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My column from Monday. For the cost of an incomplete 4,000-bed prison in Elmore, Alabama could have paid for five years of health insurance and peace of mind for 174,000 Alabamians.
But our leaders don’t care. Because Alabama government is not designed to help people. It’s meant to control them.
But our leaders don’t care. Because Alabama government is not designed to help people. It’s meant to control them.
Alabama can never spend enough money on a prison | Alabama Reflector
State leaders who prioritize punishment and control over the welfare of citizens will never see any money spent on walls and bars as wasted.
alabamareflector.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My column from Monday. For the cost of an incomplete 4,000-bed prison in Elmore, Alabama could have paid for five years of health insurance and peace of mind for 174,000 Alabamians.
But our leaders don’t care. Because Alabama government is not designed to help people. It’s meant to control them.
But our leaders don’t care. Because Alabama government is not designed to help people. It’s meant to control them.
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New piece out on research with @marcozenone.bsky.social
"Google is enabling an advertising option that contributes to the harmful spread of inaccurate and damaging cancer misinformation."
CC: @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, @blakemurdoch.bsky.social
theconversation.com/google-searc...
"Google is enabling an advertising option that contributes to the harmful spread of inaccurate and damaging cancer misinformation."
CC: @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, @blakemurdoch.bsky.social
theconversation.com/google-searc...
Google searches for information about cancer lead to targeted ads from alternative clinics
Alternative cancer clinics spent over an US$15 million on Google ad spaces, generating millions of website visits from people searching for cancer information.
theconversation.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New piece out on research with @marcozenone.bsky.social
"Google is enabling an advertising option that contributes to the harmful spread of inaccurate and damaging cancer misinformation."
CC: @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, @blakemurdoch.bsky.social
theconversation.com/google-searc...
"Google is enabling an advertising option that contributes to the harmful spread of inaccurate and damaging cancer misinformation."
CC: @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, @blakemurdoch.bsky.social
theconversation.com/google-searc...
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You don’t have stories like this in countries with national healthcare systems
He needed air. The price was $539.
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
22-year-old dies after being unable to afford asthma inhaler
In our new series “The Cost of Denial,” NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports on the young man who went to refill his asthma inhaler only to find it unaffordable because it was no longer covered by his insu...
www.nbcnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
You don’t have stories like this in countries with national healthcare systems
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An incomplete list of Musk's accomplishments in government:
🚨disrupting critical HIV programs around the world
🚨harassing federal employees with insulting emails
🚨paralyzing national parks
🚨firing the scientists working to prevent bird flu
Want to add to the list? Comment below!
🚨disrupting critical HIV programs around the world
🚨harassing federal employees with insulting emails
🚨paralyzing national parks
🚨firing the scientists working to prevent bird flu
Want to add to the list? Comment below!
Elon Musk made your life worse
The billionaire may be on the outs with Trump. But the damage, much of it cruel and at times life-ruining, will continue to unfold.
www.motherjones.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
An incomplete list of Musk's accomplishments in government:
🚨disrupting critical HIV programs around the world
🚨harassing federal employees with insulting emails
🚨paralyzing national parks
🚨firing the scientists working to prevent bird flu
Want to add to the list? Comment below!
🚨disrupting critical HIV programs around the world
🚨harassing federal employees with insulting emails
🚨paralyzing national parks
🚨firing the scientists working to prevent bird flu
Want to add to the list? Comment below!
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State Department Plans to Launch ‘Office of Remigration.’
The idea of “remigration” has a troubling history; it originally comes from far-right, neo-Nazi circles in Europe and is typically used to advocate for the forced removal of migrants. www.thehandbasket.co/p/state-depa...
The idea of “remigration” has a troubling history; it originally comes from far-right, neo-Nazi circles in Europe and is typically used to advocate for the forced removal of migrants. www.thehandbasket.co/p/state-depa...
State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’
The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
State Department Plans to Launch ‘Office of Remigration.’
The idea of “remigration” has a troubling history; it originally comes from far-right, neo-Nazi circles in Europe and is typically used to advocate for the forced removal of migrants. www.thehandbasket.co/p/state-depa...
The idea of “remigration” has a troubling history; it originally comes from far-right, neo-Nazi circles in Europe and is typically used to advocate for the forced removal of migrants. www.thehandbasket.co/p/state-depa...