Diane Galloway
Witch. Strategist. Political scientist. Former union organizer. Current academic. I write fiction, poetry, and political commentary. Dog content as a bonus.
- Tell you what, my mood is wrecked
- I need to know why @bsky.app has suspended Sarah Kendzior. I would like anyone, @aaron.bsky.team or @pfrazee.com or anyone at @support.bsky.team or @moderation.bsky.app can answer this question but I need to know. If it’s a non-answer I’m going to draw conclusions. We all know her work. Explain.
- I used to like it here.
- First sentence of a story I’m finishing today: “She appeared like a mirage in the coffee line, a sunny blonde echo from the past.”
- Reposted by Diane GallowayHello @support.bsky.team I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended. Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable. cc: @jay.bsky.team @aaron.bsky.team
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- Comrades, it’s time for another thread about lessons I learned as a union organizer writing/working campaigns for public employees across multiple states from 2008-2024. Here’s a big one: leaders of progressive organizations are often FAR more conservative and risk-averse than their base 🧵 1/x
- Just watched one dog eat an entire paper towel while the other dog refused to get off my lap so I could go and prevent it — they’re acting in concert now
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- Got a short story deadline tomorrow so naturally I’ve chosen today to go through every stitch of clothing in the house and sort into repair-donate-replace-store-discard piles
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- Update: this did nothing for our constitutional troubles but, on the other hand, did wonders for my mood and general sense of well-being
- I think I’ll clean my house obsessively for a few hours and see if that fixes any of the problems
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- Reposted by Diane Gallowayseems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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- “Everybody will get to see us standing up for them and losing badly” will surely be a winning 2026 message
- Wow, to know it was only four brief days ago when I felt exultant
- What I wouldn’t give for a parliamentary republic with proportional representation right about now
- Reposted by Diane GallowayThe average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
- Reposted by Diane Gallowaylol she got his ass and he knows it
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