Trans people are your neighbors, your coworkers, your family members. We celebrate birthdays with our loved ones. We shovel our sidewalks in the snow. We go to school, go to work, go to church. We watch the sun set on another day on this planet. We are fully, painfully human.

From the archives:

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“Following the April 1 attack, the IDF issued general statements about improving communication between aid groups such as ours and its own military operators. …
But the communication failures inside the IDF continue. There are multiple reports of other convoys coming under fire

Chef Jose Andres: “Our convoys have been held up at IDF checkpoints for hours on end, despite coordination with the Israeli government groups who run point on humanitarian aid.
Those delays create crowds desperate to receive food, add to the food panic and push our missions into

Next week, Columbia University, which has banned reporters from its campus, is scheduled to announce this year’s winners of one of the most prestigious prizes in journalism.

Our team of 18 student volunteers is immensely proud to be providing this coverage to the Columbia community, NYC, and the world at large. We are incredibly appreciative of your support and understanding.

🚨Scoop: Yellen's urgent warning on threats to U.S. democracy axios.com/2024/05/01/yel…

For Student Journalists: 20 tips for staying safe while covering protests. I’ll be posting more resources here but this is a great start. 1/x splc.org/protests/

Texas GOP and UT-Austin leaders shift from championing free speech to policing protesters’ intentions

via Sneha Dey
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Don’t know who did this, but I just started a slow clap of admiration …

Yesterday, a faculty member at USD made public that they were threatened with termination if they didn’t remove their preferred pronouns and tribal affiliation from their email signature

1/11🧵

Naturally and healthily

X is a scary ass place

🚨🚨NEW-> Trump is saying the quiet part out loud. You should listen: He’d proudly stretch traditions, norms and accepted law in unprecedented ways. 
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There was no way we were going to build a billion dollar startup on top of the walled gardens of Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams

So in the course of less than 3 months, our tiny team built a direct competitor instead. It’s live. It’s free.

groupthink.com

NYPD threatening to arrest anyone who leaves the J-School building?? The irony is not lost on the student journalists. Even threatening the Dean. Incredible.

The Columbia Spectator, New York, Tuesday, April 30, 1968:

Columbia's web page discussing its regret for calling in police to arrest students in 1968 is displaying a warning about limited access due to NYPD on campus arresting students.

May Columbia never live this down.

Student journalists covering an institution in a moment when it does not want to be covered are the bravest, most resourceful of them all.

We see you WKCR-FM NY Columbia Daily Spectator

My coolest use of Meta Ray-Ban glasses so far 😎🤩 Now I need to actually research them to see if it’s right haha