El-eye-el-why
She/her. Science die-hard. Voracious reader. Bitter Southerner. Academic Mama bear. I love owls and foxes. Full time feminism and humanism. Garden and run in the sun.
*Love where you live - we are our communities.*
“Rebellions are built on hope…”
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyStop saying underage women. They are children.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyDo it! Let’s send the book to the top of the charts and bury the movie
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyJanuary 2026 wasn’t just chaotic—it was clarifying. In one month, the Trump administration showed how quickly a democracy can slide into lawless violence, mass repression, and the open defiance of courts. This is what authoritarianism looks like in real time.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyIlhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by El-eye-el-whyWalz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyOne of the best things I’ve read in a while:
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyThe killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyA 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.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyAlex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyno senator should have an empty voicemail by Monday Call your senators and leave messages demanding they vote no on the ice funding bill we the people need to whip the votes ☎️ www.5calls.org ☎️
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyThe nurses are pissed
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyI just thought everyone should see this
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyThis analogy pretty much NAILS it! 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyA real “tell your parents” paper (since everyone on Bsky is canonically 38). Review of 21 studies of ppl over 50: • Shingles vax associated w/47% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, 24% lower risk of any dementia • Pneumonia vax had 36% lower risk of Alzheimer's • Tdap had 33% lower risk of any dementia
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyICE agents ate at El Tapatio in Willmar, MN, then came back hours later and detained the workers who served them. Turning a meal into surveillance isn’t public safety it’s intimidation. Remember private businesses can refuse service to ICE agents!
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyCopenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyEurope having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyWalz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyThe main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyThis should alarm everyone. The FBI searched a journalist’s home and seized her work devices, despite no criminal charges. This is a direct threat to press freedom.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyClose to 90 million people did NOT vote in the 2024 election. 90 million. It bears repeating over and over and over.
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- Reposted by El-eye-el-whySan Francisco’s Ocean Beach!
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- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyI can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyAmanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyRemembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-why“God damn them all.”
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyI just realized that the Disney-Star Wars series ANDOR is an instructional video.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyHere’s some things that can be done by a party out of power - file impeachment articles every day in the House - withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee - be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyAOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyAOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyThe ICE agent responsible is still not behind bars for murder. One person is dead in Minneapolis. How many more?
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyAOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyNew @gohealio.bsky.social blog on rural trust by @mdanderson.bsky.social T32 trainee Dr Taylor Neilson "In a large and rapidly evolving medical environment, trust remains critical for patient care." www.healio.com/news/hematol...
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyAlways remember that listening to music can be the entire activity. Put on headphones. Blast it through speakers. Close your eyes and just listen. Listening to music is not a background activity. It can be the entire journey, and it's worth the time.
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- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyLiterally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyWhat the KENNEDY Center used to be… Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyChemist Alice Ball died #OTD in 1916. The first Black woman to earn a Master's in Chemistry, she developed the Ball Method & it became the standard treatment for leprosy worldwide for >2 decades. BUT, just a year after her discovery, others took credit for her work. #WomenInSTEM (1/3)
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyI want to share this with you because this is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen: this is Carol of The Bells - we call it Shchedryk - performed by Ukrainian military and a veteran in Kyiv main railway station . But I must warn you: it will break your heart. And then, it will heal it again.
- Reposted by El-eye-el-whyNo way Drumpf would EVER understand this.
