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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Some notes on adding TWs and CWs: 1. If you're adding a content/trigger warning, you can't just say "CW"/"TW" and leave it at that. You need to actually SAY what the warning is FOR, or else people can't prepare/have informed consent on whether to engage with said content.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 13/10/2025

Here’s another Indigenous person you can support today with a few $ 💜✨

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🌿🌲cedar 🫒🍉 @antlerlad.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

It's indigenous peoples day. If you have some extra cash please consider sharing it with BAF

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The coolest thing about the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is how quickly they made it so that almost every Indigenous person either has to work or wants to stay home all day to avoid everything

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Yesterday my best friend knew I was going thru it so they came by after work. They brought me raspberries, peaches, and bananas. They were like, "every time I bring you fresh fruit, it makes you cry" lmaooo My ancestors just appreciate u sharing a bountiful harvest, homie 😭

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I'm short on rent for this upcoming month, and my phone is 🤏🏼 this close to breaking, which will cut me off from all sources of income (besides my disability assistance). I spent the last two days basically sleeping. If anyone can help, I could really use it. Mîkwêc. PayPal.me/beadsagainst...

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I'm back home on the east coast right now. Went for a lil trek down to the cove, and there are at least 2 dozen hawks and turkey vultures circling in silence 👀 I've never seen this many together at once... not hawks at least 💀 keeping my eyes open for whatever died around here, holyyyy

A photo taken straight upwards towards the sky. The sun is visible at the edge of the photo, and the sky is a mix of sun and clouds. There are tree branches visible around the edges. In the open sky in the middle, there are at least 8 hawks and turkey vultures seen circling above.

A photo taken straight upwards towards the sky, which is a mix of sun and clouds. There are tree branches visible around the edges. In the open sky in the middle, there are at least 14 hawks and turkey vultures seen circling above.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I've been asked a few times if I'm still doing beadwork 😅 the answer is a resounding YES! I haven't posted about it much because I've still been working on the orders for the @/maggiestoronto.bsky.social fundraiser I did, so I haven't made anything besides red umbrellas in a long time.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Nothing yet... I'm sorry to ask again, but I have to. If anyone is in the position to help, I would appreciate it more than I could ever tell you.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Side note: Julia Whelan is the best audiobook narrator in the world, hands-down. And if you read anything Emily Henry writes, you will be forever (positively) changed by how you view people and your relationships w others. You'd also have to actively try to not be a more compassionate person after

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I finished an audiobook today, and it was the first time, at the end when they share the copyright info, that they included a piece about that audiobook being prohibited from being used to train AI. It made me simultaneously glad and sad. Glad they're protecting their work, and sad that they have to

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I'm a broke, disabled, queer, trans Cree person who's been through some awful stuff and really hard times lately— grieving a friend's passing, dealing with multiple acute injuries plus a new chronic condition... PayPal.me/beadsagainstfascism

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Throwing this out there into the world, in case it's of interest to anyone (It should be) www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zine...

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De-Arrest Primer Zine

Anarchist zine distro with PDF zines and pamphlets on anarchism, direct action, tactics, etc.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

An Eastern Tailed-Blue butterfly was fluttering around me while I was sitting in the park today, and I know it was Sheila saying hello 🦋 I'm glad you're safe and okay, my wonderful friend. Thank you for checking in on me. 💙 We miss you so much over here.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I swear I fall in love about a hundred times a day. With people, places, experiences, things... all of it. My heart is permanently open and I wouldn't have it any other way. Life is so beautiful, and all we have is all we have.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Three of my friends— all young people who I cared about very much— have died in the last year and a half. Two are Indigenous and one is Black. I miss them all dearly and desperately. I feel like I'm a thousand years old. I'm absolutely weary in a way I've never felt before.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Me beloved friend and mentor, Prof. Sheila Colla, has passed away. She has a husband and two young children who are very much in need of support in this time, and after 20 long months of her illness and treatment. If you can help in any way please do. gofund.me/683fdea4

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Still working on making my place safe, with privacy and protection from the increasing heat, especially with the wildfire smoke we been facing, while also trying to keep up with basic life needs. Ki ci mîkwêc. PayPal.me/beadsagainstfascism

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I know I can't promise to be fully back, and at the same time, I can promise you that I am, and have been, doing my best. Destroying myself to the point of repeated burnout doesn't help anyone, and I learned that the hard way before. Thank yous all for your patience with me.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I been AWOL for a while now bc i been going thru some shit and trying to move to a better and cheaper apartment and have a hope for a future where I can still see myself housed. I haven't been avoiding what's happening, I just been reading, not posting.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

My broken wrist is making life absolutely miserable. Waiting for an appointment with the hand surgeon. Can't cook, can't do fuck all with this cast, but I gotta do it anyways. No painkillers. Any help is *extremely* appreciated, just for decent food. I'm friggin dyin here

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Initially, they couldn't find the break on the x-ray, but they could tell it was broken from my wrist itself. Then they came back after having another look and finding a break, and they gave me a splint that only prevents movement in one direction until I see the bone doctor in 2-7 days.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Had a lil crashout on twitter about it, but I'll share the Coles notes version: I gotta go back to the fkn ER. My wrist is either severely sprained, &/or, what seems more likely this time, is a scaphoid fracture. The pain is extremely acute. Any help with life things would be endlessly appreciated 😞

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Abolish is better but defunding is a start

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I never managed to get enough help to get this done, unfortunately :/ and then I suffered a pretty bad injury, which is part of why I've been MIA. Any help is so appreciated 😓❤️‍🩹 I need about $400 to meet this goal and save myself a lot of suffering. Thank you, friends. ❤️‍🩹

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Matt Krupnick @mattkrupnick.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Big news: The Trump administration has essentially proposed shutting down tribal colleges and universities, displacing more than 20,000 students. My latest for ProPublica:

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Hi friends. I was asked by someone very close to me if I could share this— the Ottawa Indigenous community has tragically lost a young man, Dillon Warren Breed. His family, including his children, are in need of help and support. Ki ci mîkwêc 😞❤️‍🩹 gofund.me/bf28fc34

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I created BeadsAgainstFascism in autumn of 2018, so it's been a bit more than 7.5 years, and I finally got my first long-term hater who's obsessed with me 😂💀 if you're still on twitter you would've seen it, but wow, I cannot believe it's taken this long?? Hahaha

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

HEY SPEAKING OF CANCER

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Alt text. Eight years of broken spine, and yeah. I get it.

A post from Power to the People @ProudSocialist.

Luigi Mangione's response to a supporter asking him how he remains so chill:
"I spent 1.5 years living on a broken spine that I could feel sliding around every time I stood up, walked or rolled over. After you have fought & won internal wars nothing external can ever phase you."

At the bottom, a photo of Mangione being perp walked in his orange jumpsuit and a photo of his neatly written letter.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

It feels kinda cruel, almost, that when your life gets even a little bit settled, all the stuff you didn't have space to even think about just starts hitting you like a Mack truck. It would cool if life would just, like, let you take a breather for a bit first, I guess?

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I was... extremely naïve to think rent was gonna be the only cost to this move 😕 there's no window coverings and it's on ground level, so it's hot af with no privacy. I would hugely appreciate any help with this 😓 PayPal.me/beadsagainstfascism

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

(Been incredibly busy with my move, but since I hyped up Kneecap on here, I had to jump on to say some shit about this. Move is going good!! Be back soooon 💕)

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

@ Kneecap: "Níl fáilte roimh an RUC" (cops not welcome) includes internalizing cop behaviour. Níl fáilte roimh an RUC in your head, too. They're not actually your principles if you give them up when it's no longer easy to have them.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Thank yous all from the deepest depths of my heart and soul... It's happening. I'm moving as early as the end of the week. Thank you SO much— from the 31 kind folks who sent $$, every single person who liked & shared, and each of you who sent kind words of support & encouragement. I'm blown away. ❤️‍🔥😭

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

"The higher the connection that someone had to the natural environment at night, they felt happier and had a more positive outlook and a more positive wellbeing."

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

It's always interesting/important to me when tribal sovereignty is invoked for legal battles. I think it's very important— to challenge colonizer governments, and to reinforce the existence/reality of sovereignty of Indigenous peoples to both the colonizer govts, and to settlers themselves.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I met with my landlord today to see a cheaper unit in another building he owns because he actually does his job and that safety is something I really need, and I'm gonna be able to move into this other apartment at the end of the month ifI can scrape together $1600— PLEASE 🙏❤️‍🔥

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Duality of BAF on full display on the TL rn 😂😅 Back-to-back threads: one on beautiful relationships and joy and community, and the other on self-defence and stabbing eyes with keys LMAO alfkskdkfk

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

A self-defence reminder from a homie with 6 total black belts in ju jitsu (4 in one kind & 2 in another) who's also been in street situations: if you're walking alone and your keys are your best/only tool for self-defence, don't hold one between each finger like knuckle dusters.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I just dropped my phone face-down in the mud and had no napkins or anything so I had to wipe it off with an oak leaf, and this is the first time in my life I've thought that maybe the song Nothing but Flowers by The Talking Heads made some points lmaooo

A screenshot of lyrics. They read:
"Once there were parking lots
Now, it's a peaceful oasis
You got it, you got it
This was a Pizza Hut
Now, it's all covered with daisies."

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I could really use some help with my hydro bill that's due, if anyone is able (in addition to rent). Sigh. Hydro is $159. Thank you ❤️‍🩹😞

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 01/04/2025

continued

This is a turning point in our shared story.

History will remember and we are never going back.
Whilst my future remains uncertain and this now means drastic changes to my personal life, I remain unwavering in my commitment to a liberated Palestine; from the river to the sea. As the genocide continues unabated, I ask that you all continue to escalate for Palestine. Continue to stand with the Palestinians in their resistance to genocide and their fight for liberation. Do not seek to secure your personal safety by undermining the Palestinian right of resistance.

A world where genocidal violence can be waged with impunity is a world built on hatred and cowardice. Such a world will, over time, destroy itself entirely. The only future, the only world, we can accept is one that will have a liberated and reconstructed Gaza at its heart. As sad as I feel right now, I do not despair. I have never been more confident and sure that we will win and that Palestine will be free within our lifetime.

History will absolve us.

"The affair belongs to Allah, before and after"

Momodou Taal

P.S As of now, I'm safe and just need time to rest,
decompress and process. For the folks asking how
to support, there'll definitely be things I'm going to
need as I readjust. Stay tuned. Much love.

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 01/04/2025

Momodou Taal left the United States. forwarding his statement from twitter:

I would like first to thank from the bottom of my heart every single individual and organization that supported me through this, particularly my fantastic legal team. Everything I have tried to do has been in service of affirming the humanity of the Palestinian people, a struggle that will leave a lasting mark on me.

Today I took the decision to leave the United States, free and with my head held high. For those following this story: I decided to sue the Trump administration with the hope that it would offer reprieve for myself and other similarly situated persons. But Trump did not want me to have my day in court and sent ICE agents to my home and revoked my visa. We held out but our first motion was denied. We were due to submit a second briefing with the hope that I could stay out of detention whilst the lawsuit progressed.

For every person that has remained silent, just know that you are not safe either. Is the imprisonment of those who speak out against a genocide a reflection of your values? Is this the kind of nation you want to live in? We are already seeing the Trump administration exploiting the complicity of those who have remained silent on the Zionist genocide of Palestinians. The repression of Palestinian solidarity is now being used to wage a wholesale attack on any form of expression that challenges oppressive and exploitative relations in the US.

Given what we have seen across the United States, I have lost faith that a favourable ruling from the courts would guarantee my personal safety and ability to express my beliefs. I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being abducted. Weighing up these options, I took the decision to leave on my own terms.

This is of course not the outcome I had wanted going into this, but we are facing a government that has no respect for the judiciary or for the rule of the law.

It is surreal that we live in a world where you get into trouble for saying killing babies is wrong. Where those advocating for, and celebrating, endless massacres against Palestinians are able to, time and again, present themselves as victims while presenting those fighting against genocide as the oppressors. For months on end, we've had to listen to - ad nauseam - concerns regarding the safety of Zionist students when they are the same students who dox, monitor and collaborate with law enforcement to target students of color. If you have been led to think that your safety is only guaranteed by state kidnap, repression, deportation, the slaughter of children, and the suppression of the global majority, then let Gaza's shards of glass be your mirror.

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I could really use some help with my hydro bill that's due, if anyone is able (in addition to rent). Sigh. Hydro is $159. Thank you ❤️‍🩹😞

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BeadsAgainstFascism @baf.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🚨 Jocey, a Wet'suwet'en Land Defender and daughter of Hereditary Chief Woos, has put out an ask for financial aid!! 🚨 If you're in kkkanada, etransfers can be sent to Jocey.alec@hotmail.com. ❤️‍🔥

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