@joannagregg.bsky.social
she/her
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Naturalist
Pro-Democracy
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally
Naturalist
Pro-Democracy
Tennessee! We can stand up to the chaos in D.C.! Early voting opens in TN's 7th Congressional district on Nov. 12, and the last chance to vote is Dec. 2. If you live in District 7, please make sure to vote for common-sense candidate Aftyn Behn! social.redwine.blue/s/Z8SNh17i
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November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Tennessee! We can stand up to the chaos in D.C.! Early voting opens in TN's 7th Congressional district on Nov. 12, and the last chance to vote is Dec. 2. If you live in District 7, please make sure to vote for common-sense candidate Aftyn Behn! social.redwine.blue/s/Z8SNh17i
20. Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
open.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
20. Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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I’m not sure that the Trump Democrats strategy of letting the bully take their lunch money today in the hopes the bully will be nice to them tomorrow will be all that effective
March 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I’m not sure that the Trump Democrats strategy of letting the bully take their lunch money today in the hopes the bully will be nice to them tomorrow will be all that effective
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Schumer’s decision is an unconscionable surrender that shows he does not have what it takes to meet this moment, and the charade he pulled yesterday makes it even worse. Time for new leadership in the Democratic Party.
March 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Schumer’s decision is an unconscionable surrender that shows he does not have what it takes to meet this moment, and the charade he pulled yesterday makes it even worse. Time for new leadership in the Democratic Party.
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“As clinicians, we have an ethical duty to do no harm, and what’s happening now is the opposite of that," Dr. Mary Brinkmeyer told me. She resigned from the VA Hospital in Hampton, Virginia, where she coordinated care for hundreds of transgender patients.
www.advocate.com/news/va-hosp...
www.advocate.com/news/va-hosp...
VA psychologist resigns over worry about Trump’s ‘unethical’ orders restricting care for trans vets
“It seems like directives don’t matter, [and now] I feel like I gave people false reassurance,” psychologist Dr. Mary Brinkmeyer told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“As clinicians, we have an ethical duty to do no harm, and what’s happening now is the opposite of that," Dr. Mary Brinkmeyer told me. She resigned from the VA Hospital in Hampton, Virginia, where she coordinated care for hundreds of transgender patients.
www.advocate.com/news/va-hosp...
www.advocate.com/news/va-hosp...
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If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
February 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Said every tyrant and dictator in human history to justify his actions.
February 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Said every tyrant and dictator in human history to justify his actions.
STOP the #coup
When people ask how those without access to systems of power might combat the rising fascist tide — think of graffiti. The radical orgs of the 70s knew this. It’s visible, it sticks in the mind, it establishes the presence of the speaker not as an individual but as a representative of the collective
I love this graffiti (in Minecraft)
February 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
STOP the #coup
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The People’s Union is forming! The 24 Hour Economic Blackout is February 28th
Visit: ThePeoplesUnionUSA.com
Visit: ThePeoplesUnionUSA.com
The Peoples Union
ThePeoplesUnionUSA.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The People’s Union is forming! The 24 Hour Economic Blackout is February 28th
Visit: ThePeoplesUnionUSA.com
Visit: ThePeoplesUnionUSA.com
5calls.org
So easy! Pressure from citizens is one way change happens.It is never futile to let your voice be heard.
So easy! Pressure from citizens is one way change happens.It is never futile to let your voice be heard.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
5calls.org
So easy! Pressure from citizens is one way change happens.It is never futile to let your voice be heard.
So easy! Pressure from citizens is one way change happens.It is never futile to let your voice be heard.
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I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe.
She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today.
RIP Elisa.
She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today.
RIP Elisa.
Vet found hanging draped in trans flag
The suicide letter they won't publish
zerodoesntsleep.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe.
She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today.
RIP Elisa.
She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today.
RIP Elisa.
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This is a very concerning development: H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1 detected in dairy cattle. The D1.1 genotype may be connected to more severe disease in humans.
www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program...
www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program...
APHIS Confirms D1.1 Genotype in Dairy Cattle in Nevada | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
On January 31, 2025, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) confirmed by whole genome sequence the first detection of highly patho...
www.aphis.usda.gov
February 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is a very concerning development: H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1 detected in dairy cattle. The D1.1 genotype may be connected to more severe disease in humans.
www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program...
www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program...
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ETHNIC CLEANSING IS A FUCKING WAR CRIME, NOT AN AUDACIOUS IDEA YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKS
“Audacious.” What the fuck are these people doing.
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
ETHNIC CLEANSING IS A FUCKING WAR CRIME, NOT AN AUDACIOUS IDEA YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKS
www.c-span.org/program/news...
Some of our representatives showed up and are speaking out, at USAID. Not sure where the legacy media is, but this should be front and center!
Some of our representatives showed up and are speaking out, at USAID. Not sure where the legacy media is, but this should be front and center!
Congressional Democrats on Trump Admin. Closing USAID HQ
Democratic U.S. representatives and senators held a protest on the Trump administration closing the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development to staff. They decried attempts to shu...
www.c-span.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
www.c-span.org/program/news...
Some of our representatives showed up and are speaking out, at USAID. Not sure where the legacy media is, but this should be front and center!
Some of our representatives showed up and are speaking out, at USAID. Not sure where the legacy media is, but this should be front and center!
Celebrate Culture,
Understand History
Embrace Diversity
February IS BLACK
HISTORY MONTH✊🏿
apnews.com/article/blac...
Understand History
Embrace Diversity
February IS BLACK
HISTORY MONTH✊🏿
apnews.com/article/blac...
Black History Month explained: Its origins, celebrations and myths
Black History Month, a celebration of Black history, culture and education, kicks off on Feb. 1. Historian and author Carter G.
apnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How is it the orange 🤡 can get away with making an air disaster all about him? A true leader would be humble and promise to address and correct any mistakes.
January 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
How is it the orange 🤡 can get away with making an air disaster all about him? A true leader would be humble and promise to address and correct any mistakes.
January 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
apnews.com/article/mike...
So funny how his billionaire friend the #orangeclown isn’t helping him🤣🤣🤡🤡
So funny how his billionaire friend the #orangeclown isn’t helping him🤣🤣🤡🤡
MyPillow, owned by election denier Mike Lindell, formally evicted from Minnesota warehouse
A court has ordered the eviction of MyPillow from a suburban Minneapolis warehouse that it formerly used.
apnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
apnews.com/article/mike...
So funny how his billionaire friend the #orangeclown isn’t helping him🤣🤣🤡🤡
So funny how his billionaire friend the #orangeclown isn’t helping him🤣🤣🤡🤡
🤮🤮🤮 Please, let all the Maga white Christian Nationalists show themselves. #CarrieUnderwood F*U
The singer Carrie Underwood said that she would perform next week at President-elect Trump’s inauguration. She will sing “America the Beautiful.”
Carrie Underwood Will Sing at Trump’s Inauguration
Carrie Underwood will sing “America the Beautiful” at the second inauguration of Donald J. Trump.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🤮🤮🤮 Please, let all the Maga white Christian Nationalists show themselves. #CarrieUnderwood F*U
The time is NOW! Time to organize and fight back. Proposed law in SC will make abortion punishable by death. Read the proposed legislation here
www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
December 18, 2024 at 4:01 PM
The time is NOW! Time to organize and fight back. Proposed law in SC will make abortion punishable by death. Read the proposed legislation here
www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social also states the depression, anxiety, self harm are precursors to suicide. There are enough social barriers to transition, let’s not make legal ones. Even the threat of laws curtailing trans rights is enough to cause mental anguish in those trying to figure out their path.
A trans person who attempts suicide but lives to transition can report suicidality. A trans person who completes suicide before transitioning will appear in statistics as cisgender. It's not that hard to understand.
December 7, 2024 at 4:04 PM
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social also states the depression, anxiety, self harm are precursors to suicide. There are enough social barriers to transition, let’s not make legal ones. Even the threat of laws curtailing trans rights is enough to cause mental anguish in those trying to figure out their path.