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Rebecca Salazar Leon
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haunted swamp femme, PhD // author of sulphurtongue (2021) & antibody (2025) // (she/they) 🇨🇴🤎🇵🇸
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kimfahner.bsky.social
Happy to have my review of Rebecca Salazar’s antibody up at periodicities this month! Such a great collection of work! Thanks to @periodicities.bsky.social and
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October 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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washingtonpost.com
Federal immigration authorities detained a woman seeking medical care at the National Institutes of Health’s flagship research hospital after the patient presented a non-real ID while passing security.
Patient seeking care at NIH hospital detained by ICE
NIH officials called immigration authorities after the patient presented a non-real ID while passing security at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.
wapo.st
August 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Anti vaxx rhetoric is dangerous.

Not only does it promote the spread of contagious and preventable disease, but it radicalizes people.

The disinformation campaigns prey on people’s fears.

The Emory gunman appears to have been targeting the CDC because he believed the COVID vaccine hurt him:
Live updates: Shooter appeared to target CDC headquarters in shooting that left police officer dead, sources say | CNN
A police officer was killed during an active shooter incident on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, according to a law enforcement official. The shooter is also dead, according to authorities....
www.cnn.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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dustylucite.bsky.social
It’s like nobody remembers the corpses spilling out of refrigerated morgue trucks for 18 months before the vaccine existed. Your health issues are not from the vaccine, they’re from the damn virus you keep catching because nobody masks and we collectively refuse to clean the air in shared spaces!
exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · Aug 9
A gunman opened fire on the CDC campus in Atlanta this evening, and the shooter and a police officer are dead, according to authorities.

The shooter was ill, and blamed their vaccinations for COVID.

www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
CDC Buildings Hit by Gunfire
Agency may have been the target of shooter who blamed his illness on COVID shots
www.medpagetoday.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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jmbooyah.bsky.social
Gaza has reached catastrophic levels of famine, according to aid and human rights organizations, which raises the stakes of each fundraising campaign and even each post on Bluesky. The impact of donating to individual campaigns can be immediate www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
August 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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jmbooyah.bsky.social
New: Israel is starving Palestinians, forcing them to beg for donations on sites like Bluesky. Their accounts keep getting flagged as spam. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam
People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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cristianfarias.com
This Rümeysa Öztürk hearing is radicalizing.

I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.

Dark, dark stuff.
May 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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butchanarchy.bsky.social
holy shit Rümeysa Öztürk has been released! may all others kidnapped alongside her be released also and may their prison burn and may the social order that built these prisons come to ash with it
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · May 9
Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.

📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
Two woman walking and embracing each other in front of an ICE detention center. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress and heels. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. Members of the press are in the background. Two women standing, smiling, and embracing each other with grass, water, and the sky in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress. Two woman stand next to each other and hold onto one another. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. In the background is the fence of an ICE detention center.
May 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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levin.bsky.social
Trump is pushing for mask bans. @governor.ny.gov is trying to do his bidding by hiding one in the New York budget. Say #NoNYmaskBan
broadwaybabyto.bsky.social Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Apr 21
One of the best ways you can help disabled people and fight fascism is by wearing a mask.

Representation and visibility matter. When you wear a mask you tell us you care about making public spaces safe & accessible.

You also make it harder for mask bans to pass.

Mask up. We need you.
April 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys to ICE: "Mr. Khalil's wife has just gone into labor this morning in New York City, eight days earlier than expected. A two week furlough in this civil detention matter would be both reasonable and humane ..."

ICE's reply: DENIED storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Dear Ms. Harper, We write as counsel for Mahmoud Khalil (A-number: | Facility: Jena) to request that Mr. Khalil be released on furlough immediately for a period of two weeks. Mr. Khalil's wife has just gone into labor this morning in New York City, eight days earlier than expected. A two week furlough in this civil detention matter would be both reasonable and humane so that both parents can be present for the birth of their first child. Undersigned counsel and Mr. Khalil would be open to any combination of conditions that would allow furlough from ICE's perspective, including a GPS ankle monitor and/or scheduled check-ins. We would be grateful for a prompt reply in light of this urgent development. Thank you in advance, Mr. Kassem, Thank you for your email. After consideration of the submitted information and a review of your client's case, your request for furlough is denied. Mellissa B. Harper Field Office Director New Orleans Field Office Enforcement and Removal Operations Immigration and Customs Enforcement
April 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
fighting tears
a screenshot of the first several paragraphs of the quote-skeeted article, with the following paragraphs highlighted in yellow: “If I die, I want a loud death,” Hassouna wrote on social media. “I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear, an impact that will remain through time, and a timeless image that cannot be buried by time or place.” On Wednesday, just days before her wedding, 25-year-old Hassouna was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit her home in northern Gaza. Ten members of her family, including her pregnant sister, were also killed. The Israeli military said it had been a targeted strike on a Hamas member involved in attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians.
April 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
Fuck the UK Supreme Court, fuck transphobes, and fuck J.K. Rowling in particular. Trans lives matter. Trans women are women. Buy trans books, and support trans people and trans rights now and always.
pairofclaws.bsky.social Abra, Sexy Hellmouth 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Feb 22
On that note:

Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.

Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.

Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
pairofclaws.bsky.social Abra, Sexy Hellmouth 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Feb 22
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"

So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
April 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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wearehighered.bsky.social
Thanks to your reports, we have created a tracker of college campus Visa revocations. Please continue to let us know if you hear of these (names of colleges and number of revocations).

www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
Campus Abductions — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
April 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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queerfmvan.bsky.social
TODAY on @queerfmvan 🎙️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ we have a jam packed @queerfmvan April 1st 8am PST • 11am EST • 4pm GMT 🏳️‍🌈🎙️Join Hosts Barb @megamouthmedia.bsky.social Snelgrove / #DJDeniseFraser + guests Author @rsalazar.bsky.social and band #chromeharvest + #LGBTQIA tunes n talk!
Streams www.citr.ca
#lgbtqiathreads
April 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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April 1st @queerfmvan Hosts Barb @megamouthmedia.bsky.social Snelgrove & #DJDeniseFraser welcome Author/Poet REBBECA SALAZAR @rsalazar.bsky.social to chat about their new book of poetry “antibody”.
Visit our Insta 4 details & guest bio!
Streams at www.citr.ca 8am PST • 11am EST • 4pm GMT #queerbooks
March 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM