Kyla
@boysek.bsky.social
(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/
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
Please read on and consider sharing, getting involved, or donating. And feel free to add! #TransRights 1/6
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Everything Trump did with Epstein happened well before he was president
Which means he doesn’t receive immunity, and can potentially be prosecuted for any criminal offense he committed
Which means he doesn’t receive immunity, and can potentially be prosecuted for any criminal offense he committed
Ro Khanna: “He absolutely is going to have to testify, & that's why he doesn't want Clinton to testify — you can bet that when we have Chairman Garcia, he's going to call Donald Trump to testify, as he should — he does have answers, that he needs to answer for in terms of what happened with Epstein”
February 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Everything Trump did with Epstein happened well before he was president
Which means he doesn’t receive immunity, and can potentially be prosecuted for any criminal offense he committed
Which means he doesn’t receive immunity, and can potentially be prosecuted for any criminal offense he committed
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Hey everyone, this recall has been expanded. If you formula feed, please check your supply.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 7, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Hey everyone, this recall has been expanded. If you formula feed, please check your supply.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
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The fall of the USSR offered gangster oligarchs an opportunity to carve up a nation for their own enrichment. Much the same is being done to the US, and nations in its orbit, such as the UK, risk falling to the same fate by the same men.
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 7, 2026 at 10:54 AM
The fall of the USSR offered gangster oligarchs an opportunity to carve up a nation for their own enrichment. Much the same is being done to the US, and nations in its orbit, such as the UK, risk falling to the same fate by the same men.
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The State of US Vaccine Policy
www.cidrap.umn.edu/adult-non-fl...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/adult-non-fl...
The State of US Vaccine Policy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The State of US Vaccine Policy
www.cidrap.umn.edu/adult-non-fl...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/adult-non-fl...
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Breaking MS NOW:
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
Judge denies DHS bid to rush removal of Liam Ramos and his family
Kristen Stenvik, superintendent of the district where Liam goes to school, said the ruling provides both “additional time” and “continued uncertainty.”
www.ms.now
February 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Breaking MS NOW:
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
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NEW w/ @kevinjfrey.bsky.social: Congress will be able to view unredacted versions of the publicly released Epstein files beginning Monday, according to a letter sent to members from a DOJ official & obtained by @ms.now
More on why the timing's significant below:
More on why the timing's significant below:
DOJ says Congress can see unredacted Epstein files next week
That’s just in time for testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell and Attorney General Pam Bondi, though Maxwell plans to stay silent.
www.ms.now
February 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM
NEW w/ @kevinjfrey.bsky.social: Congress will be able to view unredacted versions of the publicly released Epstein files beginning Monday, according to a letter sent to members from a DOJ official & obtained by @ms.now
More on why the timing's significant below:
More on why the timing's significant below:
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If Ian Haney Lopez were as influential in American politics as Matt Yglesias, we could possibly have prevented Trump's return. That's my rejected TedX talk. Thanks for attending.
Remarkable, but in 2026, wth a secret police in America hunting people by skin color, plausible deniability still matters.
February 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
If Ian Haney Lopez were as influential in American politics as Matt Yglesias, we could possibly have prevented Trump's return. That's my rejected TedX talk. Thanks for attending.
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Your Black History Moment
Not in The Epstein Files.
Not in The Epstein Files.
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Your Black History Moment
Not in The Epstein Files.
Not in The Epstein Files.
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Totally. Drained-pool politics all over again
If white people have to share democracy with the rest of our multicultural society, then🔥it all down
If white people have to share democracy with the rest of our multicultural society, then🔥it all down
February 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Totally. Drained-pool politics all over again
If white people have to share democracy with the rest of our multicultural society, then🔥it all down
If white people have to share democracy with the rest of our multicultural society, then🔥it all down
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On the way to a hospital for an uncontrolled nosebleed, 7 yr old Diana Crespo and her family were snatched by ICE.
She is now in Dilley detention center where a measles outbreak is occurring and conditions are very poor
Unacceptable
Call 5calls.org
Write democracy.io
www.opb.org/article/2026...
She is now in Dilley detention center where a measles outbreak is occurring and conditions are very poor
Unacceptable
Call 5calls.org
Write democracy.io
www.opb.org/article/2026...
Gresham family detained by immigration officers while seeking medical care for their 7-year-old
The family’s detainment marks the first confirmed detainment of an entire family in Oregon, advocates say.
www.opb.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:16 PM
On the way to a hospital for an uncontrolled nosebleed, 7 yr old Diana Crespo and her family were snatched by ICE.
She is now in Dilley detention center where a measles outbreak is occurring and conditions are very poor
Unacceptable
Call 5calls.org
Write democracy.io
www.opb.org/article/2026...
She is now in Dilley detention center where a measles outbreak is occurring and conditions are very poor
Unacceptable
Call 5calls.org
Write democracy.io
www.opb.org/article/2026...
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"they just want clicks. this administration* is just a bunch of content creators" @waltermasterson.bsky.social
really important point, yet another reason why we should be selective with clips we share to socials.
big 🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social
really important point, yet another reason why we should be selective with clips we share to socials.
big 🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social
Comedian and anti-fascist activist Walter Masterson and his Friends are under investigation by the Trump Administration.
February 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"they just want clicks. this administration* is just a bunch of content creators" @waltermasterson.bsky.social
really important point, yet another reason why we should be selective with clips we share to socials.
big 🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social
really important point, yet another reason why we should be selective with clips we share to socials.
big 🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social
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Federal judge: "The presumption of regularity that has previously extended to [the United States Government] that it could be taken at its word—with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds."
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Federal judge: "The presumption of regularity that has previously extended to [the United States Government] that it could be taken at its word—with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds."
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
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In “Autocracy in America,” Minnesota residents tell Anne Applebaum what drove them to act. Applebaum also speaks with contributing writer Robert F. Worth about what the response of federal agents tells us about what comes next. Listen here:
Democracy Under Occupation
What we’ve learned in Minneapolis
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
In “Autocracy in America,” Minnesota residents tell Anne Applebaum what drove them to act. Applebaum also speaks with contributing writer Robert F. Worth about what the response of federal agents tells us about what comes next. Listen here:
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For all that’s written about right-wing billionaires and democracy right now, their deep hostility to public education is under-covered.
The through-lines are shared hostility to:
local government that citizens encounter each day,
emphases on equity (both racial and economic),
labor unions.
The through-lines are shared hostility to:
local government that citizens encounter each day,
emphases on equity (both racial and economic),
labor unions.
Just before election 2024 @nhannahjones.bsky.social invited to me to speak at her Center for Journalism & Democracy summit on oligarchy.
My topic was billionaire threats to public education, rooted in resistance to the Civil Rights era.
Thinking about Nikole’s event a lot this week.
My topic was billionaire threats to public education, rooted in resistance to the Civil Rights era.
Thinking about Nikole’s event a lot this week.
February 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
For all that’s written about right-wing billionaires and democracy right now, their deep hostility to public education is under-covered.
The through-lines are shared hostility to:
local government that citizens encounter each day,
emphases on equity (both racial and economic),
labor unions.
The through-lines are shared hostility to:
local government that citizens encounter each day,
emphases on equity (both racial and economic),
labor unions.
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Ultimately, specialty courts do not live up to their promises, and lawmakers must implement legislation that prioritizes “upstream” diversion opportunities and minimizes the drawbacks of specialty courts
Learn more 👇
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/02...
Learn more 👇
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/02...
February 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Ultimately, specialty courts do not live up to their promises, and lawmakers must implement legislation that prioritizes “upstream” diversion opportunities and minimizes the drawbacks of specialty courts
Learn more 👇
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/02...
Learn more 👇
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/02...
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Today is as good as any for any White House reporter to ask about Trump's cognitive health. If you're trying to preserve your access to get the future scoop on a nuclear missile launch, maybe consider helping the rest of us prevent it from getting to that point.
February 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Today is as good as any for any White House reporter to ask about Trump's cognitive health. If you're trying to preserve your access to get the future scoop on a nuclear missile launch, maybe consider helping the rest of us prevent it from getting to that point.
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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If you live in Atlanta and love supporting science for drug discovery this may be the study for you. A norovirus study to test an antiviral is looking for volunteers. All of the info is on the flyer.
It involves norovirus challenge +hospital admission. You are compensated for your time and diarrhea.
It involves norovirus challenge +hospital admission. You are compensated for your time and diarrhea.
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
If you live in Atlanta and love supporting science for drug discovery this may be the study for you. A norovirus study to test an antiviral is looking for volunteers. All of the info is on the flyer.
It involves norovirus challenge +hospital admission. You are compensated for your time and diarrhea.
It involves norovirus challenge +hospital admission. You are compensated for your time and diarrhea.
You're personally invited to watch The Librarians, a new documentary about censorship, libraries, and the fight for the right to read, premiering next week on Independent Lens on PBS.
www.everylibrary.org/librarianspbs via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/librarianspbs via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Watch "The Librarians" documentary next week. Free on PBS!
www.everylibrary.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
You're personally invited to watch The Librarians, a new documentary about censorship, libraries, and the fight for the right to read, premiering next week on Independent Lens on PBS.
www.everylibrary.org/librarianspbs via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/librarianspbs via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Do you know of any researchers who study eugenics (especially around vaccine stuff)?
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Do you know of any researchers who study eugenics (especially around vaccine stuff)?
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We made a special episode about the damage being done to public mental health here in Minnesota. Even if you don't live here, it's a bracing look at the dangerous position we're in, what we stand to lose, and what our community is doing about it.
The ICE surge is having a huge effect on mental health in Minnesota. People who've never struggled now are. And those with severe mental illness are at real mortal risk.
A special episode with Marcus Schmit of NAMI Minnesota today. Out today because it couldn't wait.
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...
A special episode with Marcus Schmit of NAMI Minnesota today. Out today because it couldn't wait.
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...
February 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
We made a special episode about the damage being done to public mental health here in Minnesota. Even if you don't live here, it's a bracing look at the dangerous position we're in, what we stand to lose, and what our community is doing about it.
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I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
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The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this: