Ben
@benguesswrites.bsky.social
He/they. Social historian and museum educator. Artsy and crafty, sporadically. Ask me about: the LES, queer history, or how badly I want to punch Robert Moses.
BLM, Land Back, and 🍉
BLM, Land Back, and 🍉
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Every union should be echoing this statement.
February 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Every union should be echoing this statement.
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February 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have developed a nasal COVID-19 vaccine that BLOCKS transmission of the virus. This suggests vaccines delivered directly to the nose or mouth could play a CRITICAL role in containing the spread of respiratory infections. Phase I clinical trials HAVE BEEN APPROVED! 🧪🧵⬇️
February 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have developed a nasal COVID-19 vaccine that BLOCKS transmission of the virus. This suggests vaccines delivered directly to the nose or mouth could play a CRITICAL role in containing the spread of respiratory infections. Phase I clinical trials HAVE BEEN APPROVED! 🧪🧵⬇️
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Wow. So not only were several bird flu studies left out of today’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, some data on bird flu briefly appeared in the online report and then was quickly removed.
February 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Wow. So not only were several bird flu studies left out of today’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, some data on bird flu briefly appeared in the online report and then was quickly removed.
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What I'm seeing right now - and it's concerning - is that some of the worst or most blatantly illegal activity is being halted, but not in a way that looks likely to lead to a full accounting of what was done or any accountability for those responsible.
Entire USAID agency worldwide was deleted by a consulting government employee with no authority to do so. It’s a constitutional crisis that puts US national security at risk and normies won’t get this until legacy media says this clearly and loudly.
February 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
What I'm seeing right now - and it's concerning - is that some of the worst or most blatantly illegal activity is being halted, but not in a way that looks likely to lead to a full accounting of what was done or any accountability for those responsible.
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Everyone blaming the people who didn’t vote/for Harris because of the genocide should absolutely shut the fuck up after reading this because the Harris campaign actively refused to campaign for their votes and that’s a campaign problem not a voter problem
NEW: A Harris campaign organizer says senior officials ordered them to erase voters who asked about Gaza—marking emails as “no response” so they’d be removed from outreach. No engagement, no persuasion, just ignored. “The only clowns are the ones who decided to abdicate on this.”
February 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Everyone blaming the people who didn’t vote/for Harris because of the genocide should absolutely shut the fuck up after reading this because the Harris campaign actively refused to campaign for their votes and that’s a campaign problem not a voter problem
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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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I appreciate this piece in The Bulwark greatly. It makes the serious, moderate, cis-friendly case that trans rights are not a distraction or a trifle to be easily dispensed with.
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-all-los...
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-all-los...
We All Lose in Trump’s War Against Trans Americans
His cynical executive orders targeting trans people will harm important American institutions by taking away talent, energy, and the plain competence our country needs.
www.thebulwark.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I appreciate this piece in The Bulwark greatly. It makes the serious, moderate, cis-friendly case that trans rights are not a distraction or a trifle to be easily dispensed with.
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-all-los...
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-all-los...
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
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UnitedHealth found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
fortune.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
UnitedHealth found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
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Going to do a thread of how we can buy gifts for trans youth in need via Transanta (www.transanta.com)
Please reshare!
In 2022 and I used my private instagram and 8k follower twitter account to buy $7k worth of gifts for trans kids in need via Transanta
Please reshare!
In 2022 and I used my private instagram and 8k follower twitter account to buy $7k worth of gifts for trans kids in need via Transanta
December 23, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Going to do a thread of how we can buy gifts for trans youth in need via Transanta (www.transanta.com)
Please reshare!
In 2022 and I used my private instagram and 8k follower twitter account to buy $7k worth of gifts for trans kids in need via Transanta
Please reshare!
In 2022 and I used my private instagram and 8k follower twitter account to buy $7k worth of gifts for trans kids in need via Transanta
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BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
How Amazon Ruined Christmas
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:05 PM
BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
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in light of luigi i think more of you need to be intimately familiar with jury nullification. i encourage reading everything on this website whenever you get a jury summons.
you have a possibility to alter the course of someone's entire life with two words. that's a really powerful thing.
you have a possibility to alter the course of someone's entire life with two words. that's a really powerful thing.
December 13, 2024 at 7:52 AM
in light of luigi i think more of you need to be intimately familiar with jury nullification. i encourage reading everything on this website whenever you get a jury summons.
you have a possibility to alter the course of someone's entire life with two words. that's a really powerful thing.
you have a possibility to alter the course of someone's entire life with two words. that's a really powerful thing.
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If you currently work in the federal government, your most important job may be to eventually become a witness! Figure out now how you would communicate anonymously with journalists like myself. FWIW, my email is phil [dot] williams [at] newschannel5 [dot] com. www.forbes.com/advisor/busi...
How To Send An Anonymous Email (5 Simple Methods)
The concept of anonymous email might seem mischievous, scandalous or even sensational, but there are many justifiable reasons why someone might want to send an anonymous email. Whether you’re a whistl...
www.forbes.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:07 AM
If you currently work in the federal government, your most important job may be to eventually become a witness! Figure out now how you would communicate anonymously with journalists like myself. FWIW, my email is phil [dot] williams [at] newschannel5 [dot] com. www.forbes.com/advisor/busi...
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who on here would be excited to hear that I’m writing a labor history book for kids
December 12, 2024 at 7:07 PM
who on here would be excited to hear that I’m writing a labor history book for kids
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Tucked into the Cass Report, deep in the appendices, you'll find that they reviewed thousands of patient records and found no one who'd been harmed by puberty blockers and fewer than 10 detransitions.
It’s even worse knowing that Wes actually met trans kids, listened to them cry about how awful it would be to go through the wrong puberty, how this is a lifesaving treatment, and is fucking doing this anyway
It’s even more heartless than shutting them out of conversations
It’s even more heartless than shutting them out of conversations
BREAKING: I have seen confirmation that the indefinite puberty blocker ban for trans kids that was passed by the NI Executive yesterday will be UK-wide. It will come into effect on January 1 2025 when the temporary ban expires.
It is being laid before Parliament today.
It is being laid before Parliament today.
December 11, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Tucked into the Cass Report, deep in the appendices, you'll find that they reviewed thousands of patient records and found no one who'd been harmed by puberty blockers and fewer than 10 detransitions.
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The puberty blocker ban will be extended, likely before the end of the week and it won't be extended by months but by years. They've met with trans kids. They've met with parents. They've met with trans groups. They haven't listened. They don't care.
December 10, 2024 at 12:31 PM
The puberty blocker ban will be extended, likely before the end of the week and it won't be extended by months but by years. They've met with trans kids. They've met with parents. They've met with trans groups. They haven't listened. They don't care.
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For some reason I’m thinking of when that tech guy was stabbed in San Francisco and all the usual people in the media were blaming the homeless and then it turned out it was another tech guy because they were all banging each others girlfriends
In a discussion of the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO Fox News host Harris Faulkner suggests that undocumented immigration is making "the work harder for the NYPD because they are already dealing with rampant crime uptick from those individuals who came here illegally."
December 4, 2024 at 4:33 PM
For some reason I’m thinking of when that tech guy was stabbed in San Francisco and all the usual people in the media were blaming the homeless and then it turned out it was another tech guy because they were all banging each others girlfriends
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Solidarity with all trans brothers and sisters today. That your future is yours is cold comfort when the state has you targeted but for whatever it’s worth we stand with you
the reason they are going to ban care for trans kids is because they want to kill trans kids. that is not a bug it is a feature
December 4, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Solidarity with all trans brothers and sisters today. That your future is yours is cold comfort when the state has you targeted but for whatever it’s worth we stand with you
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Tufted Titmouse takeoff
December 3, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Tufted Titmouse takeoff
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At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.
December 1, 2024 at 8:42 PM
At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.
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When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. www.news-medical.net/news/2024052...
Study confirms face masks' effectiveness in reducing disease transmission, calls for improved public understanding
Researchers reviewed the benefits, practicalities, and harms of masks and masking, finding that masks are effective in reducing respiratory disease transmission despite some adverse effects, and empha...
www.news-medical.net
November 28, 2024 at 7:39 PM
When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. www.news-medical.net/news/2024052...
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#LandBack is always a good thing.
Brown University transfers 225 acres of land to Pokanoket tribe in Rhode Island
The land was the ancestral home site of a historic leader of the Pokanoket Tribe who died during King Philip’s War in 1676.
www.boston.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:51 PM
#LandBack is always a good thing.
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It's not hyperbole to say they want to eradicate trans people. This is explicitly the goal.
CNN's Boris Sanchez: So what about the concerns of trans students over this bathroom bill? It can trigger harassment for them.
Ohio GOP lawmaker: We passed a bill outlawing chemical castration or gender mutilation surgery for those under 18. So I think that will become less of an issue over time.
Ohio GOP lawmaker: We passed a bill outlawing chemical castration or gender mutilation surgery for those under 18. So I think that will become less of an issue over time.
November 29, 2024 at 6:53 PM
It's not hyperbole to say they want to eradicate trans people. This is explicitly the goal.