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Natalie Giarratano

@nattyg.bsky.social

Colorado poet, editor, mama. New chapbook of poems out now—Molecular Memory (also the author of Big Thicket Blues & Leaving Clean).

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RIP Rev. Jesse Jackson. I think everyone needs to hear this

17.02.2026 14:14 — 👍 21    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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Can’t share IG here & Tiktok censored their lyrics, so I am sharing it like this. But @subradioband.bsky.social is amazing. I love this so much.

13.02.2026 16:23 — 👍 608    🔁 234    💬 25    📌 33

If you wait for a better world to make art, you'll wait a long time.

10.02.2026 13:12 — 👍 237    🔁 48    💬 9    📌 2
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Every word of this 🔥

“The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social

10.02.2026 16:06 — 👍 1735    🔁 588    💬 59    📌 29

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

09.02.2026 01:38 — 👍 20659    🔁 5287    💬 108    📌 180

Ring camera search party™️ hits different with slavecatchers in your town

09.02.2026 02:08 — 👍 582    🔁 131    💬 7    📌 6
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SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”

@acyn.bsky.social

07.02.2026 19:38 — 👍 18493    🔁 5794    💬 406    📌 270
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Understanding your rights is important in protecting yourself and your community. Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) has a complete Know Your Rights section as well as video and in-person trainings, action items, and volunteer opportunities.
coloradoimmigrant.org/our-wo...

07.02.2026 16:00 — 👍 4    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announces new poet laureate, Crisosto Apache On Wednesday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced that indigenous poet, editor, and teacher Crisosto Apache​ will succeed the late Andrea Gibson​ as the state's poet laureate.
06.02.2026 15:56 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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For those keeping score at home:

04.02.2026 15:48 — 👍 27100    🔁 11729    💬 896    📌 614

ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational

04.02.2026 15:47 — 👍 6047    🔁 1182    💬 68    📌 44
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Unbelievable

04.02.2026 16:36 — 👍 4634    🔁 1609    💬 82    📌 116
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Reasons to Stay - Mental Health Reasons to Stay is a suicide prevention project reaching people at difficult moments through anonymous letters written by volunteers. Each letter on this site was written by a real person and delivere...

This site is one of the most beautiful things on the internet. Every time you load it, it loads a new letter written by someone who cares and who wants you to stick around. Please share, and please write a letter if you feel called to do so.

www.reasonstostay.co.uk?utm_source=i...

04.02.2026 15:11 — 👍 13    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 3

No we don’t you worthless lump of campaign bribes, we want ICE abolished and every person who committed crimes, as well as those who allowed it to happen, prosecuted. Go fucking retire, you’ve done enough damage already.

03.02.2026 23:25 — 👍 2196    🔁 451    💬 63    📌 11
Filming ICE
TIPS FOR FILMING ICE
Because footage is only useful if it's usable.
1.    START RECORDING IMMEDIATELY
Don't wait for the "right" moment.
Livestream especially when encounters are tense, chaotic, or abusive. Live footage is harder to seize, edit, or dispute.
2.    HOLD YOUR PHONE HORIZONTALLY
Landscape captures more of the scene
- vehicles, agents, bystanders. Better for later review by attorneys, journalists, and investigators. Recording > perfect framing.
1.    USE THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION AVAILABLE
High resolution helps with: Badge numbers, vehicle markings, facial recognition. If storage is limited, prioritize short, clear clips over long blurry ones.
2.    FILM ACTIONS, NOT VULNERABLE PEOPLE Focus on:Agents' behavior, use of force, vehicles, license plates, agency markings
* 3. USE THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION AVAILABLE
High resolution helps with: Badge numbers, vehicle markings, facial recognition. If storage is limited, prioritize short, clear clips over long blurry ones.
* 4. FILM ACTIONS, NOT VULNERABLE PEOPLE Focus on: Agents' behavior, use of force, vehicles, license plates, agency markings
* 5. NARRATE BASIC FACTS CALMLY
* Say out loud: Date and time, location, what you are witnessing. Calm narration strengthens credibility.
* 6. KEEP A SAFE, LEGAL DISTANCE
* Do not interfere physically. Do not cross police lines. Film from public spaces where you're lawfully allowed to be. You have the right to record ICE in public.
* 7. STABILIZE THE SHOT
* Two hands if possible. Brace against a wall, car, or pole. Avoid rapid zooming or whipping the camera around. Clear footage beats dramatic footage.
* 8. BACK UP AND SHARE AFTER
* Save the video to your device. Upload copies to more than one platform. Share with trusted community groups, journalists, and legal orgs.
If ICE is present: record immediately, landscape if possible, high resolution, narrate calmly, don't expose detainees.

Filming ICE TIPS FOR FILMING ICE Because footage is only useful if it's usable. 1. START RECORDING IMMEDIATELY
Don't wait for the "right" moment.
Livestream especially when encounters are tense, chaotic, or abusive. Live footage is harder to seize, edit, or dispute. 2. HOLD YOUR PHONE HORIZONTALLY
Landscape captures more of the scene - vehicles, agents, bystanders. Better for later review by attorneys, journalists, and investigators. Recording > perfect framing. 1. USE THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION AVAILABLE
High resolution helps with: Badge numbers, vehicle markings, facial recognition. If storage is limited, prioritize short, clear clips over long blurry ones. 2. FILM ACTIONS, NOT VULNERABLE PEOPLE Focus on:Agents' behavior, use of force, vehicles, license plates, agency markings * 3. USE THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION AVAILABLE
High resolution helps with: Badge numbers, vehicle markings, facial recognition. If storage is limited, prioritize short, clear clips over long blurry ones. * 4. FILM ACTIONS, NOT VULNERABLE PEOPLE Focus on: Agents' behavior, use of force, vehicles, license plates, agency markings * 5. NARRATE BASIC FACTS CALMLY * Say out loud: Date and time, location, what you are witnessing. Calm narration strengthens credibility. * 6. KEEP A SAFE, LEGAL DISTANCE * Do not interfere physically. Do not cross police lines. Film from public spaces where you're lawfully allowed to be. You have the right to record ICE in public. * 7. STABILIZE THE SHOT * Two hands if possible. Brace against a wall, car, or pole. Avoid rapid zooming or whipping the camera around. Clear footage beats dramatic footage. * 8. BACK UP AND SHARE AFTER * Save the video to your device. Upload copies to more than one platform. Share with trusted community groups, journalists, and legal orgs. If ICE is present: record immediately, landscape if possible, high resolution, narrate calmly, don't expose detainees.

02.02.2026 10:06 — 👍 34    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 1

Minnesota Atty General Keith Ellison to MSNOW criticizing arrests of protestors & Don Lemon

"The President is openly promoting authoritarianism & tyranny. That is what's happening in America. Most of us thought we would never see it, but here it is right in front of our eyes"

01.02.2026 14:12 — 👍 956    🔁 289    💬 15    📌 3

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

01.02.2026 01:23 — 👍 16850    🔁 5019    💬 229    📌 204
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I was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards

01.02.2026 02:17 — 👍 4963    🔁 1819    💬 102    📌 142
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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”

31.01.2026 04:54 — 👍 37378    🔁 11237    💬 827    📌 717

Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors

31.01.2026 14:08 — 👍 3942    🔁 1384    💬 23    📌 6
31.01.2026 05:58 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE CROWD peacefully protesting and marching down the streets of Minneapolis to protest the Trump administration and lCE

📍Minneapolis, Minnesota

30.01.2026 20:45 — 👍 957    🔁 333    💬 17    📌 13

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.

But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

30.01.2026 16:46 — 👍 15722    🔁 5630    💬 243    📌 126
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They’ve arrested Don Lemon. EVERYONE needs to be alarmed.

30.01.2026 13:22 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

ICE kidnapped 5 people from my community this morning. I don’t live in Minneapolis. I live in LA County. They’re still here and their still brutalizing.

28.01.2026 19:50 — 👍 2807    🔁 1088    💬 23    📌 14
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Letter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…” Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f…

"I find myself wondering if I still have a home here in Minnesota, in America, in the world of the people who get to decide who is valuable and who is not, who belongs and who does not, who lives and who dies."

- Kao Kalia Yang, one of the best writers in MN and in the rest of the universe

28.01.2026 16:37 — 👍 152    🔁 75    💬 3    📌 10
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

People outside of Minnesota, in
case you are wondering how to help the current situation, this website has many current opportunities to donate and support people who need help in Minnesota. Help pay rent, get groceries, and provide other support for people in hiding.
www.standwithminnesota.com

27.01.2026 20:10 — 👍 85    🔁 87    💬 0    📌 0

A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.

Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.

27.01.2026 19:57 — 👍 6952    🔁 2910    💬 52    📌 68
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One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona The individual is in custody and receiving care, according to law enforcement.

Breaking per NBC News — CBP has shot and critically wounded another person, this time in Arizona. Very few details available at this time.

27.01.2026 19:36 — 👍 4093    🔁 2175    💬 111    📌 218

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