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Substack or BlueSky? Which one do you prefer getting the word out and engaging with others?

Heart shaped sign says “dear trans kids, this world is better with you in it and you are worth fighting for!”

A pink blue and white sign says “A world without trans people has never existed and never will”

Rainbow sign says “we are stronger together”

Pink, blue and white sign says “gender-affirming health care saves lives “

“When trans lives are under attack, what do we do? FIGHT BACK!”

Chicago’s Federal Plaza is filling way waaaaaay up for the Trans Day of Visibility rally!!!

Just $5 million , nothing to see here.

i think we are a few weeks to a few months away from finding out what a true mass panic looks like in a shattered and broken information environment

Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years.

With RFK Jr taking over The Department of Health and Human Services, information on diseases will be hindered. It has already started. For instance—The CDC reports there are only 14 cases of measles across the US, when in fact there are 48 in Texas alone.

Stay alert.

apnews.com/article/meas...

Federal Workers Rise up Against Musk, Trump and Drastic Cuts "These guys are trying to take a torch to the entire concept that we should care about each other as humans.”

“They know they’re creating a crisis. It’s intentional. Our job is to make it unmanageable.”

FR! This is not about cutting spending, this is about destabilizing and dismantling these institutions.

With DOGE’s IRS takeover…are we still doing taxes? Asking for a friend 🤷🏽‍♂️

"The loss of research in the U.S. would not just be a loss to American patients, but to people all around the world that depend on this type of science."

@statnews.com reporter @angusrohan.bsky.social discusses the impact of the Trump administration's cuts to National Institutes of Health research.

Building the broad base needed to challenge immigration detention, and ultimately abolish it:

That's the crucial work of this role in @detentionwatchnetwork.org, one of the organizations essential to our ecosystem.

Please share with your friends, allies, and comrades who could be a great match.

Leadership

It’s been like this for a minute.

Ayyyy.

Just like that.

Tell House Republicans: Stop Elon's Cuts · Working Families Party Elon Musk has launched an all out assault on working Americans. As Trump's unelected co-president, Musk has made it clear that he plans to slash funding to Medicare and other programs we rely on, like...

A timely call to action.

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Serious question: How are people managing the daily news intake?

Dozens of Religious Groups Are Suing Homeland Security Over Change to Sensitive Locations Rule The lawsuit involves churches, synagogues, and other religious groups, accounting for millions of American worshippers.

The resistance continues. “The lawsuit involves churches, synagogues, and other religious groups, accounting for millions of American worshippers.”

‘Tis a coup, right?

Pritzker signs Karina's Law providing protections for victims of domestic violence The new law allows law enforcement to more quickly remove guns from the possession of anyone whose Firearm Owner’s ID (FOID) card has been revoked because of a court order.

Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a bill known as Karina's Law--it's aimed at improving protections for victims of domestic violence. www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news...

I feel a lot of clarity. That we are living in a terrible world with terrible systems and a terrible ruling class grinding us down. AND I feel so much intense affection and gratitude for all the human beings making their way through, forming communities, trying so hard to care for one another.

I love my city.

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This week has been incredibly exhausting and difficult to witness. In the middle of the chaos, one harm reduction strategy we can all count on to mobilize in the near future is the mid-term elections.

Will elections solve the root of the problem? Hell no. But we must try it all.

Today is a good day to stop shopping at Target.

Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off.

As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.

It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/