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Stefanie Kalem Bae

@skalembae.bsky.social

Public servant, intersectional feminist, pragmatic fantasist, compulsive extrovert. Read more women. Watch more stuff centering the experiences of women, nonwhite, trans & queer folx. My writing is on stefaniekalem.com and on substack as @stefaniekalem.

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Latest posts by skalembae.bsky.social on Bluesky

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Are they finally catching on to his eternal grifting and gaslighting?

07.11.2025 13:51 — 👍 11326    🔁 3718    💬 1289    📌 424

*from 🙄

06.11.2025 00:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It me! Belated scares form my b-movie past!

05.11.2025 23:49 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Still from twin peaks: fire walk with me. Two men sit in armchairs on a zigzag-patterned floor with red curtains, a statue, and tall lamps in the background.

Still from twin peaks: fire walk with me. Two men sit in armchairs on a zigzag-patterned floor with red curtains, a statue, and tall lamps in the background.

Halloween morning mood ❤️‍🔥

31.10.2025 14:59 — 👍 351    🔁 46    💬 5    📌 2
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Opinion | The Real Horrors of America

LYNDA! BARRY! ROCKS! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...

31.10.2025 21:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sharing this because I am proud to live in Oakland.

16.10.2025 18:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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L.A. County Declares State of Emergency Over Immigration Raids

Sharing this one, too, because I am proud of California and hope we can secede soon.

L.A. County Declares State of Emergency Over Immigration Raids www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...

16.10.2025 18:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Alameda County approves $3.6 million to scale up immigrant defense amid ICE surge The measure follows a 500% spike in calls to ACILEP, a county hotline. It will expand the hotline hours and fund more legal aid for immigrants.

Alameda County approves $3.6 million to scale up immigrant defense amid ICE surge oaklandside.org/2025/10/15/a...

16.10.2025 18:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hi, Bluesky. I haven't been here since June. What did I miss?

02.09.2025 23:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NO KINGS East Bay · No Kings The narcissist-in-chief is throwing a ridiculous military parade for himself in DC - everywhere else we rise up to say NO KINGS!! ***WATCH THIS SPACE FOR UPDATES!*** *ASL interpretation provided!* ...

Oakland protest anyone? - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

05.06.2025 21:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I mostly posted this for @superflyguy.bsky.social

01.06.2025 22:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

www.instagram.com/p/DJwzwMyNEL...

01.06.2025 22:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Weather and climate science needs your help
YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream Weather and climate science needs your help

Over 200 climate scientists and meteorologists live-streaming for 100 hours—kicking off today at 1 PM eastern and running through June 1–about how DOGE is impacting weather and climate science.

Livestream at wclivestream.com/watch

28.05.2025 16:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Man in Mind
YouTube video by Ida - Topic Man in Mind

Song of the day: "Man in Mind" by Ida. Kitchen's unpacked. Record shelves populated. Stereo hooked up. We rewarded ourselves w/brewery lunch out w/friends, then I took a nap and thought about how I still can't play this on piano, though I know the vocal harmonies by heart. youtu.be/UHQlGlx7ZGs?...

05.05.2025 01:06 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

21.04.2025 14:38 — 👍 17673    🔁 4902    💬 784    📌 2035
Run Baby Run
YouTube video by The Primitives - Topic Run Baby Run

Song of the day: "Run Baby Run" by The Primitives, a band I was fortunate enough to see for free at the Malibu Nightclub in Long Beach, NY, when I was 17 years old. But that was long ago, and this week I am finishing packing up my apt of a decade so... www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA0K...

22.04.2025 16:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I just need a few more of my favorite writers and podcasters over here so I can bother them here like I used to do on twitter. And I'll be happy again. For a minute.

22.04.2025 16:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As someone with a complicated relationship with the conservative Judaism that tried to raise me (and the orthodoxy and zionism to which I often had a front seat) I always find Kaya's writing about Catholicism a thoughtful, progressive, and nuanced window into that parallel spiritual universe.

22.04.2025 16:38 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Looks like I picked the right day of the week to look at Bluesky.

22.04.2025 16:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Related: today I have tacos on my sockos.

11.04.2025 20:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

(Yeah, yeah, I know I haven't done one since the first in February, but the world's been burning and I am, like so many, consistently inconsistent.)

11.04.2025 18:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Blake Babies - Sanctify
YouTube video by fedge Blake Babies - Sanctify

Song of the day: "Sanctify" by the Blake Babies. I heard it at random recently and my soul's muscle memory ROARED to life. I still know every yelp, lull, and shriek as if I were 18 and full of raging love confusion all over again. youtu.be/wezEQQpYIW8?...

11.04.2025 18:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh yeah? Well I'm putting tariffs on Gallifrey.

03.04.2025 00:24 — 👍 338    🔁 22    💬 28    📌 5

He's still going

01.04.2025 14:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.

01.04.2025 14:37 — 👍 73900    🔁 11448    💬 4193    📌 1298
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Indictments, fires, police scandals, riots: The crises Oakland’s mayors have faced We looked to see how different mayors dealt with or were doomed by upheavals.

Indictments, fires, police scandals, riots: The crises Oakland’s mayors have faced oaklandside.org/2025/03/27/e...

31.03.2025 20:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of a house as seen from the street, with a janky path of paving stones recently added to the space between lawn and driveway.

Photo of a house as seen from the street, with a janky path of paving stones recently added to the space between lawn and driveway.

Photo of a blue car in a driveway as seen from the house, with paving stones separating it from the lawn.

Photo of a blue car in a driveway as seen from the house, with paving stones separating it from the lawn.

First home improvement project on the books. Committing to my town in a time of strife and uncertainty.

31.03.2025 17:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wanna ask me out again @badkorea.bsky.social ?

28.03.2025 23:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Color photo of poppies and purple flowers in a sidewalk patch of grass, partially obscured by the photographer's shadow.

Color photo of poppies and purple flowers in a sidewalk patch of grass, partially obscured by the photographer's shadow.

Color photo of poppies and purple flowers in a sidewalk patch of grass, partially obscured by the photographer's shadow.

Color photo of poppies and purple flowers in a sidewalk patch of grass, partially obscured by the photographer's shadow.

Trying not to get my gloom all over these California poppies.

28.03.2025 23:29 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Definitely a hot commodity in my middle school library. The book, not Luigi unfortunately.

28.03.2025 06:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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