Stephanie Brancaforte
@expluma.bsky.social
All in for climate, peace & human rights. Sicily-USA-global.
Amateur fire-fighter & river protector.
RinascimentoGreen.it & transistor.city
Amateur fire-fighter & river protector.
RinascimentoGreen.it & transistor.city
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Reposted by Stephanie Brancaforte
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
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Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
www.thebanner.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
Happy Mardi Gras season. My kid thinks this bagel depicts a purple-headed naked mole rat doing Kung fu.
Keep resisting and laissez le bon temps rouler!
Keep resisting and laissez le bon temps rouler!
February 15, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Happy Mardi Gras season. My kid thinks this bagel depicts a purple-headed naked mole rat doing Kung fu.
Keep resisting and laissez le bon temps rouler!
Keep resisting and laissez le bon temps rouler!
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The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ
Contact Your MOC
social.demcast.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ
Bondi's "accountability":
✅ Aggressively targets Trump critics for investigation
❌ Refused FBI investigations x Renee Good & Alex Pretti
❌ Dropped sexual abuse lawsuits against migrant child shelters
So egregious that 6 prosecutors resigned in protest
--> political weaponization.
#NotAboveTheLaw
✅ Aggressively targets Trump critics for investigation
❌ Refused FBI investigations x Renee Good & Alex Pretti
❌ Dropped sexual abuse lawsuits against migrant child shelters
So egregious that 6 prosecutors resigned in protest
--> political weaponization.
#NotAboveTheLaw
February 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Bondi's "accountability":
✅ Aggressively targets Trump critics for investigation
❌ Refused FBI investigations x Renee Good & Alex Pretti
❌ Dropped sexual abuse lawsuits against migrant child shelters
So egregious that 6 prosecutors resigned in protest
--> political weaponization.
#NotAboveTheLaw
✅ Aggressively targets Trump critics for investigation
❌ Refused FBI investigations x Renee Good & Alex Pretti
❌ Dropped sexual abuse lawsuits against migrant child shelters
So egregious that 6 prosecutors resigned in protest
--> political weaponization.
#NotAboveTheLaw
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Congresswoman @ramirez.house.gov: " Congress designed DHS [Department of Homeland Security] to violate our rights under the pretense of securing our safety."
" DHS cannot be reformed. It must be dismantled, and something new must take its place"
" DHS cannot be reformed. It must be dismantled, and something new must take its place"
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Congresswoman @ramirez.house.gov: " Congress designed DHS [Department of Homeland Security] to violate our rights under the pretense of securing our safety."
" DHS cannot be reformed. It must be dismantled, and something new must take its place"
" DHS cannot be reformed. It must be dismantled, and something new must take its place"
🚨Military members - Under SAVE 2.0, your military ID wouldn't be enough to register to vote.
Service members born overseas could be blocked. They're attacking those who defend our democracy.
PROTECT the right to vote for our troops.
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/Ju28p5Xk
Service members born overseas could be blocked. They're attacking those who defend our democracy.
PROTECT the right to vote for our troops.
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/Ju28p5Xk
Contact Your Members of Congress
social.demcast.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
🚨Military members - Under SAVE 2.0, your military ID wouldn't be enough to register to vote.
Service members born overseas could be blocked. They're attacking those who defend our democracy.
PROTECT the right to vote for our troops.
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/Ju28p5Xk
Service members born overseas could be blocked. They're attacking those who defend our democracy.
PROTECT the right to vote for our troops.
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/Ju28p5Xk
Building a vast network of concentration camps with money that should go to healthcare and education. We are funding and building a system of literal atrocities, some sick f***s are going to get mega-rich off of it, and our soul as a society will be dead. Resist y'all!
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Building a vast network of concentration camps with money that should go to healthcare and education. We are funding and building a system of literal atrocities, some sick f***s are going to get mega-rich off of it, and our soul as a society will be dead. Resist y'all!
This Epstein sh*t is taking a huge collective toll on our psyche, more so for trauma survivors.
Find support & nourishment, through professionals or friend circles to talk through the slime field in a healthy-ish way.
Try to be gentle w/ yourself & others; this isn’t normal, not just “the news”!
Find support & nourishment, through professionals or friend circles to talk through the slime field in a healthy-ish way.
Try to be gentle w/ yourself & others; this isn’t normal, not just “the news”!
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 AM
This Epstein sh*t is taking a huge collective toll on our psyche, more so for trauma survivors.
Find support & nourishment, through professionals or friend circles to talk through the slime field in a healthy-ish way.
Try to be gentle w/ yourself & others; this isn’t normal, not just “the news”!
Find support & nourishment, through professionals or friend circles to talk through the slime field in a healthy-ish way.
Try to be gentle w/ yourself & others; this isn’t normal, not just “the news”!
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
Uppercase cat and lowercase cat. ♥️♥️
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Uppercase cat and lowercase cat. ♥️♥️
Nothing to add - there's no way to describe this presidency and much of the political and business class without sprinting toward calls for mass resignations and prosecutions.
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Nothing to add - there's no way to describe this presidency and much of the political and business class without sprinting toward calls for mass resignations and prosecutions.
Love is an action. Immigrants deserve safety, dignity, and joy—today and always. Join me in taking action to ensure we protect and stand up for immigrants. #ToImmigrantsWithLove #IStandWithImmigrants
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Love is an action. Immigrants deserve safety, dignity, and joy—today and always. Join me in taking action to ensure we protect and stand up for immigrants. #ToImmigrantsWithLove #IStandWithImmigrants
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In Oregon, ICE brutally attacked a U.S. citizen. Then, they abandoned her without offering any medical aid for her severe injuries.
February 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
In Oregon, ICE brutally attacked a U.S. citizen. Then, they abandoned her without offering any medical aid for her severe injuries.
Giving his Grammy to a kid was already gorgeous - and Bad Bunny has said "what is the point of all this fame if my purpose isn't to lift up young Puerto Rican artists" - but if that was Liam, or even meant to represent Liam, that's absolutely epic and beyond.
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Giving his Grammy to a kid was already gorgeous - and Bad Bunny has said "what is the point of all this fame if my purpose isn't to lift up young Puerto Rican artists" - but if that was Liam, or even meant to represent Liam, that's absolutely epic and beyond.
Beautiful and unapologetic Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Hoping that Stephen Miller is having a conniption and that people worldwide are considering the importance of an electrical grid powered by renewable energy.
Hoping that Stephen Miller is having a conniption and that people worldwide are considering the importance of an electrical grid powered by renewable energy.
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Beautiful and unapologetic Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Hoping that Stephen Miller is having a conniption and that people worldwide are considering the importance of an electrical grid powered by renewable energy.
Hoping that Stephen Miller is having a conniption and that people worldwide are considering the importance of an electrical grid powered by renewable energy.
This ongoing war on children in the US is heartbreaking, infuriating, maddening.
I am active against it every day, and every day my tax dollars are f***ing paying to inflict this harm.
The continual terror, even if they are not taken.
Call your reps, stage a protest… not in my name!
I am active against it every day, and every day my tax dollars are f***ing paying to inflict this harm.
The continual terror, even if they are not taken.
Call your reps, stage a protest… not in my name!
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 AM
This ongoing war on children in the US is heartbreaking, infuriating, maddening.
I am active against it every day, and every day my tax dollars are f***ing paying to inflict this harm.
The continual terror, even if they are not taken.
Call your reps, stage a protest… not in my name!
I am active against it every day, and every day my tax dollars are f***ing paying to inflict this harm.
The continual terror, even if they are not taken.
Call your reps, stage a protest… not in my name!
Yes I’m Italian but I found the Olympic opening ceremony particularly moving - we *can* have shared values across peoples. We *can* come together in dance, song, sport and weird solar system costumes.
February 7, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Yes I’m Italian but I found the Olympic opening ceremony particularly moving - we *can* have shared values across peoples. We *can* come together in dance, song, sport and weird solar system costumes.
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A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Italian readers 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 - suggestions for how to reconstruct eastern Sicily working WITH nature, following billions of dollars of damages that Cyclone Harry inflicted.
🌪️ Cyclones: a new thing we invented in the Mediterranean with fossil fuels. 🌪️ 💀
Ideas?
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/02/05/c...
🌪️ Cyclones: a new thing we invented in the Mediterranean with fossil fuels. 🌪️ 💀
Ideas?
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/02/05/c...
Blog | Ciclone Harry devasta la Sicilia: 2 miliardi di danni nel silenzio del governo
Il governo nazionale ignora gli effetti devastanti del ciclone Harry che ha colpito la Sicilia. Serve una ricostruzione sostenibile
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it
February 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Italian readers 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 - suggestions for how to reconstruct eastern Sicily working WITH nature, following billions of dollars of damages that Cyclone Harry inflicted.
🌪️ Cyclones: a new thing we invented in the Mediterranean with fossil fuels. 🌪️ 💀
Ideas?
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/02/05/c...
🌪️ Cyclones: a new thing we invented in the Mediterranean with fossil fuels. 🌪️ 💀
Ideas?
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/02/05/c...
Who's more likely to get prosecuted - people advocating for an end to an internationally recognized genocide or people in the Epstein files?
Infuriating and activism-fueling thought of the day.
Infuriating and activism-fueling thought of the day.
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Who's more likely to get prosecuted - people advocating for an end to an internationally recognized genocide or people in the Epstein files?
Infuriating and activism-fueling thought of the day.
Infuriating and activism-fueling thought of the day.
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️