kelsey rhodes

Resources for Providers to Prepare for ICE Presence at Health Care Facilities With health care settings vulnerable to immigration enforcement actions, it’s time to get prepared.

Physicians for Reproductive Health (@prh.org) published resources for health care workers to prepare for ICE or law enforcement presence at their facility:

"It is our collective duty as health care providers to do everything we can to protect our community members, regardless of immigration status"

anyone else living life one nerds gummy cluster at a time

I am one of the FEW abortion doctors left in Texas.
I am Board Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology
AND Board Certified in Complex Family Planning
I am a Texas #abortion expert
Some might say, I’m THE Texas abortion expert
I oppose SB31/ HB 44
Why?

It was special to meet with @murray.senate.gov alongside the amazing physicians I spent the day with to advocate for the HEAL Act, Protective Sensitive Locations Act & Stop Shackling Pregnant People Act.

We can't all move ahead if we don't protect the basic human rights of immigrants in the US

when i feel stuck at the bottom of the pit i look for ladders of different shapes and sizes. today it looks like this.

You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.

—Louise Erdrich

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education published the information collection for the 2026-27 Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( FAFSA®) form in the Federal Register, the first public step in the FAFSA development process. The Department is on track to launch the 2026-27 FAFSA by Oct. 1, 2025 as mandated by the FAFSA Deadline Act. The Department also announced that current and future FAFSA forms will rightfully reflect the biological reality that there are only two sexes: male and female. Department officials will remove “nonbinary” as a gender identification option from the current year’s FAFSA form. “The Trump Administration will correct the failures of the last Administration and ensure students and families can easily access the FAFSA form in a timely manner,” said Acting Under Secretary James Bergeron. “Resolving ongoing problems with the 2024-25 form, reflecting biological reality by referencing sex identifiers, and beginning the process for the 2026-27 form on-time will allow the Department to earn back the trust of the American people. Families and students depend on the FAFSA form to plan their futures, and any release delays or unnecessary politicization of the form is wholly unacceptable.”

Screenshot showing open comment form on federal register site

Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible.

Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

happy valentine’s day. sure, we don’t need holidays designed to propel capitalism but gosh by golly do we need all the love we can get right now.

lover to lover, bud to bud, sister to sister, neighbor to neighbor, we’re all we’ve got 💘

One of my favorite new literary magazines is on BlueSky now, y’all! Give ‘em a follow and subscribe. @hammerandhope.bsky.social

Murmurations: Accountability Begins Within Holding ourselves accountable is the first step toward true healing, which is the victory we should all be working towards, says adrienne maree brown.

was invited to read this by @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social as pre-reading for a restorative justice training. as we consider how we go on, it was a loving reminder to let the way we show up individually be what transforms us in community. “healing is the victory” www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2022...

Everything we love must be cherished and fought for.

a blessing

adriennemareebrown.net/2025/02/12/a...

anyone have a chronic ruminating thought when they open bluesky where they sing it to the tune of shoo fly?

anyone else watch every episode of severance in the last 72 hours?

disrupting the way we show up, organize, use our body power, use a collective voice… that’s the point. even through the grief and grief and grief, stick together. move as a community.

This violence against Palestinians and the land is unfathomable. Free Palestine means the people AND the land. The two are always together.

The point of solidarity is that no one person can do it all alone. Stake out what you're gonna do & have your friends stake out their turf, too. Share information, watch them from all sides, and act strategically together.

"Stop the Coup!"

Scene at Treasury.

A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.

Reminder: "Sometimes, 'bearing witness' feels like the only thing we can do, but the relentless consumption of suffering and injustice does not change anyone’s material conditions. It may feel like we’re doing something, but during such moments, we are experiencing an impact rather than having one."

Freeze of US foreign aid will result in humanitarian disaster Loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people

The sudden pause in humanitarian & health assistance & the rapid dismantling of critical components of the humanitarian aid system supported by USG will cause an unmitigated humanitarian disaster affecting millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.

www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/freez...

With the Trump admin deleting critical data from health agency websites, there are many independent efforts to archive the data. @maggiek.bsky.social is putting together a guide to help locate where all the data is being backed up. Use the form below to let her know about your efforts.

folks with disabilities make things better. why? we know how to be in networks of care, how to consider who is most impacted, and we’re funny and resilient as fuck.

ableism is a ploy to silence the growing power of our community.

thank you for as always finding ways to meet us where we’re at. this is perfect and can’t wait to make it this weekend <3

what little gay songs are you listening to?

i don't know much but i do know this: the grief is lapping up and over the edges. for all of us in different ways. don't let go of each others' wrists. we're gonna get through, a linked web. it was the only way to win red rover, afterall.