Kay
@touchgrass551.bsky.social
Violence preventionist and reproductive health researcher. Reader. Beach goer. Sunset watcher.
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"The 6-year-old is part of a growing number of children arrested and detained by ICE"
God have mercy
God have mercy
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"The 6-year-old is part of a growing number of children arrested and detained by ICE"
God have mercy
God have mercy
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
October 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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More Texas nonsense. Prohibiting professors from talking about transgender topics all together.
www.texasaft.org/membership/h...
www.texasaft.org/membership/h...
Educators Denounce Latest Attack on Academic Freedom, Freedom of Speech – this time at Angelo State University
A Union of Professionals
www.texasaft.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
More Texas nonsense. Prohibiting professors from talking about transgender topics all together.
www.texasaft.org/membership/h...
www.texasaft.org/membership/h...
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Folks spend way too much time lecturing trans people and Palestinians about what they gotta say and do to be treated like people with human rights
September 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Folks spend way too much time lecturing trans people and Palestinians about what they gotta say and do to be treated like people with human rights
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General and current reminder: if you see unusual police or fed activity in the Chicago area, reach out via Signal at unraveled.66. Anonymity always protected
August 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
General and current reminder: if you see unusual police or fed activity in the Chicago area, reach out via Signal at unraveled.66. Anonymity always protected
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“The specific cuts [at University of Oregon] reflect a misunderstanding of the essential reasons for the existence of the university. Cuts in teaching & research should always be a last resort, after budgets for administration, athletics, & other nonacademic programs.” www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
AAUP President Denounces Planned Cuts at the University of Oregon
The AAUP stands with the United Academics of the University of Oregon in protesting the administration's plan to slash multiple departments and programs and fire faculty.
www.aaup.org
August 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“The specific cuts [at University of Oregon] reflect a misunderstanding of the essential reasons for the existence of the university. Cuts in teaching & research should always be a last resort, after budgets for administration, athletics, & other nonacademic programs.” www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr...
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The new online vigilante portal to sign up to be a Brownshirt to deploy like a stormtrooper to brutalize poor people, immigrants, people of color, and anyone else who might dare to go to a protest is a development that should be one of the major news stories of the year. It's barely being mentioned.
Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
August 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The new online vigilante portal to sign up to be a Brownshirt to deploy like a stormtrooper to brutalize poor people, immigrants, people of color, and anyone else who might dare to go to a protest is a development that should be one of the major news stories of the year. It's barely being mentioned.
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Friendly fascism is still fascism.
August 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Friendly fascism is still fascism.
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They aren’t “purity tests” they’re people’s lives you absolute ghoul.
August 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
They aren’t “purity tests” they’re people’s lives you absolute ghoul.
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The leadership of the Democratic party is not anti-fascist. I think that it's helpful to keep this in mind at all times.
August 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The leadership of the Democratic party is not anti-fascist. I think that it's helpful to keep this in mind at all times.
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Very bad news from Costco. One of the groups orchestrating this pressure campaign is Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian Nationalist law firm that is hellbent on reshaping US society.
The ADF coalition "now turns its focus to CVS and Walgreens."
The ADF coalition "now turns its focus to CVS and Walgreens."
Costco Won’t Sell Abortion Pill as Religious Investors Declare Win
A coalition of faith-based activists had pressured the retailer to not offer the abortion pill mifepristone in its pharmacy locations. The group now turns its focus to CVS and Walgreens.
www.bloomberg.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Very bad news from Costco. One of the groups orchestrating this pressure campaign is Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian Nationalist law firm that is hellbent on reshaping US society.
The ADF coalition "now turns its focus to CVS and Walgreens."
The ADF coalition "now turns its focus to CVS and Walgreens."
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My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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I say it all of the time but I need to repeat this. Talk to elders who were activists and organizers in previous eras because they will share how much in the minority they were.
August 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I say it all of the time but I need to repeat this. Talk to elders who were activists and organizers in previous eras because they will share how much in the minority they were.
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Very cool that cis people can just access hormones willy nilly but trans people have to jump through a million hoops to get the same exact treatment
Health clinics across America are serving up injections of testosterone. Men younger than 35 are the most eager customers
American men are hungry for injectable testosterone
A legion of new health clinics are serving it up
econ.st
July 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Very cool that cis people can just access hormones willy nilly but trans people have to jump through a million hoops to get the same exact treatment
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The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
www.brown.edu
July 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
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It should never be controversial to speak up about mass starvation. Having regular access to safe and nutritious food is a human right.
July 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It should never be controversial to speak up about mass starvation. Having regular access to safe and nutritious food is a human right.
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BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
July 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
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"Welcome to the jungle, bitch" I mutter as I send this email without writing "Thanks" in front of my name
July 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Welcome to the jungle, bitch" I mutter as I send this email without writing "Thanks" in front of my name