Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Don't miss new preprint looking at synergy of abx + phage in bee gut! 010
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Wow! HUNDREDS of business leaders are urging Congress to stand up against Trump’s attack on higher ed Research universities are the bedrock of U.S. innovation—we can’t let the Trump admin shred them over petty grievances Add your name to defend the vital role of our nation’s universitiesleadershipnowproject.orgBusiness Leaders Affirm Universities Are Critical to America’s Competitiveness — Leadership Now Project200+ CEOs warn that federal attacks on universities threaten U.S. competitiveness. Read the open letter urging Congress to restore funding and visa access. 16634165
Reposted by Shawn Christensen19thnews @19thnews.org · 18/06/2025The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to keep Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban in place which may have watershed consequences for all transgender Americans.19thnews.orgSupreme Court rules to keep Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban in placeThis 6-3 ruling may embolden more states to ban gender-affirming care as the Trump administration prioritizes restricting it. 32615
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Breaking: 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. 25278334315
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 08/05/2025Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you. 112112843565
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Senator Cory Booker concludes his record-breaking Senate Floor speech after 25 hours Massive applause for Booker 346210963325
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 02/04/2025WashPo [Apr 2] -- In a key referendum on Trump/Musk influence, liberals won a majority on the WI Supreme Court in a lopsided 55-45 landslide. At $100m it was the costliest court race in history, with Musk giving $1m prizes to voters. The race will decide abortion in WI. @rikiwilchins.bsky.socialwashingtonpost.comLiberal wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in blow to TrumpConservatives were unable to topple the 4-3 liberal majority in the most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history. 812815
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenEvan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 02/04/2025Elon Is A Bigger Loser Today Than He Was Yesterday. You Did That, Wisconsin. www.wonkette.com/p/elon-is-a-...wonkette.comElon Is A Bigger Loser Today Than He Was Yesterday. You Did That, Wisconsin.Let's do it some more, America! 19514
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows. 8954519610400
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 15/03/2025More: “Schumer & the rest of those that have enabled this week's fiasco need to be replaced immediately with those who understand the depth & urgency of this constitutional crisis.” 862991
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/03/2025They're moving to classify constitutionally protected speech as terrorism. This is a five alarm fire. 10764612251
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 05/03/2025When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵 251383568
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Yeah they are really fast-tracking the ten stages of genocide.This proposal is essentially step 8. It’s terrifying 010
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenJonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme. Mad magazine published this in 1969. 818755
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenAnnette ☮️ (annettebeebe.bsky.social) 💙 @annettebeebe.bsky.social · 05/03/2025dearlstephens.substack.com/p/there-will... Rather than bringing Ping-Pong paddles and groovy, little signs to a fascist hate-fest disguised as a State of the Union speech, it would be helpful if our meek, out-of-touch Dems pretended they understood the perilous moment we are standing in right now.dearlstephens.substack.comTHERE WILL BE BLOODJust WHEN IN THE HELL will our Democratic leaders understand the peril we are in? 15429
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenNat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I think a lot of Democratic politicians tell themselves that when the history of this era is written, they will be remembered as valiantly, nobly adhering to principles and dignity—when, at this rate, they will be remembered for having done nothing at all. 614124
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenShawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🟡🟠🔴 When does the danger of staying in the US outweigh the uncertainty and pain of Getting The F*ck Out Before Its Too Late? (GTFO-BITL, for short). 🔴🟠🟡 Below are stages + warning signs for #trans people in the US. Please add ideas, this is not exhaustive! 111
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 05/03/2025On-the-job deaths climbed for the third year in a row, according to an annual report from a worker-safety group, raising alarms as city and federal watchdogs lose teeth.buff.lyThirty NYC Construction Workers Died in 2023 — the Most in a Decade of TrackingOn-the-job deaths climbed for the third year in a row, according to an annual report from a worker-safety group, raising alarms as city and federal watchdogs lose teeth. 1164
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenGrist @grist.org · 05/03/2025Slim margins, climate disasters, and Trump’s funding freeze: Life or death for many US farms. Federal programs are a lifeline for farmers. Now many are questioning whether they can stay in business. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Food #Farms #Farmers #Trump #Agriculturegrist.orgSlim margins, climate disasters, and Trump’s funding freeze: Life or death for many US farmsFederal programs are a lifeline for farmers. Now many are questioning whether they can stay in business. 0168
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 05/03/2025After Tuesday's address to a joint sessions of Congress, it's clear "the Trump administration has declared war on trans people," says journalist @imarajones.bsky.social of @translash.org. www.democracynow.org/2025/3/5/tru... 524955
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenWIRED @wired.com · 05/03/2025Not mentioned at the #SOTU: how cuts to USAID are affecting American farmers, by potentially undermining the billions of taxpayer dollars they receive to support conservation practices. www.wired.com/story/usda-l...wired.comUSDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American FarmersThe blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos. 581839657
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 05/03/2025This is not normal. 49858261186
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenLisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Will just leave this here. (gift link)bloomberg.comCruelty Is the Point in Attacks on Transgender TeensThe barrage of executive orders and dehumanizing rhetoric are impacting their physical and mental health. 218450
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenACLU @aclu.org · 05/03/2025Trans people have always been here — and we aren’t going anywhere. 191384204
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Trump saying America will no longer be ruled by unelected bureaucrats right after spending half his speech honoring our actual functional president, the richest and most uncharismatic person on Earth 223940
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 05/03/2025"The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over!" But the days of rule by unelected plutocrats are just beginning. 226662
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 05/03/2025“Nazi conceptions of race, gender and eugenics dictated the Nazi regime’s hostile policy on homosexuality. Repression against gay men, lesbians and trans people commenced within days of Hitler becoming Chancellor.” -Holocaust memorial trust 000
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenACLU @aclu.org · 04/03/2025President Trump's orders and rhetoric are intended to chill dissent and censor views he dislikes. Let's be clear: the government can't threaten funding to universities for simply doing their job to foster an environment of free speech and free inquiry.newrepublic.comTrump Threatens Schools in Dark Attack on First AmendmentDonald Trump is threatening schools that allow “illegal protests”—whatever that is. 31937253
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 04/03/2025Gonna go get MMR boosters tomorrow. You should really consider doing the same, very soon. 1840373
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenTruthout @truthout.org · 04/03/2025Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China are projected to cost U.S. households an average of $3,000 annually. Critics argue the policy functions as a tax hike on the working class, bypassing congressional approval.buff.lyTrump’s Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Will Cost the US $3,000 a HouseholdTrump is hiking taxes on the working class, and he is doing it in a way that doesn’t require congressional approval. 615354
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenACLU @aclu.org · 04/03/2025BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights. Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts. 3542491182
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenKasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 04/03/2025If you're an REI member, you can vote to toss out the board that's endorsed Trump's candidate for Dept. of Interior and has worked to stop REI unions. Vote runs until May 2nd. Spread the word. vote.escvote.com/REI/vote.escvote.comREI Board of Directors Election 441117680
Reposted by Shawn ChristensenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2025Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically." 693296897682
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025PSA: It is safer and easier to leave earlier rather than wait til we need to, but some want to stay and fight, or don't have the ability to leave. I just want to acknowledge this fact. Let's do our best to keep ourselves and each other safe 💗🤍💙 010
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I pulled from Stanton 10 Stages of Genocide, "How Fascism Works", HRC website, general internet news, and fellow trans people to make this list. I'm not an expert just a person trying to organize my thoughts. 100
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🔴TO DO: ✈️ 🚨GTFO-BITL !! Seek asylum or get visa in a more accepting country. 📱Have emergency contacts and legal rep. ready 🥷 Avoid public outings in unsafe areas. Be stealth if possible (I know thats shitty) ✊ Utilize underground support networks for legal, medical + escape help 100
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🔴RED🔴 ⚠️4) Laws against being "trans in public" or transitioning. Mass arrests. ⚠️5) Violence against trans people and allies unpunished or supported by gov. ⚠️6) Legal system withdraws protections entirely for trans people and allies. 200
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🔴RED🔴 - Physical erasure ⚠️1) Forced detransition (HRT bans for adults, ID marker reversal) ❗? ⚠️2) Calls for eradication. Rhetoric of "cleansing", "final solution", "ban them" ❗⚠️👁️3) Mandated labeling/reporting trans people. (⚠️ for kids in schools reported by teachers) 110
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🟠TO DO: (We are certainly in Orange-Red) 🚁 GTFO of red states BITL 🪢 Use community connections for care access 💸Save $ if possible 🚪 Exit plan! look @ visa info, 'go bag', who would help you get out, where could you go 🗨️ Use encrypted messaging (signal) 100
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🟠ORANGE🟠 ❗⚠️3) Travel restrictions/ targeted travel laws. (Passports, state IDs) ⚠️4) Threats and discrimination not prosecuted. (police "blind eye", removal of hate crime laws) ❗⚠️5) Trans allies face legal consequences. (reporting of allied care providers, teachers) ❗⚠️6) Healthcare bans for minors. 100
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🟠ORANGE🟠 - aka Persecution 🚨1) Political leaders openly call for elimination of rights. 🚨2) Scapegoat status. Organized harassment, doxxing, blamed for moral decay. Rhetoric of disgust: "disease" "ideological contagion", "mutilation", "groomer" 100
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🟡TO DO: if possible (We are definitely past yellow!) 🚐 GTFO of red states 📄 track legislation 🛂 get passport (DO NOT update passport if you don't need to!) 💞 build community safety net 💊 stock up HRT 100
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🟡 YELLOW 🟡 🚨4) Increased proposals of "othering" legislation. (sport, bathroom and book bans, censorship) 🚨5) Cultural erasure. (removal trans people/ history from record) 100
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🟡 YELLOW 🟡 - aka Suppression 🚨1) Social stigma. Public harassment/jokes normalized. 🚨2) Dehumanizing rhetoric moves from "concerned" to "protecting US from THEM" ("fairness in sports", "children tricked") 🚨3) Healthcare harder to access. (insurance exclusions, clinic closures, drug scheduling) 100
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025KEY: 👁️ - Watch out for this: getting there/proposed ⚠️ - Caution: happening in some states ❗- Attempted federally 🚨- Warning: happening nationally/federally *please comment if I'm wrong about any of these^ I try to stay up to date but its all happening fast* 100
Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🟡🟠🔴 When does the danger of staying in the US outweigh the uncertainty and pain of Getting The F*ck Out Before Its Too Late? (GTFO-BITL, for short). 🔴🟠🟡 Below are stages + warning signs for #trans people in the US. Please add ideas, this is not exhaustive! 111