Natalie Watts

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

Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.

Advocates want legal action after man shot and killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge Advocates argue that the off-duty ICE agent wasn't trained for the situation and should have called police and waited for them to arrive.

Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.

It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.

Daily orienting questions:

What are you already doing?

What else can you do?

What are you doing together with others?

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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being in love rules so hard

Treat yourself to some beautiful, wholesome content. ❤️🌈

the ghost of liberace is all "whew tone it down gurl"

Damn.

António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) at the High-level plenary meeting to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations - General Assembly, 80th session Opening remarks by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the High-level plenary meeting to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations - Ge...

English teachers, history teachers, government teachers:

This is an extraordinary primary source. webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1f...

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Laughed at this for about 5 minutes 😂😂😂😂

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Honestly, its going to be women who will lead and rise in this dark time. We are the fighters, protectors, providers and innovators.

To all the women on my timeline-- I hope you're ready, in whatever way that means to you.

60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.

60 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination in elections.

My latest @npr.org story is about the new threats facing the law’s remaining protections for minority voters

Teapot and mug featuring floral design along with netting and a blue ring octopus crawling out from each piece.

Teapot and mug featuring floral design along with netting and a blue ring octopus crawling out from each piece. Detail of octopus on teapot.

Teapot and mug featuring floral design along with netting and a blue ring octopus crawling out from each piece. Detail of back of teapot, showing black pearls.

Teapot and mug featuring floral design along with netting and a blue ring octopus crawling out from each piece. Detail of octopus on mug.

Photos of commissions going out today! But a moment of silence for the Siren Tea Set, who needs to be repainted because she shivered and pulled extensively 🥲

Trump/Epstein is a full-on DC dumpster fire right now.

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I know it’s a troll. I also know that this is an official government account sharing art that was designed to propagate Indigenous dispossession, cultural destruction, and conquest, and that whoever shared this surely knew it. It is right there in the painting.

This is beautiful.

(above an image of Governor Tim Walz) "Shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus. ... That child deserves our support. Don't worry about the pollsters calling it distractions, because we need to be the party of human dignity."

Every day I try to live with intention & grace & then I find myself on the sidewalk with a bunch of f***ing lollygaggers.

Donald Trump's bill makes your life more expensive this year, next year, the year after that, and the year after that.

Screenshot of a social media post by LynnDee the Librarian (@lynndeeslibrary). Profile shows a smiling woman. Post text reads: 'A patron came in this week needing to borrow a laptop bc they had a virtual job interview. We were able to provide a laptop & internet, + the space 2 do the interview. & they got the job. THAT is the power of public libraries. #librarylife

Because everyone deserves a shot 🎯

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In Feb. on Velshi I said Trump won due to racial anxiety not economic anxiety, as evidence by his policies. The bill Republicans passed is the proof. Months of stoking racial fears through anti-DEI mandates, ICE raids, to push through a bill that takes food and healthcare from struggling Americans.

the republican party is a modern day Slave Power and the only way forward for this country is to sweep it into the ash heap of history

Oh she is wonderful. Yes, just like this.

Sometimes the bad thing is exactly as bad as the thing seems and trying to tell people "it's not that bad" isn't being *postive,* it's just normalizing the incredibly bad thing.