Elana Levin
@levin.bsky.social
Digital & narrative trainings @NewMediaMentors.
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. 🤘🏻 🏳️🌈 🖖🏻 Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. 🤘🏻 🏳️🌈 🖖🏻 Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
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Peacemaker Season 2 with Arturo Garcia, journalist and wrestling fan #peacemaker #johncena #dcstudios @aboynamedart.bsky.social @levin.bsky.social
Peacemaker Season 2 with Arturo Garcia, journalist and wrestling fan
The Real fantasy of Peacemaker is getting your friends to agree to listen to your favorite bands---and them like them.
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If you like podcasts where people respectfully disagree about the show they’re covering you’ll love this one.
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Breaking: Three unions are calling on the University of Minnesota to shut down for Jan. 23. They include the Graduate Labor Union Electrical Workers Local 1105, AFSCME 3800, & Teamsters Local 320. Campus undergraduate organizations are joining the call. labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
January 20, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Breaking: Three unions are calling on the University of Minnesota to shut down for Jan. 23. They include the Graduate Labor Union Electrical Workers Local 1105, AFSCME 3800, & Teamsters Local 320. Campus undergraduate organizations are joining the call. labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
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seems worth mentioning that Dylan went to one of the top musical theatre schools in the country
So apparently Dylan Mulvaney got cast in a Broadway musical... which resulted in transphobes losing their minds and threatening to "Bud Light" the show... and now the show's Twitter page is locked down. Cool cool.
January 19, 2026 at 10:07 PM
seems worth mentioning that Dylan went to one of the top musical theatre schools in the country
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I uh, un-recommend Best Bus
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I uh, un-recommend Best Bus
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ICE’s actions tear families apart, intimidate communities, & undermine the conditions that make education, research, healthcare, & public trust possible.
We’re calling on scientists to join the general anti-ICE strike in Minnesota on January 23rd.
We’re calling on scientists to join the general anti-ICE strike in Minnesota on January 23rd.
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
ICE’s actions tear families apart, intimidate communities, & undermine the conditions that make education, research, healthcare, & public trust possible.
We’re calling on scientists to join the general anti-ICE strike in Minnesota on January 23rd.
We’re calling on scientists to join the general anti-ICE strike in Minnesota on January 23rd.
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fwiw this is the kind of stuff that is going to get us through, not playing rambo
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 20, 2026 at 1:34 AM
fwiw this is the kind of stuff that is going to get us through, not playing rambo
There’s a Direct line between these life saving HIV drugs being cut off and the inadequate public health response to the ongoing COVID pandemic. This is where “you do you” leads.
I audibly gasped at this shortsighted move. We have failed to help the public understand that health isn't an individual issue, that you can't build a wall to keep disease out, and that community health is key to individual well-being. We see this with vaccination and we see it here. 💔
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
January 20, 2026 at 2:58 AM
There’s a Direct line between these life saving HIV drugs being cut off and the inadequate public health response to the ongoing COVID pandemic. This is where “you do you” leads.
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No one should think they will stop with just trying to make HIV meds expensive
Given the chance, they will try to reverse their FDA approval or outright ban anti-retrovirals
Silence = Death
Act up to get this regime out, fellow gays, your lives may depend on it
Out of brunch and into the streets
Given the chance, they will try to reverse their FDA approval or outright ban anti-retrovirals
Silence = Death
Act up to get this regime out, fellow gays, your lives may depend on it
Out of brunch and into the streets
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
Thousands to lose access to HIV drugs with new cuts
An estimated 10,000 people are about to lose access to their HIV medication as the Florida Department of Health makes cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
www.fox13news.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:47 AM
No one should think they will stop with just trying to make HIV meds expensive
Given the chance, they will try to reverse their FDA approval or outright ban anti-retrovirals
Silence = Death
Act up to get this regime out, fellow gays, your lives may depend on it
Out of brunch and into the streets
Given the chance, they will try to reverse their FDA approval or outright ban anti-retrovirals
Silence = Death
Act up to get this regime out, fellow gays, your lives may depend on it
Out of brunch and into the streets
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This is so heartbreaking.
People with HIV who are on meds aren’t just saving their own lives; they also can’t transmit the virus during sex as long as they’re undetectable. This isn’t just hurting 10,000 people, it’s also going to cause exponentially more new cases.
People with HIV who are on meds aren’t just saving their own lives; they also can’t transmit the virus during sex as long as they’re undetectable. This isn’t just hurting 10,000 people, it’s also going to cause exponentially more new cases.
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
Thousands to lose access to HIV drugs with new cuts
An estimated 10,000 people are about to lose access to their HIV medication as the Florida Department of Health makes cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
www.fox13news.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:37 AM
This is so heartbreaking.
People with HIV who are on meds aren’t just saving their own lives; they also can’t transmit the virus during sex as long as they’re undetectable. This isn’t just hurting 10,000 people, it’s also going to cause exponentially more new cases.
People with HIV who are on meds aren’t just saving their own lives; they also can’t transmit the virus during sex as long as they’re undetectable. This isn’t just hurting 10,000 people, it’s also going to cause exponentially more new cases.
Introduce yourself w 5 concerts you’ve been to:
- White Stripes @ Mercury lounge in 2000
- Ghost opening for Opeth
- The Creatures (Siouxsie) w John Cale (they played Venus in Furs together)
- Bowie/ NIN
- Nik Turner in the basement of a Bushwick clamshack
- White Stripes @ Mercury lounge in 2000
- Ghost opening for Opeth
- The Creatures (Siouxsie) w John Cale (they played Venus in Furs together)
- Bowie/ NIN
- Nik Turner in the basement of a Bushwick clamshack
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to: (QP from @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social)
Bayside
Chvrches
St. Vincent
MCR
Tame Impala
Bayside
Chvrches
St. Vincent
MCR
Tame Impala
January 20, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Introduce yourself w 5 concerts you’ve been to:
- White Stripes @ Mercury lounge in 2000
- Ghost opening for Opeth
- The Creatures (Siouxsie) w John Cale (they played Venus in Furs together)
- Bowie/ NIN
- Nik Turner in the basement of a Bushwick clamshack
- White Stripes @ Mercury lounge in 2000
- Ghost opening for Opeth
- The Creatures (Siouxsie) w John Cale (they played Venus in Furs together)
- Bowie/ NIN
- Nik Turner in the basement of a Bushwick clamshack
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Correct.
My old friend Kelly Brogan, who inspired my interest in medical misinformation, made such claims.
My old friend Kelly Brogan, who inspired my interest in medical misinformation, made such claims.
January 20, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Correct.
My old friend Kelly Brogan, who inspired my interest in medical misinformation, made such claims.
My old friend Kelly Brogan, who inspired my interest in medical misinformation, made such claims.
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This is what they said about him then. This is what they say about us now. This is who they always have been.
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This is what they said about him then. This is what they say about us now. This is who they always have been.
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My beard is now a year old. Accidentally living my Orson Welles era.
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 AM
My beard is now a year old. Accidentally living my Orson Welles era.
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I am begging people to just imagine for a second talking as if the lives of the people in Greenland are an important part of what is happening in Greenland.
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I am begging people to just imagine for a second talking as if the lives of the people in Greenland are an important part of what is happening in Greenland.
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Simon Wessely, possibly the most prominent ME controversialiser, has threatened to wield state power against a medical anthropologist if she didn’t present his group’s fabricated controversy as “another side of the debate”. A clear case of trying to induce scientific ignorance by nefarious means
I don't think the PACE trial was robust and don't argue that. I'm so sorry you are reading the book this way. I have several people with ME read the book. Let's connect off line; Wessely read a version of the writing & threatened to sue me if it didn't include the other side. Happy to talk offline.
January 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Simon Wessely, possibly the most prominent ME controversialiser, has threatened to wield state power against a medical anthropologist if she didn’t present his group’s fabricated controversy as “another side of the debate”. A clear case of trying to induce scientific ignorance by nefarious means
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LOL (laughing to keep from crying). So the cartoon villain who has terrorized sick people for decades threatened to sue if this book didn’t include more of “his side,” but instead of investigating a clear pattern of intimidation to maintain a chokehold on scientific progress, we get…more chokehold
I don't think the PACE trial was robust and don't argue that. I'm so sorry you are reading the book this way. I have several people with ME read the book. Let's connect off line; Wessely read a version of the writing & threatened to sue me if it didn't include the other side. Happy to talk offline.
January 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
LOL (laughing to keep from crying). So the cartoon villain who has terrorized sick people for decades threatened to sue if this book didn’t include more of “his side,” but instead of investigating a clear pattern of intimidation to maintain a chokehold on scientific progress, we get…more chokehold
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“I’m sick of feeling pressured to read things not bc I expect to learn anything helpful, but so I’ll be able to defend myself when it’s inevitably used against me.”
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I’m sick of all the emotional grenades lobbed at people w/ ME—the articles/studies/books/guides w/ harmful information or both sidesing. I’m sick of feeling pressured to read things not bc I expect to learn anything helpful, but so I’ll be able to defend myself when it’s inevitably used against me.
January 14, 2026 at 6:47 AM
“I’m sick of feeling pressured to read things not bc I expect to learn anything helpful, but so I’ll be able to defend myself when it’s inevitably used against me.”
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Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Esther Ghey says daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by harmful online content
The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has urged Keir Starmer to ban social media for under-16s, adding to growing pressure on the prime minister before a crunch vote on the issue on Wednesday.
Esther Ghey wrote to Starmer on Monday explaining in detail how she felt her daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by TikTok influencers with whom she had become obsessed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
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My elderly white mother is making plans for what to do if ICE comes knocking because her late husband's late father came from Mexico in the 1940s, and as such, her name is Estrada.
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 12:19 AM
My elderly white mother is making plans for what to do if ICE comes knocking because her late husband's late father came from Mexico in the 1940s, and as such, her name is Estrada.
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
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Jokes on him the Baileys died in a scandal-riddled nursing home in 2021
Schumer put in an induced coma so Chotiner can interview the Baileys.
January 19, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Jokes on him the Baileys died in a scandal-riddled nursing home in 2021
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You should be able to go back and edit your nomination form. If you can’t or can’t figure it out, let me know. (I haven’t messed with this kind of form in 6 months — it should be easy but I forget how it goes.)
can i nominate some and then nomiate a few more if i realize i forgot something? I want to submit now before i forget but i also don't have time to dig beyond the top of mind things right now.
January 19, 2026 at 10:48 PM
You should be able to go back and edit your nomination form. If you can’t or can’t figure it out, let me know. (I haven’t messed with this kind of form in 6 months — it should be easy but I forget how it goes.)
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
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@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social
Oops, forgot to post the link. THIS is the list of every heavy 2001 album I thought worth writing down
share.evernote.com/note/456d4c2...
Oops, forgot to post the link. THIS is the list of every heavy 2001 album I thought worth writing down
share.evernote.com/note/456d4c2...
Evernote
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January 18, 2026 at 11:12 PM
@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social
Oops, forgot to post the link. THIS is the list of every heavy 2001 album I thought worth writing down
share.evernote.com/note/456d4c2...
Oops, forgot to post the link. THIS is the list of every heavy 2001 album I thought worth writing down
share.evernote.com/note/456d4c2...
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Because @jelbugle.bsky.social has been asking for a convenient list of '01 metal albums, I prepared a list of every noteworthy release I felt worth cataloging (incl. hard rock/hardcore blah blah definitions etcetc), separating what I'm nominating from the much more extensive list of what I'm not
Hey folks! Nominations are open for the upcoming Best Album of 2001 Tournament! Click through to read about it and find out the many, many albums I intend to nominate, or look below for a direct link to the nomination form.
buttondown.com/kentmbeeson/...
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#401 Nominations for the Best Album of 2001 are Now Open!
Hey folks! It’s time! Nominations are now open for the upcoming Best Album of 2001 tournament! Go here and fill out a form. You should read the directions...
buttondown.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Because @jelbugle.bsky.social has been asking for a convenient list of '01 metal albums, I prepared a list of every noteworthy release I felt worth cataloging (incl. hard rock/hardcore blah blah definitions etcetc), separating what I'm nominating from the much more extensive list of what I'm not