Up with a quist

Up with a quist

@kquist.bsky.social

She/her. Friendly neighborhood anti-capitalist bartender & teacher. Book worm, angry idealist, shaker of cocktails/fists. I make drinks and I read things. Bay Area.

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We have to make sure there is A Reckoning.

RESIST | FIGHT™@resistfight.com

Armed ICE agents are moving through Puerto Rican neighborhoods with assault rifles, threatening residents who film them with pepper spray. In Villa Capri, a restaurant owner refused agents entry when they tried to enter without a warrant. Watch and share everywhere!

I´m getting a head start cuz I know I will instantly fall behind and probably only catch up over Thanksgiving break but - chapter 1 and I'm hooked! 😈 Very annoyed I have to stop and address a pile of papers to grade.

Up with a quist@kquist.bsky.social

I am ready. 😈

Of course the largest chunk of this is housing (it *is* the Bay) but I laugh/cry to think that my parents and all the aunts/uncles in that generation went through UCs paying $0 tuition. As always, Fuck Ronald Reagan. 🖕🏻

Raffi Melkonian@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social

Berkeley costs 54k *in state*???

Made a friend come to You Can See Everything with me. He knows fielder but didn’t know much about Holmes and ate a *bunch* of edibles beforehand. Was so angry after he needed a martini and is pretty sure he won’t sleep tonight. Whoops.

Holy shit ok.

Nick Lloyd@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social

This new electoral vídeo from Pedro Sánchez is quite something. Standing in front of Guernica defending the anti-war stance of his government, limiting military expenditure, denouncing the atrocity of Gaza. English subtitles.

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I have a new enemy. It's men, white men in particular, monetizing, on social media, repeating all the shit women have been saying forever and sounding like authories on the patriarchy. It's nice that you're less of a dick now but A) this is bottom of the barrel shit and B) platform the wife.

The very few lessons I’ve done involving Chromebooks in class this year have been mostly a disaster with large numbers of student simply not doing them and I strongly suspect this is why. (And don’t “Go Guardian” me - I am teaching the whole time and can’t be on a screen myself)

Tyler Kingkade@tktk.bsky.social

An average class in the life of a middle schooler who views 5,000+ YouTube videos in a school year — all while in class and on a school laptop

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social

this is fucking appalling. i already knew james dolan (who owns the knicks and madison square garden) was a douche but this is next-level. www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

I don't know how anyone who has any knowledge of the current state or history of education - in the US or anywhere - could possibly argue it's *not* political. What world do these people live in?

Ralph Pantozzi@mathillustrated.bsky.social

Well, maybe some non-polite scorn too

Somehow a little hurt that Hawaii likes Nevada (!!!) over California. 🥺 I…I thought we were friends.

Brilliant Maps@brilliantmaps.bsky.social

Every US State’s Favorite State Besides Their Own (With Arrows) Credit: Matt Shirley It's surprising how few states reciprocally like each other. Full list: brilliantmaps.com/fav-us-st...

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this is an insane way to frame this attempted murder. i hope that chud rots

Ryan Fonseca@ryan-fonseca.bsky.social

It's a choice (a bad one) to tell readers this driver "passed too close to cyclists" when there's video evidence showing he drove his car into them, made contact and hurt someone. Fellow journalists: we can explore the nuances of punishment for drivers without obfuscating their dangerous behavior.

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At the premiere of GONE WITH THE WIND in Atlanta in 1939 the Black cast members weren’t allowed to attend and watch but there was a choir of Black singers dressed as slaves to perform. The choir was from Ebenezer Baptist Church and among them was a 10 year old Martin Luther King Jr.

Amy "Thunderjam" Chase@amythunderjam.bsky.social

We all know the "Viggo broke his toe" story but what's another movie fact you're personally compelled to bring up every time without prompting? For me, it's the fact that Robin Tunney is wearing a wig in The Craft because of having just shaved her head to save her job filming Empire Records.

Tariffs on imported spirits are outta control! Gonna start making good tequila and scotch at home dagnabbit! 🥃

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court agrees to review Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in private homes.

Oh damn ok, I see you Brad.

Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social

I'm in the West Bank this week as part of the “Protect the Harvest” coalition along with Israelis for Peace, Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine & Protect the Harvest.

The relief when I realize I've accidentally been ordering regular coffee in the mornings and *that's* why I keep feeling like I'm about to have a panic attack all the time recently. Phew! 😮‍💨

This no-lectern debate format is kinda wild - the back and forth movement is giving me such anxiety, and they have to really play weirdly to the camera. Huh.

In the latest presidential debate, Flávio Bolsonaro criticized Lula for winning votes in Brazilian jails. Lula fired back: "I want 100% of their votes, including your father's, Jair Bolsonaro."

Uhhh I think I’d worry about HOAs first bud.

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

Not much more annoying than someone pretending to be a contrarian in order to uphold the status quo and lick boots.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

“In recent years, many Americans have decided that their country’s problem was that it had too many police officers, when in fact its problem was that it had too few,” Malcolm Gladwell writes:

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Scenes from Paris, France on October 17, as nationwide protests brought together masses of people protesting rising fuel prices, in solidarity with the student mobilizations, and opposition to nearly a decade of Macronism. 🧵

I miss how in Spain sometimes it was just like "Time to dar un paseo!" and folks just went out and walked around like "Isn't this nice?"

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

Totally banal observation, but I do think it’s a good thing that everyone in small Italian towns apparates at around sundown to hang around and say CIAO at each other in the town square while drinking coffee I think this habit is probably good for humans

Imagine it's 1860 and someone says "my not being a slave owner will do nothing to destroy the institution of slavery." Yeah. That person is the enemy. (Also AI aren't people so this isn't slavery but whole other conversation)

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