fierce advocate, msw, lcsw
@brainyisnewsexy.bsky.social
genX, msw/lcsw, tiny house lover, coffee drinker, overthinker. mom. therapist. noncompliant. disabled. agender|bi|ace
I urge you to read Parable of the Sower
“She painted a very clear picture about survival.”
Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy?
“She painted a very clear picture about survival.”
www.motherjones.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I urge you to read Parable of the Sower
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Pay close attention to who is saying that 14 year-olds *can* consent to sex with trump and other damp billionaires but *can’t* consent to gender affirming care provided in close and collaborative partnership with their doctor.
December 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Pay close attention to who is saying that 14 year-olds *can* consent to sex with trump and other damp billionaires but *can’t* consent to gender affirming care provided in close and collaborative partnership with their doctor.
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Is there anything /less/ American than the idea that the only way to become an American is to be born into it?
December 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Is there anything /less/ American than the idea that the only way to become an American is to be born into it?
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The USAID cuts by the Trump admin were devastating and fatal.
But one American group teaming up with locals in South Sudan to bring fresh water to tens of thousands of people, showed me how they are stepping up and saving lives.
Videos, photos, interviews inside:
But one American group teaming up with locals in South Sudan to bring fresh water to tens of thousands of people, showed me how they are stepping up and saving lives.
Videos, photos, interviews inside:
NEW: This is a story that took months to pull together and broke my heart a million times writing it.
But this isnt a sad story.
This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
But this isnt a sad story.
This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Cut Their Lifeline. Months Later, They're Still Fighting Like Hell To Survive.
A small organization powered by the people who need it most has found a way to save lives abandoned by the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The USAID cuts by the Trump admin were devastating and fatal.
But one American group teaming up with locals in South Sudan to bring fresh water to tens of thousands of people, showed me how they are stepping up and saving lives.
Videos, photos, interviews inside:
But one American group teaming up with locals in South Sudan to bring fresh water to tens of thousands of people, showed me how they are stepping up and saving lives.
Videos, photos, interviews inside:
An hour and a half before I can leave work for the day —working the day after Christmas was unproductive, but I burned all my pto having surgery
December 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
An hour and a half before I can leave work for the day —working the day after Christmas was unproductive, but I burned all my pto having surgery
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The U.S. Supreme Court will eliminate the right to “the pill” form of birth control before 2028. Please start to prepare accordingly.
December 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court will eliminate the right to “the pill” form of birth control before 2028. Please start to prepare accordingly.
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Things that I have come to accept about the future of the only country I have ever known are:
1. Alot of people are going to die preventable and horrific deaths. Either through bureaucratic or brute violence
2. This will not be fixed in my lifetime
3. Every moment of life, every action, is precious
1. Alot of people are going to die preventable and horrific deaths. Either through bureaucratic or brute violence
2. This will not be fixed in my lifetime
3. Every moment of life, every action, is precious
December 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Things that I have come to accept about the future of the only country I have ever known are:
1. Alot of people are going to die preventable and horrific deaths. Either through bureaucratic or brute violence
2. This will not be fixed in my lifetime
3. Every moment of life, every action, is precious
1. Alot of people are going to die preventable and horrific deaths. Either through bureaucratic or brute violence
2. This will not be fixed in my lifetime
3. Every moment of life, every action, is precious
Sickening
ICYMI : President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. By Shauneen Miranda for @statesnewsroom.com DC
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Trump administration to garnish wages for defaulted student loans
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. In an e...
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Sickening
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This is what White House staff is doing with President Trump.
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is what White House staff is doing with President Trump.
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Russia just bombed the main highway leading into Kharkiv - heavy traffic with families returning home after Christmas - cars are burning with people in them.
And we discuss signing something with them?
And we discuss signing something with them?
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Russia just bombed the main highway leading into Kharkiv - heavy traffic with families returning home after Christmas - cars are burning with people in them.
And we discuss signing something with them?
And we discuss signing something with them?
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
What the…
December 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What the…
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Calls are growing to release Palestinian protester Leqaa Kordia, who has been detained by ICE for nearly ten months.
Free Leqaa Kordia: Palestinian Woman Who Joined Columbia U. Protest Has Been Detained Since March
Calls are growing to release Palestinian protester Leqaa Kordia, who was arrested at a 2024 Columbia University Gaza solidarity protest. The charges were dismissed, but when she went to her ICE check-...
www.democracynow.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Calls are growing to release Palestinian protester Leqaa Kordia, who has been detained by ICE for nearly ten months.
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🖋️ “Fix your moral compass. Clean ACA subsidies- or give up your own insurance” hit 1,000 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PINCRG to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PINCRG to 50409
Fix your moral compass. Clean ACA subsidies- or give up your own insurance
Text SIGN PINCRG to 50409 — Pass the ACA subsidies in a clean bill. I hope your holiday experiences of gathering with loved ones and laden tables, with the peace of mind that comes from congressional pensions and the health insurance that comes with your job--and that you keep afterwards-- will enable you to feel compassion for those you should be honored to serve. Every cut to snap, every permission for polluters, every price hike due to tariffs, every time a person puts off prudent preventative health care, every person who has to cancel their health insurance.... YOU OWN THIS...................................................................................Do the right thing in the new Year: pass the ACA subsidies and fix your moral compass.
resist.bot
December 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🖋️ “Fix your moral compass. Clean ACA subsidies- or give up your own insurance” hit 1,000 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PINCRG to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PINCRG to 50409
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Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other
country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million
more have inadequate access to c...
www.thelancet.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
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🖋️ “Fix your moral compass. Clean ACA subsidies- or give up your own insurance” hit 250 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PINCRG to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PINCRG to 50409
Fix your moral compass. Clean ACA subsidies- or give up your own insurance
Text SIGN PINCRG to 50409 — Pass the ACA subsidies in a clean bill. I hope your holiday experiences of gathering with loved ones and laden tables, with the peace of mind that comes from congressional pensions and the health insurance that comes with your job--and that you keep afterwards-- will enable you to feel compassion for those you should be honored to serve. Every cut to snap, every permission for polluters, every price hike due to tariffs, every time a person puts off prudent preventative health care, every person who has to cancel their health insurance.... YOU OWN THIS...................................................................................Do the right thing in the new Year: pass the ACA subsidies and fix your moral compass.
resist.bot
December 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🖋️ “Fix your moral compass. Clean ACA subsidies- or give up your own insurance” hit 250 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PINCRG to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PINCRG to 50409
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It's so funny that a billionaire was on here *this week* being like, "Well if there are any *good ideas* on how to implement universal healthcare I would love to entertain them!" but also hasn't just uhh checked to see how every other country in the so-called developed world has done it in some form
December 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's so funny that a billionaire was on here *this week* being like, "Well if there are any *good ideas* on how to implement universal healthcare I would love to entertain them!" but also hasn't just uhh checked to see how every other country in the so-called developed world has done it in some form
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I hope everyone finds some kind of comfort today. It’s a hard time. I pray today isn’t.
December 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I hope everyone finds some kind of comfort today. It’s a hard time. I pray today isn’t.
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PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN on prohibiting gender affirming care for young people.
Flood 'em with comments!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Flood 'em with comments!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Medicaid Program; Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children
This proposed rule would require that a State Medicaid plan must provide that the Medicaid agency will not make payment under the plan for sex-rejecting procedures for children under 18 and prohibit t...
www.federalregister.gov
December 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN on prohibiting gender affirming care for young people.
Flood 'em with comments!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Flood 'em with comments!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Just ate a fruit cup at work and it’s easily three most healthy thing I’ve had all week
December 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just ate a fruit cup at work and it’s easily three most healthy thing I’ve had all week
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On Trump’s orders, the National Center for Atmospheric Research will be shut down after more than 50 years as a leader in global research on climate science and monitoring. This is what authoritarian science looks like.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth
Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth or the possibility of accountability.
www.thenation.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
On Trump’s orders, the National Center for Atmospheric Research will be shut down after more than 50 years as a leader in global research on climate science and monitoring. This is what authoritarian science looks like.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...