Reposted by Golda VelezBumblefudge @bumblefudge.com · 29/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 0171
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 29/09/2026"BRICS claims it wants to democratise the international order, but this means redistributing power among presidents, not populations." it is interesting that Iran and Saudi leaders were at the same table and signed a thing. but real principles and peoples voices not there 000
Reposted by Golda VelezAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026These are the little details that make every wedding: the bridesmaids, getting their hair and makeup done; the best man, rushing to finish his toast; and the oligarch, handing over fistfuls of unmarked bills to all of the entertainers. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comPay No Attention to the Russian Oligarch at My Wedding WeekendHe’s just a dear friend we know nothing about! 533571
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 28/09/2026"Do you know what a story can do to a mind?" one of the more singing pieces from the great Petri 110
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 26/09/2026ai tip of the day: run subagents to see how people and bots will misinterpret and misuse this thing 000
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 26/09/2026the only one using #ActFreeToBeFree tag on bluesky! this is the thing, peeps 010
Reposted by Golda VelezCIVICUS @civicusalliance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#MYANMAR: The junta’s abuses don’t happen in isolation. The Telenor case exposes how international business ties can enable repression – and could help break the cycle of impunity shielding the junta and its alleged international accomplices. Read more: web.civicus.org/Myanmar-Telenor #CIVICUSLens 011
Reposted by Golda VelezInternet Archive @archive.org · 25/09/2026Lila unpacks the tension between traditional intellectual property, commercialization, and the foundational human drive to create, share, and remix ideas. @edutobehuman.bsky.social 0415
Reposted by Golda VelezKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I live in an Idaho-adjacent state and am now following this story with interest. It would be very funny if Bsky could help get a non-Republican elected to the Senate from Idaho. 311348164
Reposted by Golda VelezNunsense & Shenunigans @annaleehq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Perhaps i missed my calling I do love plants 🌱youtube.comWhy Weeds Reveal Where a Body Is Buried (Forensic Botany Explained)YouTube video by Sunnyside Soil 0212
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 23/09/2026Also i can't wait to canvass for Van Hollen for president. 010
Reposted by Golda VelezFlorence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There are a lot of unanswered questions about what this will look like, but we are very concerned. For 35+ years, we have documented mistreatment and abuse in ICE detention, and we are staunchly opposed to expansion of these facilities or ICE detention anywhere. www.azcentral.com/picture-gall... 032
Reposted by Golda VelezGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I got my red dress on tonight Dancin' in the dark, in the pale moonlight Done my hair up real big, beauty queen style High heels off, I'm feelin' alive 0191
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 23/09/2026feeling my alpha animal roots after banging on wall an raising shovel overhead to establish ownership of my backyard urban coyote who was hanging out there seems to have got the message and not come back. 010
Reposted by Golda VelezCenter for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 05/08/2026“Places like #Lochiel with this cottonwood forest, where this ribbon of green runs dozens of miles from #Mexico to the US, these are the last threads of an ecosystem that has declined so much already," said Russ McSpadden, a conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.theguardian.comProtesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall 16936
Reposted by Golda VelezBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 22/09/2026They even made DoorDash apologize. 11870811482
Reposted by Golda VelezMike Masnick @masnick.com · 22/09/2026I'm sorry, but this pin is amazing and I desperately want one. Or maybe 10. To hand out to people. 1854441
Reposted by Golda VelezBoycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 22/09/2026Y'all, if we put our minds to it, we can absolutely make 'disgorgement' @merriam-webster.com's 2029 word of the year. 01712
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 22/09/2026glad to see this from #Michigan #Jewish community! www.bendthearc.us/michiganbendthearc.usMichigan Jews for DemocracyWe are Michigan Jews for Democracy, supporting Abdul El-Sayed for Senate. Mike Rogers embraces a far-right political agenda that makes Jews and all Americans less safe. After weighing the candidates, ... 000
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 21/09/2026"whoever betrays the people, whoever steals from the people, faces justice" mi presidente, last year address: mexicosolidarity.com/president-sh...mexicosolidarity.comPresident Sheinbaum's First Year Address in Mexico City's ZócaloTranscript of the nearly hour-long speech commemorating her first year in office, as Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum highlighted her government's signature achievements. to a crowd of over 400,000 people. 010
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 21/09/2026little help, please www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @boycottcitizens.org @azindivisible.bsky.social @indivisibletx-24.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Golda VelezEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What's the First Aid for gunshot wounds? ⦿ Call 911/get an ambulance ⦿ Apply pressure to the wound Fast! Right? Not hard to do, either? You should do this for your worst enemy! It's the minimum that humanity demands of us. Yet, these [redacted] public servants couldn't be more nonchalant. 23716
Reposted by Golda VelezSarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 20/09/2026phone autocorrected to "lol nidre" and well, if that doesn't describe the year's mood (grim hilarity) I don't know what does Wishing those who observe an easy fast 0273
Reposted by Golda VelezPolling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 19/09/202670% of Americans say more Americans working in factories would be better for America 33% actually say they'd be better off working in a factory 72754108
Reposted by Golda VelezBoycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 20/09/2026Check out "Understanding the Summer 2026 Surge in ICE Arrests," the latest from Deportation Data Project, for more on the role local LEAs are playing, which (of course) isn't limited to 287(g) participation. Read the report: deportationdata.org/analysis/imm... 0228
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 20/09/2026So the main thing about talking to AIS I guess is that I say the word humans way more often than I ever used to like don't waste humans time listen to humans intentions pay attention to what humans are saying 000
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 20/09/2026we need to organize a watch party here in us - #art and #resistance 021
Reposted by Golda VelezEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Wait measles looks just like those cool toys they sell at the museum gift shop that your mom won’t let you get cuz they’re too expensive? 2616
Reposted by Golda VelezJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Incredible reporting.bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 414778
Reposted by Golda VelezBoycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 17/09/2026WA residents, if you don't want a company that contracts with DHS to track immigrants down providing interpretation services for crime victims & injured workers, please reach out to @lniwa.bsky.social to ask them not to renew their contract with SOS International (SOSi).projectsaltbox.comICE triples its orders to the private firms hunting immigrantsThree of the firms also hold ICE contracts to check on migrant children. Another holds a third contract to collect fines from people already deported. 2169
Reposted by Golda VelezMartha ✿ @martha2024.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Have a little moss. #moss #fungi 0151
Reposted by Golda VelezDead Gnome @dead-gnome.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Just a moss covered wall... It's so tranquility inducing... I want to put my cheek against it and become moss. 2292
Reposted by Golda VelezKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026JUST IN: A federal judge has barred DHS from threatening to prosecute a man who harshly criticized ICE’s acting director following the fatal shootings in Minnesota. It violates his free speech, Judge Contreras ruled. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show... 3838571089
Reposted by Golda VelezTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026NEW: In rural, red Florida, a sheriff put up a network of Flock surveillance cameras without in any way informing residents. Just as we were reporting on what's going on, poof, the tide turned & he announced he was disbanding it. A fascinating window on sudden rush to oppose Flock in some of GOP.boltsmag.orgA Rural Florida County Quietly Built a Flock Camera Network. Now It's Dismantling It. - BoltsJust outside of Tallahassee, nestled among rolling hills and pecan groves of Florida’s Big Bend region, Jefferson County is one of the most rural parts of the state. With only... Read More 334995
Reposted by Golda VelezGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 16/09/2026Ahmed Soliman has been missing for six days. ICE says it is “not responsible” for this, even though they forcibly expelled him to an authoritarian country he’d never even been to. Please take the time today to follow this link to contact your lawmakers, especially Arizonans! findahmedsoliman.orgfindahmedsoliman.orgHelp find Ahmed Soliman — Civic Action ToolReview a draft, open it in Gmail, Outlook, or your mail app, and send it yourself. No sign-in, no data collected. 3441248
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 16/09/2026omg THIS. like having to use the bathroom should not be a horrific experience without buying things, in big cities, and it also helps hugely with clean streets! What is more human. Go Zohran!! 000
Reposted by Golda VelezAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked. 6330101669
Reposted by Golda VelezKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...nbcnews.comHouse to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November electionsHouse Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9. 22645911437
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 16/09/2026why democratic, bottom-up accountability matters...its not that one guy is bad necessarily, but its bad to have one guy control a big thing many people contribute to techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/a...techcrunch.comAutomattic planned to target 10 competitors with royalty fees, WP Engine claims in new filing | TechCrunchWP Engine claims Automattic was going to target more hosting companies with royalty fees. 010
Reposted by Golda VelezSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026They can self-regulate, says the guy who shares a porn accountability app with his son. 1454205925
Reposted by Golda VelezNational Immigrant Justice Center @immigrantjustice.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In a disturbing new investigation by @theguardian.com, ICE does not track of how many people had miscarriages in its custody - even as a it detains a record number of pregnant women and reports of medical neglect have spiked. Learn more & read NIJC client Anabell's story:theguardian.comRevealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant womenICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving basic prenatal care and screenings 11211
Reposted by Golda VelezMeduza in English @meduza.io · 16/09/2026France has selected Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur” as its entry for the international feature Oscar. The film, his first in nearly a decade, won the Grand Prix at Cannes in May. meduza.io/en/news/2026...meduza.ioFrance picks exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s ‘Minotaur’ as its international Oscar entry. The Russian-language film previously won Cannes’ Grand Prix. — MeduzaFrance has submitted Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film “Minotavr” (“Minotaur”) for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Variety reports. 0125
Reposted by Golda VelezCIVICUS @civicusalliance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🇲🇱#Mali: What happens when democratic transitions stall and civic freedoms come under pressure? Our #EUSEE Report examines Mali’s evolving environment, where security challenges and political uncertainty are testing the resilience of civil society. web.civicus.org/MaliEUSEE 011
Reposted by Golda VelezBoycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 16/09/2026With Flock contracts getting cancelled in places as red as some of these (e.g., Hood Co., TX, where Trump got 83% of the vote in '24), we should all talk more about the outrageous expansion of mass surveillance that our communities' LEAs are part of. It's not just Flock.houstonchronicle.comWhich Texas cities are ending Flock camera contracts? Search our map.Our interactive map shows which Texas cities and counties are ending Flock Safety contracts over privacy concerns on license plate readers. 192
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 16/09/2026most of my core ideas are at Hackernoon, actually hackernoon.com/u/gvelez17 010
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 16/09/2026ha i just realized that Hackernoon did run our article on baremetal! It will save you money as soon as you are over about 300/mo in cloud costs. cc: @vortex-hue.bsky.social 000