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Formally @viragogallery on that other app - currently working on my 3rd act whilst cuddling my chihuahuas. Lots of hats: curator, educator, bassist, artist and beach. Feminist, Pro-Abortion, Trouble Maker. #sicilianinseattle
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The U.S. Government during GW Bush Admin tried to create a due process-free zone at Guantanamo and it took years and several Supreme Court cases to confirm it was an outrageous violation of due process rights - this rendition to CECOT from US soil is an easier case and the Court should stop it NOW.

In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books

This is not a movement by billionaires for billionaires. This is a movement for the people, by the people. And we need your help to keep it going.

Today’s action: protect your data from Musk and de-monetize your data from Meta seattleindivisible.com/daily-action...

kingcountymetro.blog/2024/12/26/v... KC Metro wants to buy Tesla’s, contact your council member @seattleindivisible.bsky.social

If you want to see Dems fight back, celebrate the Dems who are fighting back like this.

Help us make the upcoming congressional recess one for the history books. We’ve put together a detailed toolkit to help you plan events in your districts, make the most of town halls, and put Members of Congress on blast if they try to hide from constituents: indivisible.org/muskorus

"But, overall, the best defense against authoritarianism is a mass movement that is highly visible, disruptive, and resilient." open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...

You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

Why are billionaire CEOs like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg embracing tough-guy personas? A psychologist examines the rise of fragile #masculinity among tech leaders and its impact on #workplace culture: https://buff.ly/4gid7GS (Adam Stanaland @urichmond.bsky.social)

Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week

One easy thing you can do for abortion access in the U.S. today? Share the website & URL: YouAlwaysHaveOptions.com 🩷. We will continue to help each other have safe abortions in every way we can.

Erica is utterly brilliant and this is a gift worth opening.

PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch. This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service. Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” -Angela Davis Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis. "If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory." --Angela Davis

This poem made me stop in my tracks.

Tomorrow noon east-coast time, 9am Pacific: we'll be here to talk about beloved community, power, storytelling, and enter this next era of US history together, heads held high, friends held close. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...

in light of all that's happening around social media lately, I'm sharing this piece I wrote in 2022 about where we might choose to go and how, together. I don't know for certain, but I know with certainty that connectivity and community are core to our direction. open.substack.com/pub/sharonar...

Someone needs to embroider this on a damn sampler and put it on the mantle.

This video, along with video of a shoe flying at GW-Douche were living rent free in my brain all damn day. I must be psychic. Maybe dubya is also being called today. One can dream.

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

when i look at the moon, i think of you

It's easy to despair. 2024 was a tough year, and 2025 will be tough too. But last year ended with historic Amazon, Starbucks, and rent strikes. These get less attention than elections, but this wave of class warfare has the potential to change history. www.jphilll.com/p/its-time-f...

Reality is exhausting.