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Lacey
@lipsticklacey.bsky.social
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Chair of Congregation Shalom of San Antonio (shalomsa.org)

Actress, Writer, Fangirl, & most of all, Queer Jewish Aunt to anyone who needs one.

You might know me from 🐦 as SouthTexasPansy or LipstickLacey.

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Lacey @lipsticklacey.bsky.social · Nov 11
Still determined to keep my people safe however I can.

Before & after. The filter gets used about two hours a week, on erev Shabbat, plus on holidays. I built it for the HHD last year, so it's been operational about 14 months. Built this new beauty before services on Friday.
A freshly made Corsi-Rosenthal air filter, sitting on the floor. Dirty filters from a Corsi-Rosenthal air filter that was in use for about 14 months. Not terrible, but pretty dirty. Glad we didn't breathe this.
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mjsdc.bsky.social
Yes, ICE has deported U.S. citizens. And according to this report, they still don't require officers to update the system when they discover "probative evidence that an individual may be a U.S. citizen." So officers can discover that you're a citizen and just conceal it.
www.gao.gov/products/gao...
We found that while ICE policy requires officers to document citizenship investigations in ICE data systems, it does not require officers to update the citizenship field after identifying probative evidence that an individual may be a U.S. citizen. As a result, ICE does not know the extent to which its officers are taking enforcement actions against individuals who could be U.S. citizens.
April 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
lipsticklacey.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
San Antonio's mayor worked to build a strong relationship with Canada. Tariffs would decimate its economy.
"The idea that all of a sudden we can become isolated and maintain prosperity for our people is just ludicrous," Ron Nirenberg said.
www.politico.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
What in holy hell is happening in the USA?
paulecohen.bsky.social Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · Mar 19
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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jacobgeller.com
Link to the full piece by @fotoole.bsky.social:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly
The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the market must be obeyed at all costs.
www.newyorker.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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riotgrlerin.bsky.social
for every 50 likes i’ll photoshop a muppet into movies i think they’d kill in.
March 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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graysongoal.bsky.social
Sharing these same images with alt text embedded for accessibility's sake, since many folks have disabilities making it impossible to 'read' text from images.

Folks, normalize adding alt text on your own. It is easy to do and, if you're not sure how to do so, plenty of folks can help with this.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/28/25 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child's sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions. This dangerous trend will be a [page end]. Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child's sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions. This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation's history, and it must end. 1 Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding. Moreover, these vulnerable youths' medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization. Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called "transition" of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures. Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this order: (a) The term "child" or "children" means an individual or individuals under 19 years of age. (b) The term "pediatric" means relating to the medical care of a child. (c) The phrase "chemical and surgical mutilation" means the use of puberty blockers, including GnRH agonists and other interventions, to delay the onset or progression of normally timed puberty in an individual who does not identify as his or her sex; the use of sex hormones, such as androgen blockers, estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone, to align an individual's physical appearance with an identity that differs from his or her sex; and surgical procedures that attempt to transform an individual's physical appearance to align with an identity that differs from his or her sex or that attempt to alter or remove an individual's sexual organs to minimize or destroy their natural biological functions. This phrase sometimes is referred to as "gender affirming care." Sec. 3. Ending Reliance on Junk Science. (a) The blatant harm done to children by chemical and surgical 2 mutilation cloaks itself in medical necessity, spurred by guidance from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), which lacks scientific integrity. In light of the scientific concerns with the WPATH guidance: (i) agencies shall rescind or amend all policies that rely on WPATH guidance, including WPATH's "Standards of Care Version 8"; and (ii) within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall publish a review of the existing literature on best practices for promoting the health of children who assert gender dysphoria, rapid-onset gender dysphoria, or other identity-based confusion. (b) The Secretary of HHS, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, shall use all available methods to increase the quality of data to guide practices for improving the health of minors with gender dysphoria, rapid-onset gender dysphoria, or other identity-based confusion, or who otherwise seek chemical or surgical mutilation.
January 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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kosherart.bsky.social
Eugenics is alive & well in the US. The White House might say no one is getting affected or hurt by what they’re doing but we all know that is a big, fat lie.
artbyjessicajewett.bsky.social Jessica Jewett @artbyjessicajewett.bsky.social · Jan 28
Today I've been called a "freak" and "scum of the country" because I'm a quadriplegic unable to work and I'm worried about my SNAP, Medicaid, and Section 8. People need to get it through their heads that eugenics is real in America and these people really view me as subhuman. We can't stay quiet.
January 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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miriamanzovin.bsky.social
Shalom friends,
As we find ourselves locked in digital battle with racists, antisemites, and fascists in our comments sections, let’s turn to the wisdom of the Talmudic sages for some inspo.
Welcome to “Ancient Disses, Modern Trolls!” 😬
#DafReactions #talmud

youtube.com/watch?v=Julz...
youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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krutikakuppalli.bsky.social
It’s shocking how few people know about the #Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas. Why? Because the CDC can’t issue notifications to alert healthcare workers about it. #PublicHealth
January 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
I don’t have a definitive source on this yet but it looks like NSF review panels have been canceled.

Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.

This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
January 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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purplechrain.bsky.social
Trump firing career civil servants who were assigned to work on files investigating potential violations of the law by him isn’t the same thing as replacing political appointees. It’s punishing government lawyers for the cases they happened to be assigned to work on.
nbcnews.com NBC News @nbcnews.com · Jan 27
BREAKING: Trump administration fires DOJ officials who worked on criminal investigations of the president.

The DOJ employees had been involved in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation that led to Trump's classified documents and Jan. 6 cases.
Trump administration fires DOJ officials who worked on criminal investigations of the president
The DOJ employees had been involved in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation that led to Trump's classified documents and Jan. 6 cases.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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veghistory.bsky.social
Evil fuckers. Well done, Chicago.
heathercherone.bsky.social Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · Jan 24
BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents attempted to conduct an enforcement action at Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards, Ald. Jeanette Taylor and Chicago Public Schools officials said Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
ICE Agents Turned Away From Back of the Yards Elementary School: Officials
The agents were turned away and no one appears to have been detained, Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th Ward) told WTTW News.
news.wttw.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
What has been one of the biggest forces for social progress in the United States? The Black Church. There is a reason many Black Codes in the South prevented Black people from worshipping and organizing together. The same goes with Catholic workers protecting migrants at the border.
January 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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kris10p.bsky.social
Disabled federal workers - I'm on signal if you feel comfortable sharing your story (anon is OK)
petermorley.bsky.social Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · Jan 24
To my DISABILITY COMMUNITY in the FEDERAL workforce:

I know you are scared and frightened of retaliation. The stories of Federal workers being terminated for not having their reasonable accommodations met are DISGUSTING. I PLEAD for you to come forward & share info. Our country needs your voices.🙏💜
January 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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kebrightbill.bsky.social
BTW, when I was looking up what denomination Josh Brecheen is a member of (he's non-denominational), I discovered that dude wants to legalize cockfighting in Oklahoma. I guess in his world the free exercise of religion is bad and animal cruelty is good.
January 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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brandyzadrozny.bsky.social
Also never reported: As measles spread, RFK Jr. coordinated with a local anti-vaccine activist—connecting him with a group of anti-vaxx doctors in the U.S. to treat Samoa’s sick children with unproven cures. As hospitals filled with dying children, Kennedy's group promoted vitamins over vaccines.
January 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
RFK Jr. wanted a natural experiment of unvaccinated kids, which is messed up. But you know what's even worse? The result was unvaccinated kids dying of measles, and instead of the scientific conclusion that vaccination saves kids' lives, he concluded the opposite, and seeks to impose it on everyone.
brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · Jan 24
The story behind RFK Jr. in Samoa's measles crisis has never been reported. He wasn't there to spread misinformation about vaccines (though he did). He wanted to study a "natural experiment" of unvaccinated kids.

“I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis. RFK Jr. saw an opportunity.
New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump’s pick for health secretary, sought to exploit a deadly vaccine accident.
www.nbcnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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lipsticklacey.bsky.social
Okay, Sheenanigans, Sheenies, Sheen-whatever, the fandom of our dearest man,

Fire TV says Unthinkable is "trending." I've been busy with Mom health. Is there something going on?
The movie poster for Unthinkable (2010, Gregor Jordan.) The poster features closeups of the lead cast: Samuel L Jackson, Carrie Ann Moss, & Michael Sheen.
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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astrokatie.com
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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jenwunder.bsky.social
If you wanted to drive women and caretakers out of the federal workforce and further reduce their economic opportunities in order to cement and act on the Trump, Vance, and GOP belief that women are second class citizens who must be forced into the home, you’d do this.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Jan 23
NEW: The US Office of Personnel Management has issued a memo to all federal agencies to terminate remote work and submit a plan by *tomorrow* for full compliance.

Full text:
MEMORANDUM TO: Heads and Acting Heads of Departments and Agencies FROM: Charles Ezell, Acting Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management DATE: January 22, 2025 RE: Guidance on Presidential Memorandum Return to In-Person Work. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing the following guidance to agencies regarding President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum (PM), Return to In-Person Work. I. Authority OPM is issuing this guidance under the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, which requires agencies to consult with OPM in developing telework policies1 and tasks OPM with providing policy and policy guidance,2 as well assisting agencies with establishing teleworking goals.3 This guidance also implements OPM Director’s statutory duties to “secur[e] accuracy, uniformity, and justice in the functions of the Office” and “execut[e], administer[], and enforc[e] . . .the civil service rules and regulations of the President and the Office and the laws governing the civil service.”4 II. Background President Trump was elected with the mandate to increase the efficiency and accountability of the federal workforce. A glaring roadblock is that most federal offices presently are virtually abandoned. The vast majority of federal office workers have not returned to in-person work, even though the COVID-19 pandemic ended years ago.5 Many federal office workers never show up to the federal worksite at all.6 Federal office buildings sit mostly empty, particularly Washington, D.C.-area agency headquarters offices, devastating the local economy and serving as a national embarrassment.7 Virtually unrestricted telework has led to poorer government services and made it more difficult to supervise and train government workers.8 Fairness requires that federal office employees show up to the worksite each day like most other American workers. In addition, during the Biden Administration, federal unions attempted to abuse the collective-bargaining process to guarantee full-time telework into the indefinite future and forestall any requirement to return to the office.9 The President’s PM directs agency heads to “take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis” “as soon as practicable.” It allows agency heads to “make exemptions they deem necessary” and directs that the directive “be implemented consistent with applicable law.” The PM reflects a simple reality. The only way to get employees back to the office is to adopt a centralized policy requiring return-to-work for all agencies across the federal government.10 Seeking to cajole individual agencies to try to get employees to return to the worksite has not succeeded.11 III. Steps for Agencies to Return to Workers to the Office In light of the PM, agencies should take the following steps to return workers to the office. No later than 5:00 pm EST on Friday, January 24, 2025: 1. The agency head or acting agency head should revise their agency’s telework policy issued under 5 U.S.C. § 6502(a)(1)(A) to state that eligible employees must work full time at their respective duty stations unless excused due to a disability, qualifying medical condition, or other compelling reason certified by the agency head and the employee’s supervisor. 2. The agency head or acting agency head should email all employees notifying them of President Trump’s PM Return to In-Person Work, attach a copy of the PM, and notify employees of the agency’s intention to fully comply with the PM. (A copy of the PM is attached as Appendix 1). 3. The agency should notify OPM of the agency’s Telework Managing Officer, and assign that individual responsibility for complying with the guidance herein. Agencies should advise OPM of the date that the agency will be in full compliance with the new telework policy. If an employee’s official duty station is more than 50 miles from any existing agency office, the agency should take steps to move the employee’s duty station to the most appropriate agency office based on the employee’s duties and job function. OPM recommends that agencies set a target date of approximately 30 days for full compliance with the PM, subject to any exclusions granted by the agency and any collective bargaining obligations. Please send all reports requested by this document to tracking@opm.gov. Do not hesitate to contact OPM if you have any questions regarding these matters by email to tracking@opm.gov. cc: Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCOs), Deputy CHCOs, and Human Resources Directors Appendix 1: President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum Return to In-Person Work. Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary. This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law.
January 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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delafina777.bsky.social
You know what? We deserve Skynet.

Like, look, I'm starting to wonder if these scientists actually understand what sentience is, but even granting them the premise, you think something might be sentient so your first response is... to torture it?

futurism.com/scientists-e...
Scientists Experiment With Subjecting AI to Pain
A team of scientists subjected AIs to a number of games, forcing them to choose between pain and gain or pleasure and loss.
futurism.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
they do it quietly with encrypted apps and burner phones, but I know Catholics who were on this beat during the first Trump term. lists of white parishioners you could call if ICE showed up who would come right over and get between them and your door. Trained to read the fake warrants and everything
January 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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edroso.bsky.social
Holy shit McArdle outMcArdled herself
The Washington Post Sign in Opinion Megan McArdle The missing context from the Elon Musk salute We can't have a functioning democracy if we think our opponents are evil. Today at 7:50 p.m. EST
January 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
Yet another plea to people who are using or following people off follow-farming hashtags like #NoDemUnder1K, #NoDemUnder5K, #BlueCrew, #FBR, etc etc: please do not do that, it's how disinformation operations work. I'm already seeing accounts in those hashtags that are likely disinformation ops. 1/
November 15, 2024 at 2:28 PM