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Working Boots

@echoboots.bsky.social
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Ciao, cara bella! Boots on the ground for social change. Also Boots at a desk for social change. Have Words, Will Travel. I use she/they pronouns professionally and Bluesky not professionally.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds.
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is an excellent primer on the brutal history of post-13th amendment prison labor. As the need for workers to do backbreaking work continues to increase, this is only going to get worse. You better believe this is part of why the administration keeps boasting about new prison construction.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
has anyone unpacked christopher nolan casting a trans person to be the distraction sacrifice for a trojan horse to enter, and then destroy, civilization
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Haha I plead the fifth
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
One nice thing about being an attorney: You may have moments when you second-guess your approach to practice, but you will definitely also have moments when you think "well at least I'm not THAT asshole" 🤣
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/08/2026
“There is so much money right now in detaining people.” As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle.
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As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle
"There is so much money right now in detaining people."
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 03/08/2026
Amy @lolennui.bsky.social

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, "did you eat the Lindbergh baby" he's like, "no but I'd be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later"
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
DOD’s actions here are an appalling disgrace.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 06/07/2026
"Employers and schools are bracing for a surge in sick days and plummeting productivity after millions of England fans stayed up overnight to watch the decisive World Cup match against Mexico." [Times front page]
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one.
Chuck Schumer: "The founding fathers called America God's noble experiment. I believe in all three words to this day: we are one nation under God, we have clung to noble ideals for longer than any other nation, and we are an experiment always changing, trying to make ourselves better.
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 05/07/2026
My tax dollars paid for this shit show, and I intend to extract as much entertainment as possible
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 05/07/2026
Trump is watching the Fox News feed of himself watching Fox News
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The security guard at the door:
Michael B. Jordan asking “Y’all Klan?” in SINNERS
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The weather on Juneteeth was incredible. Make of that what you will.
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Ha ha I hate it here
From the New York Times:

It is a chaotic scene on the National Mall.
Several hundred people have refused to leave despite an order to evacuate because of severe inclement weather that is approaching. Some are even arguing with Secret Service agents. At one point, a crowd of people began running back toward the stage. An officer is sternly repeating the order over a bullhorn and the crowd is booing. Many have begun chanting "U.S.A., U.S.A." A federal law enforcement officer is trying to assure people that the event has not been canceled. Many are not convinced.
One man walking by blamed the situation on "liberals in the weather service," adding,
"I think this is baloney."
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Anyway, happy Pride!
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Today I watched friends learn that some older queer folks want same-sex marriage to tank We both kind of looked at each other like "Wait, what?"
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Me: ::exclaims 'Foooooooooood' at Ecta for a solid 22 seconds:: Me: You have to admit that was mildly impressive Ecta: It was mildly impressive and that's the best you're getting #BootsAndEctaShow
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
wake up babe the white house is a six flags
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Megabit: OH WOE IS ME I'M DYING Me: you're not dying, goober Megabit: YOU CAN'T WORK UNDER THESE CONDITIONS Me: I'm not even working, I'm eating lunch Megabit: Oh okay hang on Megabit: *goes to his spot under the table* Megabit: I'M DYING Megabit: AND ONLY YOUR GNOCCI CAN SAVE ME
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
In case it's helpful to say here, I am a lawyer and I am also asking why North Texas has jurisdiction over a hospital in Rhode Island
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 20/05/2026
"This court has no jurisdiction over Northern Texas" bitch why does Northern Texas have jurisdiction over Rhode Island?
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Y'all ever think about all the high INT low WIS shit you did as a kid? Anyway shout out to the time I got mad at a cartoon for saying bananas don't have seeds
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Literally every day my work inbox is like "The administration announced they're going to eat four more babies and your PIs have shaved a poodle bald" No, I do not know why. I suspect neither do they
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
...okay when I typed this I didn't notice how much it sounds like I'm complaining about losing my lunch I just meant I'm tired of my body being a dirty traitor that doesn't work right There was no vomiting involved in the making of this filk 😆
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
*Weezer voice* 🎶 I'm tired, so tired I'm tired of having sicks 🎵
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
If I had a nickel for every distant island full of penguins Trump dragged into a geopolitical crisis, I would have two nickels. Which is not a lot, but it’s still weird that it happened twice.
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Portal haha
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I complained about putting 'Still Alive' in my own head so my wife very helpfully and loudly started singing 'I Shit My Pants in the Middle of Aldi' I regret all the life choices that led me to this moment #BootsAndEctaShow
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Let's sum up Trump's tariffs. 1) They were illegal and also corrupt and arbitrary. 2) They did real damage to economy, esp farmers, small business. 3) Lutnick cheerled them while his spawn prepared to $$. 4) Corps (& some small businesses) finally getting refunds. 5) Consumers will get squat.
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Thank you birthday buddy! Enjoy your birthday immunity when yours comes around :D
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
My New Annual Hobby, In Three Easy Steps: 1. Sneaking up behind wife 2. Gently chomp her on the forearm 3. Yell "I have birthday immunity!" and retreat before she knows what happened
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 13/04/2026
This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
NEW: We have the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Now is the time to use it. It's past time for Trump to be removed from office. This is a global crisis. It's time for J.D. Vance and the Cabinet to invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Now, at Law Dork:
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We have the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Now is the time to use it.
It's past time for Trump to be removed from office. This is a global crisis. It's time for J.D. Vance and the Cabinet to invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If you’ve never called your congressional reps before, do it right now.
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So far today has involved a strained back, snow, Passover, and Cheeto genocide threats
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a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting in a chair .
ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting in a chair .
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
My sister was born six years earlier than me. The differences between my work trajectory and hers, despite being in the same field, were astronomical.
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A conversation elsewhere caused me to realize today that there has been a grand total of six months in my life when both a) I really liked my job and b) the world was not obviously on fire. I can't help but think that I deserved better than that. Everybody post-Gen-X did.
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 31/03/2026
A friendly reminder for this and all Supreme Court decision days
don't get the discord subpoenaed
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Between the conversion therapy ruling and the efforts to ban kids from the internet to “protect them” from “transgender influence,” we’re right back in a culture of violently enforced closeting. And the data around self-identifying as trans and queer already reflects this
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Ríon_Ann🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪🇪🇺 @redjade.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A completely baffling decision today that seems to directly state that a medical professional’s “free speech” is more important than a patient’s life and safety. Far as I can see this decision means it might now literally be perfectly legal for a therapist to tell you to kill yourself.
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
So are we gonna talk at all about the fact that they released Chiles on TDOV or Because that shit was 1000% on purpose
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Skye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Conversion therapy is one of the most harmful practices targeted at young people. As a result of today’s decision, those practicing this anti-scientific, scam therapy may become more emboldened. @democracyforward.org will continue to do everything in our power to protect LGBTQ+ youth.
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Supreme Court rules against Colorado's conversion therapy ban on First Amendment grounds
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado counselor who challenged a law banning conversion therapy for minors, ruling that lower courts failed to apply "sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scr...
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Does a doctor have a First Amendment right to tell you that ingesting arsenic will cure your athlete's foot? Why would that be different from this?
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I think this court's overall approach to medical outcomes as a matter of partisan opinion is really concerning, and something most people are missing because so many of the cases have to do with trans people.
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Sexy Devonian Stone @devonianstone.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
also is licensing no longer allowed that really interferes with speech, even who is allowed to speak
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 31/03/2026
Banning a harmful practice that is directly tied to deaths and self-harm is not "suppressing one side of the debate."
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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Trans Day of Visibility is cool and all but I wish I were celebrating Trans People Get to Go Back to Bed Day
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