rhetoric hashira
@tumblesweed.bsky.social
ex-professor of rhetoric. current indie contract grant manager for rural and small Black-led and Native-led nonprofits. Sovereigntist. Abolitionist. White-privileged Yo'eme diaspora. masked. novavaxxed. land back. water back. they/them
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rhetoric hashira
@tumblesweed.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Okay. This is going to be my baking thread. Follow along with me on my journey if you want.
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"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
AI can't feed people.
What job are you gonna do when AI takes over? I guess I will try a bit of road licking
February 18, 2026 at 4:18 AM
AI can't feed people.
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
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RIP Jesse Jackson.
Here he is in 2016 riding into #NoDAPL camp at Standing Rock with great aplomb. He always did his best over many years to show up and support oppressed people in struggle.
Here he is in 2016 riding into #NoDAPL camp at Standing Rock with great aplomb. He always did his best over many years to show up and support oppressed people in struggle.
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
RIP Jesse Jackson.
Here he is in 2016 riding into #NoDAPL camp at Standing Rock with great aplomb. He always did his best over many years to show up and support oppressed people in struggle.
Here he is in 2016 riding into #NoDAPL camp at Standing Rock with great aplomb. He always did his best over many years to show up and support oppressed people in struggle.
So sad for Amber Glenn and also upset they interviewed her while she was clearly still struggling with what happened. Olympic athletes are put through so much unnecessary stress.
February 18, 2026 at 3:44 AM
So sad for Amber Glenn and also upset they interviewed her while she was clearly still struggling with what happened. Olympic athletes are put through so much unnecessary stress.
Alysa Liu skating to Laufey's "Promise", my favorite heartbreak song, had me crying before she got going. What a beautiful performance of absolute craft.
February 18, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Alysa Liu skating to Laufey's "Promise", my favorite heartbreak song, had me crying before she got going. What a beautiful performance of absolute craft.
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The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
February 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
ugh
Susan Collins says she's in favor of the SAVE Act, which is the Trump push to overhaul how elections are administered. wgme.com/news/local/c...
The bill would impose voter ID requirements... which Mainers literally just rejected in a referendum in November. boltsmag.org/five-ways-20...
The bill would impose voter ID requirements... which Mainers literally just rejected in a referendum in November. boltsmag.org/five-ways-20...
February 18, 2026 at 2:34 AM
ugh
Michigan is a mess as per usual
How is this even possible? Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for #MISen, "seemed generally impressed with the staff" at an ICE detention facility, per the @michiganadvance.com.
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
February 18, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Michigan is a mess as per usual
Japan has been showing UP to these figure skating competitions!
February 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Japan has been showing UP to these figure skating competitions!
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I agree, but we also have to acknowledge how many Indigenous journalists that currently exist and remain unemployed or dependent upon freelance work because of discriminatory hiring practices in newsrooms. Even when hired, Indigenous journalists have to fight to cover Indigenous beats.
Nelson Bird started his career in news in 1998 as a video journalist, producer & host of Indigenous Circle before becoming the assignment editor at CTV News Regina.
On tonight's episode of Face to Face he talks about his experience with the industry.
On tonight's episode of Face to Face he talks about his experience with the industry.
Cree journalist Nelson Bird says more Indigenous people should consider a career in journalism
Longtime Cree journalist Nelson Bird speaks with Face to Face about the need for more Indigenous people to get into the business.
www.aptnnews.ca
February 18, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I agree, but we also have to acknowledge how many Indigenous journalists that currently exist and remain unemployed or dependent upon freelance work because of discriminatory hiring practices in newsrooms. Even when hired, Indigenous journalists have to fight to cover Indigenous beats.
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Are his ties to Peter Thiel not a dealbreaker? Especially with the Epstein files.
February 18, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Are his ties to Peter Thiel not a dealbreaker? Especially with the Epstein files.
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a fucking pedophile sexually abused nearly every prospective and actual Olympian gymnast for over two decades, and the political discourse is hyper-fixated on the hypothetical unfairness of trans girls competing with cis girls
1 reason why I get so angry at anti-trans "safety in women's sports" people is NONE of them do SHIT or say ANYTHING about actual safety in womens sport. There are ongoing histories and challenges and abuses in sport, and folks are more than welcome to pay attention, and give a damn. But they don't.
February 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
a fucking pedophile sexually abused nearly every prospective and actual Olympian gymnast for over two decades, and the political discourse is hyper-fixated on the hypothetical unfairness of trans girls competing with cis girls
Italy gets the gold in speed skating! USA burned themselves out.
February 18, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Italy gets the gold in speed skating! USA burned themselves out.
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How many Jack in the Box tacos you want?… I’m heading there so make a decision what you want
February 18, 2026 at 12:55 AM
How many Jack in the Box tacos you want?… I’m heading there so make a decision what you want
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Fat Tuesday means Paczki Day in metro Detroit. Rooted in Polish American history and tradition, the sweet treat marks the last indulgence before Lent. George Kurzatkowski of the American Polish Cultural Center shares the culture and meaning behind Paczki Day.
wdet.org/2026/02/17/t...
wdet.org/2026/02/17/t...
February 17, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Fat Tuesday means Paczki Day in metro Detroit. Rooted in Polish American history and tradition, the sweet treat marks the last indulgence before Lent. George Kurzatkowski of the American Polish Cultural Center shares the culture and meaning behind Paczki Day.
wdet.org/2026/02/17/t...
wdet.org/2026/02/17/t...
Developing a federal grant budget for part of a larger program is not for the weak. I've been paying my dues, Saturn.
February 17, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Developing a federal grant budget for part of a larger program is not for the weak. I've been paying my dues, Saturn.
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MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @governorwalz.mn.gov fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, this would be the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.
February 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @governorwalz.mn.gov fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, this would be the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.
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This is just monarchy shit, sending the president’s best in law boy over to play fake peacemaker
February 17, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This is just monarchy shit, sending the president’s best in law boy over to play fake peacemaker
both can be true. also, everyone should be suing for the ongoing lack of infection mitigation and accommodations that keep occurring in enforced "back to normal"
Not to be unsympathetic to students but it's faculty and staff who should be suing, not the students.
I feel so miserable about this. Nearly broke myself working 16, 18 hour days during the pandemic. We did everything we possibly could, then doubled it, tripled it. HE is still struggling to get back off the floor, years later. Now another financial punch in the face.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
both can be true. also, everyone should be suing for the ongoing lack of infection mitigation and accommodations that keep occurring in enforced "back to normal"
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The pandemic also coincided with BLM protests in the US, both of which created an incredible amount of labor that was unequally distributed. Women scholars and scholars of color disproportionately shouldered that workload.
Then we were punished for it and our work dismantled. I am still furious.
Then we were punished for it and our work dismantled. I am still furious.
February 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The pandemic also coincided with BLM protests in the US, both of which created an incredible amount of labor that was unequally distributed. Women scholars and scholars of color disproportionately shouldered that workload.
Then we were punished for it and our work dismantled. I am still furious.
Then we were punished for it and our work dismantled. I am still furious.
i have never wanted to disappear off the grid more because every single part of society is terrible. no, thank you.
February 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
i have never wanted to disappear off the grid more because every single part of society is terrible. no, thank you.
did they reboot Zoolander or
are you gigarooting for androgenic or clavicular in the futuremaxxed warmogging?
February 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
did they reboot Zoolander or
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This is @glutelord.bsky.social and he's completely fucking correct. The fundamental tension at the heart of all incel culture is that these guys HATE women and refuse to appeal to them but desperately want to get laid anyway, and this contradiction can only really be resolved through violence
February 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
This is @glutelord.bsky.social and he's completely fucking correct. The fundamental tension at the heart of all incel culture is that these guys HATE women and refuse to appeal to them but desperately want to get laid anyway, and this contradiction can only really be resolved through violence