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Norma Buster

@normabuster

cubana / sex-positive victims rights advocate. chief of staff @cagoldberglaw. listen to my pod #OralArguments + sub to my OF. opinions=mine

Brooklyn, NY เข้าร่วม Eylül 2011
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Norma Buster@normabuster·
It’s my birthday 🎂 and I have an announcement!!! 🥳 I launched my OF! 🍾🎊 This has been something I’ve been considering + talking w/ my therapist (lol) for a long time now. As a public survivor of image based sex abuse for a while I felt this was “off limits” for me 🧵 1/6
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Andrés Pertierra
Andrés Pertierra@ASPertierra·
For perspective on Sandro Castro's purchase of a $50,000 nightclub, most Cubans live on salaries that go from $15 a month to maybe $40-50, and all of that goes to immediate needs. Taking all their income and consuming none of it, it'd take 277 years at $15 a month and 87 at $50
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Patrick Oppmann CNN@CNN_Oppmann

Fidel Castro’s influencer grandson tells me why is he for a deal with Trump to open the island’s economy. cnn.com/2026/03/30/ame…

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Ricardo Herrero
Ricardo Herrero@ric23·
Vietnam liberalized prices, decollectivized agriculture & reformed its banking system all before 1995. All before the U.S. lifted its embargo. The embargo wasn't a precondition to launching Doi Moi. Nothing is stopping Cuba from adopting transformative macro reforms other than a lack of political will.
David Ramírez Álvarez 🇨🇺@DvidTwit

Imagine what Cuba could do if it weren't suffocated by an irrational decades-old U.S. blockade. Imagine how much we could grow and share with the world. P.S. Cuba and Vietnam are sister nations that share historical ties of friendship and solidarity.

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Andrés Pertierra
Andrés Pertierra@ASPertierra·
My main problem with this line of argument, which I've grown up hearing for decades, is that activists are not only quite selective about what they talk about but *also* actively diminish valid criticisms, white wash problems, or claim things even Cubans don't privately argue
Alberto C. Medina@AlbertoMedinaPR

I don't think these critiques give activists enough credit. Many surely understand that the Cuban govt. is also complicit but see it as their primary role, as U.S. citizens and voters, to focus on the actions of the govt. over which they have political leverage and responsibility

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Norma Buster@normabuster·
Hasan traveled to Cuba to be a puppet of the dictatorship. Literally using his platform to spread misinformation on lives. It's disgusting and anyone who supports the regime doesn't give a fuck about human rights.
Taylor Lorenz@TaylorLorenz

They're livid that independent media figures like Hasan traveled to Cuba to report directly on what's happening and expose the amount of blatant propaganda in the US media ecosystem. This is why independent media/journalism that challenges MSM narratives is so crucial

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Norma Buster@normabuster·
@sab_magic @xo__sophia Both Batista and Castro were bad. My great uncle was with Castro getting ready to fight for the revolution until he was ordered to kill young innocent people from his village. That’s when he and my grandparents on that side fled. They needed a revolution but not the one they got
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Benito hasn't denounced the genocide 🇵🇷
A foreigner who will leave after a few days romanticizing the experience of a prolonged general blackout, as millions of residents' lives are reduced to a neverending struggle to keep going just one more day, really does make me see red. That and the fucking word "resilience"
Daniel Lambert@dlLambo

With Havana plunged into total darkness there's a strange beauty and resilience to now being able to see all the stars shine down.

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CyberBoy
CyberBoy@BenHanan_·
Did CodePinks humanitarian festival cause a blackout in Havana, Cuba?
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Yoani Sánchez
Yoani Sánchez@yoanisanchez·
Ante los micrófonos rechazan "la política de asfixia" contra la Isla y, sin embargo, abrazan a quienes nos amordazan, se toman fotos con quienes nos reprimen y sonríen junto a los que destruyen nuestra nación, haciendo emigrar a nuestros hijos y ahogando nuestra esperanza.
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Andrés Pertierra
Andrés Pertierra@ASPertierra·
'I spent a week in your country on a guided tour and now have expertise' syndrome is undefeated across time and space One of humanity's most ancient traditions, it will last until our end as a species
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Andrés Pertierra
Andrés Pertierra@ASPertierra·
I fully agree the embargo is both bad, primarily impacts everyday civilians, and that Trump's oil blockade at present is killing people (again, mostly civilians). Have advocated its end for decades. It's also just flatly not true Cuba's system works well
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Norma Buster@normabuster·
Cubans in NJ/NYC area: we’re gathering on Sunday to vent, brainstorm, and celebrate Cuban identity. Prioritizing people over political ideology. And finding REAL ways to bring aid to Cubans. DM if you’d like more info.
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Norma Buster@normabuster·
@PATHTrain But if the path train isn’t running again, like yesterday, why would they not cross honor path passes? When are the delays going to be over?
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PATH Train@PATHTrain·
@normabuster Hi, Norma. No, NJTRANSIT is not cross-honoring at the time of this message.
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PATH Train@PATHTrain·
04:29 PM: NWK-WTC delayed. Dispatch has reported signal problem between HAR, JSQ. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Norma Buster@normabuster·
@PATHTrain Is NJ transit cross honoring? They’ve given me a hard time the past few times..
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PATH Train@PATHTrain·
05:36 PM:NWK-WTC delayed. Work is ongoing to correct a signal problem between HAR, JSQ. Intermittent delays will continue through the evening.
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Norma Buster@normabuster·
What’s happening in Cuba will never be as simple as one side being good and one side being bad. If your take doesn’t include nuance, and doesn’t listen to the actual PEOPLE being affected, you’re misguided
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Norma Buster@normabuster·
Me, a Cuban American: the Cuban gov oppresses its own people & the US embargo never helped Right: but we have to force the Cuban gov to give its people rights! Cut them off! Left: but the US government is BAD & fully to blame for Cuba’s poverty! It’s exhausting on all fronts
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Norma Buster@normabuster·
@SGRobotz @meganjrenee Ok yes. And also have you considered all the vile shit the Cuban regime does to its own people
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Short Robot 🤖 🇮🇪@SGRobotz·
@meganjrenee Hard to really consider what could have been considered all the vile shit America does to them and is currently doing to them
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Megan 🇮🇪
Megan 🇮🇪@meganjrenee·
I’ve something go say to the Irish you’re not gonna like a lot of us are very biased on our opinions of Cuba as someone who has had a lot of conversations with Cubans
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