Kimb Leake Denny
@kay-el-dee.bsky.social
Old head, cantankerous chicken & cat person. Master food preservation specialist. She/her. Here for chicks, cats, community, gardening, winemaking, & food. Human rights to all the humans, without exception. Blocking trolls and grifters is my favorite.
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Here's a thread about how trans people can approach remaining informed of the news in a way that prioritizes pragmatism, self-care, and building resistance.
It's based on what I'm doing personally. So, fyi, I'm more anxious than usual, but holding up substantially.
It's based on what I'm doing personally. So, fyi, I'm more anxious than usual, but holding up substantially.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Here's a thread about how trans people can approach remaining informed of the news in a way that prioritizes pragmatism, self-care, and building resistance.
It's based on what I'm doing personally. So, fyi, I'm more anxious than usual, but holding up substantially.
It's based on what I'm doing personally. So, fyi, I'm more anxious than usual, but holding up substantially.
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As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
January 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
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Listen to me very fucking carefully:
We need you. We fucking need __you__
There's no one else who can replace you in this fight — and it is a fight. And if you aren't fucking here anymore? That means you cannot contribute, we cannot replace you and we fucking need you.
We need you. We fucking need __you__
There's no one else who can replace you in this fight — and it is a fight. And if you aren't fucking here anymore? That means you cannot contribute, we cannot replace you and we fucking need you.
January 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Listen to me very fucking carefully:
We need you. We fucking need __you__
There's no one else who can replace you in this fight — and it is a fight. And if you aren't fucking here anymore? That means you cannot contribute, we cannot replace you and we fucking need you.
We need you. We fucking need __you__
There's no one else who can replace you in this fight — and it is a fight. And if you aren't fucking here anymore? That means you cannot contribute, we cannot replace you and we fucking need you.
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To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
November 19, 2024 at 12:01 AM
To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
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SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
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I wrote about Trump's executive orders, including his attacks on trans and undocumented people, and how we should be orienting ourselves to defy fascist violence in this moment. This piece includes commentary from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @silkys13.bsky.social.
A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe
We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.
organizingmythoughts.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I wrote about Trump's executive orders, including his attacks on trans and undocumented people, and how we should be orienting ourselves to defy fascist violence in this moment. This piece includes commentary from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @silkys13.bsky.social.
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Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave – and it is often hard to be brave – be kind." @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
thecorrespondent.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave – and it is often hard to be brave – be kind." @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
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I just came back from one of the most amazing D&D sessions I've ever run in my life.
For context, in the last year I've been working as a professional DM, and one of my gigs is running games for kids in a camp setting here in LA.
My table has been known as the most chaotic of the bunch.
For context, in the last year I've been working as a professional DM, and one of my gigs is running games for kids in a camp setting here in LA.
My table has been known as the most chaotic of the bunch.
January 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I just came back from one of the most amazing D&D sessions I've ever run in my life.
For context, in the last year I've been working as a professional DM, and one of my gigs is running games for kids in a camp setting here in LA.
My table has been known as the most chaotic of the bunch.
For context, in the last year I've been working as a professional DM, and one of my gigs is running games for kids in a camp setting here in LA.
My table has been known as the most chaotic of the bunch.
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TikTok shut itself down as part of a pro-Trump propaganda campaign.
The likelihood of a quid-pro-quo with Trump is extremely high. Using TikTok will mean being propagandized with pro-Trump messages over the next four years.
You are not immune to propaganda!
The likelihood of a quid-pro-quo with Trump is extremely high. Using TikTok will mean being propagandized with pro-Trump messages over the next four years.
You are not immune to propaganda!
January 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
TikTok shut itself down as part of a pro-Trump propaganda campaign.
The likelihood of a quid-pro-quo with Trump is extremely high. Using TikTok will mean being propagandized with pro-Trump messages over the next four years.
You are not immune to propaganda!
The likelihood of a quid-pro-quo with Trump is extremely high. Using TikTok will mean being propagandized with pro-Trump messages over the next four years.
You are not immune to propaganda!
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This is real (at least in the US). It's not one of those stupid things where you put an idiotic statement on your FB page declaring something illegal. I just checked it on FB settings and it had a list of every website I visited recently. Fucking weird. The future kind of sucks.
UM, I had NO idea facebook was tracking everything I did on the internet. EVERYTHING. I have diligently blocked and followed all ways to try to stop this messed up social media from taking from me, but this is the final straw… THESE JERKS! AGH! [screenshots on how to do it in the comments]
January 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is real (at least in the US). It's not one of those stupid things where you put an idiotic statement on your FB page declaring something illegal. I just checked it on FB settings and it had a list of every website I visited recently. Fucking weird. The future kind of sucks.
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Here is how to disable Copilot in Word on a Mac. My version was slightly different. It was this:
Expand "Word" menu > Preferences > Personal Settings > Privacy > go down to "Connected Experiences" and click Manage Connected Experiences > uncheck all the boxes > restart Word (cont'd)
Expand "Word" menu > Preferences > Personal Settings > Privacy > go down to "Connected Experiences" and click Manage Connected Experiences > uncheck all the boxes > restart Word (cont'd)
January 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Here is how to disable Copilot in Word on a Mac. My version was slightly different. It was this:
Expand "Word" menu > Preferences > Personal Settings > Privacy > go down to "Connected Experiences" and click Manage Connected Experiences > uncheck all the boxes > restart Word (cont'd)
Expand "Word" menu > Preferences > Personal Settings > Privacy > go down to "Connected Experiences" and click Manage Connected Experiences > uncheck all the boxes > restart Word (cont'd)
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The latest innovation in tech allows for the direct bribery of the president using securities fraud.
Just breathtaking how brazen this is.
Just breathtaking how brazen this is.
January 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The latest innovation in tech allows for the direct bribery of the president using securities fraud.
Just breathtaking how brazen this is.
Just breathtaking how brazen this is.
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Just so we’re all clear:
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
January 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just so we’re all clear:
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
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Lots of extremely dumb replies from people insisting that Trump's 2020 EO that didn't actually do anything is why TikTok is banned (it's not).
Biden endorses the TikTok ban, Biden pressures Dem lawmakers to back the TikTok ban, Biden signs the TikTok ban into law, Biden has his administration defend the TikTok ban in court.
Liberals: Trump did this! 😭
Liberals: Trump did this! 😭
January 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Lots of extremely dumb replies from people insisting that Trump's 2020 EO that didn't actually do anything is why TikTok is banned (it's not).
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The Democrats have done an incredibly terrible job.
They lost to Trump, they participated in a genocide for 15 months, and they did everything wrong when it came to TikTok.
Trump claims easy wins, the center folds to fascism, we have to save ourselves.
www.jphilll.com/p/things-fal...
They lost to Trump, they participated in a genocide for 15 months, and they did everything wrong when it came to TikTok.
Trump claims easy wins, the center folds to fascism, we have to save ourselves.
www.jphilll.com/p/things-fal...
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold
Trump, TikTok, and a Truce in Gaza
www.jphilll.com
January 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Democrats have done an incredibly terrible job.
They lost to Trump, they participated in a genocide for 15 months, and they did everything wrong when it came to TikTok.
Trump claims easy wins, the center folds to fascism, we have to save ourselves.
www.jphilll.com/p/things-fal...
They lost to Trump, they participated in a genocide for 15 months, and they did everything wrong when it came to TikTok.
Trump claims easy wins, the center folds to fascism, we have to save ourselves.
www.jphilll.com/p/things-fal...
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The whole point of naming laws after victims is to stampede over the unpopular fact that the Bill of Rights revolves around protecting the rights of the accused
It's really hard to explain to people who haven't spent time invested in criminal law, but laws named after past victims of crimes are almost always atrocious.
The Laken Riley Act is another data point in favor of a small theory of mine:
Any criminal legal law named after a person is a terrible law w egregious overreach.
Any criminal legal law named after a person is a terrible law w egregious overreach.
January 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The whole point of naming laws after victims is to stampede over the unpopular fact that the Bill of Rights revolves around protecting the rights of the accused
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Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
January 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
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“ICE will not always identify themselves as ICE. If there is a knock at your door and they say ‘Police’ it could very well be ICE.
ICE will often say they are police to gain access to homes. If at any point they try to enter, or do enter, continue to say ‘I DO NOT CONSENT.’”
ICE will often say they are police to gain access to homes. If at any point they try to enter, or do enter, continue to say ‘I DO NOT CONSENT.’”
Via @maketheroadny.bsky.social: If ICE shows up, know your rights.
“ICE does not have the right to enter your home without a valid warrant signed by a judge.”
maketheroadny.org/we-protect-us/
“ICE does not have the right to enter your home without a valid warrant signed by a judge.”
maketheroadny.org/we-protect-us/
January 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“ICE will not always identify themselves as ICE. If there is a knock at your door and they say ‘Police’ it could very well be ICE.
ICE will often say they are police to gain access to homes. If at any point they try to enter, or do enter, continue to say ‘I DO NOT CONSENT.’”
ICE will often say they are police to gain access to homes. If at any point they try to enter, or do enter, continue to say ‘I DO NOT CONSENT.’”
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today i found a special book i thought i had lost - "jews make jokes," by l.n. stolovich, published in tartu in 1996, it is a collection of jewish jokes from russia that is the darkest shit you've ever heard
January 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
today i found a special book i thought i had lost - "jews make jokes," by l.n. stolovich, published in tartu in 1996, it is a collection of jewish jokes from russia that is the darkest shit you've ever heard
Everyone out there saving links and buying ebooks, and I’m just here quietly adding to my hard copy library like the internet (potentially) has no tomorrow, and ebooks could be repossessed or electronically altered on a whim. Seriously. Buy real books, preferably from local independent bookstores
January 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Everyone out there saving links and buying ebooks, and I’m just here quietly adding to my hard copy library like the internet (potentially) has no tomorrow, and ebooks could be repossessed or electronically altered on a whim. Seriously. Buy real books, preferably from local independent bookstores
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I opened the door for the barn cats at work and the visual “nope” is so funny. Same barn cats, same.
January 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I opened the door for the barn cats at work and the visual “nope” is so funny. Same barn cats, same.
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So @microsoft.com has apparently forced AI garbage no actual writer wants into the latest version of Word.
Here’s how to disable this insulting shit:
Here’s how to disable this insulting shit:
Here is how to disable Copilot in Word on a Mac. My version was slightly different. It was this:
Expand "Word" menu > Preferences > Personal Settings > Privacy > go down to "Connected Experiences" and click Manage Connected Experiences > uncheck all the boxes > restart Word (cont'd)
Expand "Word" menu > Preferences > Personal Settings > Privacy > go down to "Connected Experiences" and click Manage Connected Experiences > uncheck all the boxes > restart Word (cont'd)
January 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
So @microsoft.com has apparently forced AI garbage no actual writer wants into the latest version of Word.
Here’s how to disable this insulting shit:
Here’s how to disable this insulting shit:
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David Lynch spent the last years of his life homebound because nobody would bother to wear a mask to protect him, but all the fluffy obituaries aren't going to talk about that.
January 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
David Lynch spent the last years of his life homebound because nobody would bother to wear a mask to protect him, but all the fluffy obituaries aren't going to talk about that.
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We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨
January 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨
RIP my beautiful boy. We will miss you. 💔❤️🩹💔 My handsome ex-feral boy OC. He was rescued and tamed by one of our barn cats, and in turn he rescued and tamed other feral kittens that were dumped on our property. A true mensch, my heart is full and broken at the same time
#CatsOfBluesky #cats #feralcat
#CatsOfBluesky #cats #feralcat
January 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
RIP my beautiful boy. We will miss you. 💔❤️🩹💔 My handsome ex-feral boy OC. He was rescued and tamed by one of our barn cats, and in turn he rescued and tamed other feral kittens that were dumped on our property. A true mensch, my heart is full and broken at the same time
#CatsOfBluesky #cats #feralcat
#CatsOfBluesky #cats #feralcat