Sara Harty
@saraharty.bsky.social
Nature, photography, and politics. Looking for hope in resisting “all this.”
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Damp, by Sam Francis, 1969 (rotated, detail), 📸 by @itsryantweets
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Damp, by Sam Francis, 1969 (rotated, detail), 📸 by @itsryantweets
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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It appears they are filming Game of Thrones in Chicago. This morning's sunrise hitting the skyline.
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It appears they are filming Game of Thrones in Chicago. This morning's sunrise hitting the skyline.
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Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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I am really trying to get people to understand how much what is happening to our children in Chicago with regard to ICE abductions is like school shootings/gun violence: the random and massive exposure to this particular violence will imprint on a generation and no privilege can fully shield you.
This was horrific to watch. Agents entering a daycare, wrestling with and abducting a teacher in front of small screaming children. I just… what the fuck are we doing here.
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I am really trying to get people to understand how much what is happening to our children in Chicago with regard to ICE abductions is like school shootings/gun violence: the random and massive exposure to this particular violence will imprint on a generation and no privilege can fully shield you.
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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The optics of Trump building a ballroom that 99.9% of Americans will never set foot in while millions line up for food banks are worth more than any policy paper or economic proposal. This image is a visceral punch in the mouth that needs no words. It should haunt the GOP for a generation.
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The optics of Trump building a ballroom that 99.9% of Americans will never set foot in while millions line up for food banks are worth more than any policy paper or economic proposal. This image is a visceral punch in the mouth that needs no words. It should haunt the GOP for a generation.
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If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.
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oh one really fun idea i have is that the Supreme Court should resolve the issue before they go around making the whole country do what they say
Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."
October 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
oh one really fun idea i have is that the Supreme Court should resolve the issue before they go around making the whole country do what they say
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“It’s a beautiful Saturday morning. I think I’ll declare war on US citizens in Portland and then go golfing!”
September 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“It’s a beautiful Saturday morning. I think I’ll declare war on US citizens in Portland and then go golfing!”
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
September 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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(1,5) This opinion article in the @WSJ by Lott and Massie is pure bullshit and must be called out. The issue is not gun free zones and the answer is NOT adding more guns. Simply put, shootings happen where guns are present which was the case with Parkland and Uvalde.
www.wsj.com/opinion/anot...
www.wsj.com/opinion/anot...
Opinion | Another Mass Shooting in a ‘Gun-Free Zone’
The Minneapolis killer made the point in his manifesto. The media insist on ignoring it.
www.wsj.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
(1,5) This opinion article in the @WSJ by Lott and Massie is pure bullshit and must be called out. The issue is not gun free zones and the answer is NOT adding more guns. Simply put, shootings happen where guns are present which was the case with Parkland and Uvalde.
www.wsj.com/opinion/anot...
www.wsj.com/opinion/anot...
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In a wilderness where gale force winds & furious weather reign supreme, Patagonia's mount Cerro Torre is bathed in the warm light of the rising moon, while the stars reflect beautifully in its still waters.
#photography #travel #nature #bluesky #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography
#photography #travel #nature #bluesky #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography
August 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
In a wilderness where gale force winds & furious weather reign supreme, Patagonia's mount Cerro Torre is bathed in the warm light of the rising moon, while the stars reflect beautifully in its still waters.
#photography #travel #nature #bluesky #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography
#photography #travel #nature #bluesky #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography
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Thousands of ICE agents are doing a lot more damage to our social fabric than millions of undocumented immigrants.
Bastards.
“Jimenez Rosa, a legal permanent resident and mother of four U.S. citizens, was detained over what her lawyer believes was a decades-old, personal-use marijuana charge, which is no longer a crime in Massachusetts today… “I was just like, ‘Girls, we might never see your mother again in this country’”
August 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Thousands of ICE agents are doing a lot more damage to our social fabric than millions of undocumented immigrants.
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Children as young as 2 were also subjected to neglect. One US citizen child with severe medical needs was hospitalized multiple times while in CBP custody, where an officer allegedly dismissed her mother’s pleas for help by telling her to “just give the girl a cracker.” www.wired.com/story/senate...
Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of state...
www.wired.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Children as young as 2 were also subjected to neglect. One US citizen child with severe medical needs was hospitalized multiple times while in CBP custody, where an officer allegedly dismissed her mother’s pleas for help by telling her to “just give the girl a cracker.” www.wired.com/story/senate...
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If Democratic politicians do not fight this because it's a "distraction," it will simply happen. They need to get in front of every mic and say that we will not allow Trump to destroy American history. He wants a culture war? GIVE HIM ONE. There are no distractions. Have every fight.
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If Democratic politicians do not fight this because it's a "distraction," it will simply happen. They need to get in front of every mic and say that we will not allow Trump to destroy American history. He wants a culture war? GIVE HIM ONE. There are no distractions. Have every fight.
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Also, as @danahoule.bsky.social points out, one clear theme of ICE's little reign of terror is that they are EXTREMELY sensitive to murals, signs, and other displays criticizing ICE. Which means that one of the most effective ways to attack the agency is to produce those things in great numbers
ICE just posted this video taking down the sign in Mount Pleasant on Twitter.
August 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Also, as @danahoule.bsky.social points out, one clear theme of ICE's little reign of terror is that they are EXTREMELY sensitive to murals, signs, and other displays criticizing ICE. Which means that one of the most effective ways to attack the agency is to produce those things in great numbers
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What rank-and-file Dems are hungry for? Bravery. Leaders who show up, stand up, and refuse to cower. Electeds and candidates who are in the trenches with the people, fighting for policies that prove we are heard. We are starved for real conversations, not canned talking points.
August 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
What rank-and-file Dems are hungry for? Bravery. Leaders who show up, stand up, and refuse to cower. Electeds and candidates who are in the trenches with the people, fighting for policies that prove we are heard. We are starved for real conversations, not canned talking points.
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Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."
August 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."
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This site helps people find radio stations hit by the public media funding cuts--in addition to your home outlets, people might consider donating to rural stations as they will be hit much harder than urban public radio
adoptastation.org
adoptastation.org
Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
adoptastation.org
August 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This site helps people find radio stations hit by the public media funding cuts--in addition to your home outlets, people might consider donating to rural stations as they will be hit much harder than urban public radio
adoptastation.org
adoptastation.org
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July 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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If Trump were dismantling our military the way he’s dismantling our diplomatic corps, our scientific funding institutions, our universities, & USAID, there would be nonstop bipartisan outrage. But not even Democrats seem bothered by the incineration of these pillars of 🇺🇸 power & nat’l security 🤷♂️🤦♂️
July 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If Trump were dismantling our military the way he’s dismantling our diplomatic corps, our scientific funding institutions, our universities, & USAID, there would be nonstop bipartisan outrage. But not even Democrats seem bothered by the incineration of these pillars of 🇺🇸 power & nat’l security 🤷♂️🤦♂️