Alexis Van Straten (she/her)
@lexyvs.bsky.social
Late diagnosis AuDHD-er. Accessibility advocate. Trauma-informed parent, widow, library-lover.
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anti-anti-fascist feels like it should have a one-word synonym
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
anti-anti-fascist feels like it should have a one-word synonym
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This is why the consolidation of data is a big fucking deal and the changes I wrote about in Bill C2 will make this possible. As it stands, different government departments cannot access your data without permission. Now they can. Data will also become less anonymized so anyone can be targeted
New from 404 Media: ICE is searching a massive insurance and medical bill database to find deportation targets, according to internal ICE material. The database is all encompassing, contains details on 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills www.404media.co/ice-is-searc...
ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets
The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills.
www.404media.co
July 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is why the consolidation of data is a big fucking deal and the changes I wrote about in Bill C2 will make this possible. As it stands, different government departments cannot access your data without permission. Now they can. Data will also become less anonymized so anyone can be targeted
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Canada is still arming Israel.
The UK is still arming Israel.
France is still arming Israel.
The US is still arming Israel.
Germany is still arming Israel.
India is still arming Israel.
All complicit in genocide
www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...
The UK is still arming Israel.
France is still arming Israel.
The US is still arming Israel.
Germany is still arming Israel.
India is still arming Israel.
All complicit in genocide
www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...
Canada Authorized $37.2 Million In New Military Exports To Israel
Global Affairs insists it hasn’t authorized exports that could be used in Gaza, but won’t say if this policy applies to Israel’s other conflicts.
www.readthemaple.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Canada is still arming Israel.
The UK is still arming Israel.
France is still arming Israel.
The US is still arming Israel.
Germany is still arming Israel.
India is still arming Israel.
All complicit in genocide
www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...
The UK is still arming Israel.
France is still arming Israel.
The US is still arming Israel.
Germany is still arming Israel.
India is still arming Israel.
All complicit in genocide
www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...
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1. An international humanitarian organization, Human Rights Watch, has issued a scathing report on transgender healthcare bans in the United States.
They detail loss of care, people forced to move, and more.
The latest from S. Baum.
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They detail loss of care, people forced to move, and more.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Human Rights Watch Issues Scathing Report on Anti-Trans Healthcare Bans in the US
A first-of-its-kind Human Rights Watch report documented the impacts of trans youth care bans in-depth.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
1. An international humanitarian organization, Human Rights Watch, has issued a scathing report on transgender healthcare bans in the United States.
They detail loss of care, people forced to move, and more.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
They detail loss of care, people forced to move, and more.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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If you think Miss Rachel is the bad guy here or being controversial in any way - I have news for you.
You’re a terrible person.
You’re a terrible person.
May 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If you think Miss Rachel is the bad guy here or being controversial in any way - I have news for you.
You’re a terrible person.
You’re a terrible person.
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1. A landmark study has found major flaws in the Cass Review.
Almost two dozen researchers have published their takedown of Cass in the BMC Medical Research Methodology journal.
This review was cited over 100 times by the HHS report.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Almost two dozen researchers have published their takedown of Cass in the BMC Medical Research Methodology journal.
This review was cited over 100 times by the HHS report.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Landmark Report Finds Major Flaws in the Cass Review
“These issues significantly undermine the validity of the Cass Review’s recommendations, such that the Review fails to fulfil its aims as commissioned and should not be used as the basis for policy.”
www.erininthemorning.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
1. A landmark study has found major flaws in the Cass Review.
Almost two dozen researchers have published their takedown of Cass in the BMC Medical Research Methodology journal.
This review was cited over 100 times by the HHS report.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Almost two dozen researchers have published their takedown of Cass in the BMC Medical Research Methodology journal.
This review was cited over 100 times by the HHS report.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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92 years ago today, the Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute for Sexuality, where the first study of trans people was conducted, and burned all of its contents.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
May 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
92 years ago today, the Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute for Sexuality, where the first study of trans people was conducted, and burned all of its contents.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
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I’m participating in the Authors for eSims for Gaza auction fundraiser. Funds go directly to mutual aid efforts helping Palestinians in Gaza stay connected with each other and the rest of the world. You can bid on more than 110 signed books and prize bundles here: app.galabid.com/authors4esim...
May 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I’m participating in the Authors for eSims for Gaza auction fundraiser. Funds go directly to mutual aid efforts helping Palestinians in Gaza stay connected with each other and the rest of the world. You can bid on more than 110 signed books and prize bundles here: app.galabid.com/authors4esim...
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When Idle No More started, before it became a national movement, it was started by four women who who were reading and paying attention to the massive omnibus bills Harper was pushing through that were going to have terrible negative impacts on the environment and Indigenous people. #BillC-69
April 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
When Idle No More started, before it became a national movement, it was started by four women who who were reading and paying attention to the massive omnibus bills Harper was pushing through that were going to have terrible negative impacts on the environment and Indigenous people. #BillC-69
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An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
RFK Jr’s autism study collecting Americans’ private medical records
The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find cause of autism by September
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
Fuck that brain worm-addled fascist.
April 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Fuck that brain worm-addled fascist.
Sibling’s birthday, things are weird. Haven’t spoken lately.
Better send something.
Chooses this:
Better send something.
Chooses this:
April 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Sibling’s birthday, things are weird. Haven’t spoken lately.
Better send something.
Chooses this:
Better send something.
Chooses this:
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Trans rights are human rights, forever and always.
March 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Trans rights are human rights, forever and always.
Brain zaps when you forget to refill your SSRIs before the weekend—and then remember to refill them on Monday, but forget to pick them up—ammiright?
March 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Brain zaps when you forget to refill your SSRIs before the weekend—and then remember to refill them on Monday, but forget to pick them up—ammiright?
When people say we don’t tell our kids “no” enough what they mean is they hate that we don’t raise our kids using fear-based control.
I feel like the idea that most parents, if not the vast majority, just aren’t telling their kids “no” is incongruous with reality. I think it’s how some people explain to themselves why the parent they’re judging doesn’t seem to have enough control over their kid.
March 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When people say we don’t tell our kids “no” enough what they mean is they hate that we don’t raise our kids using fear-based control.
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One of the last things Trudeau did before retiring was state that he was a proud zionist and that everyone should be.
While he's posting 'look at me shopping at Canadian Tire' retirement photos Israel slaughtered over 400 civilians (most of them children)
While he's posting 'look at me shopping at Canadian Tire' retirement photos Israel slaughtered over 400 civilians (most of them children)
March 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
One of the last things Trudeau did before retiring was state that he was a proud zionist and that everyone should be.
While he's posting 'look at me shopping at Canadian Tire' retirement photos Israel slaughtered over 400 civilians (most of them children)
While he's posting 'look at me shopping at Canadian Tire' retirement photos Israel slaughtered over 400 civilians (most of them children)
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BREAKING: A mass firing of workers is expected to start tonight at the Department of Education. Up to 50% of the department could be eliminated.
abcnews.go.com/US/departmen...
abcnews.go.com/US/departmen...
Department of Education faces up to 50% layoffs after closure notice
Mass layoffs are expected to start Tuesday night at the Department of Education, sources told ABC News. The "reduction in force" notices are expected to go out at 6 p.m.
abcnews.go.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
BREAKING: A mass firing of workers is expected to start tonight at the Department of Education. Up to 50% of the department could be eliminated.
abcnews.go.com/US/departmen...
abcnews.go.com/US/departmen...