Here for the acronym seekers: TWIRP (Two Weeks to Impeach and Remove the President) h/t @phl2ilm.bsky.social

It’s helpful for me to remember that a lot of discourse boils down to I’m really struggling or afraid or angry and don’t politically know what to do to stop it but I won’t just say that.

"i asked chatgpt" yeah well i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains, i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line and the less I seek my source for some definitive closer I am to fine

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

Families Make America Beautiful. Please share widely and see you out this weekend! #NoKingsDay www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B8X...

Grateful to @prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social for sharing this now. “Violence” is an eminently flexible term and its operational definition is dependent on who’s deploying it.

"Why are people throwing rocks?" Why are federal agents pointing weapons at US citizens?

"why did a car burn?" is not a greater question than "why did you kidnap Jose?"

I always learn when I listen to #VibeCheck This week I learned “gingers” (a term for redheads I am barely accustomed to after years of hearing it) sometimes get called “red velvet” Thanks @zachstafford.bsky.social for bringing this to my redheaded attention open.spotify.com/episode/0dN4...

“The pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine: It’s easier to hide behind forty atrocities than one single incident.” -Nemik #StarWars #Andor

What you refuse to say is also a message.

@joellemonique.bsky.social discussion on The Force and #Andor during this episode was spot on. As always, the whole crew delivered the most entertaining, most insightful discussion of the week for me. open.spotify.com/episode/6LDd...

I say this with complete and utter sincerity, Democrats should stop listening to third-way consultants like Ezra Klein and should be physically forced to watch Andor instead.

I wrote "The Trial" on June 11, 2021, the day Darnell's Frazier—an 18 year old Black girl— received an honorary Pulitzer Prize for her video of George Floyd being murdered by those cops. Today, though, I share it because I’m struck by how it applies to Tyre Nichols as well.

World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

I’ve spent the last 2 weeks with #Andor S2 scores as my workday soundtrack. Today, I decided to really branch out & listen to S1 scores again. How could I have forgotten that “My Name is Kino Loy” makes me well up with emotion & gives me chills? The music of Andor, both seasons, is so, so good.

Surprising nobody, I love this breakdown & analysis of last night’s stellar #Andor “Through the lens of this show, what does it mean to have your rhetoric match your actions?” @netw3rk.bsky.social “Be the person that guns up the machine.” @rosiemarx.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0aOF...

So much good #Andor discussion in this episode. @netw3rk.bsky.social and @rosiemarx.bsky.social and the whole team are so insightful and funny. open.spotify.com/episode/1LQR...

If I hear a conversation with @mauricewfp.bsky.social , I’m gonna recommend you listen to it. This episode of @fascismbarometer.bsky.social is no exception. Good, good stuff. open.spotify.com/episode/3LbQ...

These American children have been abducted and exiled, not "deported." Deportation implies a legal process and there is none for these actions.

I appreciate @cotwatch.bsky.social reflecting after their initial reactions to #Andor. In particular, the letter from Katie events of E3 and their thoughts on Perrin. My take on Perrin: he’s an essential avatar for many, many people during times like these open.spotify.com/episode/6MK7...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs ("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR)

Without downloading any new pics where are you mentally?

I have listened to A LOT of Andor Season 2 conversations this week. @netw3rk.bsky.social discussion of dynamics of resistance and rebellion in its early phases is probably my favorite conversation. open.spotify.com/episode/5ldt...

Today, of course, is already an important anniversary of a huge global loss. 9 years. They stand in the way of love & we will smoke them all.

Over the weekend, We Are Somebody Founder @ninaturner.bsky.social, Until Freedom co-founder Tamika D Mallory, and Pastor Jamal Bryant met with Target leadership. We have released the following joint statement ⬇️

This is the people’s boycott—since our call to #BoycottTarget, Target stock has fallen by roughly 30%. Don’t EVER let anyone tell you we don’t have the power, collectively.

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

Do not forget that lynchings in America used to be entertainment events for white people. This same entertainment treatment is now being deployed at the prisons in El Salvador where Trump wants to send American citizens. These two forms of state violence are connected.

The silence is so loud

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It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”

I cast my vote, now it’s your turn!

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Listen to this. From @samsanders.bsky.social “We have to get to a point where we can understand that people can be doing the work while expressing all types of different emotions & they don’t owe you the performance you think you should have while they’re doing it” open.spotify.com/episode/0U6q...

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🙋‍♀️🙋 'Hands Off!' rallies took place across Mendocino County on Saturday to protest the Trump administration. mendovoice.com/2025/04/hand... #mendocinocounty

I saw many a great sign today, too. A very big turn out in this little city.