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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
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Technically, the mafia is also run like a business
February 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Technically, the mafia is also run like a business
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The WHCA members refused to stand strong with the AP, so now they get to stand alongside bootlickers like Glenn here.
I guess that’s where they think they truly belong, and not outside with the real reporters.
I guess that’s where they think they truly belong, and not outside with the real reporters.
The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.
February 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The WHCA members refused to stand strong with the AP, so now they get to stand alongside bootlickers like Glenn here.
I guess that’s where they think they truly belong, and not outside with the real reporters.
I guess that’s where they think they truly belong, and not outside with the real reporters.
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As you watch Trump berate and put his hand on Zelenskyy just ask yourself one simple question: could you ever imagine him speaking to Putin like this?
BREAKING: There has just been a huge argument between Zelenskyy, Trump & Vance in the Oval Office.
Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.
Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.
This is unbelievable.
Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.
Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.
This is unbelievable.
February 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As you watch Trump berate and put his hand on Zelenskyy just ask yourself one simple question: could you ever imagine him speaking to Putin like this?
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Corporate Dems being outflanked on the left by Bill Kristol - who is saying what should be obvious.
Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.
February 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Corporate Dems being outflanked on the left by Bill Kristol - who is saying what should be obvious.
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“Ideological purity” and “over the top Wokeism” aren’t characteristics of actual Democratic politicians; they are insults used by Republicans for political gain. A competent politician could simply refuse to go along with the ruse.
Video: In Munich, Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social Riffs on Democrats’ Tarnished “Brand”; “Ideological Purity” and “Over-the-Top ‘Wokeism'” Being a “Recipe for Disaster,” Splintered Media, the Importance of Culture, etc. bluevirginia.us/2025/02/vide...
Video: In Munich, Sen. Mark Warner Riffs on Democrats’ Tarnished “Brand”; “Ideological Purity” and “Over-the-Top ‘Wokeism'” Being a “Recipe for Disaster,” Splintered Media, the Importance of Culture, ...
Senator Mark Warner, speaking yesterday "at a POLITICO Pub event on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference," had the following to say in "a blunt assessment of the Democratic Party’s struggle...
bluevirginia.us
February 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“Ideological purity” and “over the top Wokeism” aren’t characteristics of actual Democratic politicians; they are insults used by Republicans for political gain. A competent politician could simply refuse to go along with the ruse.
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Wish I could travel back two decades in time to tell myself that the guy who was then head of the Republican National Committee is now doing more to fight back against a Republican president than most Democrats.
🔥 “Wake the hell up.”
Former RNC chair @michaelsteele.bsky.social goes in on Elon’s infiltration into the federal government, accessing everyone’s personal info
Former RNC chair @michaelsteele.bsky.social goes in on Elon’s infiltration into the federal government, accessing everyone’s personal info
February 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Wish I could travel back two decades in time to tell myself that the guy who was then head of the Republican National Committee is now doing more to fight back against a Republican president than most Democrats.
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the federal government is explicitly acting as if jim crow is the law!
I was shown a letter from one grantee who was specifically flagged for non-compliance because their grant application includes the term "racial equity." They must now literally certify they are not doing any racial equity-related work. Crazy, totalitarian, racist conduct by the feds right now.
February 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the federal government is explicitly acting as if jim crow is the law!
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The anticipatory swiftness with which certain organizations go along with attacks on diversity and rewritings of history suggests that maybe some of the folks in power think that these are genuinely good changes.
Really? I guess the guys couldn't wait to get rid of this.
www.space.com/the-universe...
#womeninscience #science #histsci #philsci
www.space.com/the-universe...
#womeninscience #science #histsci #philsci
Scientists alarmed as Rubin Observatory changes biography of astronomer Vera Rubin amid Trump's push to end DEI efforts
"The idea that they can somehow obliterate these sources is dead wrong — scientists in general and astronomers in particular are not going to take these threats lying down."
www.space.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The anticipatory swiftness with which certain organizations go along with attacks on diversity and rewritings of history suggests that maybe some of the folks in power think that these are genuinely good changes.
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“Crazy Dion” Diamond at one of his solo sit-ins as a Black teenager in segregated Arlington, VA. June 10, 1960
February 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Crazy Dion” Diamond at one of his solo sit-ins as a Black teenager in segregated Arlington, VA. June 10, 1960
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Vance is a master of the sanctimonious reframe. He does it constantly. He’s morally outraged that you would be concerned w/facts.
When a rumor stands in for a bigger theme -when the rumor mill serves the propaganda machine - details are secondary. You can always pivot focus to the bigger theme.
When a rumor stands in for a bigger theme -when the rumor mill serves the propaganda machine - details are secondary. You can always pivot focus to the bigger theme.
February 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Vance is a master of the sanctimonious reframe. He does it constantly. He’s morally outraged that you would be concerned w/facts.
When a rumor stands in for a bigger theme -when the rumor mill serves the propaganda machine - details are secondary. You can always pivot focus to the bigger theme.
When a rumor stands in for a bigger theme -when the rumor mill serves the propaganda machine - details are secondary. You can always pivot focus to the bigger theme.
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what a fucking week.
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
what a fucking week.
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To focus JUST on the economy for a sec (as opposed to deportations, civil rights, medical care, privacy): Many people I know are currently losing their jobs, facing huge biz losses, and/or seeing their whole organizations collapse due to Trump/Musk's upending of government. This ain't it, sir
Oh boy, there's more. At a presser minutes ago, Jeffries says he's powerless:
JOURNALIST: To what extent will Dems withhold votes in the negotiations?
JEFFRIES: Repubs control trifecta, it’s THEIR govt. What leverage do we have? We’re going to continue to try to find bipartisan common ground...
JOURNALIST: To what extent will Dems withhold votes in the negotiations?
JEFFRIES: Repubs control trifecta, it’s THEIR govt. What leverage do we have? We’re going to continue to try to find bipartisan common ground...
February 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
To focus JUST on the economy for a sec (as opposed to deportations, civil rights, medical care, privacy): Many people I know are currently losing their jobs, facing huge biz losses, and/or seeing their whole organizations collapse due to Trump/Musk's upending of government. This ain't it, sir
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This is called a reframe.The focus is being shifted from the beliefs of the person in question to how they were exposed.
The absolutism make little sense if you think about it - what if a reporter exposes crimes? What’s a “bad dude”? The goal is for moral outrage to cloud rational thought.
The absolutism make little sense if you think about it - what if a reporter exposes crimes? What’s a “bad dude”? The goal is for moral outrage to cloud rational thought.
February 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is called a reframe.The focus is being shifted from the beliefs of the person in question to how they were exposed.
The absolutism make little sense if you think about it - what if a reporter exposes crimes? What’s a “bad dude”? The goal is for moral outrage to cloud rational thought.
The absolutism make little sense if you think about it - what if a reporter exposes crimes? What’s a “bad dude”? The goal is for moral outrage to cloud rational thought.
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First of all, he resigned. Second, his life is ruined because he can’t work on a project accessing Americans’ confidential info?
If that person can code like his supporters say he ca, he’ll be fine.
These entitled white guys mistake rebuke for cancellation. Grow up.
If that person can code like his supporters say he ca, he’ll be fine.
These entitled white guys mistake rebuke for cancellation. Grow up.
February 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
First of all, he resigned. Second, his life is ruined because he can’t work on a project accessing Americans’ confidential info?
If that person can code like his supporters say he ca, he’ll be fine.
These entitled white guys mistake rebuke for cancellation. Grow up.
If that person can code like his supporters say he ca, he’ll be fine.
These entitled white guys mistake rebuke for cancellation. Grow up.
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The champions of Free Speech are now forcing scientists to retract submitted publications until they can be checked for the appearance of “forbidden terms.”
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The champions of Free Speech are now forcing scientists to retract submitted publications until they can be checked for the appearance of “forbidden terms.”
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion are all good things. They don’t happen automatically, we have to actively work to bring them about. Shout it from the rooftops.
January 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are all good things. They don’t happen automatically, we have to actively work to bring them about. Shout it from the rooftops.
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Great piece illustrating how the Post editorial board are lowering themselves to Trump’s degraded standards rather than treating his nominees as they should if they believed their own reporters.
(And not clear why endorsing Cabinet officials was called for when they could not endorse a President).
(And not clear why endorsing Cabinet officials was called for when they could not endorse a President).
New, from me: The Washington Post Editorial Board previously said these Trump nominees “spread treacherous disinformation,” “sabotage democracy,” and "parrot false claims about fraud."
Now The Post endorses them.
www.findinggravity.net/p/the-washin...
Now The Post endorses them.
www.findinggravity.net/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post just endorsed 19 Trump nominees. Here are the 5 worst.
The Post previously said these nominees “spread treacherous disinformation,” “sabotage democracy,” and "parrot false claims about fraud." Now it says they lack "disqualifying deficiencies."
www.findinggravity.net
January 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Great piece illustrating how the Post editorial board are lowering themselves to Trump’s degraded standards rather than treating his nominees as they should if they believed their own reporters.
(And not clear why endorsing Cabinet officials was called for when they could not endorse a President).
(And not clear why endorsing Cabinet officials was called for when they could not endorse a President).
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The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
Israel is defying all international laws and norms without any consequences. Might makes right.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met with military officers in territory Israel recently took control of in Syria, according to Israeli officials, in a trip that offered a further sign that Israel could solidify its hold on the newly seized ground.
Netanyahu Visits Area Israel Recently Seized in Syria, Officials Say
The previously unannounced trip highlighted Israel’s expanded military presence across the de facto border with Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Israel is defying all international laws and norms without any consequences. Might makes right.
Still, many in this country, including the likes of the Washington Post editorial board, refuse to state the obvious
December 1, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Still, many in this country, including the likes of the Washington Post editorial board, refuse to state the obvious
"humans can experience phantom sensations when disconnected from our smartphones because our nervous systems perceive them as integral parts of our bodies."
www.sapiens.org/culture/smar...
www.sapiens.org/culture/smar...
Phantom Vibrations of a Lost Smartphone
An anthropologist who studies human-computer interactions explores how and why losing one’s smartphone feels so unsettling.
www.sapiens.org
November 27, 2024 at 1:48 PM
"humans can experience phantom sensations when disconnected from our smartphones because our nervous systems perceive them as integral parts of our bodies."
www.sapiens.org/culture/smar...
www.sapiens.org/culture/smar...