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Trump: "We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars with China. Now we're essentially not doing business with China. Therefore, we're saving hundreds of billions of dollars. It's very simple."

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Just got off the phone with Mrs Sicknick and just more slaps in the face with this settlement. She asked "why did my son die" (in response to all the whitewashing that is being done about January 6th) if it was a day of love, why is my son dead" Total miscarriage of justice

submitted 10 hours ago • 328 comments

Hepatitis A is almost entirely vaccine preventable. The vaccine is 95% (up to 98%) effective at preventing infection & even works as post-exposure prophylaxis. It’s been show it retains efficacy for 20+ years. Any outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in this country are purely a policy failure

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Say hello to Jasper, who works at my local garden center. He was helping me check out

submitted 3 hours ago • 184 comments

I was working at Richmond Art Center when the dot-com bust hit non-profits in the early oughts. It took us years to recover with lots of belt-tightening and program cuts :( This makes me ill

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Trekkies, remember a few years ago when certain people talked about how “dated” those jellybean buttons were on the OG Enterprise? ☕️

submitted 12 hours ago • 3 comments

I missed this, the edge of id verification keeps moving forever & ever

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

Scoop from yours truly: In a series of largely unnoticed revisions in late March, the Justice Department deleted questions about gender identity from major surveys, including the National Crime Victimization Survey, possibly violating federal law: theappeal.org/trump-doj-er...

submitted 12 hours ago • 7 comments

If I wanted to avoid pain, I would simply avoid voting for a candidate with a history of political violence promising a revenge tour upon the country that dared reject him.

submitted 12 hours ago • 6 comments

If you use AI to code, you don't know how to code. If you use AI to write, you don't know how to write. If you use AI to paint, you don't know how to paint. These things are all skills and they have to be learned through actual work, failure, feedback, and practice.

submitted 11 hours ago • 5 comments

Hideous, but also

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Researchers and parents are sounding the alarm over an autism database the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is building for a major research study.

submitted 12 hours ago • 11 comments

‘Incel forums almost destroyed me as a teen. This is my message for parents of teen boys.’

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"The current government wants your newborn children to suffocate to death in their beds." Hard to imagine easier messaging to hit than that, and dems will still fuck it up. www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...

submitted 12 hours ago • 3 comments

"warning"

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I do love a person who thinks you can will yourself to eternal life. It's so entirely exciting to await their inevitable failure.

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

I only have nostalgia for a time when I had never heard of Nigel Farage.

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

Guacamole has been spared from tariffs for now. But salsa may not be so lucky.

submitted 21 hours ago • 6 comments

In 2 cases SCOTUS heard last wk, justices appear ready to throw out public ed as we know it & usher in new era where tax $s flow to religious schools & religion can dictate what is taught in public classrooms. When decisions come down, public ed may change forever www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Excited to say that "Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction" written by myself and @suereviews.bsky.social is finally ready to preorder! Afaik the first general academic introduction covering the ND movement, ND studies, and applications of ND theory in practice. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

The popemobile is being transformed into a mobile health clinic to treat ill and wounded Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip — an initiative that Pope Francis blessed in the months before he died.

submitted 16 hours ago • 32 comments

The study of Indo-Roman trade has really expanded (🫶) in the last two decades. And Rebecca Darley has a great historiographical essay on this field expansion in JRS: “Indian Ocean Trade in the First Millennium C.E.”. Definitely a great comps list addition for many. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

@sarahebond.bsky.social writes about my new @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social paper on #Pompeii slavery and inequality for @hyperallergic.com, great to see the study catching notice!

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

“.. This tariff situation is a complete dumpster fire, and we're all getting burned. Here's the situation: Costs are up, and unfortunately, our prices will have to follow suit. .. Honestly, we're just as confused as everyone else.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/05/04/r...

submitted 15 hours ago • 76 comments

oh my god

submitted 23 hours ago • 31 comments

This man very clearly wants to kill people. www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

submitted 2 days ago • 188 comments

rfk to firemen: drop dead

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

I’d like to think we’ll stop this but if Covid taught us anything, it’s that many Americans are indifferent to losing a sizable chunk of the population to a pointless death.

submitted 23 hours ago • 53 comments

This man, wearing a MAGA hat is chanting for me to be deported, locked up, and KILLED, for demanding my elected congressional representative answer the question I asked him.

submitted 1 day ago • 588 comments

“Male loneliness” is kind of the perfect antifeminist complaint, because it articulates the moral logic of patriarchal entitlement very neatly: that men deserve women’s attention, company, devotion, sex, and care, and women should provide these to men even at the cost of their own wellbeing.

submitted 23 hours ago • 10 comments

The mural says Fight Fascism. Coincidentally, it’s right in front of our local ICE office. Check it out at 650 Capitol Mall.

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BTW, #MobLand is really good. I don’t know how many episodes are left but all hell is about to break loose. Also, a great cast: Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Paddy Considine.

submitted 23 hours ago • 18 comments

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

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It seems very silly to be worried about tariffs on a Sunday night because of another social media post by the President. However, my best friend's roommate also wondered why duties on a $90 swimsuit were $200 so then I used my reporting with art shippers and a supply chain expert to explain why.

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You don’t say.

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Sure is a lot of head scratching over why the message “You’re the main character of the universe and women exist solely for your pleasure” appeals to young men. Followed by “We need to come up with a more appealing message” and the point is there isn’t, and has never been, one.

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Wtf, what drugs is he on

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NEW: A lawsuit alleges Starbucks sources coffee from farms using slavery-like conditions in Brazil. The lawsuit cites 8 victims who say they were trafficked and forced to work at farms that provide so-called “ethically sourced” coffee beans for Starbucks.

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Like a lot of things I think the "masculinity crisis" is just a result of people having their role in violence pointed out to them and then deciding to change nothing about themselves and instead blame the people pointing it out. They don't want purpose or validation; they yearn for ignorance.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

Raised the profile? He’s HARMING the ASD community. Many who were waiting for diagnosis have cancelled their assessments or have decided not to pursue diagnosis at all (like me) for fear of safety.

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Brady was proud to help organize survivors of gun violence around the launch of the ATF memorial. The stories and voices of victims & survivors are the backbone of our work. This is a heartless and abhorrent move by this Administration, and one that brings great pain to the families of victims.

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My primary professional organization, which alternates annual meeting locations each year, has moved its 2027 conference out of the U.S. - where it was already booked - saying it will hold no more meetings during the current admin after this year in the U.S. This is unprecedented to my knowledge.

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I hope everyone working on LLMs has reckoned with their role in building a technology that, so far, has offered little to no benefit to humanity — while causing real harm by degrading art, undermining labor in creative industries, and straight up automating political propaganda

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Ah, but that's just it: the oligarchs don't want more innovation. They want the current wealth & power structure to be frozen in place for as long as possible, and they think that removing a building's structural support is the best way to preserve your spot on the top floor.

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"Being a Star Wars fan isn't about loving the movies, or appreciating the hard work and artistry that goes into making them. It's about taking every single change to a movie franchise you liked as a child as a vicious personal attack."

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