Alicia Wilson Baker
@aliciawbaker.bsky.social
she / her. Californian by birth, Hoosier by choice. Can hold 8 pumpkins at once, among other amiable qualities.
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I'll never forget staggering out of bed post C-section to visit my NICU baby for weeks. It was probably the hardest thing I've lived through even though it was uneventful and the tiny baby is now almost my height. I cannot imagine what this woman has suffered. Abolish ICE, amnesty now.
Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'll never forget staggering out of bed post C-section to visit my NICU baby for weeks. It was probably the hardest thing I've lived through even though it was uneventful and the tiny baby is now almost my height. I cannot imagine what this woman has suffered. Abolish ICE, amnesty now.
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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[through gritted teeth, visibly trembling] I must strive to maintain a sense of whimsy
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
[through gritted teeth, visibly trembling] I must strive to maintain a sense of whimsy
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The only one learning is ChatGPT
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The only one learning is ChatGPT
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"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
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"Several teachers fled with a student and hid in a back of a pickup truck, 'terrified of being found,' Meadow said.
'They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know,' Meadow said."
'They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know,' Meadow said."
The incident happened in front of parents and children, Martin and a parent said. Other workers became afraid to come in, and the daycare center closed for the day, parents said.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/d...
📝 @mollydevore.bsky.social & Mack Liederman
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/d...
📝 @mollydevore.bsky.social & Mack Liederman
Daycare Teacher Pulled Out Of Preschool By Armed Federal Agents, 'Traumatizing' Parents
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee is legally allowed to work in the United States.
blockclubchicago.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Several teachers fled with a student and hid in a back of a pickup truck, 'terrified of being found,' Meadow said.
'They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know,' Meadow said."
'They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know,' Meadow said."
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"Corporations trying to get by without having to pay their employees a living wage could really suffer if they have to absorb the costs of the nearly 13% of SNAP recipients who aren’t able to afford food anymore, or of workers having to miss a shift to stand in line at a food bank."
It Is Cruel to Deny Food Assistance to Those Who Truly Deserve It: Corporations
“Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of beneficiaries of federal aid programs like Medicaid and food stamps, according to a study by...
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Corporations trying to get by without having to pay their employees a living wage could really suffer if they have to absorb the costs of the nearly 13% of SNAP recipients who aren’t able to afford food anymore, or of workers having to miss a shift to stand in line at a food bank."
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Big day for people who care about other people
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Big day for people who care about other people
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really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
... is this feeling... hope?
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
... is this feeling... hope?
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politica...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
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This will be a long thread on yesterday police massacre in Rio.
In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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🧵 Awful awful massacre in Brazil
Gente, é o maior massacre no Brasil desde o Araguaia. Entendo quem quer puxar pra Canudos ou Contestado ou etc, mas não podemos livrar a ditadura de 64 só porque ela escondia melhor seus corpos.
Morreram 41 guerrilheiros comunistas e mais de 1200 camponeses no Araguaia.
Morreram 41 guerrilheiros comunistas e mais de 1200 camponeses no Araguaia.
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This will be a long thread on yesterday police massacre in Rio.
In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.
Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump
Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.
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Treating the Declaration of Independence’s list of grievances like a to do list.
"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people."
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate …".
"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people."
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate …".
It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.
The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.
The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.
October 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Treating the Declaration of Independence’s list of grievances like a to do list.
"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people."
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate …".
"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people."
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate …".
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this is your periodic reminder that this doesn’t exist bc grandma didn’t take all of her antibiotics that one time. it’s because 80% of the antibiotic market is factory farming. *80 fucking percent.*
Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate. n.pr/3J0HVBC
Study: We're losing the war against drug-resistant infections faster than we thought
Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate.
n.pr
October 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
this is your periodic reminder that this doesn’t exist bc grandma didn’t take all of her antibiotics that one time. it’s because 80% of the antibiotic market is factory farming. *80 fucking percent.*
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shit ain’t over til it’s over
September 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
shit ain’t over til it’s over
I need the Cubs to not shit the bed tonight so they can go on to win the World Series again, thus undoing the worldwide curse that started immediately following their 2016 win. 😅
October 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I need the Cubs to not shit the bed tonight so they can go on to win the World Series again, thus undoing the worldwide curse that started immediately following their 2016 win. 😅
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It's always the people taking consistent action who feel they aren't doing "enough." Let that shit go. You are doing more than 85% of others.
I am personally at more than capacity. What we need is for others to do their part(s) too.
I am personally at more than capacity. What we need is for others to do their part(s) too.
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It's always the people taking consistent action who feel they aren't doing "enough." Let that shit go. You are doing more than 85% of others.
I am personally at more than capacity. What we need is for others to do their part(s) too.
I am personally at more than capacity. What we need is for others to do their part(s) too.
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meanwhile at the Riyadh Comedy Festival
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
meanwhile at the Riyadh Comedy Festival
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AI fans always seem puzzled why some people have a revulsion to AI and one issue is the people in charge of AI are repulsive
September 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
AI fans always seem puzzled why some people have a revulsion to AI and one issue is the people in charge of AI are repulsive
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yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats