Rob Budde

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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

The Trump / Lawnmower kid meme but trump is redacted

Please don't pick faults with my pets cos I don't take crittercism well

“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions”

Adolf Hitler, 1939

There’s not much difference

"I don't know what most things are called in fiction, being a writer and not a scholar; I am, as a colleague once suggested of creative writers in a literature department, an amoeba teaching in a biology lab." —Elizabeth McCracken, A Long Life

A photo of the coach house in the snow.

Happy holidays from our coach house!

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Two key North Coast B.C. leaders meet with Alberta's premier ahead of expected federal pipeline support | CBC News The mayor of Kitimat, B.C., and elected chief of the Haisla First Nation say they reminded Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of the longstanding opposition to an oil pipeline in the region.

"Over a decade ago the community of Kitimat voted to oppose the Northern Gateway project. The Haisla Nation, who were firmly against that proposal at that time, still maintain that same position today”

The mayor of Kitimat and Chief of the Haisla met with Danielle Smith

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Things writers love abt writing, a complete list:
cover reveals.
excited readers.
excited readers that blab.
the word "accepted".
libraries.
hotel pens.
giving the appearance of doing nothing but actually working mightily.
reading sweet sweet word love from other writers.
eating.
organizing heists.

This Is Fascism

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Roth: Wheetago War Book One by Richard Van Camp (Author), Christopher Shy (Illustrator) Reviewed by Christina Barber

Roth: Wheetago War Book One by Richard Van Camp (Author), Christopher Shy (Illustrator)
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So delighted to see this review of the new book by my friend and mentor @richardvancamp.bsky.social ! How wonderful!

Kimmel made jokes, which were poignant and intelligent, in his monologue, on his comedy variety show, and got suspended. Brian Kilmeade seriously advocated for giving lethal injections to homeless people, on a news show, and he's going to work, business as usual.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus.

We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/

From Fairy Creek to the Walbran Valley, the fight for ancient forests persists The Fairy Creek Blockades were the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Five years later, activists are back on the ground.

Is BC worth protecting @davidebybc.bsky.social? “Unless there is swift change, every ecosystem is at risk of collapse at the current rate of logging. Especially considering that less than 3 per cent of productive old-growth forests remain.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/10/o...

“Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion.”

― Barry Lopez

America: where you can blow up a vessel carrying immigrants for funsies, but don’t you fucking dare use a bathroom that isn’t designated for your gender at birth

A graphic over a black photo of Israel bombing Gaza that says, "At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli, army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. #ProtectJournalistsInGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza

At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. We join with more than 150 other media outlets across the world to condemn these crimes.

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You got this!

I gotta say, as a Jew, it’s incredibly fucked up and sad that Elon Musk and Grok being Nazi sympathizers hasn’t caused a mass exodus (or coordinated boycott) from X.

I don’t like to shame people for what is clearly a failure of collective action, but honestly, what the fuck?

Mushroom Cloud Hopefully Nothing Major

Mushroom Cloud Hopefully Nothing Major
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Just to be clear, I am not interested in war, world war 3, nuclear war or anything in that general genre of activities. Not my thing, big hard no on that. Kthx.

I am sorry I was late, I was trying to peelllllllll garlic

Celebrating the Coach House Archive! 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of Coach House Press/Books! To celebrate these sixty years, we're featuring one Coach House title from our archive every week on our socials and blog:Wayne Clifford's M...

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