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Teacher Ed | Ed Consulting | Scholar Activism
Focus: Queer & Trans, Anti-Racist, & Abolitionist Pedagogies | Disability Justice | DEIJL in STEM | #FreePalestine
Teacher Ed | Ed Consulting | Scholar Activism
Focus: Queer & Trans, Anti-Racist, & Abolitionist Pedagogies | Disability Justice | DEIJL in STEM | #FreePalestine
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It's the last day of pride month but tomorrow I will still be queer & I will still be promoting my pride pieces & small business! Why? Cause allyship & support doesn't stop after 30 days! Support your queer community small businesses all year long! 🫶🏼 Thank you for your continued support! 🥹🥰
June 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It's the last day of pride month but tomorrow I will still be queer & I will still be promoting my pride pieces & small business! Why? Cause allyship & support doesn't stop after 30 days! Support your queer community small businesses all year long! 🫶🏼 Thank you for your continued support! 🥹🥰
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Still, on the down news, the bill has passed the Senate, and the bill will still devastate ALL communities if it returns to the House and they pass it.
www.axios.com/2025/07/01/s...
www.axios.com/2025/07/01/s...
Senate passes Trump's "big, beautiful bill" after 11th-hour panic
The taxes, border and defense package still has to clear the House.
www.axios.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Still, on the down news, the bill has passed the Senate, and the bill will still devastate ALL communities if it returns to the House and they pass it.
www.axios.com/2025/07/01/s...
www.axios.com/2025/07/01/s...
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Incredible news for trans people - the Medicaid provision is out of the Trump horror bill. It did not require a point of order vote, and instead, Republicans pulled it out on their own, likely knowing they would lose the vote.
Good job to everyone for calling their Senators.
Good job to everyone for calling their Senators.
News: The most recent GOP reconciliation bill no longer has the provision to ban Medicaid from being used on gender-affirming care
The parliamentarian had disqualified the provision, but Republicans had left it on the text — it now has been removed
The parliamentarian had disqualified the provision, but Republicans had left it on the text — it now has been removed
July 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Incredible news for trans people - the Medicaid provision is out of the Trump horror bill. It did not require a point of order vote, and instead, Republicans pulled it out on their own, likely knowing they would lose the vote.
Good job to everyone for calling their Senators.
Good job to everyone for calling their Senators.
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Israel killed 33 Palestinian, including 2 artists, Amna Al-Salmi & Ismail Abu Hatab, in an airstrike on a café in Gaza. The café offered internet, making it a hotspot for journalists & artists.
Israel’s targeting of journalists & artists is a war crime.
Israel’s targeting of journalists & artists is a war crime.
Two artists killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza cafe
Amna Al-Salmi, a visual artist, and Ismail Abu Hatab, a prominent photographer and filmmaker, were among at least 30 killed at the popular seaside spot
ow.ly
July 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Israel killed 33 Palestinian, including 2 artists, Amna Al-Salmi & Ismail Abu Hatab, in an airstrike on a café in Gaza. The café offered internet, making it a hotspot for journalists & artists.
Israel’s targeting of journalists & artists is a war crime.
Israel’s targeting of journalists & artists is a war crime.
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If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.
Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
July 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.
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UPenn can fuck right off.
BREAKING
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
July 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
UPenn can fuck right off.
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There is no mental illness that specifically makes you harass trans people while having no negative impact on your own life. That's a choice.
June 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There is no mental illness that specifically makes you harass trans people while having no negative impact on your own life. That's a choice.
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“Currently just 40% of drinking water production facilities remain functional…Without fuel, every one of these will stop operating within weeks...If the current more than 100-day blockade on fuel coming into Gaza does not end, children will begin to die of thirst.” www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Gaza’s Taps Running Dry: Fuel Crisis Deepens Daily Struggle for Families
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson, James Elder, to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
www.unicef.org
June 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Currently just 40% of drinking water production facilities remain functional…Without fuel, every one of these will stop operating within weeks...If the current more than 100-day blockade on fuel coming into Gaza does not end, children will begin to die of thirst.” www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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Happy Juneteenth! Just updated my list of books by Black intersex authors -
www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...
(Aiming for completeness, please let me know if I missed a title!)
www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...
(Aiming for completeness, please let me know if I missed a title!)
A list of books by Black intersex authors! | Bogi Reads the World
www.bogireadstheworld.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Happy Juneteenth! Just updated my list of books by Black intersex authors -
www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...
(Aiming for completeness, please let me know if I missed a title!)
www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...
(Aiming for completeness, please let me know if I missed a title!)
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🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
June 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
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For those who live elsewhere, this is the heart of downtown #LosAngeles. My friends are here. My union is here (sup @wgawest.bsky.social). My teenager is here. People are passing out pastries & singing & praying. All we want is for our neighbors not to be kidnapped off the streets.
June 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
For those who live elsewhere, this is the heart of downtown #LosAngeles. My friends are here. My union is here (sup @wgawest.bsky.social). My teenager is here. People are passing out pastries & singing & praying. All we want is for our neighbors not to be kidnapped off the streets.
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The problem of sex testing is not with the tests per se, but with the assumption that any singular marker of sex (including chromosomes) is adequate to classify people into a two sex system.
June 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The problem of sex testing is not with the tests per se, but with the assumption that any singular marker of sex (including chromosomes) is adequate to classify people into a two sex system.
Convo btwn my wife & a 9 yr old this wknd:
Kid: “you got really close to [their] face are you [siblings]?”
Wife: “we’re actually married”
Kid: pauses then says “that makes more sense”, grabs a treat & skips away
Kids are precious. Adults ruin them w/our prejudice. Let’s stop that sh*t. #HappyPride
Kid: “you got really close to [their] face are you [siblings]?”
Wife: “we’re actually married”
Kid: pauses then says “that makes more sense”, grabs a treat & skips away
Kids are precious. Adults ruin them w/our prejudice. Let’s stop that sh*t. #HappyPride
June 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Convo btwn my wife & a 9 yr old this wknd:
Kid: “you got really close to [their] face are you [siblings]?”
Wife: “we’re actually married”
Kid: pauses then says “that makes more sense”, grabs a treat & skips away
Kids are precious. Adults ruin them w/our prejudice. Let’s stop that sh*t. #HappyPride
Kid: “you got really close to [their] face are you [siblings]?”
Wife: “we’re actually married”
Kid: pauses then says “that makes more sense”, grabs a treat & skips away
Kids are precious. Adults ruin them w/our prejudice. Let’s stop that sh*t. #HappyPride
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Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor.
He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.
The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.
This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies
He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.
The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.
This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies
June 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor.
He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.
The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.
This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies
He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.
The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.
This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies
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Jonathon Joss was Comanche and White Mountain Apache
HE HAS BEEN OF THAT LAND SINCE BEFORE IT WAS EVEN MEXICO AND LONG BEFORE IT WAS TEXAS
I swear for god I need yall to to have an OUNCE OF HISTORY before you make words
HE HAS BEEN OF THAT LAND SINCE BEFORE IT WAS EVEN MEXICO AND LONG BEFORE IT WAS TEXAS
I swear for god I need yall to to have an OUNCE OF HISTORY before you make words
June 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Jonathon Joss was Comanche and White Mountain Apache
HE HAS BEEN OF THAT LAND SINCE BEFORE IT WAS EVEN MEXICO AND LONG BEFORE IT WAS TEXAS
I swear for god I need yall to to have an OUNCE OF HISTORY before you make words
HE HAS BEEN OF THAT LAND SINCE BEFORE IT WAS EVEN MEXICO AND LONG BEFORE IT WAS TEXAS
I swear for god I need yall to to have an OUNCE OF HISTORY before you make words
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fuck homophobia
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
June 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
fuck homophobia
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Be who you are, love who you love and love yourself. #HappyPrideMonth
a dog wearing a pink tutu and holding rainbow flags with the words happy pride above it
ALT: a dog wearing a pink tutu and holding rainbow flags with the words happy pride above it
media.tenor.com
June 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Be who you are, love who you love and love yourself. #HappyPrideMonth
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"The World Food Programme (WFP) has said it is “shocked and alarmed” that its premises in southwestern Sudan have been hit by repeated shelling from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the paramilitary group wages a brutal civil war, now in its third year..."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
‘This must stop now’: UN food body condemns RSF attacks on Sudan premises
Aid workers are also having to cope with a wave of cholera outbreaks in war-torn Sudan.
www.aljazeera.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"The World Food Programme (WFP) has said it is “shocked and alarmed” that its premises in southwestern Sudan have been hit by repeated shelling from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the paramilitary group wages a brutal civil war, now in its third year..."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
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3 additional eye-witnesses from the scene describe Israeli military fire in this AP article and 1 additional witness from Nasser hospital describes tens of patients with gunshot wounds and many more being treated: apnews.com/article/isra...
June 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
3 additional eye-witnesses from the scene describe Israeli military fire in this AP article and 1 additional witness from Nasser hospital describes tens of patients with gunshot wounds and many more being treated: apnews.com/article/isra...