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While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
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Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
My students messaged me this photo after class a few weeks ago 😂
Linguistics module on swearing/gendered insults.
Inspired by: www.sapiens.org/language/gen...
Linguistics module on swearing/gendered insults.
Inspired by: www.sapiens.org/language/gen...
May 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
My students messaged me this photo after class a few weeks ago 😂
Linguistics module on swearing/gendered insults.
Inspired by: www.sapiens.org/language/gen...
Linguistics module on swearing/gendered insults.
Inspired by: www.sapiens.org/language/gen...
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No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
May 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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Oh god. I am 42 and cannot unsee this 😭
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Oh god. I am 42 and cannot unsee this 😭
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This was such a satisfying project, and one in which I realized for the first time how much my whole life had been spent in a manscape, in places where almost everything was named after men.
#WomensHistoryMonth: The City of Women Map is a fascinating visualization of women’s history and urban transportation. Created by Molly Roy, Rebecca Solnit, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the map renames subway stops after notable women with links to that area, offering an entirely new way to view #NYC.
March 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This was such a satisfying project, and one in which I realized for the first time how much my whole life had been spent in a manscape, in places where almost everything was named after men.
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March 27, 2025
March 27, 2025
Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
March 27, 2025
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“Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences;” 1/2
Loneliness is at the core of so much of fascism’s success. Both for its supporters and those who hope to fight it.
Community, then, is itself a form of resistance.
Community, then, is itself a form of resistance.
It’s just a fact that most of us are not particularly brave. But we *are* social—and we can become braver when someone invites us into action.
March 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences;” 1/2
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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
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The Trump administration intends to eliminate EPA offices responsible for addressing pollution in poor communities, an internal memo said.
E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The Trump administration intends to eliminate EPA offices responsible for addressing pollution in poor communities, an internal memo said.
wondering if no community college profs have been past recipients of this award because we all are drowning pulling off our jobs or if AAA is too elitist.
March 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
wondering if no community college profs have been past recipients of this award because we all are drowning pulling off our jobs or if AAA is too elitist.
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I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.
February 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.
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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
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Here's what the entire federal workforce actually looks like. It's mostly doctors, nurses and healthcare workers in VA hospitals, the military, and then everything else.
February 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Here's what the entire federal workforce actually looks like. It's mostly doctors, nurses and healthcare workers in VA hospitals, the military, and then everything else.
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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
February 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
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When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
January 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I
January 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I
Ran to the top of Mary’s Peak this morning. Will go again after it snows 🏔️❄️
January 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Ran to the top of Mary’s Peak this morning. Will go again after it snows 🏔️❄️