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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Aug 11

Crime rates in all three cities have gone down, and in Baltimore at astounding levels, in part by treating crime as a public health crisis, rather than a "need more cops" crisis. popular.info/p/the-secret...

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · Jul 16

For everyone who has ever asked, on seeing my Baltimore homicide charts, "How did they do that?"

The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year

This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · Jul 15

🌱 "During uncertain times, like the current moment, we can either retreat or move forward and plant seeds of change. This moment calls on us to plant seeds."

🌱 Honored to share my blog post in @idsainfo.bsky.social's #HealthEquity Series where I outline key practices and strategies...

Planting seeds in uncertain times: Holding the line on health equity in HIV

Oni J. Blackstock, MD, MHS, outlines key practices and strategies to continue the work of health equity in HIV in the next installment of the new Health Equity Series.

www.idsociety.org

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · Jul 12

I read about this here, along with a ton of other great news stories about species being saved, environments being protected, people living healthier lives, and so much more. Do yourself a favor:
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Fix The News @fixthenews.com.web.brid.gy · Jul 10

303: Superwood

Bulletproof, fire-resistant, stronger than steel. Plus, malaria vaccines get cheaper, global electricity access up, European air pollution down, genuine hope for coral reefs, and giant river otters return to Argentina.

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Alicia Stoller @aliciastoller.bsky.social · Jul 11

"[It's] as if we’ve collectively agreed that fiscal responsibility is best taught through the ritual humiliation of second graders."

This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.

I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened.

“I immediately wondered if this was real.”

www.huffpost.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jul 11

This is scandalous. The El Paso SPC is one of the few ICE detention centers owned by ICE itself. Members of Congress cannot legally be turned away from ICE facilities when conducting oversight. Yet these emails say Noem herself is deciding when and how Members can conduct oversight.

Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · Jul 11

This week, ICE illegally denied me entry into a processing facility in my district, and today, they released a statement saying I “[gave] the appearance of a political stunt intended to generate publicity rather than pursue genuine oversight.”

I have some thoughts.🧵

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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · Jul 11

I would have preferred to quietly conduct my oversight responsibilities as I always have, but ICE chose not to follow the law.

These ‘guidelines’ are illegal, and that deserves public scrutiny.

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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · Jul 11

This week, ICE illegally denied me entry into a processing facility in my district, and today, they released a statement saying I “[gave] the appearance of a political stunt intended to generate publicity rather than pursue genuine oversight.”

I have some thoughts.🧵

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Jul 10

It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.

It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 27

Smart move, and not surprising; the litigators surely knew this was an option and had the amended complaint ready to go.

Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · Jun 27

Wow was that fast--an immigrant advocate group already filed an amended complaint seeking class action relief in its birthright citizenship case in federal court in Maryland

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 9

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🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.

NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.

📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯‍♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social

Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

www.standupforscience.net

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Kiara Alvarez, Ph.D. @kalvarezphd.bsky.social · Jun 2

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · May 29

🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨

Friday, May 30th at 3pm

Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.

We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social

RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...

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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · May 27

Care about suicide research? Then you should care about how we measure suicide-related constructs! Very proud to share this viewpoint led by @kirstenchristensen.bsky.social, recently accepted at J Psychopathology and Clinical Science 🥳

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National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) @youthlaw.bsky.social · May 22

👉 Today, the Trump administration filed a motion in court to end the Flores Settlement - an agreement that provides basic safeguards for the treatment of children in federal immigration custody.

Why does this matter? Let’s break it down: 🧵👇

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · May 19

The NIH Director continues to misunderstand (or mischaracterize) the extent to which research is being gutted. I appreciate this program officer for speaking up.

At the town hall, Bhattacharya told staffers that they ought not to worry about the anti-DEI push, explaining that studies of the impacts of specific policies like redlining affecting minority populations would not be cut. However, this remark was met with pushback from the audience.

”As the program officer who oversees this research, I will tell you my studies have been terminated,” an individual interrupted.

Bhattacharya clarified that studies into the effects of structural racism would be cut, to which the individual responded, “What do you think redlining is?”

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · May 14

The argument in the piece cited is that ChatGPT cannot do college level coursework better than a deride because - and I’m taking this slowly — college level coursework is designed to accrue learning to the student…not the machine.

Will Poe @willpoe.bsky.social · May 14

If chatgpt can do a college level course better than a student... what does that say about the standards of the degree... and the usefulness of whatever they are teaching... the only point I'm trying to make... is we need a total rethink on education...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 8

Read my latest:

ICE efforts in DC thwarted by solidarity

Kristi Noem has been denied another camera-ready moment of cruelty.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · May 7

Nobody exists exclusively through the lens of struggle. Pick the worst eras, the most oppressed people. You will find rich heritages of art, music, fashion, and games that survived it. Were pioneered during it. Thrived in the midst of it. Why? Because these things give our survival *meaning.*

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Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law @chrclla.bsky.social · May 8

We, along w/ 14 other immigrants’ rights organizations, submitted urgent reports to the United Nations & IACHR, raising the alarm over systematic & grave human rights violations against migrants & asylum-seekers by the U.S. government during the first months of the Trump admin. bit.ly/CHRCLpress

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Maya Emmons-Bell @maya-emmonsbell.bsky.social · Apr 30

Grant cancellations of any kind are terrible and disruptive, but I've been thinking a lot about the compounding effects that cancelling trainee grants will have - so many promising young people left discouraged and (rightfully) contemplating careers outside of science.

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Trans Lifeline @translifeline.org · Apr 28

Please help us correct misinformation!

Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".

We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.

Find out more @ translifeline.org

Home - Trans Lifeline

Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Apr 28

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

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Corbin J. Standley, PhD @corbinstandley.bsky.social · Apr 24

Maintaining funding for 988's LGBTQ+ services ensures continued effective and lifesaving work.

“Suicide prevention is about risk, not identity.” – @trevorproject.bsky.social

“These crisis response services are effective and save young lives.” – @afspnational.bsky.social

afsp.org/story/trump-...

Trump Administration Proposes Defunding Suicide Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Youth Beginning October 2025

A leaked budget draft revealed the federal government has proposed to eliminate all funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services – a federal program that provides ...

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