amy en–dash
@amynala.bsky.social
editor, struggling gardener, recovering anthropologist, screamer into the void
this meeting could have been an email
this meeting could have been an email
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There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
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🕯 Eternal memory to all victims of Holodomor. A moment of silence.
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🕯 Eternal memory to all victims of Holodomor. A moment of silence.
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Why does everything have to be SO FREAKING WEIRD
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Why does everything have to be SO FREAKING WEIRD
Poor lampreys.
The head of health services in the United States, letting parasitic lampreys bite his arms for some godforsaken reason.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Poor lampreys.
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Texas views from June '25 UT/Texas Politics Project Poll: In the conflict btw Russia & Ukraine, who do yu sympathize with more?
Rs: Ukraine 41%, Russia 5%, neither 49%, not sure 4%
Ds: Ukraine 81%, Russia 1%, neither 13%, not sure 6%
Ind: 56%/3%/37%/4%
More: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/polling/sear...
Rs: Ukraine 41%, Russia 5%, neither 49%, not sure 4%
Ds: Ukraine 81%, Russia 1%, neither 13%, not sure 6%
Ind: 56%/3%/37%/4%
More: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/polling/sear...
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Texas views from June '25 UT/Texas Politics Project Poll: In the conflict btw Russia & Ukraine, who do yu sympathize with more?
Rs: Ukraine 41%, Russia 5%, neither 49%, not sure 4%
Ds: Ukraine 81%, Russia 1%, neither 13%, not sure 6%
Ind: 56%/3%/37%/4%
More: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/polling/sear...
Rs: Ukraine 41%, Russia 5%, neither 49%, not sure 4%
Ds: Ukraine 81%, Russia 1%, neither 13%, not sure 6%
Ind: 56%/3%/37%/4%
More: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/polling/sear...
This “peace plan” sure sounds like the end of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Good day to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Still.
But we are back in a reality where Ukraine is being pushed toward capitulation.
Myroslava wants her son to live in a free world.
She voiced The Counteroffensive's stance: Trump's peace plan is a roadmap to more war.
Still.
But we are back in a reality where Ukraine is being pushed toward capitulation.
Myroslava wants her son to live in a free world.
She voiced The Counteroffensive's stance: Trump's peace plan is a roadmap to more war.
Trump’s 'Peace' Plan Means More War
Myroslava voices Ukraine’s fear that the new US peace plan resembles capitulation. Despite fatigue and losses, the Counteroffensive team believes a just peace is possible only on Ukrainian terms.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This “peace plan” sure sounds like the end of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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It’s good to explain that the CDC is lying and vaccines still unequivocally do not cause autism, even if it just reaches one person on here who has doubts. But the fight is out there, not in here; and the time to let go of the information deficit model of science communication was decades ago
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It’s good to explain that the CDC is lying and vaccines still unequivocally do not cause autism, even if it just reaches one person on here who has doubts. But the fight is out there, not in here; and the time to let go of the information deficit model of science communication was decades ago
I learned the word “healthism” today—the idea that health and illness are solely a matter of individual morality and willpower, rather than the complex outcomes of biological and social processes, most of which are beyond individual control. In practice, this is what healthism sounds like.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I learned the word “healthism” today—the idea that health and illness are solely a matter of individual morality and willpower, rather than the complex outcomes of biological and social processes, most of which are beyond individual control. In practice, this is what healthism sounds like.
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
We should get 10 months of federal taxes refunded.
Sylvester Turner's Congressional seat #TX18, which has been without representation for 11 months, finally has a runoff date of January 31st.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/t...
Abbott sets Jan. 31 runoff for 18th Congressional District
The Houston-based seat will have been without representation for about 11 months.
www.texastribune.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We should get 10 months of federal taxes refunded.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
$2k is less than a lot of people’s deductibles but ok
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
$2k is less than a lot of people’s deductibles but ok
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This should have been the end of Larry Summers.
Why women are poor at science, by Harvard president
The president of Harvard University has provoked a furore by arguing that men outperform women in maths and sciences because of biological difference, and discrimination is no longer a career barrier ...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This should have been the end of Larry Summers.
Exactly.
He’s just trying to buy himself more time by opening investigations so they can claim that they can’t release files.
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Exactly.
If we could stop the Chomsky worship now, that’d be nice.
Remember when Noam Chomsky showed up as having flown on Epstein’s jet from Boston to New York and his excuse was he was just going to have dinner with Epstein and *Woody Allen* and he thought they was a *mitigating factor*? Good times
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If we could stop the Chomsky worship now, that’d be nice.
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Seen a few of the epstein emails now, all with different people and it's not the main issue here but is everyone illiterate
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Seen a few of the epstein emails now, all with different people and it's not the main issue here but is everyone illiterate
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
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Every. Damn. Time.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Every. Damn. Time.
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No, please. Don't strain yourself. We'll do it. 🙄
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
No, please. Don't strain yourself. We'll do it. 🙄
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Man, I can’t wait for a new generation of leftists to absolutely run these moderate quislings out of office and just rip to shreds these bogus reports and studies that billionaires paid hundreds of millions of dollars to corporate-stooge strategies to produce.
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Man, I can’t wait for a new generation of leftists to absolutely run these moderate quislings out of office and just rip to shreds these bogus reports and studies that billionaires paid hundreds of millions of dollars to corporate-stooge strategies to produce.
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Great article from @virginiagewin.bsky.social showing that across the Federal science ecosystem, research that benefits the American public is being delayed or completely halted, and remaining programs are being consolidated under close partisan political control. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Great article from @virginiagewin.bsky.social showing that across the Federal science ecosystem, research that benefits the American public is being delayed or completely halted, and remaining programs are being consolidated under close partisan political control. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How is this real life?
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
How is this real life?
Flip This White House
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Flip This White House