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leopards eating people’s faces at the coliseum: bread and circuses with transgender mice
If you find yourself more fascinated by phallic imagery than by facts, DOGE may be for you.
sarah-geri.medium.com
Last week's #ThursdayThoughts since it's almost time for another one: How the "transgender mice" saga reveals the #MAGA crew & #Trump himself aren't the only ones who misunderstand study design in scientific research
sarah-geri.medium.com/leopards-eat...
sarah-geri.medium.com/leopards-eat...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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In case I wasn’t clear…
July 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
In case I wasn’t clear…
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I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?
900?!
900?!
July 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?
900?!
900?!
I love her podcast! Will go check it out and assume you're lying :)
July 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I love her podcast! Will go check it out and assume you're lying :)
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Caitlin Clark left the Fever game last night with tears in her eyes after an injury. One thought went through my mind: Oh no.
Because the All-Star Game is Saturday. In Indy.
She's the biggest reason it's here.
And she could miss it.
www.indystar.com/story/sports...
Because the All-Star Game is Saturday. In Indy.
She's the biggest reason it's here.
And she could miss it.
www.indystar.com/story/sports...
Doyel: Caitlin Clark is biggest reason WNBA All-Star Game is in Indy. She could miss it?!?
Caitlin Clark left the Indiana Fever game Tuesday night with tears in her eyes after a leg injury. One thought went through my mind: Oh no
www.indystar.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Caitlin Clark left the Fever game last night with tears in her eyes after an injury. One thought went through my mind: Oh no.
Because the All-Star Game is Saturday. In Indy.
She's the biggest reason it's here.
And she could miss it.
www.indystar.com/story/sports...
Because the All-Star Game is Saturday. In Indy.
She's the biggest reason it's here.
And she could miss it.
www.indystar.com/story/sports...
When did they laugh??
July 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
When did they laugh??
Last week's #ThursdayThoughts since it's almost time for another one: How the "transgender mice" saga reveals the #MAGA crew & #Trump himself aren't the only ones who misunderstand study design in scientific research
sarah-geri.medium.com/leopards-eat...
sarah-geri.medium.com/leopards-eat...
leopards eating people’s faces at the coliseum: bread and circuses with transgender mice
If you find yourself more fascinated by phallic imagery than by facts, DOGE may be for you.
sarah-geri.medium.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Last week's #ThursdayThoughts since it's almost time for another one: How the "transgender mice" saga reveals the #MAGA crew & #Trump himself aren't the only ones who misunderstand study design in scientific research
sarah-geri.medium.com/leopards-eat...
sarah-geri.medium.com/leopards-eat...
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Musk staffers are joking about how upcoming Social Security changes will restrict access by requiring in-person visits while simultaneously shutting down offices. They are touting the cost savings from limiting access.
March 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Musk staffers are joking about how upcoming Social Security changes will restrict access by requiring in-person visits while simultaneously shutting down offices. They are touting the cost savings from limiting access.
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the most surprising and disappointing aspect of becoming a global health philanthropist is the existence of an opposition team
February 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
the most surprising and disappointing aspect of becoming a global health philanthropist is the existence of an opposition team
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The Capitol Police arrested a group of peaceful protesters who demonstrated today in the Cannon House Office Building against the Trump’s decision to freeze foreign aid and lay off thousands of USAID workers. The president has made his message clear: disagree with them, and they will come after you.
February 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Capitol Police arrested a group of peaceful protesters who demonstrated today in the Cannon House Office Building against the Trump’s decision to freeze foreign aid and lay off thousands of USAID workers. The president has made his message clear: disagree with them, and they will come after you.
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It really is reasonable to ask how we could possibly ever forgive our fellow Americans for voting for what is happening to us right now and what is going to continue to happen for years and years.
I mean the simple answer would be... we just don't, right? Ever? Because some things are unforgivable?
I mean the simple answer would be... we just don't, right? Ever? Because some things are unforgivable?
February 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
It really is reasonable to ask how we could possibly ever forgive our fellow Americans for voting for what is happening to us right now and what is going to continue to happen for years and years.
I mean the simple answer would be... we just don't, right? Ever? Because some things are unforgivable?
I mean the simple answer would be... we just don't, right? Ever? Because some things are unforgivable?
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Everything that we warned the American public about regarding RFK Jr. is already happening.
An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply:
“The same will happen here”.
An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply:
“The same will happen here”.
February 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Everything that we warned the American public about regarding RFK Jr. is already happening.
An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply:
“The same will happen here”.
An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply:
“The same will happen here”.
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JUST IN: Kentucky confirms measles exposure at Planet Fitness in Frankfort.
An infected adult who recently traveled to a measles outbreak area visited the gym while contagious.
An infected adult who recently traveled to a measles outbreak area visited the gym while contagious.
February 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
JUST IN: Kentucky confirms measles exposure at Planet Fitness in Frankfort.
An infected adult who recently traveled to a measles outbreak area visited the gym while contagious.
An infected adult who recently traveled to a measles outbreak area visited the gym while contagious.
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Anyone want to bet that no one looks at the email responses that Musk asked for ?
It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI
He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone.
If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.
It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI
He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone.
If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.
February 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Anyone want to bet that no one looks at the email responses that Musk asked for ?
It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI
He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone.
If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.
It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI
He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone.
If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.
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Re-reading Francis’s encyclicals, and there are some true bangers.
Fratelli tutti, man.
“…true love for an oppressor means seeking ways to make him cease his oppression; it means stripping him of a power that he does not know how to use, and that diminishes his own humanity and that of others.”
Fratelli tutti, man.
“…true love for an oppressor means seeking ways to make him cease his oppression; it means stripping him of a power that he does not know how to use, and that diminishes his own humanity and that of others.”
February 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Re-reading Francis’s encyclicals, and there are some true bangers.
Fratelli tutti, man.
“…true love for an oppressor means seeking ways to make him cease his oppression; it means stripping him of a power that he does not know how to use, and that diminishes his own humanity and that of others.”
Fratelli tutti, man.
“…true love for an oppressor means seeking ways to make him cease his oppression; it means stripping him of a power that he does not know how to use, and that diminishes his own humanity and that of others.”
Essay version on Medium: medium.com/@sarah-geri/...
Ask me questions if you have 'em.
Put events together a different way if that's what suits you.
#NoKings #NoDOGE #Coup
Ask me questions if you have 'em.
Put events together a different way if that's what suits you.
#NoKings #NoDOGE #Coup
making meaning out of mayhem
Narratives are how we make meaning out of experience. Elon Musk wants to skip that step. Ad-tech makes it easy.
medium.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Essay version on Medium: medium.com/@sarah-geri/...
Ask me questions if you have 'em.
Put events together a different way if that's what suits you.
#NoKings #NoDOGE #Coup
Ask me questions if you have 'em.
Put events together a different way if that's what suits you.
#NoKings #NoDOGE #Coup
But the reason I'm telling YOU tonight is that, if you consider HCR's Feb. 19th narrative a reasonable meaning-making & you agree w/ Doctorow's account of #AdTech - you know that these are people whose gullibility Vladimir Putin is counting on to give him Ukraine. 20/link to essay version follows
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
But the reason I'm telling YOU tonight is that, if you consider HCR's Feb. 19th narrative a reasonable meaning-making & you agree w/ Doctorow's account of #AdTech - you know that these are people whose gullibility Vladimir Putin is counting on to give him Ukraine. 20/link to essay version follows
They do not demand something so complicated as a “narrative” that constructs the facts into intelligible meaning(s), as long as they are given assertions with which to justify their hate.
This is the/a consequence of relying on differentiation over narrative. 19/
This is the/a consequence of relying on differentiation over narrative. 19/
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
They do not demand something so complicated as a “narrative” that constructs the facts into intelligible meaning(s), as long as they are given assertions with which to justify their hate.
This is the/a consequence of relying on differentiation over narrative. 19/
This is the/a consequence of relying on differentiation over narrative. 19/
These people might have any number of things in common but are definitely, collectively, coming together around one shared, salient trait: 18/
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
These people might have any number of things in common but are definitely, collectively, coming together around one shared, salient trait: 18/
That theme is advertised, and is selling exceptionally well, to another group of people.
Specific people.
People who are already known because they were previously targeted and took the bait (this is what I was screaming about in 2020). 17/
Specific people.
People who are already known because they were previously targeted and took the bait (this is what I was screaming about in 2020). 17/
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
That theme is advertised, and is selling exceptionally well, to another group of people.
Specific people.
People who are already known because they were previously targeted and took the bait (this is what I was screaming about in 2020). 17/
Specific people.
People who are already known because they were previously targeted and took the bait (this is what I was screaming about in 2020). 17/
Specific people — well, groups of people, or a group of people differentiated by their commitment to questioning the assertions with which Musk, et al have been peppering the airwaves.
People who can be readily targeted because they have already been defined by Big Data (handy, no?). 16/
People who can be readily targeted because they have already been defined by Big Data (handy, no?). 16/
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Specific people — well, groups of people, or a group of people differentiated by their commitment to questioning the assertions with which Musk, et al have been peppering the airwaves.
People who can be readily targeted because they have already been defined by Big Data (handy, no?). 16/
People who can be readily targeted because they have already been defined by Big Data (handy, no?). 16/
Musk and Trump World are not doing that. They are not offering causal relationships. They are not recounting experiences and setting them in context. They are making a set of assertions, linked not by causality but by theme.
The theme is hating people. 15/
The theme is hating people. 15/
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Musk and Trump World are not doing that. They are not offering causal relationships. They are not recounting experiences and setting them in context. They are making a set of assertions, linked not by causality but by theme.
The theme is hating people. 15/
The theme is hating people. 15/
[Medium version had links; will post at end.]
The assertions coming from Elon Musk right now, about saving astronomical $$ and about finding “appalling” levels of fraud and waste, aren’t even really narratives at all.
Narratives assemble available information into casual relationships. 14/
The assertions coming from Elon Musk right now, about saving astronomical $$ and about finding “appalling” levels of fraud and waste, aren’t even really narratives at all.
Narratives assemble available information into casual relationships. 14/
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
[Medium version had links; will post at end.]
The assertions coming from Elon Musk right now, about saving astronomical $$ and about finding “appalling” levels of fraud and waste, aren’t even really narratives at all.
Narratives assemble available information into casual relationships. 14/
The assertions coming from Elon Musk right now, about saving astronomical $$ and about finding “appalling” levels of fraud and waste, aren’t even really narratives at all.
Narratives assemble available information into casual relationships. 14/
The stories Trump voters are telling themselves about immigrants eating dogs are largely not based on events (remember we experience events & tell stories to understand them).
Those things didn’t happen, and some of the people who initially peddled the lies have even said so. 13/
Those things didn’t happen, and some of the people who initially peddled the lies have even said so. 13/
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The stories Trump voters are telling themselves about immigrants eating dogs are largely not based on events (remember we experience events & tell stories to understand them).
Those things didn’t happen, and some of the people who initially peddled the lies have even said so. 13/
Those things didn’t happen, and some of the people who initially peddled the lies have even said so. 13/