If McDonald’s had spent their buyback outlays on worker bonuses between 2019 and 2024, they could’ve given all their employees an extra $18,338 per year — more than the company’s median wage. #LaborDay #EconomicJustice #ClassWar
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If McDonald’s had spent their buyback outlays on worker bonuses between 2019 and 2024, they could’ve given all their employees an extra $18,338 per year — more than the company’s median wage. #LaborDay #EconomicJustice #ClassWar
This "Rule" is the primary mechanism by which our last remaining old growth forests are protected from logging. One goal Regime has is to increase logging of public lands ANNUALLY. It's insidious. They want to replace US Forest Service land managers with commercial loggers. Ugh
Corporate leaders make more money when workers are instable financially and desperate for work to survive. The suffering and stress of Americans is somewhat good for business.
Please go submit a comment. This rule change could lead to widespread destruction of public wildlands.
That is stupidity raised to the level of satire. He can't be serious.
It's Labor Day and I'd love for unions all around the world to start pushing for universal basic income and all the additional bargaining power and strike power that UBI would provide to all workers, paid and unpaid alike.
Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch. Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
From Jared Diamond's book, The Third Chimpanzee: "Even Hitler claimed self-defense in starting World War II: He went to the trouble of faking a Polish attack on a German border post."
The Trump administration tried to illegally remove children as young as 10, sending them to Guatemala. "Some of the children had pending cases before immigration judges and expressed credible fears about being returned."
"This is unacceptable, and it should alarm every American, regardless of political leanings. We have a message for the rest of the nation as well: This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American."
Look at that smile! Congratulations
Remember the Goolsbee Rule, also called the “pathological irony of crisis”: If you lose credibility, your statements begin to mean the opposite of what you say.
Glad it's been declared officially. Journalists, take note that you can now refer to what's happening in Gaza as genocide. There is no higher authority on the subject than the Intl Assoc. of Genocide Scholars.
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Yeah, maybe a tabula rasa on which people can add whatever text they like. The fashion wasn't particularly sexy, either. It's odd.
It takes a specific kind of mind to notice that something is different than it was in their childhood & immediately assume an evil conspiracy is behind the change.
People who've been called "as bland as white bread" all their lives are lashing out.
"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." Once these men are in power, they never, never, never, never want to let go of it or allow someone else to wield it.
I can hear Tom Ellis' voice (as Lucifer) saying, 'Don't bother at this point."
Excellent!
“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.” - Fred Hampton
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
He should have gone to PBS
You spelled ENDANGERING wrong, @nytimes.com. “Pushing the boundaries” is a *positive* frame implying unconventional innovations. There are no innovations here. Just medieval anti-science populist attacks on some of best methods of truth seeking we have.
Hahahahaha! I have been, but that was not my experience.
I love how dogs meet for the first time and then immediately gnaw on each other's faces.
Big mood
Morning Bluesky. Tesla had its seventh straight monthly decline in European sales in July, dropping 40% to 8,837. Chinese rival BYD surged past Tesla with 225% sales increase, to 13,503.
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
I can honestly say I've never given a single thought to the genitalia of the other people in the restroom. Who on earth is thinking about that?
We dead.
Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty. The company isn’t taking responsibility and the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
It’s not just that Congress allowed the CDC crisis. Key lawmakers, on your payroll, allowed it despite statements showing they believe RFK’s views on vaccines are wrong. RFK can say he is doing what he believes; the lawmakers can’t. open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
"Experts warn of troubling consequences" is the media-speak equivalent of Susan Collins' concern. It's much worse than the polite language suggests. The consequences are almost never merely "troubling."
I honestly don't know how I would cope without @mcsweeneys.net and @theonion.com.
"Your authoritarian should start to create alternative facts by age five. If they haven’t, they might be dumb. Don’t worry, though—a lack of intellect doesn’t preclude them from becoming an authoritarian."
Let's be clear: This man was a sheriff known for "cracking down on crime." Murdered his wife, evidence clearly contradicted his statements, got away with it anyway & Hollywood created a movie idolizing him, with 2 sequels and a TV series.
To be clear, when will the Republicans who control Congress start doing their jobs….
Here's what I love about science: Someone says eating almonds cures cancer. A scientist says I wonder if that's true then conducts rigorous testing w/ as many ppl as possible to confirm a connection b/w eating almonds & cancer growth. That's the beauty of it! Scientists constantly ask, is that true?
So, he would be comfortable flying in a plane with an untrained pilot, or asking a lit major to fix his car? He'd agree to having a postal worker perform his surgery?
The Philadelphia Inquirer is doing amazing reporting on the SEPTA cuts. We need to see more of this type of reporting about public transportation with actual riders as the focus.
OMG!!! OMG YES My dentist sends 4 or FIVE confirmations. One of them is a phone call. And if I don't answer the phone call, despite having confirmed through email and text, they will keep calling until they reach me to confirm AGAIN. Then, they'll leave me waiting for 20 minutes past my appt time.
Even this is wholly counter-factual. Science is about asking questions, verifying through honest inquiry instead of accepting things on blind faith, as RFK does.
Don't give your money (or financial support through link clicking!) to organizations that are not meeting this crucial moment.
Imagine being pro-brain cancer in children. Being on the side of cancer.
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power, one of the most sacred traditions of our Republic."
Anyone can say anything.
"I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS & his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his & his colleagues’ thoughts & prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed."
"The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer."
"At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him...As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information."
"We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us." www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-resign...
If the national public health system collapses, can states step in? Maybe — especially if they form alliances that consolidate their purchasing power with vaccine manufacturers. (That would be blue states, of course.) Provocative, but not beyond possibility — and may be happening already.
Is "alarmed" higher on the Susan Collins-scale than "concerned"? Or lower?
Constant, crippling fear that you will be fired or laid off if you do something that makes you appear biased. Not only has it happened MANY times, but news leaders also talk to others and ruin careers by claiming someone is not objective and none of us make enough money to have a safety net.
Oh my goodness, this is fabulous news. Yay, wolves!
Dear White People, It is okay to just say Native American. You don't have to do that weird pause thing or say it as if you're using air quotes. If you are feeling a little unsure, it is okay to ask us what term is preferable or even what tribe specifically.
Gotta say Joni deciding to pull her objections to Hegseth to spare herself a primary challenge only to not even run for re-election is incredibly on brand for a Very Serious National Security Republican
"I didn’t want the mayor to blow up the city like he mentioned many times; I just wanted him to fix the old bowling alley like he promised in passing once. I’ve seen all the attacks online. You use the mayor’s own clear statements of purpose against me just because I consciously chose this."
@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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incentivizing denial of claims only encourages these companies to kill people. Using an LLM to do it so they can pretend it's "neutral" or whatever is just playing a shell game. These people are going to murder Medicare recipients for profit.
In this proud land we grew up strong We were wanted all along I was taught to fight, taught to win I never thought I could fail Though I saw it all around Never thought that I could be affected Thought that we'd be last to go It is so strange the way things turn youtu.be/1U37XRSCkUw?...
I will tell you what I tell students: I don't mind if you say that I'm wrong and I actually enjoy finding out that I'm wrong, but you damn well better come with receipts.
Thanks!
Don't come to my thread and call me names or try to spread misinformation. I don't owe you space within my network to be hateful or wrong. I invite you to make your comment on your own page.
I would love to see politicians dedicated to evidence-based policy making. Policies not based on personal values or vibes, but actual evidence and credible expertise. That would be my Eden.
In 1926, Violet Gibson, former debutante, shot fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in the face. He survived. She was committed to a lunatic asylum and spent 30 years petitioning for release.
RFK Jr. falsely claimed that antidepressants might be responsible for gun violence like the school shooting in MN. Sen. Tina Smith responded: "Just shut up. Stop peddling bullsh*t."
In any other era, Congress would have opened an investigation into this. The corruption that we are witnessing is staggering. This is Ben Ali’s level of corruption and abuse of power.
“Write this down,” he says. “No matter which way it goes—taking the Senate or the fall of democracy—whatever the eventuality, the work remains the same.” “You have to build things for people to access. You have to build the apparatus for change, even if no one else shows up."
Almost in unison, they say: “People aren’t ready.” “Take it from an infantryman.” Platner adds, “You’re never ready. People think they are, but they’re not.”
(precarity=instability, as in precarious)
"Precarity can spark the political division that Star Trek-style post-scarcity might alleviate, but Platner thinks its most pervasive damage to our society is more subtle: We just don’t have time for each other. This is not just a political crisis. It’s an existential one."
“It’s not about getting me elected. It’s not about getting anybody elected in many ways. It’s about using all of this as a mechanism of building working class power.”
"To him, persuasion is a dead end if the people you’re trying to sway have already torched the rulebook. Power, as he sees it, is the ability to ignore the referee and keep scoring. His goal isn’t to negotiate—it’s to demonstrate what a candidate backed by a real movement can do."
I miss him so much. I wish more Americans had listened to him.
Chuck Schumer wants 77-yr-old Janet Mills to run. Platner: “I’ve not gotten a single phone call from anybody in the Democratic Party outside of the state of Maine. Nobody’s followed up with me from D.C. Nobody’s reached out. Nothing,” he says. “Which I take as a compliment.”
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"The question—how will he talk to Trump voters?—is one that only makes sense if you’ve never lived near many. It’s a question off an SAT proctored by political consultants: a test you have to pass to be taken seriously by people who think “real America” is a riddle to solve."
“If you believe in a better world, you need to get right with the fact that you may never see it.” At this point, he sniffles. “And now I’m going to cry a little. I can do that because I’ve had a lot of therapy.”
<> Your brilliance is shining through all of your work.
Thank God someone was paying attention. We had such smart people on, warning us about the danger. One of them told me that a bad apple in government could use militarized police against the American people and I thought he was being extreme.
Regardless of your politics, this piece is a masterclass in how to write a political profile. Just incredible work from @anamariecox.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Ana, your work has always been top-notch, but the stuff you've been writing recently has been particularly good. This piece is a great example. Excellent work. And as a host, starting the interview by asking about oyster farming was smart.
OMG I covered that report so many times on my public radio show. We went over it and over it. I felt like Cassandra screaming behind the walls of Troy.
Research shows that, once you frame an issue in war-like terms or define opposing ideologies as "us v. them", humans will almost immediately justify brutality. Worldwide, humans are hard-wired to believe that almost anything is justifiable if it's self-defense.
“Ya here for Graham?” the man says, his Maine accent looping the first two words together. “Yup,” I reply. “Good man,” he says, continuing on his way.
Joey Mannarino is another of those Harold Hill/Lyle Laney dudes with no expertise or experience beyond talking confidently without factual evidence & selling crap. The current admin keeps giving power to these walking meritocracy rebuttals.
This is the environmental issue that has worried me for years…
In my non-expert mind, public sentiment was far ahead of policy & that's caused a real problem. Those most likely to support non-violence & community policing now avoid law enforcement jobs, but budgets haven't changed, nor has oversight, accountability, policy, or procedure.
That was before the job of police officer became associated with brutality in the minds of some Americans, and they had to recruit from the militias and right-wing groups that still admired cops in tanks. Most departments are having trouble recruiting. www.lexipol.com/resources/bl...
An answer that should have been disqualifying, as gun-related death remains the leading cause of death for children and teens.
Joey Mannarino is another of those Harold Hill/Lyle Laney dudes with no expertise or experience beyond talking confidently without factual evidence & selling crap. The current admin keeps giving power to these walking meritocracy rebuttals.
Blackout the System is organizing a national walkout Sept. 16-20. No purchases, no spending, and stay home from work if you can. blackoutthesystem.com
Not trans. Not gay. And a woman accused him of sexual assault years ago, but no action was taken.
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
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