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micapulina.bsky.social
PRican living in GA. Bilingüe - yo hablo español. I love books, and cats + dogs especially. *neurospicy* Life after #breastcancer & #mastectomy
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Rebuilding after disaster is a shit show. The need for rapid labor in a short period of time means a whole industry rife for abuse. As we head into hurricane season people need to know that Trump's policies are making things worse. theemancipator.org/2025/04/30/s...

My personal "5 years since the start of Covid" moment is remembering that in 2020, the US discovered it had allowed almost all its mask and PPE manufacturing to transfer to China for cost savings. In 2025, PPE is still almost all made offshore, and we just encouraged China to end shipments to us.

There’s no Alien Enemies Act exception to the Fourth Amendment.

Has anyone ever said "My rights are a distraction?" It's always someone else's rights, right?

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

Right because they are not running for re-election. I don’t know how else to say this. They. Aren’t. Running. For. Reelection.

Good way to see the current tariffs, as of literally today, is no tariffs on high value add manufactured goods marketed to middle and upper middle classes. Massive tariffs for cheap consumer items which amount to the biggest economic privilege of working class/middle class life in US.

My dad taught me the concept of single points of failure in the early 80s when I asked him why he insisted on buying stereo system components separately, instead of the integrated systems that had become popular. It's served me well, personally and professionally.