Shivani
@shivanibanfal.bsky.social
Imagine something profound being written about being from the Bay, making TV & Film, background Art/Creative Directing/Design, Human Rights and Community Organizing, Gaming and building community on Twitch, being tired and other stuff.
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Maybe people will hear it since a white man said it. The rest of us are assumed not to understand how US politics works in DC.
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Maybe people will hear it since a white man said it. The rest of us are assumed not to understand how US politics works in DC.
I’m really trying to navigate how we move ahead using social media and decided to actually try to give this space a shot
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m really trying to navigate how we move ahead using social media and decided to actually try to give this space a shot
Trying streaming again, come hangout twitch.tv/shivanibanfal
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You're probably unfamiliar with my game
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November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Trying streaming again, come hangout twitch.tv/shivanibanfal
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I wrote about Ms. Rachel and the landscape of children’s programming www.hannaphifer.com/thought-daug...
Ms. Rachel and the Endangered Children’s Show Host —
On Ms. Rachel and the landscape of children’s television FREE
www.hannaphifer.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I wrote about Ms. Rachel and the landscape of children’s programming www.hannaphifer.com/thought-daug...
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New stages of denial are being invented as we speak as “left” liberals continue to be confused as to why the capitalist democrats that commit genocide aren’t meaningfully opposing fascism. It’s very confusing to them. Maybe one day they will figure it out. Hopefully before we are all dead
June 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
New stages of denial are being invented as we speak as “left” liberals continue to be confused as to why the capitalist democrats that commit genocide aren’t meaningfully opposing fascism. It’s very confusing to them. Maybe one day they will figure it out. Hopefully before we are all dead
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i’m not sorry about yelling this is a big fucking deal!
as always if you’re in MN and need help with your identity documents, reach out to me.
I offer consultations where we can go over the process and any associated risks involved.
as always if you’re in MN and need help with your identity documents, reach out to me.
I offer consultations where we can go over the process and any associated risks involved.
NOW IS THE TIME TO UPDATE YOUR PASSPORT IF YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR GENDER MARKER TO MATCH YOUR GENDER IDENTITY
WE DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THIS INJUNCTION WILL LAST OR IF IT WILL LATER BE EXPANDED.
THE WINDOW IS OPEN, APPLY ASAP.
WE DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THIS INJUNCTION WILL LAST OR IF IT WILL LATER BE EXPANDED.
THE WINDOW IS OPEN, APPLY ASAP.
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds.
While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.
While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.
June 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
i’m not sorry about yelling this is a big fucking deal!
as always if you’re in MN and need help with your identity documents, reach out to me.
I offer consultations where we can go over the process and any associated risks involved.
as always if you’re in MN and need help with your identity documents, reach out to me.
I offer consultations where we can go over the process and any associated risks involved.
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I prepped another slew of 40 more covers for my booklet Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? The print run is up to 885 since May 1 now. Tomorrow I’ll change gears and start printing a new booklet. halfletterpress.com/why-self-pub...
June 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I prepped another slew of 40 more covers for my booklet Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? The print run is up to 885 since May 1 now. Tomorrow I’ll change gears and start printing a new booklet. halfletterpress.com/why-self-pub...
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The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.
June 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.
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Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well as food supplies, but members also knew how to work together in a crisis.
Why knowing your neighbors can be an important climate solution
Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well as food supplies, but members also knew how to work together in a crisis.
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June 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well as food supplies, but members also knew how to work together in a crisis.
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Earlier, federal agents shot a protester in the eye. Vincent is an ER nurse and said he came to the protest at the ICE facility in South Portland after a shift. Other protesters called an ambulance for him, but he had to walk several blocks to meet it, due to the munitions still flying.
June 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Earlier, federal agents shot a protester in the eye. Vincent is an ER nurse and said he came to the protest at the ICE facility in South Portland after a shift. Other protesters called an ambulance for him, but he had to walk several blocks to meet it, due to the munitions still flying.
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So if you're trying to get out of downtown LA, the cops have blocked off the main route south on Figueroa near Crypto and LA Live. Take other routes.
June 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
So if you're trying to get out of downtown LA, the cops have blocked off the main route south on Figueroa near Crypto and LA Live. Take other routes.
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Millions upon millions of Americans demonstrating on the streets today.
The national Democratic Party will seize on the energy by calling for increased police funding and more military aid to Israel.
The national Democratic Party will seize on the energy by calling for increased police funding and more military aid to Israel.
June 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Millions upon millions of Americans demonstrating on the streets today.
The national Democratic Party will seize on the energy by calling for increased police funding and more military aid to Israel.
The national Democratic Party will seize on the energy by calling for increased police funding and more military aid to Israel.
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LAPD and LA Sheriffs tried to prevent two large protests from joining together in downtown and both departments ended up hitting EACH OTHER with impact munitions from across the same interesection.
June 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
LAPD and LA Sheriffs tried to prevent two large protests from joining together in downtown and both departments ended up hitting EACH OTHER with impact munitions from across the same interesection.
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FYI, you don't fight fascism by spending billions in local tax dollars on US police departments that are full of fascist police officers. Actual opposition to fascism requires a reckoning with the police state that both parties have actively built for the last 50 years.
June 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
FYI, you don't fight fascism by spending billions in local tax dollars on US police departments that are full of fascist police officers. Actual opposition to fascism requires a reckoning with the police state that both parties have actively built for the last 50 years.
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I often think of Mayor Lucano, ever since reading about him. Mayor of a dying southern Italian town of 500 people, who rescued it by giving migrants a home in the many empty homes and abandoned buildings, which the right wing Italian government treated as a crime. time.com/6104836/dome...
How an Italian Mayor Who Turned His Town into a Haven for Migrants Wound Up Facing 13 Years in Jail
'This is how the state pays me back'
time.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I often think of Mayor Lucano, ever since reading about him. Mayor of a dying southern Italian town of 500 people, who rescued it by giving migrants a home in the many empty homes and abandoned buildings, which the right wing Italian government treated as a crime. time.com/6104836/dome...
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Research on "millionaire migration" shows that it rarely happens and that states could raise their top tax rates way higher.
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June 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Research on "millionaire migration" shows that it rarely happens and that states could raise their top tax rates way higher.
www.asanet.org/wp-content/u...
www.asanet.org/wp-content/u...
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Authoritarianism is weaponized abuse. It's meant to exhaust you, activate you, force you into a conservative position in which you don't fight and you ignore the day-to-day brutality and sacrifice people.
Where we're going, you have to ground, see it all as important and everyone as essential.
Where we're going, you have to ground, see it all as important and everyone as essential.
June 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Authoritarianism is weaponized abuse. It's meant to exhaust you, activate you, force you into a conservative position in which you don't fight and you ignore the day-to-day brutality and sacrifice people.
Where we're going, you have to ground, see it all as important and everyone as essential.
Where we're going, you have to ground, see it all as important and everyone as essential.
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It's hard to overstate how destructive the reflexive "this is a distraction!" stuff that politicians and commentators and people are always peddling.
Everything is happening all at once. That's how authoritarianism works. If you can't navigate and synthesize this, you're not meeting the moment.
Everything is happening all at once. That's how authoritarianism works. If you can't navigate and synthesize this, you're not meeting the moment.
June 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's hard to overstate how destructive the reflexive "this is a distraction!" stuff that politicians and commentators and people are always peddling.
Everything is happening all at once. That's how authoritarianism works. If you can't navigate and synthesize this, you're not meeting the moment.
Everything is happening all at once. That's how authoritarianism works. If you can't navigate and synthesize this, you're not meeting the moment.
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Watching people you should be in solidarity with get brutalized by the next evolution of the police state and telling people to look away and focus on legislation is not just faulty, you're literally sacrificing people and an essential fight in the larger battle.
June 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Watching people you should be in solidarity with get brutalized by the next evolution of the police state and telling people to look away and focus on legislation is not just faulty, you're literally sacrificing people and an essential fight in the larger battle.
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Is there an incredibly destructive bill on deck? Absolutely. But you're also watching the oppression apparatus, both in LA and in the cementing of the relationship between the state and tech surveillance, get fixed into place.
Both things are vitally important.
Both things are vitally important.
June 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Is there an incredibly destructive bill on deck? Absolutely. But you're also watching the oppression apparatus, both in LA and in the cementing of the relationship between the state and tech surveillance, get fixed into place.
Both things are vitally important.
Both things are vitally important.
The Bay Area Jail and Legal Hotline number is (510) 250-1700.
Supported by Legal Solidarity Bay Area.
Supported by Legal Solidarity Bay Area.
June 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Bay Area Jail and Legal Hotline number is (510) 250-1700.
Supported by Legal Solidarity Bay Area.
Supported by Legal Solidarity Bay Area.
Honestly, I’m really tired of being in the streets & organizing. This has now been decades of my life & after my past year in global mass violence/genocide prevention & aid strategy, I needed a break. I got it for a bit but I’m recommitting myself to this lifelong fight. Will you join me?
June 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Honestly, I’m really tired of being in the streets & organizing. This has now been decades of my life & after my past year in global mass violence/genocide prevention & aid strategy, I needed a break. I got it for a bit but I’m recommitting myself to this lifelong fight. Will you join me?
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ICE causing fires from their own tear gas and flash grenades, don’t get it twisted. They’re the ones causing damages to cities.
June 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
ICE causing fires from their own tear gas and flash grenades, don’t get it twisted. They’re the ones causing damages to cities.