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If any of these Senators 👇👇👇are yours, CALL NOW and tell them not to cave. On the heels of Tuesday’s election results, literally thinking about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. This is why Mamdani won.

List of US airports where flights will be reduced during the shutdown. Cuts will begin tomorrow (Friday the 7th)

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column

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Gabriel Garcia Aviles would pass away just ten days later, leaving a grieving family with a lot of unanswered questions. The full story: lataco.com/second-death... By Izzy Ramirez

We cannot make the same mistake. We cannot let them redistrict our maps to tip the scale in their favor. We have one shot to stop Trumps rigging the elections. This will affect all of us. We all stand together 👊🏼💙 We all stand with you! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Vote YES on PROP 50

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

Three years ago today, I lost my birthfather Jerry Knight. Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole April 1, 2026 (his birthday) myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t... Join the launch list. #adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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So honored to speak with Gretchen twice in one month!

November is National Adoption Awareness Month, created by the adoption industry and others who enable and benefit from family separation to celebrate and promote their “work”. Please take the opportunity to listen to adopted people and others who’ve been harmed by the system—this month and always.

One year I really need to see this in person!

One example of the price increases on the horizon. People are literally about to be priced out in the same way landlords price people out of apartments. It won’t stop here either How many of us have already put off going to the doctor/dentist, simply because we can’t afford it? This is unacceptable

Over 40 million people will lose their food assistance because the wealthy require fascism to further line their pockets. We have to link arms and take care of one another while recognizing these motherfuckers will take everything unless we stop them. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-war-agai...

Antifascist mutual aid request:

*pretends to be shocked* #adopteesky

i know these facts matter. and i wish we could all just agree that feeding people is good actually. period.

five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

If you want to find a local food bank, you can use the website below. If you’re donating, it’s best to donate money. If you want to donate food, PLEASE donate food you or your family would actually eat, including things like breakfast cereals and snack foods. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

Cruelty. Again.

I need to buy towels. Bed Bath and beyond is gone, Target is out. Amazon is out. Costco?

Thank you all! Their interface doesn't show progress towards the goal so i will report in as we go. We're at $147.40/1200! Who else could join us with a $5/month food bank donation?

BAY AREA: Rumors are flying about ICE targeting Home Depots across the region starting soon. These are RUMORS. But we know it's coming eventually. So time to organize a group of action buddies and spread flyer about planned meet-ups.👇 QR code for sign-up. Together we will defend our communities.

That’s me! That’s my class! Starting next Monday! Join us.

I made a feed, it's an ongoing collection of things Mike Johnson haven't seen or heard about. bsky.app/profile/numb... Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com

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Congratulations to everyone who joined the NO KINGS March helping to make it one of the largest protests in American history! If you’re asking yourself, “Now what?” our friends at Indivisible Project have a mass call TONIGHT at 8pm ET to discuss just that. Join here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Apparently no one!!!!!!! Hello!!!!!??? LETS GOOOO!!!!! HELP NEEDED NOW» linktr.ee/hiitsbritt #MutualAid #HelpSky #KeepFolksAlive #BIPOCMA 💸💕 #FundSky #MutualAidRequest

A brilliant response. We should absolutely be leaning in to understand autism through the lived experiences of autistics, above the loudest of voices trying to drown theirs out… Thank you for sharing, @karl-jacoby.bsky.social!

Nerve to Write is open for hybrid submissions until November 1st! Send us your graphic poetry and narrative, comics, erasures, speculative work, and more!

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This is amazing: they also offer free online teaching to type for nonspeakers all over the world 🍀❤️

An urgent question. According to the FEMA Daily Briefing a presidential disaster declaration was requested on October 16th. To the best of my knowledge it hasn’t been granted. Any event of this size should be an easy and immediate yes.

Beautiful letter!

My husband’s ballot came in the mail. Mine did not. I looked into why and… I was purged from the voting roll. PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION.

Also, class sessions will be recorded in case you can’t make the scheduled time. 🙂

Starting in a few weeks!

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

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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.”

LITERAL KIDNAPPING. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Why wasn't this a bigger story? Odd

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Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977

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I have a very limited number of discount codes available so if you need one, DM me. Priority for adoptees and/or BIPOC writers but all will be considered. 🥚