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It's time for Democrats to oust the corrupt, dynastic, conservative clique controlling their party for the benefit of multimillionaire donors, in favour of a new generation that actually wants to improve people's lives. If the Democratic Party has a future, it lies with people like Zohran Mamdani.

submitted 8 hours ago • 28 comments

Holy #surveillance hell, Batman. Let me get this straight: First, they feed your video, which is already stored in their cloud, into an #AI transformer to write descriptions. Then they feed your descriptions into a pattern learning system (ML, maybe?) to figure out your patterns and habits […]

submitted 9 hours ago • 4 comments

#RankedChoiceVoting fixes so much of what ails US democracy. Getting rid of the Spoiler Effect is a HUGE DEAL. https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/114746292947427234

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#CDC just hired a professional #antivaxxer to work on #vaccine safety. 🤬 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-vaccine-safety-office-hire-former-head-anti-vaccine-group-founded-rfk-jr/

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Please please please let Bald Vance become the global symbol of resistance to authoritarianism https://www.thejournal.ie/jd-vance-baby-dail-6743403-Jun2025/?utm_source=twitter_short

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Every Republican is an un-American piece of shit. https://www.threads.com/@newrepublic/post/DLWAHvsooAG

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Sad to see Armadillo Willy’s, a local BBQ joint, close all but one of their stores. But also infuriating to read that its current president blamed taxes for his cash flow woes: “The state came in and took my money that I was working with. I owed them money for sales tax.” Bro, if you’re not […]

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The Tech Bros reinvented cigarettes ... to be even more toxic and harmful. “One of the disposable e-cigarettes studied released more lead during a day’s use than nearly 20 packs of traditional cigarettes.” www.ucdavis.edu/news/disposa...

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

By far the best thing that could happen to NYC in coming years is that everyone who has threatened to leave it follows through. Just a giant flushing of douchebags into Florida. What a bonus!

submitted 16 hours ago • 33 comments

The key to understanding Dem consultants & strategists is that they deeply loathe the most ardent Dem voters.

submitted 16 hours ago • 35 comments

Sure there is the trap of Availability Bias, but also this doesn’t seem normal in a normal civilized democracy. https://www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Raids/s/2JPggaAa7T

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

People inside (and outside) the energy world waste way too much time debating the merits of individual energy sources & technologies. The most important thing right now, which all our resources should be aligning behind, is ELECTRIFICATION.

submitted 17 hours ago • 17 comments

An awesome story about how solar microgrids kept the power on during Puerto Rico's latest blackouts. This is bottom-up, power-to-the-people shit. Get excited!

submitted 17 hours ago • 14 comments

Comedian Tim Dillon Slams Thiel, Palantir, and Tech Elite. “All of these people want a post-American future...They're going to start buying up podcasters and YouTubers,” says controversial entertainer, who says he turned down dinner invites from Peter Thiel. www.thenerdreich.com/comedian-tim...

submitted 18 hours ago • 12 comments

“Stepping into my 40s felt adult and empowered,” Pascal says. “Fifty felt more vulnerable—much more vulnerable.” Man do I vibe with this whole article.

submitted 19 hours ago • 3 comments

I don’t know what it takes for a human to grow up to be a ghoul like Mitch McConnell, but it’s an abject indictment oh humanity that some of us would vote someone like him into office. Same goes for Mike Johnson. Who the hell voted for that soulless shell of a man? At least no one voted for […]

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Today's newsletter is about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social shows that you can run on "kitchen table issues" without throwing vulnerable people to the wolves — and win! www.readtpa.com/p/want-to-kn...

submitted 20 hours ago • 11 comments

Do No Harm uses its misleadingly medical sounding name to legitimize its anti-trans activism. Click through to learn more and help our channel grow!

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

Paper 1 has been resubmitted! Yay! Paper 2 now open and it looks like the editor killed all my darlings... Boo! But luckily prepint servers exist, so you can read it here in full unedited glory... https://hal.science/hal-05024130v1/document Shh, 🤫 don't tell Nature. 😜 […]

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

"Somehow, Palpatine returned" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 21 hours ago • 18 comments

Today on Volts: the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has become a tool to delay & block new housing. I talk with two legislators -- @buffywicks.bsky.social & @scottwiener.bsky.social -- about their attempts to reform the landmark law & uncork housing abundance in CA.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

What do a football jersey, a ski suit, a beach towel, and a scarf have in common? They all show the warming stripes—and open the door to talking about climate change. Here’s more on how you can join in, and start a conversation today without saying a word!

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

ok did The Discourse go over how fucking horrific the original Norwegian article is yet. like the meme is funny but what happened to the kid is really scary and wasn't just deportation

submitted 22 hours ago • 9 comments

It's odd that even an authoritarian like Trump would want to destroy US science, but there we have it. It is hard to see any other rationale for this random act of chaos. www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

submitted 21 hours ago • 26 comments

“I’m the homeless czar in the state of California.” — Gavin Newsom, 2020 “Addressing homelessness is primarily a local issue.” — Gavin Newsom's office, 2025. KQED: Newsom slashes funding for homelessness in State Budget, Leaving Cities Scrambling www.kqed.org/news/1204567...

submitted 21 hours ago • 9 comments

This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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You know what would encourage people to get more physical activity? No, it is not wearable fitness trackers. It is: 1. A liveable wage so people have time for it 2. Safe parks and other infrastructure for such activity But that’s too hard.

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1. Last night, Zohran Mamdani prevailed in the Democratic Primary for New York Mayor. He didn't run from trans people... He fought for them, pledging $65M to shore up care. He even spoke at rallies against hospitals like NY Langone capitulating to Trump. Subscribe to support our journalism.

submitted 19 hours ago • 26 comments

A group promoting benevolence, empathy, and equality got cheers during a Pride parade near Colorado Springs. But conservatives heard "Hail Satan" and lost their damn minds. Now some local leaders want to defund the whole event. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorado-s...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

yes this is why the establishment doesn't like ranked choice

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NationalReview 25 Jun 25 -- NatReview op-ed takes aim at Roberts's Skrmetti opinion for using the term "transgender boy" with masculine pronouns, thereby acknowledging that there actually IS such a thing as a trans boy and respecting their gender. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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Interesting new idea about what the hippocampus does: "contextualize our experiences and provide a scaffold onto which we can form memories" 🧪 www.thetransmitter.org/memory/expan... from @thetransmitter.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

i saw dems worrying that stephanik was already running attack ads against Mamdani and i just think the era of being afraid of republican attacks should be over

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"The heatwave media formula is still extravagantly weird: all stock photos of ice-creams and suns with their hats on. It is time we recognised this extreme weather for exactly what it is. It’s like illustrating a war with a photo of a soldier coming home and kissing his sweetheart: sure, that […]

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