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Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc. Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight? scienceimpacts.org H/T to Prathima !

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GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that Washington's minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept. By @mckenziefunk.com

submitted 96 days ago • 36 comments

Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:

submitted 97 days ago • 112 comments

The lawless government took my friend Jeanette yesterday. She is a pillar of her family and community in Colorado and has been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people for her advocacy on immigrant justice. secure.afsc.org/a/freejeanette

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred. immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...

submitted 99 days ago • 1324 comments

Be a real shame if people show'd up and instead of buying books, gave Schumer a piece of their mind.

submitted 101 days ago • 38 comments

❓APIs ❓Browser extensions ❓Apps ‼️ Yes, those, too: blog.archive.org/2025/03/13/w...

submitted 102 days ago • 8 comments

If you wanna know why Dems lose all the damned time, right here you go. This kind of bullshit right here. We’ve got an aspiring dictator tearing our country apart and these idiots are still too concerned about decorum and standards. Get these assholes out of office.

submitted 110 days ago • 1700 comments

The Trump administration plans to drop a federal lawsuit against a chemical manufacturer that released high levels of a carcinogen from its Louisiana plant.

submitted 112 days ago • 248 comments

Classic Texas…maybe they can use the money they’re using to try to take away human rights and fix their rapidly failing basic infrastructure. abc13.com/post/houston... #fyp #tx #texas #thirdworldamerica abc13.com/post/houston...

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Do you think there’s a class action tort possibility for those injured by legal or implicitly legal harmful practice to serve as a patient safety check on the fiduiciary responsibility of the c suite-s fiduiciary responsibilities towards shareholders?

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More and more, healthcare is being reshaped from a medical model to a carceral one. Reminder: Disability—the very group these laws target—is the only identity every single one of us will join eventually. Pay attention. #DisabilityRights #HealthJustice #oklahoma #fyp legiscan.com/OK/text/HB13...

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Musk’s staffers are accessing the heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system, which contains detailed financial information on every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country.

submitted 127 days ago • 308 comments

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How is no one talking about EO 14164? Restoring the death penalty. This is extremely concerning especially following the news last year that Alabama has started trialing nitrogen gas, a widely available resource to put prisoners to death. Zyklon B, anyone? www.aclu.org/news/capital...

submitted 146 days ago • 2 comments

Boston area heads-up: ICE raids in Everett, Mattapan, Chelsea, and Fields Corner right now.

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🚨 🚨 🚨 HOMEWORK 🚨 🚨 🚨 The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is [email protected]. Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.

submitted 152 days ago • 1441 comments

Before there was Covid, there was MERS, a relative of Covid, in 2011. Rapid, responsive government communication with the public helped ensure it didn’t become a pandemic. And now, from the president who presided over the Covid-19 outbreak: #publichealth #signalboost

submitted 153 days ago • 0 comments

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

submitted 156 days ago • 1177 comments

Some resources for the week: Wayback Machine web.archive.org: A tool for preserving online content with one click. Rapid Response Toolkit www.cliniclegal.org/toolkits/rap... find.usahello.org#/ Info on local services Share your resources and tips in the comments #lamigra #resource #signalboost

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Costly signaling theory seems to mesh well with neurotypical in-group dynamics, and the night watchman/hunter-gatherer theories would reinforce the idea that this behavior is more about social signaling. Does anyone know if correlations among neurotype among trophy hunters has been looked at?

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Summary of bills that President Biden signed on 12/24. #policy #autismcares #neurodivergent #indigenousrights #environmentalprotection #biden #news

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Hitler was Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1938. The next year he plunged the world into war. A war that witnessed the greatest loss of life the world has ever seen. www.politico.com/news/2024/12...

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PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

submitted 196 days ago • 174 comments

Diabetic pen hack to use all of the insulin. #diabetes #prescption #inkcartridgetricks

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Interesting take on social hierarchies and neurodiversity in the workplace. #autism #adhd #neurodiversity #work #neurodiversityatwork

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How to fight back (legally) against private health insurance using the ERISA (employment retirement income security act of 1974) and the consolidated appropriations act of 2021. #healthcare #insurancereform #policy #unitedhealthcare #disability #healthinsurance

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If you see this post, can you please help spread this information? #ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US. People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women! Let’s spread word! ❤️✊

submitted 202 days ago • 666 comments

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYyfJkA7/ disturbing new health insurance rule limits anesthesia coverage. Reach out to your state insurance commission to file a complaint. #healthequity #safehealthcare #healthyuntilyouarent

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