Joseph T
@jmtay.bsky.social
Radically Reimagine 💜✌🏼️(he,him) 👨🏾❤️👨🏼 @lifequotes_300 📍Jersey City 💼 higher education
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Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.
Ousted CDC director testifies she was fired for resisting pressure from RFK Jr.
Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.
n.pr
September 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.
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The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.” wapo.st/4mnNDLt
Trump officials order removal of photograph of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
wapo.st
September 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.” wapo.st/4mnNDLt
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I encourage everyone to look out for their safety and practice good internet hygiene, of course. But some of the scolding posts I've read suggest we can change the awful aftermath of a fateful event by just holding our tongues and being quiet little mice, and that isn't my experience.
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I encourage everyone to look out for their safety and practice good internet hygiene, of course. But some of the scolding posts I've read suggest we can change the awful aftermath of a fateful event by just holding our tongues and being quiet little mice, and that isn't my experience.
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Pritzker: "We've gathered information from unauthorized, patriotic officials inside the government and from-sourced reporters about Donald Trump's plan, which is to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago."
September 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pritzker: "We've gathered information from unauthorized, patriotic officials inside the government and from-sourced reporters about Donald Trump's plan, which is to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago."
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
September 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
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Important clarification, multiple CDC sources tell me: Federal employees are not allowed to strike/walk out, so this is *not* a walkout but a "clap out" to show support for departing leadership. Current employees were either given permission to attend by a supervisor or used leave time to attend.
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Important clarification, multiple CDC sources tell me: Federal employees are not allowed to strike/walk out, so this is *not* a walkout but a "clap out" to show support for departing leadership. Current employees were either given permission to attend by a supervisor or used leave time to attend.
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Someone shouts, “Demetre, we love to you!” as Dr. Daskalakis joins the CDC walk out. Moving scenes from CDC Headquarters in Atlanta.
AND NOW THE SENIOR CDC LEADERS HAVE JOINED THE WALK OUT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Someone shouts, “Demetre, we love to you!” as Dr. Daskalakis joins the CDC walk out. Moving scenes from CDC Headquarters in Atlanta.
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When governments police museums, they are not simply policing exhibitions. They are policing imagination itself. Censorship has taken hold at the Smithsonian. I refused to play along.” —Amy Sherald
Amy Sherald Speaks Out on Cancelling Her Smithsonian Show
"When governments police museums, they are not simply policing exhibitions. They are policing imagination itself," the artist wrote in a new opinion essay.
hyperallergic.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
When governments police museums, they are not simply policing exhibitions. They are policing imagination itself. Censorship has taken hold at the Smithsonian. I refused to play along.” —Amy Sherald
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On Thursday, the State Department confirmed that it will subject all 55 million US visa holders to what it calls “continuous immigration vetting.” Behind this bureaucratic phrase lies the creation of permanent police-state surveillance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Trump administration to begin continuous police-state surveillance of 55 million US visa holders
The State Department said the government will begin reviewing all visa holders’ social media accounts for posts or messages that evince support for “terrorism.”
www.wsws.org
August 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
On Thursday, the State Department confirmed that it will subject all 55 million US visa holders to what it calls “continuous immigration vetting.” Behind this bureaucratic phrase lies the creation of permanent police-state surveillance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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"How to Report ICE" zine editions now available for free printable download:
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
Pittsburgh, PA
All of Massachusetts
Northern California from Humboldt to Monterey Counties!
More to come! Please share widely.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
Pittsburgh, PA
All of Massachusetts
Northern California from Humboldt to Monterey Counties!
More to come! Please share widely.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
August 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"How to Report ICE" zine editions now available for free printable download:
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
Pittsburgh, PA
All of Massachusetts
Northern California from Humboldt to Monterey Counties!
More to come! Please share widely.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
Pittsburgh, PA
All of Massachusetts
Northern California from Humboldt to Monterey Counties!
More to come! Please share widely.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Agents detain student at gunpoint near school; safe zones to be expanded around LAUSD campuses
Amid immigration enforcement, city and school officials will set up "safe zones" monitored by LAPD and community volunteers to protect undocumented families when school resumes at LAUSD.
www.latimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Investigators say the suspect blamed the COVID vaccine for his health issues ahead of a deadly shooting in Atlanta.
Gunman who attacked CDC aimed to send message against COVID-19 vaccine
Investigators say the suspect blamed the COVID vaccine for his health issues ahead of a deadly shooting in Atlanta.
bit.ly
August 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Investigators say the suspect blamed the COVID vaccine for his health issues ahead of a deadly shooting in Atlanta.
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“Penn’s law school pauses scholarship honoring its first Black female graduate, plans to close equal opportunity office”
Penn’s law school pauses scholarship honoring its first Black female graduate, plans to close equal opportunity office
The university also is pausing a scholarship program which honors its first Black female graduate, Sadie T.M. Alexander.
share.inquirer.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Penn’s law school pauses scholarship honoring its first Black female graduate, plans to close equal opportunity office”
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Legionnaires' inspections sank to near-record low ahead of NYC outbreak https://gothamist.com/news/legionnaires-inspections-sank-to-near-record-low-ahead-of-nyc-outbreak
Legionnaires' inspections sank to near-record low ahead of NYC outbreak
A test for Legionella pneumophila bacteria.
The city is on track to inspect half as many cooling towers compared to the year inspections started in 2017. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Legionnaires' inspections sank to near-record low ahead of NYC outbreak https://gothamist.com/news/legionnaires-inspections-sank-to-near-record-low-ahead-of-nyc-outbreak
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Today's featured poem for the Academy of American Poets "Poem-a-Day" comes from the incomparable @theferocity.bsky.social! It's a good one, too. 💜
Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s Dog in Beloved
Worried my love’s not worth much, but I always / come when called.
poets.org
August 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today's featured poem for the Academy of American Poets "Poem-a-Day" comes from the incomparable @theferocity.bsky.social! It's a good one, too. 💜
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Fucking HELL yall.
If you want a repro clinic in LA dm me. This is devastating. Mississippi closed its only physical location. Birmingham AL will be the only physical clinic in the LA/MS/AL region.
If you want a repro clinic in LA dm me. This is devastating. Mississippi closed its only physical location. Birmingham AL will be the only physical clinic in the LA/MS/AL region.
New: Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast will shutter its two Louisiana clinics and exit the state.
The clinics have never provided abortions—the state wouldn't grant licenses—and affiliate's Texas clinics haven't offered abortion since 2022, so "defund" bill doesn't affect PPGC. @nolanews.bsky.social
The clinics have never provided abortions—the state wouldn't grant licenses—and affiliate's Texas clinics haven't offered abortion since 2022, so "defund" bill doesn't affect PPGC. @nolanews.bsky.social
Planned Parenthood to close in Louisiana after more than 40 years. See details.
"This is not a decision we wanted to make," said Melaney Linton, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, adding that "political warfare" on the nonprofit by its opponents forced the cl...
www.nola.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Fucking HELL yall.
If you want a repro clinic in LA dm me. This is devastating. Mississippi closed its only physical location. Birmingham AL will be the only physical clinic in the LA/MS/AL region.
If you want a repro clinic in LA dm me. This is devastating. Mississippi closed its only physical location. Birmingham AL will be the only physical clinic in the LA/MS/AL region.
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From last night on @njspotlightnews.org — our interview with @dep.nj.gov Commissioner @shawnlatur.bsky.social on this landmark settlement www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nj-rea...
August 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
From last night on @njspotlightnews.org — our interview with @dep.nj.gov Commissioner @shawnlatur.bsky.social on this landmark settlement www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nj-rea...
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Big Freedia about her new album, "Pressing Onward," and how her childhood singing in the church led her to this moment, fusing gospel with her signature bounce music.
Big Freedia takes bounce music to church on new album, 'Pressing Onward'
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Big Freedia about her new album, "Pressing Onward," and how her childhood singing in the church led her to this moment, fusing gospel with her signature bounce music.
n.pr
August 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Big Freedia about her new album, "Pressing Onward," and how her childhood singing in the church led her to this moment, fusing gospel with her signature bounce music.
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Public media is really special. Shame, shame, shame on this regime and its campaign to make everyone scared, obedient, and stupid. They are stealing from all of us and from our futures. Despicable.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
August 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Public media is really special. Shame, shame, shame on this regime and its campaign to make everyone scared, obedient, and stupid. They are stealing from all of us and from our futures. Despicable.
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We have new Jobs numbers out today and unemployment for Black women remains high. It's now 6.3% — the highest for any group of women.
Last couple of months:
March: 5.1%
April: 6.1%
May: 6.2%
June: 5.8%
July: 6.3%
Last time it was this high was fall 2021.
19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...
Last couple of months:
March: 5.1%
April: 6.1%
May: 6.2%
June: 5.8%
July: 6.3%
Last time it was this high was fall 2021.
19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...
Black women’s unemployment is rising. Economists say it’s a warning sign.
New data released Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics marked the third straight month of high unemployment rates for Black women.
19thnews.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We have new Jobs numbers out today and unemployment for Black women remains high. It's now 6.3% — the highest for any group of women.
Last couple of months:
March: 5.1%
April: 6.1%
May: 6.2%
June: 5.8%
July: 6.3%
Last time it was this high was fall 2021.
19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...
Last couple of months:
March: 5.1%
April: 6.1%
May: 6.2%
June: 5.8%
July: 6.3%
Last time it was this high was fall 2021.
19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...
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After gutting the panel & putting his anti-vaxx allies in charge, now Kennedy is going further—ejecting physician groups, doctors and nurses, and infectious disease experts from working groups who look at the data and advise the panel. HHS says they're all "biased."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
CDC Cuts Experts Out of Panels That Develop Vaccine Policy
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told physician groups, public health professionals and infectious disease experts that they will no longer be invited to help review vaccine data and ...
www.bloomberg.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
After gutting the panel & putting his anti-vaxx allies in charge, now Kennedy is going further—ejecting physician groups, doctors and nurses, and infectious disease experts from working groups who look at the data and advise the panel. HHS says they're all "biased."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Kim Davis is a plague upon the land.
And so it begins...
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
(RNS) — ‘We think that it’s not a matter of if, but just a matter of when, the Supreme Court will overrule Obergefell,’ said Mathew Staver, head of Liberty Counsel.
religionnews.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Kim Davis is a plague upon the land.