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This is what I didn’t do last week: www.nbcnews.com/science/spac...

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How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

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chat is it good for a dictionary to be mad at you

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Dear manager, 1. Monday, you can hold your head 2. Tuesday, 3. Wednesday, stay in bed 4. Or Thursday, watch the walls instead 5. It's Friday, I'm in love -Jenna

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DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

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The answer is simple: you write down how it got this way, why it got this way, the names of the people responsible, and how rich they got doing it. You then tie it together in a timeless package that says "fuck these people, right?" And you hand it to as many normal people as possible

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You want to read alt text on these

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Hey @yersiniapestis.bsky.social remember that boombox with "Blaze of Glory" that you & i have each been ready to hold for the other for various reasons? Yeah I think @plastastica.bsky.social & I are gonna have to hold it up for Sen. Tina Smith, who is ALL out of bubblegum.

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Exactly. Musk is an evil, sociopathic piece of shit, to be sure, but he’s also bone-stupid. Extraordinarily dumb. Like Trump, his main superpower is shamelessness to an almost surreal level.

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It is a twisted combination of funny and frustrating that every Nazi dog whistle they did over the past decade plus, yes, including that OK symbol thing, got downplayed into oblivion by many of the people who feel like they are just all of the sudden heiling out of nowhere.

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please tell me this email went to John Roberts

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That fucking HR email has arrived. I'm thinking about replying: 1. Did not commit treason 2. Did not deliberately sabotage government agencies 3. Didn't gargle Putin's balls 4. Rated 24 Veteran disability claims 5. Didn't earn my dream job only to be micromanaged by a dipshit from S. Africa

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regret to inform everyone this is a real guy who could be pope

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“A desire to force U.S. military leaders to be obedient to him and not the Constitution is one of the constant themes of Trump’s military-related discourse.”

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"Let's figure out why men become Nazis" isn't a particularly rewarding game, in my opinion. Yes, everyone has reasons for what they do, but the answer to "why does a white man embrace a political system in which white men alone hold power" is fairly self-evident.

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The speed the universities have moved to comply with this stuff is astonishing. These are not fast moving orgs so embracing the erasure of inclusion and equity this quickly tells you about their leadership’s commitment.

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btw, i will tell you this - i have been talking to people all day, and the media is missing, whether intentionally or not, how absolutely, volcanically angry the people who have been fired are, not because they lost their jobs, but because their jobs matter, to us

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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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I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.

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I'm not reblogging this for a pile-on because I'm sure you have the best intentions, but I need for everyone to understand something very important. The lives of transpeople are worth fighting for with sledgehammers.

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We should’ve floored it on “weird (derogatory)”. Just gone absolute balls-to-the-wall on it and to hell with the strategists. It was fun, it was working, it was the right thing to do.

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Just had an excellent interview with @advocate.com, and I really think this one is worth your time to read.

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ny times, the most well financed, praised news source on the planet, able to influence govts, institutions, etc: "here's some lie, dont fact check it, just trust us" me, who failed high school geometry, googling while waiting for a burger: "yeah, that's not true." www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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Bad messaging: We need to educate our constituents so they know we don't have any power. Good messaging: We will do everything possible to protect our constituents and democracy, we hear their concerns, and we're going to tell them daily how they can help us oppose autocracy.

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Come for the stories, stay for the Columbo references! 🧥

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nature is healing

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Hi! Disability scholar here. IQ is a deeply racist and classist metric weaponized by eugenicists and used to claim the innate superiority of the white ruling class. Stop listening to ppl who crow about IQ. Intelligence means nothing without compassion, humbleness, and owning one’s mistakes.

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elon musk at cpac was so fucking weird you guys I know this reads like a parody but I literally just wrote down what happened www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...

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I hope his "retirement" comes earlier than planned.

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Reality: Republicans control Congress and could haul Elon in for a hearing and file court briefings to contest DOGE Alternatively, 2 house Republicans and 20 Senate Republicans could put an end to this crisis by joining their Democratic colleagues, enforce the 14th amendment & kick Trump out

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From the makers of "Snakes on a Plane" comes a new aviation thriller for our times: "On a Plane"

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Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man

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Oh he HATES Muriel Bowser. He really thinks Black people should not be in charge of anything. It's absolutely about his racism. And he wants to grab power over NYC next. He's already trying with the highly compromised, corrupt Adams. He doesn't respect him either, but he will use him.

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As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.

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Every ten minutes here is like: - Trump doubles student debt - Musk now has keys to your house and is in your bathroom doing plumbing drugs - Three planes just crashed - Trump signs EO making women illegal - Face-melted Nazi from Indiana Jones now in charge of CIA - Meteor not arriving fast enough

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This was amazing! (Resharing from the source!)

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Really important to point out that part of the reason Russia is gunning for Signal in such an ass-backwards way is that all the normal ways they have to break into communications haven't worked on Signal.

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In light of airlines suing USDOT to (checks notes) continue breaking wheelchairs and putting disabled people at risk without consequences, here's a 2023 video I filmed with Vice that shows the hell that is flying as a wheelchair user (Spoiler: my wheelchair was broken.) youtu.be/MRntgEiTHIY?...

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I don't want their fucking "protection". I don't need to be "protected" from trans folks who are just trying to go about their day!

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Exactly what I was thinking might happen. Their anti-trans animus is infecting other cases. Trump is biting off too much too fast. My hope is that all of this factors into some of the fence-sitting justices on SCOTUS for big upcoming cases.

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james carville LAST YEAR said the democrat party is too girlie and fruity and Black and maybe it was time for (white) men to get a voice if your resume includes "the '92 clinton campaign" you should've lost your job doing this by now (yes that includes the clintons)

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Or, and hear me out, don't use genAI in your lit reviews. My god.

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If last year you described the daily actions and proclamations that Trump has made this year as a prediction, the entire pundit universe would accuse you of being hysterical and having Trump Derangement Syndrome.

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Trump's DOJ has erased a report from its website that lays out its own recommendations for tackling violence against Indigenous women www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

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This is fucking incredible.

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