Chewbecca
@poorasfolk.bsky.social
Former blogger/writer person who wrote about poor people things.
Enthusiastic about growing things, books, sewing, art, and antifascism.
Ithaca,NY
I also sell things here:
https://linktr.ee/theluckyfish
Enthusiastic about growing things, books, sewing, art, and antifascism.
Ithaca,NY
I also sell things here:
https://linktr.ee/theluckyfish
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Incredible timing that Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried are co-starring in a movie when the former's press quotes are like "I Googled racism last night and it turns out it's a thumbs down" and the latter's are like "Voltaire said we must strangle the last king with the bowels of the last priest”
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Incredible timing that Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried are co-starring in a movie when the former's press quotes are like "I Googled racism last night and it turns out it's a thumbs down" and the latter's are like "Voltaire said we must strangle the last king with the bowels of the last priest”
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Hey. Hey, want to read some stories from Palestinian writers? Buy my book. It’s good. It has a lot of words in it (but not too many words!).
This has been an attempt at self marketing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
This has been an attempt at self marketing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculati…
Thyme Travellers collects fourteen of the Palestinian d…
www.goodreads.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hey. Hey, want to read some stories from Palestinian writers? Buy my book. It’s good. It has a lot of words in it (but not too many words!).
This has been an attempt at self marketing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
This has been an attempt at self marketing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
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🦄 Lavender Angels (@pridewasariot.bsky.social) are just $30 shy of $150 print fund goal. #DefendLavenderHeights #QueersBashBack
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December 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🦄 Lavender Angels (@pridewasariot.bsky.social) are just $30 shy of $150 print fund goal. #DefendLavenderHeights #QueersBashBack
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Cashapp: $CTFAE
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Cashapp: $CTFAE
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I was informed the other day that kids don't read/like Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse that much anymore (or any of those Kevin Henkes books) and what the heck,why?!
I was informed the other day that kids don't read/like Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse that much anymore (or any of those Kevin Henkes books) and what the heck,why?!
Please welcome back Rose with another fun children's literature bookcase block, this time from Lily's Purple Plastic Purse.
Find this and more, free for personal use, on fandominstitches.com!
#fandominstitches #fandomquilt #lilyspurpleplasticpurse #projectofdoom #quiltsky
Find this and more, free for personal use, on fandominstitches.com!
#fandominstitches #fandomquilt #lilyspurpleplasticpurse #projectofdoom #quiltsky
December 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I was informed the other day that kids don't read/like Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse that much anymore (or any of those Kevin Henkes books) and what the heck,why?!
I was informed the other day that kids don't read/like Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse that much anymore (or any of those Kevin Henkes books) and what the heck,why?!
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#DisabilitySupportMA
Disabled enby artist and two disabled trans partners need help with car repairs, utilities, debts, meds and essentials. $600 remaining (not including repairs)
paypal.me/VeeAstra
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ko-fi.com/vastrav
$VAstraChevalier
#MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕♿
Disabled enby artist and two disabled trans partners need help with car repairs, utilities, debts, meds and essentials. $600 remaining (not including repairs)
paypal.me/VeeAstra
www.venmo.com/u/Veronica-C...
ko-fi.com/vastrav
$VAstraChevalier
#MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕♿
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#DisabilitySupportMA
Disabled enby artist and two disabled trans partners need help with car repairs, utilities, debts, meds and essentials. $600 remaining (not including repairs)
paypal.me/VeeAstra
www.venmo.com/u/Veronica-C...
ko-fi.com/vastrav
$VAstraChevalier
#MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕♿
Disabled enby artist and two disabled trans partners need help with car repairs, utilities, debts, meds and essentials. $600 remaining (not including repairs)
paypal.me/VeeAstra
www.venmo.com/u/Veronica-C...
ko-fi.com/vastrav
$VAstraChevalier
#MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕♿
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"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
Imagine naming a kid after you just to abandon it and go have another kid named after you and doing it again LOL
Frosty the Snowman Voice Actor Had "At Least" Three Secret Families, Son Says
David Vernon has revealed his father, late Frosty the Snowman voice actor Jackie Vernon, abandoned three secret families before marrying his mother.
consequence.net
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Imagine naming a kid after you just to abandon it and go have another kid named after you and doing it again LOL
my neighbor raises pigeons and I intend to ask him if he ever considered that they may need top hats because I think they do
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
my neighbor raises pigeons and I intend to ask him if he ever considered that they may need top hats because I think they do
I love this
What ‘67’ Reveals About Childhood Creativity. “Through these quaint ready-made formulas the ridiculousness of life is underlined, the absurdity of the adult world and their teachers proclaimed…and the curiosity of language itself is savoured.” [atlasobscura.com]
What ‘67’ Reveals About Childhood Creativity
The work of Iona and Peter Opie, two pioneering researchers in postwar Britain, can help us understand the epitome of 2025 memes.
www.atlasobscura.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I love this
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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
If you are a knitter who has beanie style hats for sale, I sure would love to see them
#craftiverse #handmade #knitting
#craftiverse #handmade #knitting
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If you are a knitter who has beanie style hats for sale, I sure would love to see them
#craftiverse #handmade #knitting
#craftiverse #handmade #knitting
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#ArtAdventCalendar 4
Wall quilt 22”x24”
Foundation paper piecing. Made for my dad’s wife soon after he had passed this Spring. I combined elements of two patterns and made the cat to look like her beloved cat, ItsyBitsy whom has since passed as well. ❤️
Wall quilt 22”x24”
Foundation paper piecing. Made for my dad’s wife soon after he had passed this Spring. I combined elements of two patterns and made the cat to look like her beloved cat, ItsyBitsy whom has since passed as well. ❤️
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar 4
Wall quilt 22”x24”
Foundation paper piecing. Made for my dad’s wife soon after he had passed this Spring. I combined elements of two patterns and made the cat to look like her beloved cat, ItsyBitsy whom has since passed as well. ❤️
Wall quilt 22”x24”
Foundation paper piecing. Made for my dad’s wife soon after he had passed this Spring. I combined elements of two patterns and made the cat to look like her beloved cat, ItsyBitsy whom has since passed as well. ❤️
There's a song on Benjamin Booker's latest called “REBECCA LATIMER FELTON TAKES A BBC” which made me laugh-snort.
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There's a song on Benjamin Booker's latest called “REBECCA LATIMER FELTON TAKES A BBC” which made me laugh-snort.
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I keep seeing posts about Black Friday blackouts and that's all great; just make sure your local businesses are getting your support. And that includes creatives! If they have a website, buy direct! #WritingCommunity #Poets
Get a signed #poetry collection here: www.norbaikin.com/blog/product...
Get a signed #poetry collection here: www.norbaikin.com/blog/product...
World By Design (signed)
Signed copies of World By Design!! In World By Design, Norb Aikin’s third book of poetry, the question of whether we truly create our own world or are living in a world created for us is pose…
www.norbaikin.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I keep seeing posts about Black Friday blackouts and that's all great; just make sure your local businesses are getting your support. And that includes creatives! If they have a website, buy direct! #WritingCommunity #Poets
Get a signed #poetry collection here: www.norbaikin.com/blog/product...
Get a signed #poetry collection here: www.norbaikin.com/blog/product...
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After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
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#OtD 30 Nov 1930 legendary Irish-born dressmaker and worker-organiser, Mother Jones, died in Maryland, US. Co-founder of the @IWW, she organised for multiple unions and, in 1902, was called dubbed "the most dangerous woman in America" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1930 legendary Irish-born dressmaker and worker-organiser, Mother Jones, died in Maryland, US. Co-founder of the @IWW, she organised for multiple unions and, in 1902, was called dubbed "the most dangerous woman in America" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
-Raccoons
-Gray Fox
-Red Fox
-Crows
- Fisher
-Raccoons
-Gray Fox
-Red Fox
-Crows
- Fisher
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- Hedgehog
- Toad
- Kingfisher
- Squirrel
- Fox
- Hedgehog
- Toad
- Kingfisher
- Squirrel
- Fox
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
-Raccoons
-Gray Fox
-Red Fox
-Crows
- Fisher
-Raccoons
-Gray Fox
-Red Fox
-Crows
- Fisher
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If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
Well, I was going to say Happy Caturday but it's SUNDAY. Whoops.
Here's my cat for the tl anyway
Here's my cat for the tl anyway
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Well, I was going to say Happy Caturday but it's SUNDAY. Whoops.
Here's my cat for the tl anyway
Here's my cat for the tl anyway
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Watan Palestine (US/Jordan) is a Palestinian-owned shop that sells art, clothing, accessories, home goods, and more. I especially love their designs of cats wearing keffiyehs:
watanpalestine.com/collections/...
watanpalestine.com/collections/...
Catfiyyeh Print (Version 2)
DESCRIPTION A high-resolution print of an original Watan piece. This print is a second version of our Catffiyeh print, this time reorganized into a summer evening in Amman (aka overfilled with cats ga...
watanpalestine.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Watan Palestine (US/Jordan) is a Palestinian-owned shop that sells art, clothing, accessories, home goods, and more. I especially love their designs of cats wearing keffiyehs:
watanpalestine.com/collections/...
watanpalestine.com/collections/...
The best cozy & magical art. And there are calendars!
Phoebe Wahl's art features fairies, gnomes, and other fantasy friends, and a diverse range of bodies:
phoebewahl.shop/products/swo...
phoebewahl.shop/products/swo...
Swords To Plowshares Print
The enchanting world of Phoebe Wahl meets the mystical world of Magic the Gathering in these highly detailed and vibrant prints featuring artwork from Phoebe's Secret Lair artist's pack. Printed in fu...
phoebewahl.shop
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The best cozy & magical art. And there are calendars!
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Trump administration ‘inadvertently’ deported transgender woman to Mexico despite judge’s concern she may face torture there (via @cnn.com)
Trump administration ‘inadvertently’ deported transgender woman to Mexico despite a judge’s concern she may face torture there | CNN
The Trump administration admitted it “inadvertently” deported a transgender woman to Mexico this month after a judge ordered she not be removed to the country over fears she may be tortured or violent...
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Trump administration ‘inadvertently’ deported transgender woman to Mexico despite judge’s concern she may face torture there (via @cnn.com)