Brooke!
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She/Her. Phillies. Live Music. Books. Award Shows. Song contests. Off-the-rails ramblings.
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I cannot overemphasize how fucked we all are in terms of public health.
For the first time, a map has been created that allows people to type in their ZIP code and see an estimated percentage of their neighbors who have been vaccinated against measles, which can help determine the risk of the disease in their area.
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New map shows how to spot the measles risk level in your ZIP code
For the first time, a map allows people to type in their ZIP code and determine the risk of measles in their area based on vaccination coverage.
abcnews.go.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:14 AM
I cannot overemphasize how fucked we all are in terms of public health.
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Uhhhhhhhhhhh Tonight I learned.......
Tired: hating the Dodgers because they spend a lot more money than your team does
Wired: hating the Dodgers because their ownernership has financial ties to ICE detention centers
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Wired: hating the Dodgers because their ownernership has financial ties to ICE detention centers
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L.A. Dodgers Owner’s Ties to Private Prisons and Surveillance Spark Backlash from Latino Fans
As thousands of Latinos and immigrant families pack Dodger Stadium night after night, the team’s billionaire owner has faced growing scrutiny over financial connections to companies profiting from …
sdvoice.info
January 16, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Uhhhhhhhhhhh Tonight I learned.......
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THE HUMAN BRAIN: so we’re going to need between seven and nine hours of sleep every night in order to function
HUMANS: okay
THE HUMAN BRAIN: and I’m gonna do everything in my power to make sure we never, ever get it.
HUMANS: okay
THE HUMAN BRAIN: and I’m gonna do everything in my power to make sure we never, ever get it.
January 16, 2026 at 8:27 AM
THE HUMAN BRAIN: so we’re going to need between seven and nine hours of sleep every night in order to function
HUMANS: okay
THE HUMAN BRAIN: and I’m gonna do everything in my power to make sure we never, ever get it.
HUMANS: okay
THE HUMAN BRAIN: and I’m gonna do everything in my power to make sure we never, ever get it.
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My takeaway from some of these Heated Rivalry takes is that people who have never so much as watched a Hallmark Christmas Movie or read even a romance novel think they have points to make because they are unwilling to engage with Romance as a serious genre. And as a result, they sound stupid.
January 16, 2026 at 4:20 AM
My takeaway from some of these Heated Rivalry takes is that people who have never so much as watched a Hallmark Christmas Movie or read even a romance novel think they have points to make because they are unwilling to engage with Romance as a serious genre. And as a result, they sound stupid.
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A big part of why the Right is furious at White women right now is because they're increasingly using their Whiteness as shield and a weapon and it's honestly fucking great.
January 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
A big part of why the Right is furious at White women right now is because they're increasingly using their Whiteness as shield and a weapon and it's honestly fucking great.
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we are never going to have another baseball season after this year so enjoy it
January 16, 2026 at 3:06 AM
we are never going to have another baseball season after this year so enjoy it
If you're in line to wish harm upon the Dodgers, stay in line!
If you wish harm upon the Dodgers, you are wishing harm upon America.
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
If you're in line to wish harm upon the Dodgers, stay in line!
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The Black Panthers in Philadelphia have initiated armed community defense initiatives to counter ICE kidnapping raids within the city. (January 15, 2026) ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾
January 15, 2026 at 11:32 PM
The Black Panthers in Philadelphia have initiated armed community defense initiatives to counter ICE kidnapping raids within the city. (January 15, 2026) ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾
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ICE murdered a Cuban man at a concentration camp on American soil built and staffed using our tax dollars
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 16, 2026 at 1:48 AM
ICE murdered a Cuban man at a concentration camp on American soil built and staffed using our tax dollars
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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stop yelling at me and start yelling at the cheap ass billionaire owner of your favorite MLB team who refuses to spend any money and has convinced you that it’s normal to behave that way.
We know they’re all getting obscenely richer under Trump, too!
We know they’re all getting obscenely richer under Trump, too!
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
stop yelling at me and start yelling at the cheap ass billionaire owner of your favorite MLB team who refuses to spend any money and has convinced you that it’s normal to behave that way.
We know they’re all getting obscenely richer under Trump, too!
We know they’re all getting obscenely richer under Trump, too!
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U.S. citizen detained by ICE:
“…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”
“…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
U.S. citizen detained by ICE:
“…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”
“…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”
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I wanna live to see the day where I no longer have to remember everything I know about tear gas.
BAN TEAR GAS AND DESTROY THE STOCKPILES!
BAN TEAR GAS AND DESTROY THE STOCKPILES!
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I wanna live to see the day where I no longer have to remember everything I know about tear gas.
BAN TEAR GAS AND DESTROY THE STOCKPILES!
BAN TEAR GAS AND DESTROY THE STOCKPILES!
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been thinking a lot about James Baldwin recently - from a 1970 documentary
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
been thinking a lot about James Baldwin recently - from a 1970 documentary
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Excellent book that provides some context to the decades-long bipartisan project to scapegoat immigrants for various problems in the U.S.
Excited to share that the book I’ve been writing about immigration, abolition, and lessons from the movement will be out this May from Haymarket Books. It's called Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition – and feels as urgent as ever. bit.ly/buy-unbuildw...
January 15, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Excellent book that provides some context to the decades-long bipartisan project to scapegoat immigrants for various problems in the U.S.
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“This is another Tuskegee” is not hyperbole. good reporting from IM
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 AM
“This is another Tuskegee” is not hyperbole. good reporting from IM
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There are lots of summaries of this stuff, but Matthew‘s is more clearly written than most. They’re not your lawyer (and I’m not either!) but this is a good quick guide for what to do when a goon shows up at your door.
ICE agents love to wave around paper that looks official. Most of it is a scam — administrative forms signed by ICE supervisors, not real judicial warrants signed by judges. Let's go through what that scam paper looks like versus a real judicial warrant.
How to Legally Protect People in Your Home from ICE | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Get more from Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland on Patreon
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January 15, 2026 at 11:37 AM
There are lots of summaries of this stuff, but Matthew‘s is more clearly written than most. They’re not your lawyer (and I’m not either!) but this is a good quick guide for what to do when a goon shows up at your door.
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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has anyone figured out a way out that isn’t through
March 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
has anyone figured out a way out that isn’t through
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I’ll put up prints today 🫶🏽🫶🏽
January 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I’ll put up prints today 🫶🏽🫶🏽
🖤 A close friend of mine died in ICE custody after being denied medical care. His name was Parady La. This was preventable. Please watch and share so his family’s story is not erased. #ICEDetention
January 15, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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🖤 A close friend of mine died in ICE custody after being denied medical care. His name was Parady La. This was preventable. Please watch and share so his family’s story is not erased. #ICEDetention
January 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
🖤 A close friend of mine died in ICE custody after being denied medical care. His name was Parady La. This was preventable. Please watch and share so his family’s story is not erased. #ICEDetention
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Based on the City of Minneapolis and confirmed by a friend in the city, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been involved in another shooting in the northern part of the city, two people shot by ICE officer(s). Situation is developing, more information to come.
January 15, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Based on the City of Minneapolis and confirmed by a friend in the city, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been involved in another shooting in the northern part of the city, two people shot by ICE officer(s). Situation is developing, more information to come.
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A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 11:58 PM
A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country