Cactus, Texas is a small town an hour north of Amarillo on the plains of the Panhandle. Two weeks before Christmas in 2006, roughly 10% of the residents of Cactus disappeared.

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I’ve heard some stories recently of people complying with fascists’ demands after they were threatened.

As a violence researcher (and someone who has received a good deal of threats), everyone should know that complying will not save you. It only teaches the threatener that threats work.

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

Kudos to the Mighty Girl who led dozens of middle schoolers in a peaceful walkout at Patch Middle School, a Department of Defense school in Germany. The students were protesting Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth's visit and the Trump administration's crackdown on diversity initiatives in military schools!

The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?

From porn to sex toys to education to birth control, why does the state hate bodily pleasure?

Big day for fans of measles, bird-flu, polio, and all sorts of other preventable deadly diseases.

The @zinnedproject.bsky.social's website is a wealth of information for educators, yes but also parents. Raising informed, ethical and kind kids in this era is getting more challenging by the day. www.zinnedproject.org

House Republicans unveiled their budget plan this week.

Here's the summary.

Step 1: Take billions from health care and kids' food.

Step 2: Give the money in tax cuts to the rich.

Step 3: Profit.

Good morning!

Though the government can make it more difficult for trans people to navigate certain spaces, they cannot decide who you are or how you identify. Here's how trans people can protect themselves now that Trump is in office. ⤵️