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Silja JA Talvi

@sjat.bsky.social

Forced exile from U.S.; survived severe human rights abuses. Veteran investigative journalist, lecturer & author: “Women Behind Bars.” Multi-minority. Emphases: Prisons, racism, misogyny, refugees. Documentary: https://youtu.be/lbBMriSDEwg?feature=shared

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Sehän on ihan todettu, eikö niin, että stressi voi laukaista vaikka mitä. Jopa sydänkohtauksen, nk itse koin tosi nuorena.

02.03.2026 23:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

#ChagSameach to progressive/radical members of the tribe. For #Purim to happen during a time of such a crazed & destructive war—dragging in countries around the globe—is yet another reminder to me that extremist secularism has a historical psychopathology all its own. I/we want NO part of it.

02.03.2026 23:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

En epäile.

Puhun vain aiheesta jotka me tuomme esiin kun puhutaan meidän painajaisista ja ”triggereistä.”

anemia myös tulee esiin sen lisäksi, joka yleisempi naisilla.

02.03.2026 23:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The US military has gone down this path so many times … the School of Americas was used to TEACH it! Surely this must be familiar to you? The horrors of Vietnam. (MyLai & more.) Cambodia. Laos. Iraq (to say nothing of #AbuGhraib specifically.). Afghanistan. Iran-Contra. Gitmo. Drone strikes … 💔

02.03.2026 23:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tunnen monta naista tällä hetkellä jolla on jatkuvia migreeni kohtauksia tai päänsärkyjä jotka ei hellitä. Mie myös. Me ollaan kaiken taustaisia—muslimit, kristityt, juutalaiset—ja tämä yhdistää: maailma sekoile ja me emme kestä näitä jatkuvia sotia ja lapsien/naisten valtavat uhraukset uhrina.

02.03.2026 23:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s #WomensHistoryMonth in a moment in time in which being a woman is an increasingly dangerous thing. Lack of access to #reproductive care; increase in #Sextrafficking & #modernslavery; the rise of extremist movements of all kinds which ALWAYS have the subjugation of women as a central theme.

02.03.2026 22:55 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

While the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has been ratified by 196 countries, only 45 of those countries (1/4th) have laws SPECIFICALLY criminalizing child sexual abuse. #CSA

02.03.2026 22:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not sure if it was a typo or pun, but I’m a fan of ”tight-wing.”

02.03.2026 22:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A 2018 study in the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse found that 23% of convicted child sexual abuse perpetrators in the U.S. are law enforcement officers. Doctors, dentists, teachers, counselors & politicians also represent untold but high percentage of perps, anecdotally speaking.

02.03.2026 22:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

For all the gratitude I feel for ppl who have “woken” to the reality of organized #pedophilia and #sextrafficking, I urge you to put at least some of your posting on the subject into the fact that, at THIS very minute, another young child has become the victim of yet another pedophile.

02.03.2026 22:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I do not need your approval to exist.

I will not deny any aspect of self so as to be perceived to have the right to breathe the same air as you do.

We were all created w/ an immutable right to exist as equals.

But not to take that right away from one another.

02.03.2026 22:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

For all the madness of my home life, I will always thank G-d for the fact that I FELT Chopin in my shoulder as I practiced preludes on my grandfather’s old Steinway; woke to my violinist parents playing Vivaldi, Grieg & Mozart, and felt their vibratos reach heaven in concert halls around the world.

02.03.2026 21:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The latter might seem a curious addition, but when a 20-yr-old says they don’t have a fave kind of music or cannot define ANY genre outside of “pop,” I feel as though I am surrounded by non-humans. Music IS life. So I eat more chocolate & turn up my reggae & punk in a dancehall of my own making.

02.03.2026 21:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

They are a powerful duo, but in the era in which we are unfortunate enough to live in, they are not a cure … for me. My malaise is firmly rooted in the populist triumph of ahistoricism, the Left’s lack of a moral compass, capitalist idolatory & ppl who cannot even name a genre of music they like.

02.03.2026 21:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
Preview
The Death of Khamenei Is the Death of Religious Despotism and the End of the Velayat-e Faqih Regime Message of Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran for Transitional Period to Hand Over Sovereignty

Exactly
In a misogynistic world, where power-hungry men try to eliminate women politicians who fight for democracy, Maryam Rajavi continues to stand and defend democracy despite thousands of slanders and insults.
wncri.org/2026/03/01/m...

02.03.2026 16:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Beyond that, the #Iranwar has now involved innumerable MENA countries in one way or another, Russia & China , massive projected increases in oil costs, etc. Let’s not be afraid 2 understand these issues w/ a bit more complexity. Right-wing populism loves oversimplification; we’re capable of more.

02.03.2026 21:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In addition, Trump has made it very clear that if he’s got a country mired in war, his chances of remaining in power increase substantially, following the playbook of dictators throughout history & into the modern day. The CIA must also install a new leader 4 all this 2 work as it did w/ the Shah.

02.03.2026 21:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Where the Iran war is concerned, assuming it’s JUST about “Epstein files” ignores basic geopolitical reality. Venezuela & Iran have something BIG in common: #OIL. #Iran produces 3.3 million barrels each day & is the 4th-largest oil producer in OPEC. Wars are usually fought over access 2 resources.

02.03.2026 21:26 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

When I say that the global Jewish resistance to Israeli extremism is real—and has been real for decades on end—I do not exaggerate.

This is but one facet of it.

Those of us who observe our faith cannot conveniently ignore the central tenets of that faith.

#TikkunOlam

02.03.2026 14:43 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Not even the ones who are still alive.

02.03.2026 14:30 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sadly, years of relentless US propaganda means there is little if any understanding of who the Iranian ppl are & what most dream of: democracy. It works the other way around as well; propaganda is an incredibly effective tool of division & deceit.

02.03.2026 14:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Every single day, the Trump administration cooks up a new way to distract and divide the people. To keep us from the essential task of coalescing and conversing (with purpose) to overthrow an utterly authoritarian and illegitimate government.

02.03.2026 14:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#MakeChocolateNotWar

02.03.2026 14:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My genuine sadness & outrage is with the Iranian (& those who prefer to self-describe as Persian) ppl. I was consumed w/ nightmares yet again—knowing how close we keep coming to nuclear/biochem war. What saddens me most is how women’s voices throughout Iran & MENA countries are simply silenced.

02.03.2026 14:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Trump addressing sociopathy 12-step program:

“Hi. My name is Donald Trump.
I’m a warmonger, racist & rapist. I just went to war again. But I really need a lengthy war to keep me prez for the rest of my life. The CIA has great ideas. Keep working the program bc you can’t do it w/out your sponsors.”

02.03.2026 04:26 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Chocolate won’t fix American fascism.

But it helps me survive it.

02.03.2026 04:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
Preview
The 1953 Iran Coup: How the U.S. Helped Overthrow a Democracy — and Why It Still Matters Today In August 1953, a covert operation orchestrated by the United States and the United Kingdom helped overthrow Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. The event — known as O…

Iran/US history: You should at LEAST grasp that the Shah of Iran was as much a CIA puppet as Noriega, Hussein, Seaga & Pinochet (etc). In 1953, the U.S. & UK staged a massive coup to wrest control over nationalized oil reservese & the CIA ABOLISHED Iranian democracy. bigbendtimes.com/2026/02/28/t...

02.03.2026 03:21 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

The U.S. doesn’t “love” anyone in the ME. Seriously. There are no emotions. The CIA, DIA & other IC members work very closely w/ MENA intelligence agencies, Netanyahu & MBS at top of pack bc they need to sell arms to their top buyers & bc this is how they ensure oil, water & geopolitical control.

02.03.2026 02:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Because there aren’t repercussions. There is no requirement for accountability.

02.03.2026 02:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh how I wish Americans were truly fed up.

Not even close. (Yet.)

A truly fed up nation would stop paying the taxes that fund wars, ICE & prisons.

A truly fed up nation would revolt, fully and without hesitation.

02.03.2026 02:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0