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If you let any story cut through all the Twitter noise today, please let it be this:
At least six local news websites across Alabama and Florida have been secretly taking payments from power companies to run stories attacking clean energy + other policies
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Next year, we’ll be producing case studies of e-carceration in several sites across the country.
In a time where e-carceration has been deemed a ‘humane’ response (read: it’s not), understanding the harm e-carceration poses has never been more important.
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Tech Companies Are Quietly Defunding Diversity Pledges And Industry Layoffs Are Hitting Black And Brown Workers Hardest—Experts Say The Message Is Clear essence.com/news/money-car via
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"Out of 100 avatars I generated, 16 were topless, and in another 14 it had put me in extremely skimpy clothes... I have Asian heritage...My white female colleague got significantly fewer sexualized images. Another colleague with Chinese heritage got results similar to mine."
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I tried the viral Lensa AI portrait app, and got lots and lots of nudes. I know AI image generation models are full of sexist and racist biases, but this one really hit home. My latest story for @techreview technologyreview.com/2022/12/12/106
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Keystone Pipeline Ruptures in Kansas, Causing Its Worst-Ever Oil Spill
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THREAD. On the day Chicago police murdered Laquan McDonald, the cops had 6 full-time public relations employees. As cops fought to keep the child's murder secret, Chicago quickly increased police budget to 25 full-time public relations positions. Today, Chicago cops have 48.
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Drag is a form of creative expression like any other.
On stage and off — we won’t allow our First Amendment right to freedom of expression be trampled.
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We don't need 4,000-word Tweets. What we actually need is the ability to add alt-text to photos after the Tweet has been published because most people forget to do this.
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A reminder that just because summer is over, isn't! find ways to support workers around the country ✊🏾
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It's officially #HotLaborSummer. We're sharing ways to support workers:
Follow along to learn how you can support workers across the country fighting for better pay, conditions, contracts, and the right to organize: hotlaborsummer.com
DM us tips on worker actions
Follow along to learn how you can support workers across the country fighting for better pay, conditions, contracts, and the right to organize: hotlaborsummer.com
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📢Hiring Alert📢
As a Technical Project Manager, you will manage the execution of our technical projects, both internal and external, and help strengthen and maintain the operational infrastructure of our organization.
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We've been up to some pretty rad stuff, check out our latest projects here!
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‘NO’: Grad Students Analyze, Hack, and Remove Under-Desk Surveillance Devices Designed to Track Them vice.com/en/article/m7g via
Eric Adams Locking up mentally ill people should terrify everyone ESPECIALLY at this stage in the pandemic.
One of the very first things that happened on the heels of the 1918 flu pandemic was a rising hostility towards disabled people and their involuntary institutionalization
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Police killed at least 1,054 people through November 27, 2022. Police are killing people at higher rates in 2022 than *any year on record* in the United States.
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Hello all! Today is #GivingTuesday! Please consider giving to disability advocacy groups like:
(you can find your state agency on their website to donate to)
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NEW: More than 90 human rights and LGBTQ groups have sent a letter to Congressional leadership opposing #KOSA the poorly named and terribly drafted "Kids Online Safety Act," which would make kids less safe and harm marginalized communities.
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Go and support if you can. Since 1970, the National Day of Mourning has gathered at Plymouth Rock to challenge the genocidal “pilgrim mythology” of Thanksgiving. will be doing live coverage this year.
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53rd National Day of Mourning
Nov. 24, 2022
12 noon - Cole's Hill - Plymouth MA
#NoThanksNoGiving #thankstaking #MayflowersKill
#NDOM2022
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A trans woman and a man who left the military due to disgust with the violence prevented further deaths in a mass shooting before the man was held by police for over an hour and it was turned into Hero Veteran Uses Military Training to Fight the Bad Guy, Drag Queen Helps
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It was a transgender woman, not a drag queen, that stopped the shooting in Colorado.
I have so many emotions over this.
A trans woman kicked the disgusting shooter within an inch of his life.
Her ally was detained and she was then labeled a drag queen.
We keep us safe.
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The one who saved my life and stomped the shooter’s face in was not a drag queen, she is a trans woman. Let’s not call trans women drag queens during this time of grieving over a transphobic attack.
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It wasn’t just a random “nightclub.” It was a queer club having a drag event, at a time when the far right has been stoking fear and panic and conflating queerness with predation. Do better, AP
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BREAKING: Colorado Springs police say 5 people are dead and 18 injured in a Colorado nightclub shooting. apnews.com/article/shooti
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The destruction of Twitter is an extension of colonialism.
This site was targeted & destroyed b/c it was a gathering place for activists, intellectuals & the marginalized.
It was a tool used in multiple protests & uprisings for a decade…
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Today we celebrate the life and work of the amazing Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934-November 17, 1992), who transitioned on this day, 30 years ago. As a radical Black lesbian woman, her words continue to be an inspiration for Black feminist and queer survival to this day.
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RED CUP REBELLION.
OVER 100 STARBUCKS STORES ARE ON STRIKE TODAY.
#redcuprebellion
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With Twitter Crumbling, It Feels Like The World Is Collapsing On Disabled People
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Wow. I can’t say enough how unbelievably cool this is — the Collaborative Indigenous Research Digital Garden (bit.ly/3g6tnBO) by & the Tkaronto CIRCLE Lab. Launched today!
The garden includes almost 200 profiles of collaborative Indigenous research projects 🤯
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The right to privacy is only real if you can use it. So today, we’re announcing a new iOS app to help you do privacy better. Meet Permission Slip! apps.apple.com/us/app/permiss
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Last week felt so heavy, I didn’t think this would get a laugh out of me. But the Mr Burns reference did it. This is great.
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In this week's segment of How Did We Get Here, we are talking about Native American heritage. HINT: Erasure is the reason you don't know much about it and it's F'd up!! #AmberRuffinShow
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Hey New York Times, if the people who helped incite violence and bomb threats against Children's Hospitals are celebrating and praising your coverage around gender affirming care, you might want to think about what you're doing wrong.
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On this day in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the South.
A visual reminder of what she faced every day.
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🚨 New job alert!🚨
We're now looking for a Web Platform Program Lead - read more about the position here 👇🏾
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One of the underlying custody’s cases in Haaland v Brackeen—the story of Baby O—has not been reported anywhere else. And the details are shocking. My latest for the .
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The story of YRJ—a little Navajo girl, being raised by the white couple suing to overturn ICWA—was shared by for , for & Fox News this week. But their coverage left out some really important info. 🧵:
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New Voting Laws Add Difficulties for People With Disabilities
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Voter ID laws create extra barriers for trans voters.
VoteRiders Exec Director breaks down what folks need to know ahead of Election Day ↓
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Need help with ID? Call or text our Helpline ASAP @ 844.338.8743!
#VotingWhileTrans #TransPeopleVote
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You can register to vote on Election Day in the following states: CA, CO, CT, HI, IA, ID, IL, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NM, NV, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY + Washington, D.C. (and ND does not require voter reg)
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How to avoid sharing false or misleading news about the election
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