Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Back from a weekend of historical preservation and construction on an 1850's adobe stagecoach stop. 010
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The state's economic structure was shaped by these biases, creating a legacy that persisted in many facets of life through the 1900s and even into modern times. 000
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 23/02/2025California’s culture was steeped in misogyny, with women being denied the right to vote until 1911. Legal and societal restrictions placed women in subordinate positions, limiting their economic and political power. 100
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 23/02/2025This discriminatory framework continued into the 20th century, with laws restricting immigration from non-European countries, particularly targeting Chinese and Japanese communities, as well as segregation in schools and public spaces. 100
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 23/02/2025California's early laws, such as the 1850 Foreign Miners Tax, which targeted Chinese immigrants, and the 1852 law preventing Black people from testifying against whites in court, reflect the state's deeply rooted racism and xenophobia. 100
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you live in the NYC Metro Area, help spread the word about the S_onewall Action. Download, Print and Post the Action Flyer everyone in the NYC Metro Area (and don't forget LI, Jersey, Westchester and.. and...) #Stonewall See you on Saturday. 171681577
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 21/02/20254. Issues such as equal pay, reproductive rights, and representation still echo the demands made at Seneca Falls, continuing to inspire the fight for gender equality. 020
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 21/02/20253. Though its immediate impact was limited, it laid the foundation for future activism, culminating in the 19th Amendment in 1920, which granted women the right to vote. The convention's legacy remains vital today, as it helped spark ongoing efforts to address gender inequality. 120
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 21/02/20252. The key moment was the Declaration of Sentiments, which called for equal rights, including voting, education, and property ownership, and highlighted gender-based injustices. The convention’s most radical demand was women’s suffrage, marking the start of the organized women's rights movement. 120
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 21/02/20251. The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, the first women's rights convention in the U.S., was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. It focused on advocating for women's civil, social, and religious rights. 130
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Femininomenon Project @femininomenonproj.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Equal rights for women are crucial because they contribute to justice, equality, opportunity for all, regardless of gender, race, or background. When women have equal rights, society benefits in numerous ways, as these rights are essential to unlocking the full potential of half of the population. 111
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Judy Weston @westonjk.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Make YOUR voice heard! 5calls.org 512793625
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)New/Mode @newmode.bsky.social · 12/02/2025You know this, but here’s a reminder. 0208
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Women’s March @womensmarch.com · 14/02/2025History is always being made. This #BlackHistoryMonth, we are grateful for and grounded by Dr. Angela Davis’s powerful words to the People's March—read by the remarkable Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson—to remind us that the fight for justice, equality, and freedom is relentless and unstoppable. Watch in 🧵 1418
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Women’s March @womensmarch.com · 15/02/2025Ready to empower your community with radical care? Sign up now to learn how you can help form mutual aid networks in your area and be part of a movement that centers care, justice, and equality. Sign up here: act.womensmarch.com/signup/mutua... 15413
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 16/02/2025They’re coming after funding. They’re coming after education. They’re coming after our data & payments. They’re coming after workers that don’t comply. Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to pillage our democracy to make themselves rich. But we won't let them. 90654144
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 03/02/2025#BlackHistoryMonth: How the U.S. Government Destroyed Black Neighborhoods | Scott Beyer catalyst.independent.org/2020/04/02/h...catalyst.independent.orgHow the U.S. Government Destroyed Black NeighborhoodsThe “urban renewal” assault on black neighborhoods undermined liberty, free markets, and human dignity. 215149
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 03/02/2025#BlackHistoryMonth: The racist history of America's interstate highway boom - Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com/homeless-hou... @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss #JustCompensation #JusticeforShilohlatimes.comThe racist history of America's interstate highway boomConstruction of the U.S. Interstate Highway System tore through the nation’s urban areas with freeways that, through intention and indifference, carved up Black communities 012525
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Wobbologist @wobbologist.bsky.social · 02/02/2025If you want to support a #trans scientist, you can support my work here 👇 It's just getting up and running (so there's no prior stuff to see yet), but this will be the first month with a science newletter and Q&A newsletter (sent on the last of the month). #TransInSTEM #transgender 🏳️⚧️ 13620
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Trans Unity Coalition @transunitycoalition.org · 03/02/20252025: Instead of celebrating a quarter-centennial, 25 years of the 21st century, we’re being held back fighting outdated prejudice from the 1800s. We could be so much better than this. We could be advancing so much. Never forget, they want us to regress, instead of moving forward, progressively. 02710
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 03/02/2025My grandma walked hand in hand with my mom, tio, prima, y yo. We walked for each other and for everyone that can't speak up. Today is a day with many more to come. #viva 010
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Remember when the people of the US were fighting for their right to vote? That didn't just mean women. It meant everyone apart of unmarginalized communities. They are trying to bring this time in our history back. Alice Park collection at the Women's Museum of California. 010
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 01/02/2025I want to stress something important. I know about the Times’ owner, and his interference in the Ed page (and maybe more). But without the LAT, you would only know what the White House told you about this. Support journalists and journalism. www.latimes.com/environment/...latimes.comActing on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California damsThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials. 1922809467
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 01/02/2025WELCOME TO BLACK HISTORY MONTHmedia.tenor.coma black background with the words black history month in red yellow and greenAlt: a black background with the words black history month in red yellow and green 7916588112102
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Christopher Pittard @christopherpittard.bsky.social · 31/01/2025The difference between Bluesky and Twitter is that on Bluesky I can post that I have a book coming out today and 200 people will like it, whereas on Twitter it would get 17 views and a reply telling me to shove my fancy book learnin'. 2191
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 31/01/2025"No one is illegal" Seen in in Tower District, Fresno, California 137569
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 31/01/2025"Please don't let the cops in or the cats out" Sticker spotted in Naarm / Melbourne 1681109
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Gosh, I remember when we had an actual president instead of a loudmouth bully who won't take responsibility for his actions. 288012305814266
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Yes, faith without work is dead! So let's get to work. Groups archive environmental justice data scrapped by Trump - E&E News by POLITICO www.eenews.net/articles/gro...eenews.netGroups archive environmental justice data scrapped by TrumpThe organizations starting by building a public tool based on the White House's former Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool. 435054
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Be informed and stand together. Even if they aren't your party. A group does more than one person. 010
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Brilliant. 65457519975
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 23/01/2025now with half the sodium 1012054183
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Antti Kääriäinen @antti.kaariainen.info · 23/01/2025 12269751071
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The past several days have proven without a shadow of a doubt that Project 2025 is real and underway. And those who warned America about it were right. 17366438613377
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Brie ✿ @handle.invalid · 23/01/2025In another world, I would be living in a cottage far away from society, making art while my cats makes me biscuits. 2282097
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 23/01/2025I gave out the first homework assignment in my physics course, and it had a typo in which I forgot the letter r in the word 'shirt.' So we're off to a great start lol 118188243
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/01/2025One day after the White House environmental justice website went dark, please join me in welcoming the father of environmental justice to Bluesky. Yes, sociologist @drrobertbullard.bsky.social literally defined the concept in his 1990 book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality.drrobertbullard.bsky.socialDr. Robert D. Bullard (@drrobertbullard.bsky.social)Scholar, author of 18 books, co-chair of @NBEJN1, @EJHBCU Climate Change Consortium, Director of @BullardCenter and father of environmental justice. #HBCU 235119952192
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 23/01/2025If you're looking for a place to do some work, the public library is like a coffeeshop where you don't need to buy anything and there's a lot more space and you can stay as long as you like and you don't get any coffee. 1776280582
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Helena @book960.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Remember what the Bishop said 138117611802
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 23/01/2025"All these new apartment buildings... Yet so many people forced to sleep outside.." Seen in Bellingham Washington 9083591161
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Well-behaved cats rarely make history. 👑 43220942958
Reposted by Nika (she/ella/they/elle)LaurenWalshArt @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time. 161142773215
Nika (she/ella/they/elle) @arcey.bsky.social · 19/01/2025It is not time to mourn, but to organize. 010