Dogs are getting vaccinated less and rabies rates are rising, in part because 37% of Americans think vaccines will give their dogs... pawtism. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Dogs are getting vaccinated less and rabies rates are rising, in part because 37% of Americans think vaccines will give their dogs... pawtism. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Contagious infections…
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
As Trump attacks unions and occupies our city, we’re called to remember how we got here. Labor Day would not exist without the workers who fought and died at the Haymarket Massacre and the Pullman Strike in Chicago. It’s not a coincidence he’s targeting Chicago:
You guys see where this is going? Right?
Let's gooooooo, #BookSky! The "Interesting Times: A Hopepunk Anthology" is LIVE! RIGHT NOW! On Kickstarter! You can help bring to life an anthology that beats back the darkness and finds hope to stand up, to fight, during, well, everything going on. www.kickstarter.com/projects/int... 📚📢
Literally just $1. It really isn't that much, y'all. Help an injured girl out
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
Trump wants you to forget Epstein. Or at least, trust the lady whose been convicted of the crime. My latest adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/maxwell-th...
Corporations socialize their losses and privatize their gains.
🚨🚨🚨Police draw a firearm IN A CLASSROOM. Details at the end of the video. There is something terribly wrong when a law enforcement officer is unable to use critical thinking skills in order to take different actions to protect all involved.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, falsely suggested psychiatric drugs may have played a role in the Minnesota Catholic school shooting — a statement widely criticized as unsupported by science.
Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Never go back. Leave. Embassy is probably her best bet. I hope she stays safe.
Christ on a bike. I'm so afraid for her and hope she takes the advice about the embassy
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Back in the early 1950's the Senate held hearings on Organized Crime in the US. Little did they realize that 70 years later, the Senate would enable an organized criminal family to control Congress from the White House. www.c-span.org/clip/congres...
Watch. If you claim one of these to get a vaccine, they’ll use it later as a preexisting condition to crank up your health premium or kick you off your plan.
Veterans didn’t fight in wars to have our freedoms taken away by our own ! #democracy #notofascism #arresttrump
🧵 As of July 1, the CDC gutted its FoodNet program, slashing surveillance from 8 major foodborne pathogens down to just 2: salmonella a& E. coli. No more federal tracking for campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio, or yersinia.
Hey Siri, what is hypocrisy?
*coughcough* www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-...
RFK Jr claims that windmills are "wiping out the whale population" in the Atlantic
What a moron
A fully updated laptop? In this economy?!
AYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! There's a Kickstarter happening soon, for "Interesting Times: A HopePunk Anthology" that features my short, "The First Sword." This is a short story within the TBK-verse, and is something I used to help do some world-building and crafting. #BookSky #WriteSky
Twin Peaks (1991)
If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
I hope one thing leftists all take away from Mamdani’s campaign though is that it doesn’t matter how chill and wholesome you are, the dinguses are going to smear and trash you in increasingly unhinged ways anyway, so you might as well shoot for the moon and campaign on what makes your heart sing
Logging on here these days has a very “clumsily sorting through the apocalyptic wreckage of broken glass and rusty shards of metal with your bare hands in the hopes of finding a bag of candy or a cool yo-yo or literally anything good” vibe. (Not Bluesky’s fault. Just reality in America in 2025!)
Trump is now trying to dictate who MLB inducts in the Hall of Fame
It's a great time to be a grown man who believes both Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump.
Stagflation in some form is coming. The trillion-dollar question is whether inflation becomes entrenched paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...
They found her. She’s alone in a holding cell in Chantilly: www.reddit.com/r/washington...
Does Trump have the power to end mail-in voting? Legal scholar weighs in PBS NewsHour 8/23/2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jULe... Support your local #PBS-affiliate via pbs.org enter zipcode to find your station. #civics #USA #Mail-In-Ballots #Mail-In-Voting #Vote! #VoteBlue! Please repost!
That got us wondering: How would those governors feel if National Guard troops from other states were ordered onto their streets, perhaps to patrol one of the 53 cities in those states with a higher murder rate than Washington’s? So, we asked them. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
Leading global experts just confirmed what we’ve long known: Gaza is in famine. At least half a million Palestinians are facing starvation, acute malnutrition and death. And it’s likely to spread. The U.S. government is not a bystander to this genocide. We can end it today.
NYC is way too expensive — but some of the best things are free. Earlier this week, I met up with some new friends at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to watch some qualifying matches. US Open Fan Week runs through Saturday. And it's free.
Powell: "GDP growth has slowed notably in the first half of this year, to a pace of 1.2%, roughly half the 2.5% pace in 2024. The declining growth has largely reflected a slowdown in consumer spending ... higher tariffs have begun to push up prices in some categories of goods."
Career professionals who lead crucial units throughout the military and key positions in DOJ are being replaced by hyper-partisan loyalists willing to put Trump over the Constitution.
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The Bolton raid should chill you: my emergency video (full video linked) adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
Ahead of President Trump’s second term, scientists and advocates sought to tighten rules that protect climate researchers and their work from political interference. The Trump administration has now rolled those changes back.
both of these photos of Trump's hand were taken today (Getty)
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
“tHeRe’S nO LiSt” I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Ghislaine Maxwell is not a credible source.
Ooooooooo! Thats a great idea! Thanks!
Let me tell you this: This short story tickled my fancy in a way that, well, absolutely left me wanting more. You *need* it.
It is currently only available on Kindle. Though getting it onto other platforms is absolutely something I should have considered long before now. 😩
This 👇🏾 “Why do they need masks? They’re federal officials, they’re paid by the taxpayers. They should be doing their jobs in a way that’s lawful and constitutional, and that’s part of the job.” DC Mayor Bowser questions why so many federal officers in the capital continue to cover their faces.
I deeply resent having to defend John Bolton but “the president sends his goons on a fishing expedition to raid anyone who criticizes him” is in fact very alarming
This is so important… Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov 🧵
I think my favorite thing I’ve written is still the only thing I’ve ever managed to get published: a short story that got into an indie anthology about five years ago. www.amazon.com/Guild-J-Mett... Yes, this post is also a shameless promo 😂 #Editing #AuthorAugust #MyTwentyYearNovel
Meet Shakira. Ten years ago, she was living in a shelter with her three kids, working at a non-union hotel. Now she's a member of HTC. Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
It’s getting harder and harder to believe the majority of Democrat politicians aren’t just Controlled Opposition.
Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.
Gov. Newsom: These guys aren't screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It's all at stake.
My 80-year-old aunt told me she "got tired of streaming" and is borrowing DVDs from her library again. So I checked it out and they have an amazing selection. Blu-rays too, from Criterion, Kino Lorber and other boutique labels. #PhysicalMedia #FilmSky
NEWS: DNC Chair Ken Martin says TX State Rep. Nicole Collier was threatened with a FELONY charge for speaking on a press call with him, Cory Booker, and Gavin Newsom.
Newsom: I mean, even poor Kid Rock — these guys, they’ve gotten a little precious, haven’t they? The folks at Fox are like, “Oh, this is so unbecoming of a governor. Oh, oh.” And meanwhile, they sit there reading his tweets every single day. Are they really that out of touch?
Chattel slavery was so bad that when we tell you how bad it in fact was most of y'all shut down and tell us we're making it up and pass laws against us ever telling you how bad it was again because your brains literally cannot handle how bad it in fact was.
Viggo Mortensen performs "The Oath of Elendil" in Elvish, the song he sings during Aragorn’s coronation scene. 👑
Ossoff: "There is at some point is going to be a reckoning for all of this. These folks who are working at these private prison companies who are on Kristi Noem's staff right now, they are at some point going to have to testify under oath about what is happening in the facilities they're running."
"What's that, the cinematic had WOMEN in it? Bad expansion already. 0/10" please keep adding women in cinematics so you drive these guys away thank you
Dear Smithsonian.......send your historical records to Canada before they're destroyed.
Via Variety: 'Guillermo del Toro refused to make #Frankenstein with too much visual effects and green screens: "I want real sets."' variety.com/2025/film/fe...
My pledge to our city.
pssst hey guess what there's a new chapter of 'Heavy Metal Alchemist: The Poisoner of Carmershen' up on ko-fi now - go feast your peepers on these written words :3c #writesky #WIP #kofi #writing ko-fi.com/post/Heavy-M...
The amusing thing about this clip is the infrastructure bill was literally the first and only thing Nancy Mace brought up in terms of her accomplishments in Congress. Her biggest win for her district was legislation she voted against.
It should go without saying, but slavery in general was always awful. The chattel slavery here in the States egregiously so. This shouldn’t be up for debate in 20goddam25.
Still trying to catch up on my #AuthorAugust posts. Life’s been crazy and I’m a couple days behind. A fact about my MC: he’s a thief. Partially by choice but mostly out of a feeling of familial obligation. #MCMonday #Editing #MyTwentyYearNovel
Nancy Mace: "In my time in Congress, I actually helped secure the largest infrastructure grant in state history, in South Carolina history. So I've worked very hard on the policies that matter to voters here." (Mace is taking credit for legislation she voted against!)
STEWART: "And to all the people worried about Mamdani's socialist tendencies, guess what? He's the best case scenario — because this system is not sustainable… and if this doesn’t change, there’s gonna be more drastic action.”
“I’m not going to miss spending time with my family” Really comes across as “I don’t view you, my daughter, as family”
"I didn't know I was supposed to accommodate my own daughter" Wow
The computer at work is so dramatic. Every night when I turn it off it always asks “Are you sure you want to end the system?” Bitch, no, just go to sleep.
Don't threaten me with a good time.
My MC’s obstacle, at least at the beginning of the book, is that he doesn’t really know why he’s been strong armed by a very famous wizard into joining him on a quest. #AuthorAugust #Editing #WIP #MyTwentyYearNovel
Rep. Warren Davidson: "You can't have an honest election if you don't have an honest census. They counted illegals. California's got lots of illegals. People estimate they've got 6 or 7 extra representatives in the House bc they're counting non-citizens in their population. They did it to get power"
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
For my WIP, I’m currently working on combining my fourth and seventh chapters. They don’t need to be separate. #AuthorAugust #WIP #Editing #MyTwentyYearNovel
Release the Epstein Files!
Wonder what Foxnews would be talking about all day this week if Obama had done this?
Fox News falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
For decades, the biomedical industry has relied on a compound in horseshoe crab blood to protect medical equipment from contamination, saving untold human lives. But conservationists say modern medicine’s dependence on this bloodletting is upending a globe-spanning ecosystem.
I try to do the same. I’ve learned that if I wait too long, whatever idea is bouncing around my skull goes *poof!*
Morning writing or night time writing? I don’t really have a preference, just whenever I have the time. #AuthorAugust #Editing #MyTwentyYearNovel
Unreal betrayal! Trump meets Putin, dumps ceasefire for permanent surrender, ceding Donbas to invaders. No sanctions, just weakness—letting Russia grind Ukraine down. Wake up, world: This is capitulation, not diplomacy! Impeach the lapdog! #TrumpSellout #UkraineBetrayed
check out the smirk on Putin's face in the latter part of this clip. He's loving this.
🚨BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered a second 30-day special legislative session Friday, following through on his promise to continue convening the state legislature to thwart Democrats’ efforts to block a GOP redistricting effort that could add five Republican seats in Congress.
I am once again asking you to knock on doors to win a city we can afford. zohranfornyc.com/events
Today’s employee review. Vile beyond human reckoning. Looks like a dessicated yak in the last act.
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Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."