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cassandra 💛

@nortsapa.bsky.social
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they/any/all • queer disabled teacher • social work student • medic & peer support • rva 🪴🪬🧄 trying to create a better world by advocating for children & their communities

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dinis @diniscosta.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jacob Geller spent the years after the sexual assault building a public identity in progressive cult... Read more: longer.blue/posts/mdH6g9olBs
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cassandra 💛 @nortsapa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
really cannot overstate how sick i feel when people launder restorative & transformative justice, frameworks designed to address the harm caused *to those harmed* and
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 03/10/2026
trying my best to stay out of rape discourse because the past few years have already been very hard & it seems like 60% of people are cool with a world with a little rape in it but whoever this was invented “manic pixie rape girl in the lives of the men they helped improve” & that sucks. it sucks.
I don't mean to downplay sexual assault but l also have known a lot of good people who had to learn healthy boundaries by violating someone else's and never forgetting the experience
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I am learning the left version of government mandated girlfriends is "you have to work with that guy. he said sorry."
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Maggie Mae Fish 🐟 @maggiemaefish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I also believe in restorative justice but I don't think that means you get to become a pillar of a community and garner an audience and an income that relies solely on everyone including yourself staying silent about your actions. In the VIDEO GAME SPHERE no less.
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Maggie Mae Fish 🐟 @maggiemaefish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think what I resent the most is that all of us, especially the women who worked with him, were a part of his rehabilitation (at least image-wise) without us ever getting to choose if that was something we wanted to participate in. He didn't let us or his audience make a choice. How ironic.
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Ophie Dokie 🌻 @ophiedokie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
what if the restorative justice we cared about was restorative to the victims and not their rapist? Wouldn't that be a fun fresh new concept?
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Fear Of holding Jacob Gellar accountable, "Restorative Justice" edition
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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The “restorative justice” convos around Geller l miss the point. Maybe he is/was on that path. But he is owed nothing from us and I have more empathy for victims who found comfort in his work (like myself, I own his fucking book) and now feel betrayed at having emotionally invested in an abuser.
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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tired of living in a culture that see bodies like mine and others as objects that can be used. To live in a culture that tells people to take glee in it. I watched a commercial the other day that was a lawyer saying “he’ll protect you from false allegations.” It was on national tv.
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cassandra 💛 @nortsapa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
this!! as a victim/survivor, i truly do believe that we are all more than the worst things we’ve ever done. i believe nobody deserves a scarlet letter to be worn the rest of their days. that being said, i think it is important that we own the harm we cause, because it is a part of us
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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It honeslty just shows me how much rape culture exists. With James Somerton, we all collectively agreed he didn’t deserve a platform anymore, and he disappeared. I’m sure he’s got some job somewhere, living a life. But an admitted rapist, well, he we must forgive, because some of us liked his stuff.
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Aranock @aranock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One thing that's been bothering me in the last couple days is I have never seen this level of "we should forgive and forget" "rehabilitation" for any woman doing anything perceived as or actually wrong no matter how small compared to literally having sexually assaulted someone.
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A2J Jobs @a2jjobs.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
📣 JOB ALERT: Legal Aid Justice Center has summer Legal Internships for law students in Charlottesville, Falls Church, and Richmond, VA! ✅ 1Ls: secure10.saashr.com/ta/6191828.care… ✅2Ls: secure10.saashr.com/ta/6191828.care…
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Odd Hack @oddhack.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Prominent left/liberal folks retconning the COVID school closure thing as some sort of gigantic mistake is one of the nuttiest examples of consent manufacturing I've ever seen.
Screenshot of some dumb shit from William B. Fuckley retweed by Bobby Bigwheel
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 19/05/2025
The border wall has really devastated the ecosystem of northern Mexico and Texas.
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New Border Wall Sections Threaten Remaining Wildlife Corridors
President Trump’s plan to finish his wall along US-Mexico border puts wildlife conservation at risk
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WTVR CBS 6 News Richmond, Virginia @cbs6-richmond.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
"It's very critical... we realize that if we don't combat the social determinants of health of those who are living with HIV, then they're going to succumb to the virus."
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HIV funding cuts will 'affect a lot of people all over Virginia,' warns Richmond group director
Richmond nonprofit director Zakia McKensey warns that recent cuts to HIV program funding could lead to increased virus transmission as housing and food assistance for patients diminishes.
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∫ lisa b dt ✡️🦄🇵🇸 | ty everyone i love you all @handle.invalid · 17/05/2025
hey y'all pls help nancy for me if you can. she deserves to be boosted to the moon and i appreciate all help making that happen. or ofc giving, always! tysm. ily all. 🦄💜 💕💸
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 13/05/2025
former executive director of the mid-kanasas jewish federation comes out swinging against pro-palestinian speech suppression bills
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We’re using technology to force all the care and communal work onto volunteers and it’s really gross but we don’t have better convos about it because we like the idea of forcing “those” people to “earn” their Internet experiences
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Ka'ra the tuxedo cat @karaisntactive.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
hEy, want to join me for window time? tHere are bunnies an squirrels an birds an sometimes a bumble bee. oH, an the sun is warm!
Ka'ra the tuxedo cat lays in the window, framed by navy blue curtains. She looks out at the world as the sun shines on her black fur, turning it chocolate brown. Ka'ra the tuxedo cat still lays in the window, but has now adjusted her position to look at you with big yellow eyes. She's curious about you, seemingly inviting you to join her in the window.
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 11/05/2025
Optimism fosters a sense of collective action and shows that no effort is too small.
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Readers Need To See Stories of Conservation Optimism, a guest post by Nancy Castaldo
Optimism fosters a sense of collective action and shows that no effort is too small.
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Adoptee Advocates of Michigan @aaom-adoptees.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Airlifted from Saigon as an 11-month-old baby, Odile Dussart is now back to living in the land of her birth hoping to find her biological mother. 🥚
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'I have hope': Vietnam Babylift survivor's search for birth mother
Airlifted from Saigon as an 11-month-old baby, Odile Dussart is now back to living in the land of her birth hoping to find her biological mother.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Missing my mom. Today and everyday. This is a drawing of her from 1963. Thinking about moms torn away from their kids. mom’s behind bars. Those who have had to mother themselves. The aunties, siblings friends who have adopted the project of mothering. Thinking about a day where all moms are free.
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 11/05/2025
Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there! p.s. Yes, I already posted a #MothersDay comic earlier today. But I keep finding more!
Cartoon of a smiling woman sitting at a laptop, holding a crying baby in one arm while a young child hugs her and a cat sitting on her papers, rubbing its head under her arm. Text above reads, "Happy Mother's Day!"
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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
There's a Japanese artist I love whose entire schtick is drawing a cat yelling at me to take care of myself: www.instagram.com/shikaruneko/
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cassandra 💛 @nortsapa.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
love being anemic i’ll just get random shimmering joint pain and know it’s time to take another iron pill
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nickel_bridge @nickelbridge.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Not me checking my pots TID
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025
TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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The Appeal @theappeal.org · 07/05/2025
“Scared straight” programs don’t work. But that doesn’t mean incarcerated people shouldn’t mentor at-risk kids. theappeal.org/prison-mento...
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Imprisoned People Can Do More than ‘Scare’ Kids ‘Straight’
“Scared straight” programs don’t work. But that doesn’t mean incarcerated people shouldn’t mentor at-risk kids.
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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
💐🎉👨‍🎓🥳 Huge congratulations to Keeley Cote for successfully defending her undergrad Honors Thesis! Graduating with honors and a BS in #biology. We're so proud of her hard work, dedication, and scientific curiosity. Well done, Keeley — the future is bright! #WomenInSTEM #RestorationGeneration 🌍🧪🛰️🌐🌱
Photo of the thesis presentation Photo of the thesis presentation
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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 15/04/2025
NEW @npr.org EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data from the NLRB and hid its tracks. It's possible that the data included sensitive info on unions, ongoing legal cases and corporate secrets. A must-read from @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social:
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Hello if you, like me, love mint, and want to grow your own mint, here are two things you need to know. 1. Mint must be contained in a pot. MUST. 2. Two mints, one pot? Mint will FIGHT. I just saw a mint fight of epic proportions and can only conclude silent MMA was happening. 🌱🧵
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 04/05/2025
TeleMessage, the Israeli company that makes the modified Signal app used by Trump officials, was hacked. “I would say the whole process took about 15-20 minutes,” the hacker said micahflee.com/the-signal-c...
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The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
cats are a lingering dagger in the heart of our human tendency to self-mythologize. a constant reminder that our way was not the only way. we didn't need to focus on toil. on legacy. we didn't need hierarchies. cats don't build societies. they haunt them. anyway, lol look at this silly goose.
an orange and white cat is rolling around in a sunbeam. he is an apex predator
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Jay (SHE/HER) @dystopianmumma07.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Check this delicious deli in a market small family owned business in Richmond, Virginia Palestina owned selling olive oil from olive trees owned by family members in Palestine
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
If you're in the UK, autistic or not, please sign this. Millions of autistic people have been abused and traumatized by ABA, including myself. I haven't been in ABA since 1997 and I'm still managing the trauma today.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/05/2025
A baby girl dies of malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza City after two months of Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.
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Child dies of starvation in Gaza as Israeli attacks kill 30 since dawn
A baby girl dies of malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza City after two months of Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.
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404 Media @404media.co · 02/05/2025
U.S. Denies Picking Bombing Targets From Random Twitter Accounts 🔗 www.404media.co/u-s-denies-p...
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U.S. Denies Picking Bombing Targets From Random Twitter Accounts
An anonymous OSINT sleuth mis-identified a quarry as an underground Houthi base. Days later, the Pentagon allegedly struck the site and killed eight people.
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Fort Worth Report @fortworthreport.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Child Care Associates halts summer Head Start programs, issues layoff notices as feds delay funds: " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/fo...
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Child Care Associates halts summer Head Start programs, issues layoff notices as feds delay funds
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/fortworthreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ChildcareRiverside_Nov12_CamiloDiaz0022-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/fortworthreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ChildcareRiverside_Nov12_CamiloDiaz0022-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&ssl=1" />Tarrant County’s largest Head Start provider will halt services June 4 and is warning staff of possible layoffs as federal grant funding remains in limbo.
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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Charlottesville attorney Jeff Fogel says there are no legal grounds for prosecution because of this lack of identification.
"The bottom line is, why in God's name would they refuse to identify themselves?" Fogel said.
"You can't convict somebody for interfering with a police officer or a federal officer if it wasn't clear that it was a federal officer or a police officer. And that seems to be lacking from the allegations made in this case.
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
[Antisemitic fascists lie about Jews in order to end higher education in the U.S.] Center for Jewish History: “Tell us whatever we need to do to help.”
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MJ @moonjoo.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Transracial adoption is the ultimate diversity hire. Just like adoption has been used as a racist tool to control, erase and oppress, it has also been used to appear including and non-racist. The transracial adoptee performs the role of the token diversity hire, whilst being forced to assimilate. 🥚
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lisajane.bsky.social @lisajane.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🥚 Did you know that Black babies cost less? Adoption race-based price list brochure from Everlasting Adoptions. We are the human race. #capitalism does #adoption #racist #everydayracism #humantrafficking #babyselling
Adoption race-based price list brochure from Everlasting Adoptions. #blackbabiescostless

1. EXCLUSIVE PROGRAM
Our Exclusive Program allows you to adopt a Full Caucasian baby only. We will advertise you to Full Caucasian birthparents and no other race or race combinations.
Marketing and Advertising $16,900
Home Study fee determined by the state $1,500 - $2,500
Legal Services: Social Worker/Attorney in birthmothers state fee determined by the state $6,000 - $10,000
Total Before Tax Credit $24,400 - $29,400
Adoption Tax Credit -$13,460
TOTAL COSTS $10,940 - $15,940

2. CONVENTIONAL PROGRAM
Our Conventional Program allows you to choose the race of baby that you are most comfortable with. We will advertise you to birthparents of all mixed and full races, with the exception of the Full Caucasian race. You can also narrow it down and select the mixed or full races you want to be advertised to. The full African American race is also available in this program if you are open to it.
Marketing and Advertising $14,800
Home Study fee determined by the state $1,500 - $2,500
Legal Services Social Worker/Attorney in birthmothers state fee determined by the state $6,000 - $10,000
Total Before Tax Credit $22,300 - $27,300
Adoption Tax Credit -$13,460
TOTAL COSTS $8,840 - $13,840

3. FULL AFRICAN AMERICAN PROGRAM
Our Full African American Program allows you to adopt only a full African American baby. We will advertise you to full African American birthparents only and no other race or race combinations.
Marketing and Advertising $10,000
Home Study fee determined by the state $1,500 - $2,500
Legal Services: Social Worker/Attorney In birthmothers state, fee determined by the state $6,000 - $10,000
Total Before Tax Credit $17,500 - $22,500
Adoption Tax Credit -$13,460
TOTAL COSTS $10,940 - $4,040- $9,040
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Be mean to antivaxxers! I am so serious. They are going to kill us all. Children are dying and they’re in a tin foil hat circle jerk claiming to be the real victims of some malicious attack, when it’s just predictable and preventable childhood infectious disease as usual. They don’t deserve respect.
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