Mary Joan Koch
@grandmamaryjoan.bsky.social
Having 9 grandkids, 18 to 9, makes 80 feel young. Retired Children’s Librarian, Therapist. Lifelong Feminist. 4 daughters, 5 brothers.
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What does it really mean to be in charge of your own mind? Joshua Rothman writes about trying to defeat distraction—and what comes after. www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Can You Reclaim Your Mind?
To feel mentally alive, you have to do more than defeat distraction.
www.newyorker.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What does it really mean to be in charge of your own mind? Joshua Rothman writes about trying to defeat distraction—and what comes after. www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
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NEW: Judges across Tennessee are now demanding greater accountability from people who have been ordered to give up their guns, a shift aimed at strengthening protections for domestic violence victims.
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A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay
Judges across the state are demanding more accountability from abusers who have been ordered to give up their guns in an effort to strengthen protections for domestic violence victims.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW: Judges across Tennessee are now demanding greater accountability from people who have been ordered to give up their guns, a shift aimed at strengthening protections for domestic violence victims.
With @wpln.bsky.social
With @wpln.bsky.social
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They have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.
Why evangelicals couldn't care less about Trump's Epstein scandal
They have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.
www.motherjones.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
They have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.
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Yes. It's just like Republican women who don't think "DEI" applies to them. There are Latinos who think they will be included, if they support white supremacy. And they won't be.
Before folks chime in with the obvious "but how can a Latino man like Enrique Tarrio be a white nationalist," it would be useful to read essays like this about the complicated nature of the emerging "multi-racial right." inthesetimes.com/article/mult...
Trump and the Rise of the Multiracial Right
Scholars Daniel Martinez HoSang and Joseph E. Lowndes on the plastic politics of race in today’s GOP.
inthesetimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yes. It's just like Republican women who don't think "DEI" applies to them. There are Latinos who think they will be included, if they support white supremacy. And they won't be.
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Hibachi chefs, sci-fi Barbie-themed parties, and 22-year-old billionaires. @lilashroff.bsky.social spent a week in San Francisco meeting the young tech founders at the heart of the AI boom:
Would You Trust a 22-Year-Old With the Economy?
My week partying with the young founders at the heart of the AI boom
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December 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hibachi chefs, sci-fi Barbie-themed parties, and 22-year-old billionaires. @lilashroff.bsky.social spent a week in San Francisco meeting the young tech founders at the heart of the AI boom:
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As long as no one objected to the genocide in Gaza, it’s all good
NEW: A Texas district in which Black students were allegedly taunted with monkey noises.
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As long as no one objected to the genocide in Gaza, it’s all good
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The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
RFK Jr. could defund your hospital if he doesn't get his way
The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
www.motherjones.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
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December 19, 2025
December 19, 2025
This past week feels like the final, chaotic days of a political era.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
December 19, 2025
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Recently, A.I. passed a kind of Turing test for the eye: the images and videos that it can produce are now sometimes indistinguishable from real ones. @chaykak writes about how 2025 became the year of “slop.”
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The Year in Slop
This was the year that A.I.-generated content passed a kind of audiovisual Turing test, sometimes fooling us against our better judgment.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Recently, A.I. passed a kind of Turing test for the eye: the images and videos that it can produce are now sometimes indistinguishable from real ones. @chaykak writes about how 2025 became the year of “slop.”
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So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.
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On Medium, @amelianancyharvey.bsky.social reviewed ELEANOR THE GREAT medium.com/framerated/e...
Eleanor the Great — June Squibb shines in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut
After a devastating loss, a witty and proudly troublesome 94-year-old tells a tale that takes on its own dangerous life.
medium.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
On Medium, @amelianancyharvey.bsky.social reviewed ELEANOR THE GREAT medium.com/framerated/e...
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A wave election is within our reach next year, but only if we keep investing in the grassroots organizing that helped deliver our big wins this year. Chip in if you can to support the nationwide work it will take over the next 319 days to win back power and put real checks on this lawless regime.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A wave election is within our reach next year, but only if we keep investing in the grassroots organizing that helped deliver our big wins this year. Chip in if you can to support the nationwide work it will take over the next 319 days to win back power and put real checks on this lawless regime.
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"Putting his name on the Kennedy Center and parks passes are acts of vandalism of public property, in the most original sense of the word."
The United States of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is slapping his name and face on everything he can
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The United States of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is slapping his name and face on everything he can
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The United States of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is slapping his name and face on everything he can, but America’s institutions don’t belong to him.
www.theatlantic.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"Putting his name on the Kennedy Center and parks passes are acts of vandalism of public property, in the most original sense of the word."
The United States of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is slapping his name and face on everything he can
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The United States of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is slapping his name and face on everything he can
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Rubio was asked whether he stood by his false claim earlier this year that the Trump administration’s massive cuts to the USAID haven’t killed anyone. Rather than fess up, he doubled down on his decision. trib.al/6znxgFI
Marco Rubio Stands by Cuts That Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People
The Secretary of State refused to apologized for the cuts to USAID.
trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Rubio was asked whether he stood by his false claim earlier this year that the Trump administration’s massive cuts to the USAID haven’t killed anyone. Rather than fess up, he doubled down on his decision. trib.al/6znxgFI
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Several immigration issues have been redefined as security threats. To deal with them, the budget of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), whose agents can now be found all across America, has been tripled.
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Several immigration issues have been redefined as security threats. To deal with them, the budget of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), whose agents can now be found all across America, has been tripled.
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Yes, yes it is. Just exactly that disgusting. Every real American (fuck you and fuck off MAGAts), feels completely humiliated by this grotesque ejaculation of unfettered narcissism run amok.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Yes, yes it is. Just exactly that disgusting. Every real American (fuck you and fuck off MAGAts), feels completely humiliated by this grotesque ejaculation of unfettered narcissism run amok.
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As I covered here, it's telling that they went after the hep B vaccine first. The narrative on the right is only "dirty" women have babies who get hep B. And standardized vaccines is an insult to their purity.
(FWIW: half of infant transmission is not maternal)
www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...
(FWIW: half of infant transmission is not maternal)
www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...
RFK Jr.'s war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids
The MAHA movement regards all childhood ailments as a sign that moms are failing
www.salon.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
As I covered here, it's telling that they went after the hep B vaccine first. The narrative on the right is only "dirty" women have babies who get hep B. And standardized vaccines is an insult to their purity.
(FWIW: half of infant transmission is not maternal)
www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...
(FWIW: half of infant transmission is not maternal)
www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...
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As with public schools, the nice thing about standardized vaccines is they take some of the burden off overtaxed and underfunded parents. Making every aspect of childhood a bespoke experience that the mother has to figure out on her own isn't "choice." It's piling on duties that some can't handle.
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
As with public schools, the nice thing about standardized vaccines is they take some of the burden off overtaxed and underfunded parents. Making every aspect of childhood a bespoke experience that the mother has to figure out on her own isn't "choice." It's piling on duties that some can't handle.
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The end goal is eugenicist. RFK and his ilk know that this will make vaccines more expensive and time-consuming — and therefore marginalized children are most likely to fall through the cracks.
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The end goal is eugenicist. RFK and his ilk know that this will make vaccines more expensive and time-consuming — and therefore marginalized children are most likely to fall through the cracks.
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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I have a teeny tiny tinge of sympathy for Elise.
She was quite sharp when she started in Congress. Then she sacrificed all her integrity to serve Trump. And he, and all the other men in the GOP, treated her like shit.
But mostly, fuck her for helping to destroy the US.
She was quite sharp when she started in Congress. Then she sacrificed all her integrity to serve Trump. And he, and all the other men in the GOP, treated her like shit.
But mostly, fuck her for helping to destroy the US.
December 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I have a teeny tiny tinge of sympathy for Elise.
She was quite sharp when she started in Congress. Then she sacrificed all her integrity to serve Trump. And he, and all the other men in the GOP, treated her like shit.
But mostly, fuck her for helping to destroy the US.
She was quite sharp when she started in Congress. Then she sacrificed all her integrity to serve Trump. And he, and all the other men in the GOP, treated her like shit.
But mostly, fuck her for helping to destroy the US.
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BREAKING: Elise Stefanik announced she is suspending her New York gubernatorial campaign – and she will also not be running for re-election to the House.
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
BREAKING: Elise Stefanik announced she is suspending her New York gubernatorial campaign – and she will also not be running for re-election to the House.
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ICE has its own Health Services Corps, which it operates in 17 large detention centers, but an increasingly large majority of people are held in private detention centers where the healthcare is operated by contractor or subcontractor, where ICE basically just manages the insurance claims.
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
ICE has its own Health Services Corps, which it operates in 17 large detention centers, but an increasingly large majority of people are held in private detention centers where the healthcare is operated by contractor or subcontractor, where ICE basically just manages the insurance claims.
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Donald Trump’s reclassification of fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction is a public-relations tactic, one expert tells @willgottsegen.com in The Atlantic Daily:
The New ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
What does fentanyl’s reclassification mean for the White House’s renewed War on Drugs?
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December 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Donald Trump’s reclassification of fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction is a public-relations tactic, one expert tells @willgottsegen.com in The Atlantic Daily: