allisternelson

allisternelson

@allisternelson.bsky.social

84 Followers 253 Following 36 Posts Joined Sep 2023
1 month ago

In case you missed the moment.

Art is powerful

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Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say, ICE out. We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.

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The Kennedy Center shutdown breaks my heart. These are real flesh-and-blood people and our idiot president is taking food out of their mouths because a bunch of hateful rich people want to be able to do anything they can think of without consequences

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1 month ago

At this point, Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl feels almost reminiscent of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics.

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1 month ago

I was a White House ethics lawyer.

I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.

I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

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Imagine this in a trial.

Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing

Declaration filed in federal court:

"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."

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1 month ago

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

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1 month ago

Poor liddle Kyle Rittenhouse was misunderstood by coastal liberal elites! Whereas the ICU nurse needs to die

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I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity.

They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.

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AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth

I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.

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NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:

Dear Ambassador:
 
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]

“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”

mad king moment

from the PBS Newshour correspondent

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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

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I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.

Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.

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GWAR cover “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan YouTube video by The A.V. Club

here's a mental cleanser for you youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...

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1 month ago

Virginia's legislative session only started yesterday, and it was a very big day.

The House already passed four constitutional amendments on Day 1:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.

Next: Senate.

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2 months ago
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girl becomes haint — Blood+Honey by Allister Nelson “The Devil once said my soul was a black hurricane. /That every time I injured myself, I bled red gold.”

Poem "Girl Becomes Haint" from 'Jethro's Daughter' by Allister Nelson

“The Devil once said my soul was a black hurricane. /That every time I injured myself, I bled red gold.”

www.bloodhoneylit.com/jethros-daug...

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3 months ago

Try copyrighting the Fair Folk, I dare you.

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Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.

By @eltragon.bsky.social

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4 months ago

I know a lot of people think they're ineffective as a result, that you don't win with big happy protest events, but I think it's actually really important for people who feel lost and alone with everything that's happening to this country to be able to go and see that they aren't alone at all

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4 months ago

I have been to two No Kings protests and they are filled with normies and people with funny signs and families and they are just the most wholesome protests imaginable

that's all people are going to see, man - their friends and neighbors out there saying we don't want this

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4 months ago

Can the US not suck ass for one day

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It’s that time of year again. Back to school for the kids.

This ad should run during every NFL kickoff, every college football opener, every “Friday Night Lights.” Because school shootings are as American as football now.

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6 months ago
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Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.

www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...

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NPR: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote

You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?

Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.

www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...

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7 months ago
A little math about that prison camp in Florida. $450 million per year for 3,000 people is $150,000/person per year.
The cost for one person receiving SNAP for one year is $2256, yet they're telling us that's too expensive.
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How 'Too Much' Star Will Sharpe Reinvented the Rom-Com Heartthrob In Lena Dunham’s buzzy new Netflix series, the actor spins the love interest into something much more idiosyncratic—emotional baggage and all.

www.gq.com/story/will-s...

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Why We Say “People of the Global Majority” What does “People of the Global Majority” mean? Learn from Britt Hawthorne about why the words we use to describe ourselves matter.

britthawthorne.com/blog/people-...

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She Was The First Black Woman To Bike Across America — And She Did It At The Height Of Jim Crow “Colored people couldn’t stop at hotels or motels back then. But it never bothered me.”

allthatsinteresting.com/bessie-strin...

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