At-The-Beach
@at-the-beach.bsky.social
LGBTQIA+ and DEI professional, queer academic, antiracist, lifelong activist, and recovering politics fanatic here for the resistance - only DM if I personally know you IRL. 😃
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“Our Constitution protects all Americans–whether you are a professor or restaurant worker–from unlawful intrusion on speech, ideas, & expression, & it entitles all to fair process. Trump’s anti-equity directives violate these core protections” - @skyeperryman.bsky.social, CEO, @democracyforward.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“Our Constitution protects all Americans–whether you are a professor or restaurant worker–from unlawful intrusion on speech, ideas, & expression, & it entitles all to fair process. Trump’s anti-equity directives violate these core protections” - @skyeperryman.bsky.social, CEO, @democracyforward.org
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there's a part of me that wants to say that such a scenario feels entirely absurd, but so much of what we've witnessed in ONE MONTH feels entirely absurd too
then again, Pritzker seems pretty aware of the potential consequences that might be down the road: youtu.be/KBOJhU2pLMo?...
then again, Pritzker seems pretty aware of the potential consequences that might be down the road: youtu.be/KBOJhU2pLMo?...
FULL: Gov. Pritzker delivers Illinois State of the State Address 2025
YouTube video by NBC Chicago
youtu.be
February 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
there's a part of me that wants to say that such a scenario feels entirely absurd, but so much of what we've witnessed in ONE MONTH feels entirely absurd too
then again, Pritzker seems pretty aware of the potential consequences that might be down the road: youtu.be/KBOJhU2pLMo?...
then again, Pritzker seems pretty aware of the potential consequences that might be down the road: youtu.be/KBOJhU2pLMo?...
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"for a combination of reasons, consumer rejection could be uniquely devastating to Tesla right now." slate.com/business/202...
Don’t Buy a Tesla. Sell Your Tesla. Refuse a Tesla at the Rental Counter. Yes—It Will Help.
Elon Musk’s car company is in a precarious spot.
slate.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"for a combination of reasons, consumer rejection could be uniquely devastating to Tesla right now." slate.com/business/202...
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We have never been closer to a pandemic from #H5N1 virus. Yet, we are still not doing enough to prevent it or to reduce the impact when it hits.
fortune.com/well/2025/02...
@cbarbermd.bsky.social @fortune.com @scottehensley.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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New bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: 'We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus'
Dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows, putting virologists on high alert.
fortune.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
We have never been closer to a pandemic from #H5N1 virus. Yet, we are still not doing enough to prevent it or to reduce the impact when it hits.
fortune.com/well/2025/02...
@cbarbermd.bsky.social @fortune.com @scottehensley.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social
fortune.com/well/2025/02...
@cbarbermd.bsky.social @fortune.com @scottehensley.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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NEW: Three faith groups that work w/the govt to resettle refugees — Church World Service, HIAS, and Lutheran Community Services Northwest — are part of a lawsuit challenging Trump's EO suspending the U.S. refugee program and withholding funding for the groups. refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
New Lawsuit Challenges Trump Suspension of Refugee Resettlement Program and Freeze of Refugee Funding | International Refugee Assistance Project
refugeerights.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
NEW: Three faith groups that work w/the govt to resettle refugees — Church World Service, HIAS, and Lutheran Community Services Northwest — are part of a lawsuit challenging Trump's EO suspending the U.S. refugee program and withholding funding for the groups. refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
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The human cost of a national crisis—at every level. Trump allies Elon Musk & Russell Vought are driving a purge of federal public servants that will have devastating, decades-long consequences for Americans.
More in my latest:
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com/p/the-purge-...
More in my latest:
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com/p/the-purge-...
The Purge of Public Servants
The human side of a national crisis – in more ways than one.
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The human cost of a national crisis—at every level. Trump allies Elon Musk & Russell Vought are driving a purge of federal public servants that will have devastating, decades-long consequences for Americans.
More in my latest:
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com/p/the-purge-...
More in my latest:
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com/p/the-purge-...
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Just saying—we will always call it Denali.
February 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just saying—we will always call it Denali.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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I can't emphasize enough how disastrous the NIH cuts will be. If implemented as proposed, it could decimate universities and college towns. And it could mean every one of us in the US and around the world will experience shorter and less healthy lives.
February 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I can't emphasize enough how disastrous the NIH cuts will be. If implemented as proposed, it could decimate universities and college towns. And it could mean every one of us in the US and around the world will experience shorter and less healthy lives.
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🚨URGENT UPDATE RE: PASSPORTS & SS CARDS
We've updated our checklist to help the trans community navigate:
✅ Passports and IDs
✅ Legal help
✅ And more
While this landscape is ever-changing, we aim to provide the most up-to-date information.
View the checklist: lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checkli...
We've updated our checklist to help the trans community navigate:
✅ Passports and IDs
✅ Legal help
✅ And more
While this landscape is ever-changing, we aim to provide the most up-to-date information.
View the checklist: lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checkli...
February 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🚨URGENT UPDATE RE: PASSPORTS & SS CARDS
We've updated our checklist to help the trans community navigate:
✅ Passports and IDs
✅ Legal help
✅ And more
While this landscape is ever-changing, we aim to provide the most up-to-date information.
View the checklist: lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checkli...
We've updated our checklist to help the trans community navigate:
✅ Passports and IDs
✅ Legal help
✅ And more
While this landscape is ever-changing, we aim to provide the most up-to-date information.
View the checklist: lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checkli...
Appears that all of it has just been performative
NFL will remove 'End Racism' from the end zones ahead of Super Bowl
The announcement comes the same day a White House official told NBC News that President Donald Trump would be attending the game.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Appears that all of it has just been performative
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Wherein the president tries to describe a resort hotel development and an ethnic cleansing simultaneously, and clearly forgets which one he is talking about several times.
February 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Wherein the president tries to describe a resort hotel development and an ethnic cleansing simultaneously, and clearly forgets which one he is talking about several times.
And surprising to no one, NYT… the man is a criminal and a fascist and much of this was all clearly stated in Project 2025.
Gift link:
Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab
In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab
In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab (Gift Article)
In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
And surprising to no one, NYT… the man is a criminal and a fascist and much of this was all clearly stated in Project 2025.
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What do you even say about this absurd & dangerous press conference?
Unfathomably horrific and cruel for Palestinians. So incredibly foolish re: US interests. And fundamentally at odds with Israel’s own future — because there is no Jewish, democratic Israel without Palestinian self-determination.
Unfathomably horrific and cruel for Palestinians. So incredibly foolish re: US interests. And fundamentally at odds with Israel’s own future — because there is no Jewish, democratic Israel without Palestinian self-determination.
February 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
What do you even say about this absurd & dangerous press conference?
Unfathomably horrific and cruel for Palestinians. So incredibly foolish re: US interests. And fundamentally at odds with Israel’s own future — because there is no Jewish, democratic Israel without Palestinian self-determination.
Unfathomably horrific and cruel for Palestinians. So incredibly foolish re: US interests. And fundamentally at odds with Israel’s own future — because there is no Jewish, democratic Israel without Palestinian self-determination.
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It's often not realised that the term "Anti-Semitism" was originally coined by antisemites, who wanted to insist that they weren't opposed to *Jews*, but to "Semitism" or "Jewish ideology". It's a well-trodden fake distinction.
When right-wing figures say they’re opposing “the trans agenda” or “trans ideology,” they're attempting to portray their efforts as targeting a *political program* when in reality they’re targeting trans people themselves, and pushing for their full exclusion from public life.
@aselrod.bsky.social
@aselrod.bsky.social
Eliminate Eliminationism from the Trans Question
One can debate the scope and limits of trans rights but not with those who deny their right to exist
www.theunpopulist.net
February 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It's often not realised that the term "Anti-Semitism" was originally coined by antisemites, who wanted to insist that they weren't opposed to *Jews*, but to "Semitism" or "Jewish ideology". It's a well-trodden fake distinction.
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The Jewish Council of Australia strongly condemns Donald Trump’s suggestion the United States will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and move Palestinian people elsewhere.
You can read our full statements in the latest media release at jewishcouncil.com.au.
You can read our full statements in the latest media release at jewishcouncil.com.au.
February 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The Jewish Council of Australia strongly condemns Donald Trump’s suggestion the United States will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and move Palestinian people elsewhere.
You can read our full statements in the latest media release at jewishcouncil.com.au.
You can read our full statements in the latest media release at jewishcouncil.com.au.
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As the EOs and orders keep coming, I keep thinking of the exhibit in the Berlin Jewish Museum that displays the 962 anti-Jewish laws and policies in order as they came down. These kinds of drumbeats are designed not just to oppress but to normalize oppression. www.jmberlin.de/en/jmb-journ...
February 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
As the EOs and orders keep coming, I keep thinking of the exhibit in the Berlin Jewish Museum that displays the 962 anti-Jewish laws and policies in order as they came down. These kinds of drumbeats are designed not just to oppress but to normalize oppression. www.jmberlin.de/en/jmb-journ...
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
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Please help spread the word about our study—the first research ever on ace trans college students. The survey is available at tinyurl.com/acetransstudy
February 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Please help spread the word about our study—the first research ever on ace trans college students. The survey is available at tinyurl.com/acetransstudy
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👀📫 (the supply chain issues are coming from inside the house)👇🏾
The USPS just suspended the acceptance of packages from China and Hong Kong until further notice.
February 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
👀📫 (the supply chain issues are coming from inside the house)👇🏾
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Due to the freeze on credit card use, my laboratory (in the FDA) risks losing the contents of our liquid nitrogen tanks which store INVALUABLE samples-they cannot be replaced, so they are literally priceless, and reflect about 50 years worth of research.
February 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Due to the freeze on credit card use, my laboratory (in the FDA) risks losing the contents of our liquid nitrogen tanks which store INVALUABLE samples-they cannot be replaced, so they are literally priceless, and reflect about 50 years worth of research.