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Dr. Rebecca Dickinson, LISW, RPT-S

@dickinsonmsw.bsky.social
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Trying to teach people to care about other people. Social work professor & play therapist. Trauma-informed care. Protect trans kids. Never stopped masking. Union proud. Opinions my own. she/her

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/10/2026
Just a reminder that when Dems turn against trans people for power, it's also a reminder that they'll do other things for power that you might not like too, such as supporting billionaires.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 8h
Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C., home of Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar early Monday. Omar accused the Trump administration of political intimidation. to.pbs.org/3WnEXgw
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Rep. Omar accuses Trump of political intimidation after agents search her home
Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C., home of Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar early Monday. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations were seen carrying boxes from the home. R...
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 18h
I realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 11/10/2026
📚 One of the Nazis’ first major book burnings targeted the world’s first Trans+ clinic, where more than 20,000 books and pieces of research into Trans+ lives were erased. For #BannedBooksWeek, from our archive with @smartypantsmarty.com 👇
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This Nazi book burning happened at world’s first trans clinic
Book burnings are a historic image many of us recognise. But the connection to the transgender community is little known
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.
APA Women’s Leadership Institute event flyer with “keynote speaker” crossed out with a red X
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Death by a thousand cuts as universities revoke international offers "en masse" of prospective students from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan to avoid losing ability to recruit international students. More job losses and course closures predicted in consequence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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UK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket ban
Pullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If you’re still masking… thank you! It might feel lonely but you’re not alone. Many of us are still wearing masks and still trying to break chains of transmission. As the world falls apart…protecting your health and the health of those around you is paramount. It’s resistance and community care.
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What it’s like to be masking in 2026
In which I answer the burning question everyone is asking – “why are you still masking in 2026”?
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026
My cousin organized a series of masked concerts in NYC so immunocompromised and other covid-conscious folks can still enjoy live music events, and is raising funds so he can keep doing so! Love and appreciation to anyone able to chip in 🙏🏾♥️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
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Positive Deviance NYC: Building Clean Air Culture
Back our next three clean-air NYC music events in 2027 and join a growing community building a more accessible cultural life.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/10/2026
Another HBCU student athlete has been snatched up by ICE. hbcugameday.com/2026/10/08/h...
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HBCU basketball player with Chinese nationality detained by ICE
An HBCU basketball player faces detention by ICE as concerns grow for international student-athletes navigating immigration issues.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Something I think about often is how the reward for promptly responding to emails is receiving more emails.
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Bunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Kentucky State's Aminata Seck freed while another college basketball player lands in #ICE custody www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Kentucky State's Aminata Seck freed while another college basketball player lands in ICE custody
(AP) — A Kentucky State University women's basketball player from Senegal, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been released after spending two months in custody.At a hearing ...
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 09/10/2026
On October 9, the United States government sanctioned the International Criminal Court, citing ICC jurisdiction over crimes by US nationals abroad. This is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law. Read HRW's statement: bit.ly/4zuGQqh
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just a reminder that the folks who want to ban children’s books will allow children to watch a public execution…
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
JUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys. cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
this is commentary and as you would expect this is an actual Congressperson and there's ZERO in here about what she will be doing about this as an elected official or what her party plans to do.
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The government's own statistics show there was a *record level of terrorism arrests* in the year leading up to June this year. The vast majority of the enormous increase in terrorism arrests are of grandparents, teenagers and everyone in between for peacefully holding placards.
NEW: Home Office stats released today reveal that arrests for “terrorist-related activity” in the year ending June 2026 were up 1,553% on last year and 94% of the arrests (3,630 of 3,867) were linked to showing support for Palestine Action.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 09/10/2026
We can still get 3k+ whistles out the door to people in need in under 24 hours and they are free.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Does Professor Twenge look...around? at all?
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"No one is too small to make a difference." - Greta Thunberg. Children's educators are activists. Activists are those who take strong, direct action to support or oppose change. Children's educators support, believe in children. Children make a difference, they are capable of significant change.
Mychal and Ms. Rachel smiling together for a photo
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𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔦𝔰𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔯 🏳️‍⚧️ @neurosismancer.gay · 07/10/2026
YOOOO LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOO
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NYC moves to spend nearly $9M of gender-affirming care fund for minors
The funding is part of a $15 million investment announced in June as major hospitals retreated from providing such care.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
we do not have to live this way.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 08/10/2026
And to think, we used to think it was a good idea to attract top-tier global talent to American universities…🤷🏻‍♀️
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Scenes of clashes with police have drawn establishment condemnations of high schooler protests in France. But much of French society sympathizes with students railing against a dismally underresourced education system.
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High School Protests Have French Establishment on the Ropes
The start of the school year drew attention to disastrously dilapidated classrooms in the Paris suburbs. Rather than listen to students’ complaints, the government has responded with violent repression.
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Dr. Rebecca Dickinson, LISW, RPT-S @dickinsonmsw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We should demand a senate candidate who fights for all Iowans, including trans and immigrant Iowans; not one who uses dangerous rhetoric and sacrifices marginalized populations to try to win a handful of Republican votes.
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Dr. Rebecca Dickinson, LISW, RPT-S @dickinsonmsw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Could be higher if you weren’t losing votes for your stance on trans and immigrant Iowans. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is what leadership looks like and what is required now. And we notice a pattern everywhere in who serms more willing to do it (per capita).
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The winning strategy for Dems isn’t actually confusing, just support basics, like trans rights and universal healthcare …
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 05/08/2026
JKR explicitly said she considers anything Potter-related, even fan-made, endorsement of her politics. And every time you engage with this franchise, you signal to the industry that there's still money in it and they should keep pumping out content from full-cast audiobooks to book box partnerships.
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Dr. Rebecca Dickinson, LISW, RPT-S @dickinsonmsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We use Roll20 or Foundry for the game play but are on a Discord voice channel to talk.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today would be a particularly great, long overdue day for the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin - Madison to get up in front of microphones & explain to the public, voters, students, & their families that we are facing an existential crisis because of the GOP’s illegal federal funding cuts.
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Dr. Rebecca Dickinson, LISW, RPT-S @dickinsonmsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My first mammogram at 40 caught a massive tumor. I now am screened every 6 months and will be for the rest of my life. Even with that history, fuck this. I don’t want AI involved in my medical care.
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sakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The UT-Austin Core Curriculum Task Force is requiring that Gen Ed courses draw 50% of their readings from this list of 50. Unfortunately, it seems to think that the “Great Questions of Human Life” can only be explored through the canon of Western civ (token exception: Confucius).
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is just kidnapping children
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Dr. Rebecca Dickinson, LISW, RPT-S @dickinsonmsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
His ad about the border is absolutely repulsive.
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Dr. Rebecca Dickinson, LISW, RPT-S @dickinsonmsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Iowan here to say that Turek is not the real deal. He’s quite happy to throw both trans and immigrant Iowans under the bus. Someone like me should’ve been an easy vote for him, but I will not vote for someone that treats my friends, family, and neighbors the way he already is.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
1. Tonight at Gillette Stadium, Zach Bryan, one of the biggest country music artists in the world, wore a Free Palestine shirt onstage. Gillette Stadium is owned by Robert Kraft, who pushed Ed Sheeran and his promoter to drop Macklemore from his tour. Bryan isn’t just a major country artist.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It got overshadowed by the special legislative session, but thanks to KCCI's Amanda Rooker, we recently learned more about why the Black Hawk County Sheriff's office investigated possible fraud by Derek Wulf, who's now the GOP nominee for lieutenant gov. Wulf's bank made the referral in February.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The plaintiffs are suing to restore visitation rights and ask a court to force the county to disgorge the hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits it has made from video calls." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Families of Inmates Fight Against Jails That Profit From Visits
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Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026
As hospitals across the country cave to the Trump administration’s threats to cut federal funding and abandon trans youth, actor Elliot Page speaks out. In New York City, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian abruptly ended care for trans kids in response to these threats.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/10/2026
This kind of stuff really shows how anti-trans sports bans and policies meant to segregate trans people really have nothing to do with "competitive advantage." All this trans girl wanted to do was run for homecoming queen. Like the students would still have to vote for her to even win!
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ACLU @aclu.org · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear our case challenging the Trump administration’s cruel and illegal policy subjecting millions of immigrants to mandatory detention. We'll see the administration in court.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've gotten a lot of requests from faculty about how to talk to their students about the Cornell 7. I'll post a few resources I've built over the years that I've heard are the most helpful:
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Sophia Woodman @sophisteria.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In response to @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social strikes, our VC says "we remain firmly committed to constructive and transparent engagement with our joint unions.” No mention of "negotiations", which are needed NOW so I can get back to teaching my students www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Edinburgh joins UK universities heading for strikes as cuts spread through entire sector
Students at Edinburgh, Dundee and Nottingham face a term without any teaching as sector struggles with rising financial uncertainty
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration
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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Providing chairs when job duties don’t really require standing is a textbook example of a reasonable accommodation. Taking away chairs, thereby forcing disabled workers to put in formal requests to aggressively hostile employer, can be a pretty effective way of pushing people out of their jobs.
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Dr. Rebecca Dickinson, LISW, RPT-S @dickinsonmsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Really would like you to address how you can be a governor for all when you sacrifice trans kids for a handful of votes. As a provider of gender-affirming play therapy for kids in Iowa, I’d love the chance to talk to you about your rhetoric & its effects.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A little context to add here: The fight for the soul of Title IX is longer than this post suggests. It started with attacks on sexual assault survivors in 2015. And that underscores OP’s central point. Schools capitulated then and look where we are now.
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