Crash Burning Amber
@crashburnsamber.bsky.social
30s. white non-binary person. 😷🔻🏳️🌈♿
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August 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
new[ly posted] poem: a minor necromancy crashmargulies.dreamwidth.org/2632.html
love to check my timelines after weeks away and remember why I left social media
March 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
love to check my timelines after weeks away and remember why I left social media
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some masking—in grocery stores, pharmacies, transit, *medical settings*—is better than none; every chain of transmission broken matters.
don’t know where to start?
•BonaFideMasks
•WellBeforeHQ
•Laiahnzhi
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•BNX
•3M
•CambridgeMaskCo
+buy directly from distributors for best quality
don’t know where to start?
•BonaFideMasks
•WellBeforeHQ
•Laiahnzhi
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•BNX
•3M
•CambridgeMaskCo
+buy directly from distributors for best quality
March 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
some masking—in grocery stores, pharmacies, transit, *medical settings*—is better than none; every chain of transmission broken matters.
don’t know where to start?
•BonaFideMasks
•WellBeforeHQ
•Laiahnzhi
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•BNX
•3M
•CambridgeMaskCo
+buy directly from distributors for best quality
don’t know where to start?
•BonaFideMasks
•WellBeforeHQ
•Laiahnzhi
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•BNX
•3M
•CambridgeMaskCo
+buy directly from distributors for best quality
alive but barely. bank acct is closed bc I didn't have money in it for too long. SNAP hasn't been renewed for March onward. missed med appts bc I am off a crucial med that makes me able to do more things. one of the lovely dogs in my house is mystery-injured and may be dying.
March 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
alive but barely. bank acct is closed bc I didn't have money in it for too long. SNAP hasn't been renewed for March onward. missed med appts bc I am off a crucial med that makes me able to do more things. one of the lovely dogs in my house is mystery-injured and may be dying.
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worth noting how many physicians not only refuse to wear an N95 to protect their patients from preventable illness, but become angry & abusive when asked for this basic infection control
Historically, medical doctors are among the first groups in society to embrace fascism when it appears. In the US, it is already here.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/a...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/a...
Health workers face a stark choice: become collaborators or resisters
“Authoritarian regimes often rely on doctors and other health workers to provide a facade of legitimacy and willing hands armed with scalpels, syringes, pens, or simply locks on doors,” writes Eric Re...
www.statnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
worth noting how many physicians not only refuse to wear an N95 to protect their patients from preventable illness, but become angry & abusive when asked for this basic infection control
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It took me 28 years to go from carceral feminist to abolitionist. @saaarah.bsky.social tells that story here.
The Feminist Law Professor Who Wants to Stop Arresting People for Domestic Violence
For years, Leigh Goodmark was convinced that the way to keep women safe was through arrests and prosecutions. Now she’s pushing for the opposite.
www.newyorker.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It took me 28 years to go from carceral feminist to abolitionist. @saaarah.bsky.social tells that story here.
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Our new request form is live! Find it at linktr.ee/maskblocmsp ! And don’t worry, if you have a pending request in our old form, that will still be fulfilled!
March 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Our new request form is live! Find it at linktr.ee/maskblocmsp ! And don’t worry, if you have a pending request in our old form, that will still be fulfilled!
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🍉 Please help us continue to keep the thousands of eSIMs we bought active so Gazans can connect with the outside world
For more: chuffed.org/project/crip...
For more: chuffed.org/project/crip...
March 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
🍉 Please help us continue to keep the thousands of eSIMs we bought active so Gazans can connect with the outside world
For more: chuffed.org/project/crip...
For more: chuffed.org/project/crip...
I want to write articles/essays but I'm not sure anyone will read them. Failing out of humanities academia may have been one of the worst choices I ever made.
March 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I want to write articles/essays but I'm not sure anyone will read them. Failing out of humanities academia may have been one of the worst choices I ever made.
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And y’all taking your masks off are complicit— You are letting them, you are hand in hand in that push toward forgetting by pretending there is no ongoing risk to yourselves or others. You, your loved ones, get repeatedly infected, brush off ongoing symptoms in pursuit of a 2019 normal long gone.
Of course, it’s rooted in the fact that the pandemic demonstrated perfectly and plainly that the conservative project of markets first, disempowered labor, and shrinking government was not suited to 21st Century problems.
COVID relief programs proved government can work.
They want us to forget.
COVID relief programs proved government can work.
They want us to forget.
March 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
And y’all taking your masks off are complicit— You are letting them, you are hand in hand in that push toward forgetting by pretending there is no ongoing risk to yourselves or others. You, your loved ones, get repeatedly infected, brush off ongoing symptoms in pursuit of a 2019 normal long gone.
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This week's list of must-reads includes this piece from my friend Willow Schenwar, a trans woman who writes, "Fascists will go as far as they can to try to shape public perception and create oppressive realities by manipulating language and symbols—don’t let them."
Reject the Linguistic Coup: Speak Up for Trans People
The Trump administration is trying to shape public perception on transness by manipulating language and symbols—don’t let it.
www.thenation.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This week's list of must-reads includes this piece from my friend Willow Schenwar, a trans woman who writes, "Fascists will go as far as they can to try to shape public perception and create oppressive realities by manipulating language and symbols—don’t let them."
FYI - no social media on my phone anymore, just direct messaging apps. Don't assume I see anything; if it's relevant or important please send a DM on the most direct platform you've got. Signal / SMS preferred.
March 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
FYI - no social media on my phone anymore, just direct messaging apps. Don't assume I see anything; if it's relevant or important please send a DM on the most direct platform you've got. Signal / SMS preferred.
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My latest @kqedarts.bsky.social story about sold-out masks-required shows sums up many of my thoughts on the ongoing pandemic's fifth anniversary. Many of us are living in the actual new normal. It's never too late to start protecting your loved ones & self again! www.kqed.org/arts/1397262...
Why Masks-Required Concerts Still Sell Out in the Bay Area | KQED
COVID-conscious musicians and fans have created a tight-knit, DIY scene that’s all about accessibility.
www.kqed.org
March 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My latest @kqedarts.bsky.social story about sold-out masks-required shows sums up many of my thoughts on the ongoing pandemic's fifth anniversary. Many of us are living in the actual new normal. It's never too late to start protecting your loved ones & self again! www.kqed.org/arts/1397262...
Digital file preservation friends: I have a new way of sharing archived items with you. If you're interested in access to my digital libraries (lit, music mostly; lots of local #Minneapolis punk) DM me your signal info or to get mine!
March 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Digital file preservation friends: I have a new way of sharing archived items with you. If you're interested in access to my digital libraries (lit, music mostly; lots of local #Minneapolis punk) DM me your signal info or to get mine!
I hope in another universe there is the chance to be happy.
February 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I hope in another universe there is the chance to be happy.
am I a failure because the fascists will win against me, specifically?
February 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
am I a failure because the fascists will win against me, specifically?
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👏 "Prevention is not someone else's job" 👏
if you’re expressing horror at this administration’s dismantling of science and health infrastructure but you yourself are not contributing to changing the landscape, why?
prevention is not someone else’s job, especially right now— public health relies on you, the public.
it’s time to mask up.
prevention is not someone else’s job, especially right now— public health relies on you, the public.
it’s time to mask up.
a mask is the thing you’re looking for. it is the visible reminder of how things have changed, that you acknowledge we are not coveted “normal” times—but unlike donation-earned tote bags or symbolic beaded bracelets, the mask is community care in both form & immediate function.
February 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
👏 "Prevention is not someone else's job" 👏
seeing a lot of "all we need is hope" posts but y'all, we need more than hope. We need people who haven't been acting to act, and I don't have faith in that happening.
February 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
seeing a lot of "all we need is hope" posts but y'all, we need more than hope. We need people who haven't been acting to act, and I don't have faith in that happening.
i can't keep doing this
February 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
i can't keep doing this
my social media atp is all desperate crowd funding. with over $200 of debt just in my checking account, I get ~5 views per post, so there's nothing I can do. Every time I open my phone/computer I'm more convinced the answer is to k m s so I stop taking resources from others.
February 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
my social media atp is all desperate crowd funding. with over $200 of debt just in my checking account, I get ~5 views per post, so there's nothing I can do. Every time I open my phone/computer I'm more convinced the answer is to k m s so I stop taking resources from others.
Every day I ask myself if I've done enough to die yet
February 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Every day I ask myself if I've done enough to die yet
Not gonna live through this. Constantly wondering if it will be easier for the people I love it I plan that out instead of letting it surprise us.
February 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Not gonna live through this. Constantly wondering if it will be easier for the people I love it I plan that out instead of letting it surprise us.
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Behind every chronically ill person who works is the voice in their head that's telling them they should push through chronic illness symptoms at their own peril.
February 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Behind every chronically ill person who works is the voice in their head that's telling them they should push through chronic illness symptoms at their own peril.
So grateful my SNAP finally came in at least partially. About to put in an order for more bread making supplies, including a sourdough starter so I won't need yeast long-term
Learned EBT also lets me buy seeds, so some of my survival garden will be funded, too.
Learned EBT also lets me buy seeds, so some of my survival garden will be funded, too.
February 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
So grateful my SNAP finally came in at least partially. About to put in an order for more bread making supplies, including a sourdough starter so I won't need yeast long-term
Learned EBT also lets me buy seeds, so some of my survival garden will be funded, too.
Learned EBT also lets me buy seeds, so some of my survival garden will be funded, too.
Quit therapy today because I was like, "Hey, it feels pointless and like a waste of my limited energy to do self-improvement when everyone wants me dead."
And she was like, "yeah, fair."
And she was like, "yeah, fair."
February 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Quit therapy today because I was like, "Hey, it feels pointless and like a waste of my limited energy to do self-improvement when everyone wants me dead."
And she was like, "yeah, fair."
And she was like, "yeah, fair."