Elisa📚🖌️🧶☕️
@readcraftcoffee.bsky.social
I 🫶🏽 to read 📚, craft handmade cards 🎨🖌️, coffee ☕️ (also really enjoy a flavorful cup of tea 🫖), and if it weren’t for my carpal tunnel I would knit/crochet more 🧶. I’m here to follow the all things bookish and card making in hopes the community here grows 💜
🧵 Gotta love how those that are complicit to the atrocities this regime is doing, are failing to cover it up! Great job, real journalists! Great job, those that find ways to still share the truth.
December 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🧵 Gotta love how those that are complicit to the atrocities this regime is doing, are failing to cover it up! Great job, real journalists! Great job, those that find ways to still share the truth.
If you haven’t so already, it’s time for you to #BoycottCBS #BoycottParamount+
We all need to stand up against this regime in every way possible. “State ran media” should never have a place in the US.
We all need to stand up against this regime in every way possible. “State ran media” should never have a place in the US.
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
December 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you haven’t so already, it’s time for you to #BoycottCBS #BoycottParamount+
We all need to stand up against this regime in every way possible. “State ran media” should never have a place in the US.
We all need to stand up against this regime in every way possible. “State ran media” should never have a place in the US.
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SCOOP-1: The @nytimes.com has confirmed the following previously unreported donations/pledges to the WH ballroom:
▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m
▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m
▶️Palantir: $10m
▶️Ripple: $5m
▶️Parsons: $2.5m
▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5
Here's a gift link.
There's more in the story 🧵…
▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m
▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m
▶️Palantir: $10m
▶️Ripple: $5m
▶️Parsons: $2.5m
▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5
Here's a gift link.
There's more in the story 🧵…
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office (Gift Article)
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
SCOOP-1: The @nytimes.com has confirmed the following previously unreported donations/pledges to the WH ballroom:
▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m
▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m
▶️Palantir: $10m
▶️Ripple: $5m
▶️Parsons: $2.5m
▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5
Here's a gift link.
There's more in the story 🧵…
▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m
▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m
▶️Palantir: $10m
▶️Ripple: $5m
▶️Parsons: $2.5m
▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5
Here's a gift link.
There's more in the story 🧵…
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Flock left a bunch of its cameras exposed to the internet, where we could watch them streaming live. Here's how that happened and what we saw: www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Flock left a bunch of its cameras exposed to the internet, where we could watch them streaming live. Here's how that happened and what we saw: www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation
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Since we began tallying school book bans in 2021, thousands of books have been targeted repeatedly – as many as 147X for @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social’s Looking for Alaska and 142 for @jodipicoult.bsky.social’s Nineteen Minutes.
These Are The Top 52 Banned Books Since 2021: pen.org/top-52-banne...
These Are The Top 52 Banned Books Since 2021: pen.org/top-52-banne...
Top 52 Banned Books: The Most Banned Books in U.S. Schools
The 52 most banned books of the last four school years include National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winners.
pen.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Since we began tallying school book bans in 2021, thousands of books have been targeted repeatedly – as many as 147X for @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social’s Looking for Alaska and 142 for @jodipicoult.bsky.social’s Nineteen Minutes.
These Are The Top 52 Banned Books Since 2021: pen.org/top-52-banne...
These Are The Top 52 Banned Books Since 2021: pen.org/top-52-banne...
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The winter holidays are here, and PEN America is ready to celebrate them in our favorite way — curled up with a good book!
But this year — as our holiday season Banned Books Reading List shows — even heartwarming holiday tales aren't safe from bans: bookshop.org/lists/happy-...
But this year — as our holiday season Banned Books Reading List shows — even heartwarming holiday tales aren't safe from bans: bookshop.org/lists/happy-...
Happy Holidays: A Banned Books Reading List
The winter holidays are here, and PEN America is ready to celebrate them in our favorite way — curled up with a good book!
bookshop.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The winter holidays are here, and PEN America is ready to celebrate them in our favorite way — curled up with a good book!
But this year — as our holiday season Banned Books Reading List shows — even heartwarming holiday tales aren't safe from bans: bookshop.org/lists/happy-...
But this year — as our holiday season Banned Books Reading List shows — even heartwarming holiday tales aren't safe from bans: bookshop.org/lists/happy-...
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THREAD: It was supposed to be a routine surgery. So when the doctor stepped out, Sandra Parker wasn’t sure she heard right.
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
THREAD: It was supposed to be a routine surgery. So when the doctor stepped out, Sandra Parker wasn’t sure she heard right.
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
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As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (or deserve) free advertising for Spotify Wrapped: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (or deserve) free advertising for Spotify Wrapped: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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Now that SCOTUS will decide the fate of the Constitution's birthright citizenship clause, here are two pieces I wrote on the Trump admin's historically nonsensical and morally broken arguments to deny some children their lawful citizenship
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Now that SCOTUS will decide the fate of the Constitution's birthright citizenship clause, here are two pieces I wrote on the Trump admin's historically nonsensical and morally broken arguments to deny some children their lawful citizenship
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“This was like a fucking machine,” said assistant St. Louis County attorney Mike Ryan, “that was basically trying to roll over these girls.”
A bit of BTS on the reporting of my story about the abuse of children in a little-known church community in Minnesota: www.propublica.org/article/minn...
A bit of BTS on the reporting of my story about the abuse of children in a little-known church community in Minnesota: www.propublica.org/article/minn...
What a Recorded Interview Between Police and Preachers Reveals About How a Minnesota Church Handled Sexual Abuse
A roughly 40-minute conversation shows how leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church kept an open secret quiet for so long.
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“This was like a fucking machine,” said assistant St. Louis County attorney Mike Ryan, “that was basically trying to roll over these girls.”
A bit of BTS on the reporting of my story about the abuse of children in a little-known church community in Minnesota: www.propublica.org/article/minn...
A bit of BTS on the reporting of my story about the abuse of children in a little-known church community in Minnesota: www.propublica.org/article/minn...
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They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
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We must connect the dots.
Trump is trying to normalize the word “enemy” to describe American citizens, while also normalizing military in our streets.
It’s not a coincidence.
Trump is trying to normalize the word “enemy” to describe American citizens, while also normalizing military in our streets.
It’s not a coincidence.
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We must connect the dots.
Trump is trying to normalize the word “enemy” to describe American citizens, while also normalizing military in our streets.
It’s not a coincidence.
Trump is trying to normalize the word “enemy” to describe American citizens, while also normalizing military in our streets.
It’s not a coincidence.
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What's that Kegsbreath? Soldiers shouldn't follow unlawful orders? Agreed.
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What's that Kegsbreath? Soldiers shouldn't follow unlawful orders? Agreed.
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On this day in 1970, Cesar Chavez was sentenced to an indefinite jail term for his work boycotting lettuce produced by farms that had used coercive tactics against the United Farm Workers.
Dec. 3, 1970 | Cesar Chavez Jailed for Leading Boycott Against Coercive Farmers
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On this day in 1970, Cesar Chavez was sentenced to an indefinite jail term for his work boycotting lettuce produced by farms that had used coercive tactics against the United Farm Workers.
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The fight for immigrant justice will take all of us. This #GivingTuesday, your donation to NILC fuels our work to defend immigrants' rights and strengthen our democracy.
Make your Giving Tuesday gift here: www.nilc.org/donate-now/
Make your Giving Tuesday gift here: www.nilc.org/donate-now/
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The fight for immigrant justice will take all of us. This #GivingTuesday, your donation to NILC fuels our work to defend immigrants' rights and strengthen our democracy.
Make your Giving Tuesday gift here: www.nilc.org/donate-now/
Make your Giving Tuesday gift here: www.nilc.org/donate-now/
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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The homicidal Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington has been a disgrace to American democracy.
Trump’s thoughts on the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi: “things happen.” What he said about the epidemic of human rights violations in Saudi Arabia: nothing.
Trump’s thoughts on the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi: “things happen.” What he said about the epidemic of human rights violations in Saudi Arabia: nothing.
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The homicidal Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington has been a disgrace to American democracy.
Trump’s thoughts on the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi: “things happen.” What he said about the epidemic of human rights violations in Saudi Arabia: nothing.
Trump’s thoughts on the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi: “things happen.” What he said about the epidemic of human rights violations in Saudi Arabia: nothing.
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Is AI inherently bad? Of course not.
The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?
Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?
I doubt it.
The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?
Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?
I doubt it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Is AI inherently bad? Of course not.
The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?
Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?
I doubt it.
The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?
Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?
I doubt it.
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Next time a Republican whines when they get called a fascist, just remind them that Trump says he doesn't mind the label!
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Next time a Republican whines when they get called a fascist, just remind them that Trump says he doesn't mind the label!
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Don Lupe shared that one detained man who volunteered to be deported due to unbearable conditions had to wait months.
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
After 27 years in the U.S., Don Lupe was detained by ICE at his New Jersey workplace. His family and community fought to bring him home. His story shows the quiet, devastating toll these detentions take on families, and the growing rise of raids at NJ bonded warehouses. @documentedny.bsky.social
A Family's Fight to Bring Their Father Home - Documented
Don Lupe had been living in the U.S. for 27 years when he was detained by ICE agents during a worksite raid in New Jersey. Then his family fought to have him freed.
documentedny.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Don Lupe shared that one detained man who volunteered to be deported due to unbearable conditions had to wait months.
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
This church is vile (as many are as they continue time and time again to cover up for abusers). But even more so, the parents who did not stand up for their children against the abusers. If you bring them into this world, it is your duty to provide and protect them. They all failed these children.
The leaders of a church community in Duluth enabled a child abuser for years by encouraging his victims to “forgive and forget” his sins — and never speak of them again.
Young girls were sexually abused by a Duluth church member. They were told to forgive and forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away,” they could never speak of them again.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This church is vile (as many are as they continue time and time again to cover up for abusers). But even more so, the parents who did not stand up for their children against the abusers. If you bring them into this world, it is your duty to provide and protect them. They all failed these children.
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Nick Anderson presents: ‘Things happen’
‘Things happen’
A cartoon by Nick Anderson
contrarian.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Nick Anderson presents: ‘Things happen’
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Republicans can't seem to decipher Epstein's emails, so Jon Stewart does it for them
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Republicans can't seem to decipher Epstein's emails, so Jon Stewart does it for them
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My favorite quote from the National Book awards tonight: “I’m going to speak in Spanish because there are fascists who don’t like that.” —Gabriela Cabezón-Camára
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My favorite quote from the National Book awards tonight: “I’m going to speak in Spanish because there are fascists who don’t like that.” —Gabriela Cabezón-Camára