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"survival of the fittest" is eugenicist talk. The child who died in Lubbock this Wednesday, in this measles outbreak, was six years old. We can hopefully agree that gloating over the deaths of children is not a good look for anyone.

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That and I still hear people saying that it’s not a big deal anymore like it was in 2020

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the people elevating themselves as advocates of traditional masculinity embody the exact opposite skills and traits. don't know if this works because they are essentially running unopposed or because people (least of all them) are not actually interested in the underlying values. or both

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Could also be because capital is framed as a masculine “trait” unto itself. Someone who has a lot of capital must be the most masculine of all. Everything else we see in traditional masculinity is often an attempt at latching onto that hierarchy (e.g., “I’m powerful too!”).

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I have spectacular news. I found a local bookstore near my work. They are extremely community focused. Anti red-hat movement. They regularly hold things like tabletop game nights, crochet meetups, and local author signings. And they have shop cats!

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Heads up, feds. "created a repository for a Twitter DM downloading tool"

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NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated. 🧪

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Seeing Jorja Smith next week and just got tickets to see Cynthia Erivo (with the Philadelphia Orchestra) in June 🙌🏾

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exhale finally finished and submitted a draft of my book chapter…

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Ooof. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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I’m pretty sure my acknowledgment of the very real possibility that I might not have a job next year is the source of this persistent crick on the right side of my neck that won’t go away

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Angie Stone, singer and member of the iconic hip hop trio The Sequence, has died at 63

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Telling people you have Long COVID is the strangest thing, people withdraw from you, their eyes glaze over and you can almost SEE them stop listening entirely. No one wants to think about it, no one wants to be reminded of it, and no one wants to hear from people with LC at all, sadly.

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If you’re a former 18F or USDS employee and would like to talk to a tech reporter (publicly or otherwise), feel free to reach out. brianfung.me Signal: bfung.01

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We started watching Dragon Ball Z for the first time, and Goku stay recovering or on his way somewhere

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Threw out my neck so alas I’ve been up for the last hour 😫

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I’m sure there are sci-fi films that our tech leaders didn’t take the wrong lessons from. I just can’t think of any right now

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I would like to emphasize that the governor of the state of NY, a democrat, intervened in college activities, something she has no business in, for political reasons. This is authoritarianism. Period. And the coverage is not nearly as forceful as that reality requires.

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Use their constituent offices as mutual aid hubs from 6 am to midnight. Invite constituents to drop by to share stories about what they are currently doing to support themselves and OTHERS at this time. Members could create a collective asset map using all info gathered. Compile it & share it back.

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Department of Education launched a DEI snitch portal if you want to flood it with spam. enddei.ed.gov

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not to pull the "i wrote a book about online activism" card but i did in fact write a book about online activism and biographical impact--making people feel like political activism is a thing they can do--is really important and a key purpose served by otherwise "low impact" actions

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Find a #TeslaTakedown event near you this weekend: www.teslatakedown.com #Tesla #FireElon

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If you didn’t know of someone for whom the cancellation of cancer treatment trials was a matter of life and death, now you do. Especially folks in GOP districts, call your representatives and tell them you want people like Helen to have a chance to live. Thank you. 🧪

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Periodic reminder that seven years ago Sal Khan described his vision for the future of education. It involved the creation of a "global school" that would send graduates to McKinsey and Google. Keep this in mind when you hear him share his latest vision. www.the74million.org/article/74-i...

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Andrew Tate being allowed to come to the U.S. and avoid facing trial for sex trafficking in Romania is beyond stomach-churning. This man is a HUGE influencer and uses his platform/following to further abuse women who have accused him. Now he won’t face justice, reaffirming his lies to his followers

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Everything that we warned the American public about regarding RFK Jr. is already happening. An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply: “The same will happen here”.

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the most surprising and disappointing aspect of becoming a global health philanthropist is the existence of an opposition team

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I'd flip this. The right has an ideologically coherent project, which is the defense of hierarchies that have dominated American society and opposition to policies that undermine them. Liberals and the left by contrast believe vaguely in helping people they feel sorry for but don't agree how or why.

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I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE. Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!? secured.heritage.org/the-heritage... Please share with a friend or a thousand :)

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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

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People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:

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I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:

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My birthday is in a couple of weeks and I’m thinking that might be the best time to say bye to Facebook

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The goal is eugenics.

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A new $15 million jazz fellowship is granting 50 artists over the age of 62 a $100,000 grant, professional support and performance opportunities

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Don’t ever doubt the power of showing up to city council meetings, town halls and other assemblies of your government. Wear your support, applaud or boo with your crew. Use your personal days to primary someone who needs to find out

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Ah it’s been almost 2 weeks since I’ve listened to the Wicked soundtrack. Let me rectify this issue.

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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."

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A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.

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"The Philadelphia School District has indicated it will ignore a rule directing schools to ban transgender athletes from participating in sports that match their gender identities." share.inquirer.com/ppANmB [gift link]

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I love how tech keeps going back to humanoid robots even though literally any other design would be safer, more useful, and more stable for personal use. "no it has to be a SERVANT," screams the reptile hindbrain

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