via associations (the precursor of NGOs/nonprofits) back in the 1800s. This is how our nation gets a lot of shit done! Maybe this S. African (no shade to S. Africans generally) doesn’t know how we do things here?
I cannot tell you fucking dumb these statements are.
The US govt spends a ton on contractors (including NGOs) to do stuff. Anything deemed not inherently governmental *by law* is legally required to be outsourced (see Circular A-76). This is how we have structured out govt forever!
The US govt spends a ton on contractors (including NGOs) to do stuff. Anything deemed not inherently governmental *by law* is legally required to be outsourced (see Circular A-76). This is how we have structured out govt forever!
February 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
For real, de Tocqueville commented on America’s tendency to carry out essential work via associations (the precursor of NGOs/nonprofits) back in the 1800s. This is how our nation gets a lot of shit done! Maybe this S. African (no shade to S. Africans generally) doesn’t know how we do things here?
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Morning. I’m going to post Prime Minister Trudeau’s speech announcing the new tariffs on USA.
I recommend watching and sharing it yourself, because it’s got a message for both the Canadian and the American citizen. One I’m thinking news in the US won’t pass on. 1/2
youtu.be/nLB46AR_O94
I recommend watching and sharing it yourself, because it’s got a message for both the Canadian and the American citizen. One I’m thinking news in the US won’t pass on. 1/2
youtu.be/nLB46AR_O94
FULL: Watch Justin Trudeau's full announcement | Canada's response to U.S. tariffs
YouTube video by CTV News
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February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Morning. I’m going to post Prime Minister Trudeau’s speech announcing the new tariffs on USA.
I recommend watching and sharing it yourself, because it’s got a message for both the Canadian and the American citizen. One I’m thinking news in the US won’t pass on. 1/2
youtu.be/nLB46AR_O94
I recommend watching and sharing it yourself, because it’s got a message for both the Canadian and the American citizen. One I’m thinking news in the US won’t pass on. 1/2
youtu.be/nLB46AR_O94
Oh good grief. He even got wrong what real people in red states care about. Food & housing security, rural clinics, biofuels, farm loans, business development, community centers, medical airlift, search & rescue, etc. Our legislators are so out of touch.
January 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Oh good grief. He even got wrong what real people in red states care about. Food & housing security, rural clinics, biofuels, farm loans, business development, community centers, medical airlift, search & rescue, etc. Our legislators are so out of touch.
This affects many of the community organizations I support that do crucial work and don’t have the margins to wait out a legal battle. This morning I’ll show up to support a job training program launch we worked on for years that may not be funded now.
NEW: The two top Democratic appropriators, Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, write to Trump budget office:
"The scope of what you are ordering is breathtaking, unprecedented, and will have devastating consequences across the country."
"The scope of what you are ordering is breathtaking, unprecedented, and will have devastating consequences across the country."
January 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This affects many of the community organizations I support that do crucial work and don’t have the margins to wait out a legal battle. This morning I’ll show up to support a job training program launch we worked on for years that may not be funded now.
I can trace my roots in economic justice work back to the moment I learned my local Walmart supplied SNAP (food stamp) application forms in the employee break room. And my city gave them tax breaks to build there in the name of job creation. Layers and layers of extraction.
If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I can trace my roots in economic justice work back to the moment I learned my local Walmart supplied SNAP (food stamp) application forms in the employee break room. And my city gave them tax breaks to build there in the name of job creation. Layers and layers of extraction.
Thank you for sharing your story. I relate to so much of this and haven’t taken the time to put words to it. I’d love to put it behind me, honestly, but I know I learned lessons from fighting that fight and those lessons are needed now.
January 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thank you for sharing your story. I relate to so much of this and haven’t taken the time to put words to it. I’d love to put it behind me, honestly, but I know I learned lessons from fighting that fight and those lessons are needed now.
I have a story like yours and husband raised conservative Baptist. We got out together and have wondered the same thing. I think being creative, logical question askers drew us to each other & freedom. We also took certain teachings seriously (❤️ your neighbor)
and couldn’t stomach the hypocrisy.
and couldn’t stomach the hypocrisy.
January 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I have a story like yours and husband raised conservative Baptist. We got out together and have wondered the same thing. I think being creative, logical question askers drew us to each other & freedom. We also took certain teachings seriously (❤️ your neighbor)
and couldn’t stomach the hypocrisy.
and couldn’t stomach the hypocrisy.
Nature has a way for f holding us, so we can hold each other ❤️🩹
January 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Nature has a way for f holding us, so we can hold each other ❤️🩹
“The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people.”
Charlie Chaplin : The Final Speech from The Great Dictator
www.charliechaplin.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people.”