Anti-trans laws are rising across the U.S.—but so is the resilience of the trans community.

Being Trans in Trump’s America - Truthdig

How a new generation of transgender people are navigating a rising tide of anti-trans policies and ideology.

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Thankful to have gotten the chance to work on such an important story, featuring incredible community members and advocates!

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Anti-trans laws are rising across the U.S.—but so is the resilience of the trans community.

Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas. Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution. grist.org/accountabili... #Texas #Exxon #Plastic #Climate

Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas

Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.

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Which is more important -- that AI summary of your search results (which you don't read and can't turn off) or a habitable planet? www.ft.com/content/63c3...

AI set to fuel surge in new US gas power plants

Climate targets in peril as Big Tech turns to fossil fuels to feed energy demand

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“There is a linkage between every single bomb that is dropped in Gaza and the U.S. because every single bomb that is dropped is dropped from an American-made plane.”

Former State Department Official: US Implicated in Every Bomb Israel Drops on Gaza

“There is a linkage between every single bomb that is dropped in Gaza and the U.S.,” one former official said.

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“If you take away those federal funds, you’re taking away qualified teachers…it would be a domino effect.”

Project 2025's plan to dismantle public education—and screw over disabled kids

Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.

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There's a reason trans youth have one of the highest rates of suicide in the country... and there's a lot we could be doing to address that crisis. This is not one of those things.

Micah@rincewind.run · 2y ago

I can’t get over how cartoonishly evil this is putting in your fucking “hate speech” policy that a particular kind of hate speech against a particular group of people is explicitly allowed - and therefore encouraged - is the kind of shit that should be done from a volcano lair with a shark moat

Former Exxon lobbyist Keith McCoy: “Did we aggressively fight against some of the science? Yes.” “Did we join some of these shadow groups to work against some of the early efforts? Yes, that’s true.” “We were looking out for our investments.” #ExxonKnew

Eric Holthaus@ericholthaus.com · 2y ago

The emergence of extreme wintertime wildfires in California is one of those classic “this is climate change” moments: A specific set of weather conditions is now occurring in such a way to produce the potential for rare disasters to become much more common. www.fastcompany.com/91256483/the...

When I started writing this piece the number of LA folks under evacuation orders was 30,000. Now it's 70,000 and with water pressure falling and the winds still strong that number will rise again. Good luck one and all, and crossing fingers and toes for those fleeing and JPL.

Los Angeles fires cause thousands to flee - NASA JPL closed

Fire crews fight to keep people, homes, and science safe

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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

Wildfire climate connection

Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

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AccuWeather has a preliminary estimate for damages and economic loss from the wildfires: $52 billion to $57 billion. Follow our coverage of the Los Angeles wildfires for free

Live: Updates on Los Angeles Wildfires

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The latest on three devastating fires burning in Los Angeles County: #EatonFire 🔸 More than 2,220 acres burned 🔸 Two deaths confirmed 🔸 0% contained #PalisadesFire 🔸 Over 2,900 acres burned 🔸 0% contained #HurstFire 🔸 About 500 acres burned 🔸 0% contained Coverage today from @latimes.com:

2 dead and more than 1,000 homes, businesses, other buildings destroyed in L.A. County fires

More than 1,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have burned and at least two people are dead in wildfires burning across L.A. County, making this one of the most destructive firestorms to hit th...

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Awesome, needed piece by @zanemcneill.bsky.social @truthout.org about being LGBTQ+ in the legal field in 2025. truthout.org/articles/i-e...

I Entered Law to Protect My LGBTQ Community. I Need Solidarity From Colleagues.

The legal profession must fight to protect us — the lawyers, law students and legal workers fighting for a better world.

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Wendell Potter’s op-ed is a must-read insider look at a rigged healthcare system that prioritizes profit over patients. It's why I won't stop fighting for Medicare For All. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

Opinion | I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit.

Shareholders, not patient outcomes, tend to drive decisions at health insurance companies.

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Bernie Sanders is right. Patients have been exploited by private health insurance and PBMs for too long through high premiums, insane deductibles, and claim denials for necessary care. We need a movement for #MedicareForAll. jacobin.com/2024/12/sand...

Bernie Sanders: A Mass Movement Can Beat Health CEO Greed

We spoke to Bernie Sanders about alleged health insurance CEO shooter Luigi Mangione, the crisis of for-profit health care in America, why only a mass movement can win Medicare for All, and how to fig...

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Millions of people in the U.S. viscerally hate health insurance corporations, and see these companies and their CEOs as symbols of the worst kind of corporate greed. Enriching themselves whilst denying claims for care that people desperately need.

Behind UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Is a Larger System of Corporate Rule

The violence of for-profit health care’s megastructure can only be overcome through collective resistance campaigns.

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I remember 20+ years ago Exxon funding the AGU student networking breakfast. It was all a little sus then. But now?! Get with the times. That industry is whatever the opposite of honest broker is when it comes to science. Regardless of anything else, a science org can't take their money. #AGU24

Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island (US/Canada)@srti.bsky.social · 2y ago

#AGU2024 - "Climate Science and Big Oil Need to Go Their Separate Ways" NASA Earth Scientist Dr. Peter Kalmus wrote an opinion piece this week on the importance of The American Geophysical Union (AGU) cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry. Read about it here: bit.ly/3VzOTQO

New research: The fossil fuel industry is helping to spread disinformation about wind energy through false narratives, misleading facts, and fake experts. newrepublic.com/article/1891...

The Oil Industry Is Helping to Spread Misinfo About Whale Deaths

A Brown University study found that organized opposition to wind energy was fueled by extensive “information” from the fossil fuel industry.

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Disabled folks in the public sector, what kinds of places/industries have you found to be the most accessible places to work? Any nonprofits/types of work that are most conducive to fully remote work? Signed, A chronically ill law student learning the legal field may not be so accessible 😕

This is what I mean when I say that much sustainability-focused climate activism that doesn't involve interrogation into the systemic nature of the climate crisis & policy advocacy to hold corporations accountable is performative at best and harmful at worst.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 2y ago

"Unfortunately, your box was apparently one pound too heavy for the carrier aircraft, which experienced a massive mechanical failure, resulting in a geyser of jet fuel raining down on a nearby bird sanctuary."

Real universities don’t sell out their students’ futures… @hanjrmtz.bsky.social paw.princeton.edu/inbox/anothe...

Five actions Biden can take to protect civil liberties before Trump’s presidency

Five actions Biden can take to protect civil liberties before Trump’s presidency

From confirming judges to closing detention centers, six experts address how the president can limit Trump’s impact In less than two months, Donald Trump will take office, threatening several areas of American life and international policy. The…

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An international arrest warrant has been issued for Netanyahu. If you want him arrested, Like. If it needs to be right now, RT.

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