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shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 18d

78 Faces of Power: the Elemental Tarot Zines box set is here!

i've taken the long-form writings from my website + distilled them into polished gems, + quotes, collage artwork + elemental playlists for each issue ⭐️

1/3 of this limited edition is already living in the world...

#tarotsky #zinesky

a september interlude — shea in the catskills

Introducing 78 Faces of Power: The Elemental Tarot Zines Box Set

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 16h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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nicholatorbett.bsky.social @nicholatorbett.bsky.social · 14h

This is liturgy right here.

Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 16h

The priest on the right is holding a monstrance. It’s used to display a piece of communion bread — which Catholics believe becomes the literal body of Christ when it’s consecrated — for worship.

A monstrance is normally only used in *very* solemn ceremonies.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 19h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 19h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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batkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 2d

“But I don't WANNA take a nap!” the five-year-old screams.

I kneel down and stare her dead in the eyes. “You will, kid. Some day. When it's not even an option anymore.”

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shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 21h

i ordered a half dozen of these for my friends + i to read together. feels like such essential readings #inthesetimes

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22h

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Lane Smith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤘🏻🖤🔥 @leftlanesmith.bsky.social · 1d

Hope is a hammer. "You can act as if there’s a tomorrow worth protecting – even when your deepest, most secret heart is convinced there is no hope to be found. The beautiful thing about being in community with others is that if your hammer breaks... you can still build new things..." ❤️‍🔥🥰

Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · Jun 22

Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a keynote speech at the Locus awards. You can view the speech and read the full text here.

stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/

Hammer Speech

Last night, I got to stand up in front of the audience at the Locus Awards ceremony. I wound up presenting the Locus Award for Best Short Story (congratulations, Isabel J. Kim!) – but first, I deliver...

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shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 1d

this! ❤️‍🔥

Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

Some folks can't see the fascism, and so they have false optimism that causes them not to act against it.

Other folks see the fascism, and they feel so hopeless that they don't act against it.

What we need is a combination of the ability to see things honestly as well as to be empowered.

shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 1d

🧵 ⤵️ ❤️‍🔥#rehearsingthefuture

renouncing all-or-nothing thinking

change can be small + iterative + still MATTER, even if it doesn’t “solve” anything

Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · 1d

Shuli Branson recently invited me on The Breakup Theory podcast to talk about a listener letter from someone who had a difficult experience with a community accountability process and was left feeling isolated and defeated.

You can listen to the whole episode wherever you get podcasts.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 1d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 23d

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 1d

Do you like Zohran's goals of universal childcare + free buses? That means you want New York State to tax the rich.

It also means you disagree with Governor Kathy Hochul, who's telling state agencies to reduce services.

Hochul is facing a primary next year; let us make #TaxTheRich the main issue.

Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 1d

🤓WONKY STATEMENT ALERT🤓

Gov. Hochul wants to cut New York State Agency budgets (again). But with [gestures wildly] everything going on right now, New Yorkers need to be able to depend on public programs AND the people who keep them running.

👇Our full statement👇 (& more wonkiness in this thread)

On Thursday, New York State Budget Director Blake Washington sent a letter to agency commissioners, requesting that their budget proposals for the next fiscal year not exceed the amount of the current fiscal year; in other words, their budget requests for the 2027 Fiscal Year should remain “flat.” This follows a New York Focus report that already-strained government staff must scramble to enforce new federal SNAP requirements in a matter of weeks. In response, the Invest in Our New York Campaign released the following statement:

“While Gov. Hochul will frame this request as keeping budgets flat, we know the truth: This is a cut to public programs and services. As costs skyrocket and many agencies are already short-staffed, the governor wants public servants to do more with so much less.

“Gov. Hochul needs to stop playing the blame game with D.C. Republicans and start acting in the best interest of the people she represents. Convene a special session, raise the public funds our state desperately needs by taxing the super-rich, and invest in the offices, programs, and services that support New Yorkers.”

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shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 1d

so this happened today 😭

thank you @amandayatesgarcia.bsky.social for sharing about my latest project in your newsletter 💓

#tarotsky

Tarot, Torah, and Witchcraft

A Venus Day Love List (plus upcoming events)

amandayatesgarcia.substack.com

shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 2d

@feelingndealing.bsky.social 🥔🥔🥔!

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 2d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.

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it's frank-en-SCHTEEN 🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 2d

today's card pull: if you've been burned before you might look at a certain offer very skeptically - and you're right to, and know that "no" is a full sentence. but make sure your past experience isn't over-colouring the situation & preventing you from seeing what's really on offer #tarot #tarotsky

two tarot cards: the queen of swords and four of cups

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shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 4d

same tbh

jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 4d

feel like we can do better than “man these guys are real fatsos” when talking about agents of state violence idk

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 4d

educators for palestine are being led in this march by a small child playing a drum

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 4d

in the weeks following 10/7/23, i remember hearing Jon Elmer—military analyst for the Electronic Intifada—talk about Israel's operations in Gaza potentially going on for years + I thought, "there's no WAY this can go on for YEARS"

may god have mercy on all of our souls 💔

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 4d

She’s left us no choice. It’s time for Isaac Chotiner to interview Bari Weiss.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 4d

Is "God's Natural Order" in the room with us now.

Does it have big bazooms and ready for action tonight?

Twette from Schriver:

The mouth and anus are not reproductive organs. Sodomy is indeed a crime against God and natural order.
This sin releases plagues of disease, promiscuity and perversion into our local communities.
Repent, yield to Christ, be fruitful and multiply!

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shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 4d

you know what: FUCK cnn
the counterinsurgency really is counterinsurgency-ing

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 4d

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shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 5d

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shea in the catskills @sheainthecatskills.com · 5d

understanding the assignment
embodying values at the deepest level

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 5d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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