AlisonAF
@alisonaf.bsky.social
Longtime theater person, everyday climate person. Humans are born with rights.
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Once more for those at the back 👇
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Once more for those at the back 👇
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NEW: One of the unintended consequences of the Trump administration’s focus on mass deportations: Corrections officers from the Federal Bureau of Prisons are jumping ship for more lucrative jobs at Immigration and Customs Enforcement. @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW: One of the unintended consequences of the Trump administration’s focus on mass deportations: Corrections officers from the Federal Bureau of Prisons are jumping ship for more lucrative jobs at Immigration and Customs Enforcement. @keribla.bsky.social
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RISKY BUZZWORDS: Indian Health Service officials have flagged the words, “immunizations” and “vaccines” for additional scrutiny, requiring approval from public information officers for them to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients. @maryhudetz.bsky.social
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
RISKY BUZZWORDS: Indian Health Service officials have flagged the words, “immunizations” and “vaccines” for additional scrutiny, requiring approval from public information officers for them to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients. @maryhudetz.bsky.social
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#RocklandCounty, NY
#Nanuet, NY
#IndivisibleRockland
@indivisrockland.bksy.social
Show up at the weekly Saturday rally on Sat. Nov 22
#Nanuet, NY
#IndivisibleRockland
@indivisrockland.bksy.social
Show up at the weekly Saturday rally on Sat. Nov 22
Recently posted about how the local GOP was attempting to shut down ALL protests - weekly and #NoKings - in Nanuet, NY (see my thread below).
Now @indivisrockland.bsky.social is fighting back.
If you live in-or-near #NY17 PLEASE attend THIS SATURDAY’s Nanuet rally.
www.mobilize.us/indivisibler...
Now @indivisrockland.bsky.social is fighting back.
If you live in-or-near #NY17 PLEASE attend THIS SATURDAY’s Nanuet rally.
www.mobilize.us/indivisibler...
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#RocklandCounty, NY
#Nanuet, NY
#IndivisibleRockland
@indivisrockland.bksy.social
Show up at the weekly Saturday rally on Sat. Nov 22
#Nanuet, NY
#IndivisibleRockland
@indivisrockland.bksy.social
Show up at the weekly Saturday rally on Sat. Nov 22
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21 Nov 2025 -- New Sam Feder documentary film "Heightened Scrutiny" follows Chase Strangio as he prepares to argue Skirmetti before Supremes. Also serves as a rebuttal to anti-trans narratives pushed by the NYTimes.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
‘Fights for our material survival’: documentary goes inside the battle for trans rights
In Heightened Scrutiny, the fight driving activist and lawyer Chase Strangio is backgrounded by a deep dive into how the media has helped to push an anti-trans agenda
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
21 Nov 2025 -- New Sam Feder documentary film "Heightened Scrutiny" follows Chase Strangio as he prepares to argue Skirmetti before Supremes. Also serves as a rebuttal to anti-trans narratives pushed by the NYTimes.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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“Kennedy seems to be ‘going from evidence-based decision making to decision-based evidence making.’” —Dr. Daniel Jernigan
The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines do not cause autism.
CDC website is changed to raise suspicions of a vaccines-autism link
The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines do not cause autism.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“Kennedy seems to be ‘going from evidence-based decision making to decision-based evidence making.’” —Dr. Daniel Jernigan
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#COP30 - “Our elementary school kids are reading textbooks that are more science-based and in line with reality than the [draft] text we have here, where we are supposed to fix this problem” says Juan Carlos Monterrey, climate envoy for Panama
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#COP30 - “Our elementary school kids are reading textbooks that are more science-based and in line with reality than the [draft] text we have here, where we are supposed to fix this problem” says Juan Carlos Monterrey, climate envoy for Panama
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Ice melts in the South
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Ice melts in the South
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Friday Mutual aid post share and help if you can
November 21 2025 #MutualAidThread!
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#HelpSky #MABoost #FundSky #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 💕💸
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November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Friday Mutual aid post share and help if you can
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Time to look into your settings, folks.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Time to look into your settings, folks.
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Yes. Kidnapped. Exactly. That’s exactly what they did. Bc their authority is to enforce immigration law and a citizen cannot be unlawfully present in the United States. It’s literally impossible. So they abduct people by force without legal justification. That’s kidnapping. Arrest them, goddammit.
The most comprehensive story yet about Fernando Vazquez, the 18-year-old U.S. citizen who was abducted by federal immigration agents from a construction site in Cary, North Carolina. @ncnewsline.com #ncpol
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Yes. Kidnapped. Exactly. That’s exactly what they did. Bc their authority is to enforce immigration law and a citizen cannot be unlawfully present in the United States. It’s literally impossible. So they abduct people by force without legal justification. That’s kidnapping. Arrest them, goddammit.
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a) these changes illustrate how the “smartness” in what’s framed as an individual smart or dumb choice (your major/grad degree) is determined by structural factors in how they’re rewarded, not their intrinsic value
b) the illustration’s especially stark when those structural factors change overnight
b) the illustration’s especially stark when those structural factors change overnight
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
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As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
a) these changes illustrate how the “smartness” in what’s framed as an individual smart or dumb choice (your major/grad degree) is determined by structural factors in how they’re rewarded, not their intrinsic value
b) the illustration’s especially stark when those structural factors change overnight
b) the illustration’s especially stark when those structural factors change overnight
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The fossil fuel lobbyists are sitting around saying “this is fine”
BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The fossil fuel lobbyists are sitting around saying “this is fine”
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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Not eating animals is a very robust rule of thumb when it comes to reducing your environmental footprint and the amount of suffering your diet may be producing.
FT investigation:
Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing.
If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing.
If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Not eating animals is a very robust rule of thumb when it comes to reducing your environmental footprint and the amount of suffering your diet may be producing.
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*states at Arizona*
climate change comes for us all at some point. this is wild.
climate change comes for us all at some point. this is wild.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
*states at Arizona*
climate change comes for us all at some point. this is wild.
climate change comes for us all at some point. this is wild.
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In a special project on extreme cold in prison, 27 PJP contributors in 17 states describe winter behind bars — and the small dignities that could make it more bearable.
What Extreme Cold Feels Like in Prison
Prison writers from across the U.S. describe how cold their prisons get in the winter — and what small dignities could make it more bearable.
prisonjournalismproject.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In a special project on extreme cold in prison, 27 PJP contributors in 17 states describe winter behind bars — and the small dignities that could make it more bearable.
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“The children haven’t returned to school since last Thursday, too afraid to leave their mother’s side.” Ages 2-13, all US citizens, held at gunpoint by ICE agents who invaded their home looking for someone else
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“The children haven’t returned to school since last Thursday, too afraid to leave their mother’s side.” Ages 2-13, all US citizens, held at gunpoint by ICE agents who invaded their home looking for someone else
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The lesson of Fetterman ought to be that progressive/left politics should not be ruled by aesthetics. Conor Lamb signified PMC centrist to the online left but would have voted far more progressively even before the stroke.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The lesson of Fetterman ought to be that progressive/left politics should not be ruled by aesthetics. Conor Lamb signified PMC centrist to the online left but would have voted far more progressively even before the stroke.
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Some good news to start they day - EU bans on systemic pesticides already paying off. A great example of public policy backed by quality science. 🧪
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban www.theguardian.com/environment/...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban www.theguardian.com/environment/...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Some good news to start they day - EU bans on systemic pesticides already paying off. A great example of public policy backed by quality science. 🧪
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban www.theguardian.com/environment/...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
As ICE descends on Charlotte, faith leaders draw on other cities' actions to aid immigrants
(RNS) — As many as 500 people, a mix of clergy and other volunteers, have appeared at the training sessions on how to counter ICE.
religionnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...