Texas limits eligibility for Medicaid to families living below 15 percent of the poverty level, meaning that a family of three earning more than—get this—$4,098 annually is not eligible for any benefits. trib.al/jDJjwEI

More than anything, we need to listen to indigenous ppl, groups that actually care for the planet and its creatures. We’re not just fighting for humanity, but for a planet we can live on. The rich capitalists are only concerned with making money. theintercept.com/2019/03/23/e...

Rest in peace Erykah Caldwell Another trans sister of ours who was fatally stabbed and taken before she was supposed to leave this world The tragedies keep happening and it’s really hard to witness nothing changing www.them.us/story/trans-...

CALL YOUR REPS NOW! SPREAD THE WORD! HR 2616 was snuck onto the calendar for a vote TOMORROW. This is a pro book banning bill which seeks to ban ALL books by or about trans individuals.

🚨🚨🚨 Abood is only 15 years old & suffering from intellectual disability, autism&severe recurring seizures. His condition is critical, &he urgently needs medication&treatment. Our family cannot afford the medical costs alone. Any donation or share can help save his life🤲⬇️ chuffed.org/project/1580...

sorry to keep harping this but seriously i did not expect this story to blow up the way it did. whenever you read or share one of my queer news stories it tells my editors that news about lgbt texans matters, so genuinely really thank you.

Regular reminder that we still need a lot of help in Minnesota and this is the best website to find out things you can do to help. (Though I also share fundraisers and such on here sometimes, I haven't been online as much lately.)

www.berkeleyside.org/2026/04/22/m... "Even a poster of Martin Luther King Jr. has been yanked. Cal has also banned student organizations from hosting events at the center after complaints about pro-Palestinian signs."

BREAKING 🚨New Yorkers are occupying Gov Hochul's office calling on her to TAX THE RICH & stop Trump's cuts to our Medicaid, SNAP benefits, & essential services. Time for @governor.ny.gov to choose our lives over her rich donors.

The owner of MSG and the Knicks compiled this kind of second-by-second surveillance of a trans woman while they were in the arena. They're doing this at all venues owned by James Dolan of perceived enemies. Crazy, crazy shit. www.wired.com/story/madiso...

Hey y'all: I'm looking for more work, remote + part time, and would love any leads. I'm happy to teach you anything I know, read things you want feedback on. Really, be creative We gotta get out of this $3k IRS hole we're in. Venmo is still @GH-Kramer, if you want to pitch in.

Researchers May Have Found the Antidote to Social Media Brain Rot: Experimental Film

IMPORTANT: Under federal law, it's very hard, at times near-impossible, to sue federal law enforcement officers for civil rights violations. But legal theorists have said for decades that there is a possible way to sue under state law instead. This is a VERY big test case.

“The decree is an escalation of the course content review policies implemented last year and reflects a trend of academic censorship at Texas public institutions.”

The 2026 Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency will award $2,500 grants to 14 artists to work on creative projects. Creative projects can take place between July to December, 2026. Applications are due by May 11. Please help us spread the word to eligible young artists.

I secured some funding last year to revive the Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency. I’m excited to announce that applications are open today until May 11 for young artists (ages 16-24) directly impacted by criminalization, policing, or punishment.

BREAKING: the judges who dismissed high-profile cases in immigration court against two international students who have advocated for Palestinian causes, Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, were fired yesterday, alongside four other judges. /w @haleaziz.bsky.social and @nicknehamas.bsky.social

One of our volunteers advocated for more trash cans. The nearby encampment wasn't getting enough trash pickup for its own needs, let alone for the illegal dumping it was getting. The city councilmember added several trash cans, a simple, cost-effective alternative to pricey, ineffective sweeps.

Six state and local election results you should know about, before we call it quits for the night. Let's go. 🧵

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II

Stop saying shit that is necessary isn't possible, please. Damn.

Just because he backed off shouldn’t stop efforts to remove him. He is dangerous and cannot be left in power.

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

So, if you're not sure what to do, but you're not willing to give up, if you're still thinking and trying—if you're willing to take a stranger by the hand, to try to make some hope—just know I'm here with you. I think a lot of us are, even if it feels lonely where you are right now.

They want you to become listless and hopeless. They know that's easier for many of us than inhabiting uncertainty. I get it. I don't do well with uncertainty. But I'm gonna stay here, in this ugly, messy uncertainty—grieving, refusing, denouncing, and trying to figure out what to do next.

Donald Trump is unfit to serve as the leader of the free world. That's why I have cosponsored H. Res. 939 Articles of Impeachment to remove him from office.

It is very easy to become accustomed to Trump’s ravings, and laugh them off. That’s a dangerous thing to do. When Trump states: “A whole civilization will die tonight,” he is threatening to commit genocide. We can’t allow that to happen. Congress must end this war NOW.

Congress should immediately return to DC, reintroduce, and pass the Thomas Massie - Ro Khanna war powers resolution. And if the Cabinet won't invoke the 25th amendment, Congress should begin impeachment proceedings. This man is unfit to serve.

I keep spamming this but John Larson filed impeachment articles yesterday. Every congressperson can sign on to it right now, it’s already drafted! www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...

I’m sorry that my existence as a trans person was so upsetting to millions of voters that we are now having World War III as a result. That was not my intention but here we are.

Sundress Publications announces the upcoming release of Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo’s poetry Craft Chap, An Interview with Fear. Download your copy for free on our website! http://www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/

people split hairs about the genocide classification all the time, but Trump unambiguously wrote down his intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national group, and then he broadcast it out

Second embroidery kit is done (and the French knots are a bit tidier than on the first one!) #embroidery

U of Minnesota has named a new School of Nursing scholarship after Alex Pretti.

On press today www.etsy.com/listing/9524...

You'll die full of ideas. If I threw myself 100% into just executing the stuff in my notebooks NOW, I'd never get through them in the 20-odd years I have left. Ideas are just boxes to hold the emotions you're trying to magically convey from your brain into strangers' brains.

🚨 New from me @therealnews.com ‘Don’t be a snitch’: US postal workers side with communities over collaboration with ICE I speak with Connor Mauche, a letter carrier in New York and a shop steward for Branch 3 of the National Association of Letter Carriers therealnews.com/us-postal-wo...

Everyone pony the fuck fpr the librarian who just got sacked for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from the kids' section of the library.

In cities where ICE operations have surged, community members are walking kids to school. n.pr/47zVeC2

We need creativity and nourishment more than ever. I invite you to join us for both at the 3rd annual Black Zine Fair on May 9. Neta, Tash and I are excited to share space with over 100 exhibitors, dozens of volunteers, and all of you who join us. RSVP → withfriends.events/event/WFzHwJ...

Just in: Supreme Court rules against law banning conversion therapy for minors. 8-1 decision. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissenter. www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

The anti-trans side has spent years building up propaganda claiming this doesn't happen and I need you all to know they are lying.

No need for deep sea mining China’s water battery breakthrough can last 120,000+ cycles, outlast lithium-ion by decades Chinese scientists unveil a non-toxic, water-based battery that delivers over 120,000 cycles without fire risks of lithium-ion systems interestingengineering.com/energy/china...

Wow!!! 'A new water-based, eco-friendly battery based on tofu brine.' It is important to note that battery breakthroughs like this seem to happen all the time in academia, but not all “make it” to market. interestingengineering.com/energy/china...

Did the DOJ rely on factual claims they knew were false in seeking and securing the Antifa convictions in Prarieland, Texas? It now seems that they did. inthesetimes.com/article/prai...

If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right