Kira M. Del Mar

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Queer, immigrant & #ActuallyAutistic · they/she (de eller hen/hun)

[Dr. Canton Winer @CantonWiner]

And then JK Rowling came for the asexuals…

Rowling is a well-known transphobe.

So her attack on asexuality isn’t surprising: there’s an established connection between anti-trans and anti-asexual attitudes.

[ProPublica @propublica]

“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” another said.

The flight attendants who spoke with ProPublica believed those lives were not worthless. That, many of them said, is why they no longer fly for ICE Air—and why they shared their stories. 9/
https://t.co/206Z9C6D7D

[Kira M. Del Mar @kiradelmar]

@SharonAstyk Are there recordings of any of these sessions, or will there be any early in the day? I would love to join but all the ones I’ve seen have been in the middle of the night in my time zone (GMT+1)

[charlos @loscharlos]

FRONT PAGE @RollingStone 🔥

[Peter Raleigh @PetreRaleigh]

Can't even describe how much I hate what AI has done to the process of grading student work. I hate finding it, I hate the paranoia it fosters, I hate the confrontations with students who have used it. Nothing else in my experience has ever changed my job this much for the worse

[chip! ☽☾🍉 @pzzatony]

So I work at a museum, and it’s pretty central in my city

They have events twice a month that usually get a big turnout (over 1k people)

I’ve been leaving out my “Why Am I Always Sick??” zines at a pamphlet table and every time I come back after the events, ALL of them are gone

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

These buildings provide data for virtually every weather forecast in the US.

A recent study found that every $1 invested in weather forecasting provides $73 of value in return.

Dismantling NWS infrastructure is one of the least efficient and most reckless things you can do.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

A corrupt campaign finance system: Republicans who stand up to Trump will be primaried by Elon Musk’s money.

Democrats who stand up to Netanyahu will be primaried by AIPAC.

This corrupt system is a cancer for democracy.

End Citizens United. Public funding for elections.

[Nate Bear @NateB_Panic]

Covid was the biggest transfer of power from bosses to workers in 75 years and billionaires were so angry at this they demanded governments inflict 'pain' on the economy to punish 'arrogant' workers and it's amazing how so little analysis of the last 5 years includes this

[Kira M. Del Mar @kiradelmar]

I don’t wish this cruelty on anyone, including Trump supporters. I sure do wish Trump supporters had paid a tiny bit of attention to what their guy was saying *before* voting for the cruelty that’s now being inflicted on all of us, though. None of this should be a surprise.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

Here’s the thing. Every last one of these people in tears heard Trump on the stump before the election. They knew he was cruel. But they were fine with it because they thought he’d only be cruel to the people they didn’t like. The problem with cruelty is that it doesn’t stop where you want it to—it spreads, and eventually, it comes for you too.

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

Democrats need to win all 3 upcoming special elections (two in Florida, and one in NY). The two in FL are on April 1st. And the one in NY probably the following month. If we flip all 3, @GOP WILL LOSE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE *before* the mid-terms. Then impeach both Trump AND Vance

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

It’s high time we start being honest about what’s behind a lot of the push towards “wellness”.

It’s ableism and eugenics. Its scared people who can’t face the fact that they could lose their health at any moment.

It’s people who desperately need to cling to control. 🧵

[Kira M. Del Mar @kiradelmar]

@CaptShehata You’re absolutely right about the politicians. But respectfully, everyone on the clinical side who has dropped masking & other infection control in year 5 of an ongoing vascular pandemic that is contributing to wide scale immune deficiency also shares some of the blame.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

This morning, I sent a letter to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) regarding @elonmusk's potential conflicts of interest.

Within minutes, the White House confirmed receipt.

By noon, President Trump fired the Director of OGE.

I want to know: Was this to prevent his answer?

[The Yeti of Kananaskis @kananaskinyeti]

If masks don’t work then why do you always see the people working with celebrities masking behind the scenes? Why do hospitals require them again when things get bad? They remind you that there is something that you can actually do, but you don’t wanna, so you pretend they don’t

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems & locking out career employees.

NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research & more. Their critical work saves lives.

My team and I are looking into this & we will not stand for it.

[Sarah @_smoze]

Right so, “resist” means *don’t* follow fascist orders.
Don’t take the art off the walls.
Don’t delete the website.
Don’t open the dams.

Play dumb. Ask for clarity, repeatedly. Lose the email. Misplace the keys. Stall. Ignore. Forget. Crawl.

You are the line, you hold it.