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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · Jun 22

This reality was (and will be) the topic of nearly every work conversation I’ve had for weeks. I work with the leaders in healthcare across our rural county. The system of care here has never met the needs of the community. Any cuts to Medicaid are going to make this so much worse. For EVERYONE.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Jun 21

"i asked chatgpt" yeah well i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains, i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line and the less I seek my source for some definitive closer I am to fine

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · Jun 21

Dang, you’d think Whipple would be far enough out of the tourist zone. I’m glad you made it to your destination safely.

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · Jun 21

Yes! This. Do you WANT to cause an accident? (although I suppose that would mean it’s not an accident 🤔)

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · Jun 20

I hope you get some rest and relief soon 💜

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Alistair Kitchen @alistairkitchen.bsky.social · Jun 14

Hi everyone

I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests

I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Jun 14

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · Jun 13

Families Make America Beautiful.
Please share widely and see you out this weekend! #NoKingsDay

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B8X...

Families Are Beautiful

YouTube video by National Education Association

www.youtube.com

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · Jun 13

Grateful to @prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social for sharing this now.

“Violence” is an eminently flexible term and its operational definition is dependent on who’s deploying it.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Jun 13

@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.

Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate

"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Jun 12

If the Democrats don't shut down the Senate. I don't want to hear anything. If any of you whine in my mentions saying 'they can't do that' you will be blocked. Schumer has been in the Senate for 90 million years he knows what to do.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · Jun 11

"Why are people throwing rocks?"

Why are federal agents pointing weapons at US citizens?

Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · Jun 11

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · Jun 11

"why did a car burn?"

is not a greater question than

"why did you kidnap Jose?"

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Jun 8

Anywho my commitment is to continue making things with others in the world. Simple and also difficult. But always necessary.

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · Jun 2

This is beautiful! I am so glad you made this ❤️

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · May 27

Oof

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · May 23

That’s tremendous! I really like your fabric choices and look at those stitches! Thank you for sharing it

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · May 22

I sure wish I didn’t have something else going on this evening, because I would love to see this quilt.

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · May 14

I always learn when I listen to #VibeCheck

This week I learned “gingers” (a term for redheads I am barely accustomed to after years of hearing it) sometimes get called “red velvet” Thanks @zachstafford.bsky.social for bringing this to my redheaded attention

open.spotify.com/episode/0dN4...

There Is Not a Sharp Angle to Be Found

Vibe Check · Episode

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Christopher Hudson @chrishudsonjr.bsky.social · May 10

“The pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine: It’s easier to hide behind forty atrocities than one single incident.”
-Nemik

#StarWars #Andor

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · May 11

It’s possible my favorite part of each one of these roundtable discussions is when Aaron joins the fray.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · May 6

What you refuse to say is also a message.

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · May 9

@joellemonique.bsky.social discussion on The Force and #Andor during this episode was spot on.

As always, the whole crew delivered the most entertaining, most insightful discussion of the week for me.

open.spotify.com/episode/6LDd...

Andor Season 2 (Episodes 7-9) Roundtable

X-Ray Vision · Episode

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