Nicole 💖
@boriqueerbabe.bsky.social
writer, activist, peer educator ♿️🇵🇷🏳️🌈🇵🇸
📍CHI | she/her/ella
📍CHI | she/her/ella
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You can’t post your way out of fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them
🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them
🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You can’t post your way out of fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them
🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them
🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
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Today, we are proud to announce that submissions are open for the 5th annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize. The prize aims to uplift the work of authors who are currently or formerly incarcerated. Please spread the word!
Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize
The annual prize is awarded to two writers who are currently or formerly incarcerated.
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Today, we are proud to announce that submissions are open for the 5th annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize. The prize aims to uplift the work of authors who are currently or formerly incarcerated. Please spread the word!
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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
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Senate Dems still don't get it. 22 just YES on another Trump nominee. Where TF is the fight?
Bennet, Blumenthal, Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Gallego, Gillibrand, Hassan, Heinrich, Hickenlooper, Kaine, Kelly, Klobuchar, Luján, Ossoff, Peters, Rosen, Schiff, Shaheen, Slotkin, Warnock, Welch.
Bennet, Blumenthal, Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Gallego, Gillibrand, Hassan, Heinrich, Hickenlooper, Kaine, Kelly, Klobuchar, Luján, Ossoff, Peters, Rosen, Schiff, Shaheen, Slotkin, Warnock, Welch.
February 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Senate Dems still don't get it. 22 just YES on another Trump nominee. Where TF is the fight?
Bennet, Blumenthal, Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Gallego, Gillibrand, Hassan, Heinrich, Hickenlooper, Kaine, Kelly, Klobuchar, Luján, Ossoff, Peters, Rosen, Schiff, Shaheen, Slotkin, Warnock, Welch.
Bennet, Blumenthal, Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Gallego, Gillibrand, Hassan, Heinrich, Hickenlooper, Kaine, Kelly, Klobuchar, Luján, Ossoff, Peters, Rosen, Schiff, Shaheen, Slotkin, Warnock, Welch.
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"A lot of anti-blackness relies on the assumptions and the understanding of ableism." To kick off #BlackHistoryMonth, we're replaying this conversation with @drsamischalk.bsky.social on ableism, anti-blackness, and honoring Black disabled ancestors. Tune into the episode: bit.ly/DIR-Episode-11
Disability Inclusion: Required – Episode 11 – Reflections on Ableism, Anti-Blackness, and Honoring Black Disabled Ancestors
A conversation between Olivia Williams and Dr. Sami Schalk on the connections between ableism and anti-Blackness, shines a spotlight on historical and contemporary Black disabled activism, and uplifts...
bit.ly
February 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"A lot of anti-blackness relies on the assumptions and the understanding of ableism." To kick off #BlackHistoryMonth, we're replaying this conversation with @drsamischalk.bsky.social on ableism, anti-blackness, and honoring Black disabled ancestors. Tune into the episode: bit.ly/DIR-Episode-11
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
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They are coming after educators and education because they know that learning, information sharing, and wisdom have the power to free us.
January 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
They are coming after educators and education because they know that learning, information sharing, and wisdom have the power to free us.
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In 2025 Donald Trump blamed “DEI programs” for the first mid-air collision in the United States in 16 years.
It’s the same racist playbook.
Don’t fall for it.
It’s the same racist playbook.
Don’t fall for it.
February 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In 2025 Donald Trump blamed “DEI programs” for the first mid-air collision in the United States in 16 years.
It’s the same racist playbook.
Don’t fall for it.
It’s the same racist playbook.
Don’t fall for it.
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people keep tagging me in fuck around and find out content like I haven’t been talking about how pandemics lead to fascism since 2020.
The “find out” portion isn’t just for everyone who doesn’t consider themself a liberal—it’s for them too.
Haven’t masked in 4 years? FAAFO.
The “find out” portion isn’t just for everyone who doesn’t consider themself a liberal—it’s for them too.
Haven’t masked in 4 years? FAAFO.
January 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
people keep tagging me in fuck around and find out content like I haven’t been talking about how pandemics lead to fascism since 2020.
The “find out” portion isn’t just for everyone who doesn’t consider themself a liberal—it’s for them too.
Haven’t masked in 4 years? FAAFO.
The “find out” portion isn’t just for everyone who doesn’t consider themself a liberal—it’s for them too.
Haven’t masked in 4 years? FAAFO.
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This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
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New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...
Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X
Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.
www.404media.co
January 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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I've seen self-described feminists claim a porn ban would be good, because porn is misogynistic. In reality, every historical example of pornography bans eradicated sex-ed, reproductive rights and knowledge- while increasing child molestation, sexual assault, teenage pregnancy ✨and porn consumption✨
Believe me when I tell you they want to bring this battle to the internet? You think they’re satisfied banning Beloved but are fine with Reddit and Bluesky and information on sexual assault? No sirree bob.
They’re coming for all of it. Ask your friendly neighborhood sex worker.
They’re coming for all of it. Ask your friendly neighborhood sex worker.
Four more books are up for statewide ban consideration in South Carolina.
This time, the charge is being led by ONE PARENT.
ONE PARENT may decide the fate of three books–one a textbook–for the *entire state* of South Carolina public schools.
wellsourced.substack.com/p/the-next-b...
This time, the charge is being led by ONE PARENT.
ONE PARENT may decide the fate of three books–one a textbook–for the *entire state* of South Carolina public schools.
wellsourced.substack.com/p/the-next-b...
November 16, 2024 at 1:42 PM
I've seen self-described feminists claim a porn ban would be good, because porn is misogynistic. In reality, every historical example of pornography bans eradicated sex-ed, reproductive rights and knowledge- while increasing child molestation, sexual assault, teenage pregnancy ✨and porn consumption✨
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NPR has spent the past 3 years pushing extreme right wing Covid denialism, so this type of headline is completely normal for them. NPR is not a reputable outlet www.thegauntlet.news/p/media-cele...
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
RFK Jr. wants to 'Make America Healthy Again.' He could face a lot of pushback
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:36 PM
NPR has spent the past 3 years pushing extreme right wing Covid denialism, so this type of headline is completely normal for them. NPR is not a reputable outlet www.thegauntlet.news/p/media-cele...
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The $215 million Republicans spent on scapegoating trans people did not have its intended effect — in spite of Donald Trump’s win at the national level, many states and localities held off victories for those who have focused their energy on targeting this tiny minority group.
Several of the GOP’s Most Fiercely Anti-Trans Candidates Lost Their Elections
In spite of a Trump win, state and local elections showed mixed results for those who ran on bigotry.
truthout.org
November 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM
The $215 million Republicans spent on scapegoating trans people did not have its intended effect — in spite of Donald Trump’s win at the national level, many states and localities held off victories for those who have focused their energy on targeting this tiny minority group.
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For the past 4 years almost every major “disinformation” reporter has ignored the rise of COVID denialists like Jay and others, instead choosing to boost their denialist rhetoric that the pandemic ended (it has not, according to the World Health Organization), and that COVID is harmless (it is not)
The Washington Post has reported that Stanford Professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will likely be Trump’s NIH director pick.
Here’s everything you need to know about the man who has spent years advocating for mass COVID infection.
www.importantcontext.news/p/everything...
Here’s everything you need to know about the man who has spent years advocating for mass COVID infection.
www.importantcontext.news/p/everything...
Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s (Likely) NIH Pick
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a loud voice from the fringes.
www.importantcontext.news
November 16, 2024 at 6:19 PM
For the past 4 years almost every major “disinformation” reporter has ignored the rise of COVID denialists like Jay and others, instead choosing to boost their denialist rhetoric that the pandemic ended (it has not, according to the World Health Organization), and that COVID is harmless (it is not)
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One of the smallest acts of resistance you can do right now that will do very much to signal that you are on the side of reason and democracy is where a mask. Start protecting yourself and others from the pandemic. it’s also a very subtle show of defiance and community.
November 14, 2024 at 4:15 AM
One of the smallest acts of resistance you can do right now that will do very much to signal that you are on the side of reason and democracy is where a mask. Start protecting yourself and others from the pandemic. it’s also a very subtle show of defiance and community.