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Kyla

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(any pronouns) Primary care peds NP, mommay, friend, UU, singer, mitten state resident/fan #VaccinesWork #TransRights skeeting since Aug '23 Profile pic: Tiffany Aching, by Paul Kidby, cover of The Shepherd's Crown. https://www.paulkidby.com/paintings/

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · Nov 14

This is a fraught time for our beloved trans siblings. Here is a list of some resources for anyone who cares about their well-being and rights and wants to show up. 🧵
Please read on and consider sharing, getting involved, or donating. And feel free to add! #TransRights 1/6

Giant blue, pink and white trans pride flag, held horizontal by lots of people all around the edges, as seen from below, so only the lower bodies of the people are visible, not their faces. Image from: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trans-flag-everything-you-need-to-know

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 3h

Great story by @annaleighclark.bsky.social on the front line of the fluoride wars.

Fluoridation Debate Turns Raucous in a Michigan Community

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

www.propublica.org

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 4d

I am telling you! I get so exasperated.

Screw this cut n paste culture that rips off creditors and harms the historical record etc.

It seem like I'm gonna make a little campaign about this, in general, not just this one account.

We need some information hygiene around here! Lol.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 4d

As usual, Tennessee Holler lifts video without crediting creator. No location or date. No ID of person shot in the head w/less lethals. All findable!

By removing context, Tennessee Holler damages activism and makes misinfo more likely.

For 3.3k Likes!

Don't share @thetnholler.bsky.social posts!

The Tennessee Holler

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WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

vertical video of a minister looking up and talking to ICE agents on the roof of the Broadview, IL ICE facility.

October 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 11h

Read my words. Ty.

Arrests and Protests at the Broadview ICE Facility

The Department of Homeland Security says that eleven people were arrested Saturday at a protest outside of the Broadview ICE facility.

www.turtlediaries.net

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 11h

You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 22h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12h

This is why I always chuckle whenever I hear some elected Dem talk about a bipartisan deal to re-open the government like dude you're the last person left on earth that hasn't heard about the business stylings of Donald Trump. The Art of the Deal is not paying for services rendered

ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 13h

People used to have to resign when they committed crimes in office

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 13h

This brings to mind Captain Vimes boots theory of wealth. Rich people pay a lot of money for well made boots that last them a decade or more. Poor folks buy crappy boots that they can afford that then wear out in a year. By the ten year mark they will have spent way more than the rich guy.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

to add a data point to this thread, i just bought a j press MIUSA shirt that ran me $185.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 13h

Does this by any chance have anything to do with lasers and aircraft?

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 1d

RFK Jr.’s attack on mRNA vaccines will cost lives
HHS shouldn't pull the plug on vaccine breakthroughs. If RFK is successful in rolling back any vaccine’s approval, many will suffer and die. Using children as his guinea pigs is unconscionable. He must be removed.
www.salon.com/2025/10/11/r...

RFK Jr.'s attack on mRNA vaccines will cost lives

HHS shouldn't pull the plug on vaccine breakthroughs

www.salon.com

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 13h

you said it before I got there!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 15h

Tough question, my man, but I’ll give it a whirl (🧵)

Why Republicans’ attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring

The White House and some Republicans are growing nervous that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of a government funding bill has salience with voters.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 18h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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OPB @opb.org · 15h

Researchers discovered that since 2017, firearms have surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of mortality for youth ages 11-18, spiking from 1,945 deaths in 2001 to 3,224 in 2022.

Gun deaths among high schoolers on the rise, WSU study finds

The researchers found that, nationwide, high schoolers ages 14 to 18 are at an exceptionally elevated risk for gun-inflicted injury and death compared to children in other age groups in both rural and urban settings.

www.opb.org

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 2d

Low Earth orbit is filling up. Not just with #satellites, but also with dangerous, tumbling debris. As they collide, they multiply. If we do nothing, satellites will crash, creating chaos on Earth below. Meet the people trying to prevent this disaster. spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-synd...

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 17h

How do you explain people who've never been vaccinated who are autistic?

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 16h

Well, actually I do.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17h

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi shot dead in Gaza City clashes

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

bit.ly

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 17h

Oh boo hoo, Cheryl

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Matt Brignall @mattbrignall.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned that the admin is offering student loan relief for joining ICE, but not to those of us who joined the FEMA Medical Reserve Corps COVID response and I'm ready to stroke out.
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09...

ICE Receives More than 150,000 Applications to Join ICE Law Enforcement to Help Remove Worst of the Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens from U.S. | Homeland Security

DHS today announced ICE received more than 150,000 applications from Americans who want to join U.S. (ICE) to help arrest and remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from America’s stree...

www.dhs.gov

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 19h

Of course it's both

And the fan base probably don't have the critical thinking skills to even notice this this ludicrous fabrication

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