Covid isn't over, and we still don't need billionaires.
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Covid isn't over, and we still don't need billionaires.
Stop laundering power with sloppy phrasing: Lisa Cook is not fired. The president is trying to oust her illegally. Use the right words.
No, because then we might say that someone who is acting immaturely is being 'unfeminine'. If we're doing non-binary constructs, we want them to be inclusive, not exclusive.
"What sort of woman wants her childish impulses and fears catered to?" - Substituting the subject can often reveal what the topic actually is. Seems to be maturity to me. - "What sort of adults wants their childish impulses and fears catered to?"
Ooooo, this was a really good article. If you're able to watch (I'm at work sadly) then it'll be well worth your time.
An international effort bringing together volunteers from all over the world aims to break the siege on Gaza.
More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.
Putin has not changed. In the last 25 years he started four wars. He can only be kept in check through strong deterrence. We must be precise and fast with the surge in our defence posture ↓ europa.eu/!wgH6QK
Many people are going to suffer because of what RFK is doing. You know who can slow the march toward death and disability? You. You can save lives. You can keep folks well enough to fight for justice. To work so they can feed their kids and stay housed. You just have to wear a mask. Mutual aid:
And is still starving Gaza, and people are dying every day. The young victims of this Israeli-made famine who survive will never recover from this. They will never be healthy.
Triumph of the Nerdy Economists!
'Combat zone' = killing field.
I know what a healthy senior man is supposed to look like, and that's not RFK Jr.
Or a sandwich...
The first large-scale Nazi book burning was on 6 May 1933, when Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin was attacked by Nazi students. It would take decades for science to recover the knowledge about trans-affirming healthcare that was destroyed that day.
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I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.
Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy of trying to erase people
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey condemns anti-trans hate in wake of school shooting, calls for unity: “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity” #NOH8
Always great similes!
Sharpie!
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this is probably the most accurate thing I've ever posted bsky.app/profile/flee...
Let me know when they endorse Mamdani. Until then...
"it's a tricky issue that shouldnt require federal intervention. we'll just let local municipalities decide what is best for their communities."
So glad people can now 'officially' die of hunger.
If they are coming after Bolton...!
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S'awright!
In the hand(s) of Señor Wences, it was hilarious! - www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFBa...
Me, too. How is he defining 'illiberal'?
Boom!
And the new logo - brutal!
"We killed the corrupt special session, withstood unprecedented surveillance and intimidation, and rallied Democrats nationwide to join this existential fight for fair representation — reshaping the entire 2026 landscape," Wu said in a statement. -
- The likelihood of them halting those plans entirely was always low, but Democrats had said they would return to the Republican-majority state if two conditions were met: ending the special session and raising national awareness about the redistricting plan.
- Gene Wu, chairman of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, said that he had upheld his duties in leading Democrats out of the state. That broke the quorum of lawmakers needed to hold a vote on the Republican plans.
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And it's 'set foot', not 'step foot'.
Does she have a twin brother?
Please make your resistance efforts accessible! It’s important to commit to not leaving disabled people behind. We can bring a lot to the fight, but it starts with a commitment to inclusion. That includes wearing masks so you can keep yourselves (and us!) healthy!
BOOM! Only 720 away from 2,000! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
To summarize -waves are not seasonal -vaccines are waning -people are getting long covid -it’s still not an endemic disease -very young kids are at increased risk because they didn’t go through the initial vaccine series Oh and it turns out, Covid Cautious people have been right the whole time.
I don't want Newsom to be president, but there are three years and an entire primary process he'll have to clear before that happens. So rather than drowning out what he's doing effectively by shitting on him, let's USE him to wake up every other Dem and make them feel like they're behind.
Why I’m Still Wearing a Mask and Why That Bothers Some People open.substack.com/pub/drrubin/...
No, you're dodging the answer. But seeing you flying the flag of an apartheid state helps me decide to stop engaging with you. Shalom!
I'd rather perform peace than commit genocide. What about you?
Stop Israeli 'settlers' from stealing land in the West Bank and killing Palestinians, for starters.
A little mouthwash in the morning will help with that. Otherwise, you might want to think about some pro-biotics. Get your gut microbiome to settle down a bit.
Maybe they're trying to diminish anti-Palestinian violence in Palestine? Like 'diminishing' the genocide in Gaza? Just a thought.
Madison Airplane
One of the destabilizing things about this moment is how clear it is that the folks who are actively destroying democracy and public health while openly celebrating racist/fascist ideologies and embodying truly debased values seem to have absolutely no fear of any future reckoning.
"That’s why the Respect for Marriage Act is so important. That’s why Sen. Tammy Baldwin is a legislative genius for cobbling together a bipartisan majority to get that bill passed with Pres. Biden’s robust support back in 2022."
I sometimes wonder whether the global fascist turn (yes it’s been building for years) would have accelerated as it has been now without the pandemic making it ‘acceptable’ for both individuals and collectives to be not only content but gleeful about deciding that disabled/older pops were expendable
I can feel the dirt under my fingernails.
Wow! For MINE is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory!
And a snazzy dresser!
And is anyone surprised?
Buttigieg needs to stop imitating Gavin Newsom - in other words, stop throwing trans kids under the bus to further his political ambitions.
This is trying to find what 'space' your text and behavior would occupy. And it seems a public space, not a private one. And the connections based on text and behavior were considered valid. - To turn this on its head - have we abolished private space? Is everything to be made public?
Maybe - we used to connect with one another in 'public space'. Now we have to connect in 'private space', with exposed identities. Not sure where I'm going with this, but... Was it OK at one time to accept a public persona as valid? Were we allowed a private life? That seems to be gone.
Thank you! "I'll just pop out and have a toot around." - I love it!
What's the etymology of toot, used in this sense?
Then Judaism and the Jewish people must reject being conflated with Israel. Very difficult in a de-centralized faith like Judaism, but every Jewish community must join Jewish Voices For Peace and other similar groups to say 'not in our name!' - Call out Israel's antisemitic conflation!
Your regular reminder that it is called a concentration camp when you collect people without a trial. www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-camps/ty...
Mr. Rogers
Status quo ante Trump is long gone. Democrats must internalize this. Publicly state it clearly like Kamala Harris does here. Then lay out an agenda to begin anew.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza. “A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said. Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
A few light-weights will still maintain that the economy is chugging along just fine. "Ignore the blood in the water, nothing to see here, folks, ooops, must fly!"
An alligator with a very thin tongue - the new alternative to bear and bull markets. Actually, I think alligator market could be a useful metaphor - sluggish, apparently torpid, and then suddenly flailing tail, snapping jaws, and market chaos.
Bingo.
Don't just blame Republicans. Blame the AIPAC-funded Democrats. Schumer, Jeffries, Torres, plenty of genocide -enablers in Dem leadership.
We seem trapped between the snobbish atheists and the gung-ho supporters of theocracy. Where are the Bishop Buddes, the Rev. Barbers, the Desmond Tutus, the moral voices reclaiming liberation theology?
The defunding of USAID was the American Wannsee, the moment the ruling party’s psychosis and disregard for human life led them to choose to kill millions of innocents for its own sake. There is no normal politics possible after that, and no one has understood that yet (not even me, at a gut level).
A thing of beauty, and a joy forever.
Think of all those pro-Israel pundits you saw on your television screens this past year trying to sociopathically justify the mass starvation of Gaza by robotically claiming Hamas steals the aid. They were all lying. Shamelessly. Even the Israeli military confirms it now.
Self-inflicted trauma doesn't score very highly. Yes, compulsory military service, and yes, there are conscientious objectors. I respect their trauma. But they aren't being shot, mutilated, starved, bombed.
If you suffer trauma in being the oppressor, if inflicting trauma traumatizes you, maybe you need to rethink your allegiance.
Served in Israel? You mean enforcing apartheid? That must be very traumatic.
I would say not so much communal trauma, but being saturated with propaganda from childhood. The propaganda is designed to instill a false sense of trauma, of existential threat. - Just as the slogan 'Jews will not replace us!' is based on a non-existent threat, so 'only Israel keeps us safe'.
If anyone is still alive in Palestine.
'Hunger Crisis' - I hate this soft framing. 'State-sponsored Starvation' starts to get close, since we can't say 'genocide' yet.
Which makes Trump "Schrödinger's pedo" - maybe, maybe not, until the file is opened.
I was dazzled by your sweater. What can I say?
Sorry, I got Steggie and Trixie mixed up! Trixie for the win.
Farewell, retirement! But you'll never retire, so no regrets for our youth.
T-Rex total disadvantage! Can't ride an upright dinosaur with any confidence. You'd have to be strapped on, and possibly crushed in a fall. Plus, how would you reach around that huge head to engage with the enemy? No, stick with Steggie!
Antiques Roadshow - original box? There's your retirement $$$ right there!
MeanCat's AI-generated video of you being arrested has gone viral. The DOJ will be 'reaching out' to you soon.
They manipulated votes. Don't look away. We're being asked to believe that the electorate behaved in a statistically anomalous manner, not as part of a trend, but as an overnight reversal of polarity. This wasn't voters being manipulated, it was votes being manipulated.
We’ve heard more about whether or not a mayoral candidate in NYC condemns certain language than we’ve heard about starvation in Gaza. It’s absolutely unacceptable. Children are starving to death and our government is helping fund it.
Because AI might be capable of improvement...
2004 vs 2025 In case you're curious about how many trans women won medals during this period, the answer is zero. But sure, implement a ban anyway, I guess.
You might think I am hyperbolical and overly profane in my rhetoric… but this is the fucking Lemkin Institute for Genocide Studies. This is how desperate the circumstances are.
"Mom? Dad? My place is a mess! Let's meet at your hotel."
Or sweet-spot socialism.
How about alliterative anarchism?
Platinium? Go for it!
Cucumbers, now - completely different reaction! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBrZ...
But - you didn't say 'aluminum' - !
Sorry, but Israel is perpetrating genocide, while you collaborate with their scientists.