Rachel
Midwesterner in the Mid-Atlantic. Making it up as I go. Toastie. She/her.
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- Reposted by RachelOur country’s increasing obsession with gambling is not unrelated to our country’s poor understanding of disease transmission. We are simply not great at risk/benefit analyses.
- Reposted by RachelI have determined that everything right now is All Too Much and it needs to be Considerably Less, so if reality could just dial it down a fucking iota or two, I think we'd all like that
- Reposted by RachelNormal people are out there doing extraordinary things. My mom's health aide emailed me: ICE took 2 of her neighbors; when she told them they weren't welcome, she was met w/a rifle. Now she's driving a neighbor to work hidden in the back of her car & escorting the neighbor's kids to the bus stop.
- “If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by Rachelworth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
- Reposted by Rachelsomething i would like to know is what, if any, role jeff bezos is playing in the trump administration's acquisition of giant warehouses across the country.
- Wednesday afternoon ear worm: youtu.be/seD-WS5RZgY?...
- Reposted by RachelWhatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙
- Reposted by Rachelohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
- Reposted by Rachelexplain to me, very slowly, like the dimwitted child you must think I am, how body cameras or ICE cooperating with cops would have prevented any of the many, many, many law enforcement murders committed by both ICE and cops over the years which were already thoroughly documented on video
- Tuesday late morning ear worm: youtu.be/6E2ah6Tzxy0?...
- If I ask you two questions in an email, I need you to answer both of them. An eternal struggle!
- I got an email from a store about their "Almost Spring Sale." It is February 1st.
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- I should be reading a book! I'm pretty sure that would feel better than whatever the hell it is I'm doing on the internet right now! Unfortunately, I'm not currently in the middle of a book, so it's not just a matter of logging off and picking one up, it's logging off and *picking* one.
- Reposted by RachelI am begging you all. Please Please Please don't let this place be lost.
- Mercado Central says the cooperative is in danger of losing the building ☹️ gofund.me/cf76f8dcb
- Reposted by RachelThis is incredible???
- January has lasted a year; but also, what do you mean I have to pay rent again tomorrow?
- I just thought "Hmmm, I think I need to listen to a bunch of Mountain Goats songs right now." Y'know, just in case anyone was wondering if things are okey dokey or not. 😂
- Reposted by Rachelit's like SUPER cold for North Carolina today but I went to the farmer's market and on the way back I saw people 10+ years my senior, which is saying something, holding up NO ICE protest signs and I said hey fantastic job it's cold and they said "not as cold as in Minneapolis" blessed people
- Also, while not currently stuck in my head, I do enjoy the new Courtney Barnett track. youtu.be/UGyGDtbEcXE?...
- Saturday morning ear worm: youtu.be/ZrBLul3VJik?...
- Sure, this seems fun. Five college classes: 1. Gender and Sexuality in Pop Music 2. Chaucer (it probably had an actual name, but I don't remember it) 3. Women and Gender in Islam 4. The Global Sixties 5. Creative Non-Fiction Liberal arts, baby!
- Friday evening ear worm: youtu.be/e5uei2AFEaQ?...
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- Reposted by RachelCatherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
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- Just had a jump scare while on a call with a coworker 'cause a bunch of ice fell off the roof of the house next door (~five feet from my windows).
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- Thursday afternoon ear worm: youtu.be/7OeqLjJtj48?...
- A friend and I just got tix. Things to look forward to! Supporting science comms and education work! Cabaret!
- Might I recommend a 40 minute phone call with one of your best friends just to say hey on a random weeknight?
- Reposted by RachelYou walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
- Reposted by RachelI am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.
- Reposted by Rachelyou can’t fucking dox a public official!
- Reposted by RachelImagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
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- Reposted by RachelA lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.
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- Guess what I'm doing.
- Generalize your skeets. What’s your most typical, most average skeet? "Here's a song that's stuck in my head."
- Everything's such a mess but I just renewed my ID--which expires in April--'cause the DOT sent me a letter about it and I was like "Sure, might as well do that now, I guess." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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- Reposted by RachelI wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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- Reposted by Rachelbrass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
- I think I might need to watch Pride (Warchus, 2014) for the gazillionth time.
- Retail therapy is not typically my thing, but I am currently restraining myself from buying *more* things off my best friend's baby registry. It kind of feels like a candle against the dark, especially since I live on the opposite side of the country, but also... Rachel, chill.
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- Reposted by Rachelthey will never break minneapolis’ spirit. this is why we will win brass solidarity band brought the resistance and joy from george floyd square to whittier tonight
- Reposted by RachelThe political/governing systems in Minnesota have failed so profoundly that ordinary people are strengthening their own communities against a predatory official force. Perhaps it's time to think beyond the political compact known as the "United States of America." New at FOREVER WARS:
- Reposted by RachelThis hit so fucking hard today.
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- Books I've read so far this year, because I just finished the latest and it's something other than The Horrors to put on the timeline: 1. The Kingdoms - Natasha Pulley 2. I'll Have What He's Having - Adib Khorram 3. World of Wonders - Aimee Nezhukumatathil 4. Standstill - Sashi Perera (audio)
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- Things I saw people using as sleds today, a non-exhaustive list: Sleds, cardboard, baking sheets, skateboard decks, one of those bottle shaped juice ad signs you see on poles outside corner stores (it worked well!), a suitcase, a laundry basket.
- Reposted by RachelEvery little bit helps. EVERY. Little. Bit. Don't listen to the haters and the self-appointed purity/heroism cops. Do what you CAN, and don't self-bash for not doing more.
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- Reposted by Rachel"Hi, everyone. I know things are hectic as heck right now, but please be sure to fill out your timesheets every Friday by 5 p.m. Central. I can’t pay you unless I know your hours. Please also try to be accurate."
- Reposted by RachelYour Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
- Reposted by Rachelis it too late to call Bryan Fuller's Hannibal "Eated Rivalry"
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- "PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK. PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."
- Reposted by RachelPeople are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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- I went out and moved my body and helped my neighbors (shoveled) this morning and will probably do more later, but now I am definitely Posting Through It. "It" being a winter storm and the ever-present fascism soup our lives float in these days. Super!
- "Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"
- I don't think it matters whether or not Alex Pretti had a gun www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
- Reposted by RachelThe majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
