Tina McKim
@sticksandwheels.bsky.social
Birchwood Food Desert Fighter, disabled semi-hermit, artist,writer, snacker and abolitionist.
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"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
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6/ You can watch the entire 9-minute doc on YouTube… youtu.be/PWCrzM6dcYw?...
A visit to a homeless shelter for transgender Ugandans
YouTube video by Steven Thrasher
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December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
6/ You can watch the entire 9-minute doc on YouTube… youtu.be/PWCrzM6dcYw?...
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5/ And in the concluding Part 5, I explain as we leave the shelter how and why trans residents behave like spies, switching between modes of transit 2 or 3 times to get to work (which can take 2 hours each way)
www.gofundme.com/minorityshel...
www.gofundme.com/minorityshel...
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
5/ And in the concluding Part 5, I explain as we leave the shelter how and why trans residents behave like spies, switching between modes of transit 2 or 3 times to get to work (which can take 2 hours each way)
www.gofundme.com/minorityshel...
www.gofundme.com/minorityshel...
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4/ In Part 4, a shelter manager (who also was once kicked out of home) tearfully says that they’re running out of hope: they owe 2 months back rent, they have no food for the residents & when they ask private donors for help, they say Trump won’t let them help
www.gofundme.com/minorityshel...
www.gofundme.com/minorityshel...
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
4/ In Part 4, a shelter manager (who also was once kicked out of home) tearfully says that they’re running out of hope: they owe 2 months back rent, they have no food for the residents & when they ask private donors for help, they say Trump won’t let them help
www.gofundme.com/minorityshel...
www.gofundme.com/minorityshel...
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3/ In Part 3, a shelter manager tells me that the United States, Netherlands, UK *and private donors* are forbidding these terms:
🛑 GBV (Gender Based Violence)
🛑 Trans
🛑 DEI (which was their code-term for “LGBTQ” in a coutry where being LGBTQ is illegal)
www.gofundme.com/f/minoritysh...
🛑 GBV (Gender Based Violence)
🛑 Trans
🛑 DEI (which was their code-term for “LGBTQ” in a coutry where being LGBTQ is illegal)
www.gofundme.com/f/minoritysh...
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
3/ In Part 3, a shelter manager tells me that the United States, Netherlands, UK *and private donors* are forbidding these terms:
🛑 GBV (Gender Based Violence)
🛑 Trans
🛑 DEI (which was their code-term for “LGBTQ” in a coutry where being LGBTQ is illegal)
www.gofundme.com/f/minoritysh...
🛑 GBV (Gender Based Violence)
🛑 Trans
🛑 DEI (which was their code-term for “LGBTQ” in a coutry where being LGBTQ is illegal)
www.gofundme.com/f/minoritysh...
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2/ In Part 2, I speak to John Grace of the Uganda Minority Shelters Consortium about coming up in queer shelters themself and their hope for what a queer shelter might be (yes, that’s a pig being slaughtered by a neighbor you’re hearing in the background)
gofundme.com/minorityshelters
gofundme.com/minorityshelters
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
2/ In Part 2, I speak to John Grace of the Uganda Minority Shelters Consortium about coming up in queer shelters themself and their hope for what a queer shelter might be (yes, that’s a pig being slaughtered by a neighbor you’re hearing in the background)
gofundme.com/minorityshelters
gofundme.com/minorityshelters
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🧵1/ I’m releasing my documentary “A Visit to a Homeless Shelter for Transgender Ugandans” in 5 parts.
In Part 1, we begin in Kampala’s “7 hills” to show how far from industry trans ugandans are living—as they try to avoid eviction.
(To support them: gofundme.com/minorityshelters)
In Part 1, we begin in Kampala’s “7 hills” to show how far from industry trans ugandans are living—as they try to avoid eviction.
(To support them: gofundme.com/minorityshelters)
December 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🧵1/ I’m releasing my documentary “A Visit to a Homeless Shelter for Transgender Ugandans” in 5 parts.
In Part 1, we begin in Kampala’s “7 hills” to show how far from industry trans ugandans are living—as they try to avoid eviction.
(To support them: gofundme.com/minorityshelters)
In Part 1, we begin in Kampala’s “7 hills” to show how far from industry trans ugandans are living—as they try to avoid eviction.
(To support them: gofundme.com/minorityshelters)
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🚨 Netanyahu’s Strategy to Drive Palestinians Out By Freezing & Starving Gaza Through Winter
Please listen in full to this update Gaza NGO coordinator Eyad Amawi shared w/ Drop Site, in which he describes in detail the humanitarian catastrophe engulfing the enclave.
He also lays out what he...
Please listen in full to this update Gaza NGO coordinator Eyad Amawi shared w/ Drop Site, in which he describes in detail the humanitarian catastrophe engulfing the enclave.
He also lays out what he...
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
🚨 Netanyahu’s Strategy to Drive Palestinians Out By Freezing & Starving Gaza Through Winter
Please listen in full to this update Gaza NGO coordinator Eyad Amawi shared w/ Drop Site, in which he describes in detail the humanitarian catastrophe engulfing the enclave.
He also lays out what he...
Please listen in full to this update Gaza NGO coordinator Eyad Amawi shared w/ Drop Site, in which he describes in detail the humanitarian catastrophe engulfing the enclave.
He also lays out what he...
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Chuck for Queens
"Jackson Heights neighbors stood up to ICE this morning, who reportedly posted up early to try and grab parents walking their kids to school.
There's an old saying we all learn growing up in New York City.
We're teaching it to ICE, too: GTFOH"
"Jackson Heights neighbors stood up to ICE this morning, who reportedly posted up early to try and grab parents walking their kids to school.
There's an old saying we all learn growing up in New York City.
We're teaching it to ICE, too: GTFOH"
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Chuck for Queens
"Jackson Heights neighbors stood up to ICE this morning, who reportedly posted up early to try and grab parents walking their kids to school.
There's an old saying we all learn growing up in New York City.
We're teaching it to ICE, too: GTFOH"
"Jackson Heights neighbors stood up to ICE this morning, who reportedly posted up early to try and grab parents walking their kids to school.
There's an old saying we all learn growing up in New York City.
We're teaching it to ICE, too: GTFOH"
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Authorities are tracking online criticism and demonstrations against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, monitoring message boards for threats while compiling updates on public “sentiment” surrounding the arrests, according to law enforcement records reviewed by The Associated Press.
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown | CNN
State and federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism and demonstrations against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, monitoring message boards around the clock for threats to agent...
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Authorities are tracking online criticism and demonstrations against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, monitoring message boards for threats while compiling updates on public “sentiment” surrounding the arrests, according to law enforcement records reviewed by The Associated Press.
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🎥 At the Doha Forum 2025, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese drew a direct line between South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and Palestine today.
“If you go to South Africa, you realize that Nelson Mandela couldn’t have been born in any other country,” she said, pointing to a strength of...
“If you go to South Africa, you realize that Nelson Mandela couldn’t have been born in any other country,” she said, pointing to a strength of...
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🎥 At the Doha Forum 2025, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese drew a direct line between South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and Palestine today.
“If you go to South Africa, you realize that Nelson Mandela couldn’t have been born in any other country,” she said, pointing to a strength of...
“If you go to South Africa, you realize that Nelson Mandela couldn’t have been born in any other country,” she said, pointing to a strength of...
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3 days ago, Hakeem Jeffries stated that Donald Trump was right on immigration and the border.
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
3 days ago, Hakeem Jeffries stated that Donald Trump was right on immigration and the border.
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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for anyone interested, @hammerandhope.bsky.social ran an article on exactly this: "An organized urban wing of the railroad called vigilance committees focused on protecting, supporting, and learning from fugitives. That education went in both directions..."
hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies
Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
hammerandhope.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
for anyone interested, @hammerandhope.bsky.social ran an article on exactly this: "An organized urban wing of the railroad called vigilance committees focused on protecting, supporting, and learning from fugitives. That education went in both directions..."
hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
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Our ancestors did more with much less. We have no excuse.
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Our ancestors did more with much less. We have no excuse.
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This, among millions of other reasons, is why any attempt to meet transphobes in the middle was always a form of abandoning trans people.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
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December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This, among millions of other reasons, is why any attempt to meet transphobes in the middle was always a form of abandoning trans people.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
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You are not “less than” because you’re disabled.
You do not deserve to suffer, go hungry, be homeless or be denied healthcare.
You shouldn’t have to “prove” your worth to others.
Your disability is not a moral failing, and you do not need to justify it to anyone.
You do not deserve to suffer, go hungry, be homeless or be denied healthcare.
You shouldn’t have to “prove” your worth to others.
Your disability is not a moral failing, and you do not need to justify it to anyone.
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
You are not “less than” because you’re disabled.
You do not deserve to suffer, go hungry, be homeless or be denied healthcare.
You shouldn’t have to “prove” your worth to others.
Your disability is not a moral failing, and you do not need to justify it to anyone.
You do not deserve to suffer, go hungry, be homeless or be denied healthcare.
You shouldn’t have to “prove” your worth to others.
Your disability is not a moral failing, and you do not need to justify it to anyone.
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SCOTUS has allowed the Texas gerrymandering to go forward, and Rep Jasmine Crockett is being booted out of her seat.
She’s one of the fiercest opponents of Trump.
She fights for healthcare and SNAP.
They couldn’t beat her, so they changed the rules and got rid of her.
This is not Democracy
She’s one of the fiercest opponents of Trump.
She fights for healthcare and SNAP.
They couldn’t beat her, so they changed the rules and got rid of her.
This is not Democracy
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
SCOTUS has allowed the Texas gerrymandering to go forward, and Rep Jasmine Crockett is being booted out of her seat.
She’s one of the fiercest opponents of Trump.
She fights for healthcare and SNAP.
They couldn’t beat her, so they changed the rules and got rid of her.
This is not Democracy
She’s one of the fiercest opponents of Trump.
She fights for healthcare and SNAP.
They couldn’t beat her, so they changed the rules and got rid of her.
This is not Democracy
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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Newsom: Not only will I NOT tax the wealthy and rich, but I will also sweep encampments full of ppl just trying to survive and criminalize their very existence…big tent and all
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Newsom: Not only will I NOT tax the wealthy and rich, but I will also sweep encampments full of ppl just trying to survive and criminalize their very existence…big tent and all
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48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back: