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@brandyryan.bsky.social

poet. avid pedestrian. collage artist. following the path of tiny cuts and misplaced adhesive.

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If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.

15.07.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2588    πŸ” 1287    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 84
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Folks are missing this: When Salvadoran VP said to Sen Van Hollen that Trump is paying them to hold migrants, he wrecked WH scam by revealing that of course Bukele would release Abrego Garcia if Trump asked.

Talked about this w/ @melissagiragrant.com. Transcript:

newrepublic.com/article/1940...

17.04.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 954    πŸ” 325    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 15

I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.

09.04.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11692    πŸ” 2782    πŸ’¬ 373    πŸ“Œ 291

Mega wealthy people will not just "be OK" during an economic crash. They will make *more* money.

They buy stuff at fire sale prices, and when value returns to normal, they make a killing.

Poor people lost half a trillion dollars during the pandemic shock. Billionaires gained half a trillion.πŸ™‚πŸ™ƒ

03.04.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 809    πŸ” 283    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 20
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Sleeping in cars, the ravine, on a job site β€” West End Phoenix Writer Megan Kinch talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job. β€œPeople with addictions or mental health problems are especially vulnerable, but the last fe...

β€œThe moment I got some work, I got my phone stolen. And that was it,” he says. β€œI lost the job.”

SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE

@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.

www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...

02.04.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"10. Believe in truth. To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."

31.03.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Incredible news on TDOV.

The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

31.03.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 26114    πŸ” 5143    πŸ’¬ 296    πŸ“Œ 272

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01.04.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

France raises a fascinating hypothetical point: what if the law still exists even if people might get mad at you

31.03.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 18839    πŸ” 3646    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 95

hell yeah

31.03.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 213    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

thanks for this, Vicki!

31.03.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism

27.03.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 18830    πŸ” 4116    πŸ’¬ 252    πŸ“Œ 137

so good! hope you enjoy.

28.03.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cree Survival Phrase Booklet Β« nΔ“hiyawak Language Experience Inc. This is a survival phrase booklet for the Cree language. These phrases will help learners stay in the language using the language. It is also a note book, with space to write in the book. This was a c...

FYI - a couple years ago Belinda kakiyosew Daniels, Randy Morin and myself put together nΓͺhiyawΓͺwin (Cree) audio lessons available for free here on this site as downloadable MP3's. nehiyawak.org/survival-phr...

26.03.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wednesday night in Somerville, Massachusetts, several thousand people, including students, faculty and community members, rallied in defense of Tufts University Ph.D student Rumeysa Ozturk.

27.03.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

NDP voters have shifted because the NDP PARTY has failed, not because they agree with a conservative central banker's austerity and anti-worker/pro-biz policies.

As usual, leftists are doing what they must to help feckless centrists prevent fascist conservatives from gaining power.

26.03.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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66% of Parisians voted today to create 500 additional pedestrian streets, replacing over 10,000 parking spots with green space and enhanced pedestrian infrastructure.

πŸ“ Paris πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

23.03.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 340    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10
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In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.

There are no words.

24.03.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1640    πŸ” 933    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 84
Project 250 | Linktree Let's get this place to its 250th b-day! Crowdsourcing articles of impeachment.

Things are getting out of hand over here:
linktr.ee/project250info

20.03.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keshet-HFLS β€œMove to Thrive” Interest-Free Loan Program - Keshet Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are partnering to offer interest-free loans of up to $10,000 for individuals and families to support relocation

An interest-free loan program for LGBTQ+ people who need to move in search of safety. You do not need to be Jewish to qualify. www.keshetonline.org/movetothrive/

21.03.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Honestly this gorgeous.

19.03.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

in retrospect it's kind of funny that sci fi was like "imagine a world where robots gain sentience, but humanity refuses to grant them personhood" but in reality every loser techbro loser thinks chatgpt deserves more rights than like, actual people

18.03.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8806    πŸ” 1830    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 97
Screenshot of court document in which

a judge denied the Trump administration's motion to dismiss Mahmoud Khalil's lawsuit, ordering his case to be transferred to New Jersey, and not Louisiana, per the Trump admin's wishes.

The judge also reaffirmed a previous ruling blocking the deportation of Khalil.

Screenshot of court document in which a judge denied the Trump administration's motion to dismiss Mahmoud Khalil's lawsuit, ordering his case to be transferred to New Jersey, and not Louisiana, per the Trump admin's wishes. The judge also reaffirmed a previous ruling blocking the deportation of Khalil.

New β€”Β Judge has DENIED the Trump administration's motion to dismiss Mahmoud Khalil's lawsuit, orders his case to be transferred to New Jersey, and not Louisiana, per the Trump admin's wishes.

The judge also reaffirmed a previous ruling blocking the deportation of Khalil.

19.03.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 766    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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Any day would be nice! Who agrees πŸ‘‹

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19.03.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 583    πŸ” 206    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 7

BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

This is a critical victory for trans rights.

18.03.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 34600    πŸ” 8949    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 472

First Nations offer to buy β€˜iconic’ Hudson’s Bay store chain for tobacco, blanket

16.03.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1100    πŸ” 297    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 15
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This weekend in Halifax, Dani Spinosa and Kate Siklosi join us for 2 events:

1) β€œYours in the Work”: Community, Creativity, and the Practice of Heartwork," a talk at Dalhousie - Friday, 4:00 pm, McCain 1198

2) A launch for the latest issue of The Dalhousie Review at Cafe Lara - Saturday, 6:30 pm

17.03.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Indigenous people say β€œwe belong to the land”.

Colonists say β€œthe land belongs to us”.

Notice the difference.

14.03.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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