If you only want transparency when things are good, you don’t actually believe in transparency.

Thread. This week, the New York Times's recent dangerous reporting on "crime" reached a new low. I try to document what happened carefully below, because what happens to the leading newspaper in the U.S. has effects on how we all get information about the world.

The robot dogs are things that haunt my nightmares. The way they move just plain creeps me out, even without guns. This thread helped.

from "will cancel 50k" to "will cancel 10k" to "we will give you a 90 day grace period to start paying it back"

sorry I couldn’t respond to ur text, supply chains are soooooo messed up rn

White supremacy always protects white supremacists.

Navid is a treasure and a sheer delight to work with.

103 years ago this week, 60,000 workers brought Seattle to a standstill in a five-day general strike. Right now, 300 striking @teamsters have halted the city's construction industry, and are still holding the line as they fight for what they deserve. bit.ly/33ZayKj

WE DID IT! I've spent countless hours working on HB 1795 with Rep. Liz Berry, Karen Keiser, WELA, Ifeoma Ozoma, (((nancy sapiro))), writing to senators (like Kenneth Fockele!), house representatives, journalists, and public outreach. I'm so grateful for everyone. protocol.com/bulletins/wash…

Idaho is close to passing a law that would make providing trans teens with gender affirming care punishable by LIFE in prison! This is life-saving care that is standard across the world. It is care that every national and pediatric organization supports. This needs to stop!

We should be ramping up a primary care-based, universal medical care response to Covid-19. Instead we’re pulling out the rug from under our medical measures — even as we discard public health interventions.

There is a *massive* amount of social power in being able to get away with being an asshole or doing or saying things that make people feel shitty without those people feeling like they can say something back to you about it.

Why we can't stop saying gay, a story On the first day of my senior year of high school, a new boy showed up in my AP English class. He had transferred from a prestigious private school to my public school, and I was confused. I asked him why he moved and he shrugged 1/x

It sucks when folks don’t understand the fight against fascism is one fight, because the fascists do. They’re attacking trans, gay, and all queer folks. They’re attacking the teaching of race and Black voters. And they’re attacking women’s right to abortion. It’s one fight.

I’ve been gratified hearing from many people who have said that they’ve followed my lead in deciding what they'll do, and not do, in various stages of the pandemic. It’s a particularly confusing time now, so today’s 🧵 is a summary of the choices I'm making these days. (1/25)

You may be hearing the argument that before the rise of modern commercial infant formula, babies all ate breastmilk and everything was great. As a historian of infant feeding, let me tell you why that’s not true.