Laura Hughes
Determined to be cozy
- Reposted by Laura HughesMake it make sense
- Reposted by Laura HughesRage Against the Machine: You use the term “journey” to describe your training for a charity 5K, changes to your skincare routine, your evolving relationship with gluten, the fact that you occasionally take a yoga class, and your secretly failing marriage.
- Reposted by Laura HughesTuring and Turing in the widening gyre The prompter cannot hear the prompt; Things fall apart; the algorithm cannot hold; Ransomware is loosed upon the world, The capitalism tide is high, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Buy memecoins
- Reposted by Laura HughesCongrats to all the "What Biden is doing is worse than nothing and things couldnt possibly get worse under Trump" student loan deadenders, you played yourselves--and the rest of us in the process
- Reposted by Laura HughesShocked beyond words to learn of the passing of Jill Sobule, a great friend and frequent guest of FOW www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
- Reposted by Laura HughesOkay, so can the holdouts please concede that we're in a Constitutional Crisis now?
- Reposted by Laura Hughes"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
- Reposted by Laura HughesShoutout to Pigeon Bagel’s cute set up of distro materials in their shop: info about ordering abortion pills, condoms, reproductive health kits with pregnancy tests and Plan B, Narcan…. and it’s all free! for you to take! 😱❤️ Want to become a distro site for us and our supplies? DM us!
- Just a local-ish reminder that Bitcoin is trash. penncapital-star.com/energy-envir...
- Reposted by Laura HughesChildren appearing in immigration cts. w/o attorneys ▶️ "a 7-year-old boy wearing a shirt emblazoned with a pizza cartoon, who spun a toy windmill while the judge spoke... an 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister, in a tie-dye shirt, who squeezed a pink plushy toy and stuffed it into her sleeve"
- Reposted by Laura HughesFood and toys are going to be two of the big places where we reestablish the point that safety regulations are written in blood.
- Enough is enough. DOGE and Trump aren’t keeping you — or your child’s milk box — safe. Strong recommend to call your elected representative if you care about food safety. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
- Reposted by Laura HughesFor anyone who doesn't know: Rep. Ryan was the congressman who traveled to Guyana to check on The People's Temple -- better known as Jonestown. He didn't make it home, because someone managed to slip him a note begging for help, and Jimothy Jones brought out the flavoraid and the AKs.
- Reposted by Laura HughesThis is action. This is leadership. Kudos to the Senator.
- Reposted by Laura HughesBREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
- Reposted by Laura Hughes“Things like this happen”?!?!?
- Reposted by Laura Hughesnot that it should have to be like this for people to care, but everyone should understand that anti-trans bigotry is a threat to cisgender people as well as to trans people.
- Advocate [Mar 28] -- Lake City FL Walmart fires 7-year employee w/ spotless record who tutors special needs kids in spare time after a male customer attacks her for being trans because she is 6' 4" tall. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social [HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
- Reposted by Laura HughesIt’s worth noting that JK Rowling is not only funding meritless legal challenges against trans people until they can appeal up to the court that will back them, she openly gloats about how this is where her money is going. This is what the Harry Potter TV show is bankrolling.
- Reposted by Laura HughesMr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family. I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
- Reposted by Laura Hughestotal clarity here from @edwardluce.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/4c4b...
- Reposted by Laura HughesDHS is paying the president of El Salvador to imprison immigrants from the U.S. in brutal conditions — and today, Trump welcomed him to the White House. Our government shouldn’t ship people off to be tortured.
- Reposted by Laura HughesI hope I live to see Stephen Miller handcuffed in a dock at The Hague
- Reposted by Laura HughesThis is an abomination.
- Reposted by Laura HughesThis is just WRONG no matter how you try to slice and dice it! Trump Announces ‘Termination’ of ‘Illegal DEI’ Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Majority-Black Alabama Communities - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...
- Reposted by Laura HughesIn any functioning democracy the elimination of an extant department that protects children from lead poisoning would be a game ender for the entire administration under which it occurred. I’ll expect a strong statement from Chuck Schumer and some fundraising texts.
- Reposted by Laura HughesThis is what being principled Mayor looks like. We need a mayor who stands up for EVERY student and their right to be safe and freely express themselves without fear of visa revocation and ICE detention. Thank you, @gaineyformayor.com
- A break from the downward spiral, or maybe a reminder that one day all of these rich oligarchs will be dead and we can decorate their houses with flowers and art? (This was my family’s house in Pittsburgh in the 2000’s, at that point it was completely gutted!) nextpittsburgh.com/real-estate/...
- Reposted by Laura HughesUPMC has canceled top surgeries and other care for transgender patients under the age of 19, in compliance with an executive order from the Trump administration.
- Reposted by Laura HughesKill a white millionaire, get the death penalty. Kill two black protesters, get invited to CPAC to be celebrated.
- Reposted by Laura HughesThe only way to protect the parks is through partial shut downs. I just hope emergency services can keep up, I predict there's going to be a lot of visitors trying to made the Darwin Awards this season.
- Reposted by Laura HughesDavis Square, Somerville
- Reposted by Laura HughesRümeysa Öztürk is a Fulbright Scholar and a doctoral student. The government must immediately release her from custody. The First Amendment protects all of us — regardless of citizenship status. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...
- Reposted by Laura HughesVideo of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...
- Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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- Reposted by Laura HughesThe incompetence is astounding. The “mistakes” this administration are making are beyond reckless and dangerous. You can’t make this up.
- American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
- Reposted by Laura HughesAnd they did it again! www.wane.com/top-stories/...
- Reposted by Laura HughesSo look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
- To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today: - Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats - IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
- Reposted by Laura Hughesevery person involved in this needs to be in prison
- Reposted by Laura HughesGSK has made it too expensive for parents to buy inhalers for their kids. It's wrong. Children are already facing dangerous consequences. I'm calling for an investigation.
- Reposted by Laura HughesShell received $1.65 billion in state tax credits to build the plant, the largest tax break in state history. A small army of 8,000 workers, many from out of state, descended on Beaver County to construct the plant, at a company-reported cost of $14 billion. It began operations in late 2022.
- Reposted by Laura Hughesthis is that repost of bottom-barrel sociopathy I was talking about. "why are people cheering for murder, don't they believe in letting the system work?" they are cheering because the secretary of commerce is on TV saying "if you complain about not getting money you are owed, you're a fraud"
- Reposted by Laura HughesPittsburgh Regional Transit announced plans Thursday to raise fares and slash the region’s transit service by nearly 40% — cutting 41 bus routes entirely, while making major reductions to light-rail service, most bus routes and PRT’s paratransit service — unless it gets more money from the state.
- Reposted by Laura HughesSo it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...
- Reposted by Laura HughesI know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
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- Reposted by Laura Hughes“None of the women has a criminal record, according to a USA TODAY review of national law enforcement records. All were in an ongoing legal immigration process.” www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
- Reposted by Laura HughesThis is heartbreaking. So many breakthroughs were within reach and now...nothing.
- Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field. By @arthurallen202.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
- Reposted by Laura HughesOfficials say the Trump administration transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge ordered their removals be stopped
- Reposted by Laura HughesI work in 2 libraries and here’s what my community would lose if we closed: ✖️Pre-k, afterschool, homeschooling AND summer programs ✖️We hired high schoolers and pay them out of pocket to tutor elementary school kids at no cost to parents ✖️Senior tech assistance ✖️Our Library of Things which includes
- Dear Congress, Libraries are the place we all belong. The place where Mister Rogers’ neighbors collide at the library to help one another. We come together to embrace library joy. What good is the world without libraries and museums? ❤️🩹 Call, email Congress! Help libraries & museums! We need you 💛
- Reposted by Laura HughesThis is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
- Reposted by Laura Hugheswomen's choice network, fake abortion clinic in east liberty (pittsburgh), is telling people that they can only attract HIV through IV drug use and having sex with men who have sex with men. do not go to WCN and tell everyone you know not to go there.
- Reposted by Laura HughesThis feels like a major inflection point. If ICE can apparently unlawfully arrest & disappear a permanent resident and it is not immediately met with strong opposition from the public, officials, and courts, there is no going back.
- Reposted by Laura HughesMight save a life.
