Ruby S.
@rubyji.bsky.social
❤️🩹Hope is a discipline.
💀Capitalism is a death cult.
🍉Solidarity is the antidote to fascism.
Awakening 🙈🤩
Living 🐈🪴🌌
Loving ♾️🏳️🌈
Raising a teen 🎮🏹
Durham 🐂🚬 NC, USA
https://lotusmedia.org
💀Capitalism is a death cult.
🍉Solidarity is the antidote to fascism.
Awakening 🙈🤩
Living 🐈🪴🌌
Loving ♾️🏳️🌈
Raising a teen 🎮🏹
Durham 🐂🚬 NC, USA
https://lotusmedia.org
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Ruby S.
@rubyji.bsky.social
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the fundamental central operating premise of this entire dominant ecosystem of what passes for the institutional "left" in this country is that you must carefully calibrate what you believe in light of what you perceive certain demographics to believe. but what wins elections is believing in shit
Let me repeat for the pundits in the back:
What wins elections is believing in shit.
What wins elections is believing in shit.
Instead of going on about rich white people doing gross stuff, why not post about the amazing power of grassroots organizing that mobilized thousands of volunteers across NC to protect our neighbors? Our volunteer safety brigades scared CBP from the state. And we are ready for when they return.
This particular caravan of federal agents may have left, for now, but we still have work to do to create a state where everyone can live freely, with dignity and without fear. Join us tomorrow at 6 PM in Charlotte and Raleigh. Stay posted for next steps at defendandrecruit.org/nc
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Instead of going on about rich white people doing gross stuff, why not post about the amazing power of grassroots organizing that mobilized thousands of volunteers across NC to protect our neighbors? Our volunteer safety brigades scared CBP from the state. And we are ready for when they return.
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I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
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On Holodomor Remembrance Day, Ukrainians light a candle at 4 pm
and place it on the windowsill to honor the millions who died in the 1932-1933 famine.
🕯️4 pm in Ukraine
and place it on the windowsill to honor the millions who died in the 1932-1933 famine.
🕯️4 pm in Ukraine
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
On Holodomor Remembrance Day, Ukrainians light a candle at 4 pm
and place it on the windowsill to honor the millions who died in the 1932-1933 famine.
🕯️4 pm in Ukraine
and place it on the windowsill to honor the millions who died in the 1932-1933 famine.
🕯️4 pm in Ukraine
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How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
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ICE & CBP are terrorizing North Carolina immigrants. Read @tinavasquez.bsky.social’s story for @prismreports.org at bit.ly/melticenc detailing the current immigrant raids in the state & the powerful community resistance growing in response.
North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
ICE & CBP are terrorizing North Carolina immigrants. Read @tinavasquez.bsky.social’s story for @prismreports.org at bit.ly/melticenc detailing the current immigrant raids in the state & the powerful community resistance growing in response.
"Attendees were able to check a public online dashboard for clean air readings for session rooms, kids’ areas, the front desk, and more, all before even showing up."
Make sure you catch my latest for @wired.com -- with comment from @defcon.bsky.social and @blackhatevents.bsky.social founder Jeff Moss, and @adafruit.com founder + engineer Limor Fried: www.wired.com/story/this-h...
This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System
At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Attendees were able to check a public online dashboard for clean air readings for session rooms, kids’ areas, the front desk, and more, all before even showing up."
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It's amazing that republicans are busy destroying themselves and you just know for a fact Schumer and Jeffries and the rest of Dem leadership is totally unable and unwilling to capitalize on this in any way
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
It's amazing that republicans are busy destroying themselves and you just know for a fact Schumer and Jeffries and the rest of Dem leadership is totally unable and unwilling to capitalize on this in any way
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You can say ICE is being used as a political cudgel to demolish democracy, or you can recognize that’s all they ever have been since their inception.
Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) publicly announced she has referred the state’s grassroots referendum campaign to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), claiming without evidence that canvassers are “employing illegal aliens” to collect signatures to overturn the mid-decade redraw.
Missouri GOP Now Siccing ICE on Gerrymander Referendum Signature Gatherers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
You can say ICE is being used as a political cudgel to demolish democracy, or you can recognize that’s all they ever have been since their inception.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Safaa. Safaa is only 16 years old and is trying to help her mother Manal who is a widow with 7 children, 3 of whom live with her in a tent. Safaa told me she wishes to go to Europe and work with refugee children when she is older. ❤️
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Safaa. Safaa is only 16 years old and is trying to help her mother Manal who is a widow with 7 children, 3 of whom live with her in a tent. Safaa told me she wishes to go to Europe and work with refugee children when she is older. ❤️
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Maybe he’s born with it.
🎶 Maybe it’s Mamdani 🎶
🎶 Maybe it’s Mamdani 🎶
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Maybe he’s born with it.
🎶 Maybe it’s Mamdani 🎶
🎶 Maybe it’s Mamdani 🎶
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
People have the power when we organize
I do not regret to inform you that North Carolina is getting into #formation. We're going to make ICE regret coming south like a bunch of weak-skinned retirees.
All of our existing civic and activist networks are lighting up. This is what we build community for. We protect us.
All of our existing civic and activist networks are lighting up. This is what we build community for. We protect us.
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
People have the power when we organize
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For many North Carolinians, this week's news feed was filled with headlines and videos that were heartbreaking, frightening, and enraging. But there was resistance and solidarity at every turn. Above all, there were helpers.
#nc #ncpol #standtogether
#nc #ncpol #standtogether
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
For many North Carolinians, this week's news feed was filled with headlines and videos that were heartbreaking, frightening, and enraging. But there was resistance and solidarity at every turn. Above all, there were helpers.
#nc #ncpol #standtogether
#nc #ncpol #standtogether
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Durham, NC tonight. A massive and righteously joyful crowd. So so many young people.
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Durham, NC tonight. A massive and righteously joyful crowd. So so many young people.
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Ummm, were you all aware of this bullshit???
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Ummm, were you all aware of this bullshit???
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
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“The Kashoggi family and the American people deserve to know what was said on that call,” Rep. Eugene Vindman said. https://to.pbs.org/4oVInRp
WATCH: Reps. Vindman, Raskin call on Trump to release transcript of 2019 call with MBS after Khashoggi murder
"The Kashoggi family and the American people deserve to know what was said on that call," said Rep. Eugene Vindman.
www.pbs.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“The Kashoggi family and the American people deserve to know what was said on that call,” Rep. Eugene Vindman said. https://to.pbs.org/4oVInRp
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icmy, it was predicted
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
icmy, it was predicted
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Guess they’re gonna have to tear down all those New Deal buildings and artworks.
For those who don’t study history, we’ve had socialism in America before, it was in response to unbridled wealth hoarding, and it directly led to one of the most prosperous periods the country has ever experienced.
For those who don’t study history, we’ve had socialism in America before, it was in response to unbridled wealth hoarding, and it directly led to one of the most prosperous periods the country has ever experienced.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Guess they’re gonna have to tear down all those New Deal buildings and artworks.
For those who don’t study history, we’ve had socialism in America before, it was in response to unbridled wealth hoarding, and it directly led to one of the most prosperous periods the country has ever experienced.
For those who don’t study history, we’ve had socialism in America before, it was in response to unbridled wealth hoarding, and it directly led to one of the most prosperous periods the country has ever experienced.
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They are so funny. Our neighbors are being stuffed into unmarked vans, and they’re all like let’s vote against a term we probably can’t define instead.
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
They are so funny. Our neighbors are being stuffed into unmarked vans, and they’re all like let’s vote against a term we probably can’t define instead.
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The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves.
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves.
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
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While reporting this, we came across this ProPublica story from 2019 about a Border Patrol Facebook group.
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
While reporting this, we came across this ProPublica story from 2019 about a Border Patrol Facebook group.
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
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me when people start casually telling me about how they use genAI products and how it's fun
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
me when people start casually telling me about how they use genAI products and how it's fun
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Remembering Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray on her 115th birthday
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Remembering Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray on her 115th birthday
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WOW
WHAT A COINCIDENCE
WHAT A COINCIDENCE
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
WOW
WHAT A COINCIDENCE
WHAT A COINCIDENCE
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Join the hundreds of members of your community that have met this moment by taking leadership and showing what the path to a truly safe North Carolina can look like.
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
For a Safe North Carolina - Defend and Recruit
For a Safe North Carolina HELP OUR COMMUNITIES IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS Right now, Border Patrol is attacking our communities and our people. Our elected representatives, faith leaders, and business own...
defendandrecruit.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Join the hundreds of members of your community that have met this moment by taking leadership and showing what the path to a truly safe North Carolina can look like.
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge