Désirée Zamorano
@ladeziree.bsky.social
Humanist.MEXICAN AMERICAN.Writer. Educator. Altadena diaspora
Latest novel: DISPOSSESSED
Our hidden Californian history
www.desireezamorano.com
Latest novel: DISPOSSESSED
Our hidden Californian history
www.desireezamorano.com
Pinned
Thich Nhat Hanh:
This, my dear, is the greatest challenge to being alive:
To witness injustice in the world and not allow it to consume our light.
(via Tara Brach)
This, my dear, is the greatest challenge to being alive:
To witness injustice in the world and not allow it to consume our light.
(via Tara Brach)
Is he telling our prez the same?
Ha. Sure.
Ha. Sure.
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Is he telling our prez the same?
Ha. Sure.
Ha. Sure.
Fuck these monsters
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fuck these monsters
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"At which point we're going to blow them out of the fucking skies."
Melania Trump: "Santa's reindeer -- Rudolph, Dasher, Comet, all of them -- they're resting in the North Pole. They need to save all of their energy for their great flight around the world on Christmas Eve. Santa told me they're snuggling beneath warm, fluffy blankets."
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"At which point we're going to blow them out of the fucking skies."
Seriously, men are never canceled
Everything so stupid, also the worst person in the Nuzzi scandal got to keep his cabinet appointment
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Seriously, men are never canceled
Too bad HE isn't fired. Fired. Fired.
she was fired. fired fired. fired from being fired. fired from firing itself
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Too bad HE isn't fired. Fired. Fired.
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Most insightful post:
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Most insightful post:
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New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
The New Orleans City Council Dec. 3 launched an online portal for residents to report civil and human rights abuses by ICE and CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during
www.nola.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
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It is never not funny to me when Republican women act surprised their male counterparts are huge misogynists in real life.
December 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It is never not funny to me when Republican women act surprised their male counterparts are huge misogynists in real life.
I suppose, to billionaires, it scuttles their business plan
Real words from Trump just now in the Oval:
"It's a con job. I think affordability is the greatest con job."
"It's a con job. I think affordability is the greatest con job."
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I suppose, to billionaires, it scuttles their business plan
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Our first project is a Litigant Portal, a people-first platform built to support self-represented litigants with guidance, forms, and e-filing tools.
Other areas we are looking at are tools for public defenders and the incarcerated.
Other areas we are looking at are tools for public defenders and the incarcerated.
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our first project is a Litigant Portal, a people-first platform built to support self-represented litigants with guidance, forms, and e-filing tools.
Other areas we are looking at are tools for public defenders and the incarcerated.
Other areas we are looking at are tools for public defenders and the incarcerated.
😲
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
😲
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Do any Los Angeles folks follow me? If yes, you might be interested in this mutual aid group that is raising funds for toy drives for immigrant families in Southern California and beyond. www.gofundme.com/f/angelitos2...
Donate to Support Angelitos sin Miedo: Holiday Hope, organized by Rosa Vazquez
Across the country, millions of children are entering this Christmas season wit… Rosa Vazquez needs your support for Support Angelitos sin Miedo: Holiday Hope
www.gofundme.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Do any Los Angeles folks follow me? If yes, you might be interested in this mutual aid group that is raising funds for toy drives for immigrant families in Southern California and beyond. www.gofundme.com/f/angelitos2...
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Teaching children empathy = Marxist attack on western civilization
Teaching children to glory in extrajudicial murder = Patriotic, Christian freedom juice
Teaching children to glory in extrajudicial murder = Patriotic, Christian freedom juice
Before you ask, yes apparently this is real. He must be taking comedy lessons and substances from Elon.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Teaching children empathy = Marxist attack on western civilization
Teaching children to glory in extrajudicial murder = Patriotic, Christian freedom juice
Teaching children to glory in extrajudicial murder = Patriotic, Christian freedom juice
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Santa Fe is linking wages to rental prices — a first in the U.S. — as officials try to slow displacement with soaring housing costs
Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach
Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
apnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Santa Fe is linking wages to rental prices — a first in the U.S. — as officials try to slow displacement with soaring housing costs
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Given how many hundreds of billions of dollars we’re spending on these enterprises, maybe we could just use that money to create a social safety net that incentivizes human flourishing rather than crimes of desperation and armies of prison guards and masked vigilantes? Just spitballing here.
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Given how many hundreds of billions of dollars we’re spending on these enterprises, maybe we could just use that money to create a social safety net that incentivizes human flourishing rather than crimes of desperation and armies of prison guards and masked vigilantes? Just spitballing here.
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It’s been a few days since Thanksgiving. It's just about time to deal with those refrigerated leftovers.
🔗 https://ow.ly/8TpR50XxNb4
✍️ Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
📸 Ana Maltez/Unsplash
🔗 https://ow.ly/8TpR50XxNb4
✍️ Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
📸 Ana Maltez/Unsplash
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s been a few days since Thanksgiving. It's just about time to deal with those refrigerated leftovers.
🔗 https://ow.ly/8TpR50XxNb4
✍️ Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
📸 Ana Maltez/Unsplash
🔗 https://ow.ly/8TpR50XxNb4
✍️ Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
📸 Ana Maltez/Unsplash
so far I've had leftover cranberry sauce on my yogurt, on my ricotta pancakes and am now considering it in a bourbon cocktail...
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
so far I've had leftover cranberry sauce on my yogurt, on my ricotta pancakes and am now considering it in a bourbon cocktail...
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The White House launched a “media bias” “fact checking” site after more than three years of labeling efforts to understand and counter disinformation “censorship.”
It’s just another enemies list in disguise ⤵️
It’s just another enemies list in disguise ⤵️
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The White House launched a “media bias” “fact checking” site after more than three years of labeling efforts to understand and counter disinformation “censorship.”
It’s just another enemies list in disguise ⤵️
It’s just another enemies list in disguise ⤵️
Crimes against humanity
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Crimes against humanity
SNORT
“AI is here to stay” from the visionaries who brought you “NFTs are the future.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
SNORT
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It will never cease to amaze me that so many tech bros read Lord of the Rings, decided the hobbits were the bad guys and Sauron and his forces were the good guys, and have built their entire personalities around being corporate ring wraiths.
My rule of thumb is if the company is named after something in Lord of the Rings, it’s almost certainly evil.
Since its founding in 2017, Anduril Industries has become one of the hottest companies in a crowded field of defense-tech startup.
Its fast-moving approach comes with its share of setbacks.
Its fast-moving approach comes with its share of setbacks.
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It will never cease to amaze me that so many tech bros read Lord of the Rings, decided the hobbits were the bad guys and Sauron and his forces were the good guys, and have built their entire personalities around being corporate ring wraiths.
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Shame shame shame on everyone involved bsky.app/profile/gowd...
TL;DR: basically the same contemptible garbage as all the other schools, anti-trans, anti-protest, more restrictive on admissions than the court held in SFFA. 75 million dollar tribute payment. At least no surveillance of teaching evaluations I guess?
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Shame shame shame on everyone involved bsky.app/profile/gowd...