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nicole

@mcafee2012.bsky.social
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Unapologetically Queer. Actually autistic. Avid Indoorsperson. Spoiler alert: all opinions expressed are my own. they/she.

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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
There is no mistake that George Floyd should still be alive today.
Image ID: A collage of flower surround George Floyd. A Black man wearing a black hoodie, with an ever so slight smile pulling at the right corner of his mouth as you at looking, and a short hair cut. the text on the image reads "George Floyd should still be alive".
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Up now on the House floor is 1217, Rep Kevin West's drag ban. sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00283/Harmon...
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House of Representatives First Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 28 Afternoon Session
House of Representatives First Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 28 Afternoon Session
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
When it comes to the policies that govern us, we should all be concerned when those in charge find it laughable that someone would point out that the organization responsible for their bill language is a designated hate group. More info on our Insta www.instagram.com/freedomokl...
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
One of the worst things about narcolepsy, is that none of the treatment makes me less tired. Instead it is solely stimulants to ensure I stay awake.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Valentine's Day might be over, but the love ain't! The Freedom Futures Gala is a week from today (February 22 @ 6pm) and there is still plenty of time to get a ticket! Meet us on the dancefloor?? 🌠🎉👀💫 bit.ly/FFGala25
Image description: neutral background with spots of purples, pinks, blues, and oranges. In the top right is a holographic blob with a Freedom Futures gala logo. Text "a queer future, bound in joy and love. we all exist in. february 22, 2025" with a black Freedom Oklahoma logo in the bottom left with a scissortail fly catcher.
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Losing Nex upended lives in and beyond Oklahoma. There's a profound grief in marking 1 year since Nex died with the conditions that killed Nex having only worsened. I'm grateful to @leximcmenamin.bsky.social for the care with which they told this story, and gave space for our community to reflect.
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Is it useful for live coverage of committee meetings on this platform? Trying to feel out what a post-twitter strategy looks like in terms of where you look to stay updated and engaged.
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
In House Public Health where there's been a question from the Republican Chair who has authored at least 1 anti-trans bill this session, to make sure a breast cancer screening bill authored by a Dem is available to folks of all genders because everyone can be impacted.
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Love any unexpected space to not be subjected to anti-trans language at the #okleg
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I just ate the most necessary piece of chocolate. Grant yourself moments of peace, relief, pleasure -- whatever you can manage. Make space to feel something that isn't anxiety, fear, or dread. Make a practice of making that space.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We're in House General Government Committee this morning for the first targeted anti-2SLGBTQ+ bill of the session (yes, it's only day 2).
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
No demand I show my face at the #OKleg security station today. Seems like maybe yesterday's policy might have been more about fear of the dominant public presence at the Capitol being anti-fascist than actual security.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
After the recent State of the State address, which failed to adequately address the needs of Oklahomans, it feels like the right moment to share some of the bills we’re tracking this week. bit.ly/LegeTrkr25
ID: The text reads: “week 1” on the left side of the graphic from top to bottom. In the center of the graphic, it says “bills on the move this week” with an arrow pointing to the right to signal to scroll through the rest of the images. At the bottom right hand corner there is there's a satellite dish. At the top right-hand corner there is a small brown child with curly hair looking through binoculars. The background is a crumpled piece of grid paper. With the black Freedom Oklahoma logo with a scissor tail fly catcher
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
In fun (read not at all fun) new policies at the #okleg, you are apparently forced to unmask briefly at security. I was told it was both "so the system can get a picture of you" and so "everyone at the security desk can see you."
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Been workin' hard to get the 2025 Legislative Tracker ready! We hope you can use this to see what bills we're watching & how policy moves through the state legislature. If you have questions feel free to reach out to us at info@freedomoklahoma.org
ID: "2025 Legislative Tracker" on a white background with a cutout image of the OK capitol building with a Trans Pride flag waving in front of it
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 26/01/2025
lots of things are bad right now but at least we are alive at the same time as nerds gummy clusters
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
As many members of our community await a barrage of day 1 executive orders, of promised harm, we remind you that fascism thrives on overcompliance. We don't obey in advance. We keep fighting. We build the future where we all have the safety to thrive.
digital collage with text "Fascism thrives on overcompliance Don't obey in advance" with a Freedom Oklahoma logo.
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Bomb dogs on the gangway, random bag checks in line to board the plane. It's beginning to feel a lot like 2002.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17/01/2025
“I don’t consider myself COVID cautious. I consider myself COVID competent,” Zebrowski said. “Cautious would imply that I have an unreasonable fear of something. I do not have an unreasonable fear of this disease.” Nailed it 🔥
apnews.com
Meet the Americans who still take COVID-19 precautions seriously
People with immune system health problems continue to take precautions against COVID-19 five years into the pandemic.
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
The TikTok ban permanently reshapes the ideological tilt of the online creator landscape towards the right. Cheering for it in any way is extremely shortsighted www.usermag.co/p/the-great-...
usermag.co
The Great Creator Reset
The TikTok ban isn't just a platform reconfiguration, it will reshape the political leaning of the creator economy and permanently alter whose voices get heard online.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/01/2025
Reminder that Mitt Romney explicitly said the rationale behind the tiktok ban was pro Palestinian content. The renewed push last year was explicitly to help Israel conduct a genocide without scrutiny on social media. Imperial boomerang in action. www.axios.com/local/salt-l...
axios.com
Sen. Romney links TikTok ban to pro-Palestinian content
Critics say his remarks belie the "national security" motive and expose free speech suppression.
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
"I have introduced this bill to ban trans kids from using anything but their given name," -some guy who has three different grown men he calls Bubba
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
One concerning thing I am noticing as I am reading through #OKleg bills this session, is several policies from folks in both parties defining antisemitism in statute using a definition that has examples of critique of Israel.
Screenshot from the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, "Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis."
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
And yet for 16 months people have been in my comments with "free the hostages." It was never about the hostages. It was only ever about the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land, as it has been since 1948.
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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Octavia's Bookshelf owner Nikki High doesn’t know the state of her own house in Altadena — most houses burned — but she's turned her Pasadena bookstore into a help center for fire victims. Follow the IG/Threads accounts for updates. They still need first aid kits. We also brought bottled water.
Tananarive in front of donations at Octavia's Bookshelf with store owner Nikki High.
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Next month marks 1 year since we lost Nex Benedict. There are so many waves of grief and rage for me as we approach a date where my life and many others were profoundly changed by the loss of Nex. And as I think about that, today I think about the particular harm of early reporting on Nex's death.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/01/2025
Your periodic reminder that if you need to get out of your house FAST, do not bother trying to stuff your cats into carriers, just scoop them up in pillowcases. (You can drop said squirming rage sacks into carriers for added security if you have time.)
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The proposed administrative rules change trying to create more hostile environments for undocumented students and families is the most obviously political and intentionally proposed rule change from SDE currently posted. And, it's far from the only concerning one.
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Can someone send me the link when the theater kids do the cell block tango rewrite that just tells stories of awful insurance denials?
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Reskeet this until it breaks. Then reskeet it again. We need to flood Congress with phone calls TODAY to make sure they don't slip the dangerous and misguided Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) into a must-pass year end bill. This bill would make kids LESS safe and threatens LGBTQ ppl & human rights.
fightforthefuture.org
Stop KOSA Sneak Attack
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Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · 10/12/2024
If you're just learning about Nikki Giovanni, there's no shame. You can always read her words and meet her on the page.
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NDN Collective @ndncollective.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We’re thankful to the Tribal Leaders for showing their support to #FreeLeonardPeltier, joining key meetings at the DOJ and signing onto a letter to Pres. Biden requesting clemency while attending yesterday’s White House Tribal Nations Summit and today’s NCAI/IGA Tribal Leaders meeting.
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Max Bryan @mbryanok.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The U.S. Department of Labor estimates employers in Oklahoma have kept more than $1.3 million from more than 1,600 workers. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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Feds hope wage theft case sends warning to agricultural businesses
Federal agents hope a court order levied against an Oklahoma businessman sends a message to agricultural companies.
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 08/12/2024
As of yesterday booksellers at The Strand are on strike. Solidarity with them. Don’t cross the picket line, even virtually.
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Local 2179's Strand Booksellers on Strike
After months of stalled negotiation and three separate contract extensions, UAW Local 2179 members at the Strand Bookstore walked off the job today, December 7, marking the first strike at the iconic ...
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 08/12/2024
this is pretty much exactly why I wrote this
teenvogue.com
By Focusing on Reaching Young Men, Who Are We Leaving Behind?
What if Democrats tried embracing the people that actually vote for them and need protecting?
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
When the present is unlivable, free people have always leapt into unknown futures. Congratulations to Syria and our Syrian siblings. May the future hold justice as the past and present never could.
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
four albums that dropped when I was in high school & defined my music taste forever
Album cover for The Chicks Taking the Long WayAlbum cover for Regina Spektor's Begin to Hope Album cover for the Killers Hot FussAlbum cover for the Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Parsley can be used to season your Thanksgiving stuffing and soup. Vicente and his coworkers are hard at work harvesting the crop. They tell us the repetitive work is very hard on the body and takes skill to do at the rapid pace needed. #WeFeedYou
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
And maybe this is a good moment to plug that we're hiring our first digital communications and organizing role 👀 www.freedomoklahoma.org/jobs
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Freedom Oklahoma
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nicole @mcafee2012.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
My first post here should probably be something serious and not asking why Toto Wolff is suddenly styling his hair like an early 2000s reality TV mom, right?
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