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Mia Mingus

@miamingus.bsky.social

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transformative justice. disability justice. abolition. (she/her) leavingevidence.wordpress.com www.soiltjp.org

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Dates for SOIL's 2026 Pod Greenhouses*: March 21, June 27, and October 10. Registration info will be sent out via the SOIL email list. Registration is free. To join SOIL's email list and to learn more the Pod Greenhouses: www.soiltjp.org *Please note these are not trainings

image of a flyer for SOIL's 2026 Pod Greenhouses. Text reads: "Pod GreenHouse. March 21 (registration opens March 9), June 27 (registration opens June 15), October 10 (registration opens September 28). For more info visit www.soiltjp.org. SOIL: A Transformative Justice Project." Background is a photo of a pod of 3 orcas swimming in the ocean.

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Posted this on IG for my dear Alice last week. "One of the things I’ll remember most about you was how you gave your love away so freely to those you cared about. You just gave. You just kept showing up and reaching out. You just loved." www.instagram.com/p/DRQk9vhjxO4/

Photo of Alice Wong, an east asian woman, in front of a blooming pink-ish purple-ish flowering tree. She is in her wheelchair, with a clear white tube that goes from her trach to behind her. She is wearing an army green jacket and dark printed pants. She has red lipstick on and is holding a white paper cup.

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

There is power in paper.
And it's been used before.
Civil rights organizers flooded Congress with mail
ACT UP used mail to pressure the FDA
2020 elections proved USPS
is sacred
This isn't new. It's just time to do it again - but bigger.
@THESHABBYCREEKCOTTAGE

What to write
No perfect words required.
"You're failing us."
"Enforce the 14th Amendment."
"We're watching."
"Do your job."
It's not about the message... it's about the mass.
Can't write a full letter? Mail junk.
Literally. Add a sticky note: "You're doing garbage work, so here's some garbage." This is protest with postage.
@THESHABBYCREEKCOTTAGE

Envelopes >Postcards
Envelopes get opened
Feel more serious
Take up more space
Create more processing friction
Your envelope is your protest.
@THESHABBYCREEKCOTTAGE

Return Address Tips:
You do NOT have to include a return address.
You can leave it blank
You can just put your city
Avoid clever return addresses - some mailrooms may screen for language that signals protest. Keep it clean so it gets through.
@THESHABBYCREEKCOTTAGE

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Have folks heard of this snail mail protest? Goal is to flood the system. Don’t need to include a return address. OP with more info: www.instagram.com/p/DIbgRA0R7ls/ PS: Was so easy to add alt text to the images by simply copying and pasting. Got to: Settings > Accessibility > Require Alt Text

Project Mail Storm
A peaceful protest.
A postal uprising.
We're flooding the system, one envelope at a time.
@THESHABBYCREEKCOTTAGE

The goal? Chaos.
As this administration creates chaos for the people...
The people are gonna create chaos right back.
If their goal is to wreak havoc for us... then we're gonna do the same in return for them.
@THESHABBYCREEKCOTTAGE

The Plan: Snail Mail
Emails get deleted.
Voicemail gets ignored.
Tweets get buried.
But physical mail?
It stacks. It lingers.
It clogs the system.
Every letter has to be scanned, sorted, & logged.
@THESHABBYCREEKCOTTAGE

The system isn't ready for us
White House daily mail: ~5,000
Add 10k more? Disruption.
Add 100k? Pressure.
Add 1 million/day? Chaos, in envelopes.
It's a storm they're not prepared for.
@THESHABBYCREEKCOTTAGE

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Helpful visual showing how contagious measles is, compared to the flu, mumps and ebola.

visual entitled HOW CONTAGIOUS IS MEASLES? Measles is one of the most contagious viruses. It can linger in the air, infecting non-immune people even two hours after an infected person leaves the room. How the average infection rate compares with other diseases: Each measles patient infects 12 to 18 people. Each influenza patient infects 1 to 4. Each mumps patient infects 4 to 7. Each Ebola patient infects 1 to 2. SOURCES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Reuters. Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY.

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Please add ALT text info graphics so that they are accessible to those who use screen readers. You can turn on Bluesky’s ALT text reminder in your accessibility settings. This will remind you add ALT text whenever you're posting an image

Screenshot of Bluesky's accessibility setting menu, showing the button to "Require alt text before posting"

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Not here to waste my energy on arguments with strangers on the internet. Would rather save my time for principled struggle and generative conflict with people in my work, life and communities.

photo of Keanu Reeves with a quote from him: "I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of arguments. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun."

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Telling folks to just "plug in to community" rn is well-meaning and if you can do that, wonderful. But most people are not super connected to community for many reasons. So, if you don't have community rn that's ok, consider finding 2-5 ppl you can form a pod with. www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res...

[photo: Six orcas move through calm water. The image is taken just above the surface of the water and the image is slightly overexposed from the sun shining off the water, creating a dreamy glowing effect. Four of the orcas have a small portion of their backs visible above water while the other two only have the fins visible.]

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The Long Covid Game -- Love this. For folks engaging with large groups who want to teach about the importance of masking and the risk of getting LongCovid, this is an excellent game you can play and use as a teaching tool. www.helloworlds.ca/the-long-cov... (Creator continues to update)

Dark, slightly unnerving image of a forest with text that reads: The Long COVID Game. This is a facilitator’s guide for The Long COVID Game, an instructional game on the increasing risks of contracting Long COVID with repeated infections.

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

re-posting this updated resource about Pods for people who may want to create pods for on-going support re LA fires. It will be a long road and folks will need material and emotional support through it all. www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res...

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

New Year's Resolutions and Practicing Accountability. shorturl.at/JqZNu "It may seem strange to talk about New Year’s resolutions in the context of transformative justice (TJ), but often when we are supporting someone to take accountability, we are working with them to change their behavior."

Image of wooden blocks with black letters on them that read “NEW YEAR FRESH START” against a pink background surrounded by yellow, gold, pink and blue festive balls of lights on silver wire.

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