Syreeta McFadden
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Syreeta McFadden
@reetamac.bsky.social
· Aug 19
A lot of this *waves hand in the air* really tells me that the 2020 worked. The ferocity and speed of breaking the whole society down in service to Stupid Thanos’ conception of society, self, reality underscores it.
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N.Y.U. Langone, due to the "current regulatory environment," is ending gender-affirming care for minors. Last year, Emily Witt wrote about the impact of President Trump’s campaign against trans healthcare. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Where Do Trans Kids Go from Here?
In the wake of Donald Trump’s executive order banning transition-related care for minors, hospitals in blue states began cancelling appointments—forcing families in New York and beyond to consider whether even liberal cities are safe.
www.newyorker.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
N.Y.U. Langone, due to the "current regulatory environment," is ending gender-affirming care for minors. Last year, Emily Witt wrote about the impact of President Trump’s campaign against trans healthcare. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
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Ho-lee Shit. This is phenomenally good news. Department of Education rolls back— for now— its attempts to destroy Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility initiatives. Keep an eye on them, of course, and watch for the hidden knife, always, but for now: Fantastic news.
February 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Ho-lee Shit. This is phenomenally good news. Department of Education rolls back— for now— its attempts to destroy Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility initiatives. Keep an eye on them, of course, and watch for the hidden knife, always, but for now: Fantastic news.
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
Making this a sign to point to for future reference 👇🏿
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Making this a sign to point to for future reference 👇🏿
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No one is talking about the speciesist bias in the Winter Olympics
February 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
No one is talking about the speciesist bias in the Winter Olympics
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It’s a good thing Apple is really dedicated to privacy, otherwise I’d say this is troubling 🙄
February 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
It’s a good thing Apple is really dedicated to privacy, otherwise I’d say this is troubling 🙄
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“…the company is expected to build upon its Google Gemini-powered Siri upgrade with an AirTag-sized AI pendant that people can either wear as a necklace or a pin. This device would ‘essentially serve as an always-on camera’ for the iPhone and has a microphone for prompting Siri…”
Apple is reportedly planning to launch AI-powered glasses, a pendant, and AirPods
Apple’s getting in on AI hardware.
www.theverge.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:34 PM
“…the company is expected to build upon its Google Gemini-powered Siri upgrade with an AirTag-sized AI pendant that people can either wear as a necklace or a pin. This device would ‘essentially serve as an always-on camera’ for the iPhone and has a microphone for prompting Siri…”
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This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
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My thoughts on how critical fully funded public libraries are to any Left political project in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...
Mayor Mamdani Breaks His Promise to NYC Public Libraries
The Struggle Against Defunding Libraries Continues...
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
My thoughts on how critical fully funded public libraries are to any Left political project in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...
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My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
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The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/finance/bill...
Billionaires’ Low Taxes Are Becoming a Problem for the Economy
Tax avoidance by the superwealthy is an economic issue as well as a political one.
www.wsj.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/finance/bill...
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Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett.
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
February 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett.
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
Sometimes I read articles with the same energy I have at poetry readings. AI could never elicit the same excitement I feel from reading or hearing great writing.
February 18, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Sometimes I read articles with the same energy I have at poetry readings. AI could never elicit the same excitement I feel from reading or hearing great writing.
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Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too
February 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too
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and i wrote this a decade ago about jackson as the model response to trump-style politics www.slate.com/articles/new...
Demoralized Democrats Have a Road Map for Success in Trump’s America. It Was Written by Jesse Jackson.
Jesse Jackson first ran for president during the national farm bust of the early 1980s. Debt for farmers had exploded from $85 billion in 1976 to $216 ...
www.slate.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
and i wrote this a decade ago about jackson as the model response to trump-style politics www.slate.com/articles/new...
Accounts with basic glyphs or symbols for their avis have the wildest and moronic takes in replies to some of the smartest folks, and I just… smh.
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Accounts with basic glyphs or symbols for their avis have the wildest and moronic takes in replies to some of the smartest folks, and I just… smh.
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The first presidential campaign I remember in detail was that of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. It had a monumental effect on my worldview and politics. I don’t valorize politicians, but I respect leaders. RIP
#JesseJackson
#JesseJackson
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The first presidential campaign I remember in detail was that of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. It had a monumental effect on my worldview and politics. I don’t valorize politicians, but I respect leaders. RIP
#JesseJackson
#JesseJackson
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Jesse and Martin. 🕊️🖤✊🏾
February 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Jesse and Martin. 🕊️🖤✊🏾
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I called Jackson again about a year later, in July 2020, on the day John Lewis died.
He talked about Lewis's moral clarity, what patriotism really means, and about the rebirth of democracy in the 60s.
"Our modern democracy was born in front of that bridge." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
He talked about Lewis's moral clarity, what patriotism really means, and about the rebirth of democracy in the 60s.
"Our modern democracy was born in front of that bridge." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The World John Lewis Helped Create
Black leaders pause to reflect on the civil-rights icon and representative from Georgia, who spent decades calling for activism and “good trouble.”
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I called Jackson again about a year later, in July 2020, on the day John Lewis died.
He talked about Lewis's moral clarity, what patriotism really means, and about the rebirth of democracy in the 60s.
"Our modern democracy was born in front of that bridge." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
He talked about Lewis's moral clarity, what patriotism really means, and about the rebirth of democracy in the 60s.
"Our modern democracy was born in front of that bridge." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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“Jackson is arrested in 1993 after blocking 5th Avenue as part of a group protesting against the Clinton administration’s policy of maintaining a detention camp for Haitian political refugees who were HIV positive”
Remember this history as we remember this man.
Remember this history as we remember this man.
Jesse Jackson – a life in pictures
The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a pioneer of progressive Democratic politics, close ally of Martin Luther King Jr, and two-time candidate for the presidential nomination, has died at 84
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“Jackson is arrested in 1993 after blocking 5th Avenue as part of a group protesting against the Clinton administration’s policy of maintaining a detention camp for Haitian political refugees who were HIV positive”
Remember this history as we remember this man.
Remember this history as we remember this man.
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The same coverup pattern that happened w the killing of Renee Good is happening again with Alex Pretti.
They're doing this bc of their "standard" investigation - you know, the one where they "find" things to backup their "theories" they put out immediately after they murdered him.
They're doing this bc of their "standard" investigation - you know, the one where they "find" things to backup their "theories" they put out immediately after they murdered him.
FBI refuses to share evidence of Alex Pretti’s killing with Minnesota investigators
Officials warn against Justice Department’s ‘concerning and unprecedented’ refusal to support local authorities
www.the-independent.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
The same coverup pattern that happened w the killing of Renee Good is happening again with Alex Pretti.
They're doing this bc of their "standard" investigation - you know, the one where they "find" things to backup their "theories" they put out immediately after they murdered him.
They're doing this bc of their "standard" investigation - you know, the one where they "find" things to backup their "theories" they put out immediately after they murdered him.
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thinking about the conversation I had with Jesse Jackson in 2019:
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
![Jesse Jackson: Well, first of all, we had been freed without being made equal. There’s historical continuity between blacks being amassed in prison after 246 years of legal slavery. When there was a contest about it [in Dred Scott v. Sandford], the Supreme Court ruled that blacks had no rights. [After emancipation and the Civil War] those who had been slave masters became segregation masters. They took our freedom away from us; they began to lock up blacks by the thousands to do prison labor, farm labor—the whole range. They just put us back in slavery.
We finally, in 1954, broke the backbone—legally—of that system [with the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision], but we were never—there was never repair for damage done. Two hundred and forty-six years of slavery, then legal Jim Crow and [nearly] 5,000 lynchings without a conviction. And even today, discrimination by extension of that system has not completely ended.
So we had been fighting for repair. We fought against the barbarism for our freedom; now we’re fighting for our equality. We are the foundation of American society—not the bottom, the foundation. When the Declaration of Independence came, we had been enslaved for 157 years. We made cotton king. We are due a different kind of recognition.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4vkwol5raj4hnslvsqvmpiqw/bafkreic4dao7rhh7274jfmz3jjnb6s3ak5c2ag75h4jha7mgli3r3fqbey@jpeg)
February 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
thinking about the conversation I had with Jesse Jackson in 2019:
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...