sasha 🍉
@cactus-ghoul.bsky.social
short for alexander
he/him or they/them
settler PhD candidate researching Indigenous literature, embodiment, and resistance to medical colonialism
writer, painter, etc
sashaweiss.wordpress.com
he/him or they/them
settler PhD candidate researching Indigenous literature, embodiment, and resistance to medical colonialism
writer, painter, etc
sashaweiss.wordpress.com
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Not a single major news outlet has covered this story. There is such a blatant, obvious attempt to suppress any and all news that deals with the actual facts about transgender life and experience. As the government rolls back our rights on an unprecedented scale, we have been left out to dry.
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
truthout.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Not a single major news outlet has covered this story. There is such a blatant, obvious attempt to suppress any and all news that deals with the actual facts about transgender life and experience. As the government rolls back our rights on an unprecedented scale, we have been left out to dry.
if cumming is the little death, is dying the big cum?
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
if cumming is the little death, is dying the big cum?
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My weekly must-reads list and my thoughts on witnessing care and courage amid clouds of tear gas Friday night. "Almost 550 people across Chicagoland have been arrested by ICE during Operation Midway Blitz. It is a campaign of terror focused on a city that our president feels profound contempt for."
Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on Care and Courage Amid Clouds of Tear Gas
We can embody our refusal and fiercely declare that our love and empathy will not be destroyed.
organizingmythoughts.org
September 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My weekly must-reads list and my thoughts on witnessing care and courage amid clouds of tear gas Friday night. "Almost 550 people across Chicagoland have been arrested by ICE during Operation Midway Blitz. It is a campaign of terror focused on a city that our president feels profound contempt for."
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🇺🇸☠️Air pollution from oil & gas is linked to 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues across the US each year; Black, Asian, Indigenous & Hispanic groups consistently among the most affected.
#USA #FossilFuels #Pollution #Health
time.com/7311655/us-o...
#USA #FossilFuels #Pollution #Health
time.com/7311655/us-o...
91,000 Premature Deaths Each Year Linked to US Air Pollution
Air pollution from oil and gas production and use in the U.S. has an enormous health toll. A new study tallies the cost.
time.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🇺🇸☠️Air pollution from oil & gas is linked to 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues across the US each year; Black, Asian, Indigenous & Hispanic groups consistently among the most affected.
#USA #FossilFuels #Pollution #Health
time.com/7311655/us-o...
#USA #FossilFuels #Pollution #Health
time.com/7311655/us-o...
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Mississippi doesn't have age verification for marriage but they do for the internet. You can't make this shit up folks.
August 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Mississippi doesn't have age verification for marriage but they do for the internet. You can't make this shit up folks.
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in my medium-ugly graphic era. at 10:32 on a tuesday, here are our @sundresspub.bsky.social Best of the net nominees
read 'em all: fifthwheelpress.com/nominations
read 'em all: fifthwheelpress.com/nominations
![best of the net, 2025 fwp nominees
poetry
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Sarah Klein
Sia Moon
James Parker
von reyes
Karen Zheng
fiction
[sarah] Cavar
Erica Rivera
visual art
Sadee Bee
BEE LB
nonfiction
Ariana Rahman
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July 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
in my medium-ugly graphic era. at 10:32 on a tuesday, here are our @sundresspub.bsky.social Best of the net nominees
read 'em all: fifthwheelpress.com/nominations
read 'em all: fifthwheelpress.com/nominations
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Automated license plate readers "are seemingly popping up everywhere—including 650 new cameras in Illinois cities since 2023."
Flock "collects 20 billion license plate scans per month."
"[W]e don't really have privacy or rights anymore.”
#Illinois #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Genocide
Flock "collects 20 billion license plate scans per month."
"[W]e don't really have privacy or rights anymore.”
#Illinois #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Genocide
Eyes on the heartland
A vast network of new license plate cameras has exploded across Illinois in recent years—paid for by state grants to fight retail crime. With the federal government clamoring for more information on…
unraveledpress.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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BREAKING: death of anti-ICE protester in Los Angeles
@lapublicpress.bsky.social is reporting Skid Row resident Adrienne Villa was found dead in her jail cell while in LASD custody at the courthouse, hours after pleading not guilty to over a dozen charges of alleged assault/battery on a cop.
@lapublicpress.bsky.social is reporting Skid Row resident Adrienne Villa was found dead in her jail cell while in LASD custody at the courthouse, hours after pleading not guilty to over a dozen charges of alleged assault/battery on a cop.
August 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
BREAKING: death of anti-ICE protester in Los Angeles
@lapublicpress.bsky.social is reporting Skid Row resident Adrienne Villa was found dead in her jail cell while in LASD custody at the courthouse, hours after pleading not guilty to over a dozen charges of alleged assault/battery on a cop.
@lapublicpress.bsky.social is reporting Skid Row resident Adrienne Villa was found dead in her jail cell while in LASD custody at the courthouse, hours after pleading not guilty to over a dozen charges of alleged assault/battery on a cop.
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Climate Change Is Not A Joke,
Except to Chump and RepubliKKKans........
Except to Chump and RepubliKKKans........
August 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Climate Change Is Not A Joke,
Except to Chump and RepubliKKKans........
Except to Chump and RepubliKKKans........
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This is huge.
For years there's been a misconception that it's psychological and all in your head.
We can already show changes in blood vessels, muscle tissue, etc.
Now we see the genes that show ME/CFS disposition are NOT the same as the genes that show disposition for depression/anxiety/etc.
For years there's been a misconception that it's psychological and all in your head.
We can already show changes in blood vessels, muscle tissue, etc.
Now we see the genes that show ME/CFS disposition are NOT the same as the genes that show disposition for depression/anxiety/etc.
August 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is huge.
For years there's been a misconception that it's psychological and all in your head.
We can already show changes in blood vessels, muscle tissue, etc.
Now we see the genes that show ME/CFS disposition are NOT the same as the genes that show disposition for depression/anxiety/etc.
For years there's been a misconception that it's psychological and all in your head.
We can already show changes in blood vessels, muscle tissue, etc.
Now we see the genes that show ME/CFS disposition are NOT the same as the genes that show disposition for depression/anxiety/etc.
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I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
August 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
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I wish as many people wanted to actually click on Teen Vogue stories as like a post about our work being good and important, because this post is almost at 20k likes and that would be pretty good traffic!
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I wish as many people wanted to actually click on Teen Vogue stories as like a post about our work being good and important, because this post is almost at 20k likes and that would be pretty good traffic!
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If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
August 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
thrilled to be published in archer! essay on gastroparesis and escaping emotionally abusive relationships archermagazine.com.au/2025/08/gast...
Gastroparesis and emotional abuse: How chronic illness helped me heal - Archer Magazine
Gastroparesis doesn’t define me. If anything, it’s freeing .I’m learning to refuse the pressure to perform norms that don’t fit me.
archermagazine.com.au
August 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
thrilled to be published in archer! essay on gastroparesis and escaping emotionally abusive relationships archermagazine.com.au/2025/08/gast...
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This is a fascist takeover of the school.
The owners and operators of Brown obviously decided that becoming an academy for the new elite of the fascist movement is their best path towards continued profitability.
So it's up to all of us to make them regret it like nothing else in their lives.
The owners and operators of Brown obviously decided that becoming an academy for the new elite of the fascist movement is their best path towards continued profitability.
So it's up to all of us to make them regret it like nothing else in their lives.
The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
www.brown.edu
July 31, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is a fascist takeover of the school.
The owners and operators of Brown obviously decided that becoming an academy for the new elite of the fascist movement is their best path towards continued profitability.
So it's up to all of us to make them regret it like nothing else in their lives.
The owners and operators of Brown obviously decided that becoming an academy for the new elite of the fascist movement is their best path towards continued profitability.
So it's up to all of us to make them regret it like nothing else in their lives.
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I really want to meet the sapphics4satan behind my all-time favorite meme, which I wish was clearable for my book lol ⚛️ 🏳️🌈
July 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I really want to meet the sapphics4satan behind my all-time favorite meme, which I wish was clearable for my book lol ⚛️ 🏳️🌈
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Washington coast:
La Push 11:35 PM
Neah Bay 11:40 PM
Long Beach 11:45 PM
Moclips 11:50 PM
Westport 11:55 PM
Port Angeles 12:20 AM
Port Townsend 12:45 AM
Bellingham 1:10 AM
Tacoma 2:00 AM
La Push 11:35 PM
Neah Bay 11:40 PM
Long Beach 11:45 PM
Moclips 11:50 PM
Westport 11:55 PM
Port Angeles 12:20 AM
Port Townsend 12:45 AM
Bellingham 1:10 AM
Tacoma 2:00 AM
As of 8:25 PM EDT July 29, 2025: Please visit tsunami.gov for the latest updates on expanding watches, warnings and advisories across the Pacific and western U.S.
U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
tsunami.gov
July 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Washington coast:
La Push 11:35 PM
Neah Bay 11:40 PM
Long Beach 11:45 PM
Moclips 11:50 PM
Westport 11:55 PM
Port Angeles 12:20 AM
Port Townsend 12:45 AM
Bellingham 1:10 AM
Tacoma 2:00 AM
La Push 11:35 PM
Neah Bay 11:40 PM
Long Beach 11:45 PM
Moclips 11:50 PM
Westport 11:55 PM
Port Angeles 12:20 AM
Port Townsend 12:45 AM
Bellingham 1:10 AM
Tacoma 2:00 AM
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Take this shit seriously. An American died on 3.11 because he went down to check out the beach. Don't go out like that.
Washington coast:
La Push 11:35 PM
Neah Bay 11:40 PM
Long Beach 11:45 PM
Moclips 11:50 PM
Westport 11:55 PM
Port Angeles 12:20 AM
Port Townsend 12:45 AM
Bellingham 1:10 AM
Tacoma 2:00 AM
La Push 11:35 PM
Neah Bay 11:40 PM
Long Beach 11:45 PM
Moclips 11:50 PM
Westport 11:55 PM
Port Angeles 12:20 AM
Port Townsend 12:45 AM
Bellingham 1:10 AM
Tacoma 2:00 AM
As of 8:25 PM EDT July 29, 2025: Please visit tsunami.gov for the latest updates on expanding watches, warnings and advisories across the Pacific and western U.S.
July 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Take this shit seriously. An American died on 3.11 because he went down to check out the beach. Don't go out like that.
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Many of the places under a tsunami warning or watch are *only* served by public broadcasting.
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
Alaska communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs are under a tsunami warning after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.
M8.7 earthquake in Russia prompts tsunami warning for western Aleutians and Pribiolof Islands
Alaska communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs are under a tsunami warning after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.
alaskapublic.org
July 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Many of the places under a tsunami warning or watch are *only* served by public broadcasting.
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
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Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls newrepublic.com/post/198550/... via @newrepublic.com
Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls
Meanwhile, there’s not a peep from mainstream media in the U.S.
newrepublic.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls newrepublic.com/post/198550/... via @newrepublic.com
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Filled with disabled rage that pre-existing health conditions are seemed as a reason to somewhat diminish malnutrition.
Deprivation of medical aid is filed under "starvation" in IHL btw. I've never seen famine coved like this
July 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Filled with disabled rage that pre-existing health conditions are seemed as a reason to somewhat diminish malnutrition.
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As society never gets tired of telling us, when disabled people die or are killed, it’s always less tragic than the deaths of others.
Our lives are held to be unfortunate accidents, and many feel relief at our endings.
Our lives are held to be unfortunate accidents, and many feel relief at our endings.
Filled with disabled rage that pre-existing health conditions are seemed as a reason to somewhat diminish malnutrition.
Deprivation of medical aid is filed under "starvation" in IHL btw. I've never seen famine coved like this
July 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
As society never gets tired of telling us, when disabled people die or are killed, it’s always less tragic than the deaths of others.
Our lives are held to be unfortunate accidents, and many feel relief at our endings.
Our lives are held to be unfortunate accidents, and many feel relief at our endings.
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*INSTITUTIONALIZATION IS WORSE THEN JAIL*
Disabled, mentally ill, and homeless people thrown into institutions don’t get phone calls, lawyers, or trails. THEY ARE DISAPPEARED with no time limits or advocate for as long as the state pleases.
You know it’s bad when prisoners have more protections.
Disabled, mentally ill, and homeless people thrown into institutions don’t get phone calls, lawyers, or trails. THEY ARE DISAPPEARED with no time limits or advocate for as long as the state pleases.
You know it’s bad when prisoners have more protections.
July 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
*INSTITUTIONALIZATION IS WORSE THEN JAIL*
Disabled, mentally ill, and homeless people thrown into institutions don’t get phone calls, lawyers, or trails. THEY ARE DISAPPEARED with no time limits or advocate for as long as the state pleases.
You know it’s bad when prisoners have more protections.
Disabled, mentally ill, and homeless people thrown into institutions don’t get phone calls, lawyers, or trails. THEY ARE DISAPPEARED with no time limits or advocate for as long as the state pleases.
You know it’s bad when prisoners have more protections.
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Children in Gaza have begun to die of severe malnutrition in increasing numbers as Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza. Infants are the most severely affected, as hunger devours their bodies until they reach "a point of no return." mondoweiss.net/2025/07/when...
When the bodies of starving children in Gaza reach a ‘point of no return’
Children in Gaza have begun to die of severe malnutrition in increasing numbers as Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza. Infants are the most severely affected, as hunger devours their…
mondoweiss.net
July 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Children in Gaza have begun to die of severe malnutrition in increasing numbers as Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza. Infants are the most severely affected, as hunger devours their bodies until they reach "a point of no return." mondoweiss.net/2025/07/when...
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The Duck Duck Go browser provides an option to remove AI images in image search results. Run a search. Then set the filter to off. It will remember this selection for future searches:
July 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Duck Duck Go browser provides an option to remove AI images in image search results. Run a search. Then set the filter to off. It will remember this selection for future searches: