| Blue Resister | Need my fam! |
| Justice | BLM, Indigenous |
| Rights | Civil, LGBTQ |
I'm enjoying mastodon so far but wow, all the comments about how white it is are extremely right. Almost all the other trans folks I've found have been white, and I know that isn't representative of the real world or even likely mastodon as a whole. I'd love to hear more from trans and queer POC (and POC all up, I've just been connecting with a LOT of trans folks).
Can anyone boost this to help me find more voices to listen to? Or recommend some hashtags? I don't even know how best to tag this.
@RJA Stopping putting resources into Virginia could mean losing a Democratic Senate seat there. Bad idea in a 51-49 Senate with a lot of races to defend in 2024.
I'm a former Virginia resident and I lived there under Republican governors, a divided general assembly, and a senator from each party. Of course I voted straight Democratic. I lived in Democratic Arlington County and though I cared about regressive state politics, my neighborhood was fairly insulated from them. After I moved to Maryland, friend after friend because civil rights outweighed cheaper gas prices.
I did some GOTV activity there in 2017 and was gratified to see my former state flip completely blue. I was thrilled for my friends still living there, and then dismayed to see the regression last year. My friends did not vote for Youngkin and they and their kids do not deserve what's happening.
According to the Jan. 6 committee's report, when people passed through the metal detectors to see Trump speak, security confiscated 269 knives/blades; 242 cannisters of pepper spray; 30 blunt instruments; 18 brass knuckles; 18 tasers; along with body armor and gas masks.
Republicans have called Jan. 6th "legitimate protest."
See this Semafor story: https://t.co/mwA4MFhKVw
New details from the Jan. 6 committee report revealed that the Secret Service confiscated hundreds of weapons from the 28,000 spectators who passed through metal detectors to attend Trump's speech, hours before the Capitol attack.
Henrietta Lacks was a poor, Black, young mother diagnosed cervical cancer in 1951. When her cells were collected w/o consent, scientists saw they multiplied fast.
“HeLa” cells changed #science. They’re used globally to study viruses, drugs, hormones, genes, diseases & develop vaccines. Lacks passed away at 31 w no recognition.
Rebecca Skloot’s beautiful book about her life & legacy is changing that. Now her statue will replace Robert E. Lee in VA. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/us/henrietta-lacks-statue-roanoke-virginia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #history #HistoryRemix
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