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Jane Palmer

@janepalmer.bsky.social

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Day job: professor, scholar-activist, and community-based researcher with a focus on ending violence. Also love being with my kiddo, creative writing, sewing, being in nature, being in community, creating new ways of being, working toward a new world 🏳️‍🌈

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Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Jan 28

Don’t let all the evil in the world make you forget all the good. 🌱

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Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Jul 7

Oooh 👀

Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Jun 11

I feel you! I’m not drinking right now either and keep quoting Lloyd Bridges from Airplane! Congrats on one month! Keep it up.

Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · May 20

More into on the anthology is here @graceandgravity.bsky.social 💕

Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · May 20

A personal essay I wrote was published in Grace & Gravity’s 11th volume on grit. ✨ Read more about it here: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7641...
@writesloud.bsky.social

washingtoncitypaper.com

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Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Apr 28

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The United States is witnessing the return of psychiatric imprisonment | Jordyn Jensen

From ‘wellness farms’ to expanded involuntary commitment policies, the US is embracing psychiatric incarceration under the guise of compassion

www.theguardian.com

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Mar 4

This is a pretty big attack on the First Amendment. And an encroachment on universities' powers to decide what protests to allow and who to expel.....

Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · Mar 4

We need to talk about Trump’s threat to defund universities unless they arrest and expel protesters.

We’re watching classic fascistic institutional capture in real time and if this continues unabated we’re going to look up and live in a world without escape. The time to fight is now.

Trump says federal funding to universities will depend on expelling and arresting protesters.

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Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Mar 4

“Resolved an error”? “We apologize for the mistake”? This is outrageous! And no actual accountability for the harm…

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Truthout @truthout.org · Mar 4

Moms for Liberty is shifting its focus to restorative justice, despite studies showing these programs improve social outcomes for students and communities. Critics question the group’s intentions.

After Attacking CRT, DEI and Pushing Book Bans, Moms for Liberty’s Next Focus Is On Restorative Justice

Several studies have shown that restorative justice programs create better social outcomes for students and communities.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Feb 20

This is going to be an extremely important case. Right now orgs ranging from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to AIDS/HIV advocacy, colleges, crisis centers, and more are being told to pretend trans people don't exist or lose your funding... and many are choosing to pretend!

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Feb 19

BREAKING: Nonprofits sue over Trump's anti-diversity, anti-trans executive orders, alleging they violate the First Amendment & equal protection guarantees, are void for vagueness, exceed the president's authority, & violate the Administrative Procedure Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The terms of the Executive Orders are extraordinarily vague and could prohibit
Plaintiffs from engaging in any targeted effort to help a specific group of people facing unfair disadvantages. The Executive Orders equate banned "DEIA" with any equity-related work— potentially including work that is specifically authorized or required by civil rights laws-and explicitly prohibit references to "DEI and DEIA principles, under whatever name they may appear." Without any discernible standards or criteria of what is and what is not "dangerous, demeaning," "immoral," and "illegal" DEIA,' as understood by this Administration, the future of Plaintiffs' fiscal viability and programming are subject to the unfettered discretion of an
Administration that has made clear its predisposition against any speech or action that advances equal opportunity for historically marginalized groups, including people of color, women, LGBTQ people, and/or people with disabilities. Such vague terms without sufficient standards or criteria
deprive Plaintiffs of their due process rights under the Fifth Amendment.
9. In addition to violating Plaintiffs' free speech and due process rights, the Executive
Orders have a clear discriminatory purpose in violation of equal protection: to malign the targeted communities; to undermine and dismantle a wide spectrum of policies, programs, and activities intended to help historically marginalized, underserved, and under-resourced groups; and to erase
transgender people from public life.

REQUEST FOR RELIEF
Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court grant the following relief:
A.
A declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201 that Executive Order Nos. 14151,
14168, and 14173 and any implementing agency actions are unlawful, unconstitutional, and
invalid.
A permanent injunction enjoining Defendants, their officials, agents, employees,
assigns, and all persons acting in concert or participating with them from implementing or enforcing Executive Order Nos. 14151, 14168, and 14173, including without limitation the promulgation of any rules or regulations, in any manner against Plaintiffs by way of contract,
subcontract, purchase order, grant, or sub-grant.
C. A permanent injunction mandating that Defendants permanently rescind all agency-wide directives implementing and effectuating Executive Order Nos. 14151, 14168, and 14173 against Plaintiffs that were issued prior to this injunction.
D. A permanent injunction mandating that Defendants unwind, rescind, strike, modify, or otherwise rectify contracts, subcontracts, agreements, and/or any other such binding documents
entered into with Plaintiffs, in which terms, clauses, or provisions have been inserted pursuant to
or in furtherance of Executive Order Nos. 14151, 14168, and 14173.

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Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Feb 20

Please read: We Should All Be Paying Attention To What's Happening to the National Archives

action.everylibrary.org/we_should_al...

We Should All Be Paying Attention To What's Happening to the National Archives

Guest post from Dominic Byrd-McDevitt: Open knowledge advocate | Dedicated to building community and serving the public interest via data & tech.

action.everylibrary.org

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Will Morrison @wamorrison95.bsky.social · Feb 14

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights.

SIGBI followed by a next arrow

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Feb 14

What will science lose without DEI?

That’s the question @hencarnell.bsky.social and I sought to answer with this piece.

A hell of a lot, it turns out:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The dire consequences of science without DEI

"We are very much at risk of losing an entire generation of researchers."

www.motherjones.com

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Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Feb 2

Freeze your credit, y’all.
They have your data.

www.nerdwallet.com/article/fina...

How to Freeze Your Credit - NerdWallet

A credit freeze helps prevent identity theft and fraud. Contact each of the three major credit bureaus to freeze or unfreeze your credit files for free.

www.nerdwallet.com

Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Feb 2

This definitely resonates for my 22 yo nibling who lives with me!

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 1

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

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Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Feb 2

Orwellian

Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · Feb 1

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.

Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

open.substack.com

Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Feb 1

Congrats, Brianna!

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CeCe Falls @cecef.bsky.social · Jan 30

My pin of the day

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · Jan 30

Well said, Pete Buttigieg

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Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Jan 30

Ooof. Been there. I hope you feel better soon!!

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · Jan 30

Good piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social -- www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Attack on Trans Rights Won’t End There

Once legal rights begin to fall, they fall for everyone.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Jan 28

DONATE TODAY TO HELP RENTERS AFFECTED BY LA FIRES! Your donation will fund PPE, remediation equipment kits (w/ specialized equipment & supplies to decontaminate units) and support workshops for renters affected by the fire on how to remediate their homes as safely as possible.

gofund.me/b925448f

Donate to Fire Poppy Project: Support Renters Affected By Eaton Fire, organized by Amita Swadhin

Fire Poppy Project is an emergency response to the 2025 Eaton… Amita Swadhin needs your support for Fire Poppy Project: Support Renters Affected By Eaton Fire

gofund.me

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Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Jan 28

Don’t let all the evil in the world make you forget all the good. 🌱

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Jess Owens-Young @jessowensyoung.bsky.social · Jan 26

“The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is rescinding all past guidance issued against the removal of books and will no longer employ a coordinator to investigate instances of unlawful book removals.”

Fun times.

#readbannedbooks

Department of Education dismisses book ban complaints, ends guidance

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is rescinding all past guidance issued against the removal of books.

abcnews.go.com

Jane Palmer @janepalmer.bsky.social · Jan 25

Diving deeply into some of my favorite coping strategies including reading poetry, sewing, and reading about sewing. 🙃🪡🧵

Sewn book sleeve with geometric shapes and a button enclosure

Two books - one on “radical sewing” and an anthology of “essential June Jordan” poetry