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This is a fascinating summary of research into protest tactics, media response, and ultimately the influence on public opinion...
I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
June 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is a fascinating summary of research into protest tactics, media response, and ultimately the influence on public opinion...
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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Wonderful piece by journalist Margaret Sullivan (and thank you for the kind words!).
You asked for 'action steps' for this troubling moment: Here are a few for your consideration.
Read here
👉 margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/you-asked-...
You asked for 'action steps' for this troubling moment: Here are a few for your consideration.
Read here
👉 margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/you-asked-...
December 23, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Wonderful piece by journalist Margaret Sullivan (and thank you for the kind words!).
You asked for 'action steps' for this troubling moment: Here are a few for your consideration.
Read here
👉 margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/you-asked-...
You asked for 'action steps' for this troubling moment: Here are a few for your consideration.
Read here
👉 margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/you-asked-...
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I stole much @kateelliottsff.bsky.social's list of causes to support and added electoral ones of my own.
Let me know what you think.
Let me know what you think.
Some legal organizations to support in the coming year:
National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org
Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org
Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org
ACLU www.aclu.org
National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org
Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org
Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org
ACLU www.aclu.org
November 7, 2024 at 12:32 PM
I stole much @kateelliottsff.bsky.social's list of causes to support and added electoral ones of my own.
Let me know what you think.
Let me know what you think.
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There's got to be a new corollary to Poe's Law that says something like "You cannot write a science fiction premise so obviously nightmarish and terrible that some insanely wealthy tech dingbat won't think 'gee, what an awesome idea'"
October 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM
There's got to be a new corollary to Poe's Law that says something like "You cannot write a science fiction premise so obviously nightmarish and terrible that some insanely wealthy tech dingbat won't think 'gee, what an awesome idea'"
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Did you know @zinrock.bsky.social does SENSITIVITY READS for:
Black Womanhood
Depression
C/PTSD
Anxiety
Addiction
Mental Illness
Destitution
Sex Work
Isolation
Horror
The Weird
Sensitivity reads are essential! You should get in on this!
x.com/intelligentw...
Black Womanhood
Depression
C/PTSD
Anxiety
Addiction
Mental Illness
Destitution
Sex Work
Isolation
Horror
The Weird
Sensitivity reads are essential! You should get in on this!
x.com/intelligentw...
x.com
x.com
May 24, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Did you know @zinrock.bsky.social does SENSITIVITY READS for:
Black Womanhood
Depression
C/PTSD
Anxiety
Addiction
Mental Illness
Destitution
Sex Work
Isolation
Horror
The Weird
Sensitivity reads are essential! You should get in on this!
x.com/intelligentw...
Black Womanhood
Depression
C/PTSD
Anxiety
Addiction
Mental Illness
Destitution
Sex Work
Isolation
Horror
The Weird
Sensitivity reads are essential! You should get in on this!
x.com/intelligentw...
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I can’t stress how dangerous 20+ years of teaching men STEM without Humanities has been for all of us
May 14, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I can’t stress how dangerous 20+ years of teaching men STEM without Humanities has been for all of us
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So weird how throughout history that those who have used the law to commit vile acts on anyone who can get pregnant are the dudes who live to commit vile acts on anyone who can get pregnant.
How perfect. The Speaker of the Arizona House when the no abortions in Arizona territory law passed was a well known pedophile who was chased out of federal office for it, having married, raped, and impregnated 12, 14, and 15 year old girls.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Perspective | Meet the ‘pursuer of nubile young females’ who helped pass Arizona’s 1864 abortion law
The Arizona Supreme Court has decided the law is still relevant. So let’s talk about the guy who led the body that passed it.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM
So weird how throughout history that those who have used the law to commit vile acts on anyone who can get pregnant are the dudes who live to commit vile acts on anyone who can get pregnant.
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On this episode of The Indicator from @planetmoney.bsky.social: What if there was a cost-effective option to bury people, one that was good for the Earth and your pocket book? Today, we look at the prices and features of sustainable burials.
www.npr.org/2024/03/04/1...
www.npr.org/2024/03/04/1...
The growing industry of green burials : The Indicator from Planet Money
One estimate says 2.4 million people die in the U.S. each year, and burying them is expensive: a typical burial can cost about $10,000. That's a lot of money, caskets, and plots filling up cemeteries....
www.npr.org
March 4, 2024 at 11:00 PM
On this episode of The Indicator from @planetmoney.bsky.social: What if there was a cost-effective option to bury people, one that was good for the Earth and your pocket book? Today, we look at the prices and features of sustainable burials.
www.npr.org/2024/03/04/1...
www.npr.org/2024/03/04/1...
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Alabama ruled frozen embryos are children.
Meanwhile, Alabama eliminated its summer food program for children who’ve actually been born.
Meanwhile, Alabama eliminated its summer food program for children who’ve actually been born.
February 23, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Alabama ruled frozen embryos are children.
Meanwhile, Alabama eliminated its summer food program for children who’ve actually been born.
Meanwhile, Alabama eliminated its summer food program for children who’ve actually been born.
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Black families who have passed their land on to heirs through word-of-mouth are often easy prey for predatory developers.
The lack of clear ownership on paper has created headaches and, at worst, opened families up to “land theft”
The lack of clear ownership on paper has created headaches and, at worst, opened families up to “land theft”
After inheriting ancestral land, these Black families are defying the odds to keep it
Predatory developers often target Black families whose generational land lacks clear ownership. Now, more families are securing deeds to keep their land and create real wealth.
t.co
February 19, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Black families who have passed their land on to heirs through word-of-mouth are often easy prey for predatory developers.
The lack of clear ownership on paper has created headaches and, at worst, opened families up to “land theft”
The lack of clear ownership on paper has created headaches and, at worst, opened families up to “land theft”
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New United Nations press release on the treatment of women and girls in Palestine. Details include arbitrary executions, severe beatings, and sexual assault/rape in Israeli captivity.
Israeli soldiers also photographed women in degrading circumstances and shared the pictures online.
Israeli soldiers also photographed women in degrading circumstances and shared the pictures online.
Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls
GENEVA (19 February 2024) – UN experts* today expressed alarm over credible allegations of egregious human rights violations to which Palestinian women and girls continue to be subjected in the Gaza S...
www.ohchr.org
February 19, 2024 at 3:43 PM
New United Nations press release on the treatment of women and girls in Palestine. Details include arbitrary executions, severe beatings, and sexual assault/rape in Israeli captivity.
Israeli soldiers also photographed women in degrading circumstances and shared the pictures online.
Israeli soldiers also photographed women in degrading circumstances and shared the pictures online.
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This amazing Texas-based group of trans youth activists that I’ve had the pleasure of doing some work with needs supplies for upcoming projects.
Fund Trans Youth Freedom School in Central Texas, organized by Texas Trans Futures
On February 22nd, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a letter dire… Texas Trans Futures needs your support for Fund Trans Youth Freedom School in Central Texas
www.gofundme.com
February 18, 2024 at 3:53 AM
This amazing Texas-based group of trans youth activists that I’ve had the pleasure of doing some work with needs supplies for upcoming projects.