Maggie Dickinson
@mag2d2.bsky.social
Writing about shoplifting food, CUNY for life, mother of twins and cats
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
I know this man does not care (and maybe enjoys toying with folks on SNAP) but parents are trying to figure out how they are going to feed their kids. The level of stress and anxiety every time some confusing new report comes out is its own form of cruelty.
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I know this man does not care (and maybe enjoys toying with folks on SNAP) but parents are trying to figure out how they are going to feed their kids. The level of stress and anxiety every time some confusing new report comes out is its own form of cruelty.
They are bringing back the poorhouse.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
They are bringing back the poorhouse.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
The magnitude of 42 million people losing SNAP all at once is hard to fathom.
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
n.pr
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The magnitude of 42 million people losing SNAP all at once is hard to fathom.
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As a person who twice barely avoided getting kidnapped and sent to conversion therapy by my own family members it is very disheartening to hear that conversion therapy is still being discussed. Last i checked the only thing it converts is living kids to dead ones.
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
As a person who twice barely avoided getting kidnapped and sent to conversion therapy by my own family members it is very disheartening to hear that conversion therapy is still being discussed. Last i checked the only thing it converts is living kids to dead ones.
Literally welfare reform for public housing. Clinton opened this pandora's box in 1996 and this was always where it was headed - start with cash assistance and then use work requirements and time limits to gut every inch of the safety net.
If the Trump administration has its way, nearly *four million* people—half of them children—will be at imminent risk of eviction and homelessness.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan
Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...
www.propublica.org
September 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Literally welfare reform for public housing. Clinton opened this pandora's box in 1996 and this was always where it was headed - start with cash assistance and then use work requirements and time limits to gut every inch of the safety net.
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"[T]he first major successful BDS campaign at an academic sociological association, as realized through the suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society."
"The struggle for a free Palestine continues, and we call on all scholars to join us."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
"The struggle for a free Palestine continues, and we call on all scholars to join us."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
International Sociological Association bars Israeli public institutions from membership over refusal to condemn genocide
The suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society by the International Sociological Association marks a significant milestone in the international academic boycott of Israel.
mondoweiss.net
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"[T]he first major successful BDS campaign at an academic sociological association, as realized through the suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society."
"The struggle for a free Palestine continues, and we call on all scholars to join us."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
"The struggle for a free Palestine continues, and we call on all scholars to join us."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
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The only thing with a chance of defending higher ed is a network of organized faculty and staff.
We're the ones who actually believe in our mission. Most admin and trustees don't. Those who do are welcome, but they are rare.
It's only us. And a lot of us are already active. So if you're not, join!
We're the ones who actually believe in our mission. Most admin and trustees don't. Those who do are welcome, but they are rare.
It's only us. And a lot of us are already active. So if you're not, join!
July 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The only thing with a chance of defending higher ed is a network of organized faculty and staff.
We're the ones who actually believe in our mission. Most admin and trustees don't. Those who do are welcome, but they are rare.
It's only us. And a lot of us are already active. So if you're not, join!
We're the ones who actually believe in our mission. Most admin and trustees don't. Those who do are welcome, but they are rare.
It's only us. And a lot of us are already active. So if you're not, join!
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Read this whole thread. The EO is a huge regressive step. And Brian's not wrong to be worried about this point in particular. The major theme of Trump II social policy is old-style Poor Law thinking, down to the indoor versus outdoor relief distinction.
It's not at all alarmist to expect that the new network of detention centers will be used to confine unhoused people—and to extract free labor from them. Everything in this executive order points in that direction.
July 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Read this whole thread. The EO is a huge regressive step. And Brian's not wrong to be worried about this point in particular. The major theme of Trump II social policy is old-style Poor Law thinking, down to the indoor versus outdoor relief distinction.
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Academics, if you need a reason, in these urgent times, reminder that @workshops4gaza.bsky.social has set up a tab where you can redirect membership fees and conference costs from AHA, MLA, AWP & PEN to the Sameer Project, run by Palestinians open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...
[W4G] Life Funds for Gaza
Scholars, writers, educators & artists -- stop sending funds to the orgs & institutions that continue to double down on their allegiance to the death machines of Zionism and empire. Send funds to support life in Gaza instead! Resign and donate your membership fees Refuse to attend their conferences and donate
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Academics, if you need a reason, in these urgent times, reminder that @workshops4gaza.bsky.social has set up a tab where you can redirect membership fees and conference costs from AHA, MLA, AWP & PEN to the Sameer Project, run by Palestinians open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...
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The Orwellian myth at the heart of industrial agriculture?
That environmental destruction is actually conservation.
This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.
📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
That environmental destruction is actually conservation.
This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.
📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
The Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” – Spectre Journal
Members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the "feed-the-world" approaches to feed security.
spectrejournal.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Orwellian myth at the heart of industrial agriculture?
That environmental destruction is actually conservation.
This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.
📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
That environmental destruction is actually conservation.
This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.
📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
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We just dropped a completely new merch store, and we couldn't be more excited!
100% of proceeds go toward the strike fund for union Starbucks workers. ✊🔥
SHOP NOW - www.unioncoffeegear.com
100% of proceeds go toward the strike fund for union Starbucks workers. ✊🔥
SHOP NOW - www.unioncoffeegear.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We just dropped a completely new merch store, and we couldn't be more excited!
100% of proceeds go toward the strike fund for union Starbucks workers. ✊🔥
SHOP NOW - www.unioncoffeegear.com
100% of proceeds go toward the strike fund for union Starbucks workers. ✊🔥
SHOP NOW - www.unioncoffeegear.com
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Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.
June 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.
Actual indoctrination in the classroom. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Red states tell colleges: Race and gender classes are out, civics in
Lawmakers in Utah, Ohio and Florida have mandated classes on civics and Western civilization and cut classes on race and gender from graduation requirements
www.washingtonpost.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Actual indoctrination in the classroom. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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if any other country suddenly moved to expel half a million - HALF A MILLION - nonwhite immigrants, reporters would call that a crime against humanity. forced transfer of population falls under that designation; it's also one of the defining aspects of genocide. i'm incandescently angry over this.
May 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
if any other country suddenly moved to expel half a million - HALF A MILLION - nonwhite immigrants, reporters would call that a crime against humanity. forced transfer of population falls under that designation; it's also one of the defining aspects of genocide. i'm incandescently angry over this.
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I am remembering a moment when Congress was up in arms about plagiarism charges that were no where near as clear cut.
The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I am remembering a moment when Congress was up in arms about plagiarism charges that were no where near as clear cut.
Withdrawing the incredibly successful pandemic social welfare programs is one of the less talked about facets of our descent into overt fascism.
During the pandemic, the US implemented the most effective social welfare policies in our history -- programs that worked because they were big enough, simple, and universal. And then we withdrew them. This remains imo the central economic-policy story of our times. davisvanguard.org/2025/05/3hou...
May 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Withdrawing the incredibly successful pandemic social welfare programs is one of the less talked about facets of our descent into overt fascism.
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There is no need for Medicaid work requirements because almost everyone who can work is working.
What we are getting instead is Medicaid work *reporting* requirements, where people lose coverage because of administrative burdens.
What we are getting instead is Medicaid work *reporting* requirements, where people lose coverage because of administrative burdens.
May 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
There is no need for Medicaid work requirements because almost everyone who can work is working.
What we are getting instead is Medicaid work *reporting* requirements, where people lose coverage because of administrative burdens.
What we are getting instead is Medicaid work *reporting* requirements, where people lose coverage because of administrative burdens.
They are running the welfare reform playbook on SNAP - pushing funding onto the states adding work requirements. SNAP has become the safety net of last resort over the last 25 years and now they are shredding it while cutting $ for food banks. They are legislating hunger.
“it would also mark the first time in the history of SNAP that the federal government would no longer ensure children in every state have access to food benefits” www.cnbc.com/2025/05/21/s...
Food stamps face 'biggest cut in the program's history' under GOP tax bill
As lawmakers look to renew certain tax rules, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is poised to see big cuts. Here's how those benefits may change.
www.cnbc.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
They are running the welfare reform playbook on SNAP - pushing funding onto the states adding work requirements. SNAP has become the safety net of last resort over the last 25 years and now they are shredding it while cutting $ for food banks. They are legislating hunger.
This student is so brave. And also - watch the faculty who cheer her on and those who squirm.
WOW: Absolute RESPECT to Cecilia Culver for delivering a courageous, and kickass, commencement speech that calls out her university's complicity with genocide
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6w...
STANDING OVATION!!! | Cecilia Culver, The George Washington University 2025 Commencement Speech
YouTube video by EverydayPal
www.youtube.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This student is so brave. And also - watch the faculty who cheer her on and those who squirm.
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Here is a clip of the student's speech.
May 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here is a clip of the student's speech.