KirstC
@kirstco.bsky.social
Artist & designer & activist, #Deaf, #Auslan🤟, #RareDiseaseCogans, #DeafPower #Neurodivergent, and 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ally and carer mother bear. #EndAbleism♿ #EndRacism 🇺🇦💪🏾#EndMisogyny #EndTransmisia #RealChildSafety UNSW, USYD, TAFE 🐕🐶❤️!
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"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
cmarmitage.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
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“The action comes days after the United Nations confirmed famine in parts of the Gaza Strip for the first time, as Israel prepares for a military takeover…”
Solidarity with everyone marching in Australia today against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. We keep protesting to ensure survival for all.
Solidarity with everyone marching in Australia today against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. We keep protesting to ensure survival for all.
Thousands take to the streets at pro-Palestine protests across Australia after Gaza famine declaration
Organisers say Sunday could be the largest pro-Palestine demonstration in Australia’s history, with rallies in 40 cities and towns
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
“The action comes days after the United Nations confirmed famine in parts of the Gaza Strip for the first time, as Israel prepares for a military takeover…”
Solidarity with everyone marching in Australia today against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. We keep protesting to ensure survival for all.
Solidarity with everyone marching in Australia today against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. We keep protesting to ensure survival for all.
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A microscopic tardigrade going for a stroll through some algae.
Credit: Sinclair Stammers
Credit: Sinclair Stammers
August 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A microscopic tardigrade going for a stroll through some algae.
Credit: Sinclair Stammers
Credit: Sinclair Stammers
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i kid you not, all three men in that picture go by preferred names (not legal names)
Employees at NIH and CDC can no longer use preferred names, they must use their "legal name." So someone named Robert can't be called Bobby. This policy is intended to crack down on trans people but will affect far more cis people.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Exclusive: Trump administration banned chosen names at FDA, CDC, NIH under new gender policy
Health and Human Services employees were told in March to remove 'nicknames' from email systems and signatures to comply with Trump order on gender.
www.usatoday.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
i kid you not, all three men in that picture go by preferred names (not legal names)
If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them.
Andrea Dworkin, Life and Death.
Andrea Dworkin, Life and Death.
April 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them.
Andrea Dworkin, Life and Death.
Andrea Dworkin, Life and Death.
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What is wrong with this picture?
April 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
What is wrong with this picture?
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In mid-March, ICE started detaining immigrants in tent camps in the U.S. for the first time, built by a company once known for operating music festival facilities that is poised to make a fortune on Trump's deportation plans.
From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans
The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to…
www.propublica.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In mid-March, ICE started detaining immigrants in tent camps in the U.S. for the first time, built by a company once known for operating music festival facilities that is poised to make a fortune on Trump's deportation plans.
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I put a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
April 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I put a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
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Still one of my favorite videos.
April 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Still one of my favorite videos.
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Australian beef exports to China are up nearly 40% as U.S. beef exports to China grind to a halt over the tariff fight.
Australian exports surge into gap as US-China tariffs beef heats up
Australian grain-fed beef exports to China are surging as the trade war with the US escalates, but some are warning of a bigger, more worrying picture.
www.abc.net.au
April 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Australian beef exports to China are up nearly 40% as U.S. beef exports to China grind to a halt over the tariff fight.
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Witkoff is all over the media, boasting about his wonderful conversation with Putin, where they discussed transferring Ukrainian territories to Russia—territories that Russia does not even control.
Am I suddenly in some surreal alternative reality?
Am I suddenly in some surreal alternative reality?
April 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Witkoff is all over the media, boasting about his wonderful conversation with Putin, where they discussed transferring Ukrainian territories to Russia—territories that Russia does not even control.
Am I suddenly in some surreal alternative reality?
Am I suddenly in some surreal alternative reality?
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This should be obvious!
April 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This should be obvious!
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His job is to kill Americans
April 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
His job is to kill Americans
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Today’s #WorldHealthDay.
TransActual are asking for
1. An end to trans-hostile policy making.
2. Healthcare without discrimination.
3. All health professionals to understand trans people’s needs.
4. Timely access to appropriate transition related care that respects our autonomy.
#Trans #TransHealth
TransActual are asking for
1. An end to trans-hostile policy making.
2. Healthcare without discrimination.
3. All health professionals to understand trans people’s needs.
4. Timely access to appropriate transition related care that respects our autonomy.
#Trans #TransHealth
April 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today’s #WorldHealthDay.
TransActual are asking for
1. An end to trans-hostile policy making.
2. Healthcare without discrimination.
3. All health professionals to understand trans people’s needs.
4. Timely access to appropriate transition related care that respects our autonomy.
#Trans #TransHealth
TransActual are asking for
1. An end to trans-hostile policy making.
2. Healthcare without discrimination.
3. All health professionals to understand trans people’s needs.
4. Timely access to appropriate transition related care that respects our autonomy.
#Trans #TransHealth
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April 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Australia needs to plan for America’s invasion of Greenland and the inevitability of Europe and NATO countries being dragged into war to defend it. Where do we stand, and are we ready? #Greenland #NATO #USInvasion #Australia #AnthonyAlbanese
www.timeslive.co.za/amp/news/wor...
www.timeslive.co.za/amp/news/wor...
EU finance ministers to discuss joint fund to buy and own defence gear
EU finance ministers will discuss this week the setting up of a joint intergovernmental defence fund that would buy and own defence equipment, and charge members a fee for its use, a paper prepared fo...
www.timeslive.co.za
April 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Australia needs to plan for America’s invasion of Greenland and the inevitability of Europe and NATO countries being dragged into war to defend it. Where do we stand, and are we ready? #Greenland #NATO #USInvasion #Australia #AnthonyAlbanese
www.timeslive.co.za/amp/news/wor...
www.timeslive.co.za/amp/news/wor...
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
Marco Rubio, has canceled and blocked the transfer of key evidence to European law enforcement. Without this support, it will be significantly harder to locate and rescue kidnapped children, hold Russia accountable for war crimes, and ensure that stolen children are returned to Ukraine.
Russia has carried out the systematic kidnapping of tens of thousands of Ukrainian children, erasing their identities and forcing them into Russian families.
Now, Trump, Musk, and Rubio are helping Russia cover up this genocide as his regime cancels a crucial contract working on this horror
Now, Trump, Musk, and Rubio are helping Russia cover up this genocide as his regime cancels a crucial contract working on this horror
Trump Is Helping Russia Get Away With Genocide
State Department terminated a contract that assisted in documenting evidence of Russian's mass kidnapping of Ukrainian children
olgalautman.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Marco Rubio, has canceled and blocked the transfer of key evidence to European law enforcement. Without this support, it will be significantly harder to locate and rescue kidnapped children, hold Russia accountable for war crimes, and ensure that stolen children are returned to Ukraine.