@reenashah.bsky.social
Writer, editor, teacher. Author of EVERY HAPPINESS forthcoming from Bloomsbury Pub. Senior Editor at The Rumpus. Trying my best out here.
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Here’s something important to know about all of the Republicans who are clapping as Trump attacks Social Security: All of them will be returning to their states and districts next week for congressional recess.
Start planning to hold them accountable now: indivisible.org/muskorus
Start planning to hold them accountable now: indivisible.org/muskorus
March 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Here’s something important to know about all of the Republicans who are clapping as Trump attacks Social Security: All of them will be returning to their states and districts next week for congressional recess.
Start planning to hold them accountable now: indivisible.org/muskorus
Start planning to hold them accountable now: indivisible.org/muskorus
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It’s not much to ask.
February 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It’s not much to ask.
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1000 kitchens in Sudan closed by the USAID closures. Staggering to think of.
February 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
1000 kitchens in Sudan closed by the USAID closures. Staggering to think of.
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City Paper Shouts out me and my books: "His characters live and breathe with profound honesty even when his narrative borders on the surreal. He’s a masterful storyteller, and you’ll regularly find his short fiction in my syllabi, and in the syllabi of countless other professors across the country."
Spot Lit: Four Local Authors Questioning Societal Norms and Personal Biases
As the White House seeks to control the art we consume, from the Kennedy Center to book bans, these local authors are the voices we need now.
washingtoncitypaper.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
City Paper Shouts out me and my books: "His characters live and breathe with profound honesty even when his narrative borders on the surreal. He’s a masterful storyteller, and you’ll regularly find his short fiction in my syllabi, and in the syllabi of countless other professors across the country."
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I'm gonna keep reposting examples of people not taking shit because it's important for us to see that you can, simply, reject the shit. Say "Uh... no no no, we will not be tolerating that."
My kid lives in Siddall Hall and sent me these yesterday. First is what was put up by the school, second is the students’ alteration of the administrations’ cowardice.
February 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm gonna keep reposting examples of people not taking shit because it's important for us to see that you can, simply, reject the shit. Say "Uh... no no no, we will not be tolerating that."
A very good website by former federal employees of the digital service www.ethebuilders.org
We are the builders
We find the truth and tell the truth
www.wethebuilders.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
A very good website by former federal employees of the digital service www.ethebuilders.org
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More than any other quality, what defines broad swaths of my fellow Americans is not apathy, but dishonesty: intellectual dishonesty; emotional dishonesty; spiritual dishonesty. Dishonesty about what we’ve done, about what we’re doing, about what we’re going to do as a people.
February 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
More than any other quality, what defines broad swaths of my fellow Americans is not apathy, but dishonesty: intellectual dishonesty; emotional dishonesty; spiritual dishonesty. Dishonesty about what we’ve done, about what we’re doing, about what we’re going to do as a people.
Criminalizing... librarians? Really? It's like they fear knowledge.
They're rushing this bill because they know most Iowans will oppose it.
We don't want criminal penalties for librarians.
We don't want the government deciding which books are in our public libraries.
bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...
We don't want criminal penalties for librarians.
We don't want the government deciding which books are in our public libraries.
bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...
Iowa Rushes, Advances Librarian Criminalization Bill
Introduced last week, Iowa's librarian criminalization bill has already made it to the House floor.
bookriot.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Criminalizing... librarians? Really? It's like they fear knowledge.
This, in Massachusetts.
Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this.
Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.
Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.
February 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This, in Massachusetts.
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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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This family in Gaza is fundraising for a new tent. gofund.me/4376239b
Donate to Help me family in Gaza, organized by Zakarya Aldaghma
I am Zakaria Aldaghma from Gaza. I referred you to the link after the situation became diff… Zakarya Aldaghma needs your support for Help me family in Gaza
gofund.me
February 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This family in Gaza is fundraising for a new tent. gofund.me/4376239b
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Gov Hochul can fire the mayor. She should have done so when the scope and scale of his cascading congenital corruption career was laid out in federal indictments. She waited for him to go to trial. Now that injustice has taken its course she is the only reason he remains in office. Step up Hochul.
February 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Gov Hochul can fire the mayor. She should have done so when the scope and scale of his cascading congenital corruption career was laid out in federal indictments. She waited for him to go to trial. Now that injustice has taken its course she is the only reason he remains in office. Step up Hochul.
Quisling indeed.
We think they should be powerful enough to afford principles. They think they have a lot to lose (and they lost their "don't be evil" motto a long time ago). Google, you coward, you quisling.
February 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Quisling indeed.
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February 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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"Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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Department of Education plays a crucial role in making sure disabled kids receive the same access to education across states, and distributes funding for the needed accommodations.
Elon Musk's use of AI to slash education spending could put disabled students at risk
It may also "raise serious security questions given the sensitivity of the data."
www.motherjones.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Department of Education plays a crucial role in making sure disabled kids receive the same access to education across states, and distributes funding for the needed accommodations.
I meant to link this article as part of my last post. But, sadly, the post also works on its own.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I meant to link this article as part of my last post. But, sadly, the post also works on its own.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Heartless. Cruel and heartless, the whole thing.
February 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Heartless. Cruel and heartless, the whole thing.