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Talia Kolluri

@taliakolluri.bsky.social

Writer, cat wrangler. WHAT WE FED TO THE MANTICORE (Tin House 2022) taliakolluri.com

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Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · last mo.

⚠️ US Representative Ro Khanna was detained at gunpoint by Israeli “settlers” and the IDF while traveling in the West Bank. “Imagine how people feel every day, Palestinians under the occupation, if they could make an American congressperson feel powerless for 90 minutes.” Gift link:

An American Politician is Blocked by Israeli Settlers in the West Bank (Gift Article)

Representative Ro Khanna was barred from leaving for 90 minutes. Where past U.S. leaders toured the region to show support for Israel, today’s Democratic presidential aspirants are going to bolster th...

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NPR@npr.org · 2mo ago

"U.S. soccer culture still selects for income much more than we do for talent," Doug Andreassen, former president of youth soccer in Washington state — and former head of U.S. Soccer’s diversity task force — told @wlrnnews.bsky.social

Pay to play: U.S. youth soccer has an access problem. Can the World Cup help?

U.S. youth soccer has long been dominated by an affluent, suburban "pay-to-play" system that critics say limits player development compared to other countries — and which they hope the World Cup helps change.

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The Authors Guild@authorsguild.org · 5mo ago

What does it mean to rise, resist, and raise your voice right now? Authors and illustrators, including Jackie Woodson, Sharon Draper, Margarita Engle, are joining us for a virtual event to answer exactly that. Don’t miss it!

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Kelsey Atherton@atherton.bsky.social · 6mo ago

the war is unpopular but it's also illegal but it also doesn't serve any purpose but it also undermines diplomacy but it also is set to produce the opposite outcome as intended but it also already has hundreds dead and threatens more but it also will not make anything better for anyone but it also

Lydia Polgreen@polgreen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · 9mo ago

Red Cup Day is Starbucks’ biggest sales day of the year. Customers across the country line up before dawn for free reusable holiday cups, marking the kickoff of the coffee giant’s most profitable season. This year the event falls on November 13, and Starbucks Workers United, the SEIU-affiliated...

Red Cup Day is Starbucks’ biggest sales day of the year. Customers across the country line up before dawn for free reusable holiday cups, marking the kickoff of the coffee giant’s most profitable season. This year the event falls on November 13, and Starbucks Workers United, the SEIU-affiliated union, says employees across hundreds of stores in at least 25 cities will strike unless the company “finalizes a labor contract” beforehand (CBS). More than 550 Starbucks stores have unionized since 2021, but negotiations that began in 2024 remain stalled. The union, representing over 9,500 baristas out of roughly 200,000 Starbucks workers in North America, has filed more than 1,000 unfair-labor-practice charges with the NLRB, citing firings, store closures, and bargaining delays. Starbucks denies wrongdoing, claiming it is negotiating “in good faith.” According to Indeed, the average U.S. hourly pay for a Starbucks barista is about $15.75, while Reuters reports the company claims average pay “with benefits” comes to about $30 per hour. Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless $SBUX finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting. If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on Nov 13– the company's busiest day of the year.
Prism@prismreports.org · 10mo ago

“We have seen pigeons fall from the sky, shot down by drones. My nephews & nieces cried over them as if they had lost loved ones.” In Gaza, survival means union—even across species. We're bombed together, starved together, displaced together. We do not abandon each other, says Hend Salama Abo Helow.

Israel calls us “human animals,” never understanding that our bond with animals is the deepest proof of our humanity

Like all of us Palestinians in Gaza, our animals have been displaced, starved, bombed, and terrorized, yet we refuse to abandon each other

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Jameel Jaffer@jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

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Mondoweiss@mondoweiss.net · 11mo ago

As several Western nations announce their recognition of a Palestinian state ahead of an upcoming UN General Assembly vote, Israel is accelerating its illegal annexation measures of the occupied West Bank to render a Palestinian state impossible. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/isra... #Palestine #Israel

Israel plans to forcibly expel thousands of Palestinians to clear the way for a settlement that will split the West Bank in half

As several Western nations announce their recognition of a Palestinian state ahead of an upcoming UN General Assembly vote, Israel is accelerating its illegal annexation measures of the occupied West...

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 12mo ago

“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers. (Published June)

Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”

The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.

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Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I was just telling my girlfriend the other day that the old world is dying. And, my stars, the new world is struggling to be born. And now is the time when you meet such INNNNteresting monsters.

bugs bunny in the bit where she does gossamer's nails in a super gay way