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Brittany Ballantyne (she/her)

@ballantynebeat

Comms manager @harmreduction.org, photographer | Formerly comms at Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence & schools, reporter/photographer for The Valley Breeze Newspapers | Views my own Believe survivors. 🌻 | πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ always

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Health care is a human right, and our health is interconnected.

09.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El NiΓ±o

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

07.03.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 4256 πŸ” 1646 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 122

They should be here. πŸ’œ

06.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Health care (not warfare!) by the people, for the people. Now. ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾✊🏼✊🏽

05.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Overdose prevention centers save lives
Overdose prevention centers save lives
Overdose prevention centers save lives

04.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All workers deserve safety and worker protection. β˜‚οΈ

03.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🧡Humans have been using drugs throughout our existence. The main reason for the toxicity of the #DrugSupply is the criminalization of substances, which leads to deadlier, more dangerous waves of the #OverdoseEpidemic. To continue the so-called " #WarOnDrugs,"
bit.ly/DrugSupplyAndDemandContinues

02.03.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There's still time to join us for our Peer Foundational Training Program! Reach out by March 20 to register. Details ⬇️:

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionWorks #SSPs #SyringeExchange #OverdosePrevention #EndOverdose #EndTheStigma

02.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Women’s/Womxn’s Herstory Month, ya’ll πŸ’“

01.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Announcing his war of regime change, Trump said to the Iranian people, β€œThe hour of your freedom is at hand.” Words from a president who has been snatching freedoms from Americans. A freedom taker presenting himself as a freedom giver. How authoritarians commonly present their wars of conquest.

28.02.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

We know what to do to save lives from overdose.

27.02.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We can make this world a kinder, more just place together. Join us today! ⬇️

27.02.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Smoking, vaping, and smoking cessation shouldn’t be met with stigma. Check out our new resources to learn more about options and myth-busting, and share with friends! ⬇️

26.02.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Registration is still open for this year’s in-person Peer Foundational Training Program! ⬇️

26.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The path to ending hepatitis C transmission by 2030 We highlight what the state is doing, and could be doing, to realize its goal of eliminating hepatitis C transition by 2030.

🧡Eliminating #HepatitisC ( #HepC ) takes all of us & a true investment in #Prevention, testing, & cures. In New York, huge progress has been made because of the advocacy of NHRC & several other organizations, though backsliding from inadequate funding threatens milestones in...
bit.ly/EndingHepCinNY

25.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That he had to hold up a sign that says this make my heart break into a million pieces. And light up in flames of rage.

25.02.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge blocks Trump DOJ from reviewing Washington Post reporter's seized data The federal magistrate judge expressed frustration that the Justice Department failed to flag a law that protects journalists from having their work materials seized.

Judge Porter rightly scolded prosecutors for omitting a law restricting searches of reporters in a warrant application to search Hannah Natanson's home.

He should also sanction prosecutors, and the State Bar should discipline them, we told @nbcnews.com.

25.02.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents."

25.02.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 19830 πŸ” 5129 πŸ’¬ 385 πŸ“Œ 150
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@summerlee.bsky.social at @meidastouch.com x @moveon.org People's State of the Union:

Earlier today I announced I'll be introducing articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi

25.02.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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@smith.senate.gov after her guest, teacher Brenda Lewis, shared how ICE terrorizing her community has been impacting the students:

"Brenda and her educators should be figuring out how our kids should be learning. Instead, they are pressed into this relentless effort to keep our students safe."

25.02.2026 02:47 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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24.02.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Joanne Bland, lifelong Civil Rights activist and founder of Selma's Foot Soldiers Park, dies Bland grew up in Selma and became involved in the Civil Rights Movement as a child foot soldier in the 1960s, participating in the historic Selma voting rights marches, including Bloody Sunday.

Joanne Bland, one of the youngest people to march on β€œBloody Sunday,” has died. She was 72.

"By the time I was 11-years-old, I had been arrested at least 13 documented times”

21.02.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 4485 πŸ” 1611 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 103
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Dearborn reports 36% drop in overdoses, continuing downward trend Dearborn continues to see a sustained reduction in substance-use-related overdose cases for the second consecutive year, pointing to the impact of data-driven public health interventions aimed at addr...

🧡When we invest time, energy, funds, & care into our communities & follow evidence-based #HealthCare, we can all win. As this @mlive.com coverage shares, approaches to the #OverdoseEpidemic that focus on #HarmReduction β€” including expanding access to lifesaving services &...
bit.ly/DearbornODDrops

20.02.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s still time to register and join us! ⬇️

20.02.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

End the war on people.

19.02.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

18.02.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 23722 πŸ” 5066 πŸ’¬ 486 πŸ“Œ 641

Join us in March! ⬇️

18.02.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Coming up next month! If you haven't registered yet, there's still time. We hope to see you there!

#HarmReduction #TobaccoHarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #THR #SmokingCessation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Vaping #Tobacco #HolisticCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #SupportNotStigma #EndTheStigma

18.02.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So....the Fourth Reich?

18.02.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 15804 πŸ” 3138 πŸ’¬ 2557 πŸ“Œ 704

Being homeless doesn’t mean you deserve to die. It doesn’t mean you deserve to be mistreated. It means you deserve housing. Period.

17.02.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3