A. J. Lee
@byajlee.myatproto.social
Korean American, near Chicago
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I'm worried about how terrible the economy is going to be over the next few years. Worse than it's been.
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm worried about how terrible the economy is going to be over the next few years. Worse than it's been.
Because I have time, hoping to reread Split and Becoming Ghost by @cathylinhche.bsky.social this week/weekend. ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Because I have time, hoping to reread Split and Becoming Ghost by @cathylinhche.bsky.social this week/weekend. ❤️
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for real, come to Chicago, go to this.
"Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind" highlights decades of peace-focused art that stands on its own.
At last, a Yoko Ono retrospective free of The Beatles blame game
"Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind" highlights decades of peace-focused art that stands on its own.
www.salon.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
for real, come to Chicago, go to this.
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People are already doing what you say they *should be* doing. You could join them.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
People are already doing what you say they *should be* doing. You could join them.
I have done this except I stare at The Old Guitarist by Picasso.
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I have done this except I stare at The Old Guitarist by Picasso.
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importantly not saying we’re faultless or that there are no conversations that need to take place—only that we’re being misrepresented and people for some reason love that narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
importantly not saying we’re faultless or that there are no conversations that need to take place—only that we’re being misrepresented and people for some reason love that narrative.
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still seeing a lot of that extremely typical thing where, during this administration, people fixate on the pockets of conservatives among asian americans without referencing any real data so it feels important to keep pointing out how wildly unpopular trump’s policies are among us
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
still seeing a lot of that extremely typical thing where, during this administration, people fixate on the pockets of conservatives among asian americans without referencing any real data so it feels important to keep pointing out how wildly unpopular trump’s policies are among us
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Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of The Tulsa Race Massacre passed away. Let’s honor her memory by remembering her story
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of The Tulsa Race Massacre passed away. Let’s honor her memory by remembering her story
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
I was at a mindfulness retreat yrs ago among the redwoods in CA. I was closed off at first, but after the 1st session, I stepped out and could smell the trees. Later that night I realized I hadn't looked up all day. This is what I saw.
(A reminder to breathe if you are having a difficult holiday.)
(A reminder to breathe if you are having a difficult holiday.)
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I was at a mindfulness retreat yrs ago among the redwoods in CA. I was closed off at first, but after the 1st session, I stepped out and could smell the trees. Later that night I realized I hadn't looked up all day. This is what I saw.
(A reminder to breathe if you are having a difficult holiday.)
(A reminder to breathe if you are having a difficult holiday.)
For my dear friend's daughter. Always.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
For my dear friend's daughter. Always.
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This is why fascists oppose gender-affirming care.
Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is why fascists oppose gender-affirming care.
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
I used to have a tradition of making containers of chap chae for friends and neighbors during the holidays. I think I want to start that tradition again. (I have a non-Korean friend who loves chap chae...).
I have the sweet potato noodles...just need all the other ingredients, lol...
I have the sweet potato noodles...just need all the other ingredients, lol...
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I used to have a tradition of making containers of chap chae for friends and neighbors during the holidays. I think I want to start that tradition again. (I have a non-Korean friend who loves chap chae...).
I have the sweet potato noodles...just need all the other ingredients, lol...
I have the sweet potato noodles...just need all the other ingredients, lol...
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That’s the condition here in Los Angeles, abductions are still happening daily. @lataco.bsky.social has been reporting 6 days a week, basically listing all the abductions they know about
It’s horrific but an invaluable resource. Especially because Los Angeles is so geographically huge
It’s horrific but an invaluable resource. Especially because Los Angeles is so geographically huge
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
That’s the condition here in Los Angeles, abductions are still happening daily. @lataco.bsky.social has been reporting 6 days a week, basically listing all the abductions they know about
It’s horrific but an invaluable resource. Especially because Los Angeles is so geographically huge
It’s horrific but an invaluable resource. Especially because Los Angeles is so geographically huge
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Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
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Bitch what the fuck?!
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Bitch what the fuck?!
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"Tyranny requires constant effort."
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Tyranny requires constant effort."
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Morning soundtrack.
Grew up on his music, and was lucky enough to see him live in the late 80s in Berkeley. I've rarely seen a performer bring so much energy to the stage, and he left it all there.
What a loss.
Grew up on his music, and was lucky enough to see him live in the late 80s in Berkeley. I've rarely seen a performer bring so much energy to the stage, and he left it all there.
What a loss.
Jimmy Cliff- Many Rivers To Cross
YouTube video by rockyfl86
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November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Morning soundtrack.
Grew up on his music, and was lucky enough to see him live in the late 80s in Berkeley. I've rarely seen a performer bring so much energy to the stage, and he left it all there.
What a loss.
Grew up on his music, and was lucky enough to see him live in the late 80s in Berkeley. I've rarely seen a performer bring so much energy to the stage, and he left it all there.
What a loss.
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
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Happy World Walrus Day! The English word walrus probably comes from Dutch and means “whale horse.” The Albanian name for a walrus, lopë deti, means “sea cow.” And the Navajo word for a walrus is tábąąstííntsoh bideeʼ hólónígíí. It means “big otter that lies on the shore, with tusks”
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Happy World Walrus Day! The English word walrus probably comes from Dutch and means “whale horse.” The Albanian name for a walrus, lopë deti, means “sea cow.” And the Navajo word for a walrus is tábąąstííntsoh bideeʼ hólónígíí. It means “big otter that lies on the shore, with tusks”
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Thank you, same. I am uninterested in critic reviews because they did not weep the way I wept.
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Thank you, same. I am uninterested in critic reviews because they did not weep the way I wept.
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i loved wicked 2 i will hear no slander i cried like a tiny baby
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
i loved wicked 2 i will hear no slander i cried like a tiny baby
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Abolish ICE is the absolute minimum acceptable policy.
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Abolish ICE is the absolute minimum acceptable policy.
I was a longtime volunteer of The Night Ministry in Chicago (2011-2020 until the pandemic), volunteering on the Health Outreach bus frm 6 pm-midnight many Sunday nights, helping the underserved & unhoused.
Pls consider learning abt & donating if you are able
Pls consider learning abt & donating if you are able
Home
www.thenightministry.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I was a longtime volunteer of The Night Ministry in Chicago (2011-2020 until the pandemic), volunteering on the Health Outreach bus frm 6 pm-midnight many Sunday nights, helping the underserved & unhoused.
Pls consider learning abt & donating if you are able
Pls consider learning abt & donating if you are able