Elizabeth Pathak, PhD

We already know conclusively that abusing adult women doesn’t violate our norms. We are well on our way to demonstrating just as conclusively that sexually abusing girls doesn’t violate our norms, either.

Not for nothing, this is one reason why we say "pregnant patient" instead of "woman." It's not just for non-binary inclusion.

And nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physicians assistants— this is very bad and needs to be stopped.

Menstruation as misconduct: How prisons punish people for having their periods Our analysis of prison rules and sanctions across all fifty states and the federal system — as well as accounts of incarcerated people — reveal ...

Punished for... having a period?

Yes, you read that right – behind bars, menstruation is treated like misconduct. Here's how prisons punish people for a bodily function they have no control over 🧵

what is happening? 🙀

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:

splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

Color me surprised 🙄

Queen Elizabeth vibes 😂

@support.bsky.team @moderation.bsky.app

BRING BACK #SarahKendzior

Satiric meme which reads "In order to appeal to suburban christian women, vaccine to be distributed through a pyramid scheme"

How it's going 🤦🏼‍♀️
#medsky #episky #publichealth #idsky

If the price of providing single-payer universal healthcare in the USA is calling it "TrumpCare" we will pay it 😉

Joyce Carol Oates to Musk

Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man' Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.

Make Lung Disease Great Again

This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.

The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com

ICE isn’t going after the worst of the worst. This morning, they took a preschool teacher without a warrant IN FRONT OF CHILDREN in my district.

#ice #chicago

Further proof that AI stands for Actually Indians

I've said this about writing and art -- the goal was not to replace writers and artists with AI, the result was either:

a) *threaten* to replace them with AI, and use that as leverage to be able to pay them less

b) replace them unsuccessfully and pay them less to fix the shit the AI barfed out

Re: the replies scolding me for buying from WalMart: I'm not a "virtue capitalist" I am an anti-capitalist. Giving money is fine but misses the point about building solidarity (1st step get out the house!). And if you have not set foot inside WalMart in years lol enjoy your latte at Target sis 😏

Excerpt from THEY KNEW.

From my book THEY KNEW, written in 2021, on Trump's plans. This is what's happening now.

Please find your nearest Diaper Bank and donate diapers, wipes, rash cream, and especially period care products for the moms and don't forget the teen sizes 🫶🏽

If there's no DB nearby, please start one with your union/church/club/PTA/neighborhood buddies!

#solidarity #nokings #mutualaid
#community

If you can at all afford to, head to WalMart ASAP for some shelf-stabile staples for your local food bank.

My daughter threw snacks & goodies (not on the list) in the cart "I KNOW what kids LIKE mom!" 🫶🏽

Solidarity is a muscle - it requires regular training and you need to start the kids young 👊🏽

NAACP sues Virginia officials, accusing them of disenfranchising student voters The NAACP has sued Virginia state election officials, accusing them of disenfranchising students by rejecting voter registration forms from students that do not include details like dormitory names, room numbers and campus mailbox information.

GOP-led states are blocking college students from registering to vote with campus addresses.

In the context of broader attacks on vote-by-mail and early voting, these efforts will systematically disenfranchise young people across the US.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

It’s always funny to me that a set of political bros (not Jamelle here, just a type of dude) thinks politics is some rational decision making process. Politics is a soap opera and many people engage it as such. Something silly will end up being the downfall of this, and almost any, administration.

Members of the faithful lock arms as clergy, including a Chicago Auxiliary Bishop ask for entrance into Broadview ICE detention facility; they are denied entrance again; Fr. Dan Harnett is now leading a prayer of Spiritual Communion with detained immigrants.

Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social

(It’s also our kid’s birthday)

Democratic states sue to force SNAP payments during government shutdown The Agriculture Department has $5.5 billion in backup funds for food stamp benefits but says it can’t use them.

Spread the word. The Trump Administration can use emergency funds to pay for SNAP benefits during a shutdown. The President and little Mike Johnson are lying to you. How do we know? 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.

All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden.

The Trump administration is rolling them back

By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...