Sky Birdsong
@greenw.bsky.social
Film history researcher & adjunct, disability ally, tech enthusiast, fair weather cyclist living in the beautiful pnw.
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The tariff saga and its impact on disabled people cannot be separated from the administration’s brutal cuts to Medicaid.
“It’s really the most vulnerable of the most vulnerable…who need technologies to live.”
“It’s really the most vulnerable of the most vulnerable…who need technologies to live.”
Tariffs are about to hit lifesaving medical equipment
"It's really the most vulnerable of the most vulnerable...who need technologies to live."
www.motherjones.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The tariff saga and its impact on disabled people cannot be separated from the administration’s brutal cuts to Medicaid.
“It’s really the most vulnerable of the most vulnerable…who need technologies to live.”
“It’s really the most vulnerable of the most vulnerable…who need technologies to live.”
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POWELL: “The level of tariff increases is significantly larger than anticipated, economic effect will likely include higher inflation and slower growth.”
April 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
POWELL: “The level of tariff increases is significantly larger than anticipated, economic effect will likely include higher inflation and slower growth.”
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If you're trying to figure out what to do right now, my advice is to just pick a thing that you think might be useful in some way, however small, and do it. Doing a thing leads you to doing another, bigger thing, and prepares you for that next thing.
February 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you're trying to figure out what to do right now, my advice is to just pick a thing that you think might be useful in some way, however small, and do it. Doing a thing leads you to doing another, bigger thing, and prepares you for that next thing.
In Washington -
Our mission is to pass universal healthcare, meaning publicly funded healthcare available to everyone without financial barriers.
wholewashington.org/about/
Our mission is to pass universal healthcare, meaning publicly funded healthcare available to everyone without financial barriers.
wholewashington.org/about/
About - Whole Washington
Whole Washington is an organization dedicated to Universal Healthcare. Read the mission statement and history of the Washington Health Trust.
wholewashington.org
February 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In Washington -
Our mission is to pass universal healthcare, meaning publicly funded healthcare available to everyone without financial barriers.
wholewashington.org/about/
Our mission is to pass universal healthcare, meaning publicly funded healthcare available to everyone without financial barriers.
wholewashington.org/about/
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Here's the first @bluestein.bsky.social video that X blocked (with the last few seconds trimmed off).
Audience member: "[Congress] controls the budget, not the president. And you are doing us a disservice to set that down and not stand up for us!"
Audience member: "[Congress] controls the budget, not the president. And you are doing us a disservice to set that down and not stand up for us!"
February 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Here's the first @bluestein.bsky.social video that X blocked (with the last few seconds trimmed off).
Audience member: "[Congress] controls the budget, not the president. And you are doing us a disservice to set that down and not stand up for us!"
Audience member: "[Congress] controls the budget, not the president. And you are doing us a disservice to set that down and not stand up for us!"
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Ellen Weintraub, chair of the Federal Election Commission, announced that President Trump sent her a letter declaring her immediate removal. However, Weintraub rejected the action, stating it was not legally valid.
February 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ellen Weintraub, chair of the Federal Election Commission, announced that President Trump sent her a letter declaring her immediate removal. However, Weintraub rejected the action, stating it was not legally valid.
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on the fence in the Senate to act. (They acknowledged that activism scripts are also helpful, so keep doing that, but human stories are more so.)
2. Please ask your friends and family in other states to do the same, because it will help our Senators increase their number of allies in the Senate. /2
2. Please ask your friends and family in other states to do the same, because it will help our Senators increase their number of allies in the Senate. /2
February 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
on the fence in the Senate to act. (They acknowledged that activism scripts are also helpful, so keep doing that, but human stories are more so.)
2. Please ask your friends and family in other states to do the same, because it will help our Senators increase their number of allies in the Senate. /2
2. Please ask your friends and family in other states to do the same, because it will help our Senators increase their number of allies in the Senate. /2
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Murkowski says call volume to the Senate is now 40x higher than normal:
February 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Murkowski says call volume to the Senate is now 40x higher than normal:
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While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems.
February 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems.
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I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
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Maybe someone with the means to do so should take out a full-page ad in as many newspapers as they can that just says “ELON MUSK HAS YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER”
"I just want to be clear about what's going on here."
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
February 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Maybe someone with the means to do so should take out a full-page ad in as many newspapers as they can that just says “ELON MUSK HAS YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER”
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The problem with Elon is we can't fire him because we never hired him.
And we can't impeach him because we never put him in office.
But the DC police can arrest him as a private citizen for trespassing next time he barges into federal offices without legit authorization.
And we can't impeach him because we never put him in office.
But the DC police can arrest him as a private citizen for trespassing next time he barges into federal offices without legit authorization.
February 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The problem with Elon is we can't fire him because we never hired him.
And we can't impeach him because we never put him in office.
But the DC police can arrest him as a private citizen for trespassing next time he barges into federal offices without legit authorization.
And we can't impeach him because we never put him in office.
But the DC police can arrest him as a private citizen for trespassing next time he barges into federal offices without legit authorization.
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Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
January 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
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The catch-22 is that states try to cap premiums to protect their residents. When they do so, they distort the economics that have changed as a result of climate change, leading to them no longer offering coverage.
This is an area the Dems can own by focusing on insurance destruction and inflation
This is an area the Dems can own by focusing on insurance destruction and inflation
So insurers talk publicly about the cost of climate change, the cost to them, and ultimately their customers; while our government will not. The customers of our government are its citizens. They deserve and should demand to be informed first and then protected.
January 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The catch-22 is that states try to cap premiums to protect their residents. When they do so, they distort the economics that have changed as a result of climate change, leading to them no longer offering coverage.
This is an area the Dems can own by focusing on insurance destruction and inflation
This is an area the Dems can own by focusing on insurance destruction and inflation
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Warren: "He can stand there, smile at you and say, 'anybody can vaccinate their kids who wants to,' but he literally could bankrupt the vaccines manufacturers with the power he will have. And since he's got a financial incentive to do that, we cannot trust him in that job."
January 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Warren: "He can stand there, smile at you and say, 'anybody can vaccinate their kids who wants to,' but he literally could bankrupt the vaccines manufacturers with the power he will have. And since he's got a financial incentive to do that, we cannot trust him in that job."
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
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Let me say this in no uncertain terms: the President’s actions today are illegal.
Cutting off people from healthcare, childcare, and other services is cruel.
The State of Illinois will fight this unlawful order with everything we have.
Cutting off people from healthcare, childcare, and other services is cruel.
The State of Illinois will fight this unlawful order with everything we have.
January 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Let me say this in no uncertain terms: the President’s actions today are illegal.
Cutting off people from healthcare, childcare, and other services is cruel.
The State of Illinois will fight this unlawful order with everything we have.
Cutting off people from healthcare, childcare, and other services is cruel.
The State of Illinois will fight this unlawful order with everything we have.
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🚨 Trump fires inspectors general of at least 12 departments in late-night purge, clearing way to install loyalists. The move may violate federal law requiring 30-day notice to Congress. Agencies affected include Defense, State, VA, and more.
Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
🚨 Trump fires inspectors general of at least 12 departments in late-night purge, clearing way to install loyalists. The move may violate federal law requiring 30-day notice to Congress. Agencies affected include Defense, State, VA, and more.
Guide on what to do if ICE comes to your workplace www.nilc.org/wp-content/u...
www.nilc.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Guide on what to do if ICE comes to your workplace www.nilc.org/wp-content/u...
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If you see ice in your town report it here. Knowledge is power. Track it here.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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“Trump signed numerous other orders, however, the first one he signed was a sole-order *erasing* more than 75 executive orders from Biden.
These executive orders were erased from the books in one-sole signature in a single order by Trump.”
sciotovalleyguardian.com/2025/01/20/p...
These executive orders were erased from the books in one-sole signature in a single order by Trump.”
sciotovalleyguardian.com/2025/01/20/p...
January 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“Trump signed numerous other orders, however, the first one he signed was a sole-order *erasing* more than 75 executive orders from Biden.
These executive orders were erased from the books in one-sole signature in a single order by Trump.”
sciotovalleyguardian.com/2025/01/20/p...
These executive orders were erased from the books in one-sole signature in a single order by Trump.”
sciotovalleyguardian.com/2025/01/20/p...
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Mark Cuban posted a TikTok video that he wants to support or invest in somebody who creates a TikTok replacement built on the bluesky AT protocol.
January 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Mark Cuban posted a TikTok video that he wants to support or invest in somebody who creates a TikTok replacement built on the bluesky AT protocol.
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Note this isn’t an official Bluesky app or affiliated with Bluesky at all and it’s essentially an aggregator of images people post to Bluesky (which you can already access through image-based feeds). It’s still cool! But it’s not a new instagram/tiktok. I think the headline is kinda misleading.
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that…
tcrn.ch
January 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Note this isn’t an official Bluesky app or affiliated with Bluesky at all and it’s essentially an aggregator of images people post to Bluesky (which you can already access through image-based feeds). It’s still cool! But it’s not a new instagram/tiktok. I think the headline is kinda misleading.
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The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
January 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.