Cathy Greytfriend
@greytfriend.bsky.social
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The recall occurred at a time when families are relying even more on donated products because of recent cuts to food aid under SNAP. buff.ly/gRroUpg
Recalled Baby Formula Went to Groups Serving Unhoused and at-Risk Families
The program lists 23 organizations across the country as participants in the ByHeart formula donation program.
truthout.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The recall occurred at a time when families are relying even more on donated products because of recent cuts to food aid under SNAP. buff.ly/gRroUpg
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If you're a disabled person in Iowa that would like to chat about your thoughts on Josh Turek's campaign, please be in touch at jmetraux@motherjones.com for a @motherjones.com piece. Reposts appreciated.
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you're a disabled person in Iowa that would like to chat about your thoughts on Josh Turek's campaign, please be in touch at jmetraux@motherjones.com for a @motherjones.com piece. Reposts appreciated.
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Beyond the immediate use of this to crack down on immigrants and people of color, I will bet you that they're going to target LGBTQ bars and drag events. With direct police powers, they'll have free reign to do whatever they want.
Trump announces he's placing the DC police department "under direct federal control" and deploying the National Guard in the city
August 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Beyond the immediate use of this to crack down on immigrants and people of color, I will bet you that they're going to target LGBTQ bars and drag events. With direct police powers, they'll have free reign to do whatever they want.
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Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat.
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled
Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.
www.motherjones.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat.
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
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Our NEW report: Trump's nominee to lead the Special Counsel's Office: a 30-year-old lawyer w/half a year of government experience and a history of racist invective, conspiratorial rants, a 9/11 truth share, and affinity for a well-known White nationalist and Holocaust denier.
youtu.be/XHtFbuo7e2g
youtu.be/XHtFbuo7e2g
Trump taps 30-year-old who shared a 9/11 conspiracy, has ties to a Holocaust denier to led watchdog
YouTube video by Andrew Kaczynski
youtu.be
July 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our NEW report: Trump's nominee to lead the Special Counsel's Office: a 30-year-old lawyer w/half a year of government experience and a history of racist invective, conspiratorial rants, a 9/11 truth share, and affinity for a well-known White nationalist and Holocaust denier.
youtu.be/XHtFbuo7e2g
youtu.be/XHtFbuo7e2g
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Democrats: “Is Zohran Mamdani an antisemite? He’s Muslim so we can never be sure”
Republicans: “What if we made a Holocaust denier one of the most powerful lawyers in America, wouldn’t that be fun”
Republicans: “What if we made a Holocaust denier one of the most powerful lawyers in America, wouldn’t that be fun”
Our NEW report: Trump's nominee to lead the Special Counsel's Office: a 30-year-old lawyer w/half a year of government experience and a history of racist invective, conspiratorial rants, a 9/11 truth share, and affinity for a well-known White nationalist and Holocaust denier.
youtu.be/XHtFbuo7e2g
youtu.be/XHtFbuo7e2g
Trump taps 30-year-old who shared a 9/11 conspiracy, has ties to a Holocaust denier to led watchdog
YouTube video by Andrew Kaczynski
youtu.be
July 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Democrats: “Is Zohran Mamdani an antisemite? He’s Muslim so we can never be sure”
Republicans: “What if we made a Holocaust denier one of the most powerful lawyers in America, wouldn’t that be fun”
Republicans: “What if we made a Holocaust denier one of the most powerful lawyers in America, wouldn’t that be fun”
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Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4
June 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4
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June 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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What am I worried about?
-Safety of 30k US troops in the Middle East
-cybersecurity (since CISA was recently gutted) & homeland security (as HLS focused on immigration)
-Economic strength (oil prices and tariffs)
-Allied assistance (we’ll need that now)
-Domestic intell (leadership at FBI/DNI)
-Safety of 30k US troops in the Middle East
-cybersecurity (since CISA was recently gutted) & homeland security (as HLS focused on immigration)
-Economic strength (oil prices and tariffs)
-Allied assistance (we’ll need that now)
-Domestic intell (leadership at FBI/DNI)
June 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
What am I worried about?
-Safety of 30k US troops in the Middle East
-cybersecurity (since CISA was recently gutted) & homeland security (as HLS focused on immigration)
-Economic strength (oil prices and tariffs)
-Allied assistance (we’ll need that now)
-Domestic intell (leadership at FBI/DNI)
-Safety of 30k US troops in the Middle East
-cybersecurity (since CISA was recently gutted) & homeland security (as HLS focused on immigration)
-Economic strength (oil prices and tariffs)
-Allied assistance (we’ll need that now)
-Domestic intell (leadership at FBI/DNI)
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A white nationalist student at the U of Florida won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...
A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A white nationalist student at the U of Florida won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...
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Josh Hawley is using the regime’s manufactured crisis to begin criminalizing opposition organizations. He’s launching a Senate investigation into immigrant rights organizations.
This is how dictators make it illegal to oppose them.
This is how dictators make it illegal to oppose them.
June 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Josh Hawley is using the regime’s manufactured crisis to begin criminalizing opposition organizations. He’s launching a Senate investigation into immigrant rights organizations.
This is how dictators make it illegal to oppose them.
This is how dictators make it illegal to oppose them.
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“The opposition to climate action is using anti-trans rhetoric to build its base”
A new analysis shows 80% of anti-trans groups have financial links to the fossil fuel industry, @yessfun.com reports
A new analysis shows 80% of anti-trans groups have financial links to the fossil fuel industry, @yessfun.com reports
Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
heated.world
June 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“The opposition to climate action is using anti-trans rhetoric to build its base”
A new analysis shows 80% of anti-trans groups have financial links to the fossil fuel industry, @yessfun.com reports
A new analysis shows 80% of anti-trans groups have financial links to the fossil fuel industry, @yessfun.com reports
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Now that more people are wearing masks to protests again...read my article on mask blocs.
I spoke with mask bloc organizers about how they prepared for the impact of tariffs on masks that they hand out to their communities for free at @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's tariffs will drive up PPE costs—but organizers are ready
Facing trade war and Covid denial, mask blocs are "looking five steps ahead."
www.motherjones.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Now that more people are wearing masks to protests again...read my article on mask blocs.
@anandwrites.bsky.social spotted you in Erika Lee’s *The Making of Asian America.* Fun surprise. On the topic of 2nd & 3rd gen kids of immigrants moving back to the ancestral country instead of staying in the US, I bet that a lot of discussions are happening considering that now/again
June 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@anandwrites.bsky.social spotted you in Erika Lee’s *The Making of Asian America.* Fun surprise. On the topic of 2nd & 3rd gen kids of immigrants moving back to the ancestral country instead of staying in the US, I bet that a lot of discussions are happening considering that now/again
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SCOOP: The first wave of DOGE staffers was supposed to be gone after 130 days. Instead, core members of the team have signed on for the long haul. www.wired.com/story/big-ba...
‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee
The first wave of DOGE staffers was supposed to be gone after 130 days. Instead, core members of the team have signed on for the long haul.
www.wired.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
SCOOP: The first wave of DOGE staffers was supposed to be gone after 130 days. Instead, core members of the team have signed on for the long haul. www.wired.com/story/big-ba...
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🚨House voting on SAVE Act today, worst voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
House Republicans are set to pass a voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions
“It's a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials”
www.motherjones.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🚨House voting on SAVE Act today, worst voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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#RECALL: Bebamour Baby Bath Seats recalled due to risk of serious injury or death to babies from drowning hazard; violation of federal regulation for infant bath seats. Sold on Bebamour.com and Amazon.com. Get full refund. CONTACT: bebamour.com/pages/recall
More: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...
More: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...
April 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#RECALL: Bebamour Baby Bath Seats recalled due to risk of serious injury or death to babies from drowning hazard; violation of federal regulation for infant bath seats. Sold on Bebamour.com and Amazon.com. Get full refund. CONTACT: bebamour.com/pages/recall
More: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...
More: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...
@wkamaubell.bsky.social Just rewatched your ep about Mobile. My brother moved there last year. I may need to join them soon & it’s stressing me out! Your episode helped a lot. Thank you!! The show is still brilliant. I hope @cnn.com will continue this critical resource
March 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
@wkamaubell.bsky.social Just rewatched your ep about Mobile. My brother moved there last year. I may need to join them soon & it’s stressing me out! Your episode helped a lot. Thank you!! The show is still brilliant. I hope @cnn.com will continue this critical resource
These world SF bundles collected by Lavie Tidhar are always fantastic & fantastic deals, check it out
2 of our titles are in the World SF Bundle. This is a great deal. All 10 eBooks for just $20! Or the basic bundle for $5. Or you decide the price. Plus, you can direct 10% of your purchase to help Locus magazine. Offer ends April 10. @tobiogundiran.com
All the details here: storybundle.com/scifi
All the details here: storybundle.com/scifi
March 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
These world SF bundles collected by Lavie Tidhar are always fantastic & fantastic deals, check it out
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"We're creating a log of porn that every individual watches, and it's tracked with our driver's license and a photo of our faces. Whether it's hacked by someone who wants to extort us or, ICE agents or local police investigating an alleged crime, they will all have access to this information."
House Bill 84 or 1984? Ohio lawmakers want to require state ID to watch porn
Ohio lawmakers are edging closer to requiring all porn watchers to submit their state ID and other personal information before accessing explicit content.
www.wcpo.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"We're creating a log of porn that every individual watches, and it's tracked with our driver's license and a photo of our faces. Whether it's hacked by someone who wants to extort us or, ICE agents or local police investigating an alleged crime, they will all have access to this information."
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Good news for fellow authors disheartened by your books being illegally used to train AI;
"If your book was used by Meta, you’re automatically included in the Kadrey v. Meta class action in Northern California..."
And @authorsguild.bsky.social has some practical steps you can take.
"If your book was used by Meta, you’re automatically included in the Kadrey v. Meta class action in Northern California..."
And @authorsguild.bsky.social has some practical steps you can take.
Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...
authorsguild.org
March 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Good news for fellow authors disheartened by your books being illegally used to train AI;
"If your book was used by Meta, you’re automatically included in the Kadrey v. Meta class action in Northern California..."
And @authorsguild.bsky.social has some practical steps you can take.
"If your book was used by Meta, you’re automatically included in the Kadrey v. Meta class action in Northern California..."
And @authorsguild.bsky.social has some practical steps you can take.
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Elmo is Dolores Umbridge
Tell me I’m wrong
Tell me I’m wrong
February 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Elmo is Dolores Umbridge
Tell me I’m wrong
Tell me I’m wrong