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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A Labor Day reminder: having a job is no longer enough to protect millions of Americans from homelessness. For many workers, the greatest threat isn't losing their job. It's that their job will never pay enough, never provide enough hours, never offer enough stability to keep them housed.
nytimes.com
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)
The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
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🩵 🎃 Dayna the Slasher Diva 🦋✨🪓 @theslasher-diva.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#Photography #Monochome #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono Two Homeless Men Looking at The Twin Towers 1975 #NYC70s
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks DOJ from requesting or receiving patient information about those who have received gender-affirming medical care as minors at Packard Children's Hospital (Stanford). The is the second order blocking these grand jury subpoenas: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-trans-...
In opposing plaintiffs’ motion, DOJ does not meaningfully defend the propriety of its
demand for patients’ sensitive health information. Instead, DOJ contends that because it now seeks
plaintiffs’ medical records through issuance of a grand jury subpoena rather than through an
administrative subpoena, plaintiffs’ sole recourse is to file a motion to quash the subpoena in the
issuing court pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 17. For the reasons that follow, the
Court concludes, for purposes of plaintiffs’ motion, that Rule 17 likely does not preclude plaintiffs
from pursuing an action in this Court to enjoin the federal officials’ ongoing efforts to procure
their private medical information. And because plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of
success on their claim that DOJ’s efforts, if successful, would infringe upon their constitutional
privacy rights, the Court provisionally certifies a class of patients who received gender-affirming
care at Packard and grants plaintiffs’ request for preliminary injunctive relief as to that class.1
Because the record does not establish that patients who received gender-affirming care at other
Californian hospitals face a similar risk of injury, the Court denies plaintiffs’ motions to the extent
they seek provisional certification of a statewide class and statewide injunctive relief. CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, plaintiffs’ motion to proceed via pseudonym (Dkt. No. 42) is
GRANTED. Plaintiffs’ motions for provisional class certification (Dkt. No. 45) and for a
preliminary injunction (Dkt. No. 46) are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.
DOJ and Acting Attorney General Blanche, and all persons acting in concert with or on
behalf of such defendants, are hereby ENJOINED from requesting, receiving, producing,
transmitting, disclosing, or otherwise obtaining any records, documents, or information that
(1) identify members of the provisional class as having sought or received gender-affirming care
(or “Sex-Rejecting Procedures”); (2) disclose the clinical indications, diagnoses, assessments, or
other sensitive health information underlying the provision of such care to members of the
provisional class; (3) describe the gender-affirming care (or “Sex-Rejecting Procedures”) provided
to members of the provisional class or any consultations or patient intakes related to such care; or
(4) relate to the provision of informed consent and parent or guardian authorization for provisional
class members’ receipt of gender-affirming care (or “Sex-Rejecting Procedures”). Absent a further
order from this Court, the injunction shall remain in effect during the pendency of these
proceedings.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 2, 2026
P. Casey Pitts
United States District Judge
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/04/2026
More than 150 million people across the U.S., including nearly half the nation’s children, live in areas affected by harmful levels of air pollution, according to a new report.
washingtonpost.com
More Americans are exposed to polluted air in the United States. See where.
An estimated 33.5 million children in the United States — or nearly half of people under 18 — live in an area that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution.
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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 18/04/2026
A 27-year-old Cuban man died in ICE custody in Miami after an apparent suicide attempt, the agency said, adding to a string of recent detainee deaths locally and nationwide.
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Cuban man dies in ICE custody in Miami after apparent suicide attempt, agency says, amid recent detainee deaths
A 27-year-old Cuban man died in ICE custody in Miami after an apparent suicide attempt, the agency said, adding to a string of recent detainee deaths locally and nationwide.
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Norman Wong, retired carpenter, great grandson of Wong Kim Ark, and now activist to protect #birthrightcitizenship.
Norman Wong, Asian American man in blue-grey shirt, standing in front of mural in SF that includes a portrait of Wong Kim Ark
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
#Transrightsarehumanrights
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/02/2026
"Classes have been called off in the Columbia Heights school district today due to what officials are calling a bomb threat. The closure comes as 5-year-old preschool student Liam Conejo Ramos & his father from Columbia Heights were released from an ICE detention center in Texas and returned to MN."
startribune.com
School canceled in Columbia Heights due to bomb threat
Students and staff are being told not to report to school on Feb. 2.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans. Read more about him here: wapo.st/3M62eyV
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE: -Amazon -AT&T -Booz Allen Hamilton -Caci -Charter Communications -Comcast -Dell -Ecolab -FedEx -General Dynamics -L3Harris -Motorola -Thermo Fisher -UPS Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Way to go! 🔥👍💯❤️👏 This 14-year-old girl hands Megyn Kelly her ass for her utterly disgusting minimization of child sexual abuse. You go girl! #cdnpoli
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KRQE News 13 @krqe.com · 09/09/2025
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
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Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/08/2025
Are you a public housing resident behind on rent? • You may be able to request lower rent if your paycheck decreased • You may qualify for a hardship exemption, which can pause your rental payments Here’s a guide with more details. With @bangordailynews.bsky.social
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Are You a Public Housing Resident Behind on Rent? Received an Eviction Notice? Here’s What to Know.
If you’re one of 1.6 million people living in public housing nationally, you have special protections meant to prevent low-income tenants from being evicted when they fall behind on rent. We created…
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NPR @npr.org · 09/08/2025
Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly with attorneys and are being held in dangerous conditions.
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A family's fishing trip ends with the dad at 'Alligator Alcatraz'. Here's their story
Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly with attorneys and are being held in dangerous conditions.
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NPR @npr.org · 05/08/2025
Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don't have jurisdiction over the caller's case, employees say.
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Your call to a local Social Security office may be picked up by someone who can't help
Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don't have jurisdiction over the caller's case, employees say.
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Awesome! Isn’t it a good time to continue funding PEPFAR and other HIV healthcare initiatives to ensure that everyone has access?
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"Her businesses, known for donating meals to homeless shelters, supporting local police, providing funding for high school baseball teams... “She gives back to the community, creates jobs for young people, pays taxes. Why would you want to remove someone like that?” www.12news.com/article/news...
12news.com
Peoria sushi shop owner faces deportation after 21 years of living in the US
Kelly Yu, who does not have legal status in the U.S., is in ICE custody in Arizona, leaving her business, customers and family behind.
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Let’s cover our eyes and pretend that phenomenon like this are normal or what the phrase a hundred year disaster that now seems to happen yearly with higher intensity… Watch a rare fire tornado touch down in Utah - The Washington Post apple.news/ABGVz4WvnSCy...
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Watch a rare fire tornado touch down in Utah — The Washington Post
A rare fire tornado brought destructive winds up to 122 mph.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/07/2025
Breaking News: CBS will cancel “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next year, retiring a franchise that lasted more than three decades.
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‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Is Being Canceled by CBS
The show will end in May, the network said, calling it “a purely financial decision.”
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
California to provide LGBTQ suicide prevention hotline after Trump administration axes it
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California to provide LGBTQ suicide prevention hotline after Trump administration axes it
The Trevor Project’s 2024 national survey on the mental health of LGBTQ young people found that 39% of LGBTQ+ youth had seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including rou…
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“Superman is too woke!” Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Information sharing
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
My sister in law gave me this 3 amazing bottles of gin for my birthday… just perfect! Real apt for the times we’re living in. 😬✊
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
How is this going to help our kids who might not have resources to pay for summer programs that can be pricey? How can organizations providing those low/free cost summer lessons able to function without those grant funding? 😡 apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs and more
Day camp providers and schools are warning that a Trump administration funding freeze could wreck summer for low-income American families and wipe out some after-school programming next year.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Happy Pride! Hope you go out and celebrate, if you can, and enjoy a welcoming safe space! Remember be safe and have fun!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Republicans want 1.1 *trillion* dollars in cuts to Americans' health care. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Two things that will help (as much as we can): 1. Call your reps 5calls.org/issue/hr1-on... 2. Drive calls to vulnerable House Republicans in California who know this vote will end their career www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Save Medicaid NOW - Final Push Phonebanks to Republican Congressmembers · Mobilize
The Republican controlled Congress and Senate are voting on budgets that will decimate Medicaid and millions of Californians will lose their healthcare - just so they can give more tax breaks to their...
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
It also means that parents are now inundated with notifications from PowerSchool, ParentSquare, google classroom, etc etc that they have to deal with or figure out what is going on… :(
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions protecting birthright citizenship from Trump's attack. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We need more of this and not less... #AsianAmericanHistory
sfexaminer.com
Asian American history education rare — even in SF
Local K-12 schools largely don’t include in curriculum.
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Our family is participating at this year's AIDS WALK San Francisco and raising some much needed funds for HIV care - Please donate if you can to support AIDS Healthcare! sf.aidswalk.net/amoslim #AIDSWALKSF2025
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Amos's Fundraising Page at AIDS Walk San Francisco 2025
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page! I am walking and seeking your support because now more than ever, we need more money to continue to provide services and assistance for those living with AI...
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/no...
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Keep the U.S. out of war with Iran!
On June 13, 2025, the Israeli government launched multiple missile strikes targeting Iran, triggering what Iran is calling a “declaration of war.” In the subsequent days, the two countries have launch...
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Saw 2 features at #Frameline49 so far this year in the midst of political upheaval in the world and crazy budget advocacy period in the one of non-profit’s busiest and sometimes most stressful period where everyone facing funding cuts that charges and renew my spirit.
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I first heard about Dusty Springfield from her huge hit that she recorded with @petshopboys.co.uk that’s still one of my favorite hits of all time, What have I Done to Deserve This? Then I discovered ‘Dusty in Memphis’ and was hooked! Just got my hands on her latest posthumous album, Longing…
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
if you don’t know the history of Dodger Stadium you can’t fully understand what unfolded today. thanks @chrislhayes.bsky.social for the opportunity to share it.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I can definitely say that it has been the biggest march that I’ve attended and ever experienced in my lifetime and I’ve been doing it for at least 2 decades! So many diverse groups showed up to protest! This is what democracy looks like!!! #NoKing #Protestisaright
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
It’s been amazing and very empowering to join the No King human sign in #OceanBean in San Francisco and then to march in one of the biggest crowd I’ve marched with I’ve ever experienced! #NoKing #ProtestisaRight
Photo credit: San Francisco Chroncle
Image: a sign that said No King! And formed by human beings on Ocean Beach San Francisco.Huge crowd marching down Markket street San Francisco
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 11/06/2025
For 13 years, #DACA has transformed lives, communities, and our country. Permanent legislative protections for DACA recipients and immigrant youth benefits us all by ensuring our cities, neighborhoods, and homes can be stable and whole. #HomeIsHere
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
👇THIS!👇
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Chinese for Affirmative Action @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
CAA proudly joined 80+ Asian American organizations in filing an amicus brief with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to oppose Trump's unconstitutional attack on birthright citizenship. Learn more: bit.ly/44lfuX2
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With 80+ Asian American organizations and race and law centers, AALDEF submits brief in support of birthright citizenship
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, a national organization founded in 1974, protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans.
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Amazing to see but afraid that it’s going to stop…
techspot.com
EV chargers now outnumber gas pumps in California
The state has also made significant strides in building an expansive electric vehicle charging network. Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced that California now boasts 178,549 public and...
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 12/04/2025
Independent journalism is powered by you. Right now, your contribution is MATCHED, thanks to a generous Ocean Springs donor–so $50 becomes $100 when you give to our 501(c)(3) today. buff.ly/ljLOqxh
Image of Kiden explaining what she’s excited about for the next year
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dvortex.bsky.social @dvortex.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
As a power user of Eudora since I was able to get online in the 90’s… I still miss Eudora that makes reading and managing emails so much easier than what we have now.
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