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Lenika Cruz

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ex senior editor at The Atlantic // that BTS lady // writing a memoir for Atria Books // Chamoru nene girl giya GuΓ₯han πŸ‡¬πŸ‡Ί// indigenous + azn

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Archivists, historians, scribes: your time is now. Yours is among the most urgent work needed.

25.01.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 3358 πŸ” 842 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 51

omg yessssssd beautyland!!

26.01.2025 05:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths

25.01.2025 17:41 πŸ‘ 12059 πŸ” 2511 πŸ’¬ 266 πŸ“Œ 321

Fun how all the platforms get less fun, less interesting, and less usable as they get more right-wing and more dedicated to sucking up as much of our time and scamming us as much as possible.

25.01.2025 00:22 πŸ‘ 2911 πŸ” 235 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 5
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Far-right pundit rails against women in law enforcement: β€˜It’s an absurdity!’ β€˜If we’re being honest, female cops are absurd. It’s an absurdity. I’m sorry. It’s just ridiculous. It’s cartoonish,’ Matt Walsh ranted on his podcast this week

This entire project is *very expliclty* about fully purging black people and women from huge swaths of public life, employment and education.

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24.01.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 25269 πŸ” 7013 πŸ’¬ 1862 πŸ“Œ 685

i really miss the old coziness of army twitter where for the most part the only chaos was the kind we created ourselves πŸ˜’πŸ’œ

22.01.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People of good faith can have different ideas of what effective immigration policy looks like, but on a human level, that policy should be informed by a sense of empathy for and understanding of the violence and poverty that so many people are fleeing from.

21.01.2025 22:12 πŸ‘ 246 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

As we see these images of people crying at the border after the asylum system shut down, it is again worth considering how indescribably desperate a person must feel to travel with their children through the desert, across the water, or through the Darien Gap simply for the *possibility* of safety.

21.01.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 828 πŸ” 189 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5

i don’t feel sane using any social media but i feel more sane on bluesky. never been more glad to have cured my twitter addiction, even if it means starting from scratch. i hope more of us migrate over here rather than giving that shithead musk more of our time on his nazi-ass platform.

21.01.2025 19:42 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I LOVE YOU

21.01.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk: Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß Elon Musk streckt den rechten Arm, und alle springen drüber. Willkommen im neuen Aufmerksamkeitsregime.

The Germans press is not having as much trouble discerning what happened as the American press. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

21.01.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 3726 πŸ” 1050 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 51

Today is a good day for everyone to step back and think about how they may have inadvertently contributed to making today happen.

20.01.2025 21:13 πŸ‘ 431 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

He's a fucking Nazi

20.01.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

this sort of naked cynicism is jarring, but you’re going to see more of it because this is how kleptocracy works. it makes groveling and sycophancy the rational choice, because it will very often be rewarded.

19.01.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 4020 πŸ” 896 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 14

i love this and ily

20.01.2025 06:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The language Trump uses in these executive orders is identical to laws in Hungary under Orban --banning "gender ideology," enforcing binary biological sex definitions in identity documents, claiming women deserve special "dignity and protection."

20.01.2025 04:38 πŸ‘ 569 πŸ” 209 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 18

Just a countdown to the dumbest reality

20.01.2025 04:53 πŸ‘ 316 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Joy as 90 Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons under Gaza ceasefire deal Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed three Israeli captives on day one of ceasefire.

β€œSome of the aid that children in Gaza need is not aid that we can bring in on trucks. Every single child in Gaza today is deeply, deeply scarred and traumatised by what they’ve witnessed,” Bollen said.

β€œThey’ve gone through things that no child should ever have to witness,” she said.

20.01.2025 05:27 πŸ‘ 186 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

you contain multitudes !

02.01.2025 01:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this will be the year of bangtan

02.01.2025 01:31 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i have been waiting so long to say this: bts will all be back this year πŸ’œ

01.01.2025 08:51 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

can’t believe i woke up to a jk noraebang let’s GOOOOOO

18.12.2024 15:05 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yeogi ocean view

16.12.2024 00:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Montana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Families & Doctors, Blocks Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth | American Civil Liberties Union Earlier today, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that SB 99, a 2023 Montana law that categorically bans life-saving gender-affirming care for transgender...

BREAKING: The Montana Supreme Court has blocked the state's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, finding the 2023 law violates the state constitution’s privacy clause and that trans people have a right "to make medical judgments affecting her or his bodily integrity and health"

11.12.2024 18:34 πŸ‘ 2670 πŸ” 672 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 51
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UN Officer: Israel Bombs Are β€œEvaporating” Palestinians’ Bodies in Gaza β€œBodies are completely evaporating, and they’re not even finding remains of people anymore,” a UN officer said.

β€œBodies are completely evaporating, and they’re not even finding remains of people anymore,” a UN officer said.

11.12.2024 23:19 πŸ‘ 248 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 14
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Today we remember the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

04.12.2024 16:30 πŸ‘ 10150 πŸ” 3167 πŸ’¬ 322 πŸ“Œ 322

I love my trans friends and family, respect and value my trans colleagues, and want every trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming person in the world to have bodily autonomy, access to health care, privacy, respect and freedom. I want that for all of us, but those having to fight for it.

04.12.2024 18:45 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

around 42% of all marriages end in divorce. that is a very high regret rate for people committing to life changing decisions. the state should do something, ultimately we should ban marriage entirely

04.12.2024 17:37 πŸ‘ 4827 πŸ” 987 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 26
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Idaho Can Now Arrest People Who Help Kids Get Abortions in Other States On Monday, a panel of federal judges ruled that Idaho can enforce portions of its draconian β€œabortion trafficking” ban.

Idaho already bans almost all abortions. On Monday, a panel of federal judges ruled that the state can enforce portions of its draconian β€œabortion trafficking” law. theappeal.org?p=34321&prev...

04.12.2024 04:08 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 27