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lindykolsen.bsky.social
Educator/counselor. Counselor educator? Progressive Texan. Long-suffering Nebraska fan.
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submitted 16 hours ago • 25 comments

The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people. We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.

submitted 2 days ago • 694 comments

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

submitted 5 days ago • 431 comments

THIS IS WHY YOU YELL AT THEM NOT BECAUSE IT’S FUN BECAUSE IT MATTERS

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

My brave client spoke with the @wsj.com about how ICE harassed and threatened him last week, despite having DACA and being on the path to a green card through his US citizen spouse. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

submitted 40 days ago • 11 comments

There is going to come a time in the very near future where the only way to resolve this is for every non-MAGA media company to band together and simply refuse to walk into the presser or attend the event. Because he wants the coverage more than anything else. Divided you fall.

submitted 55 days ago • 550 comments

Are you a teacher who is dealing withal administrations preemptively changing school guidelines in dealing with trans and gnc youth in the wake of Trump’s new executive order? I’d love to speak with you for a story. DMs open Signal: SydneyBauer.30 Email: [email protected]

submitted 66 days ago • 3 comments

This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

submitted 66 days ago • 323 comments

🖋️ “Urgent Opposition to Federal Grant and Loan Payment Suspension” hit 250 signers!

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Pete Hegseth’s nomination has already passed the committee, and the only step left is a confirmation vote from the full Senate. If we’re going to stop this dangerous nomination, we have to act now. Every call, every email, and every bit of pressure counts: act.indivisible.org/sign/oppose-...

submitted 74 days ago • 37 comments

🔔 MONDAY at the Capitol — a student-led rally 👇🏽

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

ATTN: TEXANS! Repro action alert! The Afiya Center is organizing a campaign to demand #txlege release maternal mortality data from '22 and '23 -- after the Dobbs decision. Fill in your address and the form auto-sends to your state reps + health officials!

submitted 76 days ago • 9 comments

Fuck.

submitted 76 days ago • 15 comments

for everyone else: buy trans literature & art NOW while you can. there’s a non-zero chance that queer and *especially* trans voices wind up being temporarily silenced at some point over these next 4 years. support trans people *now* while we can still ask for help & make incredible art in public.

submitted 76 days ago • 7 comments

Pasadena Humane (remember their cute Rose Parade float last week?) urgently needs donations to care for abandoned and injured animals. They are right on the front lines of the Eaton fire. If you're watching the news and feeling helpless, here's a way to help! give.pasadenahumane.org/give/264243/...

submitted 89 days ago • 29 comments

For SoCal friends, Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can. For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla

submitted 89 days ago • 83 comments

SoCal friends, I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. A few things I wish I’d known as we evacuated ahead of a wildfire (that took our home in 2021) 🧵

submitted 89 days ago • 118 comments

Hoping that we get a LOT of responses to these NTT surveys. If you are a historian teaching off the tenure track, in any department/program/unit, we want you to take this NTT survey. History department chairs, there's a separate survey for you too. 🗃️

submitted 109 days ago • 4 comments

Amid this reckoning over the inhumanity and dysfunction of the American health care system keep in mind you're being asked to believe the same system is treating trans people *too* efficiently

submitted 117 days ago • 29 comments