This is one of the most recent things Alice did. It was, as ever, a clear, trenchant, messy, and powerful exploration of not just her own experiences but also society's expectations around disability.

In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary. The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with: “Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”

Rest in power, Alice. I love you too 💙 so much

WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.

This Veterans Day I want to acknowledge the Black veterans of WWII who fought fascism and nazism and came home to fight for civil rights and democracy here. New research shows Black veterans were critical in securing the voting rights currently under attack. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart. If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

A big result: Maine voters have rejected the conservative ballot measure that'd have restricted ballot access. The measure was going to impose voter ID, and restrict mail voting significantly. It lost easily, a year before the crucial midterms there. Our coverage: boltsmag.org/maine-questi...

whew

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Some hope: “Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.”

as my fellow Teen Voguers come over here I’ll be sharing their accounts, throw them a follow, offer them work, and we’ll be launching a gofundme/something similar soon!

Hmm — what a great day for Teen Vogue to kill the politics coverage that helps young people navigate and understand how quiet moves such Idaho's rejection of family planning funding directly affect their lives.

Philly 🔔 (And all of PA): ✅ Tuesday, November 4th ✅ Polls: 7AM-8PM ✅ Yes to retention for state Supreme Court judges ✅ Check what's up w/ your school board before you go. Candidates for school board can cross-list as both Rep. and Dem. ✅ Some ballots in PA will be double-sided. Flip that puppy over!

It hurts my heart to even have to post this, because people should not be going hungry, but just in case this helps at all, Falling Fruit catalogues public trees that you can forage edible fruit from: fallingfruit.org

ELECTION DAY: NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025. You can find all Working Families Party-endorsed candidates and ballot measures across the country from California to Ohio to Arizona to Michigan to New York here: wfpus.org/Candidates

The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer. By @lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social

This quote still holds.

Absolutely everyone I know is running on fumes. I am trying to think about small, concrete things I can do to fortify myself & those around me. Looking at the “Do you” & “Can I” parts of my “Why I am Saying no to ‘AI’ and yes to you” zine for reminders of what those things are.

As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have

🗓️ A don’t-miss conversation about this important book, still available for preorder here: bookshop.org/a/106297/978...

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families? Now you know.

I put this quote on a sticky note & stuck it to my computer screen so I can read it every day. It goes well with this song I’ve started singing along to every day. Trying to work up my courage to bring my full potential into the world youtu.be/2VrYqA6ghK0?...

“‘Over the next three years or so, unless Congress steps in, the Park Service will be pretty seriously damaged, you might almost say dismantled,’ says former NPS director Jonathan Jarvis, who served as the agency’s head from 2009 to 2017…

Heck yeah, feminist badassery!!

It's good practice to lead with what you are doing rather than with what others aren't. Share what you are doing and invite others to join you.

Apropos of frog suits, lots of talk about whether or not humor is useful for fighting authoritarians. Not only does it work, but it's a top tool. It can't be the only thing, but nothing can be the only thing. If you want to learn more, I wrote about it last year. buttondown.com/signs+wonder...

One nice thing about living in a liberal democracy rather than a police state is that you do not spend time feeling paranoid about whether the government is monitoring you, whether the people around you are agents of the state.

she has belly for days

What a serious loss for Americans, journalism, accountability, and press freedom. "For the first time, the public is left without the eyes and ears of an independent press corps inside the Pentagon." pen.org/press-releas...

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference By Andy Newman At Civic Hall in Union Square, a man with a gun walked onto the stage at a Wikipedia conference. Richard Knipel, CUNY's Wikimedian-in-Residence, jumped the gunman and, with others' help, saved the day. Gift link

Love to see this from @crdjustice.bsky.social highlighting DisCrit. This work was born out of making the experiences of disabled Youth of Color-with racism, ableism & resistance-the center of my work. I am so honored to see others take it up. Thank you Center for Racial and Disability Justice‬!

A massive storm that brought a record storm surge to Alaska was poorly forecast, and “this is one of the clearest possible examples to date where missing upper air soundings due to NWS constraints may have led to a degraded forecast.”

No surprises here - removed or altered data sets include health data, and other data related to climate change, air pollution, etc., which enable threats to health and wellbeing and health inequities to be tracked and intervened upon.

"The EIS have been the rapid responders to every major outbreak in the US & internationally since...1951—polio, smallpox, Ebola, AIDS—& the MMWR is where CDC & state epidemiologists warn about & analyze what’s emerging. To lose either is honestly shocking." www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility. This is beyond cruel. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

here is the family's gofundme: www.gofundme.com/f/mim-ajuda-...

Very cool!

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

This is such a powerful & depressing film. (Depressing in the sense of what we’ve lost, but it does offer some silver lining in showing resistant independent media that’s come out of the wreckage.) Director Rick Goldsmith visited my class when this film screened on campus, & he’s awesome.

WTF: "An Education Department staffer told USA TODAY the agency laid off just about every employee who works to administer funding for IDEA, the primary federal law supporting students with disabilities. He was unsure how those programs will exist moving forward." www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

I’m excited to read this! & grateful for all you do, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health. Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

"Trump and MAGA are the reason your child lost their special education services" is the message, that's easy. Distribution is going to be hard.

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice: