becomingj.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

becomingj.bsky.social

16 posts 41 followers 34 following

Posts 17 Comments 13

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

submitted 16 days ago • 1523 comments

A new study found that U.S. butterfly populations dropped by 22% in just 20 years. Dr. Elise Zipkin and Dr. @nickhaddad.bsky.social join us to discuss what’s causing the decline and whether we can do anything about it.

submitted 49 days ago • 6 comments

First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year. “'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'" Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

submitted 57 days ago • 299 comments

Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program. (Published Dec. 2024)

submitted 65 days ago • 38 comments

If you are struggling to get by, Donald Trump has flagrantly driven a tap into the side of your apartment or home…and is draining away even more of your limited resources. It will flow…directly to his wealthiest supporters.

submitted 71 days ago • 31 comments

Ayanna Pressley: "Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby."

submitted 80 days ago • 491 comments

Everyone should be flooding their representatives offices with calls and emails ALL WEEK LONG. www.house.gov/representati...

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

You know you are in a bad relationship, when their first move is to cut you off from your friends. Just sayin’.

submitted 82 days ago • 16 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 86 days ago • 3742 comments

Your daily reset from Oceanside, Oregon. #nature #photography #oregon #pnw

submitted 90 days ago • 29 comments

It seems like a good day to seek out hopeful voices. #robinwallkimmerer #booksky

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

One thing before tomorrow: Use your local libraries. Get your card. Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks. Recommend titles for purchase (usually online). Attend promoted activities. Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires. Tell your kids that libraries are good. They are. 📚

submitted 96 days ago • 179 comments

Mary Oliver bringing truth this morning. @maryoliverdaily.bsky.social

submitted 96 days ago • 93 comments

submitted 103 days ago • 512 comments

One of @propublica.org's biggest stories in 2024 was about how 3M execs convinced one of the company's scientists, Kris Hansen, that the forever chemicals she'd found in human blood were safe. Kris told her story on TikTok, which you can still watch — at least for a few more days.

submitted 105 days ago • 8 comments

After a very dark and painful week for so many, I wanted my first post here to be something that uplifts. Enjoy this recent pic I took. Nature brings me hope.

submitted 161 days ago • 1 comment

Was there today for the H.R. 9495 vote (bill that would have allowed labeling nonprofits as terrorist supporting organizations). Voted no, of course - but I do want to report that the activism DID work and persuaded members. I thought it’d be a lonely NO vote, which we take often. It wasn’t.

submitted 164 days ago • 975 comments