Profile avatar
brainofbean.bsky.social
Actor, sometime painter, catmother, healthcare worker bee
20 posts 102 followers 84 following
Regular Contributor
Conversation Starter
Posts 20 Comments 12

Just putting this here to remind everybody that we’ve been recipients of corporate propaganda for decades. And we’re living some kind of grand climax of this propaganda paradigm coming to a head in the age of 2025. www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

Penny, you're not supposed to be up there

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Also worth noting that they put aside organizational differences to align behind this message. No organization is named here. Just the signatories. And we’re Jews. We argue over everything. This is a minor miracle of conscious.

submitted 9 days ago • 9 comments

I want to go to a timeline where alter-me is having a good time.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Boston, MA #fiftyfiftyone #50501

submitted 11 days ago • 12 comments

In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server. Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding

submitted 19 days ago • 1554 comments

I think we're going to have to do a general strike. Making noises of displeasure is not going to be enough. A march is not going to be enough. And for most of us, withholding labor is the only other tool we have.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

👇👇👇👇

submitted 20 days ago • 1207 comments

submitted 22 days ago • 18 comments

One of the hospital departments I serve provides care for transgender children and adolescents. I don't know what the future holds, but I know these doctors. They will not comply in advance. I hope this is challenged in court and never comes to pass.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Wow

submitted 30 days ago • 889 comments

Listen up. It’s time for a Pokes Thread on Gender at Conception. The EO signed yesterday defines gender as “the one assigned at conception”. BLUF: there are several possible genders at conception. They can differ from how the baby looks at birth. Let’s dig in. 1/?

submitted 31 days ago • 9 comments

January 22, 2025

submitted 31 days ago • 86 comments

What's the best way to carefully figure out a stranger's politics? Assuming you have to coexist/work with them in the future.

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

At least my plant is happy.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Do we think Donald is mad that Elon stole his "shock and awe" thunder by throwing a Nazi salute? There were more photos of Elon than Donald in the news.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Just in case people don’t fully grasp it. The pardoning of insurrectionists is Trump’s way of building loyalty from militias and domestic terrorists to carry out unofficial acts for him

submitted 33 days ago • 445 comments

One of the more immediate/direct consequences of US WHO withdrawal. Two of seven essential Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) laboratories are located in the US. 🧪🛟🌎🧬🖥️🩺🦠🔬 www.who.int/initiatives/...

submitted 33 days ago • 9 comments

Question: If I throw someone in the river and let them drown juuuuust a little bit, and then I pull them out, can I still take credit for "saving" them? 🍊⏰

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments