Rachel

I went to buy some peppers and cucumbers and came home with three trees 😳

I’m seeing a lot of posts about how certain immigrants sent to El Salvador are not actually criminals and this is true but I would also like to remind you that people with criminal records shouldn’t be subjected to this, either.

I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking of going to Trump’s America: don’t do it Just before the graphic artist Rebecca Burke left Seattle to travel to Vancouver, Canada, on 26 February, she posted an image of a rough comic to Instagram. “One part of travelling that I love is seeing glimpses of other lives,” read the bubble in the first panel, above sketches of cosy homes: crossword puzzle books, house plants, a lit candle, a steaming kettle on a gas stove. Burke had seen plenty of glimpses of other lives over the six weeks she had been backpacking in the US. She had been travelling on her own, staying on homestays free of charge in exchange for doing household chores, drawing as she went. For Burke, 28, it was absolute freedom. Within hours of posting that drawing, Burke got to see a much darker side of life in America, and far more than a glimpse. When she tried to cross into Canada, Canadian border officials told her that her living arrangements meant she should be travelling on a work visa, not a tourist one. They sent her back to the US, where American officials classed her as an illegal alien. She was shackled and transported to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention centre, where she was locked up for 19 days – even though she had money to pay for a flight home, and was desperate to leave the US. Continue reading...

I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

This reminds me of Save the Last Dance

British PM Starmer hugged Zelenskyy. That’s how bad U.S. foreign policy has gotten—it’s driving the Brits to physical displays of emotion.

I was told that’s “just how people talk” and I was overreacting by calling them out on it. Did a nice cleanse of a game group I’m in. I’m sure they found a group who was comfortable with it.

Happy book release day!

As a Bills fan and a swiftie, I was specifically looking and severely disappointed they only showed her once 😂

Freaking PINEAPPLE now gives me intense stomach cramps. One piece of fresh pineapple and I’m curled up in a ball within hours

Good morning to everyone…

except the person who decided to start printing the permanent stickers into the book covers. 🤬

#booksky #bookishproblems #books

Hey @bookshop-org.bsky.social , WHAT’S THIS????

I click the link and it just makes me sign in again. Don’t ask me how many times I tried 😂

我忘了这事了。该翻封面了。

I forgot about that. Time to flip the cover.

🥲

Does anyone know the name of the “Welcome to the *bookstore* that I work at” person? I think she had green hair?