Dani Welch
@daniwelch.bsky.social
Public defender in NYC, specializing in ending pre-trial detention. #CloseRikers
#UAW Region 9A, Local 2325
Free Palestine 🇵🇸 (and all humans everywhere)
Occasional cat & dog pictures, mostly rage.
pronouns: she/her
#UAW Region 9A, Local 2325
Free Palestine 🇵🇸 (and all humans everywhere)
Occasional cat & dog pictures, mostly rage.
pronouns: she/her
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Dani Welch
@daniwelch.bsky.social
· Oct 13
The 1 y.o. just tried to scare me by shutting the bedroom door, then flinging it open and running out yelling "BLAAAAH."
I played along and acted Very Scared, and she squealed with laughter, but then seemed to feel bad, came down the stairs and gave me a kiss.
She makes life so much better.
I played along and acted Very Scared, and she squealed with laughter, but then seemed to feel bad, came down the stairs and gave me a kiss.
She makes life so much better.
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Here's the adult vaccination recommendations as of Nov 2024. Why did I save these? Because I knew someone was going to try to stomp on this, and not today, Satan. Not today. #CDC #vax #vaccines #getvaxxed
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Here's the adult vaccination recommendations as of Nov 2024. Why did I save these? Because I knew someone was going to try to stomp on this, and not today, Satan. Not today. #CDC #vax #vaccines #getvaxxed
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“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin ... don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin ... don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
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This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
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We cannot let this president drag us into more endless wars that risk the lives of American service members and civilians abroad.
The attack last night on Venezuela was unnecessary and unauthorized. The President’s actions are reckless and illegal.
The attack last night on Venezuela was unnecessary and unauthorized. The President’s actions are reckless and illegal.
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
We cannot let this president drag us into more endless wars that risk the lives of American service members and civilians abroad.
The attack last night on Venezuela was unnecessary and unauthorized. The President’s actions are reckless and illegal.
The attack last night on Venezuela was unnecessary and unauthorized. The President’s actions are reckless and illegal.
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This is wrong and will be the downfall of our country if someone isn't done. It's unfair and wrong.
January 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
This is wrong and will be the downfall of our country if someone isn't done. It's unfair and wrong.
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Multiple detonations.
(via Faytuks Network on Twitter)
(via Faytuks Network on Twitter)
January 3, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Multiple detonations.
(via Faytuks Network on Twitter)
(via Faytuks Network on Twitter)
We've once again reached a time of year where a whole lot of people die by suicide.
If you have been thinking about being among them, please stay instead.
You matter. Your life matters. The world is better because you're here, even if it doesn't feel like it at the moment.
Stay.
If you have been thinking about being among them, please stay instead.
You matter. Your life matters. The world is better because you're here, even if it doesn't feel like it at the moment.
Stay.
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 AM
We've once again reached a time of year where a whole lot of people die by suicide.
If you have been thinking about being among them, please stay instead.
You matter. Your life matters. The world is better because you're here, even if it doesn't feel like it at the moment.
Stay.
If you have been thinking about being among them, please stay instead.
You matter. Your life matters. The world is better because you're here, even if it doesn't feel like it at the moment.
Stay.
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
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“…the Times' coverage has been tendentious at best and outright biased, bigoted at its worst.”
This is a remarkable interview with @billiejsweeney.bsky.social about the @nytimes.com coverage of trans issues. It reveals some ugly truths about all that lousy, dangerous coverage. Shameful stuff.
This is a remarkable interview with @billiejsweeney.bsky.social about the @nytimes.com coverage of trans issues. It reveals some ugly truths about all that lousy, dangerous coverage. Shameful stuff.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“…the Times' coverage has been tendentious at best and outright biased, bigoted at its worst.”
This is a remarkable interview with @billiejsweeney.bsky.social about the @nytimes.com coverage of trans issues. It reveals some ugly truths about all that lousy, dangerous coverage. Shameful stuff.
This is a remarkable interview with @billiejsweeney.bsky.social about the @nytimes.com coverage of trans issues. It reveals some ugly truths about all that lousy, dangerous coverage. Shameful stuff.
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The people being allowed to die on hunger strike held up a board containing words of peaceful protest at an active genocide.
And Starmer's government is allowing them to starve to death.
And our mainstream media is awol.
They're all complicit.
And Starmer's government is allowing them to starve to death.
And our mainstream media is awol.
They're all complicit.
Zarah Sultana has warned that a Palestine Action prisoner faces 'imminent' sudden death as they reach day 60 of their hunger strike
Zarah Sultana warns 'death is imminent' as Palestine hunger striker hits day 60
www.thenational.scot
January 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
The people being allowed to die on hunger strike held up a board containing words of peaceful protest at an active genocide.
And Starmer's government is allowing them to starve to death.
And our mainstream media is awol.
They're all complicit.
And Starmer's government is allowing them to starve to death.
And our mainstream media is awol.
They're all complicit.
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Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
January 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
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This is a really good thread and an absolutely worth a read! There is a reason that Trump tried to distance himself from project 2025. It’s because that was hugely unpopular now Democrats have to show that they are capable of fighting and demolishing what that project has done.
My very strong suspicion is that the left/right axis and the fight/don't-fight axis are in the process of unlinking, and that the fight/don't-fight split is emerging as the core struggle in the Democratic Party.
We seriously need to separate the left/right axis from the fight/don’t fight axis.
January 2, 2026 at 12:06 AM
This is a really good thread and an absolutely worth a read! There is a reason that Trump tried to distance himself from project 2025. It’s because that was hugely unpopular now Democrats have to show that they are capable of fighting and demolishing what that project has done.
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An official account of the United States government is dreamposting about deporting 80+ million citizens
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
An official account of the United States government is dreamposting about deporting 80+ million citizens
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There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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"Most of these women are incarcerated for drug and property offenses, often stemming from poverty and/or substance use disorders. ... [P]unishing them with incarceration tears their children away from a vital source of support."
December 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"Most of these women are incarcerated for drug and property offenses, often stemming from poverty and/or substance use disorders. ... [P]unishing them with incarceration tears their children away from a vital source of support."
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"The medical staff guessed [Alex Kuhnhausen] right into the grave ... They essentially told him he was a junkie."
In U.S. health care, “treatable” is usually a reassuring word. In prisons, jails, and detention centers across the country, it often means something different. Medicines, procedures, and specialists may all exist, but people may not get access to them until permanent harm or even death occurs.
Why “Treatable” Is Often a Scary Word Behind Bars
Medicines, procedures, and specialists can be scarce in prison, or people don’t get them until it’s too late.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"The medical staff guessed [Alex Kuhnhausen] right into the grave ... They essentially told him he was a junkie."
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point
‘We have to reject that with every fiber of our being’: DeSantis emerges as a chief AI skeptic
His opposition to AI has little to do with cultural grievances or “woke” ideology — and far more to do with economic disruption, labor displacement and the scale of the technology itself.
www.politico.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point
Mildly embarrassed it took me so long to ask "what if I don't allow my kid to use ai in schools?" (To be fair to myself, my kid is only 2, but the fight is now.)
Luckily, many smart folks are already organizing here in NYC. Resources + ways to get involved:
parentsforaicaution.com/about/
Luckily, many smart folks are already organizing here in NYC. Resources + ways to get involved:
parentsforaicaution.com/about/
December 28, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Mildly embarrassed it took me so long to ask "what if I don't allow my kid to use ai in schools?" (To be fair to myself, my kid is only 2, but the fight is now.)
Luckily, many smart folks are already organizing here in NYC. Resources + ways to get involved:
parentsforaicaution.com/about/
Luckily, many smart folks are already organizing here in NYC. Resources + ways to get involved:
parentsforaicaution.com/about/
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"The true death toll is impossible to know, in part because clinics that would have cared for people and counted the dead were shuttered. The Trump administration also cut funding to the World Health Organization, which helped the South Sudanese government gather accurate data on the outbreak."
The official death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
"The true death toll is impossible to know, in part because clinics that would have cared for people and counted the dead were shuttered. The Trump administration also cut funding to the World Health Organization, which helped the South Sudanese government gather accurate data on the outbreak."
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Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
December 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
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O Christmas tree, o cosmic tree 🎄
Located about 2,500 light-years from Earth, NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old.
The image combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical data from astrophotographer Michael Clow’s telescope.
Located about 2,500 light-years from Earth, NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old.
The image combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical data from astrophotographer Michael Clow’s telescope.
December 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
O Christmas tree, o cosmic tree 🎄
Located about 2,500 light-years from Earth, NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old.
The image combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical data from astrophotographer Michael Clow’s telescope.
Located about 2,500 light-years from Earth, NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old.
The image combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical data from astrophotographer Michael Clow’s telescope.
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we have a (new) tradition where we get together before christmas and craft bird ornaments out of whatever and one friend made this cassowary
December 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
we have a (new) tradition where we get together before christmas and craft bird ornaments out of whatever and one friend made this cassowary
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When you're mean to me, this is who you're mean to.
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
When you're mean to me, this is who you're mean to.