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Move from doom-scrolling to doing. Learn what we can do to fight authoritarianism, protect the vulnerable, & build a society we can ALL be proud of. Get daily/weekly actions you can do at https://learn.whatcanwe.do
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We can turn this Booker energy into real action by donating. ⬇️

Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org

If you’re an alumnus, faculty, or admin at a university, we can fight back. Call your school, get the alumni network going, and amp up the pressure ASAP!

We can flood Congressional switchboards with calls against this. Don't let Schumer's "senate switcheroo" sideline you. Call, call, call! 5calls.org Also, talk to someone you know about this and the impacts. Most people *do not know* what is happening. Your voice is needed in DC and locally.

We can support trans people: ☑️ Fill out this public comment form ☑️ Say a few words about protecting trans healthcare ☑️ Give the admin, Congress, & courts a counter-weight to the argument that "nobody cares" It may not be sufficient, but not taking action will definitely fail.

It's Trans Day of Visibility. I wrote this a few years ago. It feels like it's gotten more true every year since. transsafety.network/posts/the-pr...

This Trans Day of Visibility, what I want most of all is for trans people to be allowed to be self-centred in the best possible meaning of that term: - To centre our survival - To centre our material needs - To centre our emotional needs - To centre our souls, our dreams, our reasons for living

We can… stand up together to protect democracy. Learn more: choosedemocracy.us

We can… care for each other while working to change the world. ☑️ Learn about mutual aid (read this book!) ☑️ Connect with people in your community ☑️ Organize networks of support ☑️ Build a more compassionate, connected future

We can... "cultivate a life-affirming political culture [...] a counter-culture of rebellious care." Read, connect, and do:

We can… network w/ alumni from our schools to pool resources: ☑️ pressure admin as a group ☑️ support intn’l students ☑️ support undocumented/under-resourced students & applicants Schools care what alumni and parents think, and do.

We can... let whatever schools we attended know that we are paying attention & care about how they respond. — Write a letter to the Provost/President/Board — Write a letter to the editor of both the school's alumni and student newspapers — Withhold donations (if you're making them)

We can... be willing to stand up, ask questions, get our phones out to record, and yes — get handcuffed — to protest illegal and unconstitutional actions *and* protect the vulnerable.

We can... rebuild independent media. — Support adversarial outlets like @propublica.org @wired.com & others — Support independent journalists — Read beyond the headlines, into the substance of articles and beyond — Practice curiosity & self-reflection to recognize bias in ourselves and others

We can reject the narrative — and create better ones. "Gender critical? That's some weird Trump thing. Are trans people happy? Are they free? Cool."

We can follow their example.

My kid's elementary school is like YOU COME FOR OUR KIDS WE COME FOR YOU but go off, gazillion dollar medical school.

I’m gonna make it simple since it seems a lot of the liberals on this site right now are having trouble with this. It was illegal to protect Anne Frank and it was legally required to turn her in to the Nazis. If your reliance on the law dictates your morals you have already lost to the fascists.

To folks protesting, demonstrating or attending any type of group function against these mongrels today, thank you for showing up, speaking out and representing. Please stay safe. 💙🫶🏻💪🏻

Injustice anywhere is (clearly) a threat to justice everywhere.

Unbelievably damning that the 'opposition' party *in this country* couldn't be bothered to do some earned media ads like this

A great local action would be to go to your local supermarkets with just a few friends and alert people about what the regime is doing to increase the numbers of hungry people. Pick a high traffic couple of hours and just let people know what's happening and share an action step.

We can… be so big they can’t ignore us

NBC has been running a liveblog about Tesla Takedown protests today - www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

1/ On April 5, there are nationwide protests happening literally everywhere in the US. Find more details here: handsoff2025.com

Dear all foreign friends outside the United States, Our country is big. Like really big. Like so much bigger than you ken. Our states are bigger than many countries, and there's 50 of them. So when you wonder why we are not all marching on DC I live 2,500 miles (4000 km) from the White House

Mural painted in Santiago for 29th of March, the 'Day of the Youth Combatant'. The date is in memory of Eduardo and Rafael Vergara Toledo, left-wing resistance fighters who were murdered by the Pinochet dictatorship on March 29, 1985.

Tesla Takedown in Sebastopol, California today #teslatakedown #resist