Rose Hillyer

she/her. Union advocate. Sometime French teacher, currently @bgsecot. Sporadic tweeter. Thoughts my own.

[Rose Hillyer @rosehillyer]

@FoxNews 0ll

[grumpiest of gremlins @grumpygremmy]

watching the entire world rapid-fire disintegrate before your very eyes while the majority of people around you are acting like nothing is happening is the most terrifying and infuriating thing i've ever experienced

[Dr. Annelle Rodriguez Sheline @AnnelleSheline]

"When people ask me whether Israel has the right to exist, I answer simply: Israel does exist, and as a member of the international community it has to comply with international law.

But what many of the people who ask that question seem to be talking about is Israel’s right to exist as an apartheid state, without accountability.

No. Israel doesn’t have the right to behave above the law or against the law."

Francesca Albanese, interviewed by @972mag
https://t.co/ScmBo0fh28

[Rose Hillyer @rosehillyer]

I mean come on

[Rose Hillyer @rosehillyer]

Extremely rare, a news story to make you smile
https://t.co/qD9oBHjmlx

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Take a moment to look at the inhumanity captured in this extraordinary photo running on the front page of tonight's Minneapolis @StarTribune. It shows federal immigration agents immobilizing a protester on the ground and spraying chemical irritant directly into his face. The scene reminds me of the brutality used against civil rights protesters in the 1960s. We look back at those old photos and wonder how the authorities could have behaved so savagely; many years from now, young Americans will look at these photos from 2026 and wonder how anyone could have justified shooting a woman in the head as she tried to drive away, arresting 5-year-old schoolchildren on the street, or holding a man down and spaying chemicals into his face. Thanks to the Star Tribune reporters and photographers for documenting this work; they create accountability, they make democracy work, and they make all of us in journalism proud.

[Rose Hillyer @rosehillyer]

I don't know who needs to hear this but

Education is political
Parenting is political
Healthcare is political
Art is political
Policing is political
Water is political
Food is political
Science is political
Artificial intelligence is political
Social media is political

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

For two years, the media has told you that this is Israel “targeting Hamas.”

[Rose Hillyer @rosehillyer]

But it still cuts deeper than the emotional damage of being stuck in the parking lot for 2 hours after the show ended that night.

[Rose Hillyer @rosehillyer]

Still not over how @NoahKahan played surprise song roulette with the crowd at Rock the Runway, said we got "Carlo's Song", and then said it was too dark/heartbreaking...

[Rose Hillyer @rosehillyer]

He may have been right in that most of that crowd probably wouldn't have known it. Maine and Growing Sideways on the B-stage were fantastic, of course.

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza.

"Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”

[Jackie Calmes @jackiekcalmes]

I've now seen 6 reports on Michelle Obama's decision to skip Trump's inauguration -- CNN, NBC, AP, CBS, Politico and The Hill -- and not one mentions that Trump skipped Biden's just 4 years ago. Editors?

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

🇺🇸: Israel is not deliberately preventing aid

🇮🇱 Media: Israeli soldiers prevented people from getting aid then set fire to it

[nicole⸆⸉ ❤️‍🔥 @goldenntattoo13]

stubhub should not look like this when the show is tonight. real fans are missing out because of scalpers and ticketmaster and our lack of resale laws. everyone needs to do better.

[1984’s George Whorewell @EwdatsGROSS]

the crushing existential weight of being alive

[Rose Hillyer @rosehillyer]

@MsAndrea3000 @luinalaska @Jane_Doe82 I mean I'll give them Friday, but not Monday and most of Tuesday

[Rose Hillyer @rosehillyer]

@agrill79 @stephsM12nights

[Rose Hillyer @rosehillyer]

Weighing on me every damn day, all day and night.

[Aditi @aditilrao]

Weighing on me this morning that the reason we see less and less footage from Gaza, is because there are fewer and fewer people well-enough, able, even alive, to document the ceaseless violence on the ground.