Cheese Queen
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What creates the conditions to change our minds about deep beliefs and patterns? This is the relational work of abolition, a skill we all need. Join me and @interruptcrim.bsky.social for a two-part Radical Unlearning study group to dig in! www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/r...
Radical Unlearning Study Group (January 29 & February 5) — Interrupting Criminalization
Join Abolition Journalism Fellow Lewis Raven Wallace for a two-part discussion about his book, Radical Unlearning: The Art and Science of Creating Change from Within . Read the book then join Lewis a...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
What creates the conditions to change our minds about deep beliefs and patterns? This is the relational work of abolition, a skill we all need. Join me and @interruptcrim.bsky.social for a two-part Radical Unlearning study group to dig in! www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/r...
Watching The Muppets Christmas Carol and this shit is getting me in the spirit!! 🎄🎄🎄🤶🏽🤶🏽🤶🏽
December 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Watching The Muppets Christmas Carol and this shit is getting me in the spirit!! 🎄🎄🎄🤶🏽🤶🏽🤶🏽
Watching and enjoying Lejos De Casa (Amazon Prime), a doc about youth living in shelters in Tijuana, trying to apply for asylum in the US
www.imdb.com/es/title/tt2...
www.imdb.com/es/title/tt2...
Lejos de Casa (2022) ⭐ 6.4 | Documental
1h 20m | A
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December 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Watching and enjoying Lejos De Casa (Amazon Prime), a doc about youth living in shelters in Tijuana, trying to apply for asylum in the US
www.imdb.com/es/title/tt2...
www.imdb.com/es/title/tt2...
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ICE whistles work.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ICE whistles work.
To the state, "safety" is when there's less gun violence because people are fearfully trapped inside, missing medical care, school, and work
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To the state, "safety" is when there's less gun violence because people are fearfully trapped inside, missing medical care, school, and work
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This site doesn’t need an “import your contacts” feature, it needs private accounts
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This site doesn’t need an “import your contacts” feature, it needs private accounts
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@thrasherxy.bsky.social on carrying sadness and managing anger in the face of the West’s crimes in Gaza.
Feeling Deep Sadness and Anger For Gaza
I feel sad about Gaza. This is not a profound thought, nor an unusual one—especially in South Africa, where I’ve been working lately—or even a new thought for me. But it is an honest thought. I fee…
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December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@thrasherxy.bsky.social on carrying sadness and managing anger in the face of the West’s crimes in Gaza.
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Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
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A coalition of 160+ Health Equity, LGBTQI+, and Repro Orgs sent a letter to the House opposing MTG's death sentence of a bill! This bill will be voted on in the House later today, and it needs to fail. Now is the time to ring your Reps' phones of the hook.
transequality.org/news/a4te-an...
transequality.org/news/a4te-an...
A4TE and Coalition of National and Grassroots Organizations to Condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene Bill H.R. 3492 | A4TE
In response to H.R. 3492, which seeks to criminalize safe and evidence-based transition-related health care for trans and gender-diverse youth, Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) has brought together...
transequality.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A coalition of 160+ Health Equity, LGBTQI+, and Repro Orgs sent a letter to the House opposing MTG's death sentence of a bill! This bill will be voted on in the House later today, and it needs to fail. Now is the time to ring your Reps' phones of the hook.
transequality.org/news/a4te-an...
transequality.org/news/a4te-an...
Turning 40 today! Happy birthday to meeeee 🎉🎉🎉
For my bday, will you please contact your reps to demand they vote no on the egregious proposal to criminalize trans healthcare (H.R. 3492 and H.R. 498)
Phone script from Housing Works:
actionnetwork.org/call_campaig...
For my bday, will you please contact your reps to demand they vote no on the egregious proposal to criminalize trans healthcare (H.R. 3492 and H.R. 498)
Phone script from Housing Works:
actionnetwork.org/call_campaig...
ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress Don’t Ban Transgender Healthcare
The House of Representatives is set to vote on two extreme bills to criminalize gender-affirming care for youth tomorrow, and we cannot allow them to pass.
The first bill comes from Congresswoman Mar...
actionnetwork.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Turning 40 today! Happy birthday to meeeee 🎉🎉🎉
For my bday, will you please contact your reps to demand they vote no on the egregious proposal to criminalize trans healthcare (H.R. 3492 and H.R. 498)
Phone script from Housing Works:
actionnetwork.org/call_campaig...
For my bday, will you please contact your reps to demand they vote no on the egregious proposal to criminalize trans healthcare (H.R. 3492 and H.R. 498)
Phone script from Housing Works:
actionnetwork.org/call_campaig...
No winners in this race
(Dunkins is terrible but we're still boycotting Starbucks)
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/17/c...
(Dunkins is terrible but we're still boycotting Starbucks)
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/17/c...
Dunkin Tops Starbucks in Manhattan as Chain Stores Contract in NYC
The number of chain stores in the city dropped by 1.3% according to the Center for an Urban Future.
www.thecity.nyc
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
No winners in this race
(Dunkins is terrible but we're still boycotting Starbucks)
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/17/c...
(Dunkins is terrible but we're still boycotting Starbucks)
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/17/c...
Fatigue is fun bc I get to lie in bed feeling like shit, thinking of all the things I need to do but can't (finish library book, catch up on news [is the US at war with Venezuela??], apply to jobs, improve Spanish, exercise, enjoy self) why is the human body the way it is
December 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Fatigue is fun bc I get to lie in bed feeling like shit, thinking of all the things I need to do but can't (finish library book, catch up on news [is the US at war with Venezuela??], apply to jobs, improve Spanish, exercise, enjoy self) why is the human body the way it is
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Tomorrow: Join FPF's @laurenleharper.bsky.social on @npr.org's 1A for a discussion about the Trump administration's expanding immigration surveillance activities, and the fight for more transparency and accountability.
🌐 the1a.org
📻 @wamu.org 88.5 FM in D.C. area
🕒 10:30 a.m. EST
🌐 the1a.org
📻 @wamu.org 88.5 FM in D.C. area
🕒 10:30 a.m. EST
1A | Speak Freely
1A is a show for a changing America.
the1a.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Tomorrow: Join FPF's @laurenleharper.bsky.social on @npr.org's 1A for a discussion about the Trump administration's expanding immigration surveillance activities, and the fight for more transparency and accountability.
🌐 the1a.org
📻 @wamu.org 88.5 FM in D.C. area
🕒 10:30 a.m. EST
🌐 the1a.org
📻 @wamu.org 88.5 FM in D.C. area
🕒 10:30 a.m. EST
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Please read this Facebook post from Darnella Frazier about her sister Rekeya, who is in federal custody.
For those who don't know, Darnella was the girl who shared the first viral video of George Floyd's murder.
For those who don't know, Darnella was the girl who shared the first viral video of George Floyd's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Please read this Facebook post from Darnella Frazier about her sister Rekeya, who is in federal custody.
For those who don't know, Darnella was the girl who shared the first viral video of George Floyd's murder.
For those who don't know, Darnella was the girl who shared the first viral video of George Floyd's murder.
Confirmed, another banger
Also, Josh O’Connor - humina humina humina
Also, Josh O’Connor - humina humina humina
Enjoying the Knives Out movie so far but disappointed that Mika Kunis is still finding work
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Confirmed, another banger
Also, Josh O’Connor - humina humina humina
Also, Josh O’Connor - humina humina humina
Enjoying the Knives Out movie so far but disappointed that Mika Kunis is still finding work
December 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Enjoying the Knives Out movie so far but disappointed that Mika Kunis is still finding work
It should not be possible for a govt agency to attach devices onto your body that you can't remove
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It should not be possible for a govt agency to attach devices onto your body that you can't remove
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
What does this mean for US citizens who are not immigrants and therefore do not have immigration docs
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What does this mean for US citizens who are not immigrants and therefore do not have immigration docs
I hope the relationship between state violence and interpersonal violence is clear to people
newrepublic.com/post/204059/...
newrepublic.com/post/204059/...
Karoline Leavitt’s Brother Had Grim Custody Fight With ICE-Arrested Ex
ICE arrested Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, in November.
newrepublic.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I hope the relationship between state violence and interpersonal violence is clear to people
newrepublic.com/post/204059/...
newrepublic.com/post/204059/...
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Chenjarai starting a weekly interview podcast is how I know there's a universal power who loves me, and that together we will win.
This week - on the heels of Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in NYC’s mayoral election -I’m talking to Maya Meredith, a Brooklyn-based leader in the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America’s Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color Caucus.
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Chenjarai starting a weekly interview podcast is how I know there's a universal power who loves me, and that together we will win.