Heather_Whaaaaa
@hellohoopy.bsky.social
SoCal
Aspiring to be an Anarchist Buddhist
The first pride was a riot 🧱
🏳️🌈 🫶🏼 ✊🏼 🍉
Aspiring to be an Anarchist Buddhist
The first pride was a riot 🧱
🏳️🌈 🫶🏼 ✊🏼 🍉
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Following up on this! ATSG, the conglomerate that owns ICE charter Omni Air International, also owns the cargo airline that operates Amazon Prime Air fleet.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
PLUS,
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
PLUS,
January 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Following up on this! ATSG, the conglomerate that owns ICE charter Omni Air International, also owns the cargo airline that operates Amazon Prime Air fleet.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
PLUS,
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
PLUS,
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Deportation flights are cruel enough. Then add in an airline owned by private equity and...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Deportation flights are cruel enough. Then add in an airline owned by private equity and...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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For my first piece for Group Threat I wrote about the grotesque profits being made off of people's lives through ICE contracts.
If we're going to survive this, we have to abolish the profit motive that ever made us see swaths of people as expendable for profit.
groupthreat.com/p/tracking-i...
If we're going to survive this, we have to abolish the profit motive that ever made us see swaths of people as expendable for profit.
groupthreat.com/p/tracking-i...
January 30, 2026 at 2:49 PM
For my first piece for Group Threat I wrote about the grotesque profits being made off of people's lives through ICE contracts.
If we're going to survive this, we have to abolish the profit motive that ever made us see swaths of people as expendable for profit.
groupthreat.com/p/tracking-i...
If we're going to survive this, we have to abolish the profit motive that ever made us see swaths of people as expendable for profit.
groupthreat.com/p/tracking-i...
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Reminder that there’s a fresh legal vehicle to target Obergefell
The devil works hard but Jonathan Mitchell works harder:
“A Waco justice of the peace who refused to marry same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Friday that asks the courts to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges…Hensley is represented by Jonathan Mitchell.”
“A Waco justice of the peace who refused to marry same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Friday that asks the courts to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges…Hensley is represented by Jonathan Mitchell.”
Waco judge asks federal courts to overturn same-sex marriage
Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
www.texastribune.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Reminder that there’s a fresh legal vehicle to target Obergefell
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The problem is never the vocab. It's not "Defund the police." It's not "DEI." it's not "Non-violence." It's not "Inclusion." It's not "CRT." It's not "Equity."
The problem is that weak people let fascists chase them off of vocab so that they can continue being fascists and hurting Black people.
The problem is that weak people let fascists chase them off of vocab so that they can continue being fascists and hurting Black people.
January 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The problem is never the vocab. It's not "Defund the police." It's not "DEI." it's not "Non-violence." It's not "Inclusion." It's not "CRT." It's not "Equity."
The problem is that weak people let fascists chase them off of vocab so that they can continue being fascists and hurting Black people.
The problem is that weak people let fascists chase them off of vocab so that they can continue being fascists and hurting Black people.
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Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
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Trump turned Biden’s EV charger program into a punchline — and then kept most of it.
Now the plan to build a nationwide network of standard EV plugs is quietly succeeding.
How a political-failure-turned-policy-success could offer a road map for Dems 👇
Now the plan to build a nationwide network of standard EV plugs is quietly succeeding.
How a political-failure-turned-policy-success could offer a road map for Dems 👇
Why Trump Couldn’t Stop the Electric Vehicle Dream
We never got those promised EV chargers — but we did get a future for EVs.
politi.co
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Trump turned Biden’s EV charger program into a punchline — and then kept most of it.
Now the plan to build a nationwide network of standard EV plugs is quietly succeeding.
How a political-failure-turned-policy-success could offer a road map for Dems 👇
Now the plan to build a nationwide network of standard EV plugs is quietly succeeding.
How a political-failure-turned-policy-success could offer a road map for Dems 👇
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3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests"
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests"
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
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And remember, the reason he wanted separate vaccines wasn't due to any science, but because *he'd filed a patent application for a single measles vaccine*. It was just grifting.
September 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
And remember, the reason he wanted separate vaccines wasn't due to any science, but because *he'd filed a patent application for a single measles vaccine*. It was just grifting.
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I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him.
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
September 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him.
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
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So cool they discovered the cause of autism on basically day they guessed they would. I’m also glad they are withholding this information for a few days to prep for a WrestleMania-style announcement. This is how science works.
September 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
So cool they discovered the cause of autism on basically day they guessed they would. I’m also glad they are withholding this information for a few days to prep for a WrestleMania-style announcement. This is how science works.
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I give up.*
Everything's shit. The Dems are useless. Their supporters are too. The racism and misogyny and transphobia and anti-immigrant and anti-homeless bullshit from "our" side is off the charts.
*I never actually give up. I just need space to vent.
Everything's shit. The Dems are useless. Their supporters are too. The racism and misogyny and transphobia and anti-immigrant and anti-homeless bullshit from "our" side is off the charts.
*I never actually give up. I just need space to vent.
September 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I give up.*
Everything's shit. The Dems are useless. Their supporters are too. The racism and misogyny and transphobia and anti-immigrant and anti-homeless bullshit from "our" side is off the charts.
*I never actually give up. I just need space to vent.
Everything's shit. The Dems are useless. Their supporters are too. The racism and misogyny and transphobia and anti-immigrant and anti-homeless bullshit from "our" side is off the charts.
*I never actually give up. I just need space to vent.
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New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching
New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.
www.404media.co
September 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...
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🤣🤣🤣
We are a deeply unserious country.
What an ugly prayer.
But shout-out to all of the trans people that prayed harder I guess 🤷🏿♂️
We are a deeply unserious country.
What an ugly prayer.
But shout-out to all of the trans people that prayed harder I guess 🤷🏿♂️
"I wish we could blame this on muslims or migrants, but turns out it was one of us." what a wild thing to say
September 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🤣🤣🤣
We are a deeply unserious country.
What an ugly prayer.
But shout-out to all of the trans people that prayed harder I guess 🤷🏿♂️
We are a deeply unserious country.
What an ugly prayer.
But shout-out to all of the trans people that prayed harder I guess 🤷🏿♂️
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UPMC is forcing their trans patients under 19 to taper off their medication while simultaneously telling their emergency staff to expect more suicide attempts, mental health crises, and psychotic episodes as a result of being forcefully pulled off their medication.
open.spotify.com/episode/3HJN...
open.spotify.com/episode/3HJN...
The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
It Could Happen Here · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
UPMC is forcing their trans patients under 19 to taper off their medication while simultaneously telling their emergency staff to expect more suicide attempts, mental health crises, and psychotic episodes as a result of being forcefully pulled off their medication.
open.spotify.com/episode/3HJN...
open.spotify.com/episode/3HJN...
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
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Per @npr.org, the Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the White House U.S. DOGE Service, has built a searchable national citizenship register with data from the Social Security Administration & immigration records— without public notice & comment.
Infrastructure for a police state.
Infrastructure for a police state.
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
www.npr.org
June 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Per @npr.org, the Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the White House U.S. DOGE Service, has built a searchable national citizenship register with data from the Social Security Administration & immigration records— without public notice & comment.
Infrastructure for a police state.
Infrastructure for a police state.
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Don't forget that the Supreme Court has undertaken this radical expansion of executive power and personal immunity not for some ordinary Republican but for the most corrupt president In American history. They're doing it for THIS GUY, who is guaranteed to abuse every ounce of power he's given.
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Don't forget that the Supreme Court has undertaken this radical expansion of executive power and personal immunity not for some ordinary Republican but for the most corrupt president In American history. They're doing it for THIS GUY, who is guaranteed to abuse every ounce of power he's given.
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when history reflects on how trump managed to so quickly and so thoroughly kneecap democracy, the role of the Roberts Court cannot be overstated. trump's an amoral monster, but his biggest successes were only possible thanks to conservative justices who would bless them
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
when history reflects on how trump managed to so quickly and so thoroughly kneecap democracy, the role of the Roberts Court cannot be overstated. trump's an amoral monster, but his biggest successes were only possible thanks to conservative justices who would bless them
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Justice Jackson in dissent: "The Court's decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law."
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Justice Jackson in dissent: "The Court's decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law."
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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?