Lauren Levin
@merry-wanderer.bsky.social
Poet. Fairmont 🌈 Families. They/them. https://www.lauren-levin-poet.com/
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Organizers in LA are raising money to do tamale buyouts from local tamale vendors who are unable to safely vend on the street due to ICE kidnapping vendors. The tamales will be distributed to unhoused neighbors. Please consider donating — I personally vouch for this one: venmo.com?txn=pay&audi...
June 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Organizers in LA are raising money to do tamale buyouts from local tamale vendors who are unable to safely vend on the street due to ICE kidnapping vendors. The tamales will be distributed to unhoused neighbors. Please consider donating — I personally vouch for this one: venmo.com?txn=pay&audi...
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"Joshua Clover is present in the revolt""
Memorial graffiti painted during the May Day demonstration in Santiago, Chile for Joshua Clover, a radical author & poet from the US who passed away this week
Memorial graffiti painted during the May Day demonstration in Santiago, Chile for Joshua Clover, a radical author & poet from the US who passed away this week
May 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"Joshua Clover is present in the revolt""
Memorial graffiti painted during the May Day demonstration in Santiago, Chile for Joshua Clover, a radical author & poet from the US who passed away this week
Memorial graffiti painted during the May Day demonstration in Santiago, Chile for Joshua Clover, a radical author & poet from the US who passed away this week
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Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Teslas are priced to move with $0 down and no payments for 48 months
March 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Teslas are priced to move with $0 down and no payments for 48 months
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The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.
N.Y. Attorney General Warns Hospitals Against Canceling Transgender Care (Gift Article)
A White House executive order last week threatened to pull federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care. But not providing the care could violate state law, Letitia James said in ...
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.
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Slate [Feb 2] -- Purpose of Trump multiple Executive Orders is to "create Jim Crow for trans people" by "fully disenfranchising them from society on a scale not seen since Jim Crow" (e.g., the legal racial caste system mostly in South from Civil War to 1960s).
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
Donald Trump’s Executive Orders Aim to Create Jim Crow for Trans People
The Trump administration has dismissed public pleas for mercy for transgender youth and instead launched a full-scale attack against trans people.
slate.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Slate [Feb 2] -- Purpose of Trump multiple Executive Orders is to "create Jim Crow for trans people" by "fully disenfranchising them from society on a scale not seen since Jim Crow" (e.g., the legal racial caste system mostly in South from Civil War to 1960s).
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
Union strong!
New — The National Treasury Employees Union just sent out an urgent email to all members re: OPM guidance on deferred resignation.
“Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”
“Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”
January 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Union strong!
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Years ago, ACT UP protested at hospitals cutting off LGBTQ+ people from their care.
They didn't stand for it.
They didn't stand for it.
January 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Years ago, ACT UP protested at hospitals cutting off LGBTQ+ people from their care.
They didn't stand for it.
They didn't stand for it.
At least we still have baldur's gate 3. Maybe I'll start a new run while I have the flu
NatCons can't un-bi Baldur's Gate 3 or the rest of culture short of establishing a department of media
dread it. run from it. bisexuality still arrives
January 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
At least we still have baldur's gate 3. Maybe I'll start a new run while I have the flu
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it’s wild how quickly all of society breaks down when the people in charge ruin everything intentionally
January 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
it’s wild how quickly all of society breaks down when the people in charge ruin everything intentionally
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Hospital systems I can confirm:
- Childrens DC
- Denver Health
- NYU Langone (new patients only)
Hearing reports but no confirms yet:
- UPMC
- VCU
- Childrens DC
- Denver Health
- NYU Langone (new patients only)
Hearing reports but no confirms yet:
- UPMC
- VCU
January 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hospital systems I can confirm:
- Childrens DC
- Denver Health
- NYU Langone (new patients only)
Hearing reports but no confirms yet:
- UPMC
- VCU
- Childrens DC
- Denver Health
- NYU Langone (new patients only)
Hearing reports but no confirms yet:
- UPMC
- VCU
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I am getting spotty reports of hospital systems in blue states cancelling gender affirming care appointments for those under 19 years of age.
If true, this would be a major problem, as systems comply with illegal EOs in advance out of fear of DOJ weaponization.
Please let me know if yours has.
If true, this would be a major problem, as systems comply with illegal EOs in advance out of fear of DOJ weaponization.
Please let me know if yours has.
January 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I am getting spotty reports of hospital systems in blue states cancelling gender affirming care appointments for those under 19 years of age.
If true, this would be a major problem, as systems comply with illegal EOs in advance out of fear of DOJ weaponization.
Please let me know if yours has.
If true, this would be a major problem, as systems comply with illegal EOs in advance out of fear of DOJ weaponization.
Please let me know if yours has.
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Just renewed my drivers license for RealID. I advise every transgender person, just as I did with passports, to not wait to renew your ID. Get that done now - many states let you do it online, schedule appointments, etc.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
January 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Just renewed my drivers license for RealID. I advise every transgender person, just as I did with passports, to not wait to renew your ID. Get that done now - many states let you do it online, schedule appointments, etc.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
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BREAKING: Trump signs an executive order that attempts to restrict all schools that receive federal funds from protecting trans and nonbinary students or supporting diversity measures, while at the same time purporting to advance "patriotic education." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Trump-Education-EO
www.documentcloud.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
BREAKING: Trump signs an executive order that attempts to restrict all schools that receive federal funds from protecting trans and nonbinary students or supporting diversity measures, while at the same time purporting to advance "patriotic education." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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These folks are heroic.
The union representing thousands of janitors said ICE went to multiple downtown San Francisco offices but that building security kept them from entering, KTVU reports.
“Union president Olga Miranda said the janitors were relieved that someone spoke up for them.”
www.ktvu.com/news/ice-age...
“Union president Olga Miranda said the janitors were relieved that someone spoke up for them.”
www.ktvu.com/news/ice-age...
ICE agents in downtown San Francisco blocked by building security
Local 87, the union representing 6,000 janitors in the private sector, said federal agents went to multiple downtown office buildings late Friday afternoon, but that building security kept them from e...
www.ktvu.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
These folks are heroic.
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Not a great sign when Wired says it won't name at least two fo the people Musk has installed to run the Office of Personnel Management because they may be minors www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management
Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Not a great sign when Wired says it won't name at least two fo the people Musk has installed to run the Office of Personnel Management because they may be minors www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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At least there won’t be any EOs for awhile
BREAKING | ChatGPT down: AI chat app not working as website goes offline
ChatGPT is refusing to work
ChatGPT is offline, leaving users unable to talk to the AI chat app.
www.independent.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
At least there won’t be any EOs for awhile
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Imagine the tulip craze, only instead it's literally the most insane fantasies of human history -- escaping death, limitless energy, God-like intelligence, the end of history -- happening all at once. That's our current moment.
Guess we'll see!
Guess we'll see!
Hope this encourages folks to think harder about Altman’s proclamations about AGI.
He is now saying fusion, arguably the world’s most famous perennially ‘just a few years away’ technology, will save us from the massive energy demand of creating AGI, which, he says, is just a few years away.
He is now saying fusion, arguably the world’s most famous perennially ‘just a few years away’ technology, will save us from the massive energy demand of creating AGI, which, he says, is just a few years away.
January 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Imagine the tulip craze, only instead it's literally the most insane fantasies of human history -- escaping death, limitless energy, God-like intelligence, the end of history -- happening all at once. That's our current moment.
Guess we'll see!
Guess we'll see!
A few hours of IV fluids later, this sweet little guy is recovering from a scary bout w/pancreatitis yesterday. Please send him good thoughts and virtual pets for continued healing 💙
January 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A few hours of IV fluids later, this sweet little guy is recovering from a scary bout w/pancreatitis yesterday. Please send him good thoughts and virtual pets for continued healing 💙
With fascism the tragedy is the farce (& vice versa).
I don't think we can share the side-by-side of Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute next to Nazis doing the Nazi salute enough.
January 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
With fascism the tragedy is the farce (& vice versa).
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When grown-ups think they can thwart kids on tech I remember the time kid3 evaded our no-texting-after-8pm ban and phone conversation by using Alexa to send texts and an old FitBit to receive them
People on TikTok are reporting ICE raids happening in small cities in various states.
To get past algorithmic censorship, they’re writing down the information on paper and holding up and shuffling through the handwritten signs as they talk about pretend subjects like shopping, food, and animals.
To get past algorithmic censorship, they’re writing down the information on paper and holding up and shuffling through the handwritten signs as they talk about pretend subjects like shopping, food, and animals.
January 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
When grown-ups think they can thwart kids on tech I remember the time kid3 evaded our no-texting-after-8pm ban and phone conversation by using Alexa to send texts and an old FitBit to receive them
Many reasons why I started packing my bags at the other place, but this felt like the last straw.
January 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Many reasons why I started packing my bags at the other place, but this felt like the last straw.
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Federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship nationwide, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.”
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Judge in Seattle blocks Trump order on birthright citizenship nationwide
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown had sued to block the executive order, calling it “unconstitutional, un-American and cruel.”
www.seattletimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship nationwide, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.”
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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we're all rightfully stressed about The News; on a dif note — been thinking a lot about the lack of awards recognition for I Saw The TV Glow despite its long tail of influence. sharing this profile I did of the film's music, talking to Jane Schoenbrun, Frances Quinlan of Hop Along, and Sloppy Jane
How ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Made the Perfect Teen Angst Movie Soundtrack
“Teenage angst is a very earnest, potentially even embarrassing space to occupy exactly because of how sincere it is; that feels not unrelated to my queerness.”
www.teenvogue.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
we're all rightfully stressed about The News; on a dif note — been thinking a lot about the lack of awards recognition for I Saw The TV Glow despite its long tail of influence. sharing this profile I did of the film's music, talking to Jane Schoenbrun, Frances Quinlan of Hop Along, and Sloppy Jane