Reposted by VeyaLynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 07/11/2025He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid. 3259881556
Reposted by VeyaLynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself. 1855831368
Reposted by VeyaLynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 07/11/2025A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico. 166110725286
Reposted by VeyaIsabel, booonyavirus wonk @isabelott.bsky.social · 07/11/2025noteworthy context, though the disproportionate distribution of risk relative to credit still stands. 113926
Reposted by VeyaIsabel, booonyavirus wonk @isabelott.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix. Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes! 541072082
Reposted by VeyaGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Trump's consolidation of authoritarian power is inseparable from the economic carnage he's unleashed. Tariffs, DOGE bloodbath, federal worker firings, killing of NY-NJ tunnel etc are *abuses of power* that *also* hurt the economy. Dems can say both these things. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2027... 9911190
Reposted by VeyaGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/11/2025There’s a weird tendency in the discourse to treat attacking Trump as evading “real” issues working-class voters care about. But I looked at ads from the winning campaigns: They attacked Trump *and* they addressed material concerns. Because this is *his* economy! 3/ newrepublic.com/article/2027... 12898146
Reposted by VeyaStacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 06/11/2025With alt text 03511
Reposted by VeyaKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/11/2025ICE deported him anyways. They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica. Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own. What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this? He died a few weeks after deportation:theguardian.comFamily speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative stateRandall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment 15778393
Reposted by VeyaKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/11/2025More people have died in ICE custody in last 9 months than in the entire prior 4 years. We hear of a few, but most barely make the news. Cases like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel. He was in perfect health when ICE detained him. He disappeared in June & by August was in a vegetative state. 181319732
Reposted by VeyaRachel Hands @rachelhands.com · 04/11/2025in case anyone on this website is too young to have had fully formed political rage while Cheney was VP, a concise summary of why we are Like This 022394
Reposted by VeyaSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Dick Cheney was a cruel bureaucrat who made corrupt institutions more abusive. Officials in those institutions then surrendered what was left of their morals to accommodate his evil vision. In time, those institutions became even more corrupt. What politicians say today will be revealing of the rot. 541621402
Reposted by VeyaAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 04/11/2025So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever. 176117642890
Reposted by Veyamagpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 04/11/2025Policy pushing, law breaking, newsjacking, evil and conniving son of a bitch who convinced people torture was totally cool and would grand the west freedom from violence. 1293
Reposted by Veyamagpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 04/11/2025If you don't remember the Bush / Cheney years, don't think of him as Bush's JD Vance. He was Bush's Stephen Miller. 823155
Reposted by VeyaKathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 03/11/2025This is a new political moment NOT ONLY in the darkness and in what's happening in D.C. and Mar a Lago--it's a new political moment in the ground-level movement that is knitting us together in action. This fight is just beginning. #chicagostrong (3) 614715
Reposted by VeyaKathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 03/11/2025This is not what's happening in Chicago as we call to verify people for direct action group chats. Instead, people are warm, excited, grateful to each other for showing up, neighborly, and activated. People who have never done anything similar are showing up for this. (2) 217914
Reposted by VeyaKathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 03/11/2025So here's something hopeful: I have canvassed a billion times for political campaigns. Usually you get doors slammed in your face, get yelled at. When you phone bank, most of what happens is no answer or immediately people hang up. (1) 116336
Reposted by VeyaAndrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 02/11/2025We all have buttons that can be pushed, no matter how rational and discerning we believe ourselves to be Nothing good will come from getting worked up over videos of shit that didn't happen (even if "it feels like it could have happened") Your default response to video should be skepticism 328037
Reposted by VeyaAndrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street 3629401173
Reposted by VeyaStephanie Chang @stephanielilychang.bsky.social · 02/11/2025If you or someone you know is in need of food resources -- please check out the resource list below that my team has compiled. Also, 2-1-1 is an excellent resource to call for food & other resources. FAQ from MDHHS: www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/assist... 02215
Reposted by VeyaRyusui @theryusui.bsky.social · 02/11/2025the assumption: "*rubbing hands together evilly* when the population explodes, the divide between rich and poor will become insurmountable; the masses will take whatever crumbs we give them and they'll be too busy scraping by surviving to oppose us!" the reality: "lol white man get new high score" 1264
Reposted by VeyaAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 31/10/2025Young people have taken to the streets to protest restricted election choices and harassment of opposition leaders.bit.lyProtests over disputed Tanzania election enter 3rd day, military deployedYoung people have taken to the streets to protest restricted election choices and harassment of opposition leaders. 06330
Reposted by VeyaCaio Almendra @caioalmendra.bsky.social · 29/10/2025This will be a long thread on yesterday police massacre in Rio. In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory. CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil. + 9840571
Reposted by VeyaThomaSerena @thomaserena.bsky.social · 23/10/2025❗❗❗ This goes to many Sudanese families and individuals and a kitchen. We're aiming to reach 5k on chuffed and 44k on gfm before the month ends #Sudan #HelpSky Please donate 1. chuffed.org/project/140379-help-sudanese-families-rebuild-hope-together-we-can-make-a-difference 2. gofund.me/79534e213chuffed.orgHelp Sudanese Families Rebuild Hope - Together, We Can Make a DifferenceAs a Sudanese living in Egypt, my heart aches every day for the people of Sudan - both those still enduring unimaginable hardship back hoke, and those who have been forced to flee, now struggling in n... 21419
Reposted by VeyaKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 30/05/2025The story of Alma Bowman, a disabled woman and US citizen detained by ICE, keeps getting worse She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization? 4622901130
Reposted by VeyaNicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025It's not just what is being planned so much is already in place. From detention camps to chartered flights. People whose job is to contract food for staff who help this. Contracts. Schedules. Construction deals. This isnt just stop a few masked guys. It's systemic. 220038
Reposted by VeyaNicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help. 5027511239
Reposted by Veyaemmaclairefoley.bsky.social @emmaclairefoley.bsky.social · 30/10/2025The US stopped testing nuclear weapons in 1992. The over 1,000 test explosions it did carry out led to nearly half a million deaths, by one scholarly estimate web.archive.org/web/20250107...web.archive.org 1161
Reposted by Veyaemmaclairefoley.bsky.social @emmaclairefoley.bsky.social · 30/10/2025The United States hasn't come close to cleaning up after its earlier nuclear tests. To take just one example, this structurally unsound dome full of nuclear waste in the Marshall Islands threatened by rising sea levels: www.theguardian.com/world/2015/j...theguardian.comThis dome in the Pacific houses tons of radioactive waste – and it's leakingThe Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands is a hulking legacy of years of US nuclear testing. Now locals and scientists are warning that rising sea levels caused by climate change could cause 111,000 cub... 1144
Reposted by Veyaemmaclairefoley.bsky.social @emmaclairefoley.bsky.social · 30/10/2025There truly are so many reasons conducting explosive nuclear tests is a bad, dangerous, destructive escalatory idea with no real benefit to anyone! 1111
Reposted by VeyaNew Disabled South @newdisabledsouth.org · 30/10/2025we closed this application yesterday. we got an unbelievable 18,588 applications totaling $4,157,600 in $100 and $250 requests. we have sent $53,000 to 224 people and will continue to send more. if you are able to donate, you can do so at ndsdj.org/snapdonate thanks to EVERYONE who has donated! 08169
Reposted by VeyaBridge Michigan @bridgemi.com · 29/10/2025bit.lyMichigan food banks brace for SNAP ‘crisis.’ How to get or give helpWith 1.4 million residents facing SNAP benefit delays, Michigan food charities say they’re already seeing more demand. Here’s how you can find or give help. 021
Reposted by VeyaMichigan Jill @whitchmi.bsky.social · 29/10/2025The @mihousedems.bsky.social are working to provide an emergency $900M in SNAP benefits to Michiganders who will go without due to the Trump shutdown. Will Matt Hall stand up for vulnerable Michiganders? Call your MI State Reps – ask them to support SNAP funding bills! www.abc12.com/news/politic...abc12.comMichigan lawmakers introduce plan to continue SNAP benefitsMichigan House Democrats want to create a $900 million emergency fund to pay SNAP benefits for 1.4 million people across the state in November. 12311
Reposted by VeyaDavid Lebo @leboism.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Reminder to everyone donating to food banks in light of the Republicans starving SNAP: It is far more cost effective to donate directly to food banks than to buy food and give it to them. They can buy in bulk and have existing relationships with sellers, so your few bucks go way further that way 21970433
Reposted by VeyaOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025adding Jean's suggestion: bsky.app/profile/caly... 16542
Reposted by VeyaOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Jamaican orgs: bsky.app/profile/beeq... 110791
Reposted by VeyaThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/10/2025BREAKING: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.bit.lyLive updates: Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as its strongest storm since records beganHurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 storm. Forecasters expect it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. 412439
Reposted by VeyaOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jmsupportjamaica.gov.jmSupport Jamaica 1827442074
Reposted by VeyaSocks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 27/10/2025Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard. 2185854781
Reposted by VeyaGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Gonna put a tip jar up here! I am still in Toddlerland and not gonna try and promise any extra content (yet). But if you like my stuff on Bluesky I will never say no to a little cash towards preschool tuition.patreon.comGet more from Gwen Snyder on Patreoncreating research and movement work 12410
Reposted by VeyaIndivisible North Oakland @northoaklandind.bsky.social · 26/10/2025With SNAP/EBT benefits on pause, food banks are going to have low capacity so Honey Bun Bakery and Your Mom are teaming up for a community meal and could use your help! Cashapp: $HoneyBunBakery Venmo: @HoneyBunBakeryMI Cashapp: $YourMutualAidMom Venmo: @YourMutualAidMom #Michigan #Lansing 052
Reposted by VeyaBrittany @starremnants.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Feeding America can help you find your local foodbank to donate to: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...feedingamerica.orgFind Your Local Food Bank | Feeding AmericaFind the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community. 012
Reposted by VeyaLaura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Folks who knit/crochet: Boston Food Not Bombs is seeking donations of hats, gloves, and scarves, as well as yarn that they can use to make hats: www.instagram.com/p/DQSEViuj1s7instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 213096