It was such a pleasure to do this one. If folks want to listen, please do. This podcast was a fantastic glimpse into life at our Tribal College, especially in a time of rapid and sweeping changes: www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...

When medical providers can underestimate the pain of forcibly dilating the cervix and sticking a T-shaped device into the uterus, patients fear IUD insertion. Writer Catherine Work got an IUD in 3 different countries and has some advice for American OB-GYNs.

“Don’t talk about me and my food insecurity to justify kicking people like me off of my health care.” interc.pt/47UslQ6

"We sacrificed and we would continue to sacrifice because we understood what the stakes were. People’s health care was at stake” theintercept.com/2025/11/12/g...

If you need another reason wealthy ppl should not exist , here you go www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

Imagine having your entire life destroyed and then watching labour groups promoting McDonald's and their "buy a coffee and we'll donate 50 cents to another terrible organization." Just. No. Give the whole value of your coffee. Donate more than that. I have faith in you to do the right thing.

If you want a teddy bear code cup because they're cute but you don't want to support Starbucks, may I suggest a Kraft peanut butter jar? www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4...

Does anyone have a tip for the closest place to drive from SW Minneapolis that's likely to be darker/good viewing?

My dearest friend set up the weekly and monthly donation options so that we can stay alive after a tent was destroyed just 100 meters away from us last night. The sand covered our faces while we were still alive. I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.

Seriously. The way that people on the left invoke AIPAC and concerns about a Jewish takeover of our governments is infuriating. Just like all that "Christian taliban" garbage. Please. What is destroying the west is not some Mesopotamian boogeyman. It's your own hubris.

If your candidate or candidates aren’t picking up their signs or accepting drop offs, you can sign up to have LWV volunteers pick them up for recycling. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

My neurologist says I have to fail several z-drugs (for sleep) so I can get the Orexin receptor antagonist, even though all the z-drugs are wildly unsafe for me for various reasons/add to problems I have ... So he almost RXd Sonata aka zaleplon ... I said no because of above.

What happens to disabled people WILL ALWAYS happen to you.

I'm in Detroit. It's 25 degrees & dropping. I met a woman who has slept outside for 5 months. Yesterday, all of her belongings, incl her blankets, were thrown away. She has nowhere else to go. It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.

... and Alan is actively trying to get a job with benefits so we can escape that mess. Hoping for a little buffer to stay insured. Help Hope Live has one of the highest Guidestar ratings. Giving to them = giving to a nonprofit that delivers direct mutual aid from my raised funds. It's all managed.

I forgot to mention that they accept employer matching. This is how it works: helphopelive.org/match-your-g...

No donations in days. I now have to get an MRI to check on spinal cord damage progression so we know how to treat a new symptom. it may be my last chance to get one with what's about to happen. I mean, I know THIS is true, but disabled LGBTQ folks need mutual aid: www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...

Let white people be the face of Trump’s hunger crisis—opinion by @angryblacklady.blacksky.app

God says trans rights

UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.

I’m working on an ordinance similar to NYC that requires City Departments to develop citywide public restroom network with 1 bathroom per 2,000 residents by 2035 and regualr reporting. It’s time for Minneapolis to catch up to other cities across the country.

RIP Chicago-Lake Transit Center

So what’s the latest? Is it RIP on the weed drinks?

www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/11/p... An investigation found that automated license plate reader systems used by police departments were leaking live video and vehicle data to the internet. Poor network settings left some cameras open to anyone, with no passwords or safeguards.

Is there something you really want to learn this fall/winter? A skill? A trade? A hobby? More knowledge about something—history, poetry, political/justice movements, plants, biology… whatever?

I am in STL for Race Forward’s Cultural Week of Action, and also an opportunity to visit my mom. Every time I come back here, 2x a year or so, more homes and buildings are boarded up. Some have been that way for a decade. Or more!

I talked to someone who used to buy the recyclable materials and he said it was cheaper to buy them from China now. And that even then most of it wasn’t really usable.

Can a certain type of conflict in a region be reduced by 120%? I love working alone but sometimes my brain needs a buddy...

If anyone wants to see me in person this weekend I will be at Duke manning/womaning/humaning the Green Archer Booth at IPX.

I guess my question is also, are they hurdles there *because* of the power of the hemp industry lobby? Have they made it more difficult for cannabis? And is this the actual problem? The power of the hemp workaround? www.politico.com/news/2024/05...

And people are freaking out about the proposed ban instead of asking this important question and getting angry at Ellison who also proposed the *same thing* instead of asking this question. Man. Everything just gets dirtier and dumber every day.

Thank a lobbyist, I guess! And rich people.

Here in MN, @releasemn8.bsky.social does important work with Southeast Asian communities, deportation defense, and more. They also have some of the best-designed merchandise of any movement org I've seen, and "every purchase goes directly towards the fight against deportation!" Shop:

It would be so cool if some of the big corporations or at least municipal buildings/city parks agreed to shut their lights down tonight.

Can you imagine what I’m going through❗️ My daughter is very sick My wife is very weak & needs vitamins Prices are extremely high I’ve no income after losing everything💔 Life in Gaza has drained us😭 Your Donation🙏🏻can save the life of an entire family 🔗 gofund.me/99bfe7fda ✅ @mommunism.bsky.social

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli is a wonderful novella, pulling together past and present, violence from the year after the Nakba haunting the present. I love the way it brings this landscape and the people in it to life. The realities of contemporary Palestine whose people need our help.

The difference between us and them is that they manufacture falsehoods, claim to be the victims, and rally the world for their lies big and small alike. They accumulate experience, prosecute the “guilty” in fabricated crimes, and master the art of building platforms to amplify their deceitful voices

Trump hates Americans.

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Guess what Halifax, coming back at the end of the month! Doing a thing with King Books. Will post the date and time once it's confirmed but likely the 26th. I'll be in Sackville on the 24th, Fredericton on the 25th, and Elsipogtog on the 26th (noon). Whirlwind tour of the east coast!

You told us to kick rocks when we suggested that a Palestinian-American Democratic elected official give a short vetted speech at the DNC about supporting your campaign.

"Some people might also want to be detached from what happens in prison; they don’t want to feel the pain or embarrassment of having a loved one behind bars."

Amazing how many criminals get together and decide the first order of business is emailing each other about the crimes every three minutes

I’ll be at Powderhorn until 6! Come drop off your lawn signs and say hi! (If it gets really cold I may move inside lol)

Several immigrant rights advocates held a news conference Monday asking for the public’s help, because federal agents are reportedly hiding their identities behind face masks and refusing to show warrants.

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The president is a person who would be unable to survive in this country if he had to live independently for a day. He wouldn't know what to do at a grocery store. Never mind applying for a job. What good is he to us

[Did Schumer write this himself?]

Donations have completely stopped since I was banned. Please share. Can you see me? I’m afraid my posts might not be reaching you. I’m so close to my goal. My family in Gaza is still suffering and needs your help. 700 only needed. 💔

Anyone with ties to translation services maybe able to help Ruaa get in touch with people that are willing to support her? Arabic is obviously her forte. Or you know, help her family out? Please. Donate only if you can. Spread the word if you cannot. #GazaAid 🍉 chuffed.org/project/help...