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"Unions...can demand changes inside the party. And that is what they should buy with their influence: A clean slate. New leadership. New prominence for the Left. And a Democratic commitment to class war as an animating force in the party." inthesetimes.com/article/demo...

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well would you look at that

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Two phenomenon in the late ‘40s through the late ‘50s had equally debilitating effects on the economic growth of America’s Black communities: The fallout from the integration of MLB hamstrung the Negro League and its drawing power over time then came the slow death of live Jazz as a major draw…

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an old co-author emailed me looking for a confirmation a non-existent paper supposedly authored by me that one of her students has cited in an essay... so i got curious and prompted gpt-4o “papers by abeba birhane”. it listed 9 papers none of which I authored

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I've been building and installing Corsi-Rosenthal boxes since the southern California wildfires were really bad a few weeks back and they've made a huge difference in my indoor air quality. Really highly recommend, should have done this years ago

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Trump: Fire hundreds of thousands of career civil servants trying to keep America safe and running. Also, Trump: Give DHS a budget of up to $200 million to run anti-immigrant ads that repeatedly thank Trump for leading an immigration crackdown. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Why we launched #TeslaTakedown on Bluesky. Musk + Zuck = Muck

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A fantastic article about experimental physicist Chien-Shiung Wu and her contributions outside of the Manhattan Project. ⚛️ 🧪 #scicomm pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

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These people are coming after Janelle Bouie as if they could successfully silence him and doing so would stop the rest of us from making the same criticisms Losers

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"While congressional Democrats who lack control of either chamber have struggled to respond to Trump’s first weeks, state attorneys general have marched into court, pledging to rein in an administration intent on pushing the limits of presidential power." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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Very pleased that all of the ads I'm getting for the April 1 special elections are literally calling them Nazis

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Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

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I've written a free and accessible guide to Cephalopod Sentience with Alex Schnell, Piero Amodio and Peter Morse, stunningly illustrated by Roksolana Tkach. Please download and share! It's worth it for the illustrations alone! 🐙 thebrooksinstitute.org/sites/defaul...

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One Nazi. Two Nazis. Three Nazis. On stage… CPAC is a Nazi rally.

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““We did not elect him,” a man shouted. As the town hall reached its scheduled end, more constituents shouted questions about Musk’s access to taxpayer data and yelled “don’t lie to us””

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I know I’m too old to still be struck by this but I am just endlessly struck by the way white supremacy takes up Black and Brown aesthetics — his whole getup is so pathetically desperate, to be something he will never be

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This is in fact a real picture and it will work nicely in the ads next year about the military families devastated by Elon's illegal firings.

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Gov. Mills showed precisely the sort of integrity in the face of political pressure that the majority of the party currently lacks. More importantly, she did so extemporaneously and without hesitation from a purple state where this isn't a universally popular position. www.maine.gov/governor/mil...

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This Day in Labor History: February 22, 1860. 3,000 shoemakers in Lynn, Massachusetts went on strike, beginning the nation’s largest strike before the Civil War!!!

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“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”

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😹😭

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It’s not just Space X. Musk was able to save Tesla because of a loan from the Dept of Energy. Here he is in 2013 filled with gratitude for the federal agency & the taxpayers who saved his business. From reporting by @puck.news. airmail.news/issues/2025-...

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This morning! Tell Elon and DOGE to #forkoff! 🥄🥄

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WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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A nice thread:

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Update: He’s coming back to Mass. Judge ordered his release on bond. www.wbur.org/news/2025/02...

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In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests? There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.

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Remarkable: Trump's own pollster just found that in swing House districts, Dems lead by 5 points and voters want tax policy to prioritize working people, per Politico. Yet GOP is about to brutally slash the safety net and give the rich huge tax cuts! New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1918...

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This is a deadly shakedown.

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Here’s my response to the resurgence of Canadian nationalism — left & otherwise — in the context of the tariff war: a political dead end, we need instead a much more far reaching, & internationalist, response animated by struggles from below. www.midnightsunmag.ca/we-need-work...

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"A sure sign we’re not 'all in this together' is when the ruling class insists, loudly and repeatedly, that we’re all in this together."

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Pitt to pause PhD admissions, following Vanderbilt and USC, because of uncertainty of NIH funding to academic universities. Who will teach and train US scientists for pharma and biotech? Should we import them from countries that do? www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

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So glad that @libro.fm pointed me to this historical fiction about a Jewish enby artist who is living under the homophobia of GWB’s post-9/11 America and finds an old queer love letter. A powerful reminder that we’ve always been here, and we are fighters. #BookSky 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

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I'm begging people to remember that 'meritocracy' was coined for a work of satirical fiction. It is not a real thing, and, as the satire suggested, defining 'merit' as a standalone measurable individual quality is impossible.

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The student who ripped this sign down did more for trans people than most of our politicians.

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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Safaa. Safaa was a doctor in Gaza specializing in childhood illnesses and malnutrition and her husband Mohammed was an ophthalmologist. They managed to flee to Egypt with their children Jawa and Jad but have no papers and cannot work there.

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Study finds that Meta and X Approved ads containing anti Muslim and antisemitic hate speech ahead of German Election techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/m...

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Nothing in these EOs legally mandates or prohibits gender-affirming care—health care providers complying in advance are betraying their Hippocratic oath and harming trans youth. We must insist on refusal and target institutions that comply in advance. For more info/actions/resources: bit.ly/IC-TMIC2

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I would be so embarrassed to be the unqualified dude

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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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another great example along with Wired and Teen Vogue of how real journalism these days can be a lot braver at outlets where no one is trying to get in good with the White House press secretary they’re out here with us, reporting on what’s happening to us all, instead of trying to get inside access

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Sure would be nice if the U.S. continued funding stuff like “vaccines for pancreatic cancer.”

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Reality is absurd

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JUST IN: A judge has enjoined President Trump's effort to block federal funds from going toward grant recipients who engage in DEI practices. The judge says the orgs are likely to succeed on claims that this is viewpoint discrimination, among other issues storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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