Courtney Wilder
@courtneyw.bsky.social
Gardener, teacher, mother
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These are crimes. They're committing crimes. And when people understandably protest the fact that they're committing crimes, they're shooting flashbangs at them.
🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
June 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
These are crimes. They're committing crimes. And when people understandably protest the fact that they're committing crimes, they're shooting flashbangs at them.
April 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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omg they found that dog!!!!!
April 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
omg they found that dog!!!!!
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In light of the fact that some U.S. universities are pausing admissions to their PhD programs, the Media Studies PhD Program in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University (London, Ontario) is welcoming late applications from American applicants. www.fims.uwo.ca/programs/gra...
PhD in Media Studies (PhD MS)
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
www.fims.uwo.ca
March 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
In light of the fact that some U.S. universities are pausing admissions to their PhD programs, the Media Studies PhD Program in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University (London, Ontario) is welcoming late applications from American applicants. www.fims.uwo.ca/programs/gra...
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I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history.
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
February 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history.
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
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Also worth noting that they put aside organizational differences to align behind this message. No organization is named here. Just the signatories.
And we’re Jews. We argue over everything. This is a minor miracle of conscious.
And we’re Jews. We argue over everything. This is a minor miracle of conscious.
350 Rabbis took out a full page ad in the NYTimes today opposing Trump’s plan for Palestine and calling it ethnic cleansing.
February 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Also worth noting that they put aside organizational differences to align behind this message. No organization is named here. Just the signatories.
And we’re Jews. We argue over everything. This is a minor miracle of conscious.
And we’re Jews. We argue over everything. This is a minor miracle of conscious.
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This also includes *veterans*, including, I am told, at least some fully qualified wildland firefighters with actual fire experience.
Per a source with knowledge: “I want everyone to know that they are firing veterans, fully qualified and trying to serve their country again in civil service.”
Per a source with knowledge: “I want everyone to know that they are firing veterans, fully qualified and trying to serve their country again in civil service.”
Per a source with knowledge, the US Forest Service is firing all probationary employees.
February 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This also includes *veterans*, including, I am told, at least some fully qualified wildland firefighters with actual fire experience.
Per a source with knowledge: “I want everyone to know that they are firing veterans, fully qualified and trying to serve their country again in civil service.”
Per a source with knowledge: “I want everyone to know that they are firing veterans, fully qualified and trying to serve their country again in civil service.”
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NEW — I spoke to a staffer at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about DOJ's threat to pull funding if the org didn't comply with Trump's DEI executive order, and how org leadership rolled over.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
Missing children’s org removes LGBTQIA+ materials per Trump DOJ demand
A staffer at NCMEC confirms the distressing effort to comply with Trump's executive order.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
NEW — I spoke to a staffer at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about DOJ's threat to pull funding if the org didn't comply with Trump's DEI executive order, and how org leadership rolled over.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
Neither adequately democratic nor remotely Christian, lose/los.
Bloomberg: Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments by the US Department of Health and Human Services to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk Says DOGE Is ‘Rapidly Shutting Down’ Treasury Payments
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Neither adequately democratic nor remotely Christian, lose/los.
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Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is [email protected]. Reposts appreciated.
February 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is [email protected]. Reposts appreciated.
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Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
February 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
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You have some time to strategize — not a lot of time, but some.
If you're relying on SNAP, about 25 states participate in this program, if it's potentially available to you, I want you to know about it.
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If you're relying on SNAP, about 25 states participate in this program, if it's potentially available to you, I want you to know about it.
doubleupamerica.org
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February 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
You have some time to strategize — not a lot of time, but some.
If you're relying on SNAP, about 25 states participate in this program, if it's potentially available to you, I want you to know about it.
doubleupamerica.org
If you're relying on SNAP, about 25 states participate in this program, if it's potentially available to you, I want you to know about it.
doubleupamerica.org
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Did you know it is (still) legal to forcibly sterilize disabled people? During the case that decided that, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes declared “three generations of imbeciles are enough.”
That word and moron were used to designate who should be forcibly sterilized. Maybe fucking stop using them.
That word and moron were used to designate who should be forcibly sterilized. Maybe fucking stop using them.
January 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Did you know it is (still) legal to forcibly sterilize disabled people? During the case that decided that, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes declared “three generations of imbeciles are enough.”
That word and moron were used to designate who should be forcibly sterilized. Maybe fucking stop using them.
That word and moron were used to designate who should be forcibly sterilized. Maybe fucking stop using them.
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This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which guarantees free, appropriate public education to every child with a disability.
January 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which guarantees free, appropriate public education to every child with a disability.
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You’ll be hard-pushed to find people who ‘choose’ a life on benefits & the chancellor’s rhetoric has been disturbing. My sister was born with Down’s Syndrome and has no option but to receive support. Everyone deserves a fulfilling life & expecting some to simply ‘scrape by’ is ableist and inhumane.
January 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You’ll be hard-pushed to find people who ‘choose’ a life on benefits & the chancellor’s rhetoric has been disturbing. My sister was born with Down’s Syndrome and has no option but to receive support. Everyone deserves a fulfilling life & expecting some to simply ‘scrape by’ is ableist and inhumane.
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“If you take away those federal funds, you’re taking away qualified teachers…it would be a domino effect.”
Project 2025's plan to dismantle public education—and screw over disabled kids
Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.
www.motherjones.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“If you take away those federal funds, you’re taking away qualified teachers…it would be a domino effect.”
"Don't make yourself an enormous espresso with milk and then eat it with a slide of chocolate cake" they said.
January 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Don't make yourself an enormous espresso with milk and then eat it with a slide of chocolate cake" they said.
Backyard in various seasons - currently plotting the spring planting.
January 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Backyard in various seasons - currently plotting the spring planting.
Cold walk, good sunshine. Happy New Year! 🥳
January 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Cold walk, good sunshine. Happy New Year! 🥳
New year, same cats 🐈⬛ 🐈 🐈⬛
January 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
New year, same cats 🐈⬛ 🐈 🐈⬛