Were you or your kids assigned full books to read in high school English — novels, nonfiction or plays from beginning to end — or mostly shorter excerpts? We are digging into this very controversial maybe-trend and need your help: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...

I passed my proposal defense for my dissertation project, "Beyond Romance: Kinship Experiments in the Modern United States," today! I've been gearing up to write this aromantic history for so long and I'm so excited to really get started.

NEW: Fight for the Future and @covidsafecampus.bsky.social are sounding the alarm as more schools capitulate to Trump admin financial threats and quietly adopt forced unmasking policies for the fall semester. www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-08...

"I don’t know how to convince everyone that we can’t give up. So many people consider COVID to be endemic, or accept that everyone will eventually become infected, thinking nothing more can be done... but I know a better world is possible and we will move forward together."

This is a piece you should read right now and share share share open.substack.com/pub/leikelis...

I am deeply disturbed by this rhetoric that preexisting health problems mean deaths don’t matter. We saw this during COVID. Now it gets applied to every public health threat—H5N1, measles, etc.—and genocide. Disabled people are not disposable.

Incredible journalism, heartbreaking & terrifying story

We have @littlelobbyists.com families on the way to Washington DC right now, they'll be on the House-side of the Capitol tomorrow. We're going to make them see us before they vote to kill disabled children. If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action: secure.actblue.com/donate/littl...

A preorder link is live! 😊 If you would like the book and can preorder, that is a *huge* help, but if you can't, I completely get that. The best thing you can do in that case is request that your university or local library orders a copy - that helps sales, too! mcfarlandbooks.com/product/news...

It is not too late to push back on the FDA’s attempts to limit vaccine access. Believe me, you want to fight for this even if you think Covid is over. They do not plan to stop here. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

1) If you have had Covid you are at risk. 2) THEY AREN’T FUCKING “BOOSTERS” THEY ARE NEW SHOTS. THE VIRUS MUTATES. 3) They are able to do this because the uptake is already so low. This is not the end game, it’s an opening gambit.

[Karoline Leavitt saying the Librarian of Congress was fired for having books in the library] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen *refreshes feed* [The mayor of Newark is being held at an unspecified facility] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen

This study needs more participants, so far 125 students have been interviewed, and the aim is to interview 25 more students to reach the goal of 150 interviews. umassamherst.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

If you or your mutual aid group want to get some of that federal stockpile of COVID tests, you can order them for free. Minimum is 300, unclear what the max is! my local clean air group just did this and they arrived quickly: docs.google.com/document/u/0...

Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: you can fight back with ALA. The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out. Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding. bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding

NEW: CSC is launching a policy report form to track campus mask bans and restrictions being proposed or implemented at universities/colleges across the US. If you care about pandemics, privacy, protests, and Palestine, help us spread the word and track these policies. tinyurl.com/ReportCampus...

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Free Covid tests! My understanding is this is still happening and anyone can order—just spoke to someone who ordered 3000 tests as an individual and was able to very quickly distribute them out to interested groups! And let me emphasize: for free!!

We encourage participation! The Heritage Foundation is the group behind Project 2025 and the mass destruction of government.

Hello! I’m a master's student and ready to record life histories for my thesis. If you are Asexual, within the Leather/BDSM community, and 55 or older, I would love to speak with you! Feel free to DM me with any questions, and share this within your circles across platforms. Thank you!

Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action. If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.

“..,pre-emptive compliance, even absent direct threats from the federal or state government.” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

This is coming up on Thursday! Register today: www.masshist.org/events/begin...

This post from Caitlin DeAngelis is really powerful on why the archives need to hire staff instead of having people volunteer. bsky.app/profile/cait...

"A lot of people were saying, ‘We’re confused! We’re confused by Issue 1.’ ... Confusion means we don’t know, so we did our job,” Triantafilou said. “Confusing Ohioans was not such a bad strategy." Imagine being this amoral and contemptuous of voters. www.thenews-messenger.com/story/news/l...

Please PLEASE go comment in favor of this rule. The subminimum wage for disabled folks is vile and evil and *must* be eliminated. The poverty rate of disabled folks is astronomical compared to abled folks. There is no doubt this disgusting discriminatory policy is part of the reason why.

Yeah you know what we’re not going to do as another pandemic looms on the horizon?? This ableist nonsense about age and pre-existing conditions that is meant to trick people into not caring about each other enough to disregard basic public health precautions.

I'm very excited to be presenting my paper on aromantic history, "'The Beginning of a Vision': Aromantic Resonances in 1970s Feminisms," at @mhs1791.bsky.social's History of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Seminar on Jan. 23! If you'd like to join, you can register here: www.masshist.org/events/begin...

If you are at #AHA2025 this weekend, don't go to sessions if you're sick, and if you are well and do go, mask up! Cases of flu, COVID, RSV, and norovirus are all spiking in NYC right now and the city department of health is currently recommending well-fitting, high-quality masks to prevent spread.

Nancy Mace’s proposal to cut bathroom access for trans women in the Capitol is the latest in the building’s long history of excluding women lawmakers. @oriion.bsky.social reports. 19thnews.org/2024/11/cong...

If you’re gonna push back on RFK, which you should, you’re also gonna have to recognize and push back on the false narrative that COVID’s over. Sorry to break it to you, but public health in this country is already broken

Defenders of subminimum wage often argue that disabled people w/ cognitive disabilities just won't be hired if they have to be paid at least minimum wage. A study published in JAMA Health Forum today shows this isn't true. My latest for @motherjones.bsky.social. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I hate how I will watch this. I hate it, but I will. I will watch it and then I will ask people "hey did you watch the Netflix thing about Juul? Big Vape" and will be politely asked to leave the party

My field is 60%+ women. Shark Week, the biggest stage in marine biology, has so many more men than women that there are *more men named Mike* then women who are featured in more than one episode. 🧪🦑