Kira Curious
@kikicurious.bsky.social
Formerly peripatetic, currently Haligonian. Formerly fierce, still working to suffer fools kindly. Formerly a pharmaceutical market researcher, hope to learn new cool stuff. ME/CFS since 2017.
US: Comment period open for proposed travel policy. Yeah, 5y socials/contact info/photos w-metadata/known contacts, all unbearably intrusive and burdensome....but...DNA?! Are you freaking kidding me??
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December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
US: Comment period open for proposed travel policy. Yeah, 5y socials/contact info/photos w-metadata/known contacts, all unbearably intrusive and burdensome....but...DNA?! Are you freaking kidding me??
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If you are a registered member of the Democratic Party, it is now your sacred duty to make sure not a single one of these motherfuckers has returned to office next year.
7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds.
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
December 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
If you are a registered member of the Democratic Party, it is now your sacred duty to make sure not a single one of these motherfuckers has returned to office next year.
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
Americans: Call your Senators and tell them to go back to common sense. if they can't get rid of this gross extrajudicial mafia, they can at least make 'em follow some basic rules.
Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Americans: Call your Senators and tell them to go back to common sense. if they can't get rid of this gross extrajudicial mafia, they can at least make 'em follow some basic rules.
Americans: MTG is pulling nonsense again. The ACLU has a good summary. Call your Rep and tell them in no uncertain terms that this is absolutely wrong.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
House Must Reject Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Attempt To Criminalize Transgender Health Care | American Civil Liberties Union
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union is urging members of the House of Representatives to vote “NO’ on a bill sponsored by Rep....
www.aclu.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Americans: MTG is pulling nonsense again. The ACLU has a good summary. Call your Rep and tell them in no uncertain terms that this is absolutely wrong.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
Americans, are any of these yours? can't hurt to call & object
The House just voted for a bloated $900B Pentagon budget despite the fact that the Pentagon can't even pass an audit and despite the fact that Trump is getting ready for a war on Venezuela and despite the fact that so many people are about to lose health care.
Here are the 115 Dem YES votes.
Here are the 115 Dem YES votes.
December 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Americans, are any of these yours? can't hurt to call & object
Gee it'd be a real shame if their tip line was clogged up with reports of nepotism, legacy admissions, rumors of students being aliens or anything else you find funny....
donoharmmedicine.org/share-your-c...
donoharmmedicine.org/share-your-c...
Share Your Concern
Have you seen a radical, divisive ideology creep into healthcare? We want to hear your story and help you fight back.
donoharmmedicine.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Gee it'd be a real shame if their tip line was clogged up with reports of nepotism, legacy admissions, rumors of students being aliens or anything else you find funny....
donoharmmedicine.org/share-your-c...
donoharmmedicine.org/share-your-c...
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Public service announcement: if you think you'll be in need of a new computer within the next 12-18 months, buy one RIGHT NOW. The RAM shortage is only going to get worse, and it's going to make prices absolutely skyrocket for consumer PC's (yes this includes Apple).
Me: “I think I can wait at least another year before I buy a new laptop.”
My current laptop: “Lmao not if I die right now.”
My current laptop: “Lmao not if I die right now.”
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Public service announcement: if you think you'll be in need of a new computer within the next 12-18 months, buy one RIGHT NOW. The RAM shortage is only going to get worse, and it's going to make prices absolutely skyrocket for consumer PC's (yes this includes Apple).
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NIH has for decades used a rigorous recruitment process to hire its top scientists, the institute directors.
The Trump NIH is changing that. They’ve already installed one political hire this way, reportedly a friend of JD Vance.
This post describes the process. Demand the Trump people follow it.
The Trump NIH is changing that. They’ve already installed one political hire this way, reportedly a friend of JD Vance.
This post describes the process. Demand the Trump people follow it.
Demand that NIH Maintain the Scientific Credibility of its Institute Directors
The institute directors at NIH are top scientific leaders who in principle can redirect grant money as they please. The Trump NIH must not install new directors without a real hiring process.
scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NIH has for decades used a rigorous recruitment process to hire its top scientists, the institute directors.
The Trump NIH is changing that. They’ve already installed one political hire this way, reportedly a friend of JD Vance.
This post describes the process. Demand the Trump people follow it.
The Trump NIH is changing that. They’ve already installed one political hire this way, reportedly a friend of JD Vance.
This post describes the process. Demand the Trump people follow it.
If you're in georgia, here's a candidate for you to check out
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you're in georgia, here's a candidate for you to check out
Americans: The national mood is swinging away from GOP. If you find and volunteer for a progressive organization like Sister District, you can help build momentum not only towards Dems but towards *progressive* ones.
sisterdistrict.com
sisterdistrict.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Americans: The national mood is swinging away from GOP. If you find and volunteer for a progressive organization like Sister District, you can help build momentum not only towards Dems but towards *progressive* ones.
sisterdistrict.com
sisterdistrict.com
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Our Michigan state team is on fire! If you want to join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social go to and scroll down to bottom of page to sign up: www.defendpublichealth.org/get-involved
December 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Our Michigan state team is on fire! If you want to join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social go to and scroll down to bottom of page to sign up: www.defendpublichealth.org/get-involved
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They also gifted us with this PRACTICAL TOOLKIT: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
1. How to schedule and run trainings for ICE Watch Patrols and other key volunteer roles
2. How to build out patrol shifts and zones, including the practical nuts and bolts of the technology and systems used in NC
1. How to schedule and run trainings for ICE Watch Patrols and other key volunteer roles
2. How to build out patrol shifts and zones, including the practical nuts and bolts of the technology and systems used in NC
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
They also gifted us with this PRACTICAL TOOLKIT: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
1. How to schedule and run trainings for ICE Watch Patrols and other key volunteer roles
2. How to build out patrol shifts and zones, including the practical nuts and bolts of the technology and systems used in NC
1. How to schedule and run trainings for ICE Watch Patrols and other key volunteer roles
2. How to build out patrol shifts and zones, including the practical nuts and bolts of the technology and systems used in NC
Americans: The tesla protests have been so successful that others are organizing similar protests against Fox. Go here to check it out.
www.foxtakedown.com
www.foxtakedown.com
#FoxTakedown: Fox Lies, Democracy Dies
Fox Takedown is a grassroots non-violent protest movement against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine. We are dedicated to activism to defeat Fox News—an extremist right-wing disinformation...
www.foxtakedown.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Americans: The tesla protests have been so successful that others are organizing similar protests against Fox. Go here to check it out.
www.foxtakedown.com
www.foxtakedown.com
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This is 100% true. If you live in NYC, you should join your local community board — right now they’re much richer, older, whiter, more conservative, and more likely to be drivers+homeowners than the communities they represent.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is 100% true. If you live in NYC, you should join your local community board — right now they’re much richer, older, whiter, more conservative, and more likely to be drivers+homeowners than the communities they represent.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
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🚨Today, 12/7 is the LAST day of Medicare Open Enrollment. If you are on a Medicare Advantage plan, please make sure to go to medicare.gov or the insurance plan itself and make sure it will exist in 2026!
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨Today, 12/7 is the LAST day of Medicare Open Enrollment. If you are on a Medicare Advantage plan, please make sure to go to medicare.gov or the insurance plan itself and make sure it will exist in 2026!
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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I’ve written for them. They pay a fair wage. And they pay you quickly. All to say I’ve experienced them on the back end 👌🏾
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’ve written for them. They pay a fair wage. And they pay you quickly. All to say I’ve experienced them on the back end 👌🏾
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2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net
Where Can I Run by Run for Something
Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net
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If your naturalization case is or will be put on hold by this, especially after the interview, go see an immigration lawyer now.
Naturalization is not discretionary, and federal judges have a unique role in deciding delayed naturalization cases.
Naturalization is not discretionary, and federal judges have a unique role in deciding delayed naturalization cases.
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If your naturalization case is or will be put on hold by this, especially after the interview, go see an immigration lawyer now.
Naturalization is not discretionary, and federal judges have a unique role in deciding delayed naturalization cases.
Naturalization is not discretionary, and federal judges have a unique role in deciding delayed naturalization cases.
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This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
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So yeah, if you're represented by a Republican in a district that was carried by less than 20 points, tomorrow would be a good day to call and demand that the ACA subsidies continue.
The good news is Republicans in Congress are shitting their pants right about now
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
So yeah, if you're represented by a Republican in a district that was carried by less than 20 points, tomorrow would be a good day to call and demand that the ACA subsidies continue.
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚨🚨🚨 TENNESSEE 🚨🚨🚨
HELP GET OUT THE VOTE
For special election in two days
Tuesday Dec 2nd
Go to Iwillvote.com
Vote AFTYN BEHN for Congressional District TN07
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
HELP GET OUT THE VOTE
For special election in two days
Tuesday Dec 2nd
Go to Iwillvote.com
Vote AFTYN BEHN for Congressional District TN07
@aftynbehn.bsky.social