@ell-dubb.bsky.social
PNW via the Midwest. Writing for the desk drawer. Liberation for all & solidarity forever.
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More than one in eight families in America struggle with food insecurity. And 42 million people in our country rely on programs like SNAP to help fill those gaps.
Cutting funding for SNAP is unconscionable.
Cutting funding for SNAP is unconscionable.
‘It’s been a lifesaver’: millions risk going hungry as Republicans propose slashing food stamps
Snap helps more than 42 million people, and is considered the country’s most effective tool to fight hunger
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
More than one in eight families in America struggle with food insecurity. And 42 million people in our country rely on programs like SNAP to help fill those gaps.
Cutting funding for SNAP is unconscionable.
Cutting funding for SNAP is unconscionable.
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I am exhausted by the argument that buying nothing for a day will do nothing.
It is a low-stakes chance for people to decide for themselves whether they are willing to be mildly inconvenienced in solidarity with others. That is the point. It's Day 1 of a Couch to 5k. You're accountable to yourself.
It is a low-stakes chance for people to decide for themselves whether they are willing to be mildly inconvenienced in solidarity with others. That is the point. It's Day 1 of a Couch to 5k. You're accountable to yourself.
February 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I am exhausted by the argument that buying nothing for a day will do nothing.
It is a low-stakes chance for people to decide for themselves whether they are willing to be mildly inconvenienced in solidarity with others. That is the point. It's Day 1 of a Couch to 5k. You're accountable to yourself.
It is a low-stakes chance for people to decide for themselves whether they are willing to be mildly inconvenienced in solidarity with others. That is the point. It's Day 1 of a Couch to 5k. You're accountable to yourself.
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Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)
February 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Last week the Your Local Epidemiologist team released a survey on how the federal freezes are impacting your work.
The survey received over 3,000 responses, here are a few stories that were shared. See the full report here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The survey received over 3,000 responses, here are a few stories that were shared. See the full report here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Last week the Your Local Epidemiologist team released a survey on how the federal freezes are impacting your work.
The survey received over 3,000 responses, here are a few stories that were shared. See the full report here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The survey received over 3,000 responses, here are a few stories that were shared. See the full report here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Oh wow, just this morning, I heard an ad for this 250th anniversary focus on NPR and was like, hmmm. Yikes on demonic bikes.
So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund.
www.arts.gov/news/press-r...
www.arts.gov/news/press-r...
Updates on National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities
The National Endowment for the Arts is updating its FY 2026 grant guidelines, with deadlines in March and July 2025. These changes impact organizations applying in the Grants for Arts Projects or Chal...
www.arts.gov
February 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Oh wow, just this morning, I heard an ad for this 250th anniversary focus on NPR and was like, hmmm. Yikes on demonic bikes.
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This, btw, is why you tell people that you're making calls, going to rallies, writing letters, making donations, organizing a phone bank, organizing mutual aid, organizing daycare or meals or pro bono lawyers for federal workers who suddenly have no income.
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd.
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd.
"Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd." - Soul Asylum
Signs. Of. Life.
Protest outside Treasury Dept. tonight.
Protest outside Treasury Dept. tonight.
February 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This, btw, is why you tell people that you're making calls, going to rallies, writing letters, making donations, organizing a phone bank, organizing mutual aid, organizing daycare or meals or pro bono lawyers for federal workers who suddenly have no income.
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd.
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd.
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Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Depr.management
February 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
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Here are the actions I posted over on IG for tomorrow!
February 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Here are the actions I posted over on IG for tomorrow!
When I was Catholic, I chose Brigid as my confirmation name — I cite it as an example of how “I knew before I knew.” My intuition never fails me, and it vehemently tells me that abortion is, always has been, and always will be care. People of faith (inc. Catholics) are not excluded from that care.
We’re often asked about our name: Why “The Brigid Alliance”? Our founders named the organization after St. Brigid of Kildaire, Ireland’s patron saint of learning, healing and protection. Please join us in spreading the word – and make a donation: www.brigidalliance.org/donate2025
February 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
When I was Catholic, I chose Brigid as my confirmation name — I cite it as an example of how “I knew before I knew.” My intuition never fails me, and it vehemently tells me that abortion is, always has been, and always will be care. People of faith (inc. Catholics) are not excluded from that care.
Now this is the kind of science stuff I want to see.
An extinct variety of rye was recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Huron. Can scientists bring it back to life?
Michigan-Based Team To Resuscitate Shipwrecked Rye Seeds
Divers have recovered seeds of a long-lost rye variety from a 146-year-old shipwreck in Lake Huron. Scientists hope to bring it back to life.
buff.ly
February 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Now this is the kind of science stuff I want to see.
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
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US painter Nicole Eisenman, Another Green World (2016) #womensart
January 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
US painter Nicole Eisenman, Another Green World (2016) #womensart
Even if you’re primarily a reader of physical texts, I HIGHLY suggest figuring out which of your favorite authors have the most soothing voices (to you) so you can deploy them in times of stress & anxiety. Audiobooks, lectures, interviews, whatever. My go-tos are Ross Gay & Robin Wall Kimmerer.
January 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Even if you’re primarily a reader of physical texts, I HIGHLY suggest figuring out which of your favorite authors have the most soothing voices (to you) so you can deploy them in times of stress & anxiety. Audiobooks, lectures, interviews, whatever. My go-tos are Ross Gay & Robin Wall Kimmerer.
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the answer is "I want to speak to a lawyer/my union rep." then you shut the fuck up. that's always the answer.
If you have students who are trans no you don’t. If you have students of color who may be affected by ICE no you don’t. If anyone asks you gender or racial the makeup of your class you don’t have to tell them.
Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.
Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.
1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
the answer is "I want to speak to a lawyer/my union rep." then you shut the fuck up. that's always the answer.
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People are understandably feeling scared as Trump unleashes his torrent of attacks on vulnerable populations. But some in the grassroots are fighting back, piece by piece. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social burns and I documented one such effort in Chicago disrupting Trump’s mass deportation plans.
“Don’t Open the Door”: How Chicago Is Frustrating ICE’s Campaign of Fear
Months of know-your-rights work has Trump’s border czar complaining.
inthesetimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
People are understandably feeling scared as Trump unleashes his torrent of attacks on vulnerable populations. But some in the grassroots are fighting back, piece by piece. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social burns and I documented one such effort in Chicago disrupting Trump’s mass deportation plans.
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Hi, I’m God.
Your reality is in a Groundhog Day loop of misery until you all decide to embrace a revolutionary progressive form of politics.
Lmk
Your reality is in a Groundhog Day loop of misery until you all decide to embrace a revolutionary progressive form of politics.
Lmk
January 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hi, I’m God.
Your reality is in a Groundhog Day loop of misery until you all decide to embrace a revolutionary progressive form of politics.
Lmk
Your reality is in a Groundhog Day loop of misery until you all decide to embrace a revolutionary progressive form of politics.
Lmk
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A list of reasons to make art:
-horny
-spite
-for the bit
-if you don't who will
-horny
-spite
-for the bit
-if you don't who will
December 9, 2024 at 10:54 PM
A list of reasons to make art:
-horny
-spite
-for the bit
-if you don't who will
-horny
-spite
-for the bit
-if you don't who will
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Transness has always been and always will be.
Without us, liberation is not possible.
So we will make liberation inevitable.
I see you. I love you. I love us.
Without us, liberation is not possible.
So we will make liberation inevitable.
I see you. I love you. I love us.
January 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Transness has always been and always will be.
Without us, liberation is not possible.
So we will make liberation inevitable.
I see you. I love you. I love us.
Without us, liberation is not possible.
So we will make liberation inevitable.
I see you. I love you. I love us.
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"It is rich cynics trying to make something lifeless grow in the way that living things do, and lock the dying present they rule in for the foreseeable future by effectively removing everyone from it but them. " @davidjroth.bsky.social
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The Future Is Too Easy | Defector
LAS VEGAS — There is something unstable at the most basic level about any space with too much capitalism happening in it. The air is all wrong, there’s simultaneously too much in it and not enough of ...
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January 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"It is rich cynics trying to make something lifeless grow in the way that living things do, and lock the dying present they rule in for the foreseeable future by effectively removing everyone from it but them. " @davidjroth.bsky.social
defector.com/the-future-i...
defector.com/the-future-i...
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Frank Wilhoit seems very topical today: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
January 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Frank Wilhoit seems very topical today: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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Don’t make me tap the sign.
Generative AI is not an assistive device because being a bad writer is not a disability.
January 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Don’t make me tap the sign.
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In case you are looking for something like this: "The Logoff is a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life." www.vox.com/pages/logoff...
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January 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In case you are looking for something like this: "The Logoff is a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life." www.vox.com/pages/logoff...