Erin
@elsund.bsky.social
Freelance writer/editor; “taxi mama” to my son; pro-level hater of our privatized health insurance system (and so many other systems!); Chicagoan. she/her
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I'm really gonna need folks to pay attention to the anti-disability language that Donald Trump used today. You can read @metrauxjulia.bsky.social for details. It is as central to what he's doing as the misogyny and racism and homophobia and ....
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump responds to Washington plane crash with racist, ableist diatribe
The president used the tragedy, which killed 67, to deliver a bigoted and self-promoting tirade about DEI.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I'm really gonna need folks to pay attention to the anti-disability language that Donald Trump used today. You can read @metrauxjulia.bsky.social for details. It is as central to what he's doing as the misogyny and racism and homophobia and ....
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Alcohol is only associated with domestic violence because it lowers inhibitions for men who want to be violent to women. It does not make men want to be violent to women. That’s inexcusable & pathologic, and it’s disturbing to me when people imply that domestic violence is “a disease” like addiction
January 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Alcohol is only associated with domestic violence because it lowers inhibitions for men who want to be violent to women. It does not make men want to be violent to women. That’s inexcusable & pathologic, and it’s disturbing to me when people imply that domestic violence is “a disease” like addiction
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The Justice Department is interviewing former UnitedHealth Group doctors after the health insurance giant allegedly pressured doctors “to apply lucrative diagnosis codes to patients” 👀
January 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Justice Department is interviewing former UnitedHealth Group doctors after the health insurance giant allegedly pressured doctors “to apply lucrative diagnosis codes to patients” 👀
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It's hard to imagine a more brutal illustration of climate injustice and a failed society than indentured teenage slaves being used to protect the homes of wealthy Americans.
These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️
In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires
"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”
www.teenvogue.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It's hard to imagine a more brutal illustration of climate injustice and a failed society than indentured teenage slaves being used to protect the homes of wealthy Americans.
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What stage of climate crisis is bulldozing abandoned luxury cars to make way for firetrucks?
January 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
What stage of climate crisis is bulldozing abandoned luxury cars to make way for firetrucks?
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Universal programs + progressive taxation is so much more efficient and equitable than means testing. www.vox.com/policy/39322...
What if everyone qualified for welfare benefits?
Universal programs are much easier to administer than means-tested ones.
www.vox.com
January 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Universal programs + progressive taxation is so much more efficient and equitable than means testing. www.vox.com/policy/39322...
Appliance makers, I beg you — please just make a fridge that lasts more than a decade. This is like two steps away from my kitchen appliances talking about me behind my back and forming their own Nextdoor communities.
I could, have, and possibly will again, write an entire essay on "adaptive to our needs, interactive, and engaging." This is the language of the braindead innovation consultant - the enduring idea that people need an abstract Interactivity without the remotest idea of what it might be.
Hell. You are describing hell. Nobody wants an “interactive and engaging” dishwasher. They just want their dishes cleaned. www.forbes.com/sites/bernar...
January 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Appliance makers, I beg you — please just make a fridge that lasts more than a decade. This is like two steps away from my kitchen appliances talking about me behind my back and forming their own Nextdoor communities.
Day 13 of winter break with the high-intensity 8 y/o: “25 whole degrees with clear sidewalks? Sounds like park weather to me! Grab your coat, kid.”
January 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Day 13 of winter break with the high-intensity 8 y/o: “25 whole degrees with clear sidewalks? Sounds like park weather to me! Grab your coat, kid.”
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it’s really funny that maggie will spill more words pissing up a rope in somebody’s dm’s than she will on stories she’s been sitting on with her semi-permanent embed going on ten years now. she’s a third of the way to traditional retirement eating for free hanging out with a single dude
The most unhinged series of DMs I ever got on Twitter came from Maggie Haberman after I very lightly critiqued her framing on something
Her skin is so thin is practically translucent
Her skin is so thin is practically translucent
1-800-CMON-NOW, Maggie Haberman. (h/t @froomkin.bsky.social)
September 20, 2024 at 10:42 PM
it’s really funny that maggie will spill more words pissing up a rope in somebody’s dm’s than she will on stories she’s been sitting on with her semi-permanent embed going on ten years now. she’s a third of the way to traditional retirement eating for free hanging out with a single dude
This is excellent.
The Great American Disaster; Praça Marquês de Pombal 1, 1250-021 Lisboa, Portugal https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.72436829999999%2C-9.1500664&query_place_id=ChIJx3wfP3czGQ0RF0ltHhkF554
September 8, 2023 at 9:30 PM
This is excellent.
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I feel like even if you aren’t religious you could have moved these further apart
August 7, 2023 at 6:16 PM
I feel like even if you aren’t religious you could have moved these further apart
Grocery stores have grinders for coffee beans. I need them to also have stirring machines for “natural” nut butters. That Costco almond butter jar… whoo wee!
August 6, 2023 at 2:09 PM
Grocery stores have grinders for coffee beans. I need them to also have stirring machines for “natural” nut butters. That Costco almond butter jar… whoo wee!
Very weird to see a random sign taped to a store window that clearly articulates my particular familial curse…
August 4, 2023 at 2:07 PM
Very weird to see a random sign taped to a store window that clearly articulates my particular familial curse…