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“Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare; To-morrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair: Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.” ― Omar Khayyám

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Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries. It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration. www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...

submitted 82 days ago • 935 comments

IT WOULD BE THE ONE AND ONLY.* * #teamfootnote

submitted 96 days ago • 4 comments

Elon buying Twitter was clearly an in-kind donation to the Trump campaign, and it makes the 2024 election more than twice as expensive (as a share of GDP) as the previous record 128 years ago prospect.org/power/2024-1...

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

There you have it. Texas is the first state to officially offer up their state for the concentration camps

submitted 97 days ago • 3236 comments

[Pinned post from Twitter 26 July, 2019] 💭 I have a theory. I'd like you to read it and think about where we are, AND how we got here, and then consider what it will take to make lasting and meaningful change.

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race will officially go to a recount. GOP candidate David McCormick is leading incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey by less than 0.5% in the vote total, triggering an automatic recount under state law.

submitted 103 days ago • 54 comments

From today's FT story on advertisers returning to Twitter solely in the hope of winning favour with Musk/Trump. It's amazing to see how quickly and openly things are moving in the direction of unbridled corruption, even by Washington's standards

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

Trump announced reparations for white people today, if anyone was wondering how wildly racist this is going to get

submitted 104 days ago • 270 comments

Disturbing prediction from @pkrugman.bsky.social: If Trump's deportations really happen, inflation will spike, then MAGA loyalists will corrupt government info to mask it. For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies." Our exchange: newrepublic.com/article/1883...

submitted 103 days ago • 177 comments

Even the vague idea that a government official/advisor would immeditaly seek to create merchandizing for their new department, would be absolutely insane if it wasn´t actively anti-democratic.

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

This is a new opinion piece by martinmckee.bsky.social, me and Kent Buse on the weaponisation of disinformation in the presidential campaign and why it matters for all of us Here I set out a thread covering the main points. Please share! 1/13

submitted 104 days ago • 20 comments

As a menopausal women, I've decided to start tracking my "period" in my health app to screw up their data.

submitted 104 days ago • 757 comments

WSJ: The Trump transition team is considering a draft executive order that establishes a “warrior board” of retired senior military personnel with the power to review three- and four-star officers and to recommend removals of any deemed unfit for leadership. LINK: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

submitted 104 days ago • 139 comments

"RFK Jr. is the poster boy for the new Trump administration, a rich man who never has had to worry about a thing in his life, putting the lives of ordinary Americans in jeopardy because he thinks he knows better than scientists."

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

If they can manage to set aside an actual conviction for acts undertaken before he became President, following a trial after he ceased being President, on the grounds that he's going to be President, then America really has elected a king. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

Airlines have merged from 12 carriers in 1980 to 4 today. 4 companies control 85% of beef processing, 70% of the pork market, and 54% of poultry. Albertsons, Kroger, and Walmart control 70% of the grocery sales in 167 cities. Minimal competition means maximized price-gouging.

submitted 104 days ago • 12 comments

They will start with the people who are already unsupported and work their way towards activists and others. This was the strategy behind targeting trans people, only now it’s about concentration camps. As Karl says, now is the time to start standing up. And getting others to as well.

submitted 105 days ago • 9 comments

If you cancelled your subscription to the LA Times or Washington Post, please invest those dollars in non-profits or independent news committed to important journalism. Among them: Pro Publica, The Marshall Project, Reveal, The City (NYC), The Texas Tribune, Baltimore Banner, Philadelphia Inquirer

submitted 108 days ago • 121 comments

Sen. Warren says Senate must use “every minute” until January 3 to confirm federal judges: www.commondreams.org/news/senator...

submitted 105 days ago • 37 comments

the actual best thing you can do for your mental health the next 4 years is make it a point to not wake up everyday and google the president to see what shit he did while you were asleep. Stay engaged, stay aware stay alert but don't do this, it will not only not help it'll make you feel worse daily

submitted 105 days ago • 214 comments

"Less well known is the fact that before World War II, the Nazis framed German Jews as aliens who needed to be forced into emigration or expelled. This was the original logic for stripping Jews of citizenship: to officially render them foreigners."

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

From the outlet that brought you “some have detected a new softness to Trump” comes “can Trump be the new Reagan?” @politico what game are y’all watching?

submitted 105 days ago • 25 comments

I’m a public librarian in a degenerating democracy, and I am pleading: Care about your library. Use it. See what programs and events it offers. And pay attention to its governing body. See who the trustees are. Consider running yourself. Libraries will need all the community support they can get. 📚

submitted 109 days ago • 99 comments

This may really matter for things like keeping the ACA alive.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

very cool that the federal government is now a wholly owned subsidiary of elon musk. they probably will try to make it illegal to not advertise on twitter too.

submitted 107 days ago • 176 comments

It's absurd and counterproductive just how hard Democrats work to portray themselves as bipartisan and happy to work with Republicans. There's no evidence it helps! All it does is normalize and validate Republicans! Lean into to negative partisanship. Tell your constituents the truth about the GOP.

submitted 108 days ago • 29 comments