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Meanwhile, in my state:

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Getting cozy with a curried veggie and chickpea soup I made tonight. It's cold, the snow is beautiful and I'm surrounded by cats. I'm just taking one day off from the despair to enjoy it all.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I follow French politics a lot, as many of you know. Any effort for mass layoffs of public sector employees there would create such huge strikes and marches, the level of disruption and paralysis would be biblical.

submitted 3 days ago • 642 comments

It's a great time to get current on immunizations. The TDAP - tetanus, diptheria and pertussis (whooping cough) is due every 10 years. The HPV series is recommended up to age 45. Various others might be appropriate for you based on health & lifestyle. CVS and health depts often offer these + more.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This is insane:

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Please continue to report.

submitted 9 days ago • 305 comments

::MEASLES OUTBREAK IN TEXAS:: A large measles outbreak is rapidly escalating in Texas incl Gaines, Lubbock, and Lynn counties where vaccination rates are low. Over 30 children with confirmed infection, many of whom are hospitalized. Multiple suspected cases are under investigation.

submitted 14 days ago • 33 comments

I think organizers should read "Let The Record Show" for lots of reasons not least is the reminder that when taking direct action you must always push an actual CONCRETE demand. You have to have targets and you must tell those targets: WE DEMAND THAT YOU DO THIS [THIS has to be a concrete thing].

submitted 15 days ago • 38 comments

BREAKING: Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic. -CDC

submitted 14 days ago • 17 comments

SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

submitted 15 days ago • 164 comments

Are we still arguing over whose fault it is that Trump won the election? In this economy? Here, I’ll solve it for you. All of us. All of us were complicit in some way, shape or form. All of us could have done more. Now shut up and let’s try to fix it.

submitted 15 days ago • 13 comments

LGBTQIA minors make up 40% of the endangered minor runaway population. They are 120% more likely to be unhoused. They are also uniquely at risk for exploitation and trafficking. This is breathtakingly evil.

submitted 15 days ago • 36 comments

This is THE #AltGov Starter Pack where credentials/backgrounds have been vetted. go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

It’s not enough to agree with women. You need to be spearheading these discussions with your homeboys. You need to be at these rallies and donating to clinics.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Since the geek squad over at DOGE is evidently expanding their meddling with taxpayer-funded public health data, we figured we'd better archive some other government sites to preserve data that belongs to the American people from theft by censorship. Today it's the FDA! acasignups.net/fda-website

submitted 16 days ago • 9 comments

I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that. The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct. What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.

submitted 16 days ago • 1082 comments

If an action is not intended to block, shut down, or stop some form of power in a real sense, it is useless or worse. Boycotts, work stoppages, blocking buildings, MA groups, etc need to be the floor for effective action at this point. Clever signs will not cut it.

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

I've never much had a sense of "faith" in anything and am really struggling to find comfort in refrains ringing out to keep the faith now. I need an alternative. Maybe, "people will always fight back, even if I'm not alive to see them win." I don't see joy ahead for me, I want to ensure it for them.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share Don't let science be hidden

submitted 17 days ago • 47 comments

people, the new administration is a) completely unconcerned with the actual law and b) very online please stop posting about the crimes you want to commit, especially in my replies your opsec is not as good as you think it is if they decide to go after you for whatever reason

submitted 18 days ago • 168 comments

Imagine if white people chose class solidarity instead of racism every. Single. Time.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

As a Millennial, we read 1984, Heart of Darkness, Night, Animal Farm, Their Eyes Were Watching God, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Brave New World in my high school English classes. Grew up watching Ferngully, Free Willy, E.T. - all preaching safety for all life. I was always gonna give a damn.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

A Note: We are unaffected by any U.S. government funding pauses, budget cuts, or layoffs, as we’ve never received government funding. Our operations continue as usual, and we will keep providing updates on bird flu, COVID-19, tuberculosis, and more. Take care of yourselves.

submitted 18 days ago • 19 comments

I don’t want y’all on here talking about who “deserves it”. A lot of people are getting what they paid for, but they don’t “deserve it” No one deserves to live under authoritarianism. Just like no one deserves to starve. You can fight for justice while acknowledging that people deserve rights.

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments