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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.

I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.

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Statement from Fenway Health explaining that due to new federal requirements effective October 1, 2025, they can no longer provide medical gender-affirming care such as hormones and puberty blockers to patients under 19, but all other services for patients of all ages will continue unchanged.

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rebeccab312.bsky.social @rebeccab312.bsky.social · 9h

“I know what impunity looks like,” he said. “I know what it looks like when people in authority are not held to account for anything they do. … They’re doing it right now here, it’s no different. This is Nazi s- - -. When the state is failing, this is what they do.”

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rebeccab312.bsky.social @rebeccab312.bsky.social · 9h

“An immigrant from the Philippines, he said he had lived through two presidents being overthrown there before moving to the U.S. — and the actions of federal agents reminded him of what he saw as the government there grasped to maintain power.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Knotabot @qbits4u.bsky.social · 18h

If CONSTRUCTION workers have to use portable toilets at there job sites, then I think it's only fitting that DESTRUCTION workers should have to take porta-potties to theirs.

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rebeccab312.bsky.social @rebeccab312.bsky.social · 12h

My kind of town

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1d

Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was killed by ICE agents on Sept. 12 during what authorities initially described as a routine traffic stop that Villegas Gonzalez tried to flee. A few weeks later, the state of Idaho took custody of his two kids, according to his family and Mexican officials.

Family of Chicago-area man killed by ICE seeks to reunite with his children who are now in foster care in Idaho

The state of Idaho took custody of the children a few weeks after Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was killed by ICE agents in Franklin Park on Sept. 12.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 17h

My periodic shout into the void:

The only reason why anyone cares about anyone's gender is cuz the whole of society is based around assigning human rights based on gender (&societal privileges to the "better" genders)*

*terms and conditions apply,worse in some societies than others,but all do this

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rebeccab312.bsky.social @rebeccab312.bsky.social · 15h

I dunno

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media.tenor.com

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rebeccab312.bsky.social @rebeccab312.bsky.social · 15h

It’s almost as if they’ve had a well (documented) thought out plan.

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media.tenor.com

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rebeccab312.bsky.social @rebeccab312.bsky.social · 15h

I’ll stand with him when he stands with the trans community.

rebeccab312.bsky.social @rebeccab312.bsky.social · 15h

Maybe Trump can release the Americans he’s taken hostage.

rebeccab312.bsky.social @rebeccab312.bsky.social · 15h

Out and about with the kiddo in the best neighborhood in Chicago, Edgewater

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 18h

Among the reasons Americans risked it all to get rid of a tyrannical king:
“He has obstructed the Admin of Justice…made Judges dependent on his Will…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people…kept among us Standing Armies w/o legislatures’ Consent” www.americaamerica.news/p/what-we-sh...

What We Should Demand, What We Should Oppose

Reflecting on a president's obligations and what history tells us about rejecting tyranny and injustice

www.americaamerica.news

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 17h

Scientists Think Climate Change Is Causing Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Damage in Dolphins vice.com/en/article/s...

#Alzheimers #dementia #climate #environment #pollution

Scientists Think Climate Change Is Causing Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Damage in Dolphins

Well, here’s a bummer of a story: dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s, and climate change might be the one driving them senile.

vice.com

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 18h

When history writes about the resistance, it will begin with the Transgender Americans who refused to disappear. And those who stood with them through thick and thin. 🏳️‍⚧️💪

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 21h

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Dr. Sandy B @drsandyb.bsky.social · 2d

Now ICE is attacking Chicago PD! Gassed them, why aren't these "federal agents" being held accountable for THEIR reckless violence⁉️
youtube.com/shorts/onCvj...

ICE tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers, Superintendent Snelling says

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

youtube.com

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rebeccab312.bsky.social @rebeccab312.bsky.social · 1d

Arseholes

Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 1d

CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m.

The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom.

While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop.

The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🤡

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 3d

I confirmed that around 9:45 a.m. Friday a group of Ravenswood neighbors yelled for federal immigration agents near Ravenswood Elementary School, 4332 N. Paulina St., to leave. They did. This and more from @blockclubchi.bsky.social's team here:
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/10/w...

WGN Staffer Detained By Border Patrol Agents In Lincoln Square, Neighbors Say

The woman was recording agents as they detained a man when they took her into custody, handcuffing her and putting her a van, according to witnesses and video. The agents drove into another car while ...

blockclubchicago.org

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 3d

Anyways, here’s info on how one government established control or exerted influence over independent press and deployed radio, press and newsreel propaganda to stoke fears of a pending “uprising” as a pretense to eradicate civil liberties and democracy. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

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Elisa 🌶️🥔 @spicytater.bsky.social · 3d

There’s been some dirty work to make that Qatari Emeri AF facility deal in Idaho. We deserve to know what that is. Dig deep.

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