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Former: reporter, uni flak, MT, unschooling parent, suburban homesteader, CFS sufferer. Current: enjoying DHs early retirement, parent to 2 amazing 🌈 young adults, unraveling layers of conditioning, & being stunned by this ever unfolding Now.
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Oh I am not shitposting, folks. Stephen Miller, his wife, and Elon are widely rumored to be a throuple. Now Miller's wife is leaving the Trump team to be with Musk & LITERALLY PER THE NEW YORK TIMES Stephen is angrily subtweeting Musk. They actually put it in the paper of record that he was mad

ICE orders critically sick 4 year old girl to deport—doctors say she "will die" if forced to leave hospital. She entered U.S. legally in 2023 on humanitarian grounds—Trump just revoked that. "Doctors have said unequivocally said this child will die in a matter of days," said the family's lawyer.

college is a challenge to patriarchal control. this upsets the right. also, it notably often upsets college administrators.

📌What's this weird ick we're feeling? In a nutshell, hypernormalization is the surreal, disorienting experience of KNOWING societal norms are collapsing, while SEEING folks behave as though everything's fine. Thx, @newarsenalofdemocracy.org. I'm late to the party. But this fits. 😩 🎥 @foushy Insta

Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, and Norway in a joint statement: We call for Palestine to be admitted to the United Nations as a full member.

"This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY. And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon. And this story barely makes the news today. WTF." - Senator Chris Murphy Read more: bit.ly/3Fwh4LP

This summer i’m getting fully vibes-pilled. Going pilled-core. Totally core-mode. Modemaxxing the vibe-pill adjacent core

RFK Jr, May 14: "I don't think people should be taking advice, medical advice from me." RFK Jr, May 27: Bypasses typical processes and unilaterally eliminates vaccine recommendations.

"We further estimate that the removal of [school mask] mandates during this time contributed to 21800 COVID deaths through the rest of 2022, 9% of the U.S. total that year...the bulk of these deaths were from spillovers to residents in the wider community."

Denver police installing naloxone vending machines outside three stations Tuesday www.denver7.com/news/front-r...

Everyone in ICUs during COVID has haunting pregnancy stories: tenuous patients, emergency intubations, crash C-sections. Even after 5 years of immunity from vaccines and past infections, COVID harms placentas and pregnancy outcomes. Undermining vaccine confidence only endangers pregnant people.

I know that people have a lot of thoughts about #COVID vaccines in kids but as someone who cared for previously healthy kids who had really bad outcomes, I will be vaccinating my kids every chance I can get.

FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON YOUR VACCINATIONS NOW.

"Scott, who McNiel described as a “90s Democrat" {...} is a former union organizer based in Oakland, California, whose activism, political campaigning & social media output have targeted transgender people, homeless encampments, local media organizations, progressive politicians and city employees."

Latest Covid variants and outlook for UK summer... Credit: @chrischirp.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/independ...

The research shows that 25% of a group reaching a tipping point and then making a concerted push can shift the social dynamics of the rest of the group. Remember what i was saying about learning to take advantage of ontological shocks? This is what an opportunity space for that looks like.

And it’s coming from inside the house

I mean it. Find a Gold Star parent and ask them what they this of…this

I wrote about the hate campaign against Bella Ramsey and how it follows the playbook to use fandom to push an anti-queer, anti-trans, anti-woman agenda by attacking diversity in pop culture. And also, how it makes it exhausting to be a queer woman on the internet.

George Floyd was murdered on this day five years ago. Despite massive protests over racial injustice, police killings are sadly on the rise. Instead of pouring more funds into our brutal system of policing, let's invest in communities. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

This is such a bizarre headline for something as simple as “Costco locations close for Memorial Day”

Utah tried to commission another Cass Report but forgot to put a corrupt bigot in charge. As a result, the real, qualified researchers found exactly why every major medical association already endorses trans care for youth.

So ok, here’s the deal. We’ve been skating on the fact that we had a massive summer wave last year, one of the biggest we’ve *ever* had. Since then, no new strain really took over, so people who got sick last year have been coasting on limited immunity to that strain. That’s about to change.

Imagine how we would view this if it was happening in another country

I don’t follow the “Yankee Candle” metric but I *do* follow the “how many coworkers are calling in sick and asking people to cover their shifts” metric and that one is definitely trending up right now.

I've never seen it so well put before.

an animal blending in with his natural habitat.

Convicted Felon, Donald Trump, is going after for the courts. He’s scared of an independent judiciary. I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here is the truth: @thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM

Agree with this. The US starts out w a lot going in its favor. Location, scale, resources, etc But of the ways the US has *made* its success (as opposed to lucking into it), these 3 rank very high. All connected by university system. A saboteur could not do more than Trump + servile GOP are doing

This is a five alarm fire

Last night, we were one of the first outlets to report the ADULT ban on gender affirming care for Medicaid recipients who depend on it to access it. This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1. It now goes to the senate. It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.

if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.

Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom. Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they’re gearing up for a fight. www.wired.com/story/politi...

House budget bill would lead bottom income quintile to lose ~4% of their income on average ($800), but top percentile would see their incomes rise 4% (nearly $70,000). If tariffs remain in place, the overall impact on families would be even more regressive. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...

We now have a growing cohort of unvaccinated/ wild-type naĂŻve children. Prasad & Makary & RFK Jr and their ilk are the catalyst for the next spike of MIS-C and long-COVID in kids that will follow this decision