April Gardner
@slignot.bsky.social
Proudly intolerant of intolerance. Formless terror in service of the Old Ones here to doom mankind.
Queer ace she/her
Queer ace she/her
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Before the ACA I could not be insured unless I joined a high risk pool. The last time I looked into that was 1998 and it would have cost me $8000 a year (the equivalent of $15,600 today) when I was only making $20k before taxes.
We cannot let these Fascist monsters drag us back to that.
We cannot let these Fascist monsters drag us back to that.
Republican Health Care Lingo Every Voter Should Know.
Do YOU know what your Republican Member of Congress means when they say things like "high-risk pools?"
It means they want to go back to when people with pre-existing conditions like cancer could be denied coverage.
Do YOU know what your Republican Member of Congress means when they say things like "high-risk pools?"
It means they want to go back to when people with pre-existing conditions like cancer could be denied coverage.
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Before the ACA I could not be insured unless I joined a high risk pool. The last time I looked into that was 1998 and it would have cost me $8000 a year (the equivalent of $15,600 today) when I was only making $20k before taxes.
We cannot let these Fascist monsters drag us back to that.
We cannot let these Fascist monsters drag us back to that.
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This colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
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They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Happy Saturday everyone! I'm a fused glass artist specializing in jewelry. This winter I'm branching into wreaths that make great decorations for walls, windows & Christmas trees.
I sell at nora.jewelry.
I'm donating 10% of this weekend's sales to Distribute Aid's harm reduction toolkit program.
I sell at nora.jewelry.
I'm donating 10% of this weekend's sales to Distribute Aid's harm reduction toolkit program.
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Happy Saturday everyone! I'm a fused glass artist specializing in jewelry. This winter I'm branching into wreaths that make great decorations for walls, windows & Christmas trees.
I sell at nora.jewelry.
I'm donating 10% of this weekend's sales to Distribute Aid's harm reduction toolkit program.
I sell at nora.jewelry.
I'm donating 10% of this weekend's sales to Distribute Aid's harm reduction toolkit program.
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"with no options for therapy"
for the gazillionth time: you can't therapy the adhd out of anyone! the therapy goes WITH the meds, not INSTEAD of the meds
for the gazillionth time: you can't therapy the adhd out of anyone! the therapy goes WITH the meds, not INSTEAD of the meds
trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"with no options for therapy"
for the gazillionth time: you can't therapy the adhd out of anyone! the therapy goes WITH the meds, not INSTEAD of the meds
for the gazillionth time: you can't therapy the adhd out of anyone! the therapy goes WITH the meds, not INSTEAD of the meds
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So Trump's stochastic terrorism worked as intended, at least three of the Democrats whose deaths he called for had bomb threats called into their offices today.
This on top of the five Indiana state senators who've been swatted.
And everyone's pretending like there's nothing to see there.
This on top of the five Indiana state senators who've been swatted.
And everyone's pretending like there's nothing to see there.
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
So Trump's stochastic terrorism worked as intended, at least three of the Democrats whose deaths he called for had bomb threats called into their offices today.
This on top of the five Indiana state senators who've been swatted.
And everyone's pretending like there's nothing to see there.
This on top of the five Indiana state senators who've been swatted.
And everyone's pretending like there's nothing to see there.
Had a terrifying and (so I thought, heartbreaking) scare just now. Spouse came in for help because a large dog was in the yard, there was a trail of silvery grey feathers, and he couldn't find our chickens.
All our girls have been found and seem okay (though Pusheen's britches are raggedy).
All our girls have been found and seem okay (though Pusheen's britches are raggedy).
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Had a terrifying and (so I thought, heartbreaking) scare just now. Spouse came in for help because a large dog was in the yard, there was a trail of silvery grey feathers, and he couldn't find our chickens.
All our girls have been found and seem okay (though Pusheen's britches are raggedy).
All our girls have been found and seem okay (though Pusheen's britches are raggedy).
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ARTISTS! You can DISABLE this feature! Protect yourself and don't assume that you're safe if you're an sfw artist!
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
ARTISTS! You can DISABLE this feature! Protect yourself and don't assume that you're safe if you're an sfw artist!
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I wrote about Judge Jerry Smith's 104-page anti-semitic pro-racial gerrymandering crashout opinion, published yesterday, dissenting from the order blocking Texas's new electoral district map
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I wrote about Judge Jerry Smith's 104-page anti-semitic pro-racial gerrymandering crashout opinion, published yesterday, dissenting from the order blocking Texas's new electoral district map
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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The latest from @angryblacklady.blacksky.app : Democrats Picked an Insurance Fight They Weren’t Willing to Win. Now Abortion Is On the Line—Again (Opinion)
Democrats Picked an Insurance Fight They Weren't Willing to Win. Now Abortion is On the Line—Again (Opinion)
Congressional Democrats face a new dilemma: Vote against affordable health care, or accept a nationwide rollback of abortion coverage.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The latest from @angryblacklady.blacksky.app : Democrats Picked an Insurance Fight They Weren’t Willing to Win. Now Abortion Is On the Line—Again (Opinion)
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The misogynistic fucks in the admin are trying to make it so that grad school certifications in female-dominated professions (nursing, therapy, education) no longer count as “professional degrees” & you can’t get loans to go to grad school.
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The misogynistic fucks in the admin are trying to make it so that grad school certifications in female-dominated professions (nursing, therapy, education) no longer count as “professional degrees” & you can’t get loans to go to grad school.
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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It’s Trans Day of Remembrance and yesterday was the anniversary of the Club Q shooting. I love y’all, please remember those of us who are gone and love the ones who are still here
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It’s Trans Day of Remembrance and yesterday was the anniversary of the Club Q shooting. I love y’all, please remember those of us who are gone and love the ones who are still here
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Three things:
1) No longer classifying swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag as hate symbols is quite bad, and in line with many other actions from this admin.
2) Congrats to the cancel culture moral panickers.
3) I don't think a good political response to this is to shrug at Nazi tattoos.
1) No longer classifying swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag as hate symbols is quite bad, and in line with many other actions from this admin.
2) Congrats to the cancel culture moral panickers.
3) I don't think a good political response to this is to shrug at Nazi tattoos.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Three things:
1) No longer classifying swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag as hate symbols is quite bad, and in line with many other actions from this admin.
2) Congrats to the cancel culture moral panickers.
3) I don't think a good political response to this is to shrug at Nazi tattoos.
1) No longer classifying swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag as hate symbols is quite bad, and in line with many other actions from this admin.
2) Congrats to the cancel culture moral panickers.
3) I don't think a good political response to this is to shrug at Nazi tattoos.
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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BREAKING: The HHS has re-released a May document purporting to review the evidence in youth gender medicine. The re-release includes authors from SEGM and the Manhattan Institute.
Read our story here:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Read our story here:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
HHS Re-releases Document Claiming to Review Youth Gender Medicine — Assigned
The original release did not include the names of the authors, who include conservative and anti-trans activists.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
BREAKING: The HHS has re-released a May document purporting to review the evidence in youth gender medicine. The re-release includes authors from SEGM and the Manhattan Institute.
Read our story here:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Read our story here:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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This is murder.
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is murder.
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I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered.
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered.
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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Which Kids Matter
Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry
#transphobia #transphobes
Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry
#transphobia #transphobes
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Which Kids Matter
Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry
#transphobia #transphobes
Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry
#transphobia #transphobes
Saw a truck with a Vegvisir on the way to work today. While there's a tiny chance it was someone using it innocently, love the much greater likelihood it was Nazi signaling.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Saw a truck with a Vegvisir on the way to work today. While there's a tiny chance it was someone using it innocently, love the much greater likelihood it was Nazi signaling.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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⚠️ No human-to-human H5N1 transmission has been confirmed, but airborne transmission is likely.
The more the virus is allowed to spread, the more mutations occur. It could mutate into a form transmissible between humans.
Outstanding investigative reporting by @natlash.bsky.social & @propublica.org:
The more the virus is allowed to spread, the more mutations occur. It could mutate into a form transmissible between humans.
Outstanding investigative reporting by @natlash.bsky.social & @propublica.org:
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
⚠️ No human-to-human H5N1 transmission has been confirmed, but airborne transmission is likely.
The more the virus is allowed to spread, the more mutations occur. It could mutate into a form transmissible between humans.
Outstanding investigative reporting by @natlash.bsky.social & @propublica.org:
The more the virus is allowed to spread, the more mutations occur. It could mutate into a form transmissible between humans.
Outstanding investigative reporting by @natlash.bsky.social & @propublica.org:
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To political centrists, conservatives moving to the far-right and failing "proves" that moving to the left is also bad. The two are equivalent in their mind. The issue isn't the actual beliefs, it's moving away from the center, which is bad in either direction.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
To political centrists, conservatives moving to the far-right and failing "proves" that moving to the left is also bad. The two are equivalent in their mind. The issue isn't the actual beliefs, it's moving away from the center, which is bad in either direction.