9 years ago @officialbruce.bsky.social & the E St. Band 🇺🇸 CANCELED their show to protest N.Carolina's anti-trans bathroom ban. 🏳️⚧️
Today, "ALLIES" with platforms & privilege must stand in solidarity with people being hurt - even if it costs.
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
Business as normal is submission.
Today, "ALLIES" with platforms & privilege must stand in solidarity with people being hurt - even if it costs.
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
Business as normal is submission.
April 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
9 years ago @officialbruce.bsky.social & the E St. Band 🇺🇸 CANCELED their show to protest N.Carolina's anti-trans bathroom ban. 🏳️⚧️
Today, "ALLIES" with platforms & privilege must stand in solidarity with people being hurt - even if it costs.
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
Business as normal is submission.
Today, "ALLIES" with platforms & privilege must stand in solidarity with people being hurt - even if it costs.
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
Business as normal is submission.
This is happening.
March 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is happening.
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Hey if you’re running the government, it’s weird if you’re also predicting imminent societal collapse.
February 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hey if you’re running the government, it’s weird if you’re also predicting imminent societal collapse.
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The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role.
DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Online
The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role.
www.wired.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role.
1st of all: 😭
2nd of all: 🙃
3rd: Are they gonna rehire staff, building maintenance, janitorial services, security, HR, IT, etc.? Or do they think these workers keep us all safe in a void?
4th: Solidarity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
2nd of all: 🙃
3rd: Are they gonna rehire staff, building maintenance, janitorial services, security, HR, IT, etc.? Or do they think these workers keep us all safe in a void?
4th: Solidarity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers
It is having problems contacting people who were fired in Trump's blitz to shrink the federal workforce.
www.bbc.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
1st of all: 😭
2nd of all: 🙃
3rd: Are they gonna rehire staff, building maintenance, janitorial services, security, HR, IT, etc.? Or do they think these workers keep us all safe in a void?
4th: Solidarity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
2nd of all: 🙃
3rd: Are they gonna rehire staff, building maintenance, janitorial services, security, HR, IT, etc.? Or do they think these workers keep us all safe in a void?
4th: Solidarity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No more target. Please get a Costco card asap to support diversity & living wages.
Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target.
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30
Retailer Costco Wholesale will increase pay for most of its hourly U.S. store workers to more than $30, according to a memo sent to employees this week.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
No more target. Please get a Costco card asap to support diversity & living wages.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Who relies on Medicaid &/or Medicare for life-saving care?
*raises hand*
*raises hand*
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
January 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Who relies on Medicaid &/or Medicare for life-saving care?
*raises hand*
*raises hand*
Walmart laid off my trans kid on Inauguration Day.
Coincidence, right? 🏳️⚧️
#walmart #dei #trans #civilrights #lgbtq
Coincidence, right? 🏳️⚧️
#walmart #dei #trans #civilrights #lgbtq
January 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Walmart laid off my trans kid on Inauguration Day.
Coincidence, right? 🏳️⚧️
#walmart #dei #trans #civilrights #lgbtq
Coincidence, right? 🏳️⚧️
#walmart #dei #trans #civilrights #lgbtq
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Costco shareholders have overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal as other U.S. companies retreat from their diversity policies
Costco successfully defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back
Costco has claimed victory in pushing back on a shareholder proposal that urges the wholesale club operator to conduct an evaluation of any business risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion ...
apnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Costco shareholders have overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal as other U.S. companies retreat from their diversity policies
TIL ⅔ of the US population lives in a "border zone" -- 100 miles from any border-- where ICE's authority is expanded. Seattle & Tacoma? Yep. In fact, the entirety of FL is a "border zone."
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless sto...
www.aclu.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
TIL ⅔ of the US population lives in a "border zone" -- 100 miles from any border-- where ICE's authority is expanded. Seattle & Tacoma? Yep. In fact, the entirety of FL is a "border zone."
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
I've seen reports today that ICE is invading Seattle hospitals, doctor's offices, & restaurant kitchens.
January 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I've seen reports today that ICE is invading Seattle hospitals, doctor's offices, & restaurant kitchens.
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I mean sure there are days when I buy groceries and ask the cashier “what do you think I’ll make out of this?” And they say something. And I say “Wrong! It’s feces. It’s always feces” And I guess that gives me some joy.
January 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I mean sure there are days when I buy groceries and ask the cashier “what do you think I’ll make out of this?” And they say something. And I say “Wrong! It’s feces. It’s always feces” And I guess that gives me some joy.
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
BIZ OWNERS: You have the right to refuse service to redhat maggots.
PERFORMERS: don't tap dance for dirtbags. Break the 4th wall & stop the show until they go. VENUES: if you let hate trespass unhindered in your "safe space," your space is NOT fucking safe --no matter what flag you fly outside. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️
PERFORMERS: don't tap dance for dirtbags. Break the 4th wall & stop the show until they go. VENUES: if you let hate trespass unhindered in your "safe space," your space is NOT fucking safe --no matter what flag you fly outside. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️
November 24, 2024 at 9:26 PM
BIZ OWNERS: You have the right to refuse service to redhat maggots.
PERFORMERS: don't tap dance for dirtbags. Break the 4th wall & stop the show until they go. VENUES: if you let hate trespass unhindered in your "safe space," your space is NOT fucking safe --no matter what flag you fly outside. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️
PERFORMERS: don't tap dance for dirtbags. Break the 4th wall & stop the show until they go. VENUES: if you let hate trespass unhindered in your "safe space," your space is NOT fucking safe --no matter what flag you fly outside. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️