Jolanda 🪬
@yoyojolanda.bsky.social
وأنت تفكر بالآخرين البعيدين، فكِّر بنفسك
قُلْ: ليتني شمعةُ في الظلام
As you think of others far away, think of yourself.
Say: If only I were a candle in the darkness
قُلْ: ليتني شمعةُ في الظلام
As you think of others far away, think of yourself.
Say: If only I were a candle in the darkness
Because I need to not think of the American Stasi for a bit...
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Amy Winehouse - Valerie (Acoustic, Live, Best Quality)
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January 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Because I need to not think of the American Stasi for a bit...
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Family and work: Parents would get 25 weeks of paid parental leave. Workers would get 27 days of guaranteed paid time off per year. We'd work 231 fewer hours per year—nearly six fewer weeks. Net childcare costs would fall by 60%.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Family and work: Parents would get 25 weeks of paid parental leave. Workers would get 27 days of guaranteed paid time off per year. We'd work 231 fewer hours per year—nearly six fewer weeks. Net childcare costs would fall by 60%.
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
"Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it's too late to act" Michael Mann.
The staggering scale of human CO2 emissions
We've emitted more CO2 than all living biomass and human-made mass combined.
www.theclimatebrink.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it's too late to act" Michael Mann.
#eurovision26
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Tu viens de décider
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Ce soir c'est plus la peine
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Comme les autres années
Eurovision, c'est fini
...
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Tu viens de décider
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Ce soir c'est plus la peine
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Comme les autres années
Eurovision, c'est fini
...
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#eurovision26
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Tu viens de décider
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Ce soir c'est plus la peine
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Comme les autres années
Eurovision, c'est fini
...
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Tu viens de décider
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Ce soir c'est plus la peine
Nous n'irons plus jamais
Comme les autres années
Eurovision, c'est fini
...
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Republicans publicly claimed they wouldn’t cut Medicare. That’s why they did it so sneakily.
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Republicans publicly claimed they wouldn’t cut Medicare. That’s why they did it so sneakily.
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SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
Listening to Pam Bondi 'testifying' in oversight committee...mood
October 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Listening to Pam Bondi 'testifying' in oversight committee...mood
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Somewhere in Portland...
September 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Somewhere in Portland...
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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Een selectie van de brieven in de Volkskrant:
September 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Een selectie van de brieven in de Volkskrant:
But Israel is not a genocidal apartheid state, we are told.
August 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
But Israel is not a genocidal apartheid state, we are told.
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Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
July 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
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The members of @1199seiu.org are heroes—saving lives, delivering babies, caring for all us in our time of need. I will stand with them as Mayor.
So grateful to earn this endorsement from the largest healthcare union in the country.
So grateful to earn this endorsement from the largest healthcare union in the country.
Mamdani Wins Backing of Major Health Care Union That Had Endorsed Cuomo
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July 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The members of @1199seiu.org are heroes—saving lives, delivering babies, caring for all us in our time of need. I will stand with them as Mayor.
So grateful to earn this endorsement from the largest healthcare union in the country.
So grateful to earn this endorsement from the largest healthcare union in the country.
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For Eric Adams, the law is simply a suggestion—especially when it comes to funding his campaigns.
Thankfully Donald Trump can't bail him out of this one.
From the CFB meeting earlier today:
Thankfully Donald Trump can't bail him out of this one.
From the CFB meeting earlier today:
July 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For Eric Adams, the law is simply a suggestion—especially when it comes to funding his campaigns.
Thankfully Donald Trump can't bail him out of this one.
From the CFB meeting earlier today:
Thankfully Donald Trump can't bail him out of this one.
From the CFB meeting earlier today:
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While Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams trip over each other to win the approval of billionaires in backrooms, our campaign remains focused on working New Yorkers and their clear desire for a different kind of politics.
July 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
While Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams trip over each other to win the approval of billionaires in backrooms, our campaign remains focused on working New Yorkers and their clear desire for a different kind of politics.
I'll quote post you back. Why this passive aggressiveness?
It seems to me that you do not work in a school environment. If you did, you would know:
- teachers (and staff) are aware of medical conditions of students.
- If you need an exemption to a rule, you (parent, not the kid) need to justify it.
It seems to me that you do not work in a school environment. If you did, you would know:
- teachers (and staff) are aware of medical conditions of students.
- If you need an exemption to a rule, you (parent, not the kid) need to justify it.
This is what I'm talking about.
Rather than accepting that using a smartphone for diabetes care is a "reasonable adjustment" or an "obvious exemption", we're having to justify the entire diabetes care infrastructure.
And we're rational adults, not children in the midst of a hypoglycaemic episode.
Rather than accepting that using a smartphone for diabetes care is a "reasonable adjustment" or an "obvious exemption", we're having to justify the entire diabetes care infrastructure.
And we're rational adults, not children in the midst of a hypoglycaemic episode.
Why would the kid need a phone? They have the monitoring device, the school nurse tracks on their phone...
July 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'll quote post you back. Why this passive aggressiveness?
It seems to me that you do not work in a school environment. If you did, you would know:
- teachers (and staff) are aware of medical conditions of students.
- If you need an exemption to a rule, you (parent, not the kid) need to justify it.
It seems to me that you do not work in a school environment. If you did, you would know:
- teachers (and staff) are aware of medical conditions of students.
- If you need an exemption to a rule, you (parent, not the kid) need to justify it.
It's 'war', they say.
It's genocide, I say.
It's genocide, I say.
July 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's 'war', they say.
It's genocide, I say.
It's genocide, I say.
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Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
July 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
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average person online: have you seen what the race scientist said about him
average new yorker: omg its zohran mamdani
average new yorker: omg its zohran mamdani
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
July 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
average person online: have you seen what the race scientist said about him
average new yorker: omg its zohran mamdani
average new yorker: omg its zohran mamdani
Bearing witness: Walaa Frangi, beautiful soul. No longer with us.
Her last post:
من هذا المكان الرمادي أخرج كل يوم محاولةً البحث عن الألوان والحياة "ويبقى عندي يقين رح نلقي مخرج"🙏🏻🫂🫶🏻
From this gray place, I go out every day trying to find colors and life. "And I am sure that we will find a way out"
Her last post:
من هذا المكان الرمادي أخرج كل يوم محاولةً البحث عن الألوان والحياة "ويبقى عندي يقين رح نلقي مخرج"🙏🏻🫂🫶🏻
From this gray place, I go out every day trying to find colors and life. "And I am sure that we will find a way out"
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July 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Bearing witness: Walaa Frangi, beautiful soul. No longer with us.
Her last post:
من هذا المكان الرمادي أخرج كل يوم محاولةً البحث عن الألوان والحياة "ويبقى عندي يقين رح نلقي مخرج"🙏🏻🫂🫶🏻
From this gray place, I go out every day trying to find colors and life. "And I am sure that we will find a way out"
Her last post:
من هذا المكان الرمادي أخرج كل يوم محاولةً البحث عن الألوان والحياة "ويبقى عندي يقين رح نلقي مخرج"🙏🏻🫂🫶🏻
From this gray place, I go out every day trying to find colors and life. "And I am sure that we will find a way out"
"Despite the children's abject hunger, Filiu relates that he saw them sharing bits of food with scrawny stray cats. When he asked them why they were doing that, they explained to him that they know what it feels like to be hungry and didn't want the cats to feel like that."
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July 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Despite the children's abject hunger, Filiu relates that he saw them sharing bits of food with scrawny stray cats. When he asked them why they were doing that, they explained to him that they know what it feels like to be hungry and didn't want the cats to feel like that."
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Doomer Post Alert!
Like most public-facing doomers, I get the question all the time, followed by "where's the best place to live?"
In the US, we are lucky we live in a neo-fascist kakistocracy. Because it's going to get a whole lot worse.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/when-is-th...
Like most public-facing doomers, I get the question all the time, followed by "where's the best place to live?"
In the US, we are lucky we live in a neo-fascist kakistocracy. Because it's going to get a whole lot worse.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/when-is-th...
When Is The Collapse Going to Start?
The definitive answer.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Doomer Post Alert!
Like most public-facing doomers, I get the question all the time, followed by "where's the best place to live?"
In the US, we are lucky we live in a neo-fascist kakistocracy. Because it's going to get a whole lot worse.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/when-is-th...
Like most public-facing doomers, I get the question all the time, followed by "where's the best place to live?"
In the US, we are lucky we live in a neo-fascist kakistocracy. Because it's going to get a whole lot worse.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/when-is-th...