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Avery @dreadful4x.bsky.social · 21h

The constant use of A.I. is gonna be the reason we don’t have drinking water.

Mfs gonna have to pay subscriptions for drinking water when we ration that shit and I’m telling you now if you use Sora ima let you die of thirst.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 4h

Don't forget that your homeless neighbors, the people living in the streets & out of their cars around you that you see every day, are part of your real world community.

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 5h

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 7h

ICE went after folks coming out of a Rogers Park laundromat on Thursday

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 15h

YAY!!!!

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DaltonGMeek @dgmeek92.bsky.social · 15h

Britt is a Black, disabled, nonbinary person with an ESA cat, about to be on the street if they can't raise shelter funds, they haven't eaten properly in days, and have other urgent needs

bit.ly/40vIt7S

Help Brittany Survive | Linktree

Trying to rebuild our lives, survive, and maybe even thrive. 🪻

bit.ly

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 15h

No, I just wanna know if I'd be souped 🥺

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 15h

If I was a little soup bowl would you fill me with soup?

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 20h

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 22h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17h

Some folks who preordered are starting to receive their copies of Read This When Things Fall Apart! ❤️

The book is supposed to be published on November 4, but I am so happy some folks are getting it early. It's needed now.

Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 1d

My pre-ordered copy arrived today. Thank you for this gem of a book.

The cover of pre-ordered and delivered before publication date Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis edited by Kelly Hayes.

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · Jul 1

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 4d

At this point I think I just *really* need a hug. Or a deep pressure blanket.

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 1d

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 18h

Like the urges are just annoying flies that buzz really loud when they get too close but overall are just a small nuisance in the grand scheme of things.

K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 18h

Living with 24/7 ideation is kind of funny because it's really not that serious

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 18h

Living with 24/7 ideation is kind of funny because it's really not that serious

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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 18h

medicalizing harmful social behavior is still weird

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 19h

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT THE LESBIAN RACECAR GL?????

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 20h

People need to stop the thinking that’s like “well when things get back to normal we’ll do this.” Remember how we said that about COVID years ago & we’re still in a pandemic? The United States is not coming back to glory & that shouldn’t be the goal. But WE can try to survive if we get together.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 2d

I might disappear for a while I’m suffering from severe, crushing depression.
I’am so so so sorry but my family is still lying in the street, in the freezing October cold.
Don’t forget them in your donations they have no one but you. Good bye

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

chuffed.org

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 20h

Like having a REALLY desired body type/presence and yet also being someone that people pity/don't take seriously/exclude/infantilize gives me a headache

K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 20h

Being a really beefy somewhat tall stud while also being physically disabled is such a weird experience

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 20h

Being a really beefy somewhat tall stud while also being physically disabled is such a weird experience

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Gabby🦋📚 @melaninn05.bsky.social · 1d

Choosing not to vaccinate your child while you yourself is FULLY vaccinated is weird and extremely dangerous in my opinion

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 1d

There is no leader of Antifa.
There is no girlfriend of the leader of Antifa.

They are creating imaginary people so they can justify going after real people.

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🧡 [ BAMBII ]🔻🏴🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ildeenach.bsky.social · 1d

Stigma against drug users affects more than just drug users.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Ms. Ivette 🕯☽ ⛤ 🔮🖤 @bunnylove403.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, everyone. I'm currently staying in a women's shelter right now. It's for 30 days. I'm hoping that they can help me find a women's group home to go to while I raise apartment money. Can you donate or #reskeet this Mutual Aid request for me? l'd appreciate it.
gofund.me/6b9b92d2

Photo taken of me 9 months ago holding a Grinch doll.

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