H. R. Martinez
@hanjrmtz.bsky.social
Activist, law student, aspiring author 🏳️🌈
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Anti-trans laws are rising across the U.S.—but so is the resilience of the trans community.
Being Trans in Trump’s America - Truthdig
How a new generation of transgender people are navigating a rising tide of anti-trans policies and ideology.
www.truthdig.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Anti-trans laws are rising across the U.S.—but so is the resilience of the trans community.
Thankful to have gotten the chance to work on such an important story, featuring incredible community members and advocates!
Anti-trans laws are rising across the U.S.—but so is the resilience of the trans community.
Being Trans in Trump’s America - Truthdig
How a new generation of transgender people are navigating a rising tide of anti-trans policies and ideology.
www.truthdig.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Thankful to have gotten the chance to work on such an important story, featuring incredible community members and advocates!
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Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas.
Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Texas #Exxon #Plastic #Climate
Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Texas #Exxon #Plastic #Climate
Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas
Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.
grist.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas.
Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Texas #Exxon #Plastic #Climate
Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Texas #Exxon #Plastic #Climate
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I wrote this on one of the darkest days of my life. It gave me an anchor to hold onto.
January 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I wrote this on one of the darkest days of my life. It gave me an anchor to hold onto.
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Which is more important -- that AI summary of your search results (which you don't read and can't turn off) or a habitable planet? www.ft.com/content/63c3...
AI set to fuel surge in new US gas power plants
Climate targets in peril as Big Tech turns to fossil fuels to feed energy demand
www.ft.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Which is more important -- that AI summary of your search results (which you don't read and can't turn off) or a habitable planet? www.ft.com/content/63c3...
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“There is a linkage between every single bomb that is dropped in Gaza and the U.S. because every single bomb that is dropped is dropped from an American-made plane.”
Former State Department Official: US Implicated in Every Bomb Israel Drops on Gaza
“There is a linkage between every single bomb that is dropped in Gaza and the U.S.,” one former official said.
truthout.org
January 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“There is a linkage between every single bomb that is dropped in Gaza and the U.S. because every single bomb that is dropped is dropped from an American-made plane.”
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“If you take away those federal funds, you’re taking away qualified teachers…it would be a domino effect.”
Project 2025's plan to dismantle public education—and screw over disabled kids
Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.
www.motherjones.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“If you take away those federal funds, you’re taking away qualified teachers…it would be a domino effect.”
There's a reason trans youth have one of the highest rates of suicide in the country... and there's a lot we could be doing to address that crisis. This is not one of those things.
I can’t get over how cartoonishly evil this is
putting in your fucking “hate speech” policy that a particular kind of hate speech against a particular group of people is explicitly allowed - and therefore encouraged - is the kind of shit that should be done from a volcano lair with a shark moat
putting in your fucking “hate speech” policy that a particular kind of hate speech against a particular group of people is explicitly allowed - and therefore encouraged - is the kind of shit that should be done from a volcano lair with a shark moat
Meta literally created a LGBTQ exception for calling someone mentally ill as an insult. You can't do it for any other group except LGBTQ people.
January 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
There's a reason trans youth have one of the highest rates of suicide in the country... and there's a lot we could be doing to address that crisis. This is not one of those things.
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Former Exxon lobbyist Keith McCoy:
“Did we aggressively fight against some of the science? Yes.”
“Did we join some of these shadow groups to work against some of the early efforts? Yes, that’s true.”
“We were looking out for our investments.”
#ExxonKnew
“Did we aggressively fight against some of the science? Yes.”
“Did we join some of these shadow groups to work against some of the early efforts? Yes, that’s true.”
“We were looking out for our investments.”
#ExxonKnew
The emergence of extreme wintertime wildfires in California is one of those classic “this is climate change” moments: A specific set of weather conditions is now occurring in such a way to produce the potential for rare disasters to become much more common.
www.fastcompany.com/91256483/the...
www.fastcompany.com/91256483/the...
The horrifying L.A. wildfires are being fueled by the worst conditions January has ever seen
Southern California is experiencing a midwinter drought at the same time as dangerous Santa Ana winds, leading to a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades.
www.fastcompany.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Former Exxon lobbyist Keith McCoy:
“Did we aggressively fight against some of the science? Yes.”
“Did we join some of these shadow groups to work against some of the early efforts? Yes, that’s true.”
“We were looking out for our investments.”
#ExxonKnew
“Did we aggressively fight against some of the science? Yes.”
“Did we join some of these shadow groups to work against some of the early efforts? Yes, that’s true.”
“We were looking out for our investments.”
#ExxonKnew
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When I started writing this piece the number of LA folks under evacuation orders was 30,000. Now it's 70,000 and with water pressure falling and the winds still strong that number will rise again.
Good luck one and all, and crossing fingers and toes for those fleeing and JPL.
Good luck one and all, and crossing fingers and toes for those fleeing and JPL.
Los Angeles fires cause thousands to flee - NASA JPL closed
Fire crews fight to keep people, homes, and science safe
www.theregister.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
When I started writing this piece the number of LA folks under evacuation orders was 30,000. Now it's 70,000 and with water pressure falling and the winds still strong that number will rise again.
Good luck one and all, and crossing fingers and toes for those fleeing and JPL.
Good luck one and all, and crossing fingers and toes for those fleeing and JPL.
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
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AccuWeather has a preliminary estimate for damages and economic loss from the wildfires: $52 billion to $57 billion.
Follow our coverage of the Los Angeles wildfires for free
Follow our coverage of the Los Angeles wildfires for free
Live: Updates on Los Angeles Wildfires
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January 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
AccuWeather has a preliminary estimate for damages and economic loss from the wildfires: $52 billion to $57 billion.
Follow our coverage of the Los Angeles wildfires for free
Follow our coverage of the Los Angeles wildfires for free
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The latest on three devastating fires burning in Los Angeles County:
#EatonFire
🔸 More than 2,220 acres burned
🔸 Two deaths confirmed
🔸 0% contained
#PalisadesFire
🔸 Over 2,900 acres burned
🔸 0% contained
#HurstFire
🔸 About 500 acres burned
🔸 0% contained
Coverage today from @latimes.com:
#EatonFire
🔸 More than 2,220 acres burned
🔸 Two deaths confirmed
🔸 0% contained
#PalisadesFire
🔸 Over 2,900 acres burned
🔸 0% contained
#HurstFire
🔸 About 500 acres burned
🔸 0% contained
Coverage today from @latimes.com:
2 dead and more than 1,000 homes, businesses, other buildings destroyed in L.A. County fires
More than 1,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have burned and at least two people are dead in wildfires burning across L.A. County, making this one of the most destructive firestorms to hit th...
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The latest on three devastating fires burning in Los Angeles County:
#EatonFire
🔸 More than 2,220 acres burned
🔸 Two deaths confirmed
🔸 0% contained
#PalisadesFire
🔸 Over 2,900 acres burned
🔸 0% contained
#HurstFire
🔸 About 500 acres burned
🔸 0% contained
Coverage today from @latimes.com:
#EatonFire
🔸 More than 2,220 acres burned
🔸 Two deaths confirmed
🔸 0% contained
#PalisadesFire
🔸 Over 2,900 acres burned
🔸 0% contained
#HurstFire
🔸 About 500 acres burned
🔸 0% contained
Coverage today from @latimes.com:
Awesome, needed piece by @zanemcneill.bsky.social @truthout.org about being LGBTQ+ in the legal field in 2025. truthout.org/articles/i-e...
I Entered Law to Protect My LGBTQ Community. I Need Solidarity From Colleagues.
The legal profession must fight to protect us — the lawyers, law students and legal workers fighting for a better world.
truthout.org
January 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Awesome, needed piece by @zanemcneill.bsky.social @truthout.org about being LGBTQ+ in the legal field in 2025. truthout.org/articles/i-e...
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Wendell Potter’s op-ed is a must-read insider look at a rigged healthcare system that prioritizes profit over patients. It's why I won't stop fighting for Medicare For All.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...
Opinion | I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit.
Shareholders, not patient outcomes, tend to drive decisions at health insurance companies.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Wendell Potter’s op-ed is a must-read insider look at a rigged healthcare system that prioritizes profit over patients. It's why I won't stop fighting for Medicare For All.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...
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Bernie Sanders is right. Patients have been exploited by private health insurance and PBMs for too long through high premiums, insane deductibles, and claim denials for necessary care. We need a movement for #MedicareForAll.
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Bernie Sanders: A Mass Movement Can Beat Health CEO Greed
We spoke to Bernie Sanders about alleged health insurance CEO shooter Luigi Mangione, the crisis of for-profit health care in America, why only a mass movement can win Medicare for All, and how to fig...
jacobin.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Bernie Sanders is right. Patients have been exploited by private health insurance and PBMs for too long through high premiums, insane deductibles, and claim denials for necessary care. We need a movement for #MedicareForAll.
jacobin.com/2024/12/sand...
jacobin.com/2024/12/sand...
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Millions of people in the U.S. viscerally hate health insurance corporations, and see these companies and their CEOs as symbols of the worst kind of corporate greed. Enriching themselves whilst denying claims for care that people desperately need.
Behind UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Is a Larger System of Corporate Rule
The violence of for-profit health care’s megastructure can only be overcome through collective resistance campaigns.
truthout.org
December 12, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Millions of people in the U.S. viscerally hate health insurance corporations, and see these companies and their CEOs as symbols of the worst kind of corporate greed. Enriching themselves whilst denying claims for care that people desperately need.
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I remember 20+ years ago Exxon funding the AGU student networking breakfast. It was all a little sus then. But now?! Get with the times. That industry is whatever the opposite of honest broker is when it comes to science. Regardless of anything else, a science org can't take their money. #AGU24
#AGU2024 - "Climate Science and Big Oil Need to Go Their Separate Ways"
NASA Earth Scientist Dr. Peter Kalmus wrote an opinion piece this week on the importance of The American Geophysical Union (AGU) cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry.
Read about it here: bit.ly/3VzOTQO
NASA Earth Scientist Dr. Peter Kalmus wrote an opinion piece this week on the importance of The American Geophysical Union (AGU) cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry.
Read about it here: bit.ly/3VzOTQO
Climate Science and Big Oil Need to Go Their Separate Ways | Opinion
The American Geophysical Union has a long history of taking fossil fuel money, and has not pledged to stop.
bit.ly
December 11, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I remember 20+ years ago Exxon funding the AGU student networking breakfast. It was all a little sus then. But now?! Get with the times. That industry is whatever the opposite of honest broker is when it comes to science. Regardless of anything else, a science org can't take their money. #AGU24
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New research: The fossil fuel industry is helping to spread disinformation about wind energy through false narratives, misleading facts, and fake experts.
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
The Oil Industry Is Helping to Spread Misinfo About Whale Deaths
A Brown University study found that organized opposition to wind energy was fueled by extensive “information” from the fossil fuel industry.
newrepublic.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:49 PM
New research: The fossil fuel industry is helping to spread disinformation about wind energy through false narratives, misleading facts, and fake experts.
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
Disabled folks in the public sector, what kinds of places/industries have you found to be the most accessible places to work? Any nonprofits/types of work that are most conducive to fully remote work?
Signed,
A chronically ill law student learning the legal field may not be so accessible 😕
Signed,
A chronically ill law student learning the legal field may not be so accessible 😕
December 5, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Disabled folks in the public sector, what kinds of places/industries have you found to be the most accessible places to work? Any nonprofits/types of work that are most conducive to fully remote work?
Signed,
A chronically ill law student learning the legal field may not be so accessible 😕
Signed,
A chronically ill law student learning the legal field may not be so accessible 😕
This is what I mean when I say that much sustainability-focused climate activism that doesn't involve interrogation into the systemic nature of the climate crisis & policy advocacy to hold corporations accountable is performative at best and harmful at worst.
"Unfortunately, your box was apparently one pound too heavy for the carrier aircraft, which experienced a massive mechanical failure, resulting in a geyser of jet fuel raining down on a nearby bird sanctuary."
Your Amazon Order of Reusable Metal Straws Is Currently on Its Way Via the Most Ecologically Devastating Route You Could Imagine
SHIPPED: Your Amazon Order of GaiaGulp Earth-Friendly Metal Straws and EcoGO Reusable Shopping Bags is on its way to you in Chicago. You’ve opted t...
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 9:31 PM
This is what I mean when I say that much sustainability-focused climate activism that doesn't involve interrogation into the systemic nature of the climate crisis & policy advocacy to hold corporations accountable is performative at best and harmful at worst.
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Real universities don’t sell out their students’ futures…
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Another Preemptive Action? | Princeton Alumni Weekly
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November 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Real universities don’t sell out their students’ futures…
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Five actions Biden can take to protect civil liberties before Trump’s presidency
Five actions Biden can take to protect civil liberties before Trump’s presidency
From confirming judges to closing detention centers, six experts address how the president can limit Trump’s impact
In less than two months, Donald Trump will take office, threatening several areas of American life and international policy. The…
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November 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Five actions Biden can take to protect civil liberties before Trump’s presidency