ashlee, mph
@avs.bsky.social
ABD in public health (pregnancy and work, work-family policies) that was a former primatologist and union steward (she/her/hers)
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· Feb 24
Analysis: Student Worker Unions Are a Force for Reproductive Justice
In the post-Roe era, student unions are increasingly helping student workers secure access to reproductive health care.
rewirenewsgroup.com
hi! i wrote something for @rewirenewsgroup.com’s campus dispatch about student worker unions and repro justice!
it would make me very happy if you could read it and let me know what you think or, the greatest sign it was good: share it with others!
it would make me very happy if you could read it and let me know what you think or, the greatest sign it was good: share it with others!
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I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
i am noticing how some of you talk about the victims and survivors from those files and some of you need to kill that part of your brain that treats politics as a sport.
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
i am noticing how some of you talk about the victims and survivors from those files and some of you need to kill that part of your brain that treats politics as a sport.
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
something that is heartening to me, as a gen AI hater, is how many normie ass streamers on twitch hate gen AI and are trying to fix their ads to stop showing them
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
something that is heartening to me, as a gen AI hater, is how many normie ass streamers on twitch hate gen AI and are trying to fix their ads to stop showing them
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Please consider signing this petition to restore Indiana University's Labor Studies Department.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
Labor Studies is Vital for Working Hoosiers
In 2025, Indiana passed HEA/HB1001, a budget law requiring public colleges to seek approval for continuing low-enrollment degree programs. In response, universities—including multiple Indiana Universi...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Please consider signing this petition to restore Indiana University's Labor Studies Department.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
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Health is a social problem, not a technical one. It will be solved socially and politically, or not at all.
“We’re drawn to magic bullet solutions that cannot solve complex social problems. It is all too easy for someone who makes a genuinely profound discovery to think they have found the secret of life, or the environment, or disease.”
Opinion | James Watson Saw the True Form of DNA. Then It Blinded Him.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Health is a social problem, not a technical one. It will be solved socially and politically, or not at all.
there is a relatively big name anthropologist/primatologist in the field who dated and married a student. when i was initially told about their relationship, the person was presenting it as if it were a good thing because it ended in marriage
Having flashbacks to profs (who I thankfully DID NOT work closely with) describing dating students as a right, a perk of the job, and/or something that should not be restricted during my PhD at the Harvard of the North.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
there is a relatively big name anthropologist/primatologist in the field who dated and married a student. when i was initially told about their relationship, the person was presenting it as if it were a good thing because it ended in marriage
i am starting to get why so many people get into hiking in CA
November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
i am starting to get why so many people get into hiking in CA
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Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
religionnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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BREAKING: A Better Balance and co-counsel Vladeck, Raskin & Clark P.C. just filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon, seeking justice for thousands of warehouse workers with disabilities across New York State.
Amazon Workers File Class Action Holding the Behemoth Accountable for its Treatment of Warehouse Employees with Disabilities - A Better Balance
As the complaint explains, Amazon’s practices systematically violate the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that make it illegal to retaliate or interfere with workers’ rights. Ms...
www.abetterbalance.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
BREAKING: A Better Balance and co-counsel Vladeck, Raskin & Clark P.C. just filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon, seeking justice for thousands of warehouse workers with disabilities across New York State.
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Friends, please follow my good friend @liberaljane.bsky.social
She definitely needs a bigger audience on Blue Sky to move away from Meta platforms!
She definitely needs a bigger audience on Blue Sky to move away from Meta platforms!
shout out to republicans for making it impossible to afford children!
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Friends, please follow my good friend @liberaljane.bsky.social
She definitely needs a bigger audience on Blue Sky to move away from Meta platforms!
She definitely needs a bigger audience on Blue Sky to move away from Meta platforms!
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
do you all ever think about how howard dean got knocked out of a primary for being a lil too excited and now we have All This and people who will defend it because politics are sports to some people
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
do you all ever think about how howard dean got knocked out of a primary for being a lil too excited and now we have All This and people who will defend it because politics are sports to some people
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Notice how they also have fuck all to say about immigrants who are being terrorized by ICE/CBP
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Notice how they also have fuck all to say about immigrants who are being terrorized by ICE/CBP
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Yes. I have extended family in these communities, many who were fractured by the rise of Trumpism. But the alliance runs deep and share beliefs in shared Aryan identity w superiority complexes that run back to the roots of Nazi ideology.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201....
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201....
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Yes. I have extended family in these communities, many who were fractured by the rise of Trumpism. But the alliance runs deep and share beliefs in shared Aryan identity w superiority complexes that run back to the roots of Nazi ideology.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201....
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201....
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Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
i can’t write what i want to say half the time anymore and this is another instance of that
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
i can’t write what i want to say half the time anymore and this is another instance of that
babby’s first (awake) earthquake
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
babby’s first (awake) earthquake
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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I’m sure I’m not the first person to say this: Ryan Murphy is the white analog for Tyler Perry (or Lee Daniels, depending on the project)
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I’m sure I’m not the first person to say this: Ryan Murphy is the white analog for Tyler Perry (or Lee Daniels, depending on the project)
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Everybody opposed to authoritarianism and oligarchy should needs to stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers who are likely going on strike starting November 13
This is a winnable fight — but it'll take all of our support to help workers get past the finish line
This is a winnable fight — but it'll take all of our support to help workers get past the finish line
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Everybody opposed to authoritarianism and oligarchy should needs to stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers who are likely going on strike starting November 13
This is a winnable fight — but it'll take all of our support to help workers get past the finish line
This is a winnable fight — but it'll take all of our support to help workers get past the finish line