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Melanie Sonsteng-Person

@sonstengperson.bsky.social

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Asst Prof of Social Work || PAR & Qual methodologist || Working with communities to interrupt racial & systemic trauma in K12 & higher education || Constant movement towards liberation || #Biking #Academia #Liberation #Climate #Plants #MidCenturyFurniture

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Nov 16

I am trying my best to add all the social work academics from twitter into this list so we have a curated feed. Please let me know if you’d like to be added! And also don’t forget to pin the list to your feed!

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jul 8

Yes! Sooo much growth. And the identification of trauma triggers. And knowing our worth is outside of our jobs. So a little anti capitalism too.

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jul 8

The number of times I’ve seen film crews at this park where people take naps and concerts happen… I will say it a million times. But the most dangerous thing in LA is the police (and now ICE).

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Jul 7

I've obtained a trove of leaked documents about today's federal crackdown on Los Angeles' MacArthur Park. One revelation is its codename: "Operation Excalibur"

Exclusive: Operation Excalibur in Los Angeles “Show of Presence”

Leaks from military's LA deployment reveal Coca Cola vs. Pepsi rivalry, sweaty guardsmen, and abject failure

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jul 8

As a mental health professional, I approve The Bear season 4 finale. And anyone saying otherwise is a sadist.

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 16

Oh my gosh woooooow!!! Amazing!!

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jun 16

As long as immigration sweeps are happening in the communities that farm workers live in, farm workers will continue being detained and deported.

Farm workers deserve REAL protections, so they can continue working without fear.

www.npr.org/2025/06/16/n...

After early reprieve from immigration enforcement, farming industry reckons with raids

The Trump administration's immigration enforcement mostly left farms and meat packing plants alone, until coordinated raids last week. Now, President Trump is signaling continued support for farmers.

www.npr.org

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 16

I love my little town. It was jam packed! We were corner hoping as each street corner had more and more folks join in.

awwwhellno.bsky.social @awwwhellno.bsky.social · Jun 14

Salem MA, they showed up loud and proud

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jun 15

While some kids are spending #FathersDay with their dads, recent raids in farm worker communities means we have kids who are tracking their dads to detention centers with airtags. #WeFeedYou

A photo of the fields and another photo showing ice raids in the background with these words: While some kids are spending #FathersDay with their dads, recent raids in farm worker communities means we have kids who are tracking their dads to detention centers with airtags. #WeFeedYou

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 15

I’m so sick of hearing people get mad at news outlets owned by private corporations and the uber rich. Stop expecting them to be anything other than what they’ve always been and instead support independent news sources.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · Jun 13

Remigration is a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations.

This is neo-nazism.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jun 12

“I am reversing the Invasion. It's called Remigration.”

Trump: The Biden Administration and Governor
Newscum flooded America with 21 Million Illegal Aliens, destroying Schools, Hospitals and Communities, and consuming untold Billions of Dollars in Free Welfare. All of them have to go home, as do countless other Illegals and Criminals, who will turn us into a bankrupt Third World Nation. America was invaded and occupied. I am reversing the Invasion. It's called Remigration. Our courageous ICE Officers, who are daily being subjected to doxxing and murder threats, are HEROES. We will always have their back as they carry out this noble mission.
America will be for Americans again!
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6/12/25, 3:45 PM

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jun 12

By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.

But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 12

Hahahahah 😂😂😂

Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 12

I spit out my drink with this conclusion hahahha

Lock Wilford @lockwilford.com · Dec 16

To be honest if you have never had to boot up a computer with a five inch floppy disk then you have had it easy and I think you're a pussy

Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 12

The resurrection means it wasn’t a last

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is horrifying

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jun 11

We feed you.
They hunt us.

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 10

Timeline cleanse

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · Jun 9

POV: You are a cat with seven children

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · Jun 9

Oh no, an "insurrection" of dancing

Imagine being the sourpuss deploying 700 very expensive Marines to ... what? Make LA be the town from Footloose?

California Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · Jun 9

This is the spirit of Los Angeles.

This is California.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

#FreeDavidEndRaids

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Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 10

More accounts of what’s happening please

MoxReuby @moxreuby.bsky.social · Jun 9

THERE ARE NO RIOTS

Guys. I'm in LA. I'm going to a variety show tonight across town. There are not riots happening. There are peaceful protests being fired upon.

Peaceful means nonviolent hut it does not mean sedate. No rioting, no looting is happening. LA is protecting neighbors.

Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 10

I see tons of reposts of lies from Fox News and the govt. instead of reposting and giving them a platform let’s keep posting what’s happening on the ground.

Trying to argue law, truth, and logic with these folks has never worked. Stop wasting your energy doing it.

Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 10

No uber. No uber eats.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 9

the Uber CEO tells Trump his company supports the MAGA reconciliation bill (that will strip millions of healthcare and food support)

Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 10

They’re making sure what they’re doing isn’t televised.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jun 10

CNN’s reporter on scene in Los Angeles: I’m being detained..

Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 10

I don’t know I feel like if AI can write a whole executive order and lay off half the federal workforce, it should automatically skip the intro of every show I rewatch

Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 9

Your tax dollars at work.

People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · Jun 9

Impossible to post all of the videos from today but here’s LAPD unloading dozens of rounds at the barricade. They did this for over an hour.

Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 9

They do whatever they want. They’re unhinged.

tompaine1776.bsky.social @tompaine1776.bsky.social · Jun 9

Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 9

Decades of evidence of terror from the LAPD.

Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · Jun 9

One thing I saw a lot this afternoon was individual cops just getting annoyed by an individual and then suddenly clubbing or shooting rubber bullets at them. With all sorts of LAPD superiors, hundreds with phones and media present. Like they can just go off in public if they're feeling pestered.

Melanie Sonsteng-Person @sonstengperson.bsky.social · Jun 9

The LAPD is so violent

Robert Saint Lawrence @robertsaintlawrence.social · Jun 9

LAPD when they think no one’s looking

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