Amber 🪵 🔥
@okily.bsky.social
(she/her/ella) Arizona. 42. Separated, kids all double digits. Writer, lover, full of rage. Depressive disorder. Trans lives matter. AMA else. 🩵🫂
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There's this one on the 20th.
East Valley Free America Walkout (And Bridge Brigade)
Immediately after walking out of school and work for the Free America Walkout, get out on the streets to bring the public pressure on. Join our protest and bridge brigade to deliver a message to thous...
action.womensmarch.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:01 PM
There's this one on the 20th.
I know that The Black Parade is both commercially and artistically the album to be celebrated. But when you put the Danger Days album with the comics and music videos - that is the story that needs revisiting right now. It had everything and it was just beginning. Fun Ghoul lives. Tell that story.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I know that The Black Parade is both commercially and artistically the album to be celebrated. But when you put the Danger Days album with the comics and music videos - that is the story that needs revisiting right now. It had everything and it was just beginning. Fun Ghoul lives. Tell that story.
Genuinely had no idea! I have an audiobook I’ve been listening to at work. It’s the only time I have a chance. I’m going to have to look into this at my local library. They promote their digital catalogs so much, but maybe this is why. Interesting.
No surprise to librarians, but perhaps surprising to users, demands/prices for ebooks /audiobooks are killing public library budgets. David Szalay's book, Flesh,” costs DCPL:
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
51st.news
January 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Genuinely had no idea! I have an audiobook I’ve been listening to at work. It’s the only time I have a chance. I’m going to have to look into this at my local library. They promote their digital catalogs so much, but maybe this is why. Interesting.
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If you don't remember Tortuguita's story, one place that I think told some of it well was the Bitter Southerner: bittersoutherner.com/feature/2023...
Little Turtle’s War — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
The shooting death of a protestor at the hands of police feels like both an inevitable outcome of this long battle over Atlanta’s South River Forest and a completely preventable tragedy.
bittersoutherner.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
If you don't remember Tortuguita's story, one place that I think told some of it well was the Bitter Southerner: bittersoutherner.com/feature/2023...
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The reasonable, centrist, moderate position come 2028 will more than just abolish ICE & dismantle DHS; it’ll be “life in prison for ICE,” if it isn’t already.
Thank you @abigailspanberger.com for taking real action to weaken ICE in Virginia.
Thank you @abigailspanberger.com for taking real action to weaken ICE in Virginia.
Immigration activists are celebrating new Virginia Gov. Spanberger’s decision to end state and local law enforcement partnerships with ICE
January 17, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The reasonable, centrist, moderate position come 2028 will more than just abolish ICE & dismantle DHS; it’ll be “life in prison for ICE,” if it isn’t already.
Thank you @abigailspanberger.com for taking real action to weaken ICE in Virginia.
Thank you @abigailspanberger.com for taking real action to weaken ICE in Virginia.
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Mutual aid
Ive made no headway.. last thing I ate was a bread roll that made me sick a few days back.. havent had a full meal since Monday. I cant fo anything with this amount looming. Anything that comes in instantly goes to it. Running out of time... please help me.
Cash.app/$illneverbew...
Ive made no headway.. last thing I ate was a bread roll that made me sick a few days back.. havent had a full meal since Monday. I cant fo anything with this amount looming. Anything that comes in instantly goes to it. Running out of time... please help me.
Cash.app/$illneverbew...
January 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Mutual aid
Ive made no headway.. last thing I ate was a bread roll that made me sick a few days back.. havent had a full meal since Monday. I cant fo anything with this amount looming. Anything that comes in instantly goes to it. Running out of time... please help me.
Cash.app/$illneverbew...
Ive made no headway.. last thing I ate was a bread roll that made me sick a few days back.. havent had a full meal since Monday. I cant fo anything with this amount looming. Anything that comes in instantly goes to it. Running out of time... please help me.
Cash.app/$illneverbew...
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08-08-2023
Will sketch! 👀
Will sketch! 👀
January 18, 2026 at 1:39 AM
08-08-2023
Will sketch! 👀
Will sketch! 👀
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Anyway, the mere existence of ICE (and of borders) is a human rights violation. People are meant to move around the world freely, and any restriction of that movement is immoral.
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Anyway, the mere existence of ICE (and of borders) is a human rights violation. People are meant to move around the world freely, and any restriction of that movement is immoral.
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Reposting with alt text! This is from the photojournalist who was violently tackled and detained by ICE earlier today.
January 18, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Reposting with alt text! This is from the photojournalist who was violently tackled and detained by ICE earlier today.
Fair. This is true. He’s always tried to middle-man
Jon Stewart loves to get it right up to the point where he might have to recognize that one side is just bad
January 17, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Fair. This is true. He’s always tried to middle-man
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Very interested to see which way they face when they do this
GOV. WALZ CALLS UP MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD TO "PROTECT THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY"
“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...
“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...
January 17, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Very interested to see which way they face when they do this
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If you work for the Minnesota National Guard, text me via Signal app at 202-510-1268. I will protect your anonymity.
January 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
If you work for the Minnesota National Guard, text me via Signal app at 202-510-1268. I will protect your anonymity.
Please send tips 😭
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM
2001. I was 17 here. My 17 year old wears this shirt now! :)
January 17, 2026 at 10:40 PM
2001. I was 17 here. My 17 year old wears this shirt now! :)
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Picard schooling tip: Don't be too tentative. Have experiences. Be dastardly. Get into trouble.
January 17, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Picard schooling tip: Don't be too tentative. Have experiences. Be dastardly. Get into trouble.
@generalstrikeaz.bsky.social are there any local events planned for Friday in solidarity?
Labor calls a general strike in Minnesota to protest the ICE invasion of the state.
January 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
@generalstrikeaz.bsky.social are there any local events planned for Friday in solidarity?
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children are absolutely the most oppressed ppl in this society and we need to fix that
January 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
children are absolutely the most oppressed ppl in this society and we need to fix that
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who could ever have guessed*
*all the leftists predicting this exact thing and getting screamed at by liberals for Hating America
*all the leftists predicting this exact thing and getting screamed at by liberals for Hating America
Nick Miroff: After 9/11, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security to prevent future terror strikes. Now DHS shifted from defending the country against foreign terrorists to deploying agents on American streets for the purpose of terrorizing American citizens.
‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’
Two decades after its founding, the department has become what its critics feared.
www.theatlantic.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM
who could ever have guessed*
*all the leftists predicting this exact thing and getting screamed at by liberals for Hating America
*all the leftists predicting this exact thing and getting screamed at by liberals for Hating America
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Give me one valid reason why kids need to be targeted in the name of national security.
There is none. It's terrorism tactic meant to scare and silence people.
There is none. It's terrorism tactic meant to scare and silence people.
ICE/CBP is following school busses now.
My husband (a school bus driver) was just in an urgent all-hands meeting about it this afternoon.
My husband (a school bus driver) was just in an urgent all-hands meeting about it this afternoon.
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Give me one valid reason why kids need to be targeted in the name of national security.
There is none. It's terrorism tactic meant to scare and silence people.
There is none. It's terrorism tactic meant to scare and silence people.
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How to help a fleeing undocumented person
Share far and wide ; education of laws is how we keep each other safe
Share far and wide ; education of laws is how we keep each other safe
January 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM
How to help a fleeing undocumented person
Share far and wide ; education of laws is how we keep each other safe
Share far and wide ; education of laws is how we keep each other safe
Getting rid of Arpaio felt so huge to me when I was younger. It’s the system that emboldens men like this that needs to go. Take care of each other out there 🩵
Phoenix is supposed to have *even higher* ice presence soon.
We're having conversations about potential short-term and long-term detention. We're training our teams.
We protested and survived the arpaio days. We know *some of* how this all goes.
We're having conversations about potential short-term and long-term detention. We're training our teams.
We protested and survived the arpaio days. We know *some of* how this all goes.
January 17, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Getting rid of Arpaio felt so huge to me when I was younger. It’s the system that emboldens men like this that needs to go. Take care of each other out there 🩵
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Let's. Fuckin'. Go.
Holy shit ICE got the regional AFL endorsing a general strike 😲, never thought I'd see the day minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
January 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Let's. Fuckin'. Go.
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“The states have attempted to justify these things in terms of some sort of alleged sex-based athletic advantage. It’s really about whether the court is going to uphold trans people’s equal opportunity in all aspects of public life.” – Karen Loewy, Lambda Legal Senior Counsel via @democracynow.org
Supreme Court Appears Poised to Uphold State Bans on Trans Student Athletes
When Becky Pepper-Jackson started middle school, she wanted to join her school’s track and field team. Like many girls her age, she was excited to make new friends and cultivate a passion for a sport. But unlike the other girls on her school’s track and field team, Pepper-Jackson is trans. And because she lives in West Virginia, a state which has banned transgender girls from participating in public school sports, Pepper-Jackson was excluded from what for her classmates is a normal childhood
www.democracynow.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
“The states have attempted to justify these things in terms of some sort of alleged sex-based athletic advantage. It’s really about whether the court is going to uphold trans people’s equal opportunity in all aspects of public life.” – Karen Loewy, Lambda Legal Senior Counsel via @democracynow.org