Fran Peyer

A map of the US and red dots for every location of Hands Off protests for today, April 5th

Good morning! ☀️
April 5th, Hands Off Protest Day!

My family and I are participating in several protests in the greater LA area, including Pershing Square.
Stay safe, folks!
Our voices matter, we will be heard!

#HandsOff

#DontTouchTheBricks

#SheShed

As you can imagine, there are dozens, hundreds of events like this happening at the same time in different brain regions. If you just look at the neuron channel, check how these inflammatory events in the brain disrupt the local neuronal network. #NeuroCovid

I spend my days in the microscope quantifying things like the images below. These photos show neurons 🔵 and microglia 🟣 (brain immune cells). Each #SARSCoV2 infected cell entering the brain generates this response in our Covid monkey model. #FluorescenceSaturday
#NeuroCovid

Protesters in London, England for the Hands Off! protest!

Thank you, London!

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Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a Substack publication with millions of subscribers.

Facebook started taking down posts of historian Heather Cox Richardson, a national voice. This is outrageous! You can follow her here on Bluesky. But, to see her wonderful posts at Letters From an American, you can subscribe at this link. There is no paywall. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Jesus Christ, Alabama, have some goddamn self-respect.

New: New wave of terminations today at FDA. People arrived this morning and found out while waiting in line to go through security that they no longer worked there. A common pattern with DOGE: planning to maximize humiliation/disrespect.

Crawford: Today, Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy, our fair elections, and our Supreme Court.. Wisconsin stood up and said that justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale

DENYING EQUAL RIGHTS TO ANOTHER GROUP OF HUMAN BEINGS BASED ON YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IS STILL CALLED BIGOTRY.

The far-right is angry because they're being judged by the content of their character rather than by the color of their skin.

Oh no! So sorry hope it gets better soon.

The Weekly 5: How to use up a jar of tahini A tofu sheet pan dinner, carrot fritters + even brownies

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Like other policies recently imposed on Social Security by DOGE, this will burden millions and help no one.

All it will do is overwhelm the Social Security field offices and create longer wait times for everyone.

This makes no sense — unless the real goal is to break our Social Security system.

👑Lola Dall👑 on Substack Not one dime!!!! Let's do this yal!!!!

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Everyone must choose one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret-Jim Rohn White letters on a black background

I craved a seat at a table I should have flipped a long time ago. I feel this..

“People will hold you down beneath their indifference until you feel like you are drowning, and then get mad when you begin to swim. Fuck them. Swim anyway”. -Stephanie Bennett-Henry.

We need to drastically change the way we talk about mental health in a post-covid world filled with brain injuries.

We need to talk about it and we need to take it seriously. Covid causes brain damage and brain damage causes serious mental health issues.

Suburban hospital participates in clinical trial searching for long covid cure Five years after the start of the pandemic, long Covid is still impacting millions of Americans. A suburban hospital is trying to find a cure.

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Arlington Cemetery website removes links to information on minority, female veterans The Arlington National Cemetery website has removed links to information on prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members as part of Trump’s anti-DEI efforts.

The Arlington National Cemetery website has removed links to information on prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members as part of President Trump’s ongoing efforts to eliminate references to diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Something Rep. Al Green told me has really stayed with me:

“I think we have to do as much as we can, as fast as we can to prevent him from becoming a dictator.”

Rep. Green is a man of principle and is genuinely concerned by Trump’s overreach. He should be lauded not punished.

BREAKING NEWS: Congress has just voted to censure Al Green for disrupting Trump’s joint address.

This is complete bullshit.

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand.
#resist

These L.A. homeowners had coverage for fire. But not for the toxins left behind. Clashes over covering smoke damage have become a growing issue in recent years as wildfires intensify and home insurance companies look for ways to limit their financial risks.

Since fires destroyed more than 12,000 structures in Los Angeles, some residents whose houses did not burn down have learned that the FAIR Plan policies they bought may not cover the cost of removing all of the toxic chemicals, ash and soot that urban wildfires leave behind.