You know how I’m always complaining about the bottleneck that comes from making Tuscaloosa’s county health department the only way low income folk can get benefits? Well today I learned that you need an in person appointment to apply for WIC. And the next open one is… July 29th.

When I was a kid I wanted to be @alyankovic.bsky.social when I grew up (spoiler, my 10 year old “Like a Servant” was straight up terrible). Glad to see he still doesn’t disappoint.

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Related: I’ve been saying this for ever but I’m totally going to purchase a safe house for the clinic.

Friends we are now FULLY FUNDED (especially thanks to one AMAZINGLY generous donor). The additional funds will be going to getting her stocked, groceries, taking care of transportation and if there is more it will be held for the next patient in need. You all are TRULY community and I adore you!

And we are already $600 in and I adore you all. I'm being quoted $1500 for a month at the extend stay but trying to find something better.

Help! We have an unhoused patient who just gave birth. It was early and we thought we had more time to get prepared. We are working on her immediate needs that will allow her to leave the hospital w/ her baby. But I REALLY want to get an extend-stay room for a month for her to figure out next steps

They straight out murdered a Black baby and hoped people would forget about it over a period of 12 months... www.mississippifreepress.org/independent-...

Today in NOBODY WANTS THIS....

This is going to be interesting to watch play out… ffrf.org/news/release...

I have little doubt Emma Goldman can pick up the traffic but this is pretty big. For this who don’t know IA, this is home to university of Iowa. Des Moines is over two hours away. I think Cedar Rapids also closed so that may be it for the east side of the state. whoradio.iheart.com/featured/who...

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Finally watching the finale of Stranger Things and that episode was wayyyyy too long and we totally didn’t need the post script

I want to live in a world where we DONT ask Ross Douthats opinion on sex…

Remember when the administration was being upset about the downturn in teen pregnancies? share.google/iowG71rqWC9R...

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Authors: if I am contacted by someone from the “Nothing But Reading Challenge” on goodreads, that is a scam, right? I assume at some point they ask for money or something?

This is such an important conversation. Black cis women in the South are one of the fastest growing infection populations, and the combination of stigma and lack of outreach that centers them (due to insurance status, reimbursement rates and more) is a huge cause of this.

I am about to have a meeting and just realized my hands are sweating and I haven't had that happen in basically forever...

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So we're just gonna let this happen? Like....we're cool that the fearless ones with voices are just gonna "go away" and be forgotten about? I guess that's what happened with the Panthers and the revolutionaries of the 60s and 70s. The people just.... forgot

lol WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING!!?? www.cnbc.com/2026/06/23/s...

I was absolutely not ready…

Children’s picture book character Pandorobou (the Bread Thief) is a a mouse who disguises himself as a loaf of bread to sneak into bakeries and steal fresh bread.

Blegh Today sucks. I’m going to give up and make naan

"All this does is make more algae!" We yelled at the cat. "Your algae will just pollute the Potomac!" - Dr. Seuss, probably

Just had my dr increase one of my meds from 100 to 150, only to be told that my insurance won’t cover it now. But, the pharmacist suggested, I can have my dr write me a separate script for 50, and take both daily, and insurance will be fine with that. Best healthcare system in the world…

”Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation” by Kaitlyn Greenidge for Harper’s Bazaar. An oral history, as told by members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panther Party. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

I am SO excited about the possibilities here.

If you are a white person with any means, it would be a really good day to give a little $$ love to a non-national, Black-led org. #juneteenth

"I go into Juneteenth with an appreciation of the fact that it shows us that equality making is like an onion, you peel off different layers of the preexisting condition, and that in and of itself can be an interrupted process."

Everyday I’m growing more sure that no state hates women as much as Alabama does.

The Church of England apologized Thursday for its role in the decades-long practice of forced adoptions, in which tens of thousands of unmarried pregnant women and girls in England and Wales were sent to institutions where their babies were taken from them.

If you don't unpack the Court, this bill dies on the vine. I really hope every voter makes that clear to you.

DOJ Invokes McCarthy-Era Law to Strip Somalia-born Minnesotan of Citizenship For the first time, the DOJ is moving to revoke an American's citizenship based solely on a McCarthy-era law, relying entirely on allegations of actions taken while the man was a citizen.

Oh. I guess we are having a weather again right now?

One of my favorite lines in the complaint: “At a meeting of the Shoals Republican Club on August 3, 2019, Tuberville candidly conceded that he ‘has property’ in Alabama but is not an ‘everyday resident of Alabama,’ describing himself as a ‘carpetbagger.’”

Didn't care even the tiniest bit about shooting into a car with women and a baby, but man, watch them protect that Walmart front door... www.localmemphis.com/article/news...

Wow….this whole plot…. share.google/bKJK0aqzg5ug...

Seriously, BAN cops.

got an alert that my copy of @megelison.bsky.social's new book was shipped. Went to google to double check if today was publication day. Was told this book does not exist...

I couldn’t give two shits what gender or sexuality my kid is, as long as I don’t catch him reading Ayn Rand.

wow. I didn't even realize she left Iowa (or that U of I closed theirs, too)

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Fully and 100% believe that eventually a number of U.S. states will be officially owned by corporations, and that Alabama will be the first to do it.

It’s eminent domain and redlining for the tech age.

"Good healthcare meets people where they are, and WAWC Healthcare is a powerful example of what that looks like...It’s community-based care at its best: led by people who understand what women want and need and deliver care accordingly." www.linkedin.com/posts/pivota...

Other than its failure to address the nuclear program that was the reason for the war, Trump's deal with Iran is a big winner.

Alabama be Alabamaing share.google/VvxOaxe50n49...