revmanda.bsky.social
UCC clergy, disabled. I love Jesus & my Muslim spouse. Mamá de una asilada. 1st wave #longcovid. #axSpA. I’m here; I’m queer; my pain is moderate to severe.
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All because he told them they had no jurisdiction bc they couldn’t produce a judicial warrant.
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Especially if you’re rich and white.
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Reminds me that the coiner of the phrase “be gay, do crime” meant that shit and gets annoyed when people use it as a silly little phrase instead of a call to action
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Thank you. I am sick of all the outrage being about the one man they say is a mistake.
They were all mistakes.
All horrible dismissals of due process. Each and every extraordinary rendition is a mistake and a crime.
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I learned young that "unlawful" and "wrong" are distinct and often unrelated concepts. Feels like that should be a more widespread idea
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As the administration and the Supreme Court have demonstrated, the law is not a moral instrument. And we cannot afford to treat it as such in an era that necessitates widespread resistance.
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I think we should name the extent of the administration's law-breaking and call out their lies. We should also tell the truth of people's stories. Sometimes, this will mean pointing out that someone had legal status or didn't commit any crimes. But we can do that without abandoning everyone else.
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Put differently, if the administration scooped up 20 activists tomorrow, myself included, and shipped us off to some nightmarish place, and you heard a news report saying "15 of those activists had no criminal record," I would be one of the other five. Would my fate be important?
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It’s so hard not to become overwhelmed by all of it. Your work is vital, though. And I value what you do.
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Apologies if this was one of the conclusions but the powers that be must've figured out long ago how much universal healthcare would have freed us up to get mad in public.
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BTW, the original reporting about how the DOGE kids want to rewrite the social-security COBOL code-base ...
... came from @makenakelly.bsky.social at @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
(As ever, the Wired team continues to absolutely kill it in their DOGE coverage: Subscribe if you can)
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Remember back during COVID, when there was a sudden influx of people applying for unemployment benefits?
The New Jersey system crashed ...
... and governor blamed it on old COBOL systems
Nope
He was wrong
the COBOL ran *fine*
It was the newer web-site code that croaked
5/9
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Hello, thanks for the follow. I’m gonna challenge you on “low IQ” language. It’s both ableist and eugenicist. And IQ tests themselves are racist. We’ve got to get away from this language if we care about solidarity and equality.
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I just think the MOST vulnerable people should have the MOST support and luxury and not the exact fucking opposite every fucking time in this goddamned country
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Part of my advocacy for not surrendering is sustaining, which involves taking breaks, pleasure, and beauty. See you in the streets (and these ancients producing brand new acorns and leaves on the trails).
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I think @ferrisjabr.bsky.social is in agreement with you and simply adding to your point.
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And those folks don’t know (or want to know) that abortions go down with comprehensive sex education. Not to mention increased maternal and fetal deaths since Dobbs.
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Lovely. Is this your work?
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My Sadie loved the snow. When we moved back to Texas after 7 years in western NY, she would get so excited every time there was even a dusting of snow.
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I’m trying to break away from it myself.
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And when you add that to farms and construction projects having no immigrant workers, it’s a clusterfuck.