Brenda Estrella
@dominicannerd.bsky.social
I seek knowledge, connection, compassion, and community. Cuz baby, we gotta stick together to repel the emerging wanna-be fascists and nationalists. 🫠
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Reconstruction era gets scant attention in most textbooks.
Fill the gap with free lessons, articles, book & film recommendations, student local history mapping project, national report, & more for grades 3 -12 (& readings for adults) to #TeachReconstruction. ⬇️
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Fill the gap with free lessons, articles, book & film recommendations, student local history mapping project, national report, & more for grades 3 -12 (& readings for adults) to #TeachReconstruction. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/campaigns/te...
Teach Reconstruction
Reconstruction, the era immediately following the Civil War and emancipation, is full of stories that help us see the possibility of a future defined by racial equity.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Reconstruction era gets scant attention in most textbooks.
Fill the gap with free lessons, articles, book & film recommendations, student local history mapping project, national report, & more for grades 3 -12 (& readings for adults) to #TeachReconstruction. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/campaigns/te...
Fill the gap with free lessons, articles, book & film recommendations, student local history mapping project, national report, & more for grades 3 -12 (& readings for adults) to #TeachReconstruction. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/campaigns/te...
I usually don't dabble in conspiracy theories BUT ... what are the chances that the Trump administration picks Maduro's brain on the top ten tricks to successfully rig an election?
I wanna laugh at such a ludicrous idea but we live in an extraordinarily surreal, sinister timeline. 😭
I wanna laugh at such a ludicrous idea but we live in an extraordinarily surreal, sinister timeline. 😭
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I usually don't dabble in conspiracy theories BUT ... what are the chances that the Trump administration picks Maduro's brain on the top ten tricks to successfully rig an election?
I wanna laugh at such a ludicrous idea but we live in an extraordinarily surreal, sinister timeline. 😭
I wanna laugh at such a ludicrous idea but we live in an extraordinarily surreal, sinister timeline. 😭
Here's an unresearched (wish)list of trends to watch in 2026.
1) Curated tactile experiences
2) AI-slop fixers
3) Political book clubs
4) No cellphone bars/cafes
5) Analog hobbies
6) Cooperative businesses
7) Community meetings
8) Antifa mobilization
9) Civil disobedience
10) Freedom schools
1) Curated tactile experiences
2) AI-slop fixers
3) Political book clubs
4) No cellphone bars/cafes
5) Analog hobbies
6) Cooperative businesses
7) Community meetings
8) Antifa mobilization
9) Civil disobedience
10) Freedom schools
December 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Here's an unresearched (wish)list of trends to watch in 2026.
1) Curated tactile experiences
2) AI-slop fixers
3) Political book clubs
4) No cellphone bars/cafes
5) Analog hobbies
6) Cooperative businesses
7) Community meetings
8) Antifa mobilization
9) Civil disobedience
10) Freedom schools
1) Curated tactile experiences
2) AI-slop fixers
3) Political book clubs
4) No cellphone bars/cafes
5) Analog hobbies
6) Cooperative businesses
7) Community meetings
8) Antifa mobilization
9) Civil disobedience
10) Freedom schools
Octavia Butler would be so proud. 🥲
"I see what we're doing as walking away from this system as liberating and freeing," says Kelli McGuffey Pilkington a member of a tight-knit but fast-growing community of Black women preppers, or survivalists, across the nation.https://capitalbnews.org/black-women-survivalists-preppers-homesteading/
Meet the Black Women Who Say Survivalism Is a Necessity, Not a Trend
Amid the uncertainty of the Trump era, a small group of Black women is stockpiling food and arming themselves to get ready for worst case scenarios.
capitalbnews.org
December 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Octavia Butler would be so proud. 🥲
This is just one of the many ways that Black-led creativity, healing and community-centeredness can combat historical erasure.
Cuz let's be real - THEY (the hateful maga folks and their ilk) want to completely wipe away Black and POC achievements, histories, successes, and pride.
Cuz let's be real - THEY (the hateful maga folks and their ilk) want to completely wipe away Black and POC achievements, histories, successes, and pride.
Jo and Joy Banner are turning the plantation home into a museum and community hub—bridging revolt history with modern environmental activism and resilience. https://capitalbnews.org/largest-slave-revolt-louisiana-black-sisters/
A Black Family Now Owns the Site of America’s Largest Slave Revolt
Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried again.
capitalbnews.org
December 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is just one of the many ways that Black-led creativity, healing and community-centeredness can combat historical erasure.
Cuz let's be real - THEY (the hateful maga folks and their ilk) want to completely wipe away Black and POC achievements, histories, successes, and pride.
Cuz let's be real - THEY (the hateful maga folks and their ilk) want to completely wipe away Black and POC achievements, histories, successes, and pride.
Just had a toilet flashback of when one of my friends told me that he thought my acne scars were just "Morgan Freeman freckles". 😭😂
a pixelated image of a man 's face with a beard
ALT: a pixelated image of a man 's face with a beard
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December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Just had a toilet flashback of when one of my friends told me that he thought my acne scars were just "Morgan Freeman freckles". 😭😂
With the bad actors (MAGA & beyond) salting the ground for the "rest of us", all I feel is disgust, disdain, revulsion & fury.
And yet, when we beat back this surging fascism, I'm gonna have to be okay with having these idiots be my neighbors again.
Ugh, if my elders could move forward, so can I.
And yet, when we beat back this surging fascism, I'm gonna have to be okay with having these idiots be my neighbors again.
Ugh, if my elders could move forward, so can I.
December 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
With the bad actors (MAGA & beyond) salting the ground for the "rest of us", all I feel is disgust, disdain, revulsion & fury.
And yet, when we beat back this surging fascism, I'm gonna have to be okay with having these idiots be my neighbors again.
Ugh, if my elders could move forward, so can I.
And yet, when we beat back this surging fascism, I'm gonna have to be okay with having these idiots be my neighbors again.
Ugh, if my elders could move forward, so can I.
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Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
Holy shit
"ICE has sent more immigrant children into the federal shelter system this year than in the previous four years combined, per a ProPublica report published in November"
"ICE has sent more immigrant children into the federal shelter system this year than in the previous four years combined, per a ProPublica report published in November"
MEMPHIS FLYER: “Nearly 6 of every 10 ICE arrests in Tennessee since Trump took office involve individuals with no criminal convictions...”
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
December 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Holy shit
"ICE has sent more immigrant children into the federal shelter system this year than in the previous four years combined, per a ProPublica report published in November"
"ICE has sent more immigrant children into the federal shelter system this year than in the previous four years combined, per a ProPublica report published in November"
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It used to be that the United States would use Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to transmit truth across the borders of repressive regimes.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It used to be that the United States would use Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to transmit truth across the borders of repressive regimes.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
Reposted by Brenda Estrella
“Every blue moon I might buy a bag of chips or a soda. I can’t afford much anymore because inflation has decreased the amount of food and supplies I can buy. I spend more to get less,” says Colell Steele, who is incarcerated in a North Carolina prison.
North Carolina Prison Officials Raise Prices for Those Who Can Least Afford It
An increased markup on canteen goods adds to the financial burden on incarcerated people and their families, highlighting how prison systems squeeze them for revenue.
boltsmag.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“Every blue moon I might buy a bag of chips or a soda. I can’t afford much anymore because inflation has decreased the amount of food and supplies I can buy. I spend more to get less,” says Colell Steele, who is incarcerated in a North Carolina prison.
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
This is a sick, sad, pathetic individual (Miller, that is) and he revels in the eyeballs and ears he gets. I wish there were a way to starve him of the attention that he craves.
The only way is to somehow separate him from Trump's inner-circle. Where's a superhero mastermind, when you need one!!
The only way is to somehow separate him from Trump's inner-circle. Where's a superhero mastermind, when you need one!!
Stephen Miller: "America’s might will secure America’s rights. America’s military will defend America’s destiny."
December 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This is a sick, sad, pathetic individual (Miller, that is) and he revels in the eyeballs and ears he gets. I wish there were a way to starve him of the attention that he craves.
The only way is to somehow separate him from Trump's inner-circle. Where's a superhero mastermind, when you need one!!
The only way is to somehow separate him from Trump's inner-circle. Where's a superhero mastermind, when you need one!!
I just found out that Dan Bongino is YOUNGER than me!!!!
W. T. F. *runs around the apartment, screaming*
It's by a year, but still. *whimpers a little bit*
Now I'm freaking out that I actually do look like that.
LOL it's okay. Just ignore these public rantings of a paranoid auntie. ;-) *tear*
W. T. F. *runs around the apartment, screaming*
It's by a year, but still. *whimpers a little bit*
Now I'm freaking out that I actually do look like that.
LOL it's okay. Just ignore these public rantings of a paranoid auntie. ;-) *tear*
December 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I just found out that Dan Bongino is YOUNGER than me!!!!
W. T. F. *runs around the apartment, screaming*
It's by a year, but still. *whimpers a little bit*
Now I'm freaking out that I actually do look like that.
LOL it's okay. Just ignore these public rantings of a paranoid auntie. ;-) *tear*
W. T. F. *runs around the apartment, screaming*
It's by a year, but still. *whimpers a little bit*
Now I'm freaking out that I actually do look like that.
LOL it's okay. Just ignore these public rantings of a paranoid auntie. ;-) *tear*
To all the Jewish-hate apologists (even when you do it quietly), I just want to say that y'all are hypocritical assholes.
Hamas sucks. Israeli government sucks. People who kill other people indiscriminately suck.
Is that so fucking hard to understand?
Hamas sucks. Israeli government sucks. People who kill other people indiscriminately suck.
Is that so fucking hard to understand?
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
To all the Jewish-hate apologists (even when you do it quietly), I just want to say that y'all are hypocritical assholes.
Hamas sucks. Israeli government sucks. People who kill other people indiscriminately suck.
Is that so fucking hard to understand?
Hamas sucks. Israeli government sucks. People who kill other people indiscriminately suck.
Is that so fucking hard to understand?
Man, oh, man. The evil emanating from this monster-human is something else.
Wannabe fascists calling people domestic terrorists, that's really rich.
The only terror I see is her face and the illegal ICE kidnappings happening in our neighborhoods.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Wannabe fascists calling people domestic terrorists, that's really rich.
The only terror I see is her face and the illegal ICE kidnappings happening in our neighborhoods.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Leaked Memo: DOJ To List, Target Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Man, oh, man. The evil emanating from this monster-human is something else.
Wannabe fascists calling people domestic terrorists, that's really rich.
The only terror I see is her face and the illegal ICE kidnappings happening in our neighborhoods.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Wannabe fascists calling people domestic terrorists, that's really rich.
The only terror I see is her face and the illegal ICE kidnappings happening in our neighborhoods.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This is my boy Paco. He's a rescue and we've been through a lot together. People constantly say that he's a cutie patootie.
He also thinks I get transported to a different dimension whenever I take a shower & gets surprised each time I come out.
My boy ain't that smart but I love him. 🐾❤️🐾
He also thinks I get transported to a different dimension whenever I take a shower & gets surprised each time I come out.
My boy ain't that smart but I love him. 🐾❤️🐾
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is my boy Paco. He's a rescue and we've been through a lot together. People constantly say that he's a cutie patootie.
He also thinks I get transported to a different dimension whenever I take a shower & gets surprised each time I come out.
My boy ain't that smart but I love him. 🐾❤️🐾
He also thinks I get transported to a different dimension whenever I take a shower & gets surprised each time I come out.
My boy ain't that smart but I love him. 🐾❤️🐾
A few posts ago, I said that I'ma try to keep it positive. Well, here I am lol
This meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh actually helped me filter through the tough feelings I've been having about family/ community.
Take a listen.
youtu.be/K3-aJON5780?...
This meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh actually helped me filter through the tough feelings I've been having about family/ community.
Take a listen.
youtu.be/K3-aJON5780?...
Helping Hungry Ghosts | Thich Nhat Hanh (short teaching video)
YouTube video by Plum Village App
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 AM
A few posts ago, I said that I'ma try to keep it positive. Well, here I am lol
This meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh actually helped me filter through the tough feelings I've been having about family/ community.
Take a listen.
youtu.be/K3-aJON5780?...
This meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh actually helped me filter through the tough feelings I've been having about family/ community.
Take a listen.
youtu.be/K3-aJON5780?...
To be prepared for the "inevitable" AI-dominated world, then become HYPER-LITERATE ... in anything.
Read/Watch/Play a broad array of genres & think about the stories, behaviors, and relationships.
AI harm-reduction hinges on our ability to make sense of the world as-is & to respond accordingly.
Read/Watch/Play a broad array of genres & think about the stories, behaviors, and relationships.
AI harm-reduction hinges on our ability to make sense of the world as-is & to respond accordingly.
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
To be prepared for the "inevitable" AI-dominated world, then become HYPER-LITERATE ... in anything.
Read/Watch/Play a broad array of genres & think about the stories, behaviors, and relationships.
AI harm-reduction hinges on our ability to make sense of the world as-is & to respond accordingly.
Read/Watch/Play a broad array of genres & think about the stories, behaviors, and relationships.
AI harm-reduction hinges on our ability to make sense of the world as-is & to respond accordingly.
ICE is in Durham, NC right now and the city has been quiet. People staying home, folks keeping an eye out, networks revving up their messaging.
The one good thing about this corrupt, racist administration? It reminded the "rest of us" that together we're stronger. Thanks for radicalizing us!
The one good thing about this corrupt, racist administration? It reminded the "rest of us" that together we're stronger. Thanks for radicalizing us!
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
ICE is in Durham, NC right now and the city has been quiet. People staying home, folks keeping an eye out, networks revving up their messaging.
The one good thing about this corrupt, racist administration? It reminded the "rest of us" that together we're stronger. Thanks for radicalizing us!
The one good thing about this corrupt, racist administration? It reminded the "rest of us" that together we're stronger. Thanks for radicalizing us!
I'm trying to spread more moments of positivity, culture and empowerment.
Check out this short film by the legendary Stan Brackhage- 1959 (Window Water Baby Moving)
Please be aware that this short is ** NSFW ** due to footage of child birth and (obvi) vagina shots. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQA...
Check out this short film by the legendary Stan Brackhage- 1959 (Window Water Baby Moving)
Please be aware that this short is ** NSFW ** due to footage of child birth and (obvi) vagina shots. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQA...
Window Water Baby Moving (1959)/ Stan Brakhage (HD)
YouTube video by Fiat Lux
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I'm trying to spread more moments of positivity, culture and empowerment.
Check out this short film by the legendary Stan Brackhage- 1959 (Window Water Baby Moving)
Please be aware that this short is ** NSFW ** due to footage of child birth and (obvi) vagina shots. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQA...
Check out this short film by the legendary Stan Brackhage- 1959 (Window Water Baby Moving)
Please be aware that this short is ** NSFW ** due to footage of child birth and (obvi) vagina shots. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQA...
Reposted by Brenda Estrella
I hope openai gets sued into oblivion, and when they get to oblivion, the void lords banish them to the shadow realm, and then when they get to the shadow realm, they get annihilated by a blue eyes white dragon
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I hope openai gets sued into oblivion, and when they get to oblivion, the void lords banish them to the shadow realm, and then when they get to the shadow realm, they get annihilated by a blue eyes white dragon
Reposted by Brenda Estrella
People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
I'm working on a personal project and am digging into Durham NC civil rights history.
It's diabolical how US cities since the 1970's have systematically suppressed & erased the histories, cultural impacts, and achievements of Black Am communities.
The beat goes on, I guess. Absolute insanity.
It's diabolical how US cities since the 1970's have systematically suppressed & erased the histories, cultural impacts, and achievements of Black Am communities.
The beat goes on, I guess. Absolute insanity.
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'm working on a personal project and am digging into Durham NC civil rights history.
It's diabolical how US cities since the 1970's have systematically suppressed & erased the histories, cultural impacts, and achievements of Black Am communities.
The beat goes on, I guess. Absolute insanity.
It's diabolical how US cities since the 1970's have systematically suppressed & erased the histories, cultural impacts, and achievements of Black Am communities.
The beat goes on, I guess. Absolute insanity.
Reposted by Brenda Estrella
A lot of stuff is clearer when you recognize that a bunch of media people on socials are just trying to cheerlead for their friends and acquaintances. Nothing more and nothing less. It's very human.
October 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A lot of stuff is clearer when you recognize that a bunch of media people on socials are just trying to cheerlead for their friends and acquaintances. Nothing more and nothing less. It's very human.