So, it's 2026. Things are scary but we can remember all of the good things that happened in 2025. @angushervey.com does a great job of re-orienting us. "Doom is dramatically satisfying in ways that incremental progress never can be." fixthenews.com/p/the-teleme...

Worried about falling birthrates? Apparently many Americans are. Here are some policy solutions: (1) make childcare affordable and (2) create Medicare for all. One of the reasons people don't have kids is that they are afraid they can't afford them. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

A new report from the Institute for Gender and the Economy! Caregiving and education are intertwined - both are vital to our collective well-being. Read the full report here: www.gendereconomy.org/wp-content/u... @sarahkaplan.bsky.social @bdhuey.bsky.social @lindawhite.bsky.social @utoronto.ca

"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 in the US say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014." news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...

“Their rhetoric — and the conventional wisdom that flows from it — suggests that we cannot talk about economic solutions without abandoning our commitment to the Black, Latino, gay, transgender and female poor that are the lifeblood of the Democratic Party’s base.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

“The only thing we should fear is that we will surrender our homeland to be plundered by a gang of liars, thieves, and hypocrites. That we will surrender, without a fight, voluntarily, our own future and that of our children.” Alexei Navalny prison diary 01/17/22 lucid.substack.com/p/why-we-res...

If you weren't as lucky as me to know the incomparable Urvashi Vaid, you can still be part of her aura. She knew there was a place for everyone in the movement, that we had to build bridges to make change, that we didn't have to compromise our values to get things done. www.pbs.org/video/there-...

Hey Toronto peeps! #NoKings www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

This is so good. Creating magnetic messaging, not "pollingism" and what the Democrats could be doing that they mainly are not. (But exceptions! @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, @govpritzker.illinois.gov, @govandybeshear.bsky.social)Attract people and don't be afraid to repel! the.ink/p/watch-what...

On top of everything else going on...Oppression and hate built into the algorithms. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/how-metas-...

This was a fun and provocative conversation. Stephanie Wong asked great questions that allowed me to bust many myths! You'll hear a lot of "howevers" because there's nuance when it comes to understanding gender inequality and the parenthood penalty! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaaZ...

"On the road to authoritarianism, this is a whole factory of red flags." #Texas #Resistance open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

People want to create a narrative that our movement is divided. It is not. Marriage Equality and Trans Rights Are Two Sides of the Same Coin for Many www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...

These transgender servicemembers and military candidates are ready and able to serve. Last night’s @thedailyshow.com segment highlights what’s at stake as legal challenges to Trump’s trans military ban continue.

Important to call these things what they are: concentration camps.

Canadians got the message.

I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.

Voted! #ElectionsCanada

"A dictator can never save himself with a golden gun" lucid.substack.com/p/when-a-tyr.... from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @marceldirsus.bsky.social

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

Ok, this was a very, very good speech: The American era is over... In the past, from helping stranded passengers in Gander to fighting California fires, we have done extraordinary things for Americans. Now we need to do extraordinary things for ourselves. #Canada www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aaT...

“No one wants a meritocracy more than those who are systemically disadvantaged.” Great insights on the nature of DEI policies in Canada and their importance moving forward. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Keep speaking. Keep fighting.

Congratulations to Prof. @sarahkaplan.bsky.social who was selected to join The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program. During her residency, Prof. Kaplan will work on her forthcoming book, Products for the People, to be published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. ow.ly/nIQe50VikpR

Research: With all of the "back to the office" pressure, it it is worth considering that remote work has been a protective shield against harassment for women... pushing them back to the office is pushing them into hostile situations www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...

Tell me you're afraid of women without telling me you're afraid of women. Apple Erased Women’s Day—So We’re Taking Over the Whole Year lizplank.substack.com/p/apple-just...

Must watch: Illinois Governor Pritzker Warns Against Threats to American Democracy in State of the State Address citing just how few days it took the Nazis to dismantle a republic. | C-SPAN.org

The purge of probationary Federal workers will undermine competency in these departments and agencies for years to come. open.substack.com/pub/protectd...

Re: DEI: “The retailer is currently being sued for allegedly hiding the risks of ending the company’s DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs after customers angry about the move started a boycott.” www.pride.com/gay-news/tar...

Canadian LGBTQ+ advocacy group won’t visit UN forum over concerns about U.S. border www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

“Mr. Trump’s targeting of transgender Americans will go far beyond the military…his habitual cruelty to those who can be pushed around without others speaking up will go far beyond a campaign against this one small, vulnerable group.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...

The cruelty and chaos unleashed by the Trump administration have been overwhelming — but we can fight back. GLAD Law has taken swift action to slow, stop, and reduce harm with 3 immediate challenges to Executive Orders targeting our community. What can you do? Help support our work: glad.org/donate

Richest Person In the World Stops Aid To Poorest People in The World open.substack.com/pub/lizplank...

The Most Fragile Men Control the Internet open.substack.com/pub/lizplank...

Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly

Just finished Navalny's posthumously published memoir Patriot. Just gripping. The core idea captured in this clip from his Oscar-winning documentary. He gives you a window into how #authoritarianism works in all of the large and fine-grained ways. Must read. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHDu...

Must read: @sorayachemaly.bsky.social tells us 12 ways to not Obey in Advance in the “private” sphere sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/how-is-don...

Doug Ford announces provincial elections last week and look at what arrived in the mail today! A “rebate” if that’s what we are calling it now.

Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations.

“The veneer of civilization is paper thin. We are its guardians, and we can never rest.” Tom Lantos (Holocaust survivor) Auschwitz survivor Irene Weiss tells @cooperandersonn.bsky.social that it only takes someone to give permission and people will start tearing it down www.cnn.com/audio/podcas...

Trump cronies: We're not Nazi's. Musk: Hold my beer.

DEI is alive and well: “Is the Trump administration running a DEI program for incompetent, unqualified, and/or ethically compromised Whites?” contrarian.substack.com/p/the-greate...

YAY!!!!!!!!

I've followed Walmart for years. Lots of good. Lots of not-so-good. Here's the latest evidence on their local economic impact (in the not-so-good side of the ledger) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Reinstating policies to restrict support for womens health around the world between 2017 and 2021 (the last Trump presidency) resulted in approximately 108,000 maternal and child deaths and 360,000 new HIV infections. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

OMG: Users are now allowed to refer to “women as household objects or property”. Meta will allow “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality.” www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/t...

Wow! @gladlaw.bsky.social's Mary Bonauto is getting the Presidential Citizen's Medal today! "fought to legalize same-sex marriage in New England before arguing before the Supreme Court in Obergefell v Hodges, which established marriage equality as the law of the land" abcnews.go.com/Politics/bid...

Great discussion about how the country is worse off when we discriminate against trans people (esp. in challenging the transgender military ban in 2017). Hosted by @gladlaw.bsky.social and @nclrights.bsky.social. Watch the whole thing. youtu.be/lL4V6Ro9y5I?...

Yay. Costco Denies Shareholder Demand to Back Down From DEI Hiring "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes that our commitment to an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary" #DEI www.newsweek.com/costco-board...