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If you're a white dude with some flexibility in your life, get a group of your like-minded bros together & go to these events to act as counterbalance to these "private security forces." Get in their way. Occupy space. Ask for their IDs. Outnumber them. Make their fascism difficult.

If anyone has been in touch with press covering the NIH situation broadly (firings, funding freeze etc), please encourage them to cover the sinister way in which HHS is preventing grant review and funding from happening, by blocking posting to the Federal Register.

“Trump’s bad ideas must be countered with good ones…it calls for clear thought and inspired vision just when the onslaught of bad ideas, and the anxiety they engender, make it so difficult to think clearly and envision a future.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...

I tried to make myself go to a neighbor’s birthday hang at a bar this evening. Sent a “happy bday!” text instead. Some days just aren’t the days.

I don't know how long this CDC adult immunization list by age will still be online but it's worth getting vaccinated for Covid-19, HPV, Tdap, polio, RSV and others while you still can: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...

Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it. Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on. Making this my pinned post.

Bec is a delightful Australian in need of coffee machine recommendations, send her your best opinions ☕️

if you report on "privatizing" NOAA its important to make clear that the private sector simply cannot replicate the data collection and modeling services performed by NOAA. They don't want to run it in the private sector, they want to paywall it so they can sell you something your taxes paid for

Your Action Is Needed! Congress needs to hear from scientists. Call your representatives to oppose funding freezes and restrictions on research. Find contact info at govtrack.us and make your voice heard today! #SciencePolicy www.ascb.org/science-poli...

We can and should talk about mainstream medical associations/lobby groups being problematic (because they are) but this is the kind of thing I mean when I talk about entities who are able to take on legal risk have a moral and ethical obligation to do so

Yup. Microsoft automatically switched me to the $99.99/year version with Spicy Autocomplete. You have to go all the way through "cancel subscription" to be presented these options and get the $69.99/year one you actually chose.

❤️‍🩹🌱✨ The Altadena Seed Library shares, "We are seeking seed donations to help reseed Altadena. This community is enormously dedicated to native plants, but also had many farmers & growers who lost generations of crops at community gardens and in backyards. Wildlife coming down from the foothills 🧵

Hey All. Bad faith lawyers Advocates for Faith and Freedom - the group targeting trans teens in Riverside - put out a call for teens to snitch to them if there is a trans athlete on their sports team. Please flood this form: faith-freedom.com/savegirlsspo...

This viral story is from the Dallas Express, a far-right outlet that’s poses as a nonpartisan newspaper and that is owned by a Texas billionaire who attended and defended Jan. 6.

“Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That’s the question that needs to be asked.” - Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes

we all need to hear this

Excellent. I’m NIXELPMÖC, a novelty keychain sold in the impulse-buy bins near the checkout stations (just past the plants).

One of my favorite books! You should get Because Internet!

I’m complexin, and I should just do art in the bathroom 😂😂😂

please remember and inform others that ICE cannot search a home, business, or other non-public part of an indoor space without a JUDICIAL warrant SIGNED BY A JUDGE. if they show you an ADMINISTRATIVE warrant from DHS, that does NOT give them access.

Bluesky has gotten LOUD! That's not a bad thing, but I've been here a year and a half and I'm getting used to the changes. Here's a feed I love. It finds the quieter posters from your follows to display only. These are often your friends or deliberate follows. Give it a try!

We can build stabilizing community support groups These don’t have to be spaces that are filled with peer pressure or conformity There are models and strategies for this.

Yeah, we’ll be doing this. I wish I hadn’t gotten rid of a couple of pre-Obergefell books that talked about this process. But there are still law firms around that specialized in it back in the day

Bottled water, Nibs or Welch’s fruit snacks, Gardettos snack mix, and a protein bar