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Coping with the stress and uncertainty while on furlough is tough, and for some folks it’s helpful to begin the day with a consistent routine.

I start my day with some light housekeeping, such as taking out the trash. 🚮 ✅
October 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Noem’s twin luxury jets cost taxpayers $170mil. What else could we have bought for that kind of cash?

💰The entire FY22 salary and benefits budget request for the Coast Guard (1)

💰Guaranteed loans for small businesses that are inaccessible during the shutdown. (2)
Kristi Noem defends $170M purchase of Gulfstream jets for DHS leaders
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended a contract to spend more than $170 million on new jets for the U.S. Coast Guard, including one that will be used for the secretary’s travel. The Dep…
thehill.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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ryan, i and @thefreeradical.org were working on getting through this release years ago, but its massive, hard to search and very taxing with how horrid the contents are and we just didnt have enough eyes or hands to get through it.
August 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The ICE Facility in Phoenix you probably didn’t know existed azmirror.com/2025/08/29/t...
The ICE Facility in Phoenix you probably didn’t know existed
Phoenix ICE detention facility at Mesa airport holds immigrants for extended periods without basic amenities
azmirror.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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New It Could Happen Here 🏳️‍⚧️

Mia continues her conversation with journalist David Forbes about two recent horrific anti-trans bills in North Carolina and how Democrats made them possible.

@miawong.bsky.social @davidforbes.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
August 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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9. We should feel inspired by their ability to persevere and fight through a situation that was just as bad or even worse than the situation many of us face today.

Do not obey in advance and despair.

Instead, resist, rebel, and scream for your right to live to your last breath.
January 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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8. These are just a few of many, many actions taken by a very small number of AIDS activists in just one city that dramatically shifted the health outcomes and public narrative of a pandemic that has impacted hundreds of millions of people. Their actions ended the mass deaths of LGBT people.
January 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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4. "In November 1993, the suit was settled, with the clinic agreeing to pay the HIV-positive man $85,000. The Ventura demonstration also helped found ACT UP/Ventura."
January 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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4. "A month later ACT UP/LA took action against a Ventura; medical clinic for refusing to treat the wounds of an HIV-positive man."
"The demonstration (in a driving rainstorm) followed the first-ever filing of an AIDS discrimination lawsuit under the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act. "
January 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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3. "In February 1992 ACT UP/LA exposed the medical apartheid existing in Los Angeles by demonstrating at USC University Hospital, an institution serving only patients with private insurance."
January 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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1. "Soon after, LA County acceded to the central demand for the creation of a dedicated AIDS unit at the hospital, and in September 1989 a 20-bed unit was opened.
2. In March 1989, ACT UP/LA demonstrated at Cedars-Sinai MC in support of a proposed AIDS ward, and in May 1989 the ward was approved."
January 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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1. "In early 1989, ACT UP/LA conducted a week-long vigil, complete with tents and a soup kitchen, outside the LA County Hospital. This action launched a sustained campaign lasting all spring and included a disruption of a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting that resulted in 15 arrests."
4. ACT UP LA organizing history archive that I highly suggest reading:

oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:...

I am working on a story covering ACT UP LA, but in the meantime I do want to emphasize that it's extremely important for every single trans person to become organized as soon as possible!!
ACT UP / Los Angeles records
oac.cdlib.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Its monday! Now is the time to call your reps!

And especially take the time to complain about how companies like Paypal are now acting in a retaliatory manner towards CUSTOMERS of legal adult content.

Demand legislative action
#SaveSpeech

Continue calling your representatives about these federal bills. All of these are some flavor of bad-for-the-internet.

additionally, try to emphasize how much you want to see legislation passed to stop paypros from censoring/debanking legal work!

www.congress.gov/members/find...
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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*and media in general: don’t undersell the tremendous amount of text material at itch.io!
July 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Someone mentioned if you have a 401k (hah!) that invests in either company, you can e-mail their investor relations groups because you're a shareholder and that has higher likelihood of impact because they have to respond to shareholders.
July 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Someone put together an awesome Google Doc with as much info piled together as possible

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Anti-Censorship Campaign
⊘Anti-Censorship Campaign ⊘ ⟡ Complaint Letter Template Customer Complaint Dept, This message is to lodge an official complaint about the ongoing rampant restrictions your company has placed on ...
docs.google.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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You may remember this from a couple years ago. Several states withdrew from a reliable and robust interstate compact to compare voter information (ERIC). They wanted a source they could manipulate. Looks like they found one. www.ncsl.org/resources/de...
July 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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The database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Australia is out!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com

We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year!

Thanks to all collaborators
AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia
Motivation Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are central to plant nutrient acquisition, soil carbon dynamics, and ecosystem resilience. Yet, their biogeography remains incompletely characterised, pa...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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I can't believe this only ended up getting 3,590 supporters when it needed 10,000; it was a sad day. This has unlocked a new fixation, and I will campaign to get this reopened... #Drosophila #Tribolium #CoolScience #FruitFlies

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Arthropod Model Organisms | LEGO® Ideas
Scientists have learned a great deal about biology from a handful of "model organisms" – animals with unique characteristics that make them excellent for labora…
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July 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Plants originating from more extreme biomes have improved leaf thermoregulation
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
July 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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I only learned this a few days ago! bsky.app/profile/amnh...
🦈 Dive into the Museum’s collections with Ryan Thoni, curatorial associate of Ichthyology, and meet the shark that inspired the #Jaws movie poster!
July 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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5/5 We can’t undo this SCOTUS ruling, but we can stay informed & vigilant. We must support independent science, demand transparency from HHS, and report any moves that undermine evidence-based care. #ProtectScience #PublicHealth #ProtectScience #PSTF
June 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM