gunkle (they/them)
@lauramcdanger.bsky.social
licensed social worker | policy researcher | everyone’s gay nonbinary uncle
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Open Table Nashville is in full-on winter mode taking care of vulnerable fellow Nashvillians. With a few clicks, you and I can be part of their efforts! They'll be busy every night this week. Let's make this happen, fam! buff.ly/yCPECcN
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November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Open Table Nashville is in full-on winter mode taking care of vulnerable fellow Nashvillians. With a few clicks, you and I can be part of their efforts! They'll be busy every night this week. Let's make this happen, fam! buff.ly/yCPECcN
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As my friend @drshepherd2013.bsky.social says, asking why we need a National Weather Service when we have apps and the Weather Channel is like asking why we need potato farmers when we can buy fries at McDonalds.
March 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As my friend @drshepherd2013.bsky.social says, asking why we need a National Weather Service when we have apps and the Weather Channel is like asking why we need potato farmers when we can buy fries at McDonalds.
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The scaly-foot snail doesn’t bow to pressure—it thrives under it. Living in toxic hydrothermal vents, it armors itself with iron, turning the very forces that should destroy it into protection. That’s how you resist oppression—adapt, fortify, and endure. 🐌🔥 #MolluscMonday #Resist
March 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The scaly-foot snail doesn’t bow to pressure—it thrives under it. Living in toxic hydrothermal vents, it armors itself with iron, turning the very forces that should destroy it into protection. That’s how you resist oppression—adapt, fortify, and endure. 🐌🔥 #MolluscMonday #Resist
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The attacks on disability rights aren’t just policy cuts - they’re a strategy to weaken movements. We need a new approach. Read the latest post & join the conversation
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Unprecedented Blitz Against People With Disabilities Requires New Strategies
Key Takeaways – Why This Matters Everything we have today — Medicaid, disability rights, public education — exists because past movements fought and won. This isn’t just the usual budget cuts, it’s a ...
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March 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The attacks on disability rights aren’t just policy cuts - they’re a strategy to weaken movements. We need a new approach. Read the latest post & join the conversation
www.linkedin.com/pulse/unprec...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/unprec...
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It seems PubMed has disappeared. This is the digital equivalent of burning a library.
March 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It seems PubMed has disappeared. This is the digital equivalent of burning a library.
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Fuck. They took down PubMed
March 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Fuck. They took down PubMed
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really in need of beating someone’s ass
February 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
really in need of beating someone’s ass
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Organizations that provide services to LGBTQ+ victims of domestic and intimate partner violence expect much of the federal funding they rely on to dry up as the Trump administration’s executive orders target the work they have been carrying out for years.
Groups helping LGBTQ+ victims of violence could face a catastrophic loss of federal funding
These nonprofits say there’s no way for them to do their work and comply with Trump’s executive orders.
19thnews.org
February 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Organizations that provide services to LGBTQ+ victims of domestic and intimate partner violence expect much of the federal funding they rely on to dry up as the Trump administration’s executive orders target the work they have been carrying out for years.
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The Faces of Medicaid project wants to share the experiences of Medicaid recipients to inspire change.
📩 Email Medicaid@ndrn.org or check out the linked form to get involved! #FacesOfMedicaid #HealthCareStories
📩 Email Medicaid@ndrn.org or check out the linked form to get involved! #FacesOfMedicaid #HealthCareStories
February 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Faces of Medicaid project wants to share the experiences of Medicaid recipients to inspire change.
📩 Email Medicaid@ndrn.org or check out the linked form to get involved! #FacesOfMedicaid #HealthCareStories
📩 Email Medicaid@ndrn.org or check out the linked form to get involved! #FacesOfMedicaid #HealthCareStories
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A restrictive Idaho law banning state insurance from covering gender-affirming care could be a peek into the future of a national ban on Medicaid spending for transgender care.
From @rangemedia.co:
From @rangemedia.co:
'Any moment could be the last': Red states could preview gender-affirming care under Trump
A restrictive Idaho law banning state insurance from covering gender-affirming care could be a peek into the future of a national ban on Medicaid spending for transgender care.
19thnews.org
February 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A restrictive Idaho law banning state insurance from covering gender-affirming care could be a peek into the future of a national ban on Medicaid spending for transgender care.
From @rangemedia.co:
From @rangemedia.co:
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Layoffs and contract cancellations sweeping the Social Security Administration. I've been told that following data programs have been canceled:
*National Beneficiary Survey (NBS): Provides SSA, Congress w/ info about factors that can help SSI/SSDI recipients find employment
*National Beneficiary Survey (NBS): Provides SSA, Congress w/ info about factors that can help SSI/SSDI recipients find employment
February 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Layoffs and contract cancellations sweeping the Social Security Administration. I've been told that following data programs have been canceled:
*National Beneficiary Survey (NBS): Provides SSA, Congress w/ info about factors that can help SSI/SSDI recipients find employment
*National Beneficiary Survey (NBS): Provides SSA, Congress w/ info about factors that can help SSI/SSDI recipients find employment
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I was happy to speak with @melissagiragrant.com about pushing back against academic censorship in the current moment. @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Some Institutions Caved to Trump. Their Employees Are Fighting Back.
"Do not obey in advance" was the slogan going into the first Trump administration. Some universities and hospitals seem to be struggling with that advice.
newrepublic.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I was happy to speak with @melissagiragrant.com about pushing back against academic censorship in the current moment. @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
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DOJ has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct
The Trump administration has killed a nationwide database of federal police officers’ misconduct, launched by the Biden administration to keep bad cops from jumping from job to job.
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February 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
DOJ has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.
Report: Sepsis, maternal deaths surged in Texas following abortion bans
A new ProPublica analysis finds a 50 percent increase in life-threatening infections since SB8 took effect in 2021.
www.motherjones.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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The Health Equity Advisory committee was designed to reduce barriers to health care for people of color, LGBTQ+ people and rural Americans using Medicare and Medicaid. Trump deemed it "unnecessary." 19thnews.org/2025/02/trum... via @19thnews.org
Trump disbands health equity panel examining Medicare and Medicaid
The health equity committee aimed to reduce barriers that people of color, LGBTQ+ people and rural Americans encounter with government health care programs.
19thnews.org
February 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Health Equity Advisory committee was designed to reduce barriers to health care for people of color, LGBTQ+ people and rural Americans using Medicare and Medicaid. Trump deemed it "unnecessary." 19thnews.org/2025/02/trum... via @19thnews.org
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Trickle up economics.
February 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trickle up economics.
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Republicans have made crystal clear they’re planning to cut Medicaid and SNAP to fund their next round of tax cuts for billionaires. But we’re fighting back 👇👇👇
SNAP & Medicaid are valuable social safety net programs that feed the hungry & help heal the sick. They are under the gun from Republicans who want to gut them to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
Join us for an event to show how much we support SNAP & Medicaid.
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Join us for an event to show how much we support SNAP & Medicaid.
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Community Conversation: Healthcare, Federal Tax Changes, and Impacts on Working Families · Mobilize
Donald Trump and Republican members of Congress are calling for an extension and expansion of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. And they want to pay for it by making drastic reductions in federal spendi...
www.mobilize.us
February 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Republicans have made crystal clear they’re planning to cut Medicaid and SNAP to fund their next round of tax cuts for billionaires. But we’re fighting back 👇👇👇
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They are gutting services you depend on to fund Elon’s next round of tax cuts and government contracts
BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced that it will kill Medicare coverage of most telehealth services on April 1st.
February 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
They are gutting services you depend on to fund Elon’s next round of tax cuts and government contracts
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Class war against poor, disabled, and working people being waged by the world’s richest man.
BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced that it will kill Medicare coverage of most telehealth services on April 1st.
February 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Class war against poor, disabled, and working people being waged by the world’s richest man.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced that it will kill Medicare coverage of most telehealth services on April 1st.
February 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced that it will kill Medicare coverage of most telehealth services on April 1st.