Amanda Heffernan
@qabila.bsky.social
Midwifery, migration, reproductive justice
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I just got off the phone with my stepdaughter who manages a chain restaurant in MPLS suburbs. She has employees on leave scared to come to work, others arriving in tears, terrified, managers giving employees rides to/from work, running scenarios in her mind of how to respond if ICE raids them 1/
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I just got off the phone with my stepdaughter who manages a chain restaurant in MPLS suburbs. She has employees on leave scared to come to work, others arriving in tears, terrified, managers giving employees rides to/from work, running scenarios in her mind of how to respond if ICE raids them 1/
❤️ sambusas & liberation ❤️
January 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
❤️ sambusas & liberation ❤️
This country is in such a terrible place. Antisemitism is an important & interlocking part of all the -isms that are consuming us. We have to reckon with it & the ugliness of our past to be able to move towards a future with any hope. This community & all communities deserve safety.
Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This country is in such a terrible place. Antisemitism is an important & interlocking part of all the -isms that are consuming us. We have to reckon with it & the ugliness of our past to be able to move towards a future with any hope. This community & all communities deserve safety.
My good friend's partner was detained by ICE last week. He was the victim of wage theft, and the immigration enforcement system was weaponized against him. He and W have a 3-month-old baby. If you have capacity pls consider donating & sharing. www.gofundme.com/f/help-m-and...
Donate to Help M and W Keep Their Family Together, organized by Amanda Heffernan
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M and W need help to free M from immigration detention, and… Amanda Heffernan needs your support for Help M and W Keep Their Family Together
www.gofundme.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
My good friend's partner was detained by ICE last week. He was the victim of wage theft, and the immigration enforcement system was weaponized against him. He and W have a 3-month-old baby. If you have capacity pls consider donating & sharing. www.gofundme.com/f/help-m-and...
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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This whole thread is excellent and worth reading!
👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This whole thread is excellent and worth reading!
As a midwife who was a board-certified lactation consultant for 10 years, RFK Jr can F right off with this theocratic, antifeminist hogwash.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
As a midwife who was a board-certified lactation consultant for 10 years, RFK Jr can F right off with this theocratic, antifeminist hogwash.
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“”These microorganisms live with you for the rest of your life and they’re resetting your genes,” she says. “They have a lot of benefit. When we add back these old organisms, we’re seeing whole protein pathways get reset.””
(No paywall) Get your shots!
archive.md/2025.12.06-2...
(No paywall) Get your shots!
archive.md/2025.12.06-2...
December 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“”These microorganisms live with you for the rest of your life and they’re resetting your genes,” she says. “They have a lot of benefit. When we add back these old organisms, we’re seeing whole protein pathways get reset.””
(No paywall) Get your shots!
archive.md/2025.12.06-2...
(No paywall) Get your shots!
archive.md/2025.12.06-2...
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La Resistencia volunteers who observed the deportation flight informed us that 83 people boarded the plane to be transferred and/or deported. Someone using a guide/probing cane was seen being guided onboard the plane.
#AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
#AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
La Resistencia volunteers who observed the deportation flight informed us that 83 people boarded the plane to be transferred and/or deported. Someone using a guide/probing cane was seen being guided onboard the plane.
#AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
#AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
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I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
A coordinated campaign to drive trans people out of public life
Parker Molloy on the latest Oklahoma anti-trans work
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
Great thread! There is so much misunderstanding of VAERS.
Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.
Thread [1/9]
Thread [1/9]
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Great thread! There is so much misunderstanding of VAERS.
Awesome resource
Here are some avoidable issues that may upset autistic people to the point of self-injury or aggression, yet parents or caregivers might be told such behavior is “just autism,” or that the autistic person needs behavioral conditioning therapy. At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/auti... 1/
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/auti... 1/
Autism Checklist of DOOM
Our autism checklist of doom is meant to help people the kinds of things that may upset an autistic person, ones that aren't always obvious.
thinkingautismguide.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Awesome resource
Introduce yourself with five concepts you've seen:
[most recent backwards]
Jacob Collier
Tinariwen
Lake Street Dive
Natalia LaFourcade
Flor de Toloache
[most recent backwards]
Jacob Collier
Tinariwen
Lake Street Dive
Natalia LaFourcade
Flor de Toloache
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie
NIN
Prince
A Tribe Called Quest
Rage Against The Machine
Bowie
NIN
Prince
A Tribe Called Quest
Rage Against The Machine
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Prince
Lady Gaga
David Byrne
Destiny’s Child
Kate Bush
Prince
Lady Gaga
David Byrne
Destiny’s Child
Kate Bush
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Introduce yourself with five concepts you've seen:
[most recent backwards]
Jacob Collier
Tinariwen
Lake Street Dive
Natalia LaFourcade
Flor de Toloache
[most recent backwards]
Jacob Collier
Tinariwen
Lake Street Dive
Natalia LaFourcade
Flor de Toloache
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
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I've got a bad feeling about the upcoming flu season, given the fact that there are a bunch of subtypes at this party with the potential to wreak varying amounts of havoc. So I broke it all down here.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
The Real Subtypes of the 2025 Flu Season
Have you ever been to a party where you sensed the messiness before it happened?
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've got a bad feeling about the upcoming flu season, given the fact that there are a bunch of subtypes at this party with the potential to wreak varying amounts of havoc. So I broke it all down here.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Reposted by Amanda Heffernan
Reposted by Amanda Heffernan
📣 A big step toward justice
Thanks to the dedication of our community and partners, detained individuals at B18 can now meet with a lawyer privately and have their voices heard. Every story matters, every voice counts. 🫂
Our fight continues!
#RightToCounsel #JusticeForAll #SomosCHIRLA
Thanks to the dedication of our community and partners, detained individuals at B18 can now meet with a lawyer privately and have their voices heard. Every story matters, every voice counts. 🫂
Our fight continues!
#RightToCounsel #JusticeForAll #SomosCHIRLA
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
📣 A big step toward justice
Thanks to the dedication of our community and partners, detained individuals at B18 can now meet with a lawyer privately and have their voices heard. Every story matters, every voice counts. 🫂
Our fight continues!
#RightToCounsel #JusticeForAll #SomosCHIRLA
Thanks to the dedication of our community and partners, detained individuals at B18 can now meet with a lawyer privately and have their voices heard. Every story matters, every voice counts. 🫂
Our fight continues!
#RightToCounsel #JusticeForAll #SomosCHIRLA
Reposted by Amanda Heffernan
Reposted by Amanda Heffernan
So, it's worth remembering *a lot* of just outright false bs about radicals spreads during times like this.
Case in point: I have seen far, far more condemnations of leftists and anarchists supposedly discouraging people from the rallies yesterday than I have any radicals actually doing so...
Case in point: I have seen far, far more condemnations of leftists and anarchists supposedly discouraging people from the rallies yesterday than I have any radicals actually doing so...
October 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
So, it's worth remembering *a lot* of just outright false bs about radicals spreads during times like this.
Case in point: I have seen far, far more condemnations of leftists and anarchists supposedly discouraging people from the rallies yesterday than I have any radicals actually doing so...
Case in point: I have seen far, far more condemnations of leftists and anarchists supposedly discouraging people from the rallies yesterday than I have any radicals actually doing so...
Reposted by Amanda Heffernan
Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby
October 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby
Reposted by Amanda Heffernan
Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”
October 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”
Reposted by Amanda Heffernan
Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
October 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
Reposted by Amanda Heffernan
@govpritzker.illinois.gov owns every arrest and act of violence against protesters this morning. He is aiding and abetting Operation Midway Blitz by allowing state cops to do this. He tells us to film ICE. His cops have shoved me around for filming this morning.
October 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov owns every arrest and act of violence against protesters this morning. He is aiding and abetting Operation Midway Blitz by allowing state cops to do this. He tells us to film ICE. His cops have shoved me around for filming this morning.
Reposted by Amanda Heffernan
🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨
October 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨