molly brooks

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

called @booker.senate.gov to say that if Republicans shut down the government everyone is going to blame them, if Democrats cave on trans rights they are going to further cement in the minds of voters that they're wimps who believe in nothing and they will lose an entire generation of voters

I just called Chuck Schumer’s office and, for the first time EVER, a person answered, who then politely entered my complaints into their call log.

This tells me two things:

1) They’re not getting enough calls over there, and 2) If you want to yell at Schumer, today’s the day.

(212) 486-4430

photo of a calico cat using a baby’s butt as a pillow. the cat’s paw and the baby’s foot are aligned like they’re high fiving. this is a definite perk of parenthood.

scully still treating the new guy like a weirdly noisy pile of clean laundry

Thanks for posting, Senator. It's hard to do. Too bad you have no power to do anything. Maybe next time.

Reactions like this to brians story show why it's valuable to keep talking about. As artists we are living the situation and assume others are aware, but the truth is most people do not know

Trump: On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans. The strike killed 3 male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel, which was in international waters. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!! UNCLASSIFIED

Trump posts on Truth Social that he’s ordered another strike on what he claims is a drug trafficking boat.

He’s presented no evidence that his victims in the three previous strikes were running drugs. Drug trafficking is also not a capital crime.

Trump is murdering people in international waters.

had to read the article to understand wtf was going on here which is that Meta is literally feeding Instagram pictures parents took of their teenage daughters to middle aged men as ads for Threads

Microsoft gave guidance on H1Bs to its employees last night

Why is this horrible for Universities?

Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card.

This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

Lots of different protests happening in NYC next week including protests at the UN and an anti-ICE protest on 9.25.

healthvermont's profile picture healthvermont Heyyyy! Just an FYI, we are part of the collaboration and are working very closely with these states. We just announced our recommendations today—see our latest reel. 42m19 likesReply luckytran's profile picture luckytran @healthvermont thanks for the update! Yes seen you were in the earlier meetings and I saw your standing order today, great work. Any reason you aren’t in the announcement press releases for the collaborative? Just a matter of official paperwork? 25m5 likesReply healthvermont's profile picture healthvermont @luckytran we were prioritizing our work on the vaccine recommendations and timing wasn’t on our side! We are officially in the collaborative. 10m3 likesReply luckytran's profile picture luckytran @healthvermont got it! Thank you for all your critical work!

UPDATE: According to the @healthvermont.bsky.social, Vermont is officially part of the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. They weren't part of the official announcement today, as they were busy issuing their state's own standing order to protect COVID vaccine access.

NORTHEAST PUBLIC HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2025-2026 COVID-19 VACCINE ver: 9/15/2025 Vaccination against COVID-19 is recommended for all children 6-23 months All children ages 6-23 months should be vaccinated. Recommendations for vaccination against COVID-19 for children 2-18 years Children and adolescents ages 2-18 years who fall within one of the following subgroups should be vaccinated: o At high risk for severe COVID-19 (Table 1) o Living in a long-term care facility or other congregate setting o Have never been vaccinated against COVID-19 o Whose household members are at high risk for severe COVID-19 Healthy children and adolescents 2 - 18 years, who do not fall into the categories above, may be vaccinated. Vaccination against COVID-19 is recommended for all adults 19-64 years All adults 19-64 years are recommended to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This includes the following groups of adults 19-64 years who should be vaccinated: • Persons with risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease (e.g., chronic conditions, immunocompromised status) • Persons at higher risk of exposure (e.g., healthcare workers, congregate care settings) • Persons who are who are household contacts of persons at high risk of severe disease Vaccination against COVID-19 is recommended for all adults 65 years or older All adults 65 years and older should be vaccinated. Vaccination against COVID-19 is recommended for all pregnant persons People who are pregnant, contemplating pregnancy or have recently been pregnant and those who are lactating should be vaccinated. o Vaccination may occur in any trimester. o For lactating individuals, there is no need to stop or delay breastfeeding. o There is no need to delay pregnancy following a COVID-19 vaccine. Immunocompromised individuals should have a conversation with their primary care provider about additional doses needed.

One of the first actions the Northeast Public Health Collaborative has taken is to issue their own COVID vaccination recommendations, based on professional medical societies.

coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files...

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue) West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

The Hepatitis B vaccine, given at birth, is done so for a very clear medical reason: to protect babies from exposure to a virus that can cause devastating chronic liver disease.

Screening first was tried years ago and didn’t work - it’s why we vaccinate, so we don’t miss anyone.

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If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The Jimmy Kimmel firing, Colbert's show, what's happening at WaPo, CBS... legacy journalism is slowly but surely coming under state control.

It is more important now than ever before that we support the independent journalists out there doing the work not beholden to a fascist's bidding.

photo from the perspective of a woman sitting on a couch in a dark room with her legs up. a calico cat is sitting on her lap, and a baby monitor showing a swaddled newborn is propped up on the couch by her knees. her hand is blurred, scritching the cat

two babies

Map:

Tragic and alarming: From the states collecting data, 68% of U.S. counties and jurisdictions have immunization rates below 95% for the MMR vaccine — the level of herd immunity that is required to stop the spread of measles.

Surely this will be the moment that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries step up to the plate and finally defend the ideals and institutions of liberal democracy in real and tangible ways

Reporters on the ground in Chicago are screaming to be heard over the false narrative that Pritzker defeated Trump there. PLEASE listen to them.

Here's another good'un.
(Performed here: youtu.be/MGSdYFR50Y8)

Can't believe they don't want to stay in a place that will put them in chains, parade them in front of cameras, then hold them in dirty overcrowded cells for over a week while threatening them and making racist jokes.

Oh this explains why people are all up in my rabies thread again.

This is a PSA:
DO NOT TOUCH WILDLIFE. THAT MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT BREASTFEED INJURED BATS. JUST STOP. YOU DON'T WANT RABIES. RABIES IS BAD. WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES WITH MANY OTHER DISEASES BUT NOT THAT ONE SO LEAVE THE BATS ALONE.

I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.

like this is the most irresponsible level of hysteria i’ve ever seen. most of these people are either paid by the republican party, or are high level advisors and allies. this is insane

Last four hours!