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Amazing list of ideas for recognizing Indigenous Peoples Month. Louise Erdrich, Rez Dogs, Dark Winds are all favs in our house, but now we have so much more to learn from and explore!
Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Amazing list of ideas for recognizing Indigenous Peoples Month. Louise Erdrich, Rez Dogs, Dark Winds are all favs in our house, but now we have so much more to learn from and explore!
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
A good call in response to just about any situation.
Or read @theradr.bsky.social 's On Repentance and Repair.
September 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A good call in response to just about any situation.
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Prof. Laura Little is a First Amendment scholar and expert on humor and the law. She offers her take on Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and more in this Q&A with the Philadelphia Citizen. thephiladelphiacitizen.org/jimmy-kimmel...
Jimmy Kimmel, Free Speech and our Tenuous Times
The free speech ramifications of the cancellation of late night TV's Jimmy Kimmel, from a Temple Law professor who studies comedy and the law
thephiladelphiacitizen.org
September 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Prof. Laura Little is a First Amendment scholar and expert on humor and the law. She offers her take on Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and more in this Q&A with the Philadelphia Citizen. thephiladelphiacitizen.org/jimmy-kimmel...
Hard pass. John Fetterman won't get my dollars or my votes ever again.
July 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hard pass. John Fetterman won't get my dollars or my votes ever again.
@piratet.bsky.social, I might need this!
I love my bookmark. It’s especially funny when I use it to read super serious books.
Hat tip to @tylerjameshill.com for letting me know such a bookmark (and socks!) exist.
Hat tip to @tylerjameshill.com for letting me know such a bookmark (and socks!) exist.
July 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
@piratet.bsky.social, I might need this!
Important work from my @templelaw.bsky.social colleague and friend Sarah Katz.
What if we practiced living in truth, where we understand family policing as nothing but a modern day plantation—reborn in bureaucracy—where the chains are legal, the overseers wear badges, and the lash is replaced with court orders?
June 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Important work from my @templelaw.bsky.social colleague and friend Sarah Katz.
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Immigrants are just as good and hardworking as every other American and I believe we’re stronger with them than without.
We need to be saying this out loud, to everyone we know, every chance we get. We cannot let the media lazily presume all Americans agree with the fascists, because we don’t.
We need to be saying this out loud, to everyone we know, every chance we get. We cannot let the media lazily presume all Americans agree with the fascists, because we don’t.
literally what is this for, a couple line cooks at outback? some plumber who didnt fill out paperwork two decades ago?!?
Nat Guard/DHS threw tear gas canisters and smoke grenades into the crowd. Protesters and media hit. Pellet rounds deployed. All to seemingly clear path for a convoy of DHS/Border Patrol vehicles. I got hit but fine after an eye rinse.
June 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Immigrants are just as good and hardworking as every other American and I believe we’re stronger with them than without.
We need to be saying this out loud, to everyone we know, every chance we get. We cannot let the media lazily presume all Americans agree with the fascists, because we don’t.
We need to be saying this out loud, to everyone we know, every chance we get. We cannot let the media lazily presume all Americans agree with the fascists, because we don’t.
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Statement of Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin on the Arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
May 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Statement of Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin on the Arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
We could have had Tim Walz, y'all.
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
May 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We could have had Tim Walz, y'all.
PA peeps check this out!
Join us and @aclupa.org for a webinar to address some of the many questions/concerns we’ve heard from schools and parents about recent federal executive actions - learn "The Truth About Executive Orders and Lawful DEI in Pennsylvania Schools."
Register: at.elc-pa.org/EOANDDEI
Register: at.elc-pa.org/EOANDDEI
April 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
PA peeps check this out!
"Won" a golf tournament at his own club, attended the Super Bowl on taxpayers' dime ... the blend of banality and evil is mind-numbing.
I'm reviewing a list of the stuff Trump's done since taking office for something I'm working on and it's like
horrorshow
horrorshow
human rights violation
atrocity
Did partial lap of the Daytona 500 in the presidential limousine
horrorshow
horrorshow
atrocity
civil rights violation
horrorshow
horrorshow
human rights violation
atrocity
Did partial lap of the Daytona 500 in the presidential limousine
horrorshow
horrorshow
atrocity
civil rights violation
March 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Won" a golf tournament at his own club, attended the Super Bowl on taxpayers' dime ... the blend of banality and evil is mind-numbing.
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I don't want to say the Schumer optics are bad but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.
a man in a suit and tie is standing with his hands in his pockets .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing with his hands in his pockets .
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I don't want to say the Schumer optics are bad but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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29 republicans joining democrats in Montana to kill anti-trans legislation because of brilliant speeches by Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell is the way. Newsom brining Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk on his podcast to throw trans people under the bus is not.
March 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
29 republicans joining democrats in Montana to kill anti-trans legislation because of brilliant speeches by Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell is the way. Newsom brining Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk on his podcast to throw trans people under the bus is not.
For anyone still not sure what to give up for Lent...
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
www.cnn.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For anyone still not sure what to give up for Lent...
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1. A Federal Judge has blocked Trump's under 19 trans care ban nationwide.
In the decision, he slams the Government's reliance on the Cass Review, jeopardizes youth health, and likely violates several constitutional principles.
The latest from Mira Lazine.
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In the decision, he slams the Government's reliance on the Cass Review, jeopardizes youth health, and likely violates several constitutional principles.
The latest from Mira Lazine.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Judge Blocks Trump Trans Ban Nationwide, Slams Reliance On Cass Review
The ruling applies nationwide, and should allow hospitals that temporarily paused care to resume.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
1. A Federal Judge has blocked Trump's under 19 trans care ban nationwide.
In the decision, he slams the Government's reliance on the Cass Review, jeopardizes youth health, and likely violates several constitutional principles.
The latest from Mira Lazine.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
In the decision, he slams the Government's reliance on the Cass Review, jeopardizes youth health, and likely violates several constitutional principles.
The latest from Mira Lazine.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Resist, resist, resist! We have the right to piss!
1. Major news: Remember those "Biological men"/"Biological Women" signs at University of Cincinnati?
They have come down thanks to MASSIVE student protests at the college, which have continued.
The latest from S. Baum.
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www.erininthemorning.com/p/university...
They have come down thanks to MASSIVE student protests at the college, which have continued.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/university...
University of Cincinnati Protests Lead to "Biological" Bathroom Signs Reversal
“Deny, delay, fight back.”
www.erininthemorning.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Resist, resist, resist! We have the right to piss!
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SCOOP: In an email circulated today by the federal Department of the Interior, the Trump administration has issued a stop-work order for organizations providing legal services, funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, to unaccompanied minors entering the United States.
Trump administration cuts off legal aid for youth facing deportation
The order will end legal support for at least 100,000 unaccompanied minors.
www.motherjones.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
SCOOP: In an email circulated today by the federal Department of the Interior, the Trump administration has issued a stop-work order for organizations providing legal services, funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, to unaccompanied minors entering the United States.
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Reposting for alt text and account In case you’re unaware the American Medical Associations has a YouTube page, they are doing daily updates on bird flu and other out breaks since the CDC can not
youtube.com/@americanmed...
youtube.com/@americanmed...
February 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reposting for alt text and account In case you’re unaware the American Medical Associations has a YouTube page, they are doing daily updates on bird flu and other out breaks since the CDC can not
youtube.com/@americanmed...
youtube.com/@americanmed...
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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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Breaking news: Lambda Legal and ACLU are suing on behalf of PFLAG and GLMA to end Trump's illegal executive order banning trans care under 19 years old.
The suit has been brought in Maryland.
A similar suit was brought on behalf of PFLAG to end child abuse investigations in TX 3 years ago.
The suit has been brought in Maryland.
A similar suit was brought on behalf of PFLAG to end child abuse investigations in TX 3 years ago.
Families and doctors sue over Trump's order to halt funding for gender-affirming care
President Donald Trump's effort to ban federal funding for gender-affirming care for young people is facing a legal challenge.
apnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Breaking news: Lambda Legal and ACLU are suing on behalf of PFLAG and GLMA to end Trump's illegal executive order banning trans care under 19 years old.
The suit has been brought in Maryland.
A similar suit was brought on behalf of PFLAG to end child abuse investigations in TX 3 years ago.
The suit has been brought in Maryland.
A similar suit was brought on behalf of PFLAG to end child abuse investigations in TX 3 years ago.
I've been sitting with this post all day - lots of good, practical tips. I'm focused on building a "sustenance library" of books to read and share, swimming as a moving meditation, and seizing joy at every opportunity. You?
New:
Why practices to connect us with our own humanity, each other, & perhaps something bigger, really matter now—
And can help keep us more whole, less responding on their terms & more on our own, more making choices as the people we wish to be.
Practical tips & bigger picture here:
Why practices to connect us with our own humanity, each other, & perhaps something bigger, really matter now—
And can help keep us more whole, less responding on their terms & more on our own, more making choices as the people we wish to be.
Practical tips & bigger picture here:
fortify inside
why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I've been sitting with this post all day - lots of good, practical tips. I'm focused on building a "sustenance library" of books to read and share, swimming as a moving meditation, and seizing joy at every opportunity. You?