his name was Kohen Wiley. the racist, capitalist, violent system of policing decided to place a greater value on a box of diapers than this Black child’s life.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · last mo.

Mississippi police shot and killed a 1-year-old child who was in the car with his mother. Autopsy reports reveal the child was shot through the side of the car, contradicting officers' claims that the car was heading towards them.

The use of the word “eliminate” in this context should really freak out more than just those of us he’s seeking to remove, to be honest. This should be a red flag so big that it’s visible from space.

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · last mo.

Liberals: well there were valid concerns about trans people but now the case is decided, the fight is over, and that's that The Trump regime:

You were rooting for this outcome two years ago. We haven’t forgotten.

Seth Moulton@sethmoulton.bsky.social · last mo.

Releasing this decision on the last day of Pride is a deliberate act of cruelty toward transgender Americans. Today, SCOTUS helped codify sweeping overreach into law.

finally finished listening to copaganda by @equalityalec.bsky.social on a long drive yesterday. i laughed, i cried, i clapped, i said "YUP" and "THAT'S RIGHT" a bunch of times out loud to myself. cannot recommend this book enough! thenewpress.org/books/978162...

Copaganda - The New Press

From the prizewinning rising legal star, the deeply researched and definitive book on the way the media and police distract […]

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This pride month, if you’re not plugged in, please take a moment to think about what you specifically can do to support trans kids under attack. I get asked all the time about steps people can take, so I hope at least one person takes this to heart. I’ll be adding throughout June. A thread.🧵

Pope Leo quoting Tolkien in his encyclical on AI seems like a pointed reference for the tech oligarchs who have appropriated LOTR for their own ends.

Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 2mo ago

One of the many sources cited in the new papal encyclical is... Gandalf

Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org

OMG THIS SO MUCH THIS

Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The thing about chronic illness is that there’s never just one thing. There’s always multiple things. There’s always compounding things that cause other things or are common concurrent things. It’s always just and endless stream of things.

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

Happy National Library Week. In less than 10 years, U.S. spending on immigration policing & detention increased by 171% while funding for libraries didn't even keep up with inflation. Some priorities. 🤔

In the wake of her passing and her recent celebration of life, @loscharlos.bsky.social shares how Alice Wong taught him the power of Disability Justice and how she wielded it to bridge the hesitancy between disability, Long Covid, and COVID-cautious communities. bit.ly/4mohc12

I have never wanted a show to fail more than I do this new Harry Potter series. There should be some financial consequence for partnering with transphobic bigots.

Please stop saying TACO. We’re talking about an ungodly number of people who could die or maimed. It’s not time for cutesy little internet slang. We have to get away from this bizarre desensitization.

From 2 years ago: “It is 12 hours after I emerged from my second gender-affirming surgery. Like a lot of people, my impulse to accelerate transition goals has escalated over the past year as a growing unease fills my body every day that one day, my body and the care it needs, will soon be outlawed.”

Jessica Kant@jessdkant.bsky.social · 2y ago

I wrote this last year on TDOV as I was trying to make sense of a range of emotions. As our bodies continue to be problematized and criminalized, t's easy to lose sight of the fact that to be trans in this world is a profound act of self love.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers say they'll change name of César Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day following sexual abuse allegations.

I can feel Dolores' words deeply in my bones: "I kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the movement." It resonates for me. Wishing everyone impacted by and reeling from this today much ease.

Folks who are struggling with the news about Cesar Chavez, be gentle with yourselves. You are not obligated to consume all of the awful details. You can simply offer your belief and support to those who were harmed.

My latest for @theappeal.org looks at the crisis of aging in CA's women's prisons: theappeal.org/incarcerated...

California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons

California’s incarcerated population has aged rapidly over the past 30 years. A new report recommends pathways for release.

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today's the kind of day where, after the past 392 months of winter, i remember why i live in boston 🌱☀️

The Massachusetts Department of Correction has been fighting me for months, trying to withhold data about its collaboration with ICE. Yesterday, I won that fight, and obtained records showing that the state has transferred more than 2,000 people into ICE custody since 2009. A quick thread:

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says

At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

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This is how #PublicHealth should be done in an #OngoingPandemic, now in its 7th year 👇

Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH)@durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Every time you get COVID-19, your risk increases for Long COVID, organ damage, disability, & more, & there’s no way to know which infection will be the one to cause it! Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19. Learn more about Long COVID: www.cdc.gov/long-covid/a...

A democracy that would vote to sacrifice my people is of absolutely no use or value to me, and I would oppose it as I would oppose any threat to our survival. I am about trans people and I am for trans people. I am for all others, to the extent it does not conflict with that first position.

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"If you're not ready and eager to literally sacrifice trans people, then you're not on Team Democracy" is a line you're going to see more and more as fascism marches onward.

FYI: The little boy in Bad Bunny's #SuperBowl halftime show wasn't Liam Ramos as some have said, it was a child actor: Lincoln Fox www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/...

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“Renee Goodman [sic], Alex Pretti – there are no words,” DeLauro said. “You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’” www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...

DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'

The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.

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The history of prison uprisings in the US feels like a very timely topic right now!

It Was the Most Violent Prison in America. Then the Guards Went on Strike

What happens when a group of incarcerated men are left to self govern? In Walpole State Prison in 1973, “peace reigned”—until the guards were sent back in.

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this is a policy choice: public health crisis on top of public health crisis on top of public health crisis on top of public health crisis.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...

If you’re a health care worker who wants to channel your rage and grief about this into action, join us @interruptcrim.bsky.social‘s Beyond Do No Harm network (www.interruptingcriminalization.com/beyond-do-no...). BDNH principles 11 & 12 are about medical neglect in carceral facilities

Beyond Do No Harm — Interrupting Criminalization

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Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 6mo ago

As far as we know, the primary cause of death in ICE custody is a refusal to provide medical care. It’s a form of structural violence and extremely common component of eugenics and ethnic cleansings.

In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old

Official concedes 8-year-old who died in U.S. custody could have been saved as devastated family recalls final days

The parents of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez told CBS News that their daughter died in Border Patrol custody because of negligence and discrimination.

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