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Taurus Sun, Pisces Moon, Taurus Rising

A more serious astrology girl than me had a pretty intense take on my stuff. Really curious what others think.

(Pic is a fresh leaf on a monstera my neighbor gave to me in the hopes of bringing it back from the dead & I am very excited about it)

I keep coming back to this poem, especially in the current sociopolitical context.

I feel like it really captures the rage and exhaustion that comes with holding several marginalized identities and constantly being asked to bridge the gap, to educate, to represent, to deplete yourself to further progress, a movement (especially left movements trying to appeal to centrists through respectability politics), to make the case for personhood. And the way that holding those identities and doing that labor can make you lose your sense of self.

A WA state judge just ruled that utilities can legally take land to build data centers. The ruling was for a case in another area of WA (Grant County), but the precedent set has the potential to impact any area where utilities want to build data centers. This could easily happen in Bellingham/Whatcom County now that this ruling has occurred.

The decision is being appealed by landowners whose land is being seized for this data center build. Something that is definitely in our interest to stay informed about.

WA Utility can take land for data center power lines judge rules

Sharing the response I received from my Senator, Maria Cantwell, to an email urging her to support the abolition of ICE and my response. I know this is expected, but these do nothing Democrats fill me with rage.

Notable quotes from her office's email to me:

• It is essential that federal agents clearly identify themselves, including wearing a visible badge and identifiers, wear body cameras that are required to be operating during law enforcement activity and obtain a judicial warrant as required by law. (Because the issue is them not wearing a badge while they brutalize people lol)
• We cannot hand the Trump Administration another blank check without safeguards
• I cosponsored a bill to redirect the $75 billion Republican-passed ICE slush fund to state and local law enforcement and public safety.
• This excessive and needless funding far exceeds ICE’s traditional budget of under $10 billion (This amount of money could feed over 25 million children for a year, including the approximately 325,880 children or about 1 in 5 kids in WA state experiencing hunger or food insecurity) (https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/washington)
• I have also advocated for humane treatment of detainees in detention facilities
• Trump Administration has slashed the amount of training ICE agents do receive