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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@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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Recruiter here: I absolutely count homemaking and child rearing as experience because it freaking IS
Tell you what I’m OVER: The patronizing framing of feature stories marveling at how moms are throwing down right now for their communities. Come on. They’re constantly doing this emotional labor, planning, and work. It is not a stretch to assume their *skills* can be put to use on a larger scale.
February 16, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Recruiter here: I absolutely count homemaking and child rearing as experience because it freaking IS
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Yes, we know perfectly well that nothing on earth can shake you out of your vulgar liberal complacency.
February 13, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Yes, we know perfectly well that nothing on earth can shake you out of your vulgar liberal complacency.
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Make sure you vote blue in the midterms to save our democracy!! It’s the most important election of our lifetime!!
a man with his face painted like a clown is holding his nose .
ALT: a man with his face painted like a clown is holding his nose .
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Make sure you vote blue in the midterms to save our democracy!! It’s the most important election of our lifetime!!
Also, I've been waking up every morning at 5am in a panic about how the pedo-cabal bio-engineered the covid vaccine and am wondering what that means.
February 16, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Also, I've been waking up every morning at 5am in a panic about how the pedo-cabal bio-engineered the covid vaccine and am wondering what that means.
You ever watch Tony Bourdain and just get really fucking sad?
February 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
You ever watch Tony Bourdain and just get really fucking sad?
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Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
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if dems come around with nothing for the streets after maga won a squeaker and tore the federal government apart it's a wrap for the place. you only keepin the seat warm before the next demolition phase.
February 15, 2026 at 11:20 PM
if dems come around with nothing for the streets after maga won a squeaker and tore the federal government apart it's a wrap for the place. you only keepin the seat warm before the next demolition phase.
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Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
How a TikToker and former actress is helping lead California’s earthquake work
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
bit.ly
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
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This common culture bullshit is rooted in the Nazi's Ahnenerbe-an anthropological "cultural institute" hyper-focused on proving global cultural continuity of German cultural primacy through space & time in order to justify their invasions & genocidal campaigns. Think Indiana Jones, but extra-Nazi.
Look I don't wanna boost that Elon post about English / Scots / Irish stuff more than it needs to be boosted but anyone claiming that English / Scots / Irish culture are the same inherent base culture is inherently disqualified from any further commentary on English / Scots / Irish culture.
February 15, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This common culture bullshit is rooted in the Nazi's Ahnenerbe-an anthropological "cultural institute" hyper-focused on proving global cultural continuity of German cultural primacy through space & time in order to justify their invasions & genocidal campaigns. Think Indiana Jones, but extra-Nazi.
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Sophie Scholl (& the White Rose Resistance) stood up to the #Nazi regime. Made leaflets & passed them out at university. Executed by guillotine at age 21. She could have stopped the execution, but stood up for what she believed (anti-Nazi beliefs). A true #hero.
#WhiteRoseResistance #SophieScholl
#WhiteRoseResistance #SophieScholl
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Sophie Scholl (& the White Rose Resistance) stood up to the #Nazi regime. Made leaflets & passed them out at university. Executed by guillotine at age 21. She could have stopped the execution, but stood up for what she believed (anti-Nazi beliefs). A true #hero.
#WhiteRoseResistance #SophieScholl
#WhiteRoseResistance #SophieScholl
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You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
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Hugs are therapeutic.
February 15, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Hugs are therapeutic.
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"We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend"
This is one of the absolute best reasons I've heard to encourage folks to learn their native languages and learn to dream beyond colonial bounds.
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This is one of the absolute best reasons I've heard to encourage folks to learn their native languages and learn to dream beyond colonial bounds.
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February 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend"
This is one of the absolute best reasons I've heard to encourage folks to learn their native languages and learn to dream beyond colonial bounds.
<3<3<3<3<3
This is one of the absolute best reasons I've heard to encourage folks to learn their native languages and learn to dream beyond colonial bounds.
<3<3<3<3<3
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
February 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
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Jelani Cobb has a piece in The New Yorker that talks about how the Fugitive Slave Act radicalized people in the North against slavery. They didn't like seeing slave catchers kidnapping and terrorizing people in their cities.
February 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Jelani Cobb has a piece in The New Yorker that talks about how the Fugitive Slave Act radicalized people in the North against slavery. They didn't like seeing slave catchers kidnapping and terrorizing people in their cities.
do you ever think about how we could be the size of quarks within whatever the universe is or is it just me?
February 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
do you ever think about how we could be the size of quarks within whatever the universe is or is it just me?
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Mahmoud needs a lot of help for his sick child if you can.
My son is fighting for his life 😭💔
Today we gave him a unit of blood after he lost a lot, but he is still very weak.
We don’t have the money for his treatment or healthy food, and we urgently need $300 to save him
Every passing moment could be his last… please help us 🙏💔
chuffed.org/project/mahm...
Today we gave him a unit of blood after he lost a lot, but he is still very weak.
We don’t have the money for his treatment or healthy food, and we urgently need $300 to save him
Every passing moment could be his last… please help us 🙏💔
chuffed.org/project/mahm...
February 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Mahmoud needs a lot of help for his sick child if you can.
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Happy death of Captain Cook day to the Hawaiian people and all others who celebrate it! The Hawaiian people 💀'd him today in 1779.
Dr. Haunani Kay Trask talking about how these white people knew wtf they were doing. A great reminder to not let these people revise history and play in your face.
Dr. Haunani Kay Trask talking about how these white people knew wtf they were doing. A great reminder to not let these people revise history and play in your face.
February 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Happy death of Captain Cook day to the Hawaiian people and all others who celebrate it! The Hawaiian people 💀'd him today in 1779.
Dr. Haunani Kay Trask talking about how these white people knew wtf they were doing. A great reminder to not let these people revise history and play in your face.
Dr. Haunani Kay Trask talking about how these white people knew wtf they were doing. A great reminder to not let these people revise history and play in your face.
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The key thing here is that the local rapid response was able to figure out who had been taken, and make sure there was a lawyer working to free her. That makes a world of difference.
Call if you see this happening, and join your local one if you're a citizen.
Call if you see this happening, and join your local one if you're a citizen.
February 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The key thing here is that the local rapid response was able to figure out who had been taken, and make sure there was a lawyer working to free her. That makes a world of difference.
Call if you see this happening, and join your local one if you're a citizen.
Call if you see this happening, and join your local one if you're a citizen.
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Once more: Columbia could have fought; it chose not.
NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops its appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. But it ...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Once more: Columbia could have fought; it chose not.
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
Do you know which house you have Aries in your astrological chart? That aspect of your life is getting a new boost of energy and requiring both action and consideration.
February 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Do you know which house you have Aries in your astrological chart? That aspect of your life is getting a new boost of energy and requiring both action and consideration.
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Supporting Gavin Newsom in the primary is announcing that you'll step over the dead bodies of trans people and unhoused people to get what you personally want. It's a character defect. We can't be friends.
February 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Supporting Gavin Newsom in the primary is announcing that you'll step over the dead bodies of trans people and unhoused people to get what you personally want. It's a character defect. We can't be friends.