Indiana: 17% of homes with children used a food bank last year. 1 in 11 Hoosiers uses SNAP. 44% of kids receive free or reduced lunch. 1 in 8 Hoosier is food insecure. Minimum wage is still $7.25 Losing food bank grants is going to affect so many people here.

Wow—this is the first in-depth public account from a Social Security exec about the DOGE takeover at SSA. It’s scary. It’s a must-read if SSA has your most sensitive data…yes, that means you. wapo.st/3DsqvLj

Meanwhile, in my state:

Getting cozy with a curried veggie and chickpea soup I made tonight. It's cold, the snow is beautiful and I'm surrounded by cats. I'm just taking one day off from the despair to enjoy it all.

I follow French politics a lot, as many of you know. Any effort for mass layoffs of public sector employees there would create such huge strikes and marches, the level of disruption and paralysis would be biblical.

It's a great time to get current on immunizations. The TDAP - tetanus, diptheria and pertussis (whooping cough) is due every 10 years. The HPV series is recommended up to age 45. Various others might be appropriate for you based on health & lifestyle. CVS and health depts often offer these + more.

This is insane:

Please continue to report.

CDC outbreak response is hampered by the ongoing communications ban, travel ban, and funding freeze. Two doses of the MMR measles vaccine confer a 97% protection against measles.

::MEASLES OUTBREAK IN TEXAS:: A large measles outbreak is rapidly escalating in Texas incl Gaines, Lubbock, and Lynn counties where vaccination rates are low. Over 30 children with confirmed infection, many of whom are hospitalized. Multiple suspected cases are under investigation.

I truly can’t argue that. I can’t tell you how disappointed I am in Congress, the judiciary in general & Supreme Court in particular, & DOJ leadership failing to act as checks on White House corruption. Our checks & balances have been under sustained attack, and are failing. Public needs to get LOUD

Just saying—we will always call it Denali.

BREAKING: Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic. -CDC

For reliable updates on the status of H5N1, follow @helenbranswell.bsky.social and/or check out cori.centerforhealthsecurity.org/resources/av...

SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

Are we still arguing over whose fault it is that Trump won the election? In this economy? Here, I’ll solve it for you. All of us. All of us were complicit in some way, shape or form. All of us could have done more. Now shut up and let’s try to fix it.

LGBTQIA minors make up 40% of the endangered minor runaway population. They are 120% more likely to be unhoused. They are also uniquely at risk for exploitation and trafficking. This is breathtakingly evil.

This is THE #AltGov Starter Pack where credentials/backgrounds have been vetted. go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d

It’s not enough to agree with women. You need to be spearheading these discussions with your homeboys. You need to be at these rallies and donating to clinics.

Since the geek squad over at DOGE is evidently expanding their meddling with taxpayer-funded public health data, we figured we'd better archive some other government sites to preserve data that belongs to the American people from theft by censorship. Today it's the FDA! acasignups.net/fda-website

I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that. The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct. What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.

If an action is not intended to block, shut down, or stop some form of power in a real sense, it is useless or worse. Boycotts, work stoppages, blocking buildings, MA groups, etc need to be the floor for effective action at this point. Clever signs will not cut it.

I've never much had a sense of "faith" in anything and am really struggling to find comfort in refrains ringing out to keep the faith now. I need an alternative. Maybe, "people will always fight back, even if I'm not alive to see them win." I don't see joy ahead for me, I want to ensure it for them.

Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share Don't let science be hidden

people, the new administration is a) completely unconcerned with the actual law and b) very online please stop posting about the crimes you want to commit, especially in my replies your opsec is not as good as you think it is if they decide to go after you for whatever reason

Imagine if white people chose class solidarity instead of racism every. Single. Time.

As a Millennial, we read 1984, Heart of Darkness, Night, Animal Farm, Their Eyes Were Watching God, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Brave New World in my high school English classes. Grew up watching Ferngully, Free Willy, E.T. - all preaching safety for all life. I was always gonna give a damn.

A Note: We are unaffected by any U.S. government funding pauses, budget cuts, or layoffs, as we’ve never received government funding. Our operations continue as usual, and we will keep providing updates on bird flu, COVID-19, tuberculosis, and more. Take care of yourselves.

I don’t want y’all on here talking about who “deserves it”. A lot of people are getting what they paid for, but they don’t “deserve it” No one deserves to live under authoritarianism. Just like no one deserves to starve. You can fight for justice while acknowledging that people deserve rights.

Don’t expect a virtue signal from everyone. Some people are doing quiet, behind the scenes work that requires them to shut the fuck up, and you are making that job harder. If you want to be loud, that’s fine, there’s a place for it. But that’s not everyone’s place.

⚠️ BREAKING: U.S. 🇺🇸 reports 3.794 million new COVID-19 cases in a single week, with 542,000 daily infections. Currently, 1 in every 88 Americans is infected with COVID-19. Transmission rates are now higher than at any point during 50.8% of the pandemic.

Real tired of the sanctimony in "don't let them make you afraid". It's stupid, and it's the same thing anti science people say to each other about diseases, climate change, etc. There is nothing wrong with fear. It's rational to be afraid. A lot of people SHOULD be afraid. Fear =/= inaction.

Please hear this: It. Doesn't. Matter. Anymore. What. Is. Legal. For. Them. To. Do. They have control of the highest law in the land. They are the law. These appeals to legal process are begging the question, intellectually speaking.

We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines. The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds. It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.

Recent reports from my CDC contacts indicate multiple cases of tuberculosis in Ashland, Montana. These cases have emerged amid widespread outbreaks of influenza, RSV, and H1N1 in the area.

Ideas about getting into the streets and storming the gates are relics from a time where there was a single Palace or area where everyone in power lived. When people suggest you put your physical self in harm's way, make sure it's not just to prove a point or try outmoded means of confronting power.

Without public knowledge, Elon Musk is serving as a “special government employee” under President Donald Trump, with access to sensitive information (including your SSN) and broad authority granted by Trump.

No but that clean 5/5 sweep for "Not Like Us" was such a moment 💜

After American airspace was closed on 9/11, over 230 flights with 30,000 passengers and crew were diverted to Canadian airports. Transport Canada received thousands of calls from members of the public offering to help the stranded passengers. Thinking about that today, for no particular reason.

Chappell Roan's speech got people crying. Speaking out for living wages and healthcare. 💜

Thank you, Canada!

You know you are in a bad relationship, when their first move is to cut you off from your friends. Just sayin’.

The revolution may need violence. That is a possibility. But it also needs healers. It needs gardeners. It needs leaders. It needs managers. It needs cooks. It needs farmers. It needs tailors. It needs educators. It needs journalists. It needs artists. It needs builders. You are not useless.

Dear Canada and Mexico, We’re so, so sorry. — Sane America

My Canadian and Mexican friends - I'm sorry we're like this. Totally understand you all have to do what you have to do. We're mad at us too. 😓

Hey can anyone explain how signing up at Costco works? Is there a person at the door you have to tell that you want to sign up since you can't scan in? I don't have an in person friend to do stuff like this with, I've never even been to a Costco, but we have one in town and I'd like to join.

Our coalition has grown to 30,000 federal employees. Details regarding new guidance will be distributed. For those not in our coalition, here is a public message: hide any online content that is public, document everything you witness or experience, and keep daily notes at home with dates and times.

Washington is full of rule-following valedictorians who were inspired by the West Wing and did Model UN and moot court and studied their heroes and who believe in using government to help people. That's nice, but you need to learn how to swing on the illiterate bullies who steal lunch money.

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.