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@labvixen.bsky.social
Intersectional #STEMinist |she| abolitionist-in-training | YIMBY | #SciEd | #immigrant #taiko | Urban farming 🍄🐓🧑🏼🌾 | 🌈 | No genocide in our name on our dime 🍉 | 😷
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RFS president @amandalitman.bsky.social told the Metro the truth. Nearly every winning RFS candidate talks about affordability, especially housing. When rent eats your paycheck, the message writes itself.
https://bit.ly/4nZf4vK
https://bit.ly/4nZf4vK
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
RFS president @amandalitman.bsky.social told the Metro the truth. Nearly every winning RFS candidate talks about affordability, especially housing. When rent eats your paycheck, the message writes itself.
https://bit.ly/4nZf4vK
https://bit.ly/4nZf4vK
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Via @charlotteobserver.com: Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
Witnesses say one man was detained while doing yard work while his wife and child were inside.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Via @charlotteobserver.com: Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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THIS IS HUGE: No Kings Alliance just announced they're going to mobilize in support of our striking baristas.
No kings in the White House, No kings at work!
www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...
No kings in the White House, No kings at work!
www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...
'Don't Cross the Picket Line': No Kings Alliance Backs Starbucks Boycott During Workers Strike | Common Dreams
The No Kings Alliance stands in solidarity with Starbucks workers on strike for fair pay and contracts, highlighting CEO-worker pay disparity.
www.commondreams.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
THIS IS HUGE: No Kings Alliance just announced they're going to mobilize in support of our striking baristas.
No kings in the White House, No kings at work!
www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...
No kings in the White House, No kings at work!
www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...
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For those not on Instagram, here is the statement from Alice Wong’s family:
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
For those not on Instagram, here is the statement from Alice Wong’s family:
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A new report based on interviews with 40 of the 252 Venezuelan immigrants who were flown to and imprisoned in El Salvador earlier this year details daily beatings, sexual abuse and more.
“You Have Arrived in Hell”: Venezuelans Sent By U.S. to El Salvador Faced Torture, Sexual Abuse
252 Venezuelan immigrants in the United States were flown to El Salvador in the dead of night and indefinitely imprisoned at the Salvadoran mega-prison CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center. The det...
www.democracynow.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A new report based on interviews with 40 of the 252 Venezuelan immigrants who were flown to and imprisoned in El Salvador earlier this year details daily beatings, sexual abuse and more.
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Starbucks knows where workers stand. They know the demands.
And 92% of baristas just said: We’re ready to strike.
☕ Stand with baristas. Don’t shop at Starbucks when workers are on strike. seiu.co/NoContract
And 92% of baristas just said: We’re ready to strike.
☕ Stand with baristas. Don’t shop at Starbucks when workers are on strike. seiu.co/NoContract
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
seiu.co
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Starbucks knows where workers stand. They know the demands.
And 92% of baristas just said: We’re ready to strike.
☕ Stand with baristas. Don’t shop at Starbucks when workers are on strike. seiu.co/NoContract
And 92% of baristas just said: We’re ready to strike.
☕ Stand with baristas. Don’t shop at Starbucks when workers are on strike. seiu.co/NoContract
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: @deccamuldowney.bsky.social and I write about OpenAI's transparent attempt to shift accountability.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users
OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice.
buttondown.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
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How the US is still removing Indigenous children from their families at alarming rates (video).
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
How the US is still removing Indigenous children from their families at alarming rates – video
In South Dakota, Native American children make up 13% of the child population but 74% of the children in the foster system.Neelam Tailor investigates why, and how a system built on separation is still...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 AM
How the US is still removing Indigenous children from their families at alarming rates (video).
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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The concept of whiteness as "deputized" (h/t W.E.B. DuBois) is important for understanding the current moment.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The concept of whiteness as "deputized" (h/t W.E.B. DuBois) is important for understanding the current moment.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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In case people forget. You should be boycotting Starbucks. Tomorrow starts their strike. Going to Starbucks is crossing picketing lines.
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In case people forget. You should be boycotting Starbucks. Tomorrow starts their strike. Going to Starbucks is crossing picketing lines.
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
AI is useless, the surveillance state sucks, and of course the student is Black! Horrible. www.wbaltv.com/article/stud...
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
AI is useless, the surveillance state sucks, and of course the student is Black! Horrible. www.wbaltv.com/article/stud...
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As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/
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"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal" edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal" edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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We started Indivisible in 2016 because a future Trump appointee was talking about the WWII Japanese internment camps as a model for immigrants at the same time that Schumer was talking about finding common ground with Trump.
This concentration camp was opened at Fort Bliss, the site of a former Japanese internment camp.
It also cost over $1B in private contracts to build in a place meant to hold 1000 people. So, basically it’s a fascist grift.
shorturl.at/qhuSc
It also cost over $1B in private contracts to build in a place meant to hold 1000 people. So, basically it’s a fascist grift.
shorturl.at/qhuSc
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We started Indivisible in 2016 because a future Trump appointee was talking about the WWII Japanese internment camps as a model for immigrants at the same time that Schumer was talking about finding common ground with Trump.
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Today's as good a day as any to remember that attacking trans folks is also attacking vets. "Nearly one in five transgender people are active military service members or veterans, which is almost twice the rate of the general population."
transequality.org/issues/milit...
transequality.org/issues/milit...
Military & Veterans | A4TE
transequality.org
November 11, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Today's as good a day as any to remember that attacking trans folks is also attacking vets. "Nearly one in five transgender people are active military service members or veterans, which is almost twice the rate of the general population."
transequality.org/issues/milit...
transequality.org/issues/milit...
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
The search for Gaza's missing
Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.
www.972mag.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
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If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.