Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈

I will continue the fight for environmental justice in Black communities Nicknamed the father of environmental justice, Robert Bullard argues that researchers in the field have more reason than ever to back up their work with action.

"I will continue the fight for environmental justice in Black communities." The Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Southern University stands with and supports frontline communities. Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41... #HBCU #HBCUalum #Justiceforshiloh

Fetterman comes to mind.

Among many others.

I condemn this latest war.

I’m so glad! Adoptees shouldn’t have to fight an entire legal system and turn over the cells of our bodies to commercial DNA labs to find out the identities of our siblings. Clearly, this knowledge has meaning. Why else would non-adoptees be so freaked out that their cousin is really their brother?

It’s completely unfair the adoptees can’t get their original birth certificate. My husband was fortunate to get his. He found 3 full siblings! They are all very close now. It has been one of the greatest gifts of his life.

We know enough to unequivocally condemn this latest war.

inthesetimes.com/article/iran...

“Life likes to abide” is the basic lesson of biology. I think about that a lot.

It would be nice if statements by members of Congress on the U.S. attack on Iran started with something like:

“This attack is an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s war powers.”

But while kept people are getting all fucked up bc grandpa got someone pregnant that wasn’t grandma, we adoptees are told to feel grateful for the lies and the secrets that obscure our own ancestry cuz love makes a family and none of this matters. Got it.

Just me, an adoptee with sealed birth records, noting that kept people sure get shook when their family tree has surprises. 🥚

11 of 17 are about unknown siblings or deception about parentage:

“17 People Are Anonymously Sharing Their Darkest Family Secrets That They Learned YEARS Later, And Wowwww”

Damnation to all those reasons. Sending love to you and an application to serve as your confidant an commiserator. ❤️

Gentle reminder that livable futures almost never seem possible in February. [Goes back to looking at findings on air and water pollution from hyperscale data centers because fuck me.]

sitting here grading student homework, struggling as a teacher and as a parent to believe that a livable future remains possible

See also “celebration of life, U.S. funeral practices”

celebrating the 250th birthday of a nation committed to a constitutional order it has dropped every last pretense of obeying

*stares in adoptee*

We’re like six months away from “let them eat bugs.”

It really is incredible how they're just Marie Antoinetteing themselves and don't seem to understand where that leads

Love you guys! Too bad I write so slowly that I have to serve the world as creative non-fiction writer instead of a reporter…

Getting a PhD ruined me as a bumblebee.

Learned way more than was necessary. Still struggles with decisions.

Absolutely aligns with the eugenics theme that is threaded throughout fascism in all its forms.

my fellow cis people should shut up and understand the gravity of the situation. adopted people have *also* known for generations that the state will decree whatever it wishes about a person’s identity. Intercountry #adoptees know that caprices with paperwork can lead to seizure and disappearance.

I see lots of people here noting this is part of a part of a larger war on Minnesota... But what I haven't seen so far is that it's part of a larger war on #disabled people (which it is)

Aluminium maker Alcoa seeks to sell 10 sites to data centres U.S. aluminium company Alcoa Corp is looking to sell 10 of its closed or curtailed sites to the data centre industry, with the first sale set to be completed by the end of June, its CEO said on Tuesda...

As China is moving its aluminum industry to be powered by lowest cost and clean renewables, the US aluminum industry is countering this effort by selling its remaining valuable assets to the data center people.

Which country seems to be smarter here?

Journalist friends…

Yeah. Unfortunately yet predictably what I've seen from other therapists (which to be fair has only been a couple of reddit posts), there's been little recognition of her as an adoptee and instead the focus has been on her as a social worker:

Screenshot of USA Today article linked above describing Short’s professional background as a social worker.

Just reading now that Katherine Short was also a therapist who specialized in, among other things, adoption and suicidality. This is very difficult. 🥚

www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Risk of Suicide Attempt in Adopted and Nonadopted Offspring We asked whether adoption status represented a risk of suicide attempt for adopted and nonadopted offspring living in the United States. We also examined whether factors known to be associated with suicidal behavior would mediate the relationship ...

Martin Short’s adopted daughter died by suicide. I don’t know how familiar people are with the prevalence of suicide and suicidality among #adoptees. One frequently cited study concluded that adopted people are four times as likely to attempt suicide as non-adoptees.

Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University amid a campus review of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced.

Loving all these resignations. Now let's see some CONVICTIONS.
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