Jan Steckel
@jan-steckel.bsky.social
Bi Jewish disabled writer and poet. Lambda Literary Award winner. Medical editor. Retired physician.
May Alice Wong's name be a blessing. San Francisco is missing a bright light tonight.
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
May Alice Wong's name be a blessing. San Francisco is missing a bright light tonight.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
The federal government is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on November 18-20 and tell President James B. Milliken & the Regents to protect UC's independence. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...
University of California: Reject the federal government's political control
The federal government is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on November 18-20 and tell President James B. M...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The federal government is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on November 18-20 and tell President James B. Milliken & the Regents to protect UC's independence. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop Playing Politics With Food Assistance Programs
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern hist...
sign.moveon.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
[SF Bay Area]: Saturday, Nov. 15, at 4:30 PM, Steve Arntson will play a piano recital at
Hillside, an Urban Sanctuary
1422 Navellier Street
El Cerrito, CA
If you've never heard Steve play, you are in for a treat. Hope to see you there.
Hillside, an Urban Sanctuary
1422 Navellier Street
El Cerrito, CA
If you've never heard Steve play, you are in for a treat. Hope to see you there.
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
[SF Bay Area]: Saturday, Nov. 15, at 4:30 PM, Steve Arntson will play a piano recital at
Hillside, an Urban Sanctuary
1422 Navellier Street
El Cerrito, CA
If you've never heard Steve play, you are in for a treat. Hope to see you there.
Hillside, an Urban Sanctuary
1422 Navellier Street
El Cerrito, CA
If you've never heard Steve play, you are in for a treat. Hope to see you there.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
Congress: Rein in Trump's unconstitutional military action
No president should have unchecked power to kill without evidence, trials, or congressional oversight. This administration has labeled these 64 victims “unlawful combatants" to justify killing them wi...
sign.moveon.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
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Mamdani missed a chance to mispronounce “Cuomo” in his victory speech
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Mamdani missed a chance to mispronounce “Cuomo” in his victory speech
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Grocery stores were trying to help SNAP recipients while they are getting no benefits. They offered special coupons. Trump’s USDA informed the stores they can’t offer discounts to recipients amid the shutdown. Trump threatened stores with taking away their authorization to participate in SNAP.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Grocery stores were trying to help SNAP recipients while they are getting no benefits. They offered special coupons. Trump’s USDA informed the stores they can’t offer discounts to recipients amid the shutdown. Trump threatened stores with taking away their authorization to participate in SNAP.
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HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
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Argentina First.
October 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Argentina First.
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Entrance to Coast Guard Island in Alameda/Oakland
25.10.23.09.14
25.10.23.09.14
October 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Entrance to Coast Guard Island in Alameda/Oakland
25.10.23.09.14
25.10.23.09.14
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Protesters gathered on the road leading from Oakland to Coast Guard Island, opposing the deployment of CBP and other federal agents sent to crack down immigration enforcement in the Bay Area.
🎥: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades and Minh Connors
🎥: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades and Minh Connors
October 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Protesters gathered on the road leading from Oakland to Coast Guard Island, opposing the deployment of CBP and other federal agents sent to crack down immigration enforcement in the Bay Area.
🎥: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades and Minh Connors
🎥: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades and Minh Connors
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Coast Guard Island in Alameda/Oakland
25.10.23 in the AM
25.10.23 in the AM
October 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Coast Guard Island in Alameda/Oakland
25.10.23 in the AM
25.10.23 in the AM
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WHAT TO DO IF YOU SEE ICE
Spread power not panic with accurate information!
Call the Alameda County Rapid Response Hotline:
(510) 241-4011 and share detailed information using SALUTE:
Size/ Strength
How many officers? How many vehicles?
Actions / Activity
What are they doing?
Spread power not panic with accurate information!
Call the Alameda County Rapid Response Hotline:
(510) 241-4011 and share detailed information using SALUTE:
Size/ Strength
How many officers? How many vehicles?
Actions / Activity
What are they doing?
October 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SEE ICE
Spread power not panic with accurate information!
Call the Alameda County Rapid Response Hotline:
(510) 241-4011 and share detailed information using SALUTE:
Size/ Strength
How many officers? How many vehicles?
Actions / Activity
What are they doing?
Spread power not panic with accurate information!
Call the Alameda County Rapid Response Hotline:
(510) 241-4011 and share detailed information using SALUTE:
Size/ Strength
How many officers? How many vehicles?
Actions / Activity
What are they doing?
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Here they come.
ICE and others on the way to the Bay Area.
The following are potential bits of info:
Arrival Location: Coast Guard Base Alameda
Arrival Time: Thursday (tomorrow)
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
ICE and others on the way to the Bay Area.
The following are potential bits of info:
Arrival Location: Coast Guard Base Alameda
Arrival Time: Thursday (tomorrow)
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Here they come.
ICE and others on the way to the Bay Area.
The following are potential bits of info:
Arrival Location: Coast Guard Base Alameda
Arrival Time: Thursday (tomorrow)
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
ICE and others on the way to the Bay Area.
The following are potential bits of info:
Arrival Location: Coast Guard Base Alameda
Arrival Time: Thursday (tomorrow)
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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this simple piece of paper could save bay area lives
October 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
this simple piece of paper could save bay area lives
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Oakland” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Oakland · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
To see the most up-to-date information on this event, check this link! https://tinyurl.com/NK2-Oakland-Event-Info
**There will be food for sale f...
www.mobilize.us
October 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Oakland” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Good on you, MIT.
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Good on you, MIT.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...
STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...
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ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
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It's October now, so everyone has to say happy birthday to the bisexual Wikipedia skeleton
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It's October now, so everyone has to say happy birthday to the bisexual Wikipedia skeleton
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BREAKING: Pete Hegseth, Who Personally Ordered a Makeup Room Installed in the Pentagon So He Can Look His Absolute Greasiest, Calls For Return to Manliness
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
BREAKING: Pete Hegseth, Who Personally Ordered a Makeup Room Installed in the Pentagon So He Can Look His Absolute Greasiest, Calls For Return to Manliness
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Mike Johnson is delaying the certification of Adelita Grijalva’s victory in Arizona’s special election last week.
This move prevents Democrats from securing the final signature needed to force a House floor vote and release the Epstein files.
This move prevents Democrats from securing the final signature needed to force a House floor vote and release the Epstein files.
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Mike Johnson is delaying the certification of Adelita Grijalva’s victory in Arizona’s special election last week.
This move prevents Democrats from securing the final signature needed to force a House floor vote and release the Epstein files.
This move prevents Democrats from securing the final signature needed to force a House floor vote and release the Epstein files.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
