red_jado
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Disgruntled adjunct. Optimistic moment miner.
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🎙️ON AIR:
Pioneering disability justice activist Alice Wong died in San Francisco on Friday at the age of 51. We listen back to our January conversation with her about joy, life and the disability justice movement, and hear from activists reflecting on her lasting impact.
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Pioneering disability justice activist Alice Wong died in San Francisco on Friday at the age of 51. We listen back to our January conversation with her about joy, life and the disability justice movement, and hear from activists reflecting on her lasting impact.
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Remembering Disability Activist Alice Wong | KQED
As part of our new series profiling legends of the Bay Area, Wong joins us to talk about her joyous approach to life and her recent MacArthur Genius win. We also check in with fellow disability…
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
Pioneering disability justice activist Alice Wong died in San Francisco on Friday at the age of 51. We listen back to our January conversation with her about joy, life and the disability justice movement, and hear from activists reflecting on her lasting impact.
📻 Listen:
Pioneering disability justice activist Alice Wong died in San Francisco on Friday at the age of 51. We listen back to our January conversation with her about joy, life and the disability justice movement, and hear from activists reflecting on her lasting impact.
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Aside from federal troops used during the Civil Rights era (justified from a human rights perspective). I'm surprised more experts don't discuss the George HW Bush-era Operation Green Sweep, which deployed Army and National Guard in local policing when discussing Trump's use of federal troops 🧵1/2
Army Troops Join Marijuana Raids : Drugs: National Guardsmen also take part in the start of a campaign by the Administration to use active-duty military personnel in the drug war.
The nation's war on drugs took on the look of a real war here Monday when regular U.S.
www.latimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Aside from federal troops used during the Civil Rights era (justified from a human rights perspective). I'm surprised more experts don't discuss the George HW Bush-era Operation Green Sweep, which deployed Army and National Guard in local policing when discussing Trump's use of federal troops 🧵1/2
Yes, exactly
If you’re an elected Democrat (rightly) complaining about the GOP kicking 17 million people off of Medicaid, now is a good and credible time to critique the entire broken work-based non-universal US healthcare system. Now is the time to call for universal healthcare, for Medicare for All.
July 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Yes, exactly
Unfortunately, yes, and also seemingly a feature of American "democracy for some" and authoritarianism for everyone else.
"The immigration detention system has become a testing ground for authoritarianism." - @silkys13.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Unfortunately, yes, and also seemingly a feature of American "democracy for some" and authoritarianism for everyone else.
Saw this on reddit. Debt in Perspective. Seems incredibly helpful in terms of understanding both the paucity and shortsightedness of DOGE cuts and offers many options to think of other and more productive, less damaging options of data driven policy reforms www.debtinperspective.com/dashboard
Understanding the Cuts | US Debt in Perspective
A scaled down look at spending, revenue, and what we're cutting
www.debtinperspective.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Saw this on reddit. Debt in Perspective. Seems incredibly helpful in terms of understanding both the paucity and shortsightedness of DOGE cuts and offers many options to think of other and more productive, less damaging options of data driven policy reforms www.debtinperspective.com/dashboard
Seriously wtf? Dystopian "freedom cities" promise unethical scientific research the likes that haven't been seen since Unit 731 and company towns that harken back to company town coal mines.
gizmodo.com/tech-execs-a...
gizmodo.com/tech-execs-a...
Tech Execs Are Pushing Trump to Build 'Freedom Cities' Run by Corporations
A pro-corporate libertarian movement is attempting to take over the U.S., with Trump's help.
gizmodo.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Seriously wtf? Dystopian "freedom cities" promise unethical scientific research the likes that haven't been seen since Unit 731 and company towns that harken back to company town coal mines.
gizmodo.com/tech-execs-a...
gizmodo.com/tech-execs-a...
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Snippets of my #StandUpForScience speech at the Minnesota State Capitol 🧪🧬 🧠
#ScienceIsForEveryone ✨ #ScienceNotSilence #BlackInNeuro ✊🏾
#ScienceIsForEveryone ✨ #ScienceNotSilence #BlackInNeuro ✊🏾
March 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Snippets of my #StandUpForScience speech at the Minnesota State Capitol 🧪🧬 🧠
#ScienceIsForEveryone ✨ #ScienceNotSilence #BlackInNeuro ✊🏾
#ScienceIsForEveryone ✨ #ScienceNotSilence #BlackInNeuro ✊🏾
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Want the ultimate graphic novel list for 2025? Abrams’ 25 for 25 features legendary reads like Ronin Rising by Frank Miller, Dante’s Inferno, The Art of Futurama, and The Simpsons. Get the list here!
#25for25 #GraphicNovels2025 #AbramsBooks
#25for25 #GraphicNovels2025 #AbramsBooks
January 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Want the ultimate graphic novel list for 2025? Abrams’ 25 for 25 features legendary reads like Ronin Rising by Frank Miller, Dante’s Inferno, The Art of Futurama, and The Simpsons. Get the list here!
#25for25 #GraphicNovels2025 #AbramsBooks
#25for25 #GraphicNovels2025 #AbramsBooks
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New study finds 2 out of 3 local officials in Southern California face threats or harassment. Some have changed votes due to fear, while others are considering leaving office.
Climate of fear is driving local officials to quit – new study from California finds threats, abuse rampant
Researchers surveyed hundreds of elected officials in three Southern California counties. They found 2 in 3 respondents had been threatened or abused – and that many worried for their safety.
theconversation.com
December 29, 2024 at 4:08 PM
New study finds 2 out of 3 local officials in Southern California face threats or harassment. Some have changed votes due to fear, while others are considering leaving office.
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It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
December 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
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Damn right I support striking Amazon workers. You should, too.
December 22, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Damn right I support striking Amazon workers. You should, too.
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Middle East crisis live: families scavenging for food scraps in Khan Younis, says Unrwa
Middle East crisis: families scavenging for food scraps in Khan Younis, says Unrwa
‘Every day we see people scavenging through trash looking for food or material to burn for warmth,’ says UN agency spokesperson
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Middle East crisis live: families scavenging for food scraps in Khan Younis, says Unrwa
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How little-noticed measures to help kids with cancer became a major line of attack on GOP spending bill
How little-noticed measures to help kids with cancer became a major line of attack on GOP spending bill
President-elect Trump and Elon Musk killed the funding bill, taking the health policies with it.
buff.ly
December 21, 2024 at 4:23 PM
How little-noticed measures to help kids with cancer became a major line of attack on GOP spending bill