AbiGezunt
@abigezunt.bsky.social
Avid reader, PhD Cognitive Development, programmer since days of punch cards (so, old), network engineer, grew up on farm, middle school tutor, gardener, owned by 3 cats, fun fam, & 1 kid. Raised by moral, ethical people. But what do i know?
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If t-shirts are now our teachers, we need a t-shirt that reads:
'Ban measles Blindness'
or
'Ban measles Encephalitis
or
'Ban measles Deaths'
Because measles causes all three and more. And there are too many uneducated people pushing stupidity.
'Ban measles Blindness'
or
'Ban measles Encephalitis
or
'Ban measles Deaths'
Because measles causes all three and more. And there are too many uneducated people pushing stupidity.
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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RFK making it harder to get vaccinations.
Health care getting completely unaffordable.
Environmental protections going the way of the dodo bird.
And gutting of food safety rules increases deaths from foodborne illnesses.
I think tRump hates us.
Our money & votes? Likes that.
People? Not so much.
Health care getting completely unaffordable.
Environmental protections going the way of the dodo bird.
And gutting of food safety rules increases deaths from foodborne illnesses.
I think tRump hates us.
Our money & votes? Likes that.
People? Not so much.
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
RFK making it harder to get vaccinations.
Health care getting completely unaffordable.
Environmental protections going the way of the dodo bird.
And gutting of food safety rules increases deaths from foodborne illnesses.
I think tRump hates us.
Our money & votes? Likes that.
People? Not so much.
Health care getting completely unaffordable.
Environmental protections going the way of the dodo bird.
And gutting of food safety rules increases deaths from foodborne illnesses.
I think tRump hates us.
Our money & votes? Likes that.
People? Not so much.
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Google should consider revising their slogan from "don't be evil" to "don't be evil like us".
Google has become total sh*t!
Horrible search engine.
half to most of the page is AI results or paid ads.
It may go the route of Yahoo or AltaVista.
Maybe they should have kept their "Don't Be Evil" slogan up at their headquarters.
Horrible search engine.
half to most of the page is AI results or paid ads.
It may go the route of Yahoo or AltaVista.
Maybe they should have kept their "Don't Be Evil" slogan up at their headquarters.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Google should consider revising their slogan from "don't be evil" to "don't be evil like us".
Please try to read full thread. The article reflects majority of Israelis, not those on fringes such as Netanyahu.
My father, Yitzhak Navon, believed in humanity. I'm glad he can't see us now
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025... 🧵👇
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025... 🧵👇
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Please try to read full thread. The article reflects majority of Israelis, not those on fringes such as Netanyahu.
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Instead of listening to the people, 7 Democrats and 1 Independent are trying to convince everyone that the people are wrong.
Good luck with that!
Good luck with that!
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Instead of listening to the people, 7 Democrats and 1 Independent are trying to convince everyone that the people are wrong.
Good luck with that!
Good luck with that!
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I don't disagree with Warren on this, and the best thing to happen would be for Summers to resign. But if he doesn't every University has a process they must go through to remove a tenured professor.
THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I don't disagree with Warren on this, and the best thing to happen would be for Summers to resign. But if he doesn't every University has a process they must go through to remove a tenured professor.
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Vibes are BAD. Here are 20 seconds of daily sanderling to help you relax as the rage scrolling continues 😇 🪶
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Vibes are BAD. Here are 20 seconds of daily sanderling to help you relax as the rage scrolling continues 😇 🪶
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Of course it is. (He's going for some kind of record. He's already threatened military action against Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Panama, and Venezuela while taking punitive economic actions against virtually everyone else in the Hemisphere. The Monroe Doctrine it ain't.)
Trump: "Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It's okay with me."
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Of course it is. (He's going for some kind of record. He's already threatened military action against Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Panama, and Venezuela while taking punitive economic actions against virtually everyone else in the Hemisphere. The Monroe Doctrine it ain't.)
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Without a doubt the most chilling account of the erosion of legal norms in Trump’s America. A full authoritarian, intimidatory assault on the rule of law in the United States. ‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Without a doubt the most chilling account of the erosion of legal norms in Trump’s America. A full authoritarian, intimidatory assault on the rule of law in the United States. ‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Wait...checks...for voters...before an election? Thta he doesn't have the authority to issue? On funds that he illegally appropriated and may have to return? It's so Trumpy it should someday be an exhibit in the Smithsonian.
BREAKING: Trump promises $2,000 tariff checks by mid-2026
Trump promises $2,000 tariff checks by mid-2026
The checks would probably require legislation, Sec. Bessent has said.
trib.al
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Wait...checks...for voters...before an election? Thta he doesn't have the authority to issue? On funds that he illegally appropriated and may have to return? It's so Trumpy it should someday be an exhibit in the Smithsonian.
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This segment is so so good. Truly no one out there uses his platform like John Oliver
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This segment is so so good. Truly no one out there uses his platform like John Oliver
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The current explanation for high beef prices. A caravan perhaps?
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The current explanation for high beef prices. A caravan perhaps?
The framers tried to insulate any president or federal official from corrupting influences in emoluments clause of Constitution.
We can see how well that worked out. One more protection trampled by SCOTUS & MAGA Congress.
They have no shame, no decency.
We can see how well that worked out. One more protection trampled by SCOTUS & MAGA Congress.
They have no shame, no decency.
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The framers tried to insulate any president or federal official from corrupting influences in emoluments clause of Constitution.
We can see how well that worked out. One more protection trampled by SCOTUS & MAGA Congress.
They have no shame, no decency.
We can see how well that worked out. One more protection trampled by SCOTUS & MAGA Congress.
They have no shame, no decency.
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A grim comedic aspect of Mag Judge Fitzpatrick's ruling in Comey's case, finding that Halligan "potentially undermine[d] the integrity of the grand jury" with "fundamental misstatements of the law," is that AG Bondi purported to review those minutes & to ratify everything Halligan did—twice.
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A grim comedic aspect of Mag Judge Fitzpatrick's ruling in Comey's case, finding that Halligan "potentially undermine[d] the integrity of the grand jury" with "fundamental misstatements of the law," is that AG Bondi purported to review those minutes & to ratify everything Halligan did—twice.
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GREAT NEWS!!! Federal District Court Judge Cathy Seibel ordered that Joel must be released from custody!!!
The judge blasted the Trump Administration as "either Orwellian or Kafkaesque."
Thank you @nyclu.org and The Door for fighting so hard for Joel & so many others.
The judge blasted the Trump Administration as "either Orwellian or Kafkaesque."
Thank you @nyclu.org and The Door for fighting so hard for Joel & so many others.
ICE will arrest anyone—even a 16-year-old who just wants to get back to class.
Joel Camas may be the first unaccompanied minor detained by Trump this term.
Joel Camas may be the first unaccompanied minor detained by Trump this term.
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
GREAT NEWS!!! Federal District Court Judge Cathy Seibel ordered that Joel must be released from custody!!!
The judge blasted the Trump Administration as "either Orwellian or Kafkaesque."
Thank you @nyclu.org and The Door for fighting so hard for Joel & so many others.
The judge blasted the Trump Administration as "either Orwellian or Kafkaesque."
Thank you @nyclu.org and The Door for fighting so hard for Joel & so many others.
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To even remotely understand what Kennedy is talking about requires one’s brain to be thoroughly bathed in the corrosive acid of the right-wing internet.
Trump's brain rot cabinet
How right-wing internet conspiracies are an integral part of his second administration.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
To even remotely understand what Kennedy is talking about requires one’s brain to be thoroughly bathed in the corrosive acid of the right-wing internet.
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PREVIEW: Supreme Advocacy: What It Takes to Argue at the Supreme Court is a Bloomberg Law documentary film that takes viewers inside the rarefied world of the Supreme Court—offering an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to argue before the highest US court.
youtu.be/9sfXWWM5YQc
youtu.be/9sfXWWM5YQc
Trailer: Supreme Advocacy, an Original Documentary Film
YouTube video by Bloomberg Law
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
PREVIEW: Supreme Advocacy: What It Takes to Argue at the Supreme Court is a Bloomberg Law documentary film that takes viewers inside the rarefied world of the Supreme Court—offering an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to argue before the highest US court.
youtu.be/9sfXWWM5YQc
youtu.be/9sfXWWM5YQc
We have state & local governments taking money in form of taxes. Are they using our money fairly, suitable, effectively, efficiently, lawfully?
We need strong local news to find out!
We need strong local news to find out!
Here are the facts:
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We have state & local governments taking money in form of taxes. Are they using our money fairly, suitable, effectively, efficiently, lawfully?
We need strong local news to find out!
We need strong local news to find out!
Another reason to un-mask ICE. Some may be predators. And doing other illegal stuff.
Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Another reason to un-mask ICE. Some may be predators. And doing other illegal stuff.
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“It was a win-win, seemingly. Skydio was able to tout its relationship with the LVMPD, while the department received a new tool to fight crime.”
One of the most malign and reported on influences on American life is the cozy and corrupt relationship between police and surveillance tech companies.
One of the most malign and reported on influences on American life is the cozy and corrupt relationship between police and surveillance tech companies.
Ben Horowitz’s cozy relationship with the Las Vegas Police Department aided a16z portfolio company Skydio | TechCrunch
When Skydio, a young maker of drones in San Mateo, California, sent a customer proposal in 2023 to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, its chief
techcrunch.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“It was a win-win, seemingly. Skydio was able to tout its relationship with the LVMPD, while the department received a new tool to fight crime.”
One of the most malign and reported on influences on American life is the cozy and corrupt relationship between police and surveillance tech companies.
One of the most malign and reported on influences on American life is the cozy and corrupt relationship between police and surveillance tech companies.
Time to re-check what is in your Walmart Thanksgiving bag. Maybe only Cheerios?
Experts say bird flu — combined with a drop of almost 10% in turkey meat production from last year, rising labor costs and lower overall consumer demand throughout the year — is triggering higher prices for wholesale and fresh turkeys.
Bird flu cases are on the rise again, including 2 million turkeys. Will that affect your Thanksgiving dinner?
Turkeys make up approximately 2% of the entire U.S. poultry inventory, but account for 24% of new cases in commercial and backyard flocks.
trib.al
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Time to re-check what is in your Walmart Thanksgiving bag. Maybe only Cheerios?