Reposted by FireflyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 03/03/2026War does not lead to the liberation and safety of women and girls. Violence and bloodshed driven by old men and the patriarchy will never be the path to freedom for women and girls. The system is rigged against us. The patriarchy must fall. 1043380
Reposted by FireflyFLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,, Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO 711265674814
Reposted by FireflyCODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The U.S. blockade is manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. No oil. No food. No medicine. It is undermining every aspect of life in Cuba. Here are some ways you can support our efforts to break the blockade. 13629
Reposted by FireflySarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources. 6474120113894
Reposted by FireflyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/01/2026the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji 152289273251
Reposted by FireflyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/01/2026And yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion. Still don't think American capitalism is off the rails? 1702113691
Reposted by FireflyProPublica @propublica.org · 23/01/2026NEW: Rx Inspector, our free, searchable tool, allows you to look up where your generic prescription drug was made. From patients and doctors to researchers, it is already reshaping how people make decisions. “This is a godsend,” one professor told us.propublica.org“A Godsend”: ProPublica’s Rx Inspector Tool Is Helping People Find Critical Safety Information on Generic DrugsHealth care workers are changing how they counsel patients. Experts are using our database to support their research. And some consumers report they’ve discovered troubling records at the factories wh... 2326138
Reposted by FireflyKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 23/01/2026ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that." 2197194759589
Reposted by Fireflymax nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing 7903708510804
Reposted by FireflyEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE. There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it. Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance. 24 hours. Go. www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...fightforthefuture.orgNo Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech! 9230371751
Reposted by FireflyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/01/2026I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week? 653136652756
Reposted by Fireflyevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns. www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...axios.comScoop: TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after yearslong sagaThe deal would end a yearslong saga to force TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the company's U.S. operation. 9029401182
Reposted by FireflyACLU @aclu.org · 16/12/2025BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill. 1332163777862
Reposted by FireflyMaureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 21/11/2025Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare. 288325444821
Reposted by FireflyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC. Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA. Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ. Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward. 396201994535
Reposted by FireflyGod @thegodshow.com · 04/11/2025Hi, I’m God. Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Thanks, God 337163223955
Reposted by FireflyQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 02/11/2025Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop. “If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???” Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it. 416118942698
Reposted by FireflyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14/10/2025The Supreme Court upholds decision requiring Alex Jones to pay $1.4 billion for saying Sandy Hook was a hoax. Good. His slanderous statements caused unnecessary trauma. Pay up. Then start advocating for better gun control. It’s long past time. 12796127
Reposted by FireflyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Portland is not war ravaged. Chicago doesn’t need to be “saved”. Undocumented immigrants do not qualify for Medicaid. People should not have to “prove they matter” to get healthcare. ICE should not be allowed to cover their faces. This shutdown is being done to save healthcare. 9432871143
Reposted by FireflyGabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 12/09/2025I think the most powerful thing any of us can do is remember that it is RIGHTEOUS to rebuke the oppressor. To seek justice. To take care of people. If we lose that? The fascists win. 06516
Reposted by Fireflyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/08/2025can't have bad numbers if there are no numbersmedia.tenor.coma man wearing a leather jacket and a gold necklace is looking to his left .ALT: a man wearing a leather jacket and a gold necklace is looking to his left . 14462941021
Reposted by FireflyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Memphis-based xAI’s Grok getting incorporated into our government days after turning hard into vicious antisemitism 51072742667
Reposted by FireflyAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2025We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman. 28036864021835
Reposted by FireflyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 28/05/2025“3 of the study’s authors write that almost 6 million US children could be affected by long COVID, which is greater than number of kids with asthma” 6 million chronically ill kids How many will be gaslit? Pushed to play through the pain? Told they’re “fine”? What a great time to restrict vaccinesiflscience.comStudy Reveals Symptoms Of Long COVID In Young Kids – Here's What To Look Out ForThe authors say it’s proof a “one-size-fits-all” approach doesn’t work with this condition. 12365145
Reposted by FireflyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/05/2025How many things have you done at 1AM that you’re proud of? 22750351785
Reposted by FireflyErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/03/2025Incredible news on TDOV. The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 285257285075
Reposted by FireflyEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 24/03/2025HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week. 37463512907
Reposted by FireflyAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/03/2025There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats. 1119186826464
Reposted by FireflyAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail. 1263233109955
Reposted by FireflyMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism. 11323759913703
Reposted by FireflyNPR @npr.org · 28/02/2025The bill, expected to be signed by the governor, strips gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which provides protection from discrimination in housing, education, employment, wages and more. (via @iowapublicradio.org)iowapublicradio.orgIowa Legislature passes bill removing civil rights protections for transgender IowansRepublicans in the Iowa House and Senate passed a bill Thursday afternoon to remove state civil rights protections for transgender Iowans, sending it to Gov. Kim Reynolds' desk for her signature. 152741296
Reposted by FireflyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/02/2025If you want to stand up to fascists, wear a mask. It’s one of the simplest and easiest things you can do to resist. It protects your health, while also protecting disabled and marginalized people who are in grave danger from fascist policies. 1385133
Reposted by FireflyAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/02/2025BREAKING: The full trans military ban has been released. It disqualifies from service all archive members who have of have had a history of gender dysphoria. This is a disgrace to the brave trans folks willing to sacrifice their lives to protect this country. courtlistener.com/docket/69583...courtlistener.comExhibit 1 - 26 Feb 2025 OSD Policy – #63, Att. #1 in TALBOTT v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00240) – CourtListener.comNOTICE by TELITA CROSLAND, DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PETER B. HEGSETH, MARK F. AVERILL, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, TERENCE EMMERT, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAV... 772867631
Reposted by FireflyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/02/2025More measles cases in the U.S, this time in Kentucky and New Jersey. Officials say they don’t believe they’re linked to the Texas outbreak, but stress the importance of vaccination. Remember if you get measles, it can wipe out previous vaccines & immunity. Respirators work well too!abcnews.go.comMeasles cases reported in New Jersey, Kentucky amid ongoing outbreak in TexasMore measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky as health officials work to treat patients in an ongoing outbreak in Texas. 802373750
Reposted by FireflyKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 26/02/2025The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable. 1128387919409
Reposted by FireflyGLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 27/02/2025In response to hundreds of urgent identity document questions from transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary and intersex people across the country, our colleagues at @lambdalegal.bsky.social presented a special virtual info session called KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: PASSPORTS. Watch now:youtube.comKnow Your Rights: PassportsYouTube video by lambdalegal 017490
Reposted by FireflyNPR @npr.org · 27/02/2025Service members and recruits who are diagnosed with or treated for gender dysphoria are to be separated from the U.S. military in accordance with an executive order issued a month ago by President Trump.npr.orgPentagon directs removal of trans service members from militaryService members and recruits who are diagnosed with or treated for gender dysphoria are to be separated from the U.S. military in accordance with an executive order issued a month ago by President Tru... 75379134
Reposted by FireflyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/02/2025🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0... 559226496123
Reposted by FireflyACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2025The SAVE Act will require voters to provide unnecessary documentation to vote. This bill would make voting harder for people of color, women, and low-income people — groups of people who already face more difficulties at the polls.msmagazine.comThe SAVE Act Is Voter Suppression Disguised as Election Integrity - Ms. MagazineThe SAVE Act Is Voter Suppression Disguised as Election Integrity. It Will Hurt Women, Black and Low-Income Voters the Most. 861742771
Reposted by FireflyQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17/02/2025MAGAs are enraged that ICE is having difficulty arresting people for deportation because immigrants are educated on their rights & protections. I wrote this a month ago on how to handle ICE, know your rights, & avoid deportation. Upset a MAGA, Read & Boost this: www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...qasimrashid.comTrump's Mass Anti-Immigrant Raids to BeginHere are action items to protect your immigrant neighbors, answers to common FAQs, and insights to debunk anti-immigrant propaganda 18742285
Reposted by FireflyHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust. 423227624454
Firefly @firefly325.bsky.social · 16/02/2025I use applesauce for most of my egg replacement needs. It's great for baking anything like pancakes and cakes 020
Reposted by FireflyOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 15/02/2025They were discussing Mary Poppins on @alltherightmovies.com and they mentioned that ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ was inspired by one of the composer’s sons getting the polio vaccine in a sugar cube. A bright, cheery, classic song that sprang from the eradication of a horrific disease. 274119811777
Reposted by FireflyEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/02/2025learn about the Black Panther Party free breakfast program learn about the Zapatista uprising learn about Jane learn about the Kensington Welfare Rights Union learn about STAR learn about Act Up learn about the Battle of Blair Mountain learn about the Spanish Civil War we are not the first 9379012237
Reposted by FireflyIsaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler 365181646466
Reposted by FireflyBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/02/20251/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety” 21415962723282
Reposted by FireflyEncyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 12/02/2025Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️ 562325686971