Garland Walton 🩵 #ReproductiveFreedom 🟧
@garlandwalton.bsky.social
Creatively helping solve problems to end suffering
Comms/fundraising consultant & coach (#nonprofits, others)
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Feminist
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Comms/fundraising consultant & coach (#nonprofits, others)
Crack copyeditor
Team Serial Comma
Feminist
😷 💉
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Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
They are never not talking about other people‘s genitals.
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
They are never not talking about other people‘s genitals.
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U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
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Tyson is shutting down its Lexington, Nebraska plant in January 2026. That’s 3,200 workers gone in one shot, the largest plant shutdown in company history.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tyson is shutting down its Lexington, Nebraska plant in January 2026. That’s 3,200 workers gone in one shot, the largest plant shutdown in company history.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
The trauma we have inflicted upon young people— and continue to subject them too— is incalculable. I know they’re resilient, but we will see the impact of this trauma in their personal and professional lives for decades to come.
Shame on us for this cruelty.
Shame on us for this cruelty.
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The trauma we have inflicted upon young people— and continue to subject them too— is incalculable. I know they’re resilient, but we will see the impact of this trauma in their personal and professional lives for decades to come.
Shame on us for this cruelty.
Shame on us for this cruelty.
Liberals wear masks when being activists in public because so many right wingers are dangerous. Right wingers do so because they know their very *beliefs* are dangerous.
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This evil racism showed up again in Little Rock, where neo-Nazis rallied at a civil rights site; an insult to every person who fought for justice & equality.
See the names and report on these extremists here 👇 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
This evil racism showed up again in Little Rock, where neo-Nazis rallied at a civil rights site; an insult to every person who fought for justice & equality.
See the names and report on these extremists here 👇 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Here are the names of the neo-Nazis who rallied at a Little Rock civil rights site on Saturday - Arkansas Times
LRPD initially said that none of the men were from Arkansas, but Helton corrected that Tuesday and said that one of the men in the truck moved to Arkansas late last month from Colorado.
arktimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Liberals wear masks when being activists in public because so many right wingers are dangerous. Right wingers do so because they know their very *beliefs* are dangerous.
I would like @jamestalarico.bsky.social to run for US Senate in 2030 and beat Ted Cruz. Step aside and put all your energy toward helping the outstanding @jasmineforus.bsky.social Jasmine Crockett win in 2026. She’d be an effective fighter for TX. (Plus I’d love to see racists lose their minds.)
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I would like @jamestalarico.bsky.social to run for US Senate in 2030 and beat Ted Cruz. Step aside and put all your energy toward helping the outstanding @jasmineforus.bsky.social Jasmine Crockett win in 2026. She’d be an effective fighter for TX. (Plus I’d love to see racists lose their minds.)
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“Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration diverted more than $35 million in taxpayer funds — an amount far greater than previously known — as part of a brazen agenda last year to defeat two ballot amendments he staunchly opposed, a Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times investigation has found.”
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
A Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times investigation found the DeSantis’ administration’s use of public money to fund a campaign against marijuana and abortion access was more sprawling than previously kn...
www.miamiherald.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration diverted more than $35 million in taxpayer funds — an amount far greater than previously known — as part of a brazen agenda last year to defeat two ballot amendments he staunchly opposed, a Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times investigation has found.”
Surgical masks are worthless.
You need a KN95/FFP2 to protect yourself. Even the ones with ear loops (in lower-risk situations) are many times better than a surgical mask. Don’t get Covid, flu, or RSV this winter.
You need a KN95/FFP2 to protect yourself. Even the ones with ear loops (in lower-risk situations) are many times better than a surgical mask. Don’t get Covid, flu, or RSV this winter.
Discussion of the difference between the protection provided by medical masks and N95s from the same document.
The document on how infection control leaders 🤬'ed up SARS-CoV-1, that they chose to ignore and 🤬'ed up SARS-CoV-2.
The resulting commitment bias is why you don't see N95s in hospitals.
The document on how infection control leaders 🤬'ed up SARS-CoV-1, that they chose to ignore and 🤬'ed up SARS-CoV-2.
The resulting commitment bias is why you don't see N95s in hospitals.
December 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Surgical masks are worthless.
You need a KN95/FFP2 to protect yourself. Even the ones with ear loops (in lower-risk situations) are many times better than a surgical mask. Don’t get Covid, flu, or RSV this winter.
You need a KN95/FFP2 to protect yourself. Even the ones with ear loops (in lower-risk situations) are many times better than a surgical mask. Don’t get Covid, flu, or RSV this winter.
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Of 111 people infected, 105 were unvaccinated.
Public health experts and pediatricians overwhelmingly agree: the measles vaccine is safe, effective, and essential to preventing outbreaks—despite what Trump and Secretary Kennedy claim.
Get vaccinated.
Public health experts and pediatricians overwhelmingly agree: the measles vaccine is safe, effective, and essential to preventing outbreaks—despite what Trump and Secretary Kennedy claim.
Get vaccinated.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Of 111 people infected, 105 were unvaccinated.
Public health experts and pediatricians overwhelmingly agree: the measles vaccine is safe, effective, and essential to preventing outbreaks—despite what Trump and Secretary Kennedy claim.
Get vaccinated.
Public health experts and pediatricians overwhelmingly agree: the measles vaccine is safe, effective, and essential to preventing outbreaks—despite what Trump and Secretary Kennedy claim.
Get vaccinated.
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The awkward 9-second pause near the end of this clip from Tuesday's Dallas Police Oversight Board meeting is really something.
A board member asked DPD how residents should respond to lawless federal immigration enforcement. After the pause, DPD gave the correct answer. Everyone needs to hear it.
A board member asked DPD how residents should respond to lawless federal immigration enforcement. After the pause, DPD gave the correct answer. Everyone needs to hear it.
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The awkward 9-second pause near the end of this clip from Tuesday's Dallas Police Oversight Board meeting is really something.
A board member asked DPD how residents should respond to lawless federal immigration enforcement. After the pause, DPD gave the correct answer. Everyone needs to hear it.
A board member asked DPD how residents should respond to lawless federal immigration enforcement. After the pause, DPD gave the correct answer. Everyone needs to hear it.
How is this not bigger news?!?
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
How is this not bigger news?!?
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Tonight's recap:
• Dems FLIP Georgia's #HD121, a conservative seat near Athens
• Dems FLIP Miami mayor in runoff
• Dems HOLD ABQ mayor in runoff
• Dems OVERPERFORM in four different special elections
• Dem ADVANCES to runoff in Trump+47 GA House district
Our special election Big Board -->
• Dems FLIP Georgia's #HD121, a conservative seat near Athens
• Dems FLIP Miami mayor in runoff
• Dems HOLD ABQ mayor in runoff
• Dems OVERPERFORM in four different special elections
• Dem ADVANCES to runoff in Trump+47 GA House district
Our special election Big Board -->
The Downballot's special elections Big Board for the 2025-26 cycle
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December 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Tonight's recap:
• Dems FLIP Georgia's #HD121, a conservative seat near Athens
• Dems FLIP Miami mayor in runoff
• Dems HOLD ABQ mayor in runoff
• Dems OVERPERFORM in four different special elections
• Dem ADVANCES to runoff in Trump+47 GA House district
Our special election Big Board -->
• Dems FLIP Georgia's #HD121, a conservative seat near Athens
• Dems FLIP Miami mayor in runoff
• Dems HOLD ABQ mayor in runoff
• Dems OVERPERFORM in four different special elections
• Dem ADVANCES to runoff in Trump+47 GA House district
Our special election Big Board -->
Hate to give her any eyeballs but 🤦♀️
There’s a sentence on page 2 that is longer than Bluesky’s character limit.
And the sole knowledge that sentence conveys is “Olivia was born on January 6th.”
And the sole knowledge that sentence conveys is “Olivia was born on January 6th.”
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hate to give her any eyeballs but 🤦♀️
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This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
NEW
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
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This is the gentleman who directed the National Security Council on China under Biden ⬇️
December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is the gentleman who directed the National Security Council on China under Biden ⬇️
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Trump's farmer bailout will primarily go to massive row-crop farmers. Big Ag as they say. Smaller and diversified farms are getting something else - it rhymes with shackjit.
Trump is going to dump tens of $ billions in payments for huge commodity farmers to compensate for huge losses they will suffer from his idiotic trade war. Meanwhile, small farmers growing for local markets will get nothing. Just canceled grants and "thoughts and prayers". wapo.st/3YXdAbU
A Kansas family farm, barely getting by, grapples with Trump’s cuts
Like many of his rural neighbors in northeast Kansas, Jacob Thomas is trying to compensate for deep losses in federal funding. There’s worry and anger.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump's farmer bailout will primarily go to massive row-crop farmers. Big Ag as they say. Smaller and diversified farms are getting something else - it rhymes with shackjit.
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Writing a boot disk.
But i suppose you never know.
But i suppose you never know.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Writing a boot disk.
But i suppose you never know.
But i suppose you never know.
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Day what feels like 500 of "The president is clearly regularly receiving some sort of unknown intravenous treatment, but the legacy media and press will not ask him or the White House questions about it or press for answers on whether the President has a serious medical condition."
Trump's bandaged hand last night at the Kennedy Center Honors gala
(photos via Getty and by Allison Robbert and Brendan Smialowski)
(photos via Getty and by Allison Robbert and Brendan Smialowski)
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Day what feels like 500 of "The president is clearly regularly receiving some sort of unknown intravenous treatment, but the legacy media and press will not ask him or the White House questions about it or press for answers on whether the President has a serious medical condition."
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This is how your email finds me.
April 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This is how your email finds me.
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Always a good sign
"Hegseth refused to sit for an interview with the inspector general and submitted his version of events in writing, sources told CNN."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing of sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to s...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Always a good sign
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An anti-discrimination rule that forecloses magazines that write about James Baldwin and Prince but not magazines that write about William F Buckley and Taylor Swift. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
An anti-discrimination rule that forecloses magazines that write about James Baldwin and Prince but not magazines that write about William F Buckley and Taylor Swift. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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"This explains why the administration refuses to declassify the memo...If the public saw how flimsy the legal footing is, they’d see the president is using wartime powers he does not have to kill civilians he cannot legally target..." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
NEWS: Leaked memo exposes flimsy legal basis for Trump boat strikes
DOJ's classified, "legal authorization" for the missile attacks is beginning to collapse.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"This explains why the administration refuses to declassify the memo...If the public saw how flimsy the legal footing is, they’d see the president is using wartime powers he does not have to kill civilians he cannot legally target..." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
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What Hegseth ordered is the example they use in the Military Manual as an example of an illegal act. 🤣
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
What Hegseth ordered is the example they use in the Military Manual as an example of an illegal act. 🤣