@teresakoeppel.bsky.social
This is cruel and should be illegal if it isn’t already, like most ICE actions these days. Abolish ICE.
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is cruel and should be illegal if it isn’t already, like most ICE actions these days. Abolish ICE.
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Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
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Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Today’s episode of “there is a better way.” Helsinki went a full year without a car-related fatality. For the 90th million time, we ask-why not here? Why can’t we have the healthy, safe, secure, efficient, civilized goods others have: schools free of mass shootings, safe sidewalks, health care…
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Today’s episode of “there is a better way.” Helsinki went a full year without a car-related fatality. For the 90th million time, we ask-why not here? Why can’t we have the healthy, safe, secure, efficient, civilized goods others have: schools free of mass shootings, safe sidewalks, health care…
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Oh? Trump would be breaking the law to do more layoffs? Like he’s been famously doing this whole time but now will definitely stop and care because of this bill? Not sure if Kaine is naive or worse, but this is just pathetic justification on his part.
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Oh? Trump would be breaking the law to do more layoffs? Like he’s been famously doing this whole time but now will definitely stop and care because of this bill? Not sure if Kaine is naive or worse, but this is just pathetic justification on his part.
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And if they aren’t your senators, call *your* senators and tell them to pressure their colleagues
WE HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR!
They may cave!
@rosen.senate.gov - NV
@baldwin.senate.gov -WI
@fetterman.senate.gov - PA
@hassan.senate.gov - NH
@ossoff.senate.gov - GA
@senangusking.bsky.social -ME
@peters.senate.gov - MI
@durbin.senate.gov - IL
@shaheen.senate.gov - NH
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They may cave!
@rosen.senate.gov - NV
@baldwin.senate.gov -WI
@fetterman.senate.gov - PA
@hassan.senate.gov - NH
@ossoff.senate.gov - GA
@senangusking.bsky.social -ME
@peters.senate.gov - MI
@durbin.senate.gov - IL
@shaheen.senate.gov - NH
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November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And if they aren’t your senators, call *your* senators and tell them to pressure their colleagues
Any Senator that caves after the country just overwhelmingly rebuked the Republicans and this administration should be primaried.
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Any Senator that caves after the country just overwhelmingly rebuked the Republicans and this administration should be primaried.
Me, my entire freshman year of college. (Spoiler alert: yes, yes I did.)
[rubbing temples]
fuck. do i want to stay up all night playing doom?
fuck. do i want to stay up all night playing doom?
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Me, my entire freshman year of college. (Spoiler alert: yes, yes I did.)
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and honestly im sick of not pushing back on this specifically
you want to advance human civilization?
- universal health care
- ubi
- green energy
- high speed rail and public transportation
- free education through college
you want to advance human civilization?
- universal health care
- ubi
- green energy
- high speed rail and public transportation
- free education through college
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
and honestly im sick of not pushing back on this specifically
you want to advance human civilization?
- universal health care
- ubi
- green energy
- high speed rail and public transportation
- free education through college
you want to advance human civilization?
- universal health care
- ubi
- green energy
- high speed rail and public transportation
- free education through college
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
We have so much to rebuild. And when we do, we have to do so keeping in mind the social promise that is inherent in our community and government.
Sam Corcos, who entered government with DOGE earlier this year, decided to kill DirectFile after one meeting with with tax software lobbyists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We have so much to rebuild. And when we do, we have to do so keeping in mind the social promise that is inherent in our community and government.
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It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
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Spending too much time online will have catastrophic effects on your mental & emotional health. You need to be taking walks and talking to other people. You need to feel grass under your feet and wind on your face. You were made to live an embodied life.
November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Spending too much time online will have catastrophic effects on your mental & emotional health. You need to be taking walks and talking to other people. You need to feel grass under your feet and wind on your face. You were made to live an embodied life.
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Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.
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I'm going to say this again. Y'all absolutely have time to do this before even more irreversible things happen. Please impeach the President and remove him from office stat. Please.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump orders Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons 'immediately'
The U.S. voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, though it has the ability to resume tests at a site in Nevada.
www.nbcnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I'm going to say this again. Y'all absolutely have time to do this before even more irreversible things happen. Please impeach the President and remove him from office stat. Please.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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No one should go have to go hungry - no one. For those in the CVille area looking to donate (and note: cash goes further than cans) or for those needing help, here's a list of local orgs trying to combat food scarcity: bit.ly/4hzEui2
About 850,000 Virginians who depend on SNAP to feed their families are waiting with anxiety, as the program is scheduled to pause Nov. 1. Gov. Youngkin's emergency order offers short-term relief but a prolonged federal impasse threatens to deepen food insecurity. virginiamercury.com/2025/10/27/i...
‘It goes quick’: Virginians stretch dollars and hope as SNAP funding freezes • Virginia Mercury
Each month, when his Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds arrive, Daniel Garratt stocks up meats and pantry staples like canned goods in bulk at Walmart. He then visits local discount or…
virginiamercury.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
No one should go have to go hungry - no one. For those in the CVille area looking to donate (and note: cash goes further than cans) or for those needing help, here's a list of local orgs trying to combat food scarcity: bit.ly/4hzEui2
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Things are hard and times are tough right now. But we have an opportunity to come together as a community and support each other to make sure everyone has enough to eat. If you are able, our local food pantries can really use donations.
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Things are hard and times are tough right now. But we have an opportunity to come together as a community and support each other to make sure everyone has enough to eat. If you are able, our local food pantries can really use donations.
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Seriously, why are you insulting people's intelligence like this. There is very obviously a massive excluded middle between "bland Ivy League corporate automaton" and "still has large Nazi tattoo." There's nothing wrong with having found him appealing. He was! But it's over and this is silly
October 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Seriously, why are you insulting people's intelligence like this. There is very obviously a massive excluded middle between "bland Ivy League corporate automaton" and "still has large Nazi tattoo." There's nothing wrong with having found him appealing. He was! But it's over and this is silly
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In light of new information, I, uhh, withdraw my objection to the 77 year old white lady who does *not* have a Nazi tattoo on her chest.
I will be submitting all relevant forms to the bureau of retractions and submit for my flogging.
I will be submitting all relevant forms to the bureau of retractions and submit for my flogging.
October 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In light of new information, I, uhh, withdraw my objection to the 77 year old white lady who does *not* have a Nazi tattoo on her chest.
I will be submitting all relevant forms to the bureau of retractions and submit for my flogging.
I will be submitting all relevant forms to the bureau of retractions and submit for my flogging.
This is a setup for dangerous abuses.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is a setup for dangerous abuses.