AW Stiles
@awstiles.bsky.social
South Philly transplant to Chicago now Raleigh. All junk drawer & other posts solely my own. Nonprofits, Bikes, Rowhomes. Workers Rights. Mutual Aid. Visit our Little Free Library just Southeast of Downtown
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AW Stiles
@awstiles.bsky.social
· Aug 21
Beautiful Trouble
Creative tools for a more just world.
beautifultrouble.org
Starting a thread of ideas to protest this weekend in DC (or anywhere) starting with this
Toolbox from Beautiful Trouble
beautifultrouble.org
Toolbox from Beautiful Trouble
beautifultrouble.org
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I will delete this, but I want to say: it’s 💔 to be mourning on all strata, every day: mourning this country; mourning our beleaguered institutions; mourning my career; mourning my mom’s + partner’s slow decline; mourning my dad’s mourning; pre-mourning my old, beautiful dog; mourning my optimism…
September 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I will delete this, but I want to say: it’s 💔 to be mourning on all strata, every day: mourning this country; mourning our beleaguered institutions; mourning my career; mourning my mom’s + partner’s slow decline; mourning my dad’s mourning; pre-mourning my old, beautiful dog; mourning my optimism…
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chat is it good if leaders in a nuclear power are posting like this after a 3hr security briefing
September 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
chat is it good if leaders in a nuclear power are posting like this after a 3hr security briefing
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Stopping stuff like this *should* be a more effective way to reach out to MAHA rather than talking to the people who’ve decided to launch a political brand by using the concept.
You might remember @propublica.org’s series last year on the safety of generic drugs?
The Senate has stripped a key requirement out of the Clear Labels Act that would have made it easier to directly connect your generics to the factory that produced them. www.propublica.org/article/clea...
The Senate has stripped a key requirement out of the Clear Labels Act that would have made it easier to directly connect your generics to the factory that produced them. www.propublica.org/article/clea...
“A Clear Watering Down”: Drug Transparency Bill Stripped of Critical Provisions Ahead of Senate Vote
The bill was designed to alert consumers about where their drugs came from. After two major changes to the proposed law, experts worry it won’t be as effective.
www.propublica.org
September 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Stopping stuff like this *should* be a more effective way to reach out to MAHA rather than talking to the people who’ve decided to launch a political brand by using the concept.
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There are only a handful of people alive who should upstage me, can upstage me, and who I want to upstage me. This is one of them. 😉✊🏿❤️
September 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
There are only a handful of people alive who should upstage me, can upstage me, and who I want to upstage me. This is one of them. 😉✊🏿❤️
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I still have the queasy feeling Trump is going to try some desperate stunt in the closing weeks of campaign season that is self evidently ludicrous, but large swaths of the press will treat seriously. I don't think it will work, but it will nevertheless drive us nuts to watch unfold.
Really feels like Iran turning the screws and pushing gas to, say, $5-6 a gallon puts us in pretty uncharted waters, politically. So far the global oil infrastructure has proven to be remarkably resilient so maybe that doesn't happen, but doesn't look great!
September 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I still have the queasy feeling Trump is going to try some desperate stunt in the closing weeks of campaign season that is self evidently ludicrous, but large swaths of the press will treat seriously. I don't think it will work, but it will nevertheless drive us nuts to watch unfold.
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The trump administration has a strong interest in combatting voter fraud in the same way I have a strong interest in defending my home against Sasquatch attacks. In that we both spend way too much time thinking and drawing up plans to solve our made up problems.
was looking for an image for this article, saw this photo of Alito, and was like 'yeah that easily looks like he could be prattering on about the nefariousness of mail-in ballots or chemtrails or something, that'll do'
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 18, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The trump administration has a strong interest in combatting voter fraud in the same way I have a strong interest in defending my home against Sasquatch attacks. In that we both spend way too much time thinking and drawing up plans to solve our made up problems.
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That’s the killer part, it’d be one thing to have genuine tradeoffs to weigh and consider when people insist compromise on principle is necessary but they’re compromising for what amounts to a mess of pottage.
September 18, 2026 at 3:27 PM
That’s the killer part, it’d be one thing to have genuine tradeoffs to weigh and consider when people insist compromise on principle is necessary but they’re compromising for what amounts to a mess of pottage.
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my kids went to the library this morning and my son brought home a book for kids titled "what was the vietnam war" so i expect to be answering a lot of questions about american foreign policy in the 1960s soon
September 18, 2026 at 3:31 PM
my kids went to the library this morning and my son brought home a book for kids titled "what was the vietnam war" so i expect to be answering a lot of questions about american foreign policy in the 1960s soon
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I saw an add for Meta glasses yesterday saying they are donating pairs to every blind American veteran and well, let yourself imagine what Meta could do with their resources to substantively help US veterans if they really wanted to…
For @motherjones.com, I looked into how Meta could be using disabled people to promote its Meta glasses to the masses. As one expert told me, “companies have used accessibility...as a Trojan horse for a tool that poses significant privacy and security threats.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Is Meta using disabled people to promote its glasses?
AI glasses are a double-edged sword for disabled people, who face unique risks from surveillance.
www.motherjones.com
September 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I saw an add for Meta glasses yesterday saying they are donating pairs to every blind American veteran and well, let yourself imagine what Meta could do with their resources to substantively help US veterans if they really wanted to…
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PUBLISHING BLOG: What I'm working on: a self-assessment zine with +/- 100 questions that readers can use to gauge how well they know the people on their block. I've lived in the same house for 14 years so I can answer a lot of these questions, but blocks change and we can always know more! Sample:
September 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
PUBLISHING BLOG: What I'm working on: a self-assessment zine with +/- 100 questions that readers can use to gauge how well they know the people on their block. I've lived in the same house for 14 years so I can answer a lot of these questions, but blocks change and we can always know more! Sample:
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The Kennedy Center can never annoy them on the Metro or make them feel uncomfortable at a party.
The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.
A building.
September 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The Kennedy Center can never annoy them on the Metro or make them feel uncomfortable at a party.
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While the media might find it fun to do another 500 hours of Piker discourse, it might be fruitful to look at the actual political record of Mike Rogers as a lying war-monger. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Why Aren’t We Talking About the War-Mongering Lies of Mike Rogers?
The media's relentless focus on Hasan Piker allows the dishonest GOP hawk (and actual Michigan Senate candidate) to evade scrutiny.
www.thenation.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:54 PM
While the media might find it fun to do another 500 hours of Piker discourse, it might be fruitful to look at the actual political record of Mike Rogers as a lying war-monger. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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we're hosting a daylong workshop on how to track the financial interests of university trustees who offer such funding, how to work for legislative protections and workplace protections in the classroom and far beyond, join us!
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
September 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
we're hosting a daylong workshop on how to track the financial interests of university trustees who offer such funding, how to work for legislative protections and workplace protections in the classroom and far beyond, join us!
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
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NEW: Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons
Lawmakers cited a @wpln.bsky.social-ProPublica investigation that found juvenile justice facilities run by businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious incidents to the state as required.
Lawmakers cited a @wpln.bsky.social-ProPublica investigation that found juvenile justice facilities run by businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious incidents to the state as required.
Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons
Lawmakers cited a recent WPLN and ProPublica investigation that found that juvenile justice facilities run by Tennessee businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious inci...
www.propublica.org
September 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM
NEW: Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons
Lawmakers cited a @wpln.bsky.social-ProPublica investigation that found juvenile justice facilities run by businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious incidents to the state as required.
Lawmakers cited a @wpln.bsky.social-ProPublica investigation that found juvenile justice facilities run by businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious incidents to the state as required.
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i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome”
cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 18, 2026 at 1:45 PM
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome”
cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
September 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
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He actually was kind of invested in it, he — a fucking sitting president presumably with things to do and countries to invade — would sit in the Oval, reviewing lists of “non Woke” “artists” to perform; it’s just that nobody wanted that dogshit so his cult mission failed
President Trump accused the Kennedy Center of being woke and anti-American, The Post's Philip Kennicott writes.
But he was never invested in reprogramming, and the people he put in charge of it were inexperienced, unqualified and incompetent. https://wapo.st/4yIBrLG
But he was never invested in reprogramming, and the people he put in charge of it were inexperienced, unqualified and incompetent. https://wapo.st/4yIBrLG
September 18, 2026 at 12:25 PM
He actually was kind of invested in it, he — a fucking sitting president presumably with things to do and countries to invade — would sit in the Oval, reviewing lists of “non Woke” “artists” to perform; it’s just that nobody wanted that dogshit so his cult mission failed
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i bet they will make a whole "counter-counterculture" bullshittery, the same way they have tried with Anti-Antifa
this is nothing new. when i was at school, then uni, there were always people dressed like they were either off to the regatta or working at Foxtons
"my dad doesn't like paying tax"
this is nothing new. when i was at school, then uni, there were always people dressed like they were either off to the regatta or working at Foxtons
"my dad doesn't like paying tax"
September 18, 2026 at 12:10 PM
i bet they will make a whole "counter-counterculture" bullshittery, the same way they have tried with Anti-Antifa
this is nothing new. when i was at school, then uni, there were always people dressed like they were either off to the regatta or working at Foxtons
"my dad doesn't like paying tax"
this is nothing new. when i was at school, then uni, there were always people dressed like they were either off to the regatta or working at Foxtons
"my dad doesn't like paying tax"
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Fellas is it countercultural to dress like a banker attending a youth soccer game on the weekend?
September 18, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Fellas is it countercultural to dress like a banker attending a youth soccer game on the weekend?
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The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation. n.pr/4gYlmvv
It's illegal for armed federal officers to be at polls. Lawsuits seek to ensure that
The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation.
n.pr
September 18, 2026 at 10:16 AM
The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation. n.pr/4gYlmvv
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I'm working on a project about Black bibliophiles and had heard of Willis Nathaniel Huggins - owner of the Blyden Bookstore in Harlem in passing. I've gotten to know more about him through reading and he was absolutely fascinating. Blyden's was arguably Harlem’s first fully equipped bookstore.
September 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I'm working on a project about Black bibliophiles and had heard of Willis Nathaniel Huggins - owner of the Blyden Bookstore in Harlem in passing. I've gotten to know more about him through reading and he was absolutely fascinating. Blyden's was arguably Harlem’s first fully equipped bookstore.
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NC lobbyists agree to civil fine in deal to drop charge over bourbon tour. The lobbyists helped cover expenses for state lawmakers attending tour held by Greater Carolina, which promotes conservative economic development policies. (Via @dpkane.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c... #ncpol
NC lobbyists agree to civil fine in deal to drop charge over bourbon tour
The three lobbyists also agreed to cooperate with the continuing SBI probe into Greater Carolina.
www.newsobserver.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
NC lobbyists agree to civil fine in deal to drop charge over bourbon tour. The lobbyists helped cover expenses for state lawmakers attending tour held by Greater Carolina, which promotes conservative economic development policies. (Via @dpkane.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c... #ncpol
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ICE agent Christian Castro, who is accused of unjustifiably shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis through the closed door of a north Minneapolis home in January, made his first appearance in Hennepin County District Court Thursday.
ICE agent in Jan. 14 Minneapolis shooting makes first appearance in Minnesota state court • Minnesota Reformer
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro, who is accused of unjustifiably shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis through the closed door of a north Minneapolis home in January, made hi...
minnesotareformer.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
ICE agent Christian Castro, who is accused of unjustifiably shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis through the closed door of a north Minneapolis home in January, made his first appearance in Hennepin County District Court Thursday.
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The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate.
The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
"Out of spite for President Donald Trump, Carney is accelerating the decoupling of a trade bloc that has generated enormous prosperity for North America." Seriously, Wapo editorial - you're going with Canadian spite? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
September 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
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We were feelin' pretty free last night. It was tons of fun to be part of a pack of 100 cyclists rolling around South Philly. Thanks to @peterskim.org for planning and leading. South Bowl was a great spot to end, too, with the outdoor Yard
September 18, 2026 at 12:39 AM
We were feelin' pretty free last night. It was tons of fun to be part of a pack of 100 cyclists rolling around South Philly. Thanks to @peterskim.org for planning and leading. South Bowl was a great spot to end, too, with the outdoor Yard