Rebecca Lyn Cooper
@rlcooper.bsky.social
“Cry havoc, and let loose the frogs of war!”
Designer, historian, rabble rouser. Loud and proud local government civil servant. She/they
“I ask not to be safe from my enemies, but dangerous to them.”
Designer, historian, rabble rouser. Loud and proud local government civil servant. She/they
“I ask not to be safe from my enemies, but dangerous to them.”
Wired has removed the paywall for this extremely useful piece. I think it’s required reading for 2026.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Wired has removed the paywall for this extremely useful piece. I think it’s required reading for 2026.
I learned how to make paper cranes yesterday. Not too bad for my very first one.
December 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I learned how to make paper cranes yesterday. Not too bad for my very first one.
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
Hear now these words, set down as fate decreed: In the waning light of this day, it was sung in the dulcet tones of George Michael that #Whamageddon has come and I am sent to #Whamhalla.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hear now these words, set down as fate decreed: In the waning light of this day, it was sung in the dulcet tones of George Michael that #Whamageddon has come and I am sent to #Whamhalla.
I’ve been reading a lot of the “kids these days” discourse, and something I can unequivocally say (even though I haven’t been in front of a classroom in something like a decade) is that the core problem with kids these days is that they are being systematically failed by adults these days.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I’ve been reading a lot of the “kids these days” discourse, and something I can unequivocally say (even though I haven’t been in front of a classroom in something like a decade) is that the core problem with kids these days is that they are being systematically failed by adults these days.
Sleepy Don
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Sleepy Don
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Boston, my beloved. I’m so proud of us.
October 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Boston, my beloved. I’m so proud of us.
Looking good, @wendyzski.bsky.social!
October 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Looking good, @wendyzski.bsky.social!
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Today’s No Kings protest could be the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.
People have power.
People have power.
October 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Today’s No Kings protest could be the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.
People have power.
People have power.
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ICYMI yesterday:
I wrote about Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America – and why democratic citizens have an obligation to hold the line on what we consider beyond the pale.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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I wrote about Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America – and why democratic citizens have an obligation to hold the line on what we consider beyond the pale.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America
steady.page
October 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
ICYMI yesterday:
I wrote about Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America – and why democratic citizens have an obligation to hold the line on what we consider beyond the pale.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
I wrote about Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America – and why democratic citizens have an obligation to hold the line on what we consider beyond the pale.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
Waffles?
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Do I want to know?
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Do I want to know?
October 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Waffles?
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Do I want to know?
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Do I want to know?
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
Let's be clear - the #shutdown arrived on January 20th, it just hasn't been evenly distributed.
It was 255 days ago that the admin started planning to fire people, freezing unfilled positions, cancelling contracts and payments, clawing back funds, and locking people out of their workplaces.
It was 255 days ago that the admin started planning to fire people, freezing unfilled positions, cancelling contracts and payments, clawing back funds, and locking people out of their workplaces.
October 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Let's be clear - the #shutdown arrived on January 20th, it just hasn't been evenly distributed.
It was 255 days ago that the admin started planning to fire people, freezing unfilled positions, cancelling contracts and payments, clawing back funds, and locking people out of their workplaces.
It was 255 days ago that the admin started planning to fire people, freezing unfilled positions, cancelling contracts and payments, clawing back funds, and locking people out of their workplaces.
“I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” —Clarence Darrow
September 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” —Clarence Darrow
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Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
September 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
Hi, @stephengosspottery.bsky.social. We met when you were in Somerville during Yart Sale weekend. I'd like to talk to you about your work, can you please message me with a way to contact you?
August 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hi, @stephengosspottery.bsky.social. We met when you were in Somerville during Yart Sale weekend. I'd like to talk to you about your work, can you please message me with a way to contact you?
Aisling Cooper. 2 July 2010 - 24 August 2025
August 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Aisling Cooper. 2 July 2010 - 24 August 2025
Hey, @weratedogs.com! Spotted in the wilds of Salem, Ma.
August 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hey, @weratedogs.com! Spotted in the wilds of Salem, Ma.
Just heard an interview where @miasato.bsky.social described how shopping currently serves as a stand in for having a hobby, and ooof. I need to go lay down.
August 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Just heard an interview where @miasato.bsky.social described how shopping currently serves as a stand in for having a hobby, and ooof. I need to go lay down.
Oh, wow, thanks so much @dansinker.com, for your post on the Galloping Ghost Arcade. So much gorgeous video game art, and it took me back to my obsession with the video game packaging and console art produced by Psygnosis/Roger Dean!
August 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Oh, wow, thanks so much @dansinker.com, for your post on the Galloping Ghost Arcade. So much gorgeous video game art, and it took me back to my obsession with the video game packaging and console art produced by Psygnosis/Roger Dean!
Hey, @311somerville.bsky.social! I interrupted a rat hootenanny at the bottom of the metal steps to the community path at Lowell st, including a couple of expired partygoers. Can you please send a cleanup and some bait/treatment?
July 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Hey, @311somerville.bsky.social! I interrupted a rat hootenanny at the bottom of the metal steps to the community path at Lowell st, including a couple of expired partygoers. Can you please send a cleanup and some bait/treatment?
Accosted by a ruffian on my way home. What is this city coming to when you have teenagers roaming the streets and menacing the populace?!?
June 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Accosted by a ruffian on my way home. What is this city coming to when you have teenagers roaming the streets and menacing the populace?!?