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If I could reduce all my political ideas to one sentence, it would be this: You can't leave a bad system intact, and leave all the abusive and awful people created by that system unpunished, and maintain the same fuel that powered that system, and expect things to be different in the future.
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If I could reduce all my political ideas to one sentence, it would be this: You can't leave a bad system intact, and leave all the abusive and awful people created by that system unpunished, and maintain the same fuel that powered that system, and expect things to be different in the future.
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Visiting a new rheumatologist to take part in a clinical study. Signs on the door say "please wear a face mask." Entire reception staff is naked-faced.
(Folks who visit rheumatologists are often immunosuppressed, like me.)
(Folks who visit rheumatologists are often immunosuppressed, like me.)
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Visiting a new rheumatologist to take part in a clinical study. Signs on the door say "please wear a face mask." Entire reception staff is naked-faced.
(Folks who visit rheumatologists are often immunosuppressed, like me.)
(Folks who visit rheumatologists are often immunosuppressed, like me.)
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These videos were uncovered thanks to a joint investigation between The New York Times and Mississippi Today
mississippitoday.org/2025/11/19/r...
mississippitoday.org/2025/11/19/r...
Rankin County guards mock intellectually disabled man- Mississippi Today
Days after Rankin County jail guards used an electric vest to shock an intellectually disabled man in exchange for a Coke, they shared videos of him singing Happy Birthday and falling for pranks.
mississippitoday.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
These videos were uncovered thanks to a joint investigation between The New York Times and Mississippi Today
mississippitoday.org/2025/11/19/r...
mississippitoday.org/2025/11/19/r...
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kids will die because of this, so many more will be afflicted with life-long chronic illness, the anti vax orgs should be sued out of existence starting with rfkjr's group. 🩺
A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
kids will die because of this, so many more will be afflicted with life-long chronic illness, the anti vax orgs should be sued out of existence starting with rfkjr's group. 🩺
If democrats ever control the US government again it will have to result in a massive audit of all gov hires done during the Trump admin and equally massive round of firings and prosecutions. If they make the same mistakes they made during the Biden administration there’s no remedy for the rot
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If democrats ever control the US government again it will have to result in a massive audit of all gov hires done during the Trump admin and equally massive round of firings and prosecutions. If they make the same mistakes they made during the Biden administration there’s no remedy for the rot
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
It’s the kind of run of the mill ableism any kind of chronically ill person can tell you runs so deep in our culture that even the most progressive people ascribe to it to some degree. It’s also the wizard behind the wellness curtain. This is not a uniquely right-wing ugliness, unfortunately
Setting aside the obvious reality that many people develop medical conditions unrelated to behaviors (eg, type 1 diabetes), 80-90% of our health is shaped by non-medical factors like poverty, housing, education, transportation & access to healthy food. The personal responsibility frame is unhelpful.
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 6:40 PM
It’s the kind of run of the mill ableism any kind of chronically ill person can tell you runs so deep in our culture that even the most progressive people ascribe to it to some degree. It’s also the wizard behind the wellness curtain. This is not a uniquely right-wing ugliness, unfortunately
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I wonder, what would've happened if the majority of doctors, out of decency, professionality, and caution, had put on a respirator... many people would now be wearing respirators in public spaces. They were one of the key factors in demonizing and throwing away the minimum precautionary principle.
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I wonder, what would've happened if the majority of doctors, out of decency, professionality, and caution, had put on a respirator... many people would now be wearing respirators in public spaces. They were one of the key factors in demonizing and throwing away the minimum precautionary principle.
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Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
1/8
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
1/8
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
1/8
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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“One of the things that really gives me joy is the fact that there are so many amazing, brilliant, creative disabled people out there. But part of my rage — and it’s a very real rage — is that most people don’t really know about them.”
Obit:
Obit:
Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“One of the things that really gives me joy is the fact that there are so many amazing, brilliant, creative disabled people out there. But part of my rage — and it’s a very real rage — is that most people don’t really know about them.”
Obit:
Obit:
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins plans to make all SNAP recipients reapply and prove "that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it.”
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins plans to make all SNAP recipients reapply and prove "that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it.”
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
Getting a lot of new followers who have weirdly stiff language in their bio referencing their democratically aligned politics and their love for san francisco bay area sports teams. Blocking them all on the assumption they’re bots or op accounts
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Getting a lot of new followers who have weirdly stiff language in their bio referencing their democratically aligned politics and their love for san francisco bay area sports teams. Blocking them all on the assumption they’re bots or op accounts
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Many Long COVID trials have reported negative results in 2024 and 2025. In our Comment for @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social we argue that inadequate outcome measures might have played a role. (1/12)
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Many Long COVID trials have reported negative results in 2024 and 2025. In our Comment for @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social we argue that inadequate outcome measures might have played a role. (1/12)
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When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
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"I want no advantage over my fellow man, and if he is weaker than I, all the more is it my duty to help him." - Eugene Debs
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"I want no advantage over my fellow man, and if he is weaker than I, all the more is it my duty to help him." - Eugene Debs
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BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
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This is insane. Teen Vogue had fantastic political coverage, and if that astonishes you it's because you've not been paying attention. This is part of a concerted effort by capital to silence any voices capable of actual analysis. It should enrage you.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is insane. Teen Vogue had fantastic political coverage, and if that astonishes you it's because you've not been paying attention. This is part of a concerted effort by capital to silence any voices capable of actual analysis. It should enrage you.
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Massive, massive deforestation of Western Jamaica -- Melissa apparently stripped every last leaf off every last tree.
#hurricanemelissa #melissa #hurricane #disasters
#hurricanemelissa #melissa #hurricane #disasters
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Massive, massive deforestation of Western Jamaica -- Melissa apparently stripped every last leaf off every last tree.
#hurricanemelissa #melissa #hurricane #disasters
#hurricanemelissa #melissa #hurricane #disasters
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The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
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N95s can prevent more than just Covid!
They stop colds, flus and other airborne illness.
They’re also highly effective against pollen, pollution, wildfire smoke and environmental triggers.
Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.
Respirators are pretty amazing.
They stop colds, flus and other airborne illness.
They’re also highly effective against pollen, pollution, wildfire smoke and environmental triggers.
Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.
Respirators are pretty amazing.
November 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
N95s can prevent more than just Covid!
They stop colds, flus and other airborne illness.
They’re also highly effective against pollen, pollution, wildfire smoke and environmental triggers.
Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.
Respirators are pretty amazing.
They stop colds, flus and other airborne illness.
They’re also highly effective against pollen, pollution, wildfire smoke and environmental triggers.
Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.
Respirators are pretty amazing.
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If I say what needs to be said I’ll get banned, so I’ll offer the late Shafiqah Hudson’s words. She was right & still is. Kevin’s right too. Most won’t accept reality until it’s too late to save millions from death and harm. Even their own kids. It’s why public health wasn’t supposed to be “opt in”.
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
If I say what needs to be said I’ll get banned, so I’ll offer the late Shafiqah Hudson’s words. She was right & still is. Kevin’s right too. Most won’t accept reality until it’s too late to save millions from death and harm. Even their own kids. It’s why public health wasn’t supposed to be “opt in”.