@cicadasnack.bsky.social
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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And if you stopped masking it’s okay to start again.
It’s worth it.
It’s worth it.
October 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
And if you stopped masking it’s okay to start again.
It’s worth it.
It’s worth it.
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Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
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Today North Carolina issued statewide standing orders to allow pharmacies across the state to provide COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk adults over 18, including everyone over 65, without a prescription.
September 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Today North Carolina issued statewide standing orders to allow pharmacies across the state to provide COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk adults over 18, including everyone over 65, without a prescription.
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This a thread about one feature of the Trump Admin's EO regarding the Smithsonian that I haven't seen much explicit discussion of. The stated purpose for reviewing Smithsonian exhibits and collections is to ensure they align with something called "Americanism." That term has a notable genealogy.
August 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This a thread about one feature of the Trump Admin's EO regarding the Smithsonian that I haven't seen much explicit discussion of. The stated purpose for reviewing Smithsonian exhibits and collections is to ensure they align with something called "Americanism." That term has a notable genealogy.
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
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a point I make over and over re: climate change is that there’s no point at which it’s time to throw up your hands and give up, because each tenth of a degree you can prevent is worth it
2C is better than 2.1C is better than 2.2C and so on and so forth
2C is better than 2.1C is better than 2.2C and so on and so forth
New from me: An exclusive interview with David Suzuki, who talked about reaching the conclusion that humanity has failed in the fight against climate change, and why communities should start preparing for more destructive natural disasters #cdnpoli #cdnenviro
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics
"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...
www.ipolitics.ca
July 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
a point I make over and over re: climate change is that there’s no point at which it’s time to throw up your hands and give up, because each tenth of a degree you can prevent is worth it
2C is better than 2.1C is better than 2.2C and so on and so forth
2C is better than 2.1C is better than 2.2C and so on and so forth
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If you can't bring yourself to say that REPUBLICANS voted to pass the largest job killing bill in history,
and that REPUBLICANS voted to betray working people,
then you aren't FOR the people.
Be HONEST about who did this.
Enough with bothsidesism bullshit and lies.
and that REPUBLICANS voted to betray working people,
then you aren't FOR the people.
Be HONEST about who did this.
Enough with bothsidesism bullshit and lies.
Congress voted to pass the largest job-killing bill in history.
Congress voted to take away health care from 17 million people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
Congress voted to take away food assistance from 3 million people.
Congress voted to betray working people.
Congress voted to take away health care from 17 million people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
Congress voted to take away food assistance from 3 million people.
Congress voted to betray working people.
July 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
If you can't bring yourself to say that REPUBLICANS voted to pass the largest job killing bill in history,
and that REPUBLICANS voted to betray working people,
then you aren't FOR the people.
Be HONEST about who did this.
Enough with bothsidesism bullshit and lies.
and that REPUBLICANS voted to betray working people,
then you aren't FOR the people.
Be HONEST about who did this.
Enough with bothsidesism bullshit and lies.
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The aim is to privatize weather information and force the public to pay for weather data. "U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts." michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/critical-h...
Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated
U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts
michaelrlowry.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The aim is to privatize weather information and force the public to pay for weather data. "U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts." michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/critical-h...
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Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"Like Amazon, but with human beings."
April 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"Like Amazon, but with human beings."
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every community that held a #handsoff rally should start a blog blog. it’s the antithesis to apathy and performative politics, and it’s hilariously funny. we have a good time and we get results: we helped increase voter turnout by almost 30% in 2023 local elections.
April 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
every community that held a #handsoff rally should start a blog blog. it’s the antithesis to apathy and performative politics, and it’s hilariously funny. we have a good time and we get results: we helped increase voter turnout by almost 30% in 2023 local elections.
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Senator Cory Booker is still on the Senate floor for his filibuster.
13 hours and counting!
“I urge you to fight every one of his proposals and appointments, slow the legislative process as much as you can. Please. I hope Trump will lose his majority.”
🔥
13 hours and counting!
“I urge you to fight every one of his proposals and appointments, slow the legislative process as much as you can. Please. I hope Trump will lose his majority.”
🔥
April 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Senator Cory Booker is still on the Senate floor for his filibuster.
13 hours and counting!
“I urge you to fight every one of his proposals and appointments, slow the legislative process as much as you can. Please. I hope Trump will lose his majority.”
🔥
13 hours and counting!
“I urge you to fight every one of his proposals and appointments, slow the legislative process as much as you can. Please. I hope Trump will lose his majority.”
🔥
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Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them.
There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them.
There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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A gentle reminder: we have failed to enact the single most ambitious, best-case scenario for emissions.
All of the rest remain up for grabs: and we will absolutely 'fail to stop' these as well, if we widely adopt the fatalist framing
All of the rest remain up for grabs: and we will absolutely 'fail to stop' these as well, if we widely adopt the fatalist framing
March 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A gentle reminder: we have failed to enact the single most ambitious, best-case scenario for emissions.
All of the rest remain up for grabs: and we will absolutely 'fail to stop' these as well, if we widely adopt the fatalist framing
All of the rest remain up for grabs: and we will absolutely 'fail to stop' these as well, if we widely adopt the fatalist framing
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
www.reddit.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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A message from #AltGov:
The Fall of Rome
This is a collaborative essay submitted by members of Altgov.
democracy-papers.ghost.io
February 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
A message from #AltGov:
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I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
February 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
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The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
ACOG Endorsed
The following documents have ACOG’s endorsement and are listed in order of endorsed date.
www.acog.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
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Our congressional delegation pursuing oversight on reports of Elon Musk’s illegal activity at USAID was just barred from entering the building on the orders of Musk and the Trump Administration.
Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.
Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.
Members of Congress with @beyer.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov now seeking entry at USAID
February 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Our congressional delegation pursuing oversight on reports of Elon Musk’s illegal activity at USAID was just barred from entering the building on the orders of Musk and the Trump Administration.
Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.
Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.
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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
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Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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An Elon Musk staffer misused the U.S. Marshals Service by falsely invoking their authority to intimidate. USAID security personnel were threatened with action by the federal Marshals Service.
February 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM
An Elon Musk staffer misused the U.S. Marshals Service by falsely invoking their authority to intimidate. USAID security personnel were threatened with action by the federal Marshals Service.