Reposted by Wren (they/them)Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This really hits close to home. Figueroa derives from the Galician word meaning “fig tree.” I often think of farm workers, but I’ve never considered my connection in this way. The back-breaking work they do for all of us should be known to us all. 081
Reposted by Wren (they/them)David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026As much as radicals get criticized for being "unrealistic," demanding entire demographics facing literal genocide always maintain mild rhetoric and actions is an absolutely delusional level of conformity to expect. I don't think that gets said enough. 131383416
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This is never getting fixed until Democrats start vocally arguing that IMMIGRATION IS GOOD instead of just saying, "well, we'd like to enforce immigration laws a bit less harshly than the Trump administration" 321217385
Reposted by Wren (they/them)The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports. 136159394675
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 28/07/2026From 3 days ago Tunisia. www.newarab.com/news/tunisia...newarab.comTunisia hit by protests as blackouts continue in 50C heatwaveTunisians have taken to the streets of the country’s cities as power cuts continue to disrupt daily life in the North African country. 0133
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I think we may be witnessing the start of a new wave of protests and civil unrest in North Africa. Similar protests are happening in Tunisia, where there too they are expereincing 45+ Celsius heatwaves and power outages. Its a deadly recipe and ppl arent standing for it. 29641
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 21/07/2026A real life “We were in a cathedral together years ago and I asked him what it would cost to build it today. I will never forget his answer… 'We can’t, we don’t know how to do it.'" 1379
Wren (they/them) @wrencontrol.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I love the Mohawk Trail Massachusetts Scenic Byways sign. Like yes, this is exactly how I feel when I'm on a scenic byway. 020
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Gail Drakes @gaildrakes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Taco Bell is the CUSTOMER here, just like the rest of us. But now folks are cracking jokes about Taco Bell customers and downplaying the seriousness of the illness and the challenges of removing the parasite from produce on the consumer side. It all feels so familiar… (if you know, you know) 11491124
Wren (they/them) @wrencontrol.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Trent Reznor leads you on a micro hike. Nine Inch Trails. 050
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A short and easy survey about nonbinary names: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Closing date: 19th July 2026 #nonbinary #surveydocs.google.comNonbinary names surveyJust a fun survey to find out about popular names and common naming trends among nonbinary people! You will get the chance to enter up to three names. If you go by more than three names and you're not... 4202235
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 30/06/2026😂 I promised everyone that I would start a Potato Bay account if my fundraiser for the shelter reached $13,000. I didn't think you'd actually do it but you DID so here it is: 1273076
Reposted by Wren (they/them)David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Fyi this is the resurrected version of KOSA. Bipartisan support for far-right push to try to crush any online activity they don't like, including everything queer and trans. Like the post says, still time to fight it, but this is what we're up against. 4246204
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 24/06/2026examples of what the FBI included as evidence of "Antifa terrorism" in the Prairieland case: -Narcan spray -Anarchist tattoos -a highlighted copy of Emergent Strategy -a zine made of a 2019 review of Hereditary and Midsommar from @reproutopia.bsky.social -First Aid Kits -seeds for garden vegetables 181194546
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.wtf · 10/06/2026Does YOUR regional sewer district publish Medium essays? 18717
Reposted by Wren (they/them)kobayashi ḫamṭu @mattboot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026the full paradigm: singular 1: nə-mãːtʃiː-m 2: kə-mãːtʃiː-m 3: mãːtʃiː-w plural 1.excl: nə-mãːtʃiː-m-ən 1.incl: kə-mãːtʃiː-m-ən 2: kə-mãːtʃiː-m-wəw = [-muw/-muː] 3: mãːtʃiː-w-ak obviative 3: mãːtʃiː-w-ah 081
Reposted by Wren (they/them)DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The US govt is making a mess of this World Cup, but the American people show they can be great hosts 🎉🥳🎊 🗣️ “I want to say thank you to Algeria for choosing Lawrence, Kansas.” 🇺🇸 The locals in USA are all getting behind Algeria. 🇩🇿 c: Dean Ammi, @algerianfooty 8858146
Reposted by Wren (they/them)United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Republicans are floating awful legislation to make Trump’s crushing farm worker wage cuts law. Why would a farmer hire an American worker when they can get a cheaper guestworker who can't switch jobs, ask for a raise, or ask for fair working conditions? Help us fight back! 5296130
Reposted by Wren (they/them)CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 31/05/2026When they say "safety," they do not mean your safety. They don't mean the safety of the detainees who are on hunger strike to call attention to the life-threatening conditions in Delaney Hall. They don't mean the safety of the protesters they tear-gas. They only mean the safety of their regime. 6272100
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Former human rights lawyer here: under international human rights law, bombing or gassing a medical facility is a crime against humanity. Last night, the NJ state police gassed the medic tent at Delaney Hall over and over and over again until medics had to abandon it and flee for their lives. 371432658
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I’d like to add something else to this convo: many of people who qualify for permanent residency in the United States would no longer qualify if they went home — because their existing visa is on the basis of refugee status (fear of home) or a job they’d lose. Like it’s absurd at every level. 6649203
Reposted by Wren (they/them)M @habpipes.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Saskatchewan has the highest percentage of police officers to population in Canada. If police prevented crime wed have the lowest rates in the country. We have the highest. Quit treating symptoms instead of piss poor policies that create the structural root of the problem. 18131
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026This is the new map of Gaza. Nearly 2 million people — most of them displaced — are now crammed into just 133 square kilometers. That is nearly 15,000 people per km². 17862
Wren (they/them) @wrencontrol.bsky.social · 05/05/2026You can tell the school district's budget is way down this year because the only gifts are: Mon: Item from the principal's office (raffled to one person); Tue: Item from the principal's office (raffled to one person); Wed: Sweatshirt Thu: Sodexo box lunch Fri: A food truck will be in the parking lot 000
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026If you want kids to safely cycle on main roads with lorries, the answer isn’t “be more careful” - it’s protected cycle tracks 236165
Wren (they/them) @wrencontrol.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Springfield, Massachusetts is probably the most mismanaged city I've lived in. Many Rustbelt cities undergo a managed decline. Springfield can't even do that. Think of a failed neolib scheme, I guarantee you this city has tried it. You can still buy votes here. Tommy Tallarico is from here. 100
Reposted by Wren (they/them)David J Bradley @davidjbradley.bsky.social · 03/04/2026There is no world in which you're prepared for how incredible this is 18271108
Reposted by Wren (they/them)A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/04/2026If the wealthy can get you thinking about who deserves basic needs and who doesn't, they win. They don't care if you think wealthy people are the ones who don't deserve; establishing that it must be earned is the key. With that done, they can just keep expanding the definition of "undeserving." 3033561261
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I guess this is linguistics brainrot, but I am disturbed! Wugs are (imaginary) friends, not food! 4649
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Whenever the discussion of how college should be free for everyone goes around, some proportion of people object with "but what about kids [usually adults, but that's a different conversation] whose parents can pay for it?" and stories like this are why. 24617
Reposted by Wren (they/them)lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 16/03/2026These Pernicious Gambling Apps Will Embed Themselves Deeper and Deeper Into Public Life, Disintegrating Social Trust In Unpredictable and Dangerous Ways vs. No It Won't 302693618
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 13/03/202615% cuts across faculty and staff at The New School 😢 614867
Wren (they/them) @wrencontrol.bsky.social · 07/03/2026People recognized me on the street today from a local history program I gave two months ago. We are entering dangerous territory. 000
Wren (they/them) @wrencontrol.bsky.social · 23/02/2026You go to your city's historical society. It's a presentation. 90 people are crammed into a postage stamp of a room. Standing in front is a man so old he doesn't know how to use PowerPoint. He uses Windows Explorer instead. He talks for 90 minutes about a place for which there is no evidence online. 000
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Deliveristas ending their shift and about to head home over the Williamsburg Bridge, though the blizzard. One of them, Salvador,tells me he’s happy for the cutoff by the city. “This is more dangerous than last snowstorm, harder to move in,” he tells me in Spanish. 242192313
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 20/02/2026alternate title: Local Subway Passenger Wins Competition 1422
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this? 558142682783
Reposted by Wren (they/them) Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 14/02/2026This is an incredible labour of love. Do read the thread as well as it has some important points to know. 1327
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 13/02/2026This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell. 5342902025
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 09/02/2026Close enough, welcome back dril 321827
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 07/02/2026“How can we disrupt the construction of concentration camp infrastructure? What systems must be disrupted to undermine this fascist regime? What alliances must be formed? How can we organize both offensively and defensively in these times?” 410834
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 28/01/2026“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are: - End qualified immunity - Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy” - Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo - Reinstate TPS - Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions He doesn’t even *ask* for it. 1402282539
Reposted by Wren (they/them)Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 11/01/2026People are worried about the survival of the union, but I'd argue since the head of state seems to be able to cut aid while actively deploying armed loyalists to commit acts of wanton terror in states he considers his political enemies, the union is already dead 1030958
Wren (they/them) @wrencontrol.bsky.social · 24/01/2026You watch movies to be entertained. I watch movies to feel something. 000
Wren (they/them) @wrencontrol.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I grew up in the 2000s. I've never left the US. My impression was that most of Europe already hated Americans for invading Iraq, being fat and uneducated. Hell, my grandparents visited Europe in the '80s took the piss for being one generation removed from Europe and speaking Quebecois French. 000