Silence Speaks

To sin by silence when we should protest
makes cowards out of men. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Silence is Acceptance
she/her

[MS NOW @MSNOWNews]

"This is on you until you choose to do something": Beto O'Rourke confronts Gov. Abbott at briefing on Texas elementary school shooting. https://t.co/RdYLvfum24

[Jennifer Longdon @JenLongdon]

I remember the lightning bolt searing pain of the bullet that roared thru my body. I knew I was dying. The pain, the fear, absolute terror in pain and dread… I was able to share a message for my child - “Tell my son I love him.” The dying was agony.

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

He’s a national security threat.

[Betsy Woodruff Swan @woodruffbets]

EXCLU: We obtained the draft Trump executive order that would have seized the voting machines and named a special counsel to probe the 2020 election.

Read the whole thing here: https://t.co/UPyNL5w736

[Kelly ツ🌊 Kellwoohoo @kellwoohoo]

I think the rest of the nation had woefully underestimated the terror inflicted on Texans during the blackout & the remaining trauma from it. You didn't know if you were going to wake up the next day or freeze to death in your bed...in America. Ponder on that for a minute.

[Team Katie @TeamKatiePorter]

On-time mail delivery has plummeted under Postmaster Louis DeJoy—forcing veterans to wait longer for prescriptions, seniors to scramble to pay bills without their Social Security checks, and communities to feel less connected.

Postmaster DeJoy needs to go.

[Silence Speaks @seb013700]

"Without advance permission" sounds an awful like assault to me, but I am just a sexual assault survivor so what the hell would I know 🙄

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

Holy hell.

https://t.co/tluoIxCow3

[Silence Speaks @seb013700]

Been thinking about a creative writing professor I had that said "Meta (writing) is the tool of the childish and egotistical." Seem legit. #Facebooknewname

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Ok, let’s not call it Critical Race Theory. We won’t even call it “Black History.” Instead, let’s accept the premise they propose.

So, how does American history look if K-12 social studies & history teachers don’t teach kids about racism white supremacy.

A thread.

[Jason Kint @jason_kint]

I deflected conspiracies today but now change my position. If I were Facebook and knew these eight SEC whistleblower complaints were being published today, I sure as hell would take down my own apps to distract the press.
They are deadly - way beyond what we've seen so far. /1

[The Oatmeal @Oatmeal]

@myspacetom help me

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

Thread. What is happening right now at the New York Times is important and dangerous. I've tried to document it thoroughly below.

[Silence Speaks @seb013700]

@Andiwithaneye Whole thing didn't turn out like I want but this corner restored my soul...
For a day or two at least

[Imani Gandy is at BlueSky Now @AngryBlackLady]

Stop with the “sharia law in Texas“ bullshit.

This is right wing Christian evangelicalism. Homegrown. Stop invoking a racist bogeyman.

[The Hoarse Whisperer @TheRealHoarse]

It would be cool if the journalists who spent the last two weeks rending their garments over the fate of women’s rights in Afghanistan maybe spent a few minutes today giving a shit about women’s rights here at home.

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

My friend just said “you saw how little they cared with adults dying- can you imagine how horrible it would be if a lot kids start dying from delta and basically no one cares?”

All I could think was yeah, but I don’t have to imagine it.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

I only trust peer-reviewed research, so I commissioned a detailed analysis of the athletic achievements of everyone who has been critical of Simone Biles.

Here are the preliminary results

[Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner2]

Officer Dunn: “If a hit man is hired & he kills somebody the hit man goes to jail, but not only does the hit man go to jail but the person who hired him does. There was an attack committed on Jan. 6 & a hit man sent them. I want you to get to the bottom of that. Thank you.”