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#Resist #NotAMandate #KindnessIsAChoice Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. Ralph Waldo Emerson I enjoy walking, in nature when possible; board games; reading; acapella music; saving democracy

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Mother Jones@motherjones.com · last yr.

Mental health conditions, like suicides & overdoses, are the leading underlying causes of maternal deaths in the US. Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe. So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is the FDA about to keep pregnant women from taking antidepressants?

A panel of experts repeated what one women's health expert called "MAHA talking points."

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Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · last yr.

Democratic Senators on a letter asking to stop funding the GHF and resume UN support: -Van Hollen -Welch -Schatz -Murray -Kaine -Durbin -Merkley -Sanders -Warren -Smith -Baldwin -Markey -Warnock -Heinrich -Klobuchar -Duckoworth -Alsobrooks -Lujan -Ossoff -Murphy www.cbsnews.com/news/gaza-st...

Senate Democrats urge U.S. to stop funding GHF, resume support for U.N. food distribution in Gaza as more starve

Senate Democrats told the secretary of state they have "grave concerns" about the U.S. role in financing GHF, the main group distributing aid in Gaza.

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Brooke Harrington@ebharrington.bsky.social · last yr.

The Coast Guard tried to *push* his boat into US waters, to create an after-the-fact rationale to arrest him. They failed, but arrested him anyway, for the crime of talking back to them.

a south park character says respect my authoritah

ALT: a south park character says respect my authoritah

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Michael Colborne@colborne.bsky.social · last yr.

“I said, ‘No, I’m very sorry, I’m in Canada.’ And I said I’m polite enough to talk to you guys but you cannot arrest me. ‘You can’t come across the border and pick me up’ but they did,” he recalled www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · last yr.

Me, 2019: "Epstein gambled on the differential between his power and voice in the world and theirs and for the most part he won, because the game was rigged by dozens of people around him... Monsters rule over us, on behalf of monsters." lithub.com/in-patriarch...

In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine

One of my favorite books when I was young was T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, and one of its central themes is the attempt of King Arthur to replace an ethos of “might is right” with someth…

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Elliot Wilson@islandwarlock.bsky.social · last yr.

So, WFM guy here, I crunch call center numbers all day and advise management on performance and staffing requirements. Here are some concrete goals to keep in mind with any sort of calling campaign: 🧵

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · last yr.

open revolt going down at St. Agatha. the conservative priest has been unpopular with the congregation since he got there (he’s an appointee of our homophobe Archbishop) but word on the street is that the school is being pressured to retract this or other parents are threatening to pull their kids

Portland Catholic school revokes admission for same-sex couple’s children

The decision comes amid an ongoing effort from the Portland Archdiocese to refocus on an evangelical mission for education.

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ACLU@aclu.org · last yr.

The ADA was signed into law 35 years ago today, and remains the most comprehensive civil rights law protecting people with disabilities. This anniversary comes at a time when the health and dignity of disabled people are under attack by the Trump administration.

Graphic with text "The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law 35 years ago today." Above the text is a photo of two people in wheel chairs and two people standing behind them next to a desk where former president H.W. Bush is signing a piece of paper.
steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2y ago

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account

The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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Shooti@bambooshooti.bsky.social · last yr.

In March 1990, they illustrated the lack of accessibility by staging the Capitol Crawl, in which people with disabilities pulled themselves up the 100 steps of the Capitol building. A few months later the House passed the ADA by unanimous voice vote and the Senate 76-6. /end

Jennifer Keelan, left, and other disabled protesters traverse the steps of the U.S. Capitol on March 12, 1990, without mobility aids to illustrate the impact of the lack of accessibility and draw support for the Americans with Disability Act. Photo credit: Jeff Markowitz/Associated Press.
Shooti@bambooshooti.bsky.social · last yr.

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1990: President George H.W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, providing broad civil rights protections for disabled people. It was a victory for the disability rights movement, which began in the 1960s with demands for equal treatment and access. /1

President George H.W. Bush (center) signing the Americans with Disabilities Act in a Rose Garden ceremony on July 26, 1990.Sitting beside him from left to right are Evan Kemp, Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Justin Dart, Chairman of the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. Standing behind him from left to right are Reverend Harold Wilke and Swift Parrino, Chairperson, National Council on Disability. Photo credit: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum/NARA.