@surj.org Lansing Home Depot boycott! ❄️ A blizzard couldn’t stop our tiny-but-mighty crew of 5—we talked with shoppers, got tons of honks, and kept the pressure on. Best part? A burly dude bought us hot chocolates at Tim Hortons & joined our chapter. Solidarity is what we build ❤️ #weaintbuyingit

Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/mAl236nU

“We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 1

Scientists are feeling the squeeze. A lot of orgs focus on asking elites for our privileges back. We’re different: we build people power from the ground up—an easy on-ramp for scientists to learn + take collective action. Join tonight’s Action Hour (Tues 11/25), 8pm ET: bit.ly/3Xi0Hrx

I have good people 😊.

Hey, did you know that zines are good? They are.

Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.

"At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website." --epidemiologist @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

Reminder that I've got a tracker of Compact news & updates here. Let me know if I'm missing any university responses! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

​Cancel your Spotify Premium subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. Spotify is running ads recruiting more ICE agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities Don’t use Spotify? Support the campaign by spreading the word on social media.

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

Dear people who may soon suffer food insecurity Listen up, it super fucking sucks and will do lasting psych damage the rest of your life. This is not a joke or exaggeration. What you have on hand will forever after be a source of anxiety. SO. To help you in the coming days here's some tips

with courage, with brilliance, with humor--we are going to win

Scientists in Solidarity is joining SURJ, Indivisible & Black Voters Matter to build immediate pressure, community muscle, and long-term resistance through boycott. We’re making our protest effective—not just expressive. Join us Tuesday at 8PM ET: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

we are going to win

had the wrong time for my appointment yesterday but recruited the person at the desk to our next boycott actions--so, so on theme for this year

This year I've been a part of Beth Picken's Parakeet-- an intense program for intense people who have a book trapped inside them. Want a stern & loving Capricorn to help you get a book out? I highly recommend Beth. Inquiry surveys for next year due Fri: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Repression is ramping up and the time is now to secure our communities and our organizations. That's why Catalyst Project is re-releasing A Troublemakers' Guide: 10 Principles for Activists Resisting State Repression. Help us spread this vital toolkit far and wide! bit.ly/10Principles2025

Listening to some world-famous "climate leaders" and I’m absolutely exhausted by how we’ve strapped ourselves inside a careening plane made up of neoliberal climate solutions. Basically, they’d rather we die than divorce capitalism. The parallels w the Democratic party could not be more obvious.

I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott

Medical institutions are silencing and even punishing staff for speaking up about Palestine, but health care workers told me doing so is their job: "Our basic oath is to protect life, and it’s not restricted to a certain geographic area [or] a certain population." Read my reporting at @truthout.org.

The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations She fought for the people of Gaza She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue

Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.

We’re up to 38% of last year. Wanna help me get a little closer to last year? SquidFacts.net Advent starts in ~2 weeks! I’ll be packing up orders all morning and tonight! Advent calendars fund @skypeascientist.bsky.social’s programming. They’ve been our biggest fundraiser for the last 3 years!

In this week's People's Health Briefing, Dr. Aboelata shares updates on the continuing government shutdown & food insecurity; new cross-state Public Health Alliance; COVID, RSV, & Flu vaccine effectiveness, and spotlights veterans health: www.youtube.com/live/b3tWopV...

Can’t believe I’m about to repost a statement from any campus Republicans but in kind of an extraordinary move, the Women of the Boston University Campus Republicans have disaffiliated from BUCR until the president who called ICE on the car wash workers steps down and apologizes, per student paper

Here's @npr.org's Obituary of Alice Wong: www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...

Join us for the 6th Annual 'Rethinking Thanksgiving' webinar to challenge the legacy of the ‘thanksgiving’ holiday and discuss how to collectively work together to confront colonialism and defend Mother Earth. Register: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking

“Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others.” Gift link:

Oh fuck, ah hell and shit i just found out that we lost @sfdirewolf.bsky.social. i just… ah fuck.

The Trump administration has targeted higher ed by freezing funding for research, stripping colleges of programming, and more. On November 7, staff & students at colleges across the country stood up to say "No more." #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone @aaup.org

Submit your art to our Anti-ICE graphic care package! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Scientists are seeing the same democratic backsliding that others are—but often without language to name it. 📊 That's why we are doing a thematic analysis of Unbreaking to recognize patterns + prepare together. Learn more:

Tonight at 5pm PT/8pm ET!

Science is being targeted because it’s powerful. When we move together, so are we. Join the next Scientists in Solidarity Action Hour → us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

How do we move from reacting to responding to attacks on science? In the latest Scientists in Solidarity newsletter, I share plans for a thematic analysis of Unbreaking to identify authoritarian moves—and the countermoves already underway. 📚 Read here:

authoritarians deliberately create trauma that drives people towards individuals responses the most effective healing comes through the most effective resistance--> collective resistance activities antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/mass-traum...

Marshall Ganz reminds us in this podcast that "the micro creates the macro." Democracy is what we do, not something we have, and it starts in our day-to-day practices. Makes me think about how many of our workspaces are not actually democracies. How can we start where we are? pca.st/io9qjgv3

Justice League paints a picture of reparations and healing in Lansing, where everyone gets their needs met. Can't wait to see you at their Fall Celebration & Fundraiser next Friday: www.justiceleagueglm.org/event-detail...

my parents have been saving their toilet paper tubes to make an advent calendar for my bunnies 🐰 in a year full of chaos and cruelty, I'm gonna keep pointing myself at the sweetness and joy

🎷Get up and get down for higher ed 🎷 Our coalition rejects the compact! We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact! @aft.org

Come grow your community organizing skills with us! Solidarity Organizing Initiative and @surj.org are putting on “Power in Solidarity: Fundamentals for Community Organizers (3-part Series)” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...

The most heartening thing about right now is the propensity of my neighbors to run towards trouble

BREAKING: Cornell caved. Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

Now comes the even harder work. But for tonight, let's celebrate.

This week's @unbreaking.org update on immigration is *also* an update on data security because the administration is using immigration enforcement as a way to trial and operationalize a full-on surveillance state.

A reminder that if you are called to be part of a jury in a political prosecution you have a right to refuse to convict on the grounds the prosecution is unjust. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

So many “attacks on science” aren’t random—they follow patterns we can name. The Scientists in Solidarity newsletter will dig into those patterns using thematic analysis of Unbreaking, mapping authoritarian moves and resistance countermoves in science. 👓 Read:

“Everyone was so welcoming and driven! It was refreshing to be in a space that felt both purposeful and kind.” That’s what people say about Action Hours — a place for scientists to connect, learn, and take action. 🤸🏾Get in: tinyurl.com/yc3849kc 📘 Stay updated: tinyurl.com/35rpuzdf