Emilie Peck
@momlookingforaclue.bsky.social
Spoonie with no forks to give, nature lover, writer, mom, keeper of ADHD brain squirrels
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Many disabled folks rely on powered devices to keep them alive. The extreme heat of summer often causes power outages, which kills disabled people.
This is a downstream devastation of climate change - and why climate justice is so important.
It’s the marginalized who will suffer the most.
This is a downstream devastation of climate change - and why climate justice is so important.
It’s the marginalized who will suffer the most.
People with disabilities will often be impacted harder & faster by extreme weather events.
Check on the disabled people in your life. See if they have contingency plans and include them in emergency preparedness.
The last power outage nearly sent me to hospital 🧵
Check on the disabled people in your life. See if they have contingency plans and include them in emergency preparedness.
The last power outage nearly sent me to hospital 🧵
Maps show the cities about to experience extreme humidity and heat
Humidity will soon surge to extreme levels across 40 states. Find out where there will be excessive heat and humidity — and how humidity patterns are changing.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Many disabled folks rely on powered devices to keep them alive. The extreme heat of summer often causes power outages, which kills disabled people.
This is a downstream devastation of climate change - and why climate justice is so important.
It’s the marginalized who will suffer the most.
This is a downstream devastation of climate change - and why climate justice is so important.
It’s the marginalized who will suffer the most.
Wishing everyone a happy Juneteenth. 💙🫂
June 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Wishing everyone a happy Juneteenth. 💙🫂
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Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.military.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.
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Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
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I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit against the City of Rochester because their cops did exactly this to me during the BLM protests. (Thankfully it was pepper pellets, not a rubber bullet.)
This is standard cop shit, I've witnessed and documented it for 20 years.
This is standard cop shit, I've witnessed and documented it for 20 years.
there are so many thoroughly antisocial behaviors that would shock and disturb you coming from any other human being but are completely standard for cops
June 9, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit against the City of Rochester because their cops did exactly this to me during the BLM protests. (Thankfully it was pepper pellets, not a rubber bullet.)
This is standard cop shit, I've witnessed and documented it for 20 years.
This is standard cop shit, I've witnessed and documented it for 20 years.
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Normally I'd be asking if anyone wants to help me get a flight out to LA, but there are SO many great journalists there right now (or heading there) that I'm asking you to support them.
My friend @tinadesireeberg.com is producing incredible work for @statuscoupnews.bsky.social.
My friend @tinadesireeberg.com is producing incredible work for @statuscoupnews.bsky.social.
June 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Normally I'd be asking if anyone wants to help me get a flight out to LA, but there are SO many great journalists there right now (or heading there) that I'm asking you to support them.
My friend @tinadesireeberg.com is producing incredible work for @statuscoupnews.bsky.social.
My friend @tinadesireeberg.com is producing incredible work for @statuscoupnews.bsky.social.
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cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.
Well, this is promising. 🤦♀️
(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency's head said during a briefing that he hadn't been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/
Exclusive: FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say
Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.
www.reuters.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Well, this is promising. 🤦♀️
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someone i know who's pregnant was denied the covid vaccine this weekend by a CVS pharmacist
the guy insisted that 1) new guidance means pregnant women should not get vaccinated and 2) pregnant women only ever got covid vaccines at/after 32 weeks
consequences are here
the guy insisted that 1) new guidance means pregnant women should not get vaccinated and 2) pregnant women only ever got covid vaccines at/after 32 weeks
consequences are here
ICYMI: I wrote about ongoing Republican attacks on COVID vaccines, which make use of years of state propaganda claiming COVID is mild, COVID is over, Long COVID isn't real, and that healthy people have nothing to fear from COVID.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/republican...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/republican...
Republicans' New Vaccine Restrictions Codify a False Healthy/Unhealthy Dichotomy
Denying vaccine access to the "healthy" makes no sense, not least because anybody can become disabled by a single COVID infection
www.thegauntlet.news
June 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
someone i know who's pregnant was denied the covid vaccine this weekend by a CVS pharmacist
the guy insisted that 1) new guidance means pregnant women should not get vaccinated and 2) pregnant women only ever got covid vaccines at/after 32 weeks
consequences are here
the guy insisted that 1) new guidance means pregnant women should not get vaccinated and 2) pregnant women only ever got covid vaccines at/after 32 weeks
consequences are here
We're flying to visit family soon, and BOY HOWDY is my anxiety through the roof.
I always get a little nervous about getting through security without a hassle, but it's so much worse now. Beyond that, I also know all too well about how the regulatory and safety agencies are struggling, so... 😬
I always get a little nervous about getting through security without a hassle, but it's so much worse now. Beyond that, I also know all too well about how the regulatory and safety agencies are struggling, so... 😬
June 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We're flying to visit family soon, and BOY HOWDY is my anxiety through the roof.
I always get a little nervous about getting through security without a hassle, but it's so much worse now. Beyond that, I also know all too well about how the regulatory and safety agencies are struggling, so... 😬
I always get a little nervous about getting through security without a hassle, but it's so much worse now. Beyond that, I also know all too well about how the regulatory and safety agencies are struggling, so... 😬
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- If you are a leftist who thinks it’s bad that Trump, Elon & his admin is full of fascists who fraternize with open white supremacists & do Nazi salutes at government events (pretty antisemitic!) then you shouldn’t have a problem with left-wing Jews noting that antisemitism has increased.
June 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
- If you are a leftist who thinks it’s bad that Trump, Elon & his admin is full of fascists who fraternize with open white supremacists & do Nazi salutes at government events (pretty antisemitic!) then you shouldn’t have a problem with left-wing Jews noting that antisemitism has increased.
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WARNING: This account is sending DMs to people with links to get accounts verified by @bsky.app — It’s a scam, obviously
I DM’d him & said, “Hi Terrance! Quick question” and he blocked me
@mzspress.bsky.social and I already reported him for illegal activity
@safety.bsky.app
I DM’d him & said, “Hi Terrance! Quick question” and he blocked me
@mzspress.bsky.social and I already reported him for illegal activity
@safety.bsky.app
June 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
WARNING: This account is sending DMs to people with links to get accounts verified by @bsky.app — It’s a scam, obviously
I DM’d him & said, “Hi Terrance! Quick question” and he blocked me
@mzspress.bsky.social and I already reported him for illegal activity
@safety.bsky.app
I DM’d him & said, “Hi Terrance! Quick question” and he blocked me
@mzspress.bsky.social and I already reported him for illegal activity
@safety.bsky.app
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We should remind Trump that work requirements for social services was Bill Clinton's favorite thing in the 90's. Maybe he'll reflexively hate it.
May 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
We should remind Trump that work requirements for social services was Bill Clinton's favorite thing in the 90's. Maybe he'll reflexively hate it.
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Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is Project 2025 in legislative form. Here’s how it quietly turns a far-right wishlist into federal law:
- Sec. 10008 - Expands work requirements for SNAP
- Project 2025: Pushes “moral reform” to make low-income people work more for food assistance.
- Sec. 10008 - Expands work requirements for SNAP
- Project 2025: Pushes “moral reform” to make low-income people work more for food assistance.
May 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is Project 2025 in legislative form. Here’s how it quietly turns a far-right wishlist into federal law:
- Sec. 10008 - Expands work requirements for SNAP
- Project 2025: Pushes “moral reform” to make low-income people work more for food assistance.
- Sec. 10008 - Expands work requirements for SNAP
- Project 2025: Pushes “moral reform” to make low-income people work more for food assistance.
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When Reagan was elected in 1980, Springsteen started talking politics. In 1984, when Reagan wanted to use "Born in the USA" (misunderstanding the lyrics, as Trump did with "Fortunate Son"), Bruce said no.
The GOP couldn't buy him. MAGAts don't scare him. Trump can't touch him. Still the Boss.
The GOP couldn't buy him. MAGAts don't scare him. Trump can't touch him. Still the Boss.
May 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
When Reagan was elected in 1980, Springsteen started talking politics. In 1984, when Reagan wanted to use "Born in the USA" (misunderstanding the lyrics, as Trump did with "Fortunate Son"), Bruce said no.
The GOP couldn't buy him. MAGAts don't scare him. Trump can't touch him. Still the Boss.
The GOP couldn't buy him. MAGAts don't scare him. Trump can't touch him. Still the Boss.
A tulip. The sole survivor of the raging herbivores.
Hoping to get in some sort of writing groove, soon.
Currently dealing with:
A. Ongoing respiratory thing I'll be making ANOTHER appointment for
B. Fallout from being scammed by a plumbing company
C. Just...parenting.
So beat atm.
Hoping to get in some sort of writing groove, soon.
Currently dealing with:
A. Ongoing respiratory thing I'll be making ANOTHER appointment for
B. Fallout from being scammed by a plumbing company
C. Just...parenting.
So beat atm.
May 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A tulip. The sole survivor of the raging herbivores.
Hoping to get in some sort of writing groove, soon.
Currently dealing with:
A. Ongoing respiratory thing I'll be making ANOTHER appointment for
B. Fallout from being scammed by a plumbing company
C. Just...parenting.
So beat atm.
Hoping to get in some sort of writing groove, soon.
Currently dealing with:
A. Ongoing respiratory thing I'll be making ANOTHER appointment for
B. Fallout from being scammed by a plumbing company
C. Just...parenting.
So beat atm.
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Subscribe to my newsletter and I'll write the story about the time that one of the biggest donors to the Republican Party and truly evil fuck Paul Singer ransomed an Argentinian pirate ship (like the one that jjust crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge) for a billion dollars.
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May 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Subscribe to my newsletter and I'll write the story about the time that one of the biggest donors to the Republican Party and truly evil fuck Paul Singer ransomed an Argentinian pirate ship (like the one that jjust crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge) for a billion dollars.
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Show us your writing process in a gif
May 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Show us your writing process in a gif
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They're cutting food assistance that disproportionately helps their own constituents... who are working but don't make enough money to feed their families... at a time when food shelf visits are at an all-time high.
I'm running out of synonyms for cruel.
I'm running out of synonyms for cruel.
May 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
They're cutting food assistance that disproportionately helps their own constituents... who are working but don't make enough money to feed their families... at a time when food shelf visits are at an all-time high.
I'm running out of synonyms for cruel.
I'm running out of synonyms for cruel.
I have a friend trapped in rural America who has a LOT of medical problems, some of them that could very well kill her in a few years.
She's a mom.
She's a fighter.
Her entire family is on Medicaid because we'll paying work is so scarce in their area.
She's a mom.
She's a fighter.
Her entire family is on Medicaid because we'll paying work is so scarce in their area.
WATCH: @aoc.bsky.social explains how the Republican bill will:
- Gut Medicaid
- Increase premiums for private health insurance
- Force rural hospitals to close
All to give a giant tax handout to billionaires.
- Gut Medicaid
- Increase premiums for private health insurance
- Force rural hospitals to close
All to give a giant tax handout to billionaires.
May 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I have a friend trapped in rural America who has a LOT of medical problems, some of them that could very well kill her in a few years.
She's a mom.
She's a fighter.
Her entire family is on Medicaid because we'll paying work is so scarce in their area.
She's a mom.
She's a fighter.
Her entire family is on Medicaid because we'll paying work is so scarce in their area.
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I’m not going to let them take away health care from millions of people without a fight.
May 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’m not going to let them take away health care from millions of people without a fight.
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Ms. Rachel is a national treasure. Great interview @mehdirhasan.bsky.social. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Ms. Rachel doubles down support for children in Gaza
“It’s sad that people try to make it controversial when you speak out for children that are facing immeasurable suffering,” the YouTube educator said in a recent interview with Zeteo.
www.nbcnews.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Ms. Rachel is a national treasure. Great interview @mehdirhasan.bsky.social. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
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You'll probably see a lot of people post this story in one way or another. And I hope everyone posts it and talks about it.
#AltCitizen behavior on a national stage.
Courageous nonviolent actions in the moment in order to make a strong statement. This is not a fight we will stand down from.
#AltCitizen behavior on a national stage.
Courageous nonviolent actions in the moment in order to make a strong statement. This is not a fight we will stand down from.
25 arrested while protesting GOP Medicaid cuts
"You will kill me."
www.motherjones.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
You'll probably see a lot of people post this story in one way or another. And I hope everyone posts it and talks about it.
#AltCitizen behavior on a national stage.
Courageous nonviolent actions in the moment in order to make a strong statement. This is not a fight we will stand down from.
#AltCitizen behavior on a national stage.
Courageous nonviolent actions in the moment in order to make a strong statement. This is not a fight we will stand down from.
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The creek contains dangerously high levels of E. coli and other fecal bacteria, especially after rainfall, when it fills with overflow sewage and stormwater.
May 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The creek contains dangerously high levels of E. coli and other fecal bacteria, especially after rainfall, when it fills with overflow sewage and stormwater.