people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think

Howdy yall! I need to do a short interview with someone from a different cultural background than my own (White ex-evangelical from East TN). Any takers? #culture #religion #socialwork

Friends, I hope you are paying attention... this authoritarian regime is moving to closet #lgbtq folks and strip us of our rights. Join the peaceful resistance on Oct. 18. #nokings

No Kings www.nokings.org

28-year-old Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who has no known criminal record, was accused by Texas police of being in a Venezuelan gang because they found a photo of him posing with another man with tattoos, his lawyers say.

From ProPublica partner @texastribune.org:

the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states

A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.

But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.

#GOP math:
Increase prices (due to #tarrifs and disruption) + end subsidized health insurance (like #medicaid) + end #studentloan relief = desperate and screwed over working and middle classes

Working in the sweet potatoes in the San Joaquin Valley in summer months is hard. Workers walk miles across the fields bent over as they weed the plants. As temps get hotter, they start in pre-dawn, as it's too hot to work 8 hrs under a searing sun in an open field. #WeFeedYou

As we celebrate our graduates, I can't help but fear we are throwing them to the wolves... #oligarchy; low wages; limited #rights and #opportunities; poisonous air, water, and soil; and constant #hustle to just survive.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

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Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 pm MT @ Zoom June 5th - July 24, 2025

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they want us poor, sick and desperate

"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News

#Texas Senate passed #voucher bill, now to the House. It will:
-increase costs;
-under-fund #publicschools;
-subsidize the wealthy;
-deepen segregation;
-hurt #SPED kids; &
-fund anti-science, anti-intellectual #theocratic schools.
Call Reps, demand they vote no on #SB2.
www.kut.org/politics/202...

A few years ago, the state of Texas imposed a performance-based test for school leaders, the ETS PASL. It's a real bear. Frankly, I'm not sure how folks are completing it successfully. I'm grateful for the support of some UTEP colleagues, but your prayers, incense, and animal sacrifices are welcome.

RFK is not a friend of the #LGBTQ community. He has promoted #AIDS denialism, fringe ideas about the cause of gender and sexual diversity, and misinformation and fear around #trans issues. I am truly worried about a defunding of HIV treatment and #PreP. #publichealth
glaad.org/gap/robert-f...

Some #democrats blame #trans people, #wokeness for election losses, buying into the right's smoke & mirrors. It's distraction from the #material conditions impacting working people. Let's not blame vulnerable trans & #queer youth for #neoliberalism & #reganomics. www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...

While there's always new postures to learn, breathing to practice, body control to improve, and brain squirrels to tame, I'm proud of the progress in my practice and its positive impacts on my life.
#yoga #Vrikshasana #elpaso #rocket #yogi #ashtangawannabe

As an #educator, #antifascist, #nature lover and member of the #lgbtq alphabet mafia, I'm thrilled to enjoy a new space. #elpaso