Alex
@ayybails.bsky.social
queer jewish cat mom & wife. retired roller derby person. probably running low on spoons.
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You heard ‘em - time to use the Senate phone lines as therapy
At a meeting today with staffers for Senators Markey and Warren, the staffers made two concrete asks:
1. Please call or email and share your stories about how the current administration’s actions are hurting or will hurt you personally. The Senators can use these human stories to persuade those /1
1. Please call or email and share your stories about how the current administration’s actions are hurting or will hurt you personally. The Senators can use these human stories to persuade those /1
February 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
You heard ‘em - time to use the Senate phone lines as therapy
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This should be the easiest statement to make right now. For EVERY Jewish organization and community:
February 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This should be the easiest statement to make right now. For EVERY Jewish organization and community:
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Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
Attorney General Neronha and 14 attorneys general issue joint statement on protecting access to gender-affirming care | Rhode Island Attorney General's Office
riag.ri.gov
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
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The MF can try to cancel Black History Month
but it's still Black History Month.
(You should always be reading Black writers. All the time. But here's a list if you wanna get in the mood.)
but it's still Black History Month.
(You should always be reading Black writers. All the time. But here's a list if you wanna get in the mood.)
Read Black Writers
Read Black writers all the time. Always. For the month of Feb we're recommending a book a day to highlight great voices, so compiling here.
bookshop.org
February 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The MF can try to cancel Black History Month
but it's still Black History Month.
(You should always be reading Black writers. All the time. But here's a list if you wanna get in the mood.)
but it's still Black History Month.
(You should always be reading Black writers. All the time. But here's a list if you wanna get in the mood.)
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Doing the math:
Current US Population is ~335 million.
335,000,000 x 0.035 = 11,725,000.
So our critical mass is 12 million folks taking action.
That's Illinois. Two Wisconsins. Four Kansases.
We can do this.
Current US Population is ~335 million.
335,000,000 x 0.035 = 11,725,000.
So our critical mass is 12 million folks taking action.
That's Illinois. Two Wisconsins. Four Kansases.
We can do this.
These will just be paper filings that SCOTUS flick away.
3.5%. That’s the percent of our country we need sustained in a movement. Diverse tactics. Diverse.
3.5%. That’s the percent of our country we need sustained in a movement. Diverse tactics. Diverse.
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Doing the math:
Current US Population is ~335 million.
335,000,000 x 0.035 = 11,725,000.
So our critical mass is 12 million folks taking action.
That's Illinois. Two Wisconsins. Four Kansases.
We can do this.
Current US Population is ~335 million.
335,000,000 x 0.035 = 11,725,000.
So our critical mass is 12 million folks taking action.
That's Illinois. Two Wisconsins. Four Kansases.
We can do this.
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Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up:
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
February 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up:
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
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how your email finds me
February 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
how your email finds me
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Sydney Kamlager-Dove: "It's total corruption... to try to take control of our govt, to have access to our social security numbers, our medical benefits, all of the information we use when we're trying to get a motherfuckin' tax return. And you're gonna take our money? Homie don't play that."
February 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Sydney Kamlager-Dove: "It's total corruption... to try to take control of our govt, to have access to our social security numbers, our medical benefits, all of the information we use when we're trying to get a motherfuckin' tax return. And you're gonna take our money? Homie don't play that."
The world feels like it’s ending and I still have to figure out dinner and work and do laundry and they’re staging a coup and I’m paying bills and
Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.
Republicans in Congress mostly shrug as Musk and DOGE set sights on spending
Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The world feels like it’s ending and I still have to figure out dinner and work and do laundry and they’re staging a coup and I’m paying bills and
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hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo.
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️.
if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️.
if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
January 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo.
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️.
if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️.
if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
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What can you do? If you’re a Michigander, contact Speaker Hall and tell him to do his job in sending these bills to the Governor. The Constitution is clear.
517-373-1784
MattHall@house.mi.gov
If he doesn’t, we in the Michigan Senate are prepared to commence legal action.
517-373-1784
MattHall@house.mi.gov
If he doesn’t, we in the Michigan Senate are prepared to commence legal action.
January 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What can you do? If you’re a Michigander, contact Speaker Hall and tell him to do his job in sending these bills to the Governor. The Constitution is clear.
517-373-1784
MattHall@house.mi.gov
If he doesn’t, we in the Michigan Senate are prepared to commence legal action.
517-373-1784
MattHall@house.mi.gov
If he doesn’t, we in the Michigan Senate are prepared to commence legal action.
Have you called or emailed your senators today? I’m committed to being the squeakiest possible wheel for the next four years.
January 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Have you called or emailed your senators today? I’m committed to being the squeakiest possible wheel for the next four years.
Cat respite from the horrors
January 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Cat respite from the horrors
How the fuck can you sleep at night, trying to raid an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL you pieces of shit.
ICE attempted to enter a South Side elementary school this morning and were denied entry, Chicago Public Schools officials claim abc7chicago.com/amp/post/us-...
January 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
How the fuck can you sleep at night, trying to raid an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL you pieces of shit.
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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For The amount of swearing I'm doing daily, I might as well be Roy Kent www.advocate.com/news/amazon-...
Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies
Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.
www.advocate.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
For The amount of swearing I'm doing daily, I might as well be Roy Kent www.advocate.com/news/amazon-...
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I'm just going to keep pointing out these small* moments of collective action until it starts to click with folks that if we stand together we have all of the power.
*this is actually a huge fricken deal, and it only took a couple clicks from a bunch of folks who collectively said No Fucking Nazis.
*this is actually a huge fricken deal, and it only took a couple clicks from a bunch of folks who collectively said No Fucking Nazis.
January 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I'm just going to keep pointing out these small* moments of collective action until it starts to click with folks that if we stand together we have all of the power.
*this is actually a huge fricken deal, and it only took a couple clicks from a bunch of folks who collectively said No Fucking Nazis.
*this is actually a huge fricken deal, and it only took a couple clicks from a bunch of folks who collectively said No Fucking Nazis.
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democrats: oh my goodness. can he DO that?
democrats: (continue to let him do that)
democrats: he just DID that. give us $100
democrats: (continue to let him do that)
democrats: he just DID that. give us $100
January 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
democrats: oh my goodness. can he DO that?
democrats: (continue to let him do that)
democrats: he just DID that. give us $100
democrats: (continue to let him do that)
democrats: he just DID that. give us $100
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Throwing sand in the gears of terrible machinery is also resisting.
January 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Throwing sand in the gears of terrible machinery is also resisting.
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Please do not send your multivolume Sonic the Hedgehog mpreg fic to this email
Note that anyone can email the snitch line, DEIAtruth@opm.gov. So if you’ve got any, uh, thoughts or information you’d like to share about this initiative, fire off that email today!
January 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Please do not send your multivolume Sonic the Hedgehog mpreg fic to this email
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Hey everyone! Incredible news!
Trans Scouts selling GS cookies this year on my list have sold over 50,000 boxes of GS cookies!
If you want girl scout cookies, consider buying from a trans girl scout this year! They'll mail them to you!
This is literally my fav thing to do every year :)
Trans Scouts selling GS cookies this year on my list have sold over 50,000 boxes of GS cookies!
If you want girl scout cookies, consider buying from a trans girl scout this year! They'll mail them to you!
This is literally my fav thing to do every year :)
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hey everyone! Incredible news!
Trans Scouts selling GS cookies this year on my list have sold over 50,000 boxes of GS cookies!
If you want girl scout cookies, consider buying from a trans girl scout this year! They'll mail them to you!
This is literally my fav thing to do every year :)
Trans Scouts selling GS cookies this year on my list have sold over 50,000 boxes of GS cookies!
If you want girl scout cookies, consider buying from a trans girl scout this year! They'll mail them to you!
This is literally my fav thing to do every year :)
Some nonfiction for times like these- YMMV, but if you are also a chronically ill & neurodivergent queer Jew- hi hello let’s be friends and also enjoy.
January 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Some nonfiction for times like these- YMMV, but if you are also a chronically ill & neurodivergent queer Jew- hi hello let’s be friends and also enjoy.
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The Democratic Party needs to get out of this woman's way.
AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.
January 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Democratic Party needs to get out of this woman's way.
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As a teacher, let me just...
*taps the sign
(True for authors, but let me also say, if you are a person that lives in a community and values education, you, too, can send letters of support for authors, books, teachers, and librarians)
*taps the sign
(True for authors, but let me also say, if you are a person that lives in a community and values education, you, too, can send letters of support for authors, books, teachers, and librarians)
Authors should have 3 letters ready to go right now:
1. A letter of support to send to teachers and librarians who are fighting for our books
2. A letter to the school/library board condemning book bans/promoting freedom to read
3. A letter to the editor promoting the freedom to read
1. A letter of support to send to teachers and librarians who are fighting for our books
2. A letter to the school/library board condemning book bans/promoting freedom to read
3. A letter to the editor promoting the freedom to read
January 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
As a teacher, let me just...
*taps the sign
(True for authors, but let me also say, if you are a person that lives in a community and values education, you, too, can send letters of support for authors, books, teachers, and librarians)
*taps the sign
(True for authors, but let me also say, if you are a person that lives in a community and values education, you, too, can send letters of support for authors, books, teachers, and librarians)