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Coolest Subaru I have ever seen

I think this is one my most important columns from last year, on why any unchecked right-wing regime will seek to eviscerate the practice of science. prospect.org/politics/202...

@socialsecurityworks.org Please Follow this group for continued updates on securing Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

‘after COVID” and “post COVID” are common parlance. This language is confounding not only because COVID-19 remains a threat, but also because one would be hard-pressed to find anyone similarly willing to say “post AIDS”, for example, despite AIDS being first recognized nearly half a century ago’.

Forgive the rant, but what the hell is this Administration doing?  Not gonna be easy to undo the damage, folks. But I’ve got some ideas on where to start.

Here are some nice mushrooms

Sanders: Unbelievable… they are people half a mile away

Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism" "That theory has been debunked" "One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"

Can't get a shot of the full crowd with @aoc.bsky.social speaking today.

“.. Carney didn’t need to shout. .. He lined up the free world—Japan, the EU, Canada in lockstep—and showed Trump the cliff’s edge. .. “.. Little triggers and strategies you get when the world’s most respected economist is your PM.” @deanblundell.bsky.social 🇨🇦 open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

From our Treasury: “We’re moving from the hard currency of pebbles to the 21st century of currency known as “Cryo-currency”. We will be releasing a Gov supported memechunk of ice, which may become valuable, or may melt tomorrow. It’s really an exciting gamble that’s sure to pay off for a few of us.”

An estimated 15,000 people are at the Fighting Oligarchy rally with AOC and Bernie Sanders in Los Angeles today. Amazing!

In case you thought that Trump wouldn’t dare touch your Social Security… sourcenm.com/2025/03/03/r...

Trump and Vance would shit their pants just watching this video

AOC: Alina Habba said, “What intellectual thought.. you were in a bar AOC. Not to have a drink but to serve one.” I don’t care what this woman says about me but I want you to understand that she isn’t just talking about me, she’s talking about all of us.

I'm no epidemiologist, but what if for public health we got rid of all the scientists and their centuries of human knowledge clawed from the vast sea of human ignorance with rigor and testing, and turned it all over to people who were educated by vape-pen bro podcasts and their own magical thinking.

Why I’m NOT a Republican. My values are about OUR communities, families and children. #MomSky #Voices4Victory

Hands down the most important talk at TED this year. Much respect to Carole for telling it like it is. She deserves this standing ovation. 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽

Vaccines save lives. And no, they do not cause autism.

Say Hey! Snappy Kakkie youtu.be/FzFgs1F1MuQ?...

We stand by our reporting. So read it here:

It’s surreal how fast the United States has fallen into a dictatorial regime. Checks and balances are gone, the president disappears innocent people into foreign prison camps, words get banned, and the Overton window shifts at light speed. I honestly wonder these days when they will come for me.

WSJ Editorial page welcome to the resistance?

market manipulations lead to unintended consequences www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

The Turkish government has reassigned hundreds of teachers to other locations on the grounds that they urged students to boycott and protest. This is another right-wing move to sabotage schools and manufacture a generation devoid of critical thinking. They can’t stand critical students or academics.

@plaguepoems.bsky.social librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/04/11/p...

As you brace yourself for the recession that is beginning, remember, my friend, to protect yourself from the pandemic that is continuing. @plaguepoems.bsky.social

What remains? What remains after the smoke alarms are all dismantled, and those who would cry out have all been silenced? What remains? What remains is the fire. @plaguepoems.bsky.social

When I spoke to him by the copy machine my colleague told me that he was still unwell, and when I asked him if he was out of sick days, he quietly sighed and then said that at this point all of his days are sick days. @plaguepoems.bsky.social

Murphy: When you see the 10-year bond exploding… when you see markets moving like a sine curve—that’s the opposite of stability. A strong dollar is in our national interest. What we’re seeing now is the opposite of that.

This is naked corruption that uses federal policy to pour money into the pockets of the President's largest campaign donor. Forcing the nation's 70-some million Social Security recipients to sign up for the website owned by a Nazi saluting billionaire is outrageous.

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

Too bad public health painted themselves into a corner via their inability to admit they screwed up with airborne transmission of COVID. Now guidance is all about protecting quack egos instead of actual science. This is how the RFKs end up running things - because people can't see much difference.

#ProudBlue I saw this and had to post. We have to use every tool in the toolbox, why, because we waited too long. Every man, woman and child needs to rise up against a hostile takeover. Because, that’s EXACTLY what this is. Both MAGA and Dems need to follow though. Democracy can’t fix itself.

April 11, 2025. Last updated 3/23/2025 @KFF #GlobalCOVID19Deaths {https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/global-covid-19-tracker/}