Lia Thibault
@liathib.bsky.social
Lifelong learner, leftist, podcast addict, bibliophile, big fan of conspiracy theories and my cats.
U.S. History MA
BA History, Philosophy-Social Justice
History, politics, sociology, classical civilizations, philosophy, foreign affairs, geopolitics <3
U.S. History MA
BA History, Philosophy-Social Justice
History, politics, sociology, classical civilizations, philosophy, foreign affairs, geopolitics <3
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Lia Thibault
@liathib.bsky.social
· Feb 1
Friendly reminder that your state senators have regional offices that all have their own phone numbers and that you should be blowing them up right now demanding action against Elon Musk’s illegal occupation of the OPM and Department of the Treasury 🫶
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
All I know is, @socialistdogmom.bsky.social is gonna be dropping some HEAT in the next few weeks :)
September 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
All I know is, @socialistdogmom.bsky.social is gonna be dropping some HEAT in the next few weeks :)
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"The 6-3 decision of the conservative-majority court allows agents to stops suspects based solely on their race, language or job, while a legal challenge to the recent immigration sweeps in LA works its way through the courts."
*based solely on their race, language or job*
*based solely on their race, language or job*
Supreme Court lifts limits on LA immigration raids
US top court says that immigration agents can stop people based solely on their race, language or job.
www.bbc.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"The 6-3 decision of the conservative-majority court allows agents to stops suspects based solely on their race, language or job, while a legal challenge to the recent immigration sweeps in LA works its way through the courts."
*based solely on their race, language or job*
*based solely on their race, language or job*
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28 party insiders met privately and voted to overturn our endorsement.
Let me be clear, we’re still in this fight. And we’re going to win.
Donate and sign up for a shift today. www.fatehformayor.com/donate
Let me be clear, we’re still in this fight. And we’re going to win.
Donate and sign up for a shift today. www.fatehformayor.com/donate
August 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
28 party insiders met privately and voted to overturn our endorsement.
Let me be clear, we’re still in this fight. And we’re going to win.
Donate and sign up for a shift today. www.fatehformayor.com/donate
Let me be clear, we’re still in this fight. And we’re going to win.
Donate and sign up for a shift today. www.fatehformayor.com/donate
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Vanishing records, inaccessible files: the public’s right to know is at risk.
📖 Join our #booktalk, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, with librarians James Jacobs & Jim Jacobs. Shari Laster guides the discussion.
📅 Aug 28
🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303...
📖 Join our #booktalk, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, with librarians James Jacobs & Jim Jacobs. Shari Laster guides the discussion.
📅 Aug 28
🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303...
August 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Vanishing records, inaccessible files: the public’s right to know is at risk.
📖 Join our #booktalk, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, with librarians James Jacobs & Jim Jacobs. Shari Laster guides the discussion.
📅 Aug 28
🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303...
📖 Join our #booktalk, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, with librarians James Jacobs & Jim Jacobs. Shari Laster guides the discussion.
📅 Aug 28
🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303...
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NEW: In what appears to be one of the largest expansions of surveillance in IL history, we found hundreds of new Flock license plate readers—all paid for by AG Kwame Raoul's office in the last 3 years.
Issues with Flock Safety's data sharing practices are mounting. Will our sanctuary status hold?
Issues with Flock Safety's data sharing practices are mounting. Will our sanctuary status hold?
Eyes on the heartland
A vast network of new license plate cameras has exploded across Illinois in recent years—paid for by state grants to fight retail crime. With the federal government clamoring for more information on p...
unraveledpress.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NEW: In what appears to be one of the largest expansions of surveillance in IL history, we found hundreds of new Flock license plate readers—all paid for by AG Kwame Raoul's office in the last 3 years.
Issues with Flock Safety's data sharing practices are mounting. Will our sanctuary status hold?
Issues with Flock Safety's data sharing practices are mounting. Will our sanctuary status hold?
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The official voice of the U.S. government draws from 4chan trolls, explicitly white nationalist phrases and talking points, and radicalizing, dehumanizing, desensitizing language for its targets. I talked to propaganda experts about what it’s doing to us:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The official voice of the U.S. government draws from 4chan trolls, explicitly white nationalist phrases and talking points, and radicalizing, dehumanizing, desensitizing language for its targets. I talked to propaganda experts about what it’s doing to us:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Sam Altman is Elizabeth Holmes.
OpenAI is Theranos.
Their big lie is “AGI”.
We are witnessing what happens when Silicon Valley and investors run out of ideas yet desperately want to cling to wealth and power.
OpenAI will fail, Sam Altman will fall, and the AI industry will collapse behind them.
OpenAI is Theranos.
Their big lie is “AGI”.
We are witnessing what happens when Silicon Valley and investors run out of ideas yet desperately want to cling to wealth and power.
OpenAI will fail, Sam Altman will fall, and the AI industry will collapse behind them.
August 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Sam Altman is Elizabeth Holmes.
OpenAI is Theranos.
Their big lie is “AGI”.
We are witnessing what happens when Silicon Valley and investors run out of ideas yet desperately want to cling to wealth and power.
OpenAI will fail, Sam Altman will fall, and the AI industry will collapse behind them.
OpenAI is Theranos.
Their big lie is “AGI”.
We are witnessing what happens when Silicon Valley and investors run out of ideas yet desperately want to cling to wealth and power.
OpenAI will fail, Sam Altman will fall, and the AI industry will collapse behind them.
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If you have a moment today, check out Colin and Sophie Hortman’s tribute to their parents on @thecurrent. It’s moving, powerful, and full of great music!
A musical tribute to Melissa and Mark Hortman
At 8 a.m. on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 6, the Hortmans’ children, Colin and Sophie, joined The Current’s Morning Show to share songs and stories that embody their parents’ spirit and memory.
www.thecurrent.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you have a moment today, check out Colin and Sophie Hortman’s tribute to their parents on @thecurrent. It’s moving, powerful, and full of great music!
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Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...
There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp
Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...
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Given how unanimous the human rights community is in its verdict of genocide in Gaza, I was rather shocked and dismayed to see the de facto leader of the American left, @sanders.senate.gov, refusing to endorse this characterization.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-won...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-won...
Why Won’t U.S. Politicians Say “Genocide”?
The international human rights community has been clear in its language. Yet even Bernie Sanders refuses to speak of a Gaza genocide.
www.currentaffairs.org
August 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Given how unanimous the human rights community is in its verdict of genocide in Gaza, I was rather shocked and dismayed to see the de facto leader of the American left, @sanders.senate.gov, refusing to endorse this characterization.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-won...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-won...
I was just talking about this yesterday. We are willing to throw democracy away because we don’t think critically enough about the past. It is incredibly frustrating to hear “well, it couldn’t be any worse than it is now.” My dude, democracy is on her last legs. It could be BETTER if we FIGHT FOR IT
“There’s a sense that democracy isn’t working for young people. There’s a lack of belief that democracy is even able to improve their lives,” said Tufts University's Alberto Medina. “At the same time, we have been living in an era of high youth voting.”
'Democracy isn’t working': Many young adults believe voting is not important, AP-NORC poll finds
A new poll finds young people in the United States are less engaged in politics than older generations are. Many young adults feel disillusioned with the political system and question the importance…
to.pbs.org
August 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I was just talking about this yesterday. We are willing to throw democracy away because we don’t think critically enough about the past. It is incredibly frustrating to hear “well, it couldn’t be any worse than it is now.” My dude, democracy is on her last legs. It could be BETTER if we FIGHT FOR IT
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i think some of you are a bit confused on lula saying the US is attempting a coup here. the tariffs are the coup attempt. trump is directly punishing us for prosecuting bolsonaro. undermining our financial institutions and economy is the coup.
August 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
i think some of you are a bit confused on lula saying the US is attempting a coup here. the tariffs are the coup attempt. trump is directly punishing us for prosecuting bolsonaro. undermining our financial institutions and economy is the coup.
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Texas data centers are projected to use 49 billion gallons of water this year, as the state faces a prolonged drought.
August 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Texas data centers are projected to use 49 billion gallons of water this year, as the state faces a prolonged drought.
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"Well well well, suddenly we understand gender dysmorphia, don't we boys?"
part 1
part 1
July 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Well well well, suddenly we understand gender dysmorphia, don't we boys?"
part 1
part 1
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Police are warning people ahead of Lollapalooza after a fake ride-share driver sexually assaulted 2 women on the Near North Side. blockclubchi.co/4l4BL07
July 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Police are warning people ahead of Lollapalooza after a fake ride-share driver sexually assaulted 2 women on the Near North Side. blockclubchi.co/4l4BL07
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The laws of war don’t just apply when it’s convenient.
Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization. But Netanyahu doesn’t get a pass. He is responsible for the pervasive starvation and famine, which is morally repugnant.
Feed Gaza.
Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization. But Netanyahu doesn’t get a pass. He is responsible for the pervasive starvation and famine, which is morally repugnant.
Feed Gaza.
July 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The laws of war don’t just apply when it’s convenient.
Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization. But Netanyahu doesn’t get a pass. He is responsible for the pervasive starvation and famine, which is morally repugnant.
Feed Gaza.
Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization. But Netanyahu doesn’t get a pass. He is responsible for the pervasive starvation and famine, which is morally repugnant.
Feed Gaza.
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This is so important and long overdue.
New York is about to make all prison phone calls free. This move will make it easier for the state’s over 30,000 prisoners to stay connected to loved ones, saving them over $13 million a year. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...
Prisoners’ Phone Calls Will Soon Be Free in New York State
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is so important and long overdue.
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"We need to stop bombing children, we need to allow the humanitarian supplies into Gaza, the commercial supplies into Gaza, and we need to be allowed to do our jobs as humanitarian community to reach children who are desperately in need," said Rachael Cummings with Save the Children.
July 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"We need to stop bombing children, we need to allow the humanitarian supplies into Gaza, the commercial supplies into Gaza, and we need to be allowed to do our jobs as humanitarian community to reach children who are desperately in need," said Rachael Cummings with Save the Children.
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NGL, South Park telling kids for nearly 30 years that apathy is cool and caring is embarrassing is part of how we got here.
Not gonna fawn over a stopped clock inevitably being slightly right about something.
Yes, coalitions, but not giving harmful shit passes just because someone made you laugh.
Not gonna fawn over a stopped clock inevitably being slightly right about something.
Yes, coalitions, but not giving harmful shit passes just because someone made you laugh.
July 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
NGL, South Park telling kids for nearly 30 years that apathy is cool and caring is embarrassing is part of how we got here.
Not gonna fawn over a stopped clock inevitably being slightly right about something.
Yes, coalitions, but not giving harmful shit passes just because someone made you laugh.
Not gonna fawn over a stopped clock inevitably being slightly right about something.
Yes, coalitions, but not giving harmful shit passes just because someone made you laugh.
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Physical media forever 📼
Vidiots Launches Initiative to Preserve Rare VHS, with 1,500 Tapes Identified So Far
Vidiots and BAVC are partnering to digitize rare VHS from Vidiots' legacy collection — starting with the first 100 of 1,500 titles.
www.indiewire.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Physical media forever 📼
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Damn, they killed Ozzy to distract from the Epstein cover-up?
July 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Damn, they killed Ozzy to distract from the Epstein cover-up?
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act into law 90 years ago this month. For the first time, workers in the United States had the right to organize unions and bargain collectively.
Riot guns and revolution: How a bloody 1934 workers strike in Minneapolis catalyzed the nation
A landmark 1934 Minneapolis strike made the city a union town and influenced national labor law. It was an outcome that seemed all but impossible in the first part of the decade.
www.mprnews.org
July 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act into law 90 years ago this month. For the first time, workers in the United States had the right to organize unions and bargain collectively.