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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

1. AG Ken Paxton of Texas has announced undercover operations into left leaning groups, citing "transgenderism" and "antifa."

It is the latest in a series of moves that indicates LGBTQ+ people and left-leaning orgs may be targets for domestic surveillance.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Undercover Operations Into "Antifa," Citing "Transgenderism"

The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that Trump would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.

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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 1d

“My biggest fear is going to the hospital."

Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth.

Some experience dangerous complications as a result.

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ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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my good bitch 💎 @clozilla.reprosky.xyz · 5d

local anti-abortion protester posts online about his time watching people enter and exit the clinic, including spying on the toilets

***A SAD UPDATE***Greg reported that this couple returned later and went into PP, and although he saw them praying together inside the glass doors, they went ahead with the abortion. Lord, have mercy.
(From Greg) - This Friday morning was very busy. Quite a few couples went in during my 8-10 shift, including one mother with a transitioning son. We tried to explain to them that this will not solve anything, and only make him more confused, but to no avail.
I also learned from a
plumber who was bringing our toilets and urinals out of

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 5d

being trans, being fat, being disabled -- these things will teach you who people are in their heart of hearts, often within seconds of meeting them.

⛧ DOLLY DARKO ☭ @thedoomshine.social · 5d

a cool thing about trans people is that just existing in normal every day life on social media we will cause people who would otherwise pass as just a normal liberal reveal that they were actually just insane reactionary conservatives the entire time and also total fucking cowards about it

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Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 5d

I was also going to suggest Torrid. Asos is a pretty reliable source of business separates that don't make me want to claw my eyes out if you have time to order online?

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Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 5d

I've been thinking about it as a capstone of her career thus far. She wrote this in the midst of the Eras Tour while she was revisiting a lot of her old work, so it makes sense that she has a lot of callbacks to the styles of albums past. I also really love Opalite. :D

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 5d

Nearly 8 in 10 Americans favor extending the ACA tax credits.

8 in 10!

Which is precisely what Democrats are fighting for, and what Republicans are dragging their feet on.

This will only give Ds more incentive to fight and Rs more incentive to worry.

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Most Americans back extending ACA tax credits, KFF poll shows

Nearly eight in 10 Americans want Congress to renew enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire at year-end, even as lawmakers clash over federal spending, a new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

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Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 5d

Did I make my entire lecture for this mroning's medical sociology class #LifeOfAShowgirl themed? Of course I did.

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Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 5d

Trying to figure out where my "married to the hustle" tattoo should go.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 6d

From the Editorial Board:

Neuroscientists have found that when people read, their brains don’t just process words — they simulate the story world.
By contrast, social media rarely demands such deep simulation.

Editorial: A society that stops reading stops thinking

Daily reading for pleasure in the U.S. has fallen more than 40% over the past 20 years — roughly 3% per year, according to researchers at the University of Florida and University College London.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 6d

It’s like the kind of thing Michael Moore would popularize about W. years later that’s so bleak that people didn’t even believe it at the time.

Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 6d

the optics of Trump building a ballroom while laying people off and jacking up healthcare costs for everyone is a rich tapestry for an opposition party comfortable with doing good propaganda

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6d

Pick one or two lanes and keep at it. You are one person and cannot do everything or take 10 actions a day.

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Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

I get so excited when I overhear students using concepts from previous chapters in their group discussions. 🥹

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Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

In small group discussions I asked students to share a minor form of deviance they had engaged in and reflect on it. Some of the most engaged (and hilariou) conversations of the semester ensued. Turns out there are a lot of strong feelings about if/when socks are allowed with sandals.

Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

I took the semester of from my regular volunteer schedule with OARS, but I picked up a couple of shifts this week because of the holidays. It's reminding me how fulfilling helping people get abortions is. If you would also like to feel fulfilled, drop OARS some $$$: www.abortionsquad.org/donate

Donate to Online Abortion Resource Squad

Donate to sustain our work on r/abortion!

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 7d

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

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Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 7d

Government shutdowns have become so common I forgot we were starting one today.

Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 8d

I love the moment when you can see a student getting i and hear them making connections and applying the ideas we’re learning.

Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 8d

I keep mishearing my students talking about “strain theory“ and wonder why they’re talking about “string theory“ in a sociology class.

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Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 8d

I honestly might add this to my med soc lesson on risk.

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD @erinrjohnson.bsky.social · 8d

Foucault would have loved Zoom, a platform where we all put ourselves in little boxes under the eternal gaze of a camera and obsess over whether we are appropriately performing attentiveness.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

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