In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Me, Beto and NO KINGS! 🫶🏻🇺🇸❤️🤍💙

I saw Paul McCartney in concert last night & predict he has a very bright future ahead of him. 👍 #MarkMyWords

This is some heinous shit.

Donald Trump has raised taxes on Americans by over $121 BILLION in just the first half of 2025.

👀 🚨 Trump’s big brutal bill will “kill more than 51,000 Americans annually.” @ddayen.bsky.social prospect.org/politics/202...

I wonder how many people realize the tariff on auto parts causes car insurance premiums to go up?

Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine

Amanda Zurawski has been named one of TIME magazine’s Women of the Year. Amanda’s Story: Citing the state’s abortion laws, Texas doctors denied Amanda Zurawski emergency medical care when her water broke at only 18 weeks of pregnancy. It was September of 2021, and Amanda was miscarrying. Her…

This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Cecile Richards was a dear friend & invaluable partner in so many fights, from making sure the ACA covered birth control to keeping Planned Parenthood's doors open no matter what. She changed the conversation around women's health & was a fighter to the end. She will be missed.

The big red sage, a rare Texas wildflower native to the Edwards Plateau, was proposed for endangered species protections Friday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/17/t...

The kid from Scranton who kicked the ass of the bully from Queens is giving his farewell address tonight.

Four years after the TX grid collapsed, nothing has been done about it. www.forbes.com/sites/edhirs...

Ob-Gyns are fleeing TX in droves. "21% said that they were either considering leaving the state or already planning to do so; 13% had decided to retire early. The report found “historic and worsening shortages...” #txlege women in this state. #txlege www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...