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Kyla

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(any pronouns) Primary care peds NP, mommay, friend, UU, singer, mitten state resident/fan #VaccinesWork #TransRights skeeting since Aug '23 Profile pic: Tiffany Aching, by Paul Kidby, cover of The Shepherd's Crown. https://www.paulkidby.com/paintings/

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · Nov 14

This is a fraught time for our beloved trans siblings. Here is a list of some resources for anyone who cares about their well-being and rights and wants to show up. 🧵
Please read on and consider sharing, getting involved, or donating. And feel free to add! #TransRights 1/6

Giant blue, pink and white trans pride flag, held horizontal by lots of people all around the edges, as seen from below, so only the lower bodies of the people are visible, not their faces. Image from: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trans-flag-everything-you-need-to-know

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 21m

Agree, the strategy is to obfuscate.

Fire too many, then reinstate a select few, leaving the impression that the problem was solved.

But none of the problems since Jan have been solved - especially *THE PROBLEM* of a lawless White House.

Nothing is fixed until we rein in a lawless President.

Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 19h

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
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Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 4h

There are so few academic jobs, and thousands of excellent scholars are all trying to move at the same time due to location.

‘Fear and hopelessness’: study finds one in four professors consider leaving US south

Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics

www.theguardian.com

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EsmeWrites @esmewrites.bsky.social · 17h

blocking crosswalk seems like an accessibility/safety issue. dunno if worth it but any chance that can be contested? just seems like ice coming in and reshaping traffic flow in the city.

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 35m

He's correct, of course.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

One man on the megaphone pleading with police to stop advancing on protesters.

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 36m

What if protesters brought them pizza and snacks? What if protesters invited them to community events during their time off? What if they couldn't help but see protesters and community members as nice people rather than adversaries/enemies?

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 40m

Pastor says he heard ICE Gestapo laughing as they shot at them.

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 3h

My version of this is that Vought, Yarvin etc represent a kind of braindead right-Gramscianism, which leaves out all the interesting subtleties and treats civil society _only_ as a realm of indoctrination, where one ideological master-narrative can readily be substituted for another.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 5h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 46m

Beautiful!

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 47m

I think they would just strip blue areas for parts and steal the wealth as long as they can until the whole thing crashes down

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 48m

All we have left of that are the friends we made along the way!

(For real!)
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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 2d

Make signs that say things like "I love my country" and "US Founders said "No Kings!"

Don't succumb to the temptation to broadcast messages that they expect and that they can dismiss as being hateful or radical.

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 2d

They're trying to preemptively brand this as a "Hate America" rally.

Sooooo, let's completely confuse right-wing media consumers!

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 2d

We need lots of signs that say things like "I love my country" and "Our founders said no kings!"

We want all of the video they show on Fox News to completely confuse Fox viewers!

("F*ck tr*mp" doesn't do that, Even though it may feel cathartic to write it.)

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, okay, Mr. Lies Every Time he Opens his Mouth to "illustrate a point"

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 1h

People that buy this garbage must be such unbelievable rubes, I just can't even imagine.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

Help me out here. When did Biden take office? Who was the FBI director on January 6th? Who appointed that FBI director?

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 7h

The thing is, this administration doesn't want to educate kids anyway, so having them miss school is actually a bonus of also keeping them sick and and/or at risk.

#VaccinesWork

Stay up to date on #MMR

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 7h

The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 7h

What we can do to advocate for a better media industry by playing a role at work and advocate for better responsibility from businesses

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-media-and-advertising-industrys-role-in-rising-transphobia/

The media and advertising industry's role in rising transphobia

What we can do to advocate for a better media industry by playing a role at work and advocate for better responsibility from businesses

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 7h

The Trump admin. rescinded layoffs of hundreds of scientists that were told they no longer have jobs on Friday, another indication that the Trump admin has zero clue about who does what. Hundreds of others remained fired and the dismantling of public health continues.

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 7h

We need to make these for the USA!

Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 8h

They’re putting up stickers like this in my area

#IrelandForAll

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 7h

We need to make these for the USA!

Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 8h

They’re putting up stickers like this in my area

#IrelandForAll

STICKER OF AN IRISH FLAG

ATTENTION THIS FLAG IS FOR EVERYONE!
Do not let the small mumber of people with hateful and extreme views tell you that it is only meant for those wto are straight, white, and obediently nationalist.
This fag, as a whole, is intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped-for union of the people of different traditions on the island of Ireland, which is expressed in the Constitution as the entitlement of every person to be oart of the independent Irish nation, regardless of eteric oriain, relicion, political conviction, gender, sex or sexual orientation.
WE WILL NOT FALL
FOR FASCIST PROPAGANDA.

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 7h

That is abhorrent

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Meh Pluribus Unum @pluribus-unum.co · 7h

There's nothing lawful about this Republican party.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 16h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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