Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again

A SIMPLE GUIDE TO PROVIDING USEFUL ALT ON BLUESKY

1/ ALT's sole function on Bluesky is to provide an autonomous & as fully equivalent an experience of an image as possible for the blind/VI & neurodivergent

If you can see it & read it, I should be able to feel or hear it without leaving Bluesky

Reminder (mostly to me) that international press has more accurate information about what is happening in the US

Here are the _public_ email addresses for the reporters and the standards editor listed on the WSJ site.

Standards editor:
David.marcelis@wsj.com

Journalists who wrote the article:
james.fanelli@wsj.com
sadie.gurman@wsj.com

Politely and peacefully demand a retraction and an apology.

All year, Angelenos have been hit on all sides by 🔥and🧊, but today I wanna talk about the 🔥. LA County recently passed a max temperature ordinance, but that only covers unincorporated LA. Each city, if they want a max temp (which they should), must now pass a policy on their own.

BUT...

1. My newest Anti-Trans Legal Risk Map is here.

Risk has increased sharply for youth in many states as clinics shutter under Trump and state AGs refuse to enforce civil rights laws.

For adults, some increases in risk.

Nationwide risk remains extreme.

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COVID vaccine update: Pharmacies in these states won't give you a shot unless you have a prescription.

CVS: CO, FL, GA, KY, LA , ME, NY, NC, PA, UT, VA, WV, DC

Walgreens: AZ, CO, GA, IN, LA, MO, MT, NM, NY, OR, SC, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI

CVS is not yet offering COVID shots at all in MA, NV, and MN.

Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the world to read.

If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not

“CDC researchers were instructed to remove references to or mentions of a list of forbidden terms: “Gender, transgender, pregnant person, pregnant people, LGBT, transsexual, non-binary, nonbinary, assigned male at birth, assigned female at birth, biologically male, biologically female.””

According to leaked emails, CDC staff have been ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by 5pm today.

This thread will be stories of how people hold the line--continue to behave responsibly and ethically.

Please consider donations to your local food bank meanwhile and contact your reps about this.

I donate to a kitchen in my uncles’ town, in their name, a way to remember them and to help look out for some people they might have been friends with.