Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herCharlotte. @charlotteirene.bsky.social · 11/09/2025This could be us but our Supreme Court sucks 031
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herSheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 11/09/2025If we cannot solve anything with violence, then why are we funding weapons of war 1033890
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herQ. (they/them) @quiara.net · 11/09/2025I’m only $200 from the barebones goal. Thank you so much. 💙 01923
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herMother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/09/2025"Today’s decision sets a course for the United States to become a country where masked officers pluck people from streets and businesses because of how they look."motherjones.comSupreme Court blesses racial profiling by ICEThe conservative justices don't explain a decision that green lights detaining people for how they look. 31320130
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires. 15267431870
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herStephen | Queer & Disabled Creator @pronouncedsteven.bsky.social · 09/08/2025We are currently at $120/$435 If you wish to help support you can donate below ⤵️ 01215
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 08/08/2025*young me, developing a strong sense of justice* This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane 85110642846
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herAjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 08/08/2025This is who they are. And every single politician who fails to call this out publicly and loudly and unequivocally is affirmatively, actively contributing to this evil. 0118
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herBlue Texas @turntexasblue.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Abbott wants Texas Dems to be removed from office for "abandoning" their voters for 10 days. Yet my Congressman Sylvester Turner died on March 5th & Abbott didn't call for a replacement election until November with an expect runoff in December. I'll go 10 months without representation. Weird, right? 191015368
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 28/07/2025All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets. 515235567365
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herUncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Not enough has been written about Schrödinger’s assistant, Otto. 483060504
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herRobert Saint Lawrence @robertsaintlawrence.bandcamp.com · 27/06/2025“What you should immediately do if a relative is arrested by ICE” ~ @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comWhat you should immediately do if a relative is arrested by ICEImmigrant advocacy groups provide guidance on what you can do when a family member is detained by immigrant enforcement officials. 05241
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Healthcare settings have a duty to mitigate COVID. Patients shouldn’t be infected in the place they go to seek care. What about HCWs? A new study showed 40% had symptoms of Long Covid. This is a mass disabling event. It’s creating chronic illness patients, while taking HCWs out of the workforce:cidrap.umn.eduStudies detail high rates of long COVID among healthcare, dental workers 319777
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herDavid Hawkins-Weeks @hawkinsweeks.eurosky.social · 24/04/2025Love this work by Mark Cohen… Shot from the hip! A street level view of 1970s New York www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... #photographytheguardian.comShot from the hip! A street level view of 1970s New York – in picturesMark Cohen’s photographs of his daily walks in New York show the world viewed from the height of a child – revealing fresh threats, thrills and perspectives 2639
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herNicole Micheroni @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social · 13/04/20251/ I never took DHS's scary-sounding notice that I had 7 days to leave the country too seriously, because it was obviously some kind of mistake. But what about the people the emails were actually aimed at? Let's talk a bit about immigration "parole" and what Trump is doing here 46856345
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herKumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 13/04/2025I know times are bad because any date from the future (2034, 2078, 2026) sounds like it could be the title of a post-apocalyptic movie. 1285681386
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herLocutest of Borg [she/her] 🏳️⚧️🍉◼️ @audrilou.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Reminds me that the coiner of the phrase “be gay, do crime” meant that shit and gets annoyed when people use it as a silly little phrase instead of a call to action 051
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herserendipityfalcon.bsky.social @serendipityfalcon.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Thank you. I am sick of all the outrage being about the one man they say is a mistake. They were all mistakes. All horrible dismissals of due process. Each and every extraordinary rendition is a mistake and a crime. 0708
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herSNC @steelncandy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025I learned young that "unlawful" and "wrong" are distinct and often unrelated concepts. Feels like that should be a more widespread idea 08111
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025As the administration and the Supreme Court have demonstrated, the law is not a moral instrument. And we cannot afford to treat it as such in an era that necessitates widespread resistance. 249370
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025I think we should name the extent of the administration's law-breaking and call out their lies. We should also tell the truth of people's stories. Sometimes, this will mean pointing out that someone had legal status or didn't commit any crimes. But we can do that without abandoning everyone else. 355074
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025People will argue that we should be willing to defy the law in the name of justice while also treating criminalized people as disposable. It's incoherent. 343319740
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Put differently, if the administration scooped up 20 activists tomorrow, myself included, and shipped us off to some nightmarish place, and you heard a news report saying "15 of those activists had no criminal record," I would be one of the other five. Would my fate be important? 71402230
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herBen Fowler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Apologies if this was one of the conclusions but the powers that be must've figured out long ago how much universal healthcare would have freed us up to get mad in public. 576441
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work. 363115772745
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herMike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/03/2025As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do. 22463172064
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Hearing from all corners of HHS this morning about a total bloodletting — firings of scientists, analysts and many more as delayed RIFs take effect. Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site. 20141352208
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herClive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025BTW, the original reporting about how the DOGE kids want to rewrite the social-security COBOL code-base ... ... came from @makenakelly.bsky.social at @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/doge-r... (As ever, the Wired team continues to absolutely kill it in their DOGE coverage: Subscribe if you can)wired.comDOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System CollapseSocial Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months. 471429234
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herClive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Remember back during COVID, when there was a sudden influx of people applying for unemployment benefits? The New Jersey system crashed ... ... and governor blamed it on old COBOL systems Nope He was wrong the COBOL ran *fine* It was the newer web-site code that croaked 5/9 141965293
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herClive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base! and they want to do it ... ... in *a few months* I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ... ... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here 1/9wealthsimple.combrowse by category 50768102913
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 29/03/2025All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing. Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases. No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period. 18373822029
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 30/03/2025One of the best ways you can help us fight mask bans is to wear a mask. Wear it to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people. Wear it to stand up to fascism. Wear it to protect your health for the battle ahead. The more people masking, the harder they are to ban. Normalize masking! 13963319
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I just think the MOST vulnerable people should have the MOST support and luxury and not the exact fucking opposite every fucking time in this goddamned country 119326
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025"people should start saving now" is an awful shitty thing to say to the 7.5M disabled people on SSI who legally cannot save more than $2k without losing their benefits which are a max of $943 a month to fucking begin with www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...cnbc.comSocial Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head saysNew changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says. 532575967
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herAdebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Because the first question shifts the blame to the desperate, making their morality the focus, while the second question demands accountability from the powerful. It's easier to question survival than to challenge greed. 22188042019
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herFWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 22/02/2025When did firing national park rangers, scientists and air traffic controllers become a better idea than just taxing billionaires? 1120685
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Part of my advocacy for not surrendering is sustaining, which involves taking breaks, pleasure, and beauty. See you in the streets (and these ancients producing brand new acorns and leaves on the trails). 1465253
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 19/02/2025We must speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues 620224
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herFerris Jabr @ferrisjabr.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Though based on the latest science we should update Seuss to clarify that trees & other plants do have ways of speaking to each other & other kingdoms of life through astonishingly complex means & that Western science has been engaged in a long overdue process of learning to listen & understand them 2257
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herReally American @reallyamerican.bsky.social · 19/02/2025BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Rep. Jasmine Crockett exposes near $1 billion in new contracts for Musk in just 2 weeks: "This is nothing more than a money grab. He's not out there trying to save money for the American people, he's lining his pockets." 9130581328
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 18/02/2025NEW: The Trump admin is considering destroying 160 million COVID tests, worth half a billion dollars. This would be a horrible waste. COVID is still around, and causes high levels of illness and deaths throughout the year. Tests are expensive. The government should send them to people for free. 37945327
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The “it’s just a flu!” COVID minimizing language has made people downplay the risks of COVID & forget how serious flu can be. After 5 years of COVID reinfections it’s hard to know if you’re “healthy” “I wasn’t aware that the flu virus could do something like this to a perfectly healthy child”kark.comArkansas teen placed on life support after catching fluThis flu season has been rough in Arkansas and nationwide, with thousands of hospitalizations and deaths. 13372141
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herUnited Church of Christ Washington D.C. Office @justiceucc.bsky.social · 12/02/2025❤️ This Valentine's Day, we are sending extra love to the dedicated, hard-working federal workers in our country! Amidst unprecedented budget cuts, illegal funding freezes, and an unpredictable political climate, your continued commitment and service does not go unnoticed. 0116
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herSergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 13/02/2025My favorite covert public assistance program: The mortgage interest deduction. 314828
Reposted by Manda Adams 🌈♿️she/herKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 13/02/2025TBH lot of people are on public assistance and don't even realize it, because it's not explicitly framed as govt assistance. 312339474