Ken (they/them)
@kenyattathomas.com
reproductive justice & geek behavior🎮
abortion is normal.
Mississippi made.
social media at the Electronic Frontier Foundation
views = mine
abortion is normal.
Mississippi made.
social media at the Electronic Frontier Foundation
views = mine
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Anyone remember that cease fire?
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say
‘Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Anyone remember that cease fire?
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
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Amazing work tonight Oakland. Privacy won and the new contract did NOT advance out of the committee thanks to 5+ hours of community opposition
OAKLAND: City Council is slowly filling with residents here to make sure the Town tells ALPRs to Flock off. Come down and show your opposition to the surveillance state NOW
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Amazing work tonight Oakland. Privacy won and the new contract did NOT advance out of the committee thanks to 5+ hours of community opposition
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even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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genuinely beautiful that new york elected a muslim lefty mayor the same day that dick cheney died
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
genuinely beautiful that new york elected a muslim lefty mayor the same day that dick cheney died
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Israel killed at least 104 people in Gaza, including 46 children, in overnight strikes on the Palestinian territory.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
October 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Israel killed at least 104 people in Gaza, including 46 children, in overnight strikes on the Palestinian territory.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
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This is the future progressives want
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is the future progressives want
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it's important to remember the people doing this aren't "just following orders," they signed up to do this, they're excited to do it, it's what they want to be doing, and each one of them is personally culpable for the entirety of ICE's conduct
In video provided exclusively to MSNBC's The Weekend: Primetime, immigration agents are seen attempting to pull a man out a window of a Chicago home. Agents also jumped a fence into the locked backyard and manhandled people doing work. Hear from the homeowner tonight on The Weekend: Primetime.
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
it's important to remember the people doing this aren't "just following orders," they signed up to do this, they're excited to do it, it's what they want to be doing, and each one of them is personally culpable for the entirety of ICE's conduct
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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I like most foods but I’m here to say right now that okra can die a fiery death and I wouldn’t shed a single tear
October 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I like most foods but I’m here to say right now that okra can die a fiery death and I wouldn’t shed a single tear
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Hear me out: What if it's both the hoarding and the havoc?
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hear me out: What if it's both the hoarding and the havoc?
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Spoiler: It will not make IVF more accessible
October 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Spoiler: It will not make IVF more accessible
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We hope this paper can share the threat modeling and privacy steps researchers, journalists, advocates can take when working to quantify the impact the evolving legal landscape is having on people seeking abortions, while minimizing risk of criminalization. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We hope this paper can share the threat modeling and privacy steps researchers, journalists, advocates can take when working to quantify the impact the evolving legal landscape is having on people seeking abortions, while minimizing risk of criminalization. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Big moment for me, my first-ever publication credit!
The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Society of Family Planning Research Practice Support: Digital and data security for abortion research in a post-Dobbs era—A primer for qualitative researchers
Abortion is banned or severely restricted in nearly half of the United States. Research on the impact of these restrictions and abortion care has neve…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Big moment for me, my first-ever publication credit!
The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Abortion is normal.
October 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Abortion is normal.
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As soon as Roe fell I knew I'd spend the rest of my life fighting for repro justice I won't see in my lifetime. It's not great but it is what it is.
I've been thinking about that Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates convo. Specifically, how Klein kept saying that Coate's pragmatism in positioning his work in line with those who came before him fighting for rights they knew were unlikely to come to fruition in their lifetimes was depressing /1
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
As soon as Roe fell I knew I'd spend the rest of my life fighting for repro justice I won't see in my lifetime. It's not great but it is what it is.
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Red flag in this wasteful move: a USAID spox falsely claimed that birth control pills, IUDs, and arm implants cause abortions.
“The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.” 🚩🚩🚩
“The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.” 🚩🚩🚩
Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
nyti.ms
September 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Red flag in this wasteful move: a USAID spox falsely claimed that birth control pills, IUDs, and arm implants cause abortions.
“The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.” 🚩🚩🚩
“The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.” 🚩🚩🚩
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No U.S. presidential administration has ever said birth control causes abortions as far as I know.
Now a USAID spokesperson is echoing language—“abortifacient birth control”—used by far-right groups like Alliance Defending Freedom, Hobby Lobby, and Students for Life
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
Now a USAID spokesperson is echoing language—“abortifacient birth control”—used by far-right groups like Alliance Defending Freedom, Hobby Lobby, and Students for Life
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
“Protecting the lives of unborn children”
USAID is banned from purchasing abortifacients like mifepristone. But many in the anti-abortion movement oppose IUDs and emergency contraception pills because they claim life begins at fertilization and those methods block implantation of eggs. (No and no)
USAID is banned from purchasing abortifacients like mifepristone. But many in the anti-abortion movement oppose IUDs and emergency contraception pills because they claim life begins at fertilization and those methods block implantation of eggs. (No and no)
September 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
No U.S. presidential administration has ever said birth control causes abortions as far as I know.
Now a USAID spokesperson is echoing language—“abortifacient birth control”—used by far-right groups like Alliance Defending Freedom, Hobby Lobby, and Students for Life
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
Now a USAID spokesperson is echoing language—“abortifacient birth control”—used by far-right groups like Alliance Defending Freedom, Hobby Lobby, and Students for Life
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
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the US is the way it is because this basic level of respect for another person’s humanity is a bridge too far for people of a certain demo
It's a good idea to think through any analogies you're applying to people of colour, including other meanings they could have.
September 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
the US is the way it is because this basic level of respect for another person’s humanity is a bridge too far for people of a certain demo
my imminent crash out is gonna get its own wikipedia page with sections that look like this
September 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
my imminent crash out is gonna get its own wikipedia page with sections that look like this
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In a genocide, you kill journalists to stop them from telling the world about your war crimes.
Say their names: Mu'adh Abu Taha, Maryam Abu Daqa, Muhammad Salama, and Hossam Al-Masri. Israel killed FOUR journalists today, as they bombed Nasser, as they have bombed every hospital for two years now. They’re among 275 journalists murdered by US-Israel
August 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In a genocide, you kill journalists to stop them from telling the world about your war crimes.
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“Runs” is doing a lot of work here
ICE just posted this video to Twitter with the caption:
"TV’s former 'man of steel' Dean Cain runs through the obstacle course during training to become an ICE officer at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia.
http://Join.ICE.gov"
"TV’s former 'man of steel' Dean Cain runs through the obstacle course during training to become an ICE officer at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia.
http://Join.ICE.gov"
August 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“Runs” is doing a lot of work here
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Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
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I love it when I talk about Mississippi and white people send me links to the Nina Simone song. Wow thank y’all so much how interesting never heard that one before what a valuable contribution to this conversation
August 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I love it when I talk about Mississippi and white people send me links to the Nina Simone song. Wow thank y’all so much how interesting never heard that one before what a valuable contribution to this conversation