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@elgriseus.bsky.social
Disability justice, deep ecology, solidarity, abolition
ND, NB, disabled, queer, chronically ill, reader, listener, cat herder
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10 Principles of Disability Justice: sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
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They steal our likenesses, they steal our copyrighted work, they don't pay nearly enough in taxes and now they want our tax dollars to guarantee *their* business risks?
KMA
KMA
Today, OpenAI’s CFO said the US government should guarantee the debt the company takes on to finance its infrastructure build.
Not a sign of a sustainable business model that can stand on its own.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
Not a sign of a sustainable business model that can stand on its own.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
They steal our likenesses, they steal our copyrighted work, they don't pay nearly enough in taxes and now they want our tax dollars to guarantee *their* business risks?
KMA
KMA
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NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
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just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
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In 2023, I proposed the Illinois Grocery Initiative to lower food prices and provide options in food deserts across the state. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Pritzker breaks ground on state-backed grocery in Venice, calling it a 'revival' for forgotten towns
The Illinois governor says the project proves government can help the free market work where private investors walked away.
www.ksdk.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In 2023, I proposed the Illinois Grocery Initiative to lower food prices and provide options in food deserts across the state. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
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“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19”
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.
go.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19”
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
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Good time for New Yorkers to check out @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and HandsOffNYC.com. They’re building a massive coalition of unions, community groups, faith leaders, etc. to protect every neighborhood in NYC.
Hands Off NYC
We are over 100 unions, faith leaders, and community groups, standing together in nonviolent resistance to protect NYC.
HandsOffNYC.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Good time for New Yorkers to check out @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and HandsOffNYC.com. They’re building a massive coalition of unions, community groups, faith leaders, etc. to protect every neighborhood in NYC.
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Military (esp junior enlisted) if you missed SNAP or WIC this month, AER will make it up.
www.armyemergencyrelief.org/offices/
Type in which you missed, apply for that amount.
www.armyemergencyrelief.org/offices/
Type in which you missed, apply for that amount.
Request Assistance - Army Emergency Relief
Find your nearest AER Section or Military Aid Office
www.armyemergencyrelief.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Military (esp junior enlisted) if you missed SNAP or WIC this month, AER will make it up.
www.armyemergencyrelief.org/offices/
Type in which you missed, apply for that amount.
www.armyemergencyrelief.org/offices/
Type in which you missed, apply for that amount.
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Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
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Trump’s DOJ is trying to send a man to prison for 8 years for throwing a sandwich at a Border Patrol agent. 🙄
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
'It smelled of onions': Sandwich-throwing protester's trial is hilarious
The trial for Sean Dunn, famously known as the “Sandwich Guy” who threw a sub at a federal agent in Washington, D.C., is fully underway and there is some comedy gold going down in the courtroom.…
www.dailykos.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Trump’s DOJ is trying to send a man to prison for 8 years for throwing a sandwich at a Border Patrol agent. 🙄
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Global COVID cases rose by over 19,000 last month, though true infections are far higher
“Surveillance is happening but it’s at a much lower level than it used to be. We don’t have a complete picture of virus circulation of the variants that are out there,” says Maria Van Kerkhove
archive.li/0D68G
“Surveillance is happening but it’s at a much lower level than it used to be. We don’t have a complete picture of virus circulation of the variants that are out there,” says Maria Van Kerkhove
archive.li/0D68G
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Global COVID cases rose by over 19,000 last month, though true infections are far higher
“Surveillance is happening but it’s at a much lower level than it used to be. We don’t have a complete picture of virus circulation of the variants that are out there,” says Maria Van Kerkhove
archive.li/0D68G
“Surveillance is happening but it’s at a much lower level than it used to be. We don’t have a complete picture of virus circulation of the variants that are out there,” says Maria Van Kerkhove
archive.li/0D68G
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These wannabe aristocrats named their fund 1789 Capital.
Curious choice—1789 was a terrible year for aristocrats, what with the storming of the Bastille and the shadow of the guillotine soon to arrive.
Curious choice—1789 was a terrible year for aristocrats, what with the storming of the Bastille and the shadow of the guillotine soon to arrive.
Meet Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future.
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
These wannabe aristocrats named their fund 1789 Capital.
Curious choice—1789 was a terrible year for aristocrats, what with the storming of the Bastille and the shadow of the guillotine soon to arrive.
Curious choice—1789 was a terrible year for aristocrats, what with the storming of the Bastille and the shadow of the guillotine soon to arrive.
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
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I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
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Randall Gamboa Esquivel came to the US from Costa Rica in Dec 2024
ICE caught him & detained him in Texas.
He was healthy & in contact with his family until he disappeared in June.
By August he was in a persistent vegetative state… and ICE put him on a plane to Costa Rica anyways.
He died there
ICE caught him & detained him in Texas.
He was healthy & in contact with his family until he disappeared in June.
By August he was in a persistent vegetative state… and ICE put him on a plane to Costa Rica anyways.
He died there
Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Randall Gamboa Esquivel came to the US from Costa Rica in Dec 2024
ICE caught him & detained him in Texas.
He was healthy & in contact with his family until he disappeared in June.
By August he was in a persistent vegetative state… and ICE put him on a plane to Costa Rica anyways.
He died there
ICE caught him & detained him in Texas.
He was healthy & in contact with his family until he disappeared in June.
By August he was in a persistent vegetative state… and ICE put him on a plane to Costa Rica anyways.
He died there
30,000 deaths in one year
> 80/day
In case you're wondering about that figure, it comes from the SSA Office of the Chief Actuary and was given in Congressional testimony in 2024. It doesn't even include people who died while waiting for an administrative appeals hearing or cases in federal court.
> 80/day
In case you're wondering about that figure, it comes from the SSA Office of the Chief Actuary and was given in Congressional testimony in 2024. It doesn't even include people who died while waiting for an administrative appeals hearing or cases in federal court.
NEVER FORGET: The Trump Administration wants to CUT Social Security Disability Benefits for ELIGIBLE Americans. In fiscal year 2023, 30,000 people died while WAITING for their disability decisions.
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
30,000 deaths in one year
> 80/day
In case you're wondering about that figure, it comes from the SSA Office of the Chief Actuary and was given in Congressional testimony in 2024. It doesn't even include people who died while waiting for an administrative appeals hearing or cases in federal court.
> 80/day
In case you're wondering about that figure, it comes from the SSA Office of the Chief Actuary and was given in Congressional testimony in 2024. It doesn't even include people who died while waiting for an administrative appeals hearing or cases in federal court.
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The USDA will partially restore food stamps, but it’s not clear when Oregonians will receive their benefits.
SNAP is set to restart. But Oregon has yet to receive federal funds
The federal government is directing all states to issue fifty percent of each household’s normal monthly SNAP benefit amount for November. But Oregon officials say it is not a simple process.
www.opb.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The USDA will partially restore food stamps, but it’s not clear when Oregonians will receive their benefits.
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The administration is justifying its partial SNAP payments on the grounds that the emergency funds are needed for child nutrition programs like school lunch.
But this is bullsh*t logic. Because SNAP *is* a child nutrition program. Half of SNAP households have kids.
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
But this is bullsh*t logic. Because SNAP *is* a child nutrition program. Half of SNAP households have kids.
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
SNAP benefits will restart, but will be half the normal payment and delayed
About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of th...
www.npr.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The administration is justifying its partial SNAP payments on the grounds that the emergency funds are needed for child nutrition programs like school lunch.
But this is bullsh*t logic. Because SNAP *is* a child nutrition program. Half of SNAP households have kids.
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
But this is bullsh*t logic. Because SNAP *is* a child nutrition program. Half of SNAP households have kids.
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree
mainstream media report on jd vance’s twitter mutuals, challenge level: impossible
He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree
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I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
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My favorite thing as a writer is when I start ranting about something on Bluesky, get it all out of my system, and then turn it into a real piece of writing.
On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic!
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic!
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My favorite thing as a writer is when I start ranting about something on Bluesky, get it all out of my system, and then turn it into a real piece of writing.
On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic!
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic!
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
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Centrism: "...mostly a prejudice of people for whom the system is working, against those for whom it's not." -Rebecca Solnit
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Centrism: "...mostly a prejudice of people for whom the system is working, against those for whom it's not." -Rebecca Solnit