Aysha Prather
@alprather.bsky.social
Free-range entomologist, gardener, precarious biology instructor, advocate for all things creepy-crawly, slithery, or slimy. In a complicated relationship with Oklahoma.
Sure, i get that. We're all doing some defiance these days, now that the people who didn't like all the rest of us in "their" space is trying so hard to shift the boundaries and the rules.
February 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Sure, i get that. We're all doing some defiance these days, now that the people who didn't like all the rest of us in "their" space is trying so hard to shift the boundaries and the rules.
Maybe "assertion" is the correct noun. We have decades of discussion of how being assertive gets read as aggressive by whoever thinks whatever kind of person shouldn't be or shouldn't speak/act in a space, right?
February 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Maybe "assertion" is the correct noun. We have decades of discussion of how being assertive gets read as aggressive by whoever thinks whatever kind of person shouldn't be or shouldn't speak/act in a space, right?
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On this day in 1968, white state troopers fired into a mostly African American crowd on the campus of South Carolina State College, a historically Black college in Orangeburg, and killed three young Black men.
Feb. 8, 1968 | State Troopers Kill Three Black Students in Orangeburg, South Carolina
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
On this day in 1968, white state troopers fired into a mostly African American crowd on the campus of South Carolina State College, a historically Black college in Orangeburg, and killed three young Black men.
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I had a new baby that 2nd Toronto winter, and i figured out pretty quick my shiny new stroller wasn't going to be useful until the snow melted. Not a great place to need a wheelchair or walker.
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I had a new baby that 2nd Toronto winter, and i figured out pretty quick my shiny new stroller wasn't going to be useful until the snow melted. Not a great place to need a wheelchair or walker.
I lived in St. Paul, MN, for 6 winters and Toronto for 2. Huge contrast in what got cleared in each city. Sidewalks got taken care of pretty quick in both places, but there were huge snowbanks blocking curb cuts in Toronto (that wasn't the only difference i noticed that i attribute to the US ADA).
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I lived in St. Paul, MN, for 6 winters and Toronto for 2. Huge contrast in what got cleared in each city. Sidewalks got taken care of pretty quick in both places, but there were huge snowbanks blocking curb cuts in Toronto (that wasn't the only difference i noticed that i attribute to the US ADA).
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Going to try and watch this until I’m blinded by rage
Hearing today with the Senate HELP committee and NIH Director Bhattacharya.
www.help.senate.gov/hearings/mod...
www.help.senate.gov/hearings/mod...
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Administrative subpoenas have predictably become a scourge. Why go through a judge or grand jury when some mid-level DHS douche can basically file their own?
wapo.st/4rtfCw8
wapo.st/4rtfCw8
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
wapo.st
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Administrative subpoenas have predictably become a scourge. Why go through a judge or grand jury when some mid-level DHS douche can basically file their own?
wapo.st/4rtfCw8
wapo.st/4rtfCw8
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I read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
February 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?
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their awareness that they won't get targeted for DOJ while the DOJ describes standing outside and blowing whistles as domestic terrorism is surely something
NEW @ms.now: Pardoned by Trump, anti-abortion activists plan a nationwide revival of mass blockades at clinics & pharmacies that dispense abortion pills — in part, bc they know this DOJ won't prosecute them.
"This is our window," Randall Terry told me.
I caught up w/ him & others in DC last week:
"This is our window," Randall Terry told me.
I caught up w/ him & others in DC last week:
‘We’re going to disrupt this country’: Pardoned anti-abortion activists plot mass clinic protests
A group of longtime abortion opponents, emboldened by Trump's pardons, regrouped in Washington to plan a new wave of demonstrations at abortion clinics.
www.ms.now
January 29, 2026 at 6:40 PM
their awareness that they won't get targeted for DOJ while the DOJ describes standing outside and blowing whistles as domestic terrorism is surely something
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Don't just read the headline. This essay is my lengthy ode to the hard-fought, hard-won successes of the communitarian movement in the Twin Cities, which has been the scourge of fascists and put the most cracks in Trump's fascist front.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
Don't Buy a Gun
Confrontational but nonviolent protest is more effective than the solipsistic comfort of an assault rifle.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Don't just read the headline. This essay is my lengthy ode to the hard-fought, hard-won successes of the communitarian movement in the Twin Cities, which has been the scourge of fascists and put the most cracks in Trump's fascist front.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
Students brought those multipens to Marian Diamond's human anatomy lectures. Every time she picked up a different color of chalk, you'd hear a hundred pens go click. Other students went the path of carrying lots of different colored pens, which weighed you down but let you use better pens.
January 22, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Students brought those multipens to Marian Diamond's human anatomy lectures. Every time she picked up a different color of chalk, you'd hear a hundred pens go click. Other students went the path of carrying lots of different colored pens, which weighed you down but let you use better pens.
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“Coretta Scott King saw the struggle for gay rights as intimately and inextricably connected with racial justice, and she stood firm against those who would cast the battle for gay rights as dishonoring the spirit of the civil rights movement.” inthesetimes.com/article/mlk-...
“Always More Than a Label”: 8 Ways to Be Like King for the Struggle Today—Coretta Scott King, That Is
Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.
inthesetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
“Coretta Scott King saw the struggle for gay rights as intimately and inextricably connected with racial justice, and she stood firm against those who would cast the battle for gay rights as dishonoring the spirit of the civil rights movement.” inthesetimes.com/article/mlk-...
I wouldn't let him do even that. Dude would make the lemonade with toilet water or add an actual poison and call it a supplement.
imagine letting these people run anything more consequential than a lemonade stand
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show
Video posted by top gamer shows what he says is X conversation in which billionaire admits ‘account boosting’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I wouldn't let him do even that. Dude would make the lemonade with toilet water or add an actual poison and call it a supplement.
Anxious Earl Grey Mom. Not feeling very obedient.
January 12, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Anxious Earl Grey Mom. Not feeling very obedient.
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The $70 Billion supplement, peptide, and other unregulated stuff business and RFK Jr
Gift link
www.wsj.com/health/rfk-j...
Gift link
www.wsj.com/health/rfk-j...
Supplements Are a $70 Billion Industry. RFK Jr. Is Good for Business.
Secretary Kennedy has vowed to ‘end the war on vitamins,’ surrounding himself with advocates for pills, powders, tinctures and IV drips that aren’t subject to FDA approval.
www.wsj.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The $70 Billion supplement, peptide, and other unregulated stuff business and RFK Jr
Gift link
www.wsj.com/health/rfk-j...
Gift link
www.wsj.com/health/rfk-j...
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From my new @TIME piece: we should tell the full story about trust and vaccines. Black communities are not outsiders to immunization history.
Sharing an excerpt on Onesimus and what it teaches us about power and whose expertise counts.
Link: time.com/7344423/dang...
Sharing an excerpt on Onesimus and what it teaches us about power and whose expertise counts.
Link: time.com/7344423/dang...
January 10, 2026 at 9:39 PM
From my new @TIME piece: we should tell the full story about trust and vaccines. Black communities are not outsiders to immunization history.
Sharing an excerpt on Onesimus and what it teaches us about power and whose expertise counts.
Link: time.com/7344423/dang...
Sharing an excerpt on Onesimus and what it teaches us about power and whose expertise counts.
Link: time.com/7344423/dang...
Is there any reason folks shouldn't just call their congressperson's office with their complaint?
Reminder:
The Trump admin has made it basically impossible to file complaints against an immigration agents.
It's gutted the DHS oversight office that took complaints -- going from 150 employees to about nine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Trump admin has made it basically impossible to file complaints against an immigration agents.
It's gutted the DHS oversight office that took complaints -- going from 150 employees to about nine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
January 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Is there any reason folks shouldn't just call their congressperson's office with their complaint?
A family member received this for Christmas. If i were not so terrified of him burning down the house, he probably would have attempted cooking frozen empanadas already.
January 6, 2026 at 3:28 AM
A family member received this for Christmas. If i were not so terrified of him burning down the house, he probably would have attempted cooking frozen empanadas already.
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The economic disruption/sabotage of deporting millions of workers at time of near full employment is only just beginning to be felt.
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The economic disruption/sabotage of deporting millions of workers at time of near full employment is only just beginning to be felt.
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
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There is actual racial discrimination occurring and people are suffering but sure, let’s focus on the musings of a bunch of elite white men posting from their elite positions about how they are the primary victims of racial discrimination in this country. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There is actual racial discrimination occurring and people are suffering but sure, let’s focus on the musings of a bunch of elite white men posting from their elite positions about how they are the primary victims of racial discrimination in this country. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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OPINION: "The deliberate act of using a transgender or nonbinary person’s birth name after they’ve chosen a new one ... is more than just an insult to one nationally recognized medical leader. It’s a signal about what our health system is becoming." — Arthur Lazarus
‘Deadnaming’ Rachel Levine is not a small act. It’s a warning to the medical profession. | Opinion
www.inquirer.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
OPINION: "The deliberate act of using a transgender or nonbinary person’s birth name after they’ve chosen a new one ... is more than just an insult to one nationally recognized medical leader. It’s a signal about what our health system is becoming." — Arthur Lazarus