Anthony

@pyrpawed.blacksky.app

Black, Queer, Quaker with too many dogs. Passions: disability rights & justice, enviro (esp. food & water) law & policy, & old school R&B (Chaka Khan all day, every day). He/Him/His.

Great reporting from @emilybregel.bsky.social about a gay man who’s been in the US since he was four, imprisoned in a “hotel” in Equatorial Guinea since April. He says he’s being denied soap and toilet paper in retaliation for filing a complaint w African Commission. 1/ tucson.com/news/local/b...

Arizona man languishes in African hotel after third-country deportation

A 30-year-old man, Ahmed Soliman, is confined in a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea after being deported there by ICE without warning. He faces the threat of return to Egypt, where he may fac...

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Criminalizing homelessness does nothing to help the homeless. Having a felony conviction will make it hard if not impossible for homeless person to get a job or housing. All it does is punish the homeless for being poor and unhoused. /1 ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Unhoused People Are Paying the Price For the Supreme Court’s Cruelty

The Grants Pass decision allowed more cities and states to impose criminal penalties for the offense of being poor in public.

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As I said the other day - this story is very much revealing how little folks understand the massive reach and influence of agribusiness and how the food chain works. Framing the story around taco bell is a good ex of news coverage failing to give us the info we need about our corporate food system.

val@trickycrayon.com · 3w ago

This framing is so disgusting and irresponsible. Yes, Taylor Farms supplies Taco Bell. THEY ALSO SUPPLY TONS OF OTHER RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES. People will take "avoid Taco Bell" as the lesson which is NOT HELPFUL. www.wcvb.com/article/cycl...

Data centers are trying to come to tribal land. But tribes are fighting back. The Seminole Nation banned them. The Cherokee Nation is studying impacts. Osage Nation is weighing Google's Project Spring. As Rev. Chebon Kernell says: "We have a right to say how life can be."

As data centers eye Oklahoma, tribes weigh the costs

Tribal nations across Oklahoma and the country are working out how to navigate an influx of corporate interest in Indian Country, thanks to a rise in data centers.

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the Trump admin has sent over a dozen undocumented pregnant minors to a shelter in San Benito, TX Some were as young as 13 At least half were pregnant as a result of rape All had high-risk pregnancies And now, they & their newborns--U.S. citizens--are missing ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...

The Supreme Court Hasn't Ruled On Birthright Citizenship. Trump May Be Deporting Newborn Citizens Anyway

The Trump administration is refusing to answer questions about the health and safety of undocumented young mothers—and their newborn U.S. citizens—in its custody.

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NEW: In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn't always so — sometimes you just need to know who to ask and for what. w/ @kqednews.kqed.org

I Got Access to Hundreds of Teacher Misconduct Complaints in California — and You Can Too

In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn't always so — sometimes you just need to kno...

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Yeah the rotisserie chicken amendment is neat! Unfortunately it was attached to the Farm Bill which locked in $187 billion in cuts to SNAP. So, yes, now SNAP can be used for rotisserie chickens but more importantly, this bill means red tape, cuts & tons of people losing access to food completely.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The House has passed a bill that would allow federal food benefits to be used for hot rotisserie chickens

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛

As a professor, providing accommodations doesn’t impact me at all, and it helps students out. The fact that anyone cares about this is baffling to me. But then I remember that the country is currently run by eugenicist freaks and they’ve just found a new group to hound.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

They are clearly trying to whip up a moral panic about disability accommodations but this article doesn't include any data on accommodations.

Our third feature for Black Futures Month is AJ Link, Director of Policy for New Disabled South. Re: Black disability liberation, he describes his determination to fight for a better future for Black disabled kin, thinking about parallels between now and the Reconstruction and Jim Crow apartheid.

On a dark teal background, white text reads “Black Futures Month,” with yellow text in all caps reading “Activists Creating Black Disabled History Right Now Pt. 3” below. Below is a circle picture of AJ Link, a bald Black man with a beard leaning against a wall by a window. He is wearing a short sleeve light blue button-down shirt with small red, white, and dark blue skulls patterned all over the shirt. Below is the Disability Culture Lab logo in white. At the top is a small repeating geometric graphic shape in black, red, and yellow, creating a colorful border. The same border is repeated at the bottom. In the bottom right corner is the page number (1)On a dark teal background, white text reads “AJ Link (he/him).” Above is a circle picture of AJ, a bald Black man with a beard leaning against a wall by a window. He is wearing a short sleeve light blue button-down shirt with small red, white, and dark blue skulls patterned all over the shirt. On either side of the picture are yellow framing sections. Below is AJ’s bio in white text that reads “AJ is openly autistic. AJ currently works as the Director of Policy for New Disabled South and New Disabled South Rising.” Below is the Disability Culture Lab logo in white. At the top is a small repeating geometric graphic shape in black, red, and yellow, creating a colorful border. The same border is repeated at the bottom. In the bottom right corner is the page number (2).On a dark teal background is a circle picture of AJ Link, a bald Black man with a beard leaning against a wall by a window. He is wearing a short sleeve light blue button-down shirt with small red, white, and dark blue skulls patterned all over the shirt. To the right is text reading “AJ Link (he/him)” and “Q: ‘What does Black disability liberation look like?’” Below is the first part of AJ’s answer in white text that reads “Honestly, we’re in a collective moment right now where it’s hard for me to dream about what liberation will be for Black disabled people. I think a lot about my elders and ancestors and how I’m privileged enough to live a life that maybe they couldn’t have dreamed of themselves as they fought to make a future that is my present reality.” Below is the Disability Culture Lab logo in white. At the top is a small repeating geometric graphic shape in black, red, and yellow, creating a colorful border. The same border is repeated at the bottom. In the bottom right corner is the page number (3).On a dark teal background is a circle picture of AJ Link, a bald Black man with a beard leaning against a wall by a window. He is wearing a short sleeve light blue button-down shirt with small red, white, and dark blue skulls patterned all over the shirt. To the right is text reading “AJ Link (he/him)” and “Q: ‘What does Black disability liberation look like?’” Below is the second part of AJ’s answer in white text that reads “And I also think about the hope of Reconstruction, followed by the despair of Jim Crow apartheid. And yet, we’re still here fighting for a better future. For me, this moment is not about hope, but rather determination. I’m determined to fight for a future in which my Black disabled kin are free to decide for themselves what their own liberation looks like.” Below is the Disability Culture Lab logo in white. At the top is a small repeating geometric graphic shape in black, red, and yellow, creating a colorful border. The same border is repeated at the bottom. In the bottom right corner is the page number (4).

Important new @worldresources.bsky.social research shows that agricultural expansion isn’t only leading to forest loss - it’s leading to loss of grasslands, savannas, & wetlands too. From 2005-20, the 🌎 lost 95 Mha of non-forest natural ecosystems to annual crops, and another 95 Mha to pasture. 1/

Agriculture Is Taking Over Grasslands, Wetlands and Other Overlooked Ecosystems

A new study reveals that agriculture is rapidly replacing ecosystems like grasslands, wetlands and savannas, which are often ignored in sustainability policies.

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Many news outlets are reporting that some trans Kansans received letters warning that their licenses were being invalidated overnight. This morning, Evan Urquhart spoke with a trans woman who found out on Bluesky that it would be illegal to drive her car. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Her License Was Invalidated For Being Trans — Assigned

“I wish I could convey to them that the people they’re hurting are real human beings,” says Juniper, 24, of Witchita Kansas.

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