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Oh, the planners! The get-shit-done methodologies, the workshops, the seminars! I think of it like the wellness industry. I finally started reading one of many people who said it's mostly BS and the only best solution is the one you come up with that works for you. Yay, legal pads!
And to you 🧡
A 🧵 on how you can redirect your news subscription $ to local and worker-owned journalism (maybe instead of commentary shops that reuse or misleadingly claim the work of others)
Me neither. I went undiagnosed for 40ish years, untreated for longer. Misdiagnosed for the CPTSD until a few years ago. Worked myself almost to death trying to fit in and keep up. I'm so grateful it's changing now, although girls and women still get missed. I'm glad you figured it out!
Same with the ADHD. Boy, going undiagnosed for decades was fun. I didn't have anger toward my peers, only my abusers. What I had all the time was shame.
Deranged MAGA pundit tells Trump to “purge” gay “perverts” from the Republican Party - buff.ly/g4VzMin
The Süddeutsche: "Trump plans journalistic coup." Once again, German journalism cover America's fall into fascism better than America's journalism.
For people with whose opinions I generally feel aligned, I really need to say right now (and I know it's the same everywhere and I'll regret saying it later) that there are a whole lotta judgmental pricks on this site. I'm starting a Mr. Rogers brigade.
I have to say I'm reading some real stuff in this thread. Yeah, I was a socially inept loser nerd. My brother and I can laugh about it now. Maybe kids did think stupid shit about us. We were freaks - because we were living through a solid start to complex PTSD. He's an oncologist now. I'm a crip.
Reading your work was the primary reason I kept my NYT subscription longer than I felt good about. I will miss some of it, most especially you, but I couldn't keep wasting my pennies on, well, I'm sure you've heard or seen it all. Thanks for everything!
I don't think CNN is in any danger bsky.app/profile/numb...
Jarvis: I hate to say this to my friends here at CNN, mass media is dying, so they're taking the last of these vestiges of institutions that matter and they're trying to turn them into propaganda organs under threat from the head of the FCC
New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding. austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...
An immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Syria or Algeria. News of the Trump admin’s continued pursuit of the freed Palestinian activist comes as it expands its war on speech even further, this time against Jimmy Kimmel.
When I was growing up in Chile, a magazine tried to publish, in 1987, a satirical drawing of Pinochet as Louis XIV. Pinochet had to allow some criticism, but mockery could not be tolerated. The agents of the state showed up to shut down the magazine and arrest the editor. We all saw the weakness.
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
I won't spread any doom here. That is not my way. I didn't give up after seeing my dad be deported under Obama's ICE- and his people, including he himself, didn't give up during the fight against the Guatemalan dictatorship in the 80s and early 90s. I know it's very hard rn, but we can persevere.
This!
See how this works?
Canceling Jimmy Kimmel show is not about Charlie Kirk, just like going after universities was not about antisemitism and occupying DC was not about fighting crime.
Pls consider following that with "So here's what we do" for your many and influential followers. Fear alone is debilitating and weakens resistance. Like: Find a No Kings event for Oct. 18 at nokings.org Or search for "Erica Chenoweth 3.5%" on YouTube to learn about nonviolent resistance. Thanks.
Watch one thing today: THIS. “Despair is not an option. Giving up is not acceptable.”
This. I told a student group that I declined their debate invitation but that I would love to read something together and have a conversation. The response: crickets. Let's stop debating and try to talk with each other instead.
This finally made me laugh today, ty.
I'm sorry, I get that we all have our own s**t but it's incredibly weird that anyone ever thought this quote was meant to stoke the embers of violence, found it to be a radicalizing moment in their life, or is still angry about it a decade later.
“I ran into the story editor in the hallway, who said he was having trouble balancing the narrative because all the Israeli characters seemed evil, while all the Palestinians were angels.”
New from me — There’s been a lot of ink spilled since Charlie Kirk's murder about the "right" way to honor his death. Getting liberals fired from their jobs and forcing devoted civil servants to resign in disgust couldn’t be a more fitting tribute to his life.
How much longer can the Dems keep this up before they can be declared legally insane? I think this counts as perseveration, not perseverance.
Thanks! I'm looking forward to exploring and learning more about this framework, especially how it is neuro-affirming and describes inclusive best practices that support all people.
“I could have kept the office, the title, but I would lose what I can’t replace, my integrity.” 💚 Dr Monarez
🔥🔥🔥🔥Trump administration officials, looking at the possible impact of large insurance premium increases for millions of next year’s ACA Marketplace customers, want more people to consider plans with LESS generous benefits and high deductibles 10K+=Catastrophic care! kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
Let's be clear: There's only one political party led by those who call for violence And as @davidcorn.bsky.social writes, it's a failure of the commentariat and the Democratic Party that Trump and the Republicans have been able to get away with it.
Come on friends, help change that "no, there isn't" to "yes, there is" Trans rights are human rights We're seeing the targeting of trans and queer people + homeless, Black, neurodivergent, and disabled people + horrifying attacks on perceived immigrants Justice for one, justice for all
Yes, absolutely
He must be fired or impeached. Plain and simple.
It's beyond time to recognize that the people in charge and the politicians and personalities responsible for fighting fascism are economically and politically intertwined with the need for America to become fascist. We've got more than enough evidence and people have to move beyond denial.
Honestly, it's taking care of this one. He came to me as a foster at 10 years old. He's about to turn 14. He's got some trauma, some health issues, and he's very high maintenance. I had to give up fostering. He deserves all the love and care in the world and I'm happy to give him all of mine.
Oh dear!
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years. Speaks for itself.
Hey Brian Kilmeade, Check to see if your hands have blood on them. This is the second mass shooting on a homeless people within 12 hours.
One insurance denial for Teressa's husband stated, “your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.” “This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’” ➡️ Full story: www.propublica.org/article/ment...
A friend of mine co-owns this bookstore. This is not great. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
As all this happens, its worth remembering that if you are not in a union, there is a decent chance you are an at will employee, who can be fired for practically any reason—or no reason at all.
DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. Nothing about this fake government agency is "efficient."
Just going to remind you that if the police or any other law enforcement show up you should ABSOLUTELY say I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT i.e., then say nothing else except repeatedly demanding a lawyer.
If you feel like there’s nothing you can do to stop all of this, start by refusing to participate in fascist demands. And don’t ever justify the behaviors of people who capitulate. They can’t do any of this without cooperation. The main thing most people need to do is just refuse that cooperation.
Having a trans GF and being angry at Kirk's hatefulness don't help place this person anywhere on the left/right political spectrum. And being left of Kirk isn't saying much. One has to be left of the Dems to be meaningfully left in any way. It's time for the left/right construct to give way.
How does what you say make him more on the left than the right?
Measles is spreading across Canada. Mask up! Please check your MMR and update if possible, but without herd immunity, even fully vaccinated people are getting infected.
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Tonight in San Francisco, Peter Thiel gathers with his techbro friends to talk about the anti-Christ. A rather remarkable sign of our times.
beginnings of a recognition of the scale of the catastrophe they've created for their own core policy of reshoring industrial factories. still deputy secy of state mcrandoson probably wont cut it.
I'm very alarmed by Erika Kirk's rhetoric, and think we should all be paying close attention. But this post is not an invitation for others to attack her using the same misogyny she and her late husband promoted. That's not me tone policing; it's "fuck misogyny, always."
“Right to work” laws are a total scam. They silence American workers and keep them underpaid. The Nationwide Right to Unionize Act would solve this problem, and @repbradsherman.bsky.social and I want to get it done.
The thing to emphasize here is that this treatment is *utterly normal.* It's part of the system of detention which has existed for decades. Folkston has been like this for many, many years,
The killing of right-wing media figure Charlie Kirk comes as politically motivated acts of violence are increasing. To make sense of this moment, we spoke with Jeff Sharlet, a professor at Dartmouth College, who has documented the rise of political violence, extremism, and the rhetoric that fuels it
“Republicans will…redirect that anger back to vulnerable populations, marginalized communities, immigrants, trans people, gay people, Black people, women.” Streaming star Hasan Piker was set to debate Charlie Kirk. Now, he’s warning of a “Reichstag fire moment.”
Get the hell off Twitter already. Edolf doxxing school teachers (or anyone else saying mean things about a white nationalist) should be your final straw.
Tomorrow, Peter Thiel begins secret Antichrist lectures. Why? "It's significant that a political activist who is a billionaire has his own theology...and that he's proclaiming these lectures on Antichrist. That's rather unusual." — @revdrmatthewfox.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KegS...
Hi ICE killed a single dad at a traffic stop here on Friday Today they are disappearing people again in broad daylight, they are everywhere If you have any national platform at all Chicago is fucking begging you, please help us
I file away most messages like this and continue watching. But Senator Chris Murphy has shown that he gets what's happening. He's thoughtful but unhesitant to speak out when it's merited. When he posts a thread like this, it's worth paying attention.
A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class. This is Kirk's legacy. You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is one feature of the deprofessionalization of the DHS under Noem. Employees have encouraged to treat prisoners as lesser beings, undeserving of basic human dignity. Aspects of the organizational culture that already believed this are being empowered.
An apology is insufficient. Everyone email foxfeedback@foxnews.com and tell them Kilmeade must be fired immediately. #GoodTrouble
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Weird how when a Trump supporter, white supremacist, and reportedly, a former member of Turning Point USA shot up Florida State University (FSU) several months ago and killed two people - there wasn't the same national conversation about "political violence." www.mediaite.com/news/mass-sh...
It's hard to feel hopeful about us defeating fascism when a bunch of liberals with large accounts on this site waste time punching down on disabled folks, minimizing Covid & chronic illness. Fascism starts with normalizing eugenics
I'm sorry, we're not going to rewrite the history of Charlie Kirk to ignore everything he said to pretend he was a hero of civil discourse. He called for violence, constantly, against people he disagreed with. He should still be alive to do so. Murder is a crime, and guns should be banned on campus.
Horrifying but unsurprising
New article! A lot happened this week, so I wrote about how Antonin Dvorak wrote his greatest works in Spillville, Iowa in the summer of 1893. And about saying goodbye: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/dvorak-liv...
🚨 Today is the LAST DAY you can leave a public comment for the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, which meets Sep 18. Reports suggest they may falsely link vaccines to child deaths and restrict vaccines to ages 75 and up. You can submit a written comment here: www.regulations.gov/document/CDC...
There are so many unforgivable actions of capitulation being taken by the institutions most well-positioned to stand up to Trump’s authoritarianism if they wished to do so. A must-read from @samtlevin.bsky.social:
Wow. Trump's fraud accusations against Fed Gov Lisa Cook were bunk. She clearly labeled her second home as a 'vacation home' in documentation and she never sought a tax exemption. The whole thing was BS. www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation www.theverge.com/politics/777...
🔫 GUN VIOLENCE 🔹 309 mass shootings have occurred so far this year, causing 302 deaths and 1,354 injuries. 🔹 Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens. This includes mass shootings, suicides and accidents. It's time for action. #GunViolence #EndGunViolence #PolicyChangeNow
What counts as political violence?
Class is in session. What you already believe affects how you process new information. We saw this after the Oklahoma City bombing.
Hey Ezra & Leah @indivisible.org, re: ? at WTP yesterday - Joyce White Vance and Heather Cox Richardson called it 'functional federalism' (instead of soft secession): other levels of government doing what the feds fail to do, the states as the laboratory of democracy. youtu.be/OZcIF3ra4rc?...
As Americans struggle to make ends meet… www.forbes.com/sites/martin...
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others? David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC. apnews.com/article/deka...
I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.
Recent pieces on Maya Lin and Bryan Stevenson had reckoning with the past in my mind when I read this essay by Paisley Rekdal. "We risk descending into unreflecting glorification...erasing the more painful generational realities that both veterans and victims of war experience." Risk? Or reality?
Congress passed a bipartisan law long ago mandating that a plaque honoring the officers who defended Capitol on J6 be displayed in the building. Mike Johnson has ignored that law and refuses to do it.
“In the wake of those shootings, an industry has emerged to try to protect schools — and business is booming. According to research, the school security industry is now worth as much as $4 billion, and it's projected to keep growing.” The school shooting industry. “American exceptionalism?”
JUST IN: A historic conviction: Brazil's Supreme Court delivers a majority vote to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro over a plot to overthrow the government.
Part of the statement from the @transjournalists.org on reporting details of the the Charlie Kirk shooting investigation. Full statement here: www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...
Are there any security downsides to setting up the same Signal account on more than one device?
Writers worldwide face urgent and escalating crises. We are honored to work in solidarity with the PEN network to speak out against threats to the freedom to write, read, and learn in the U.S. Read all of the resolutions defending our collective right to free expression: bsky.app/profile/peni...
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The title of the Ezra Klein piece is an apotheosis of the NYT's corporate aligned, conservative-centrist editorial biases. What a horrifying take, that Kirk was doing politics right. I abhor guns, murder, violence. We don't know who killed him yet. None of it changes the harmful impact he had.
It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.
That's a very good idea!
the media rush to canonize charlie kirk is legitimately maybe one of the weirdest things of this nature i have ever seen in my life