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Anodyne
@anodynesix.bsky.social
· Nov 15
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"People with COPD do not deserve lectures. They deserve care. Many have lived with poverty, workplace hazards, air pollution, limited health care access, or genetic vulnerabilities. ... Stigma drives people away from health care, delays diagnosis, undermines quit attempts, and deepens suffering."
"On the way home, he began to cry. The ER had made him feel like he deserved what was happening to him."
It's #WorldCOPDDay, writes @skipscorner.bsky.social.
"But this year, something cruelly ironic is unfolding at the same time."
"The lives of people who smoke are worth more than a lecture."
It's #WorldCOPDDay, writes @skipscorner.bsky.social.
"But this year, something cruelly ironic is unfolding at the same time."
"The lives of people who smoke are worth more than a lecture."
People With COPD, Like My Husband, Are Being Failed - Filter
I was deep in thought at the store, flipping through my binder of coupons and trying to stretch our grocery ...
filtermag.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"People with COPD do not deserve lectures. They deserve care. Many have lived with poverty, workplace hazards, air pollution, limited health care access, or genetic vulnerabilities. ... Stigma drives people away from health care, delays diagnosis, undermines quit attempts, and deepens suffering."
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"[O]ne problem shared by prisoners across the country is that while the walls in a living unit might be sturdy, they're not insulated. ... [T]he temperature inside stays pretty close to the temperature outside."
In recent years the Georgia Department of Corrections has restricted or removed access to boots, jacket liners, thermal underwear, long-sleeved shirts, raincoats, knit hats and having a second blanket.
Some Prisons Have Quietly Stopped Giving Us Winter Clothes - Filter
After issuing prisoners the same lined winter jackets since 1991, last winter the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) sent them ...
filtermag.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
"[O]ne problem shared by prisoners across the country is that while the walls in a living unit might be sturdy, they're not insulated. ... [T]he temperature inside stays pretty close to the temperature outside."
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"Prioritizing abstinence above all else is not saving lives. There's an urgent need for real action and evidence-based policy. ... Stop catering to those who lack the urgency to save lives. Do it for the thousands who've died over the past decade. Do it for Peter."
"Drugs are not forbidden because they are dangerous, they are dangerous because they are forbidden,” said Peter Krykant, who "hit the global harm reduction scene with a bang," running an unauthorized overdose prevention site from a van in Glasgow.
People who knew and worked with him pay tribute:
People who knew and worked with him pay tribute:
Remembering Peter Krykant, Who Knew Harm Reduction Couldn’t Wait
It’s been a few months since Peter Krykant’s passing in July, at the age of 48. He hit the global ...
filtermag.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"Prioritizing abstinence above all else is not saving lives. There's an urgent need for real action and evidence-based policy. ... Stop catering to those who lack the urgency to save lives. Do it for the thousands who've died over the past decade. Do it for Peter."
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"[The bill] would allow landlords to prohibit vaping marijuana at rented homes. Violating that ... policy, even if it involves vaping in a person's own backyard at a rental home, would constitute a misdemeanor offense."
Advocates condemn "regressive" bill that would recriminalize certain activities, like possession of marijuana from an unauthorized source; eliminate anti-discrimination protections for people legally using it; & restrict hemp sales.
Kyle Jaeger reports:
Kyle Jaeger reports:
Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill to Clamp Down on Marijuana and Hemp - Filter
Ohio lawmakers have advanced a bill that would scale back the state’s voter-approved marijuana law—with new amendments to ban the ...
filtermag.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"[The bill] would allow landlords to prohibit vaping marijuana at rented homes. Violating that ... policy, even if it involves vaping in a person's own backyard at a rental home, would constitute a misdemeanor offense."
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"Faris Abu Jabal, 16, said he was shown a doctored image of his mother lying next to a soldier. He was told that the soldier raped and killed her and his sisters. Abu Jabal described ... cursing his jailer, who punished him by tying him up and suspending him midair in a stress position for a week."
“I wished for death every moment. [...] I could hear the soldiers outside speaking Hebrew & laughing.”
Testimonies reveal rape & torture in Israeli prisons, @laubast.bsky.social reports. Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates & experts say.
Testimonies reveal rape & torture in Israeli prisons, @laubast.bsky.social reports. Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates & experts say.
Testimonies reveal rape and torture in Israeli prisons
Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates and experts say
prismreports.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"Faris Abu Jabal, 16, said he was shown a doctored image of his mother lying next to a soldier. He was told that the soldier raped and killed her and his sisters. Abu Jabal described ... cursing his jailer, who punished him by tying him up and suspending him midair in a stress position for a week."
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"The weddings that young people once dreamed of now exist only in imagination. ... Many families, especially during these two years of destruction, have chosen not to hold any celebrations at all—out of respect for those they lost or simply because there is no safe place to gather anymore."
Weddings in Gaza used to be a time for celebration. But now, weddings that people once dreamed of only exist in their imaginations, writes Hassan Herzallah. After all the loss, the waiting, & the silence of two years, Gazans are trying to rebuild not just their homes, but the meaning of life itself.
Gaza, where love and loss share the same breath
Weddings in Gaza used to be a time for celebration. But now, weddings that people once dreamed of only exist in their imaginations
prismreports.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"The weddings that young people once dreamed of now exist only in imagination. ... Many families, especially during these two years of destruction, have chosen not to hold any celebrations at all—out of respect for those they lost or simply because there is no safe place to gather anymore."
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"What we're going up against is so violent and dangerous that it scares people ... [T]he only way to get through that fear is to put your body in motion, get your brain together, and be with other people so you don't feel alone."
Scores of NYC volunteers prepare for potential military deployment to their communities, @mauriziogro.bsky.social reports. Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement operation after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race.
Volunteers prep for potential military deployment in New York City
Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race
prismreports.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"What we're going up against is so violent and dangerous that it scares people ... [T]he only way to get through that fear is to put your body in motion, get your brain together, and be with other people so you don't feel alone."
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"Even when reporters asked the two about the negative statements they have made about each other, both fell back on where they agree, and even made light of them. At one point Trump patted Mamdani on the arm and seemed to be alright with the mayor-elect describing him as a fascist."
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"Even when reporters asked the two about the negative statements they have made about each other, both fell back on where they agree, and even made light of them. At one point Trump patted Mamdani on the arm and seemed to be alright with the mayor-elect describing him as a fascist."
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"When we're talking about personhood in this context, it's ... just giving that river the same right that some corporation might have."
The Yukon River is “a living being.” A movement in Canada for the Yukon River to be granted legal personhood is reaching across the U.S. border, Alyssa Choiniere reports. Indigenous peoples view the river as a relative & as a lifeline, while governments regard waterbodies as a resource to extract.
The Yukon River is “a living being”
A movement in Canada for the Yukon River to be granted legal personhood is reaching across the U.S. border
prismreports.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"When we're talking about personhood in this context, it's ... just giving that river the same right that some corporation might have."
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"We've been holding trainings ... [People] are putting what they learned into action, doing patrols and documenting ICE in the area. In some cases, we've been able to scare ICE agents away, and in others, we were able to film detentions so that we could at least alert [detainees'] families."
“Many of us are really scared, but we’re still showing up.”
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
prismreports.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"We've been holding trainings ... [People] are putting what they learned into action, doing patrols and documenting ICE in the area. In some cases, we've been able to scare ICE agents away, and in others, we were able to film detentions so that we could at least alert [detainees'] families."
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"We have embarked on the challenging task of manufacturing essential kitchen and bathroom tools, constructing vital tents, and developing critical food alternatives ... from almost nothing, using limited raw materials and demonstrating an extraordinary ability to create something out of thin air."
“Our homes are made of cloth & nylon.”
Deliberate de-civilization has forced Gaza back to the Stone Age, reports Nour Abo Aisha in a dispatch from Palestine. Before the genocide, Gaza was a vibrant, happening place full of life. Now, we are back to an age without basic modern developments.
Deliberate de-civilization has forced Gaza back to the Stone Age, reports Nour Abo Aisha in a dispatch from Palestine. Before the genocide, Gaza was a vibrant, happening place full of life. Now, we are back to an age without basic modern developments.
Deliberate de-civilization has forced Gaza back to the Stone Age
Before the genocide, Gaza was a vibrant, happening place full of life. Now, we are back to an age without basic modern developments
prismreports.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"We have embarked on the challenging task of manufacturing essential kitchen and bathroom tools, constructing vital tents, and developing critical food alternatives ... from almost nothing, using limited raw materials and demonstrating an extraordinary ability to create something out of thin air."
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"The suffering all around us is crying out ... The mandate of these times is outside, waiting for more of us to take it up without hesitation, distraction, or interference."
For people who have to wade through the noise of mass media, it seems as there’s someone telling us what to do or think, writes columnist @williamcson.bsky.social in his latest “Another way out.” Facing a wave of misinformation & manipulated algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen.
Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
prismreports.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"The suffering all around us is crying out ... The mandate of these times is outside, waiting for more of us to take it up without hesitation, distraction, or interference."
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"The war took many things from us ... But it couldn't take away my ability to love life or to create beauty from deep within hope."
Young creatives in Gaza are still singing, drawing, & dreaming, writes Ghada Abu Muaileq. Some use their artistic talents to soften the darkness of reality, some use them to portray that reality & others try to reclaim the passion that the genocide has stolen from them.
Gaza still sings, draws, and dreams
Young creatives in Gaza are holding tight to the things that make them feel human amid the horrors of the genocide
prismreports.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"The war took many things from us ... But it couldn't take away my ability to love life or to create beauty from deep within hope."
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"We are seeing mass killings of civilians and journalists being abducted, and their abduction is filmed and posted online by RSF ... This can't happen without any investigation and any accountability, [and] yet it's happening in Sudan."
“It’s really something that makes you wonder to what point do they need to reach for the international community to pay attention.”
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide as a lack of media coverage leaves many Sudanese communities in the dark, @nehamadhira.bsky.social reports.
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide as a lack of media coverage leaves many Sudanese communities in the dark, @nehamadhira.bsky.social reports.
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide
A lack of media coverage and international pressure leaves many in Sudan in the dark after el-Fasher was seized by the Rapid Support Forces
prismreports.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"We are seeing mass killings of civilians and journalists being abducted, and their abduction is filmed and posted online by RSF ... This can't happen without any investigation and any accountability, [and] yet it's happening in Sudan."
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"Somerville for Palestine came together [in 2023] from one organizer just sending out a letter to all their friends to sign on and support. ... Change is possible."
“We have the people power, & that will win over this outside funding.”
Somerville became the first U.S. city to vote in favor of divesting from Israel’s apartheid & genocide of Palestinians, Tamar Sarai reports. Here’s how organizers pulled off the win against the ADL-funded $200,000+ opposition.
Somerville became the first U.S. city to vote in favor of divesting from Israel’s apartheid & genocide of Palestinians, Tamar Sarai reports. Here’s how organizers pulled off the win against the ADL-funded $200,000+ opposition.
How Somerville organized to pass Israel divestment ballot question
Somerville became the first in the U.S. to vote in favor of divesting from Israel’s apartheid and genocide of Palestinians
prismreports.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"Somerville for Palestine came together [in 2023] from one organizer just sending out a letter to all their friends to sign on and support. ... Change is possible."
Reposted by Anodyne
"[F]ossil fuels contribute to 86% of emissions that are causing climate harm, that is endangering the future of our ... world. It's the future of humanity that's being endangered by fossil fuel production."
Delegates representing dozens of countries have rejected a draft agreement at COP30 that does not include a roadmap to transition away from oil, coal and gas. Vanuatu’s minister for climate change says a number of nations refused to “entertain any mention of fossil fuels” in the outcome statement.
At COP30, Nations Are Still Sharply Divided Over the Future of Fossil Fuels
Over 80 countries said they will meet in Colombia next year to develop a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"[F]ossil fuels contribute to 86% of emissions that are causing climate harm, that is endangering the future of our ... world. It's the future of humanity that's being endangered by fossil fuel production."
Reposted by Anodyne
"There is no scientific rationale for CDC to change its long-standing assertion that there is no link between vaccines and autism. This change is not driven by science ... and will only serve to increase mistrust in science and medicine."
The CDC has altered its webpage on vaccine safety and autism to reflect the false anti-vaccine talking points peddled by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The new language contradicts decades of evidence-based research that has found zero link between childhood vaccinations and autism.
CDC Rewrites Vaccine-Autism Page, Echoing Kennedy’s Anti-Science Views
Today is a tragic day for public health," one health expert said in response to the changes.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"There is no scientific rationale for CDC to change its long-standing assertion that there is no link between vaccines and autism. This change is not driven by science ... and will only serve to increase mistrust in science and medicine."
Reposted by Anodyne
"Essentially, [the United Nations Security Council's adoption of Resolution 2803] will leave Palestine in the hands of a puppet administration, assigning the United States, which shares complicity in the genocide, as ... manager of the open-air prison that Israel has already established."
In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly committed the UN’s original sin when it partitioned Palestine to create Israel. This launched the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of the Indigenous people, and the establishment of a settler colonial state.
Security Council Shamefully Grants Colonial Domination Over Palestine to the US
A UN Special Rapporteur has decried the resolution as a violation of Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"Essentially, [the United Nations Security Council's adoption of Resolution 2803] will leave Palestine in the hands of a puppet administration, assigning the United States, which shares complicity in the genocide, as ... manager of the open-air prison that Israel has already established."
Reposted by Anodyne
"Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (Florida), the sponsor of the bill, named [Zohran] Mamdani in remarks on the House floor. ... The vote comes as the right is seeking to round up and punish left-wing dissidents, with the Trump administration labeling anti-capitalists and anti-fascists as 'terrorists.'"
Ahead of a visit by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to the White House, House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a resolution “denouncing the horrors of socialism,” which passed 285 to 98, with 86 Democrats joining Republicans.
House Passes Resolution Condemning Socialism Ahead of Mamdani White House Visit
Rashida Tlaib said the vote shows lawmakers “feel threatened” by those “willing to take on the billionaire class.”…
truthout.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (Florida), the sponsor of the bill, named [Zohran] Mamdani in remarks on the House floor. ... The vote comes as the right is seeking to round up and punish left-wing dissidents, with the Trump administration labeling anti-capitalists and anti-fascists as 'terrorists.'"
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"[W]e don't have to wait another 30 years, powerless in the face of institutions that make big promises but are only successful at finding new ways to profit. We can take back the spaces we live in, transform them, and ... become reliable stewards of the ecosystems we depend on for survival."
A crowd of mostly Indigenous Amazonian protesters marched into a restricted area of the COP30 this month in Belém, Brazil, declaring that their forests are not for sale. “We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers,” one community leader proclaimed.
The Real Models for Sustainability in Brazil Are to Be Found Outside COP30
These Amazonian communities don’t count on Brazil or UN conferences to protect them. They defend themselves.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"[W]e don't have to wait another 30 years, powerless in the face of institutions that make big promises but are only successful at finding new ways to profit. We can take back the spaces we live in, transform them, and ... become reliable stewards of the ecosystems we depend on for survival."
Reposted by Anodyne
"ProPublica [(@propublica.org)] identified 30 regulatory actions taken by the DOT under the new administration that current and former [DOT] officials as well as safety advocates said are at odds with [DOT]'s mission to protect the public ... [S]afety enforcement has dropped dramatically as well."
“You hear of the phrase ‘the fox guarding the henhouse,’” said Bill Caram, executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust, an advocacy group. “What we’re worrying about in this situation is the fox designing the henhouse.”
Trump Transportation Department’s Deregulation Blitz Puts Public Safety at Risk
Overseeing the rollback are dozens of political appointees who previously worked for industries regulated by the agency.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"ProPublica [(@propublica.org)] identified 30 regulatory actions taken by the DOT under the new administration that current and former [DOT] officials as well as safety advocates said are at odds with [DOT]'s mission to protect the public ... [S]afety enforcement has dropped dramatically as well."
Reposted by Anodyne
"Rigorous, principled, independent nonprofit and community-based news is an essential part of progressive movement building. Information and accessible, [free] reporting that covers authoritarianism while also uplifting the solutions and multiracial coalitions resisting fascists are ... critical."
Movement journalism isn't just a nice thing to have: It's essential to expose injustice, uplift movements, and share visions for our collective futures.
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
The Right Funds Its Media. Can Progressive Philanthropy Meet the Moment?
Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
truthout.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Rigorous, principled, independent nonprofit and community-based news is an essential part of progressive movement building. Information and accessible, [free] reporting that covers authoritarianism while also uplifting the solutions and multiracial coalitions resisting fascists are ... critical."
Reposted by Anodyne
"MAGA ... craves supine coverage that neither criticizes nor investigates its leaders' actions, and a largely neutralized first amendment that would offer only scant protection against libel suits. That vision of journalism isn't even remotely compatible with democracy."
Rather than accept an apology from the BBC, Trump appears determined to use the organization’s disarray to his own maximum financial and political advantage. After Davie and Turness resigned, he said they were gone “because they were caught ‘doctoring’ my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6th.”
Trump’s BBC Lawsuit Seeks to Bully International Newsrooms Into Servility
MAGA’s vision of journalism isn’t even remotely compatible with democracy.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"MAGA ... craves supine coverage that neither criticizes nor investigates its leaders' actions, and a largely neutralized first amendment that would offer only scant protection against libel suits. That vision of journalism isn't even remotely compatible with democracy."
Reposted by Anodyne
"Greg Abbott is an Israel First politician who has spent months stoking anti-Muslim hysteria to smear American Muslims critical of the Israeli government ... Abbott has once again shown that his top priority is advancing anti-Muslim bigotry, not serving the people of Texas."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that Muslims are a “threat to our freedom” on Tuesday as he targeted the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S. with a foreign terrorist organization label in an escalation of a movement of anti-Muslim hate in the state.
Abbott Says Muslims Are “Threat to Our Freedom” as He Targets Civil Rights Group With Terrorist Designation
Governors do not have the authority to designate groups as a foreign terrorist organization.
truthout.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"Greg Abbott is an Israel First politician who has spent months stoking anti-Muslim hysteria to smear American Muslims critical of the Israeli government ... Abbott has once again shown that his top priority is advancing anti-Muslim bigotry, not serving the people of Texas."
Reposted by Anodyne
"The Trump administration has openly flouted legal procedures in authorizing its boat strike operation. Officials blew past a 60-day deadline ... to obtain congressional approval for the operations, and claimed they can conduct their [murderous] operation without Congress."
House Democrats have introduced a War Powers Resolution seeking to block the Trump administration from continuing its boat strike operations. At the very least the group aim to get House lawmakers on the record regarding the strikes.
Democrats Move to Block Trump’s “Wildly Disproportionate” Boat Strike Operation
The operation is “reminiscent of preparations for war,” lawmakers said.
truthout.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"The Trump administration has openly flouted legal procedures in authorizing its boat strike operation. Officials blew past a 60-day deadline ... to obtain congressional approval for the operations, and claimed they can conduct their [murderous] operation without Congress."