Random drive by post to remind people that the eggs, milk, and bread are for French Toast. Not milk sandwiches.

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Long time no post. Taking big ass social media break. Retired. Traveling. Fighting Long Covid. Reinvention of self in 3…2…1…

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Love seeing people I know getting their hard earned moment in the spotlight. Love to all involved.

BWI car rental sucks. Yet to have a decent experience here.

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Don't click the link.

Much love to all the know your rights trainers, legal observers and their trainers, street medics, etc who were out this past Saturday. Y’all are moving people into different roles. You are seen and appreciated.

For those using the word “performative” for moral high ground, stop it. We all started somewhere. Those “protest performers” are laying the groundwork to push the Overton window, letting you to do more impactful work.

If you are in your feels about the word, take a moment and ask why. That flare of irritation, the grimace you made inwardly, what is the root of that emotion? This struggle is a lifetime. An never-ending cycle of reaction, reflect, learn, apply.

Lots in the comments are in their feels about the word “performative “. In this situation it is a positive word. A needed thing to stop tyranny. That is the crux of this post. It can also be used to established some sort of moral superiority. Don’t be that person.

if you’d like to join me in chipping in to donate to the pdx bail fund, link is here!

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Good afternoon. Today (10/17/25)'s Circuit Court morning bail review docket was presided over by Judge Schreiber.

We love each other and our neighbors and our community and we know you do to and that's what keeps us all going! Keep showing out for each other in the ways you do, don't call the cops and wear a mask <3 Have a beautiful weekend, we'll be back next week for Tuesday's docket.

That's today's docket. There's so much that could be said. Fuck judges, fuck the theatre of it all, fuck prosecutors, fuck every single person who helps keep folks locked up and traumatizes people on behalf of the state. Fuck ICE. The whole damn system is guilty as hell. Today was an angry day.

Not only does ASA Vescio show up late, she also refuses to convert the habeas petition into a bail review on the basis of indictment being a change in circumstance. Judge Schreiber notes that this is constantly done, but agrees with her and also refuses to convert the habeas into a bail review.

There is no “Third Time’s The Charm” if you’re a defendant. If you’re an ASA though- endless chances, both under Mosby and Bates, while defendants suffer longer incarcerated while innocent until proven guilty.

Case 5: This case was postponed from Wednesday because ASA Vescio did not show up to do her job yet again. She was here earlier, but now has left, meaning she’s not present for this case at this time.

Case 3: A person in a fight where both parties ended up in the hospital. When Judge Schreiber asks ASA Crowley if the case will be indicted, he cannot give an answer either way, but says if it is, the trial will not be until at least March 2026.

The power of judges Judges are in a uniquely powerful position in courtrooms. Their discretion in applying their power often defines people’s lives for years. Judicial discretion is defined by Cornell Law School as “a ju...

Judge Schreiber had the chance to interrupt the cycle of trauma for this man, but all he did was interrupt attorneys. See our article from November 2022 about the unchecked power of judges and their discretion: baltimorebeat.com/the-power-of...

Must be nice to just not show up for your job. Can ASAs be issued FTAs since they spend so much time talking about not showing up to court being a sign of dangerousness?

Feds use tear gas in Chicago

Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Making people afraid to be affiliated with antifascism—making people afraid to be associated with groups and people that actively oppose fascism—is some bleak shit.

Like, sorry to folks who believe you should never criticize a politician you think does some good sometimes, but if they're in charge of the guys wearing brown shirts clubbing people with giant wooden bats and they're not putting a stop to it, they're doing something wrong.

Start to finish, our government sucks. Has for years. This latest iteration is just us on speed.

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Special lunch for a special day. Endings and beginnings. Thankful for all who I have worked with over the past many years. Much love to my husband who supported my crazy life.

Folks, this isn't to any of you specifically because I've seen more than one person doing it.

SUGGESTING THAT A BROWN WOMAN WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO REBUKE/TROLL A WHITE MAN

is super duper fucking racist on a pogo stick.

Please do not do that.

Enjoy that it will make Trump mad, sure.

Here we fucking go again. The Banner is reporting that benzodiazepines are "often" found in Baltimore's drug supply, which is FALSE.

They cite "state testing" without providing the data. I've already reported on the RAD data — it shows benzos are very rare in local test samples.