Margaret Hinch

THIS!

So angry and exactly right this isn’t business as usual folks will die as a result of these changes we need to see that reflected in their words and actions

I got word from my cousin that they fired her trans friend over the phone. I am wondering if we can get copies of communication to verify I reached out to @charlotteclymer.bsky.social if you can get anything to her please do!

I would love if someone covered the long term impact on firefighters open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

Sign the Petition Protect Our Heroes: Stop Forcing Firefighters to fight for their lives after these fires

If we are worried about our own long term health impacts. Let’s take action on firefighters health too. Let’s do more than thank them let’s change legislation to make sure firefighters are not fighting for their lives when trying to access their worker’s compensation. www.change.org/p/protect-ou...

Thank you for your accurate and well researched information.

Margaret Hinch | Substack A courious person wanting to do things daily to make our world even a little better

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Sign the Petition Protect Our Heroes: Stop Forcing Firefighters to fight for their lives after these fires

We can do more than thank them. We can protect them when they suffer the health impacts that they have from putting their lives at risk. So many fight for their health care coverage for years. Cities, counties and state agencies fight their workers comp. www.change.org/p/protect-ou...

Sign the Petition Protect Our Heroes: Stop Forcing Firefighters to fight for their lives after these fires

Want to help firefighters after all their selfless work? We leave them to fight for their health care. Let’s work together and change the laws. Read my brother’s story of his fight with cancer and the longer fight to cover his health care bills. Please sign and share. www.change.org/p/protect-ou...

You have to come by soon. I’ll host the Soapbox Women event but swing anytime.

So many disabled and elderly people died in the recent fires here in California. We need better systems. I don’t code but tried talking to my firefighter brother to understand what might help. I built an example. Integrate a Voluntary Registry: Allow users to register themselves or loved ones

Hey @nytimes.com, the 2000s called and they want their old, battered cliche back.

My grandmother used to tell us this.

California Freelancers have big changes in 2025! The new law ensures you get proper contracts, timely payments, and protection against unfair treatment. Language of the law can be found at this link. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa...

Cats hanging in the rabbit condo

My cousin had polio as a child. She struggled to walk. It impacted so many families and communities. So many diseases have disappeared and the collective memory of the consequences of the virus seems to have been lost.

I have always wondered how these restrictions on reproductive health cost the insurance more because of the delays it would seem to be against their business interests if they don’t care about the pregnant people

Texas Sues New York Doctor for Mailing Abortion Pills The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, appeared to be among the first attempts to stop doctors from mailing the medication to states that ban abortions.

Breaking News: The Texas attorney general Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor for sending abortion pills into Texas. It appeared to be among the first attempts to stop doctors from mailing the medications to states that ban abortions.

He treats this like a big reality show and millions of people will feel the ripple of this cruelty.

Just read recently thought the same thing. Such a remarkable and talented writer

Yes such a bad take.

Hi!

South Korea martial law: Fearless woman grabs soldier's gun Ahn Gwi-ryeong faced off with armed soldiers who were sent to stop lawmakers from entering parliament in Seoul.

Footage of a fearless woman grabbing a soldier's gun during martial law has gone viral. BBC Korea has interviewed her: Ahn Gwi-ryeong, 35, a spokesperson for the opposition Democratic Party.

“I didn’t think … I just knew we had to stop this.”
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Yes. It seems they are doing more studies but I thought the same since they didn’t include things like the civil rights fight.

How to Change the World | Hidden Brain Media Does power truly flow from the barrel of a gun? Pop culture and conventional history often teach us that violence is the most effective way to produce change. But is that common assumption actually tr...

I had heard her on Hidden Brain a few years ago and was fascinated with her work. hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-...

Why nonviolent resistance beats violent force in effecting social, political change Harvard Professor Erica Chenoweth discovers nonviolent civil resistance is far more successful in effecting change than violent campaigns.

I wonder if it might be the work Erica Chenoweth did? news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Exactly able to articulate how it feels to ride on a bike :)

This is probably much tastier than the granola I made with mine

So to summarize, according to #maga, any Black, gay or trans person who achieves any position, no matter how degreed or credentialed they are is an unqualified #dei hire. And any white person, however unqualified or even sketchy is inherently qualified when they get a job. Do I have that right?

I have done this so many times. 😂