Liz (she/her)
@elizalitotes.bsky.social
Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency. - Rebecca Solnit
Reproductive justice/Abortion/Public health/Unions/Plants/Cats
Reproductive justice/Abortion/Public health/Unions/Plants/Cats
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The current chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Ohio State, Mark Landon, received ~$75,000 a year from Epstein in the early 2000s, supposedly for consulting. Was he treating Epstein’s victims? Landon still sees patients at Ohio State—who is investigating this?
February 13, 2026 at 2:15 AM
The current chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Ohio State, Mark Landon, received ~$75,000 a year from Epstein in the early 2000s, supposedly for consulting. Was he treating Epstein’s victims? Landon still sees patients at Ohio State—who is investigating this?
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give them bodycams? the masked goons who are totally cool executing people on camera? those goons? that's your curtailment measure? get fucked chuck
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
give them bodycams? the masked goons who are totally cool executing people on camera? those goons? that's your curtailment measure? get fucked chuck
I bought kiwis because they were one of the only fruits left
January 24, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I bought kiwis because they were one of the only fruits left
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"This sudden and misguided dismantling would put countless lives in danger, risking increased transmissions and growing death rates from an epidemic that we are so close to ending" -
@unaids.org
@unaids.org
The UN Secretary-General has proposed sunsetting UNAIDS by the end of 2026, as global HIV funding and operational support have been undermined by aid cuts and competing priorities. www.poz.com/blog/sunsett...
Sunsetting UNAIDS is a Global and Domestic HIV Threat
Global health faces yet another unprecedented threat, as UN Secretary-General has proposed a closure of UNAIDS by the end of 2026.
www.poz.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"This sudden and misguided dismantling would put countless lives in danger, risking increased transmissions and growing death rates from an epidemic that we are so close to ending" -
@unaids.org
@unaids.org
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Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
I take every opportunity to recommend this pod. Incredible work by the great Jamie Loftus, basically a college level seminar.
December 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I take every opportunity to recommend this pod. Incredible work by the great Jamie Loftus, basically a college level seminar.
The worst people.
December 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The worst people.
I didnt know they were still around!
December 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I didnt know they were still around!
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Who'll join me in giving to @psabortionfund.bsky.social?
$25 → covers a ride to a clinic
$50 → helps a caller with gas or lodging
$100 → funds part of an appointment
$250 → covers airfare for one caller
$500 → covers a full procedure for one caller
#GivingTuesday
donorbox.org/palmetto-sta...
$25 → covers a ride to a clinic
$50 → helps a caller with gas or lodging
$100 → funds part of an appointment
$250 → covers airfare for one caller
$500 → covers a full procedure for one caller
#GivingTuesday
donorbox.org/palmetto-sta...
Palmetto State Abortion Fund: End-of-Year Fundraiser | Palmetto State Abortion Fund (Powered by Donorbox)
Give for freedom. Give for care. Give before December 31st.2025 tested us — and our community showed up.Because of people like you, the Palmetto State Abortion Fund helped more than 1,500 Southerners ...
donorbox.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Who'll join me in giving to @psabortionfund.bsky.social?
$25 → covers a ride to a clinic
$50 → helps a caller with gas or lodging
$100 → funds part of an appointment
$250 → covers airfare for one caller
$500 → covers a full procedure for one caller
#GivingTuesday
donorbox.org/palmetto-sta...
$25 → covers a ride to a clinic
$50 → helps a caller with gas or lodging
$100 → funds part of an appointment
$250 → covers airfare for one caller
$500 → covers a full procedure for one caller
#GivingTuesday
donorbox.org/palmetto-sta...
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It’s Giving Tuesday. (It’s giving … Tuesday.) I really encourage you to donate to an abortion fund, which make the promise of equality real by allowing women to control their bodies and lives, pursue their dreams, and live with dignity. Find your local fund here: abortionfunds.org
Homepage - National Network of Abortion Funds
Our network of nearly 100 abortion funds builds power for abortion access. Find a fund, get support, donate, and join campaigns with NNAF.
abortionfunds.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It’s Giving Tuesday. (It’s giving … Tuesday.) I really encourage you to donate to an abortion fund, which make the promise of equality real by allowing women to control their bodies and lives, pursue their dreams, and live with dignity. Find your local fund here: abortionfunds.org
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We've spent $2.5 million this year to get people out of jail and meet their needs. (Mostly in TX.)
On Thursday, HB 7 will go into effect. It allows people to sue anyone who makes, distributes, mails, or provides abortion pills to or from TX.
Support us this Giving Tuesday: tinyurl.com/GiveRLDF2025
On Thursday, HB 7 will go into effect. It allows people to sue anyone who makes, distributes, mails, or provides abortion pills to or from TX.
Support us this Giving Tuesday: tinyurl.com/GiveRLDF2025
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We've spent $2.5 million this year to get people out of jail and meet their needs. (Mostly in TX.)
On Thursday, HB 7 will go into effect. It allows people to sue anyone who makes, distributes, mails, or provides abortion pills to or from TX.
Support us this Giving Tuesday: tinyurl.com/GiveRLDF2025
On Thursday, HB 7 will go into effect. It allows people to sue anyone who makes, distributes, mails, or provides abortion pills to or from TX.
Support us this Giving Tuesday: tinyurl.com/GiveRLDF2025
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I personally know the people in this volunteer-managed organization!
Please share with your networks and ask them to chip in $5.00 and share it forward!
Together we can support immigrant students in Baltimore!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-immig...
Please share with your networks and ask them to chip in $5.00 and share it forward!
Together we can support immigrant students in Baltimore!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-immig...
Donate to Hope and safety for local immigrant youth, organized by Katherine Jakuta
This holiday season, the Latino Racial Justice Circle (LRJC) invites you to… Katherine Jakuta needs your support for Hope and safety for local immigrant youth
www.gofundme.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I personally know the people in this volunteer-managed organization!
Please share with your networks and ask them to chip in $5.00 and share it forward!
Together we can support immigrant students in Baltimore!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-immig...
Please share with your networks and ask them to chip in $5.00 and share it forward!
Together we can support immigrant students in Baltimore!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-immig...
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Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe. His goal is straightforward: To make ICE agents uncomfortable.
“I want their morale as low as possible,” he said, “because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
“I want their morale as low as possible,” he said, “because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe. His goal is straightforward: To make ICE agents uncomfortable.
“I want their morale as low as possible,” he said, “because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
“I want their morale as low as possible,” he said, “because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
I was actually surprised by how far he got before they cut away.
September 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I was actually surprised by how far he got before they cut away.
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Resident doctors & fellows are the backbone of our healthcare system, and now the Univ of Maryland Resident & Fellow Alliance (UMRFA) at UMMC - one of the nation's oldest teaching hospitals-- finally have the historic, first-ever contract they deserve. CONGRATULATIONS!
@aft.org
@aft.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Resident doctors & fellows are the backbone of our healthcare system, and now the Univ of Maryland Resident & Fellow Alliance (UMRFA) at UMMC - one of the nation's oldest teaching hospitals-- finally have the historic, first-ever contract they deserve. CONGRATULATIONS!
@aft.org
@aft.org
Thanks for sharing this! I opted out several times but didnt see any info about that the last time I went through and they took my picture quickly. They rely on the social pressure of a massive line to push you through.
August 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thanks for sharing this! I opted out several times but didnt see any info about that the last time I went through and they took my picture quickly. They rely on the social pressure of a massive line to push you through.
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My latest for @thenation.com. RFK Jr. Has Been Handed a Very Dangerous Weapon: how a bigoted doctor, an extremist judge, and the Supreme Court all combined to give the secretary a powerful new way to undermine public health. @jsalomon.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/soci...
RFK Jr. Has Been Handed a Very Dangerous Weapon
How a bigoted doctor, an extremist judge, and the Supreme Court all combined to give the secretary a powerful new way to undermine public health.
www.thenation.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
My latest for @thenation.com. RFK Jr. Has Been Handed a Very Dangerous Weapon: how a bigoted doctor, an extremist judge, and the Supreme Court all combined to give the secretary a powerful new way to undermine public health. @jsalomon.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/soci...
When people talk about the loss of abortion access because of this I want to scream. Indie clinics are here, have been here, and are going to continue to provide the majority of abortion care.
July 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
When people talk about the loss of abortion access because of this I want to scream. Indie clinics are here, have been here, and are going to continue to provide the majority of abortion care.
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as always, it is indie clinics who will stick their necks out to make sure people get the care they need.
The New York Times has confirmed our reporting that, amid a federal "defunding" effort, Planned Parenthood affiliates are considering whether to halt abortion care so they can continue accepting Medicaid:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
SCOOP: Planned Parenthood informed its affiliates Tuesday that they can apply for waivers to stop providing abortions. It's an attempt to keep Medicaid funding if the GOP budget reconciliation bill passes.
July 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
as always, it is indie clinics who will stick their necks out to make sure people get the care they need.
Radishes are so underappreciated
a close up of a woman 's face with a surprised look on her face while eating a strawberry .
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a surprised look on her face while eating a strawberry .
media.tenor.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Radishes are so underappreciated
Listening to The Network, a series on the grassroots development of abortion pill use and the social support network that helped it happen. Fantastic and hopeful story is a bleak moment.
www.npr.org/2025/06/08/g...
www.npr.org/2025/06/08/g...
How a network of women in Latin America transformed safe, self-managed abortions
An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.
www.npr.org
June 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Listening to The Network, a series on the grassroots development of abortion pill use and the social support network that helped it happen. Fantastic and hopeful story is a bleak moment.
www.npr.org/2025/06/08/g...
www.npr.org/2025/06/08/g...
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And then this shit just came out.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
And then this shit just came out.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.