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The last few months have seen massive attacks on the public health sector. New NIH funding guidelines, released on April 21, 2025, require that recipients of federal funds must certify that they do not not operate any programs which advance or promote diversity, equity, inclusion or accessibility,

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Good Wednesday morning! I have been playing Survival Songs by Derek Webb since it came out last week. I'm pretty sure you can find it on any platform. Reply and let me know what you are listening to.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

“Stay home if you don't feel well” doesn't help us protect each other when abt 1/2 of infectious Covid cases are people who don't have symptoms. If they don't feel sick, they won't stay home. But it sure passes the buck from organizations to individuals. It's time to take control of our air. 😷♿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗽

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Don't fall for FAKE images. A falsified quote from Pam Bondi showed up in an Indivisible group yesterday. Using TINEYE dotcom, I created the comparison image below. Outrage about falsified images and quotes is not actionable. It is getting harder to tell, but there are ways to check. 🧵1/

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

On this #420day, we celebrate the 52nd anniversary of performers “Gail & Dale” singing the hit, “One Toke Over the Line,” on Lawrence Welk. Neither had an idea the song was about pot, and Welk thought the song was a “modern spiritual.”

submitted 17 days ago • 748 comments

The State Department is "streamlining" its human rights reports. They are cutting any mentions to: -political prisoners. -restrictions on "free and fair elections." - asylum-seekers being sent to a home country where they may face torture - gender-based violence. www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...

submitted 19 days ago • 17 comments

It’s very simple IMHO. Chuck looks at Republicans and sees his Senate work buddies. Bill looks at them and sees people who pretended to be his friends and lied to his fucking face about supporting every principle he holds sacred for years. This is because Bill is smarter and has self respect.

submitted 20 days ago • 49 comments

MOOD. But not only mood, also invitation. This is also an invitation to not give up. It is going to stay hard, and get harder. Create joy and connection. Increase interdependance and belonging. Remember to rest, but not quit. Love your people and let them love you. #AllOfUsMeansAllOfUs 😷♿🏳️‍🌈🗽🏳️‍⚧️

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You can tell who the Good Guys are because they're the ones smashing a car window to drag a mother away from her child while wearing ski masks.

submitted 28 days ago • 440 comments

This Mask Fights Fascists. An Essay. The same people dismantling our fed gov are those who got us to stop masking. This made us weaker, sicker, and less able to resist. & bonus for them- the Overton Window of Empathy shifted toward "Meh, not my problem." justiceandpeaceconsulting.com/this-respira...

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The people who told us the effingvirus was a cold, there would be herd immunity, we don’t need a mask, and there was nothing to worry about are the same people doing this destruction of the US federal government now. It’s the same people. And we can’t fight fascism if we keep getting sick[er].

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Short thread on white supremacy as US policy: Israel just killed a US Citizen & child in the West Bank & US Govt is silent because he was Palestinian. Meanwhile they're expressing outrage that US citizens are being held hostage in Gaza. Why don't US citizens matter when the IDF kills them? 1/5

submitted 30 days ago • 6 comments

TLDR: Yes www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/04/06/i...

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45 Billion $ on immigrant detention, who knows how many billion on private prisons. He wants to "bring manufacturing back" to the US. Who's prolly gonna "get" those "jobs" that will compete with the 3$ an hour maybe paid in China currently? The plan is forced labor benefiting only billionaires. Bet.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Stop telling voters how they must vote to save democracy. Start telling candidates what they must do to earn votes.

submitted 31 days ago • 23 comments

This is great. I don't quite get a bingo, more like a toddler squiggle. Good to have goals.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

I scanned dozens of newspapers from around the U.S. & world. On average, international newspapers cover the widespread protests against Trump/Musk and for democracy much more prominently on their covers than those in the U.S. This isn’t due to deadlines, protests were daytime in the U.S. #handsoff

submitted 31 days ago • 132 comments

60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

submitted 31 days ago • 407 comments

JUST IN: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei index plunged more than 8% on Monday, deepening a global stocks rout triggered by US President Donald Trump’s trade war. cnn.it/42eTF8Z

submitted 31 days ago • 44 comments

As protests gain momentum, it's important to recognize and call out COINTELPRO-style behavior Many people who engage in this type of behavior aren't feds. They probably mean well. They are also engaging in behaviors that are so good at disrupting movements that the FBI literally weaponized them

submitted 31 days ago • 45 comments

and not in a good way

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Proud of journalists & outlets still standing up to power in the face of threats while Big Law, corporations, and other institutions capitulate: Wired, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Miami Herald, Techdirt, Marisa Kabas, the Unpoulist, ProPublica, MSNBC. (Feel free to add others in replies)

submitted 40 days ago • 761 comments

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

submitted 41 days ago • 207 comments

Repost with a movie, you know all the words to.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

the fertilizer president

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Hey CC, LC, and IAQ folks: Ethan from @breathesafeair.bsky.social has a newly updated list of top CO2 monitors (updated on of Mar 26, 2025): breathesafeair.com/carbon-dioxi...

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Hegseth: Nobody's texting war plans. I know exactly what I'm doing

submitted 43 days ago • 730 comments

Remember when there weren't enough N95 respirators at the beginning of the pandemic and we were all making "masks" out of old T-shirts? That's because Trump destroyed the pandemic preparedness emergency stock of N95s. We know how this ends. These actions are by design.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

I have a new book out today, the Portable Feminist Reader. I hope you check it out. audacity.substack.com/p/new-book-o...

submitted 43 days ago • 34 comments

hey cool! I get to re-post myself!! lol!

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The Pandemic Never Ended. "5 years later, it is sad to think about what could have been ... For a moment, there was a sense that we cared about the vulnerable. There was a moment of solidarity, somewhere within the trauma." #COVIDisNotOVER Source: archive.md/MDXGt

submitted 52 days ago • 2 comments

dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 @mrdavemacleod whoever is doing this campaign in London well bloody done 👍

submitted 53 days ago • 9 comments

It’s literally the reason.

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🎯🧵by @friesein.bsky.social on Twitter: [read, bookmark, & share] "Over the last 5 years we've seen weapons-grade disinformation tactics applied to stop people from talking about the damage that COVID is doing to their bodies..." threadreaderapp.com/account/arch... #psyops #Covid #disinfo

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

UPDATED: The 93 lawsuits filed against Trump admin. directives, with hearing times & statuses, plus tabs for cases appealed to circuits & SCOTUS. We're still working to get livestreaming for as many of the hearings as possible. Please let us know what we've missed! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

submitted 69 days ago • 30 comments

If you haven’t listened to the latest episode of RadioLab on airborne diseases now might be a good time to add it to your list. open.spotify.com/episode/41gS...

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Ways to RESIST Support boycotts Support national strikes Wear kn95 masks which say RESIST -during the national anthem st sporting events -while picketing your representative and senators local offices -while egging the offices of representatives and senators supporting DOGE and PUTINs

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

I don't know how else to say this except for bluntly: It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries. It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries. This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.

submitted 68 days ago • 12 comments

You had different dreams for yourself than having to meet this shit historical moment. I did too. I did too.

submitted 106 days ago • 118 comments

The documentary film about Walter White premiered on PBS and you can watch it for free on Youtube. I recommend it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQm4... #BlackHistoryMonth

submitted 68 days ago • 6 comments