Erika Bogarka
@stardustetoile.bsky.social
disabled, dog mom, writer, Hungarian-American
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Hi! If you're reading this, my name is Erika. I am a lifelong #Cary #NC resident who is a dual citizen of the US and EU (half Hungarian). I was raised here by my Hungarian #immigrant grandma, Ildiko, who took pride in being a dual citizen as well. I want to share a little about me on this thread.
He loves his aunt Eureka again
My son betrayed me.
He said grapes go in a berry bowl.
He said grapes go in a berry bowl.
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
He loves his aunt Eureka again
This made me cackle too hard lol
I thought @stardustetoile.bsky.social loved me but she just hit me the 🎈 like It 🤦🏿♀️
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This made me cackle too hard lol
I am highly depressed and it's not looking good for Thanksgiving, I'll be all alone
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I am highly depressed and it's not looking good for Thanksgiving, I'll be all alone
20 years ago I wanted to have crimped hair and big hoop earrings as an adult and to this day, i still do despite not having a crimper or piercings
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
20 years ago I wanted to have crimped hair and big hoop earrings as an adult and to this day, i still do despite not having a crimper or piercings
I attended a meeting via Zoom (thank you for that accessibility tool!) through Defend and Resist and hope to aid Siembra. I called into the hotline today for the first time, and it probably won't be the last. I'm willing to step up in Cary if nobody else will.
We’ve heard agents try to intimidate people, telling them that they’re not going anywhere. Well, neither are we. Because this is our home. And what you are seeing are hundreds of North Carolinians meeting this moment by helping ensure that everyone who calls this place home can live and work safely.
For a Safe North Carolina - Defend and Recruit
For a Safe North Carolina HELP OUR COMMUNITIES IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS Right now, Border Patrol is attacking our communities and our people. Our elected representatives, faith leaders, and business own...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I attended a meeting via Zoom (thank you for that accessibility tool!) through Defend and Resist and hope to aid Siembra. I called into the hotline today for the first time, and it probably won't be the last. I'm willing to step up in Cary if nobody else will.
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Today was day 5 of CBP’s operation in our state. And agents again did in Charlotte, Hickory, Lenoir, and Blowing Rock what they have been doing here and in other states where they have been deployed: Disrupting the lives of the people that live and work in our communities defendandrecruit.org/safenc
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Today was day 5 of CBP’s operation in our state. And agents again did in Charlotte, Hickory, Lenoir, and Blowing Rock what they have been doing here and in other states where they have been deployed: Disrupting the lives of the people that live and work in our communities defendandrecruit.org/safenc
Ok, more minute details about me:
I'm fluent in French, can understand elementary Hungarian
I love vinyl and thrift shopping
I love crab legs so much
I like dancing when I have a low pain day and sitting outside with friends people-watching
I have a lovely dog :)
I'm fluent in French, can understand elementary Hungarian
I love vinyl and thrift shopping
I love crab legs so much
I like dancing when I have a low pain day and sitting outside with friends people-watching
I have a lovely dog :)
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Ok, more minute details about me:
I'm fluent in French, can understand elementary Hungarian
I love vinyl and thrift shopping
I love crab legs so much
I like dancing when I have a low pain day and sitting outside with friends people-watching
I have a lovely dog :)
I'm fluent in French, can understand elementary Hungarian
I love vinyl and thrift shopping
I love crab legs so much
I like dancing when I have a low pain day and sitting outside with friends people-watching
I have a lovely dog :)
I would like to gently remind people who are organizing in the #RTP region and beyond for #protests against ICE to encourage people to mask up because the holidays are approaching, viruses like COVID, RSV, and flu spread fast, and it provides privacy + protects fellow protestors.
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I know that my efforts may amount to nothing, but hey, attempting to forge connections is how I've gathered a lot of online friends through activism. I clung to Twitter as long as I could, but many of my friends died from their disabilities and the crackdown on DM limits killed it for me.
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I know that my efforts may amount to nothing, but hey, attempting to forge connections is how I've gathered a lot of online friends through activism. I clung to Twitter as long as I could, but many of my friends died from their disabilities and the crackdown on DM limits killed it for me.
Hi! If you're reading this, my name is Erika. I am a lifelong #Cary #NC resident who is a dual citizen of the US and EU (half Hungarian). I was raised here by my Hungarian #immigrant grandma, Ildiko, who took pride in being a dual citizen as well. I want to share a little about me on this thread.
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Hi! If you're reading this, my name is Erika. I am a lifelong #Cary #NC resident who is a dual citizen of the US and EU (half Hungarian). I was raised here by my Hungarian #immigrant grandma, Ildiko, who took pride in being a dual citizen as well. I want to share a little about me on this thread.
my family emigrated to the US in 1969, first to NJ, then to NC for Burroughs Wellcome
my grandma's promotion was published in the #Cary Times back in 1973
my grandpa was interviewed by the Cary Times in 1978 for his restaurant
two #Hungarian immigrants, later US citizens, respected here
my grandma's promotion was published in the #Cary Times back in 1973
my grandpa was interviewed by the Cary Times in 1978 for his restaurant
two #Hungarian immigrants, later US citizens, respected here
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
my family emigrated to the US in 1969, first to NJ, then to NC for Burroughs Wellcome
my grandma's promotion was published in the #Cary Times back in 1973
my grandpa was interviewed by the Cary Times in 1978 for his restaurant
two #Hungarian immigrants, later US citizens, respected here
my grandma's promotion was published in the #Cary Times back in 1973
my grandpa was interviewed by the Cary Times in 1978 for his restaurant
two #Hungarian immigrants, later US citizens, respected here
also if anyone is concerned that i message them on a protest post, please know i'm genuinely interested in knowing people local to me and that i do have roots in comm orgs (disability activism) through UNC-CH and my sociology degree was half comm org strategy and half criminology
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
also if anyone is concerned that i message them on a protest post, please know i'm genuinely interested in knowing people local to me and that i do have roots in comm orgs (disability activism) through UNC-CH and my sociology degree was half comm org strategy and half criminology
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Federal immigration officers hauled away a construction worker in Cary, North Carolina. "About a half mile up the road, they looked at his wallet and saw he was a citizen," said his supervisor. "They pulled him out of the van and threw his wallet out the window. He had to walk back here." #ncpol
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November 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Federal immigration officers hauled away a construction worker in Cary, North Carolina. "About a half mile up the road, they looked at his wallet and saw he was a citizen," said his supervisor. "They pulled him out of the van and threw his wallet out the window. He had to walk back here." #ncpol
Hey #Cary - let's show up for #ICEWatch please. If you are in the area and are afraid to start networking, DM me. I'm open to meeting new folks with safety parameters and group up. We have to start somewhere. We need to support each other. In general, it would be nice to meet like-minded ppl.
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Hey #Charlotte, you’re all gonna feel really helpless in the coming weeks as you see videos of ICE brutalizing your community.
One thing you can do to help is contact your local food pantry and see if they need drivers to make deliveries for those in need who are afraid to leave their homes.
One thing you can do to help is contact your local food pantry and see if they need drivers to make deliveries for those in need who are afraid to leave their homes.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Hey #Charlotte, you’re all gonna feel really helpless in the coming weeks as you see videos of ICE brutalizing your community.
One thing you can do to help is contact your local food pantry and see if they need drivers to make deliveries for those in need who are afraid to leave their homes.
One thing you can do to help is contact your local food pantry and see if they need drivers to make deliveries for those in need who are afraid to leave their homes.
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It's great how every day of this war I have to explain to Americans that Eastern Europeans are not stupid and if they are asked to capitulate to Russia or die we will literally choose the rational option: death.
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's great how every day of this war I have to explain to Americans that Eastern Europeans are not stupid and if they are asked to capitulate to Russia or die we will literally choose the rational option: death.
I'm well aware I need to watch what I say - which is why I leave a lot out. My experience with organizing protests may be handy - so again, #Cary residents, let's be vigilant. Let's document and be witnesses. Let us do more than hold signs on a corner. We need to document.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I'm well aware I need to watch what I say - which is why I leave a lot out. My experience with organizing protests may be handy - so again, #Cary residents, let's be vigilant. Let's document and be witnesses. Let us do more than hold signs on a corner. We need to document.
In training through Siembra Defend and Recruit - learning how to help.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
In training through Siembra Defend and Recruit - learning how to help.
It should not be controversial to report and document kidnappings. This shouldn't be radical. It should be the base line for protecting your community.
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It should not be controversial to report and document kidnappings. This shouldn't be radical. It should be the base line for protecting your community.
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Hey Raleigh folks, it looks like ICE has maybe gotten Apple Maps and Google Maps to remove the listing for their local operations center. If you want to write them a letter, here’s the address they don’t want you to see:
140 Centrewest Ct, Cary, NC 27513
140 Centrewest Ct, Cary, NC 27513
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey Raleigh folks, it looks like ICE has maybe gotten Apple Maps and Google Maps to remove the listing for their local operations center. If you want to write them a letter, here’s the address they don’t want you to see:
140 Centrewest Ct, Cary, NC 27513
140 Centrewest Ct, Cary, NC 27513
we were asked what we would do back when we learned about the Holocaust during WWII and today I found out that I may be the only person around me willingly following and documenting the heinous actions and patrols against immigrants in my town
but AT LEAST I AM DOING IT
but AT LEAST I AM DOING IT
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
we were asked what we would do back when we learned about the Holocaust during WWII and today I found out that I may be the only person around me willingly following and documenting the heinous actions and patrols against immigrants in my town
but AT LEAST I AM DOING IT
but AT LEAST I AM DOING IT
They are still heavily in #Cary as of today, 11/19. Spotted them off High House and Maynard heading toward the detention center they have off of Evans Rd. Please be vigilant and call it in to Siembra NC! I did.
ICE was heavily in Cary NC today. Cary NC! Cary makes safest places to live lists all the time. The idea that they're here because of crime is ludicrous. I mean we all know that, but still. Thanks ICE for terrorizing yet another community.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
They are still heavily in #Cary as of today, 11/19. Spotted them off High House and Maynard heading toward the detention center they have off of Evans Rd. Please be vigilant and call it in to Siembra NC! I did.
Don't stay silent - if you see ICE and CBP activity, call it in. I just called in about patrols in Cary.
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Don't stay silent - if you see ICE and CBP activity, call it in. I just called in about patrols in Cary.
Spotted an ICE vehicle in #Cary - reported to the #Siembra hotline. Please be aware of a black, full tint F-150 Lightning vehicle, NC plates starting with TX- (gave full info to hotline)
on intersection of High House and Maynard, heading toward Evans Rd about ten minutes ago 11/19/25 #LaMigra
on intersection of High House and Maynard, heading toward Evans Rd about ten minutes ago 11/19/25 #LaMigra
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM