Martha Egnal
@marthaegnal.bsky.social
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“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
Who knew they all of the Oregon Trail we played in the 80s was foreshadowing…
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Yikes! Typhus too? Another serious climate sensitive disease is making a huge comeback in the US.
Let's clean up our energy supplies, transportation options, and food systems so we can protect our loved ones and the climate on which all human life depends.
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
Let's clean up our energy supplies, transportation options, and food systems so we can protect our loved ones and the climate on which all human life depends.
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
Typhus, a disease once nearly eradicated in the U.S., is on the rise in Texas
Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a disease that – if untreated – can be fatal. Typhus was almost eradicated from the United States, but now it's making a comeback.
www.npr.org
September 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Who knew they all of the Oregon Trail we played in the 80s was foreshadowing…
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🚨Start the semester out right with academic freedom syllabus language, an academic freedom module, & an academic freedom reading list! Suitable for UG & grad classes, faculty workshops!
Thanks to @isaac_kamola, @aaup for these great resources!
www.aaup.org/about/progra...
Thanks to @isaac_kamola, @aaup for these great resources!
www.aaup.org/about/progra...
Academic Freedom Syllabus
Academic freedom is at the core of what academics do, inside and outside the classroom. It is the oxygen necessary for our profession to exist. Yet academic freedom is often misunderstood by faculty a...
www.aaup.org
August 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🚨Start the semester out right with academic freedom syllabus language, an academic freedom module, & an academic freedom reading list! Suitable for UG & grad classes, faculty workshops!
Thanks to @isaac_kamola, @aaup for these great resources!
www.aaup.org/about/progra...
Thanks to @isaac_kamola, @aaup for these great resources!
www.aaup.org/about/progra...
Right. That part.
Chris Murphy on Joni Ernst: "I think everybody in that audience knows they're going to die, they would just rather die in old age at 85 or 90 instead of dying at 40. And the reality is that when you lose your healthcare, you are much more at risk of early death."
June 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Right. That part.
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone…
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone…
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Trump and his cronies peddle the myth we’re “Washington bureaucrats.”
But 85% of federal workers live outside D.C.
We help vets in Phoenix, inspect meat in Iowa, fight fires in Montana, and run weather models in Oklahoma.
We work for all Americans, every day.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
But 85% of federal workers live outside D.C.
We help vets in Phoenix, inspect meat in Iowa, fight fires in Montana, and run weather models in Oklahoma.
We work for all Americans, every day.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Maps: Where Do Federal Employees Work in America? (Gift Article)
Before the Trump administration’s cuts, members of the civilian federal work force were in every state and in thousands of the nation’s cities and small towns.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Trump and his cronies peddle the myth we’re “Washington bureaucrats.”
But 85% of federal workers live outside D.C.
We help vets in Phoenix, inspect meat in Iowa, fight fires in Montana, and run weather models in Oklahoma.
We work for all Americans, every day.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
But 85% of federal workers live outside D.C.
We help vets in Phoenix, inspect meat in Iowa, fight fires in Montana, and run weather models in Oklahoma.
We work for all Americans, every day.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
April 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
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There are some absolutely fantastic signs out here today. Arts and craft game is strong.
April 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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So freaking inspiring!!
West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
April 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
So freaking inspiring!!
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April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Happy Protest (and then basking in all the other protest pictures) Day to all who celebrate!!
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April 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Happy Protest (and then basking in all the other protest pictures) Day to all who celebrate!!
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
This is so heartbreakingly normal.
Barack Obama enjoying the cherry blossoms
📸 John Fleming
📸 John Fleming
April 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is so heartbreakingly normal.
Hmm… the math ain’t mathing, Muskrat and the DOdGEy pimple boys.
April 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hmm… the math ain’t mathing, Muskrat and the DOdGEy pimple boys.
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Stop working so hard to erase transgender people, to make them disappear. It isn't going to happen. They exist. They are here. They deserve to be here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/evangelica...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/evangelica...
Evangelicals, Your Refusal to Love Your Transgender Neighbors is a Sin
Dear Evangelicals,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Amen!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
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I’m waiting to see the leaked texts about Trump’s dementia.
April 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I’m waiting to see the leaked texts about Trump’s dementia.
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this is still so funny to me
March 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
this is still so funny to me
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It would be good if there was a government agency tasked with warning people about these things.
Storms kill 16 across the U.S. as tornado risks are set to peak
Numerous significant tornadoes are expected Saturday afternoon and evening, with the highest risk across several states in the Deep South, forecasters say.
wapo.st
March 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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This is some excellent good trouble
March 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is some excellent good trouble
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That is exactly true.
March 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
That is exactly true.
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Wow, this is great! Look how easy that is.
March 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Wow, this is great! Look how easy that is.
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I had to bring this here because it’s so good
March 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I had to bring this here because it’s so good