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Amy Franco

@thomaspoptart.bsky.social

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Midwestern Isthmian 🇵🇦 en PDX. Coyote, bird, and bat enthusiast Board Secretary of Pueblo Unido PDX Mujer del maíz 🌽 🌱

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Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social · Apr 12

For the last year, I've had the honor of getting to know Hashem Safi. When the genocide began he was a 2nd year medical student. He and his family have suffered bombings, displacement, and loss. And, he is so much more than what he's suffered. Kind, funny, full of life and desire to care for others

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 2h

US public health is in crisis. In this special JHPPL issue edited by @oberlanderunc.bsky.social & @sarahgollust.bsky.social, you’ll find articles that help contextualize the erosion of public health infrastructure & adoption of policies harmful to public health. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/advanc...

Advance Publication | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 19h

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 1d

2 years of genocide. I mourn the dead, and I mourn the living. None of us will ever be the same, none of us should ever be the same.

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Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social · 3d

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 3d

Oregon leaders say California National Guard members were flown into Oregon last night in an effort to circumvent a federal court ruling.

Oregon, California governors blast Trump for deploying California Guard despite court order

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Sunday that the president's action to send 300 California National Guard members to Portland appears to circumvent the federal judge's Saturday ruling to temporarily block ...

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social · 3d

Rewatched last nite. Clamshell reader still a need.

Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social · 3d

Pure Michigan: It Follows edition

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Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social · 3d

@thetriibe.com @blockclubchi.bsky.social @chicagoreader.com are great resources to read and support for this purpose 📰

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 4d

We have know your rights and Migra Watch literature in English and Spanish at the store 7 days a week. We’re open M-F 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm and have water, a public restroom, and climate control.

Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another.

For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY)

Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693

National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244

A banner hung on a fence that says:

HELP WITH LEGAL SERVICES
REPORT ICE SIGHTINGS AND ARRESTS
SE HABLA ESPANOL
855-435-7693
ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE RIGHTS FAMILY SUPPORT
NETWORK

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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 5d

Just saw on my alderwoman’s FB that they’re looking for volunteers to help keep an eye out at school dismissal. Shifts start at around 2:30

33rd Ward Alderwoman Rossana
Rodríguez
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We are looking for volunteers to protect schools during dismissal today. If you have capacity to help, please call my office 773-840-7880 or email me
rossana@33rdward.org

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 7d

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...

Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE

An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

thetriibe.com

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Yellowhead Institute @miskoaki.bsky.social · 21d

September 30th is National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. As we approach this day, how can we avoid symbolic performances of reconciliation and equip ourselves to work toward transformative change? Check out these resources and more on our website: yellowheadinstitute.org. Linked in bio.

A red text box at the top reads: "Education Resources". Title text reads: "How Do You Like Your Reconciliation?" A venn diagram demonstrates 4 overlapping circles. The circles include 1. Symbolic: Centres "efforts" by Canadians. 2. Easy: Low-hanging fruit, quick wins. 3. Transformative: Centres Indigenous self-determination, 4. Impactful: Empowers Indigenous peoples.

Overlapping with Symbolic, easy, and impactful is: renaming
Overlapping with symbolic and impactful is: contrition: accountability + apology.
Overlapping with Easy, impactful: funding, data transparency, sharing power.
Overlapping with easy, impactful, and transformative: non-existent.
Overlapping with impactful and transformative: justice for Indigenous peoples, land back.
Overlapping with easy and transformative: Settler fantasy.
Overlapping with symbolic and easy is: exploitative, performative "allyship", and inclusion.

A dotted line separates the diagram and text that reads: "As we approach National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, consider where the actions you’re taking or observing fall according to this diagram. Are they transformative, impactful, symbolic, easy or somewhere in-between?"

A yellow text box reads: "Map / Education Resource". Title text reads: "The Yellowhead Treaty Map" A star designed by Michelle Sound is displayed. Next to it, text reads: "Covering every treaty since 1763, the Treaty Map depicts three eras of Treaty Making in Canada, Pre-Confederation, Confederation, and "modern". Each treaty contains descriptions on the context, terms, negotiation, and implementation of the treaty." A yellow text box contains the URL: treatymap.yellowheadinstitute.org.

A dotted line separates text at the bottom that reads: "When you recite a land acknowledgement, are you actually engaging with what it means to occupy stolen land? Are you encouraging your audience to learn about how the territories you live on were dispossessed and remain contested?"

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 8d

The video collection collaboration comes as a call for transparency and accountability following reports of federal agents violating the civil rights of observers, witnesses and journalists during President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement takeovers

thetriibe.com/2025/09/how-...

How to share your videos of ICE and other federal agents with The TRiiBE • The TRiiBE

The newsroom collaboration encourages Chicago residents to send in videos of federal agent misconduct

thetriibe.com

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 9d

Marrying a US citizen does not automatically give someone citizenship, which is why literally millions of mixed-status couples are facing separation or forced to leave the US. I'm discussing this issue with Ashley & Anna on Thursday, please join & share this widely!

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Forgotten Family Separation Crisis: A Conversation about Mixed-Status Couples with Ashley DeAzevedo from American Families United and Anna Lekas Miller,...

Join me for an essential conversation about the realities facing mixed-status couples, families where one partner is a U.S. citizen and the other faces potential deportation. This discussion will disp...

us06web.zoom.us

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 12d

great article that highlights some of the critical research being lost

The scramble ensured the money flowed to labs and science, instead of returning the unspent funds to government coffers. NIH shifted its budgeting strategy in June toward awarding more grants their entire multiyear budget up front. But the budgeting technique comes at a cost. Hundreds of grants deemed excellent by peer review are being left on the table, leaving strong research on cancer, aging and diabetes unfunded.

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Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social · 16d

Yerbero del Barrio vibes intensify 💫🖤🫐🌿

A bottle of bright red elderberry oxymel, held in front of bunches of drying tulsi and mint

A book, Held by the Land, by Leigh Joseph. A bright red Bolivian textile in the background.

Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social · 17d

I do !! ☺️

Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 17d

Do you remembah?!

Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social · 18d

Always makes me want to start homebrewing again

Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social · 18d

The aroma of malt in the mash tun is so deeply comforting to me 🥺

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18d

We haven’t seen the text of this yet, but to be clear, the president has literally zero legal authority to impose a $100,000 fee on visas. None. Zip. Zilch.

The only authority Congress has ever given the executive branch here is to charge fees to recover the cost of processing the application.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

Trump signs an EO on H-1Bs raising "the fee that companies pay to sponsor H1-B applicants to $100,000"

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Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social · 20d

An update: based on the most recent survey they're now trying to angle for PCEF 💰

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20d

Dean Sidelinger of the Oregon Health Authority: “Effective Wednesday, September 17, pharmacists in Oregon will have the authority to continue to administer COVID vaccines without a prescription.”

FINALLY Oregon makes accessing COVID vaccines easier!

Oregon Moves to Make It Easier to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

The state has authorized pharmacists in Oregon to administer Covid-19 vaccines without a prescription.

www.wweek.com

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 20d

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 22d

The Midwest newsroom at @propublica.org is amazing.

Fantastically talented, hard-working, good-hearted people who do this work for all the right reasons. And so much fun to be around. I love being part of it.

Come join us!

This is a **solid-gold journalism job opportunity.**

Reporter, Midwest

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