Annie Thoms

Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.

Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.

Making this my pinned post.

If your kid has an IEP or 504, or if you know how vital they are to help kids get the accommodations they need, please check out and spread this info: they are under attack. Just one small piece of the evil being done right now!

ICE raids are terrorizing the communities of some of my students. Kids can't learn when they're terrified of losing the adults in their lives.
CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE. Demand that they fight large-scale enforcement actions, and use EVERY MINORITY POWER to slow this administration's cruelty.

Recent calls list, calls made to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's offices in DC and NYC, and to Senator Chuck Schumer's offices in Syracuse, NYC, Albany, and Binghamton, between 10:24 and 10:28 AM.

Sometimes it takes a few tries to get a staffer on the phone, but it's not hard--just 10 minutes to push the Democrats to use EVERY POWER they have available to fight this Constitutional crisis: Demand quorum calls, object to unanimous consent, block ALL Trump nominations, SLOW THIS ROLL.

What you can do Revised and expanded

In light of Trump II’s first 18 days of mayhem — including his and Musk’s coup against our system of government — many are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.

The more calls and visits we make, the more likely Dems will continue growing a spine and Repubs will get nervous about the effect of these extremist policies.

IF YOUR SENATORS ARE REPUBLICANS: Tell them that Vought's plans would hurt you and your family and community--last week's spending freeze cut off health care from millions of Medicaid recipients and to Head Start programs, just to name a few things. CAN YOU GO TO THEIR OFFICE? Even better.

IF YOUR SENATORS ARE DEMOCRATS: Tell them to band together, refuse to vote on ANY of the upcoming nominees, and withhold unanimous consent. CAN YOU GO TO THEIR OFFICE? Even better.

Feeling overwhelmed? Time to get loud. CALL YOUR SENATORS: Tell them to oppose the nomination of Russell Vought for head of OMB (the office of Management and Budget). He's a Project 2025 architect and is trying to destroy the federal government--the guy behind the federal spending freeze last week.

Black and white photo of three-year old boy, squinting, his arms held up by stiff braces perpendicular to the ground. He is standing in front of a brick wall with windows. The shadows of two adults fall at his feet.

My father had polio at age 3, before the Salk vaccine. Here he is post-iron lung, his permanently paralyzed arms in braces. Polio changed his life irrevocably.
CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY. RFK Jr. is a vaccine-denier, and a danger as head of HHS. Tell your Senators to prevent his confirmation.

INAUGURATION 2025 In a time of hate Love is an act of resistance In a time of fear Faith is an act of resistance In a time of misinformation Education is an act of resistance In a time of poor leadership Community is an act of resistance In a time like this Joy is an act of resistance Resist. Resist. Resist. - Loryn Brantz

A poem from Loryn Brantz.

Disability rights are your (yes, you!) rights Pandemics, eugenics, and why you (yes, you!) should care, ForRealThisTimev.2finalfinal

ICYMI: pandemics + authoritarians = no bueno, and why it matters, ahem, right now
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Lost Uncle Naomi Gordon-Loebl   1: Loma Prieta In 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake split apart northern California. Sixty-three people died. Thousands more were injured. In Oakland, a stretch of the multi-level ...

Beautiful braided essay by Naomi Gordon-Loebl, who was a brilliant writer way back in HS when I had the pleasure of teaching her. A good read on World AIDS Day, but also any other day.