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I am Ella; wrapped in rainbows, sword and harp in hands with a garland of hollyhock ‘round my neck. Traduttrice. MFA in Poetry + Literary Translation.
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make it hurt 🥰

Mahmoud Khalil’s family is raising funds for his legal defense and to support his wife who is 8 months pregnant. Please consider giving whatever you can - every contribution will go a long way in helping bring Mahmoud home. Please donate and share:

alert: moving house is autistic hell

For the record, do I think a one-day boycott is going to make much of an economic impact? No. Do I think that a sort of "Baby's First Boycott," performative though it is, might be useful to make some folks aware of the impact of their economic power, and how it might be wielded politically? Maybe.

Conscious spending is powerful— I spent $40+ on dog treats to make our upcoming move more fun for our dogs and instead of buying from #amazon, I chose to purchase from #chewy instead! P.s. As an industry vet, I’ll also add that Chewy has the best customer service. Love them.

#mutualaid My friend, Mumbles, is a disabled WOC and has recently exited an abusive relationship and is trying to buy a car to regain her independence so she can work and find financial freedom after being in this financially controlling relationship! Let’s help! ♥️ www.gofundme.com/f/mumbles-ne...

this little guy with his perfect jowls

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

I gotta say— starting a new job and moving house is a LOT harder emotionally and stress-wise during an active coup.

#februllage2025 day 6: metal

#februllage2025 Day 5: Chaos

happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been! with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.

SO! FUCKING! WEIRD!

If Elon Musk has a million haters, then I am one of them. If Elon Musk only has one hater, it’s me. If Elon Musk has no haters, I’m dead.

Just to be crystal clear: free Palestine

The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS

Three Wins Today (Feb 4, 2025) 1. Biden appointed judge rules that the Pr*ud Boys no longer have the legal right to sell anything with their name or logo 2. @seiu.org and @AFGE file new lawsuit against the Sec of Treasury for giving away our personal and financial information to Sawdust 1/2

Day four of #februllage2025: dice 🎲

Day 3 of #februllage2025: School

Any countries whose scientific research funding bodies are NOT currently under siege by their own national leadership would do very well announcing investments in bringing in foreign research talent right now

Day 2 of #Februllage2025: Shell

Call the US government today, flood the lines and apply maximum pressure. Demand they do their jobs, arrest Musk, and impeach Trump. 5 minutes, 5 calls, repeat. #3E

Y’all, PLEASE use @5calls.org to call your reps to voice your concerns and demand that they take meaningful action against Elon Musk. It’s so easy. You provide your zip code and they give you the phone numbers and the script to say. Here’s a screenshot of the app so you can see!

I’m participating in #februllage2025. This was for day 1: trees.

An unelected billionaire, with no actual Congressional authority or govt experience, has access to Treasury payment systems and sensitive information about millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other payments. What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

It's actually theft of taxpayers money when websites go dark. We paid for that data

Black history month starts today and this administration would like us to forget it,

Federal employees and contractors, hold the line. Check out r/fed news for support: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

heads up that the 5 Calls app is free and VERY easy to use. I felt better in my soul after exercising my voice and telling my reps what matters to this constituent. iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal... Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

I probably don't even need to say this, BUT. Me not posting about every nightmarish thing is not because I am not internally (or externally!) screaming multiple times per day, i just figure you heard about it from 100 other people posting about each new nightmare. I assure you, my soul is cracking.

“The world is not transformed primarily by what we think of it. Transformative change happens when we are willing to build the things that we know must exist.” —Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba, Let This Radicalize You

Gaslighting is the entire GOP playbook. From ‘biggest crowd ever’ to ‘normal tourist visit,’ they’re betting you’ll ignore reality. If we allow them to keep rewriting history, they’ll keep burning the truth to the ground.

having autistic meltdowns? Č û ñ t y avhttps://open.spotify.com/track/3wCJGNuWIoeKHsrZdAybiO?si=sLYy-aebSA6NTOL1Sd7KLw

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

Hey #florida friends, things are tight, but with the special elections coming up in April, we may be able to flip some seats blue in Congress and take back the majority. It would be a HUGE win and potentially help in STOPPING #project2025.

No, I shan’t be calling it that. Ever.

I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks

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