The Padawan 🏳️⚧️
@only2be.bsky.social
Infant & Toddler Mental Health, M.Ed; Mutual Aid; Trans People; #LandBack & #BLM. #AlwaysAntifascist. On land historically stewarded by the Atfalati people, a northern branch of the Kalapuya, in the PNW.
Oh, so delightful! "Gather your courage, join hands with those who are willing to stand with you, and start dreaming something better. When we see it, we can articulate it. When we can articulate it, we can start to move toward it. When we move toward it, we can start to fight for it. 1/2
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Oh, so delightful! "Gather your courage, join hands with those who are willing to stand with you, and start dreaming something better. When we see it, we can articulate it. When we can articulate it, we can start to move toward it. When we move toward it, we can start to fight for it. 1/2
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ICE detained four U.S. citizens in Oregon this week, including a high schooler on his lunch break.
“All of us should be concerned about ICE operating outside of the laws of our country, disappearing even U.S. citizens without concern or fear of consequences,” said Jess Montoya at Oregon for All.
“All of us should be concerned about ICE operating outside of the laws of our country, disappearing even U.S. citizens without concern or fear of consequences,” said Jess Montoya at Oregon for All.
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
ICE detained four U.S. citizens in Oregon this week, including a high schooler on his lunch break.
“All of us should be concerned about ICE operating outside of the laws of our country, disappearing even U.S. citizens without concern or fear of consequences,” said Jess Montoya at Oregon for All.
“All of us should be concerned about ICE operating outside of the laws of our country, disappearing even U.S. citizens without concern or fear of consequences,” said Jess Montoya at Oregon for All.
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It doesn't matter if the host country is a prospective "climate leader" if it is not a radical one.
And COPs need to become proper channels for science-based action (not just diagnostics) and free of polluters and corporations, or it will be doomed to fail over and over again.
And COPs need to become proper channels for science-based action (not just diagnostics) and free of polluters and corporations, or it will be doomed to fail over and over again.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It doesn't matter if the host country is a prospective "climate leader" if it is not a radical one.
And COPs need to become proper channels for science-based action (not just diagnostics) and free of polluters and corporations, or it will be doomed to fail over and over again.
And COPs need to become proper channels for science-based action (not just diagnostics) and free of polluters and corporations, or it will be doomed to fail over and over again.
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Mitochondria being the powerhouse of the cell is cool and all but I think classes like "How to calm the fuck down as an adult in a healthy non self-destructive way 101" is something that should also be taught before graduation
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Mitochondria being the powerhouse of the cell is cool and all but I think classes like "How to calm the fuck down as an adult in a healthy non self-destructive way 101" is something that should also be taught before graduation
Sometimes you have to pet the monster, so it doesn’t eat you today.
a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in a chair with his hands out .
Alt: a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in a chair with his hands out, rolling his eyes, implying his partner i. couples therapy is not making sense.
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sometimes you have to pet the monster, so it doesn’t eat you today.
Whoa. "For that reason, Kelly and Ryan are not looking to convince people of any particular version of reality or truth. They do not seem to be interested in truth at all, really.
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Whoa. "For that reason, Kelly and Ryan are not looking to convince people of any particular version of reality or truth. They do not seem to be interested in truth at all, really.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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It's a revealing moment...
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's a revealing moment...
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
Attention! I wholeheartedly recommend @monaeltahawy.bsky.social writings on menopause, power, and pleasure.
"I desire, therefore I am. ....
"That desire for pleasure, that conversation between my vagina and me, that wonder at the joy of it all!..." 1/2
"I desire, therefore I am. ....
"That desire for pleasure, that conversation between my vagina and me, that wonder at the joy of it all!..." 1/2
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Attention! I wholeheartedly recommend @monaeltahawy.bsky.social writings on menopause, power, and pleasure.
"I desire, therefore I am. ....
"That desire for pleasure, that conversation between my vagina and me, that wonder at the joy of it all!..." 1/2
"I desire, therefore I am. ....
"That desire for pleasure, that conversation between my vagina and me, that wonder at the joy of it all!..." 1/2
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I was suspended right before the Epstein emails were released. If the BlueSky search engine works, you will find a wealth of posts from me about the people in those emails, who I wrote about in my books HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT and THEY KNEW. This is the work I feared would be erased on Twitter.
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I was suspended right before the Epstein emails were released. If the BlueSky search engine works, you will find a wealth of posts from me about the people in those emails, who I wrote about in my books HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT and THEY KNEW. This is the work I feared would be erased on Twitter.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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It also means AI shouldn't replace language learning.
So language professionals, advertise yourselves as wellness coaches and DOUBLE your fees.
So language professionals, advertise yourselves as wellness coaches and DOUBLE your fees.
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It also means AI shouldn't replace language learning.
So language professionals, advertise yourselves as wellness coaches and DOUBLE your fees.
So language professionals, advertise yourselves as wellness coaches and DOUBLE your fees.
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
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The regime doesn't need justification for "martial law," or invoking the Insurrection anymore than they needed justification for demolishing the East wing.
What they DO need is time to make the transition feel gradual and inevitable and so far they have as much of it as they want.
What they DO need is time to make the transition feel gradual and inevitable and so far they have as much of it as they want.
It'll take time to fully execute, but they're setting most of us for subsistence in a company town and prison labor.
If things continue at our current trajectory we will fondly recall the exploitive gig economy.
If things continue at our current trajectory we will fondly recall the exploitive gig economy.
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The regime doesn't need justification for "martial law," or invoking the Insurrection anymore than they needed justification for demolishing the East wing.
What they DO need is time to make the transition feel gradual and inevitable and so far they have as much of it as they want.
What they DO need is time to make the transition feel gradual and inevitable and so far they have as much of it as they want.
The farther I get from my divorce, the less I feel the need to cling to the facts of the case. I fought so hard to be seen as a full human with my own valid views backed by reading and science. I argued for so long with a man so sure of himself that I ended up questioning my sanity.
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The farther I get from my divorce, the less I feel the need to cling to the facts of the case. I fought so hard to be seen as a full human with my own valid views backed by reading and science. I argued for so long with a man so sure of himself that I ended up questioning my sanity.
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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As long as NYT is asking “Did women ruin the workplace” can they also ask:
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
As long as NYT is asking “Did women ruin the workplace” can they also ask:
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
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And they are grappling with what scholars call "staggered collapse." This is where a storm destroys a whole region and FEMA doesn't exist to rebuild it. It's what happen when women of color are driven out of the economy in drove through DOGE cuts. Or when all of the rural hospitals close in a state.
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
And they are grappling with what scholars call "staggered collapse." This is where a storm destroys a whole region and FEMA doesn't exist to rebuild it. It's what happen when women of color are driven out of the economy in drove through DOGE cuts. Or when all of the rural hospitals close in a state.
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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For anyone who doesn't know, this is a user-selected function.
As in, "This is a more comfortable provider of this service I'm paying for."
I guess it's a problem for men lacking other scenarios to force women into their car.
As in, "This is a more comfortable provider of this service I'm paying for."
I guess it's a problem for men lacking other scenarios to force women into their car.
“The dual class action suits allege that the functions—which followed thousands of sexual harassment and assault lawsuits against Uber and Lyft over the years— have limited the economic opportunities for men and discriminated against them because of their gender.”
Male Drivers Sue Uber and Lyft Over Women-Only Ride-Hailing
The lawsuits allege that male drivers receive fewer rides because of the feature, violating sex discrimination laws.
time.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For anyone who doesn't know, this is a user-selected function.
As in, "This is a more comfortable provider of this service I'm paying for."
I guess it's a problem for men lacking other scenarios to force women into their car.
As in, "This is a more comfortable provider of this service I'm paying for."
I guess it's a problem for men lacking other scenarios to force women into their car.
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just want to say how proud i am to know and be friends with @katmabu.bsky.social, her courage and bravery standing up to ice goons outside of broadview has been inspirational and something i know ill never forget about this era of politics
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
just want to say how proud i am to know and be friends with @katmabu.bsky.social, her courage and bravery standing up to ice goons outside of broadview has been inspirational and something i know ill never forget about this era of politics
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Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
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Working on a I.C.E. kidnap case right now—2 sons, whose mother called on me.
It’s very clear both Uber and Waymo have provided the government my clients’ location via these ride sharing company’s ✨massive✨ tech surveillance op.
No warrant—just pure cooperation.
Stay woke, y’all.
Waymo is I.C.E.
It’s very clear both Uber and Waymo have provided the government my clients’ location via these ride sharing company’s ✨massive✨ tech surveillance op.
No warrant—just pure cooperation.
Stay woke, y’all.
Waymo is I.C.E.
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Working on a I.C.E. kidnap case right now—2 sons, whose mother called on me.
It’s very clear both Uber and Waymo have provided the government my clients’ location via these ride sharing company’s ✨massive✨ tech surveillance op.
No warrant—just pure cooperation.
Stay woke, y’all.
Waymo is I.C.E.
It’s very clear both Uber and Waymo have provided the government my clients’ location via these ride sharing company’s ✨massive✨ tech surveillance op.
No warrant—just pure cooperation.
Stay woke, y’all.
Waymo is I.C.E.