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Apex herbivore. Direct descendant of inconsequential people. Socratizing in small town ALX. Here I raise my Ebenezer.
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I'm still SHOCKED by the obscene rise in billionaire election spending since Citizens United in the NYT piece, despite already knowing that election corruption w/ $ was profound. (Recall that BCRA fought dangerous campaign $ in *2002*)

The article data didn't have a graph, so I made one to show it.
Chart showing billionaire election spending from 2000 thru 2024. 2000: $18 million 2004: $13 million 2008 $16 million 2010: Citizens United supreme court case 2012: $231 million 2016: $682 million 2020: $1.2 billion 2024: $2.6 billion
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
greygrendel.bsky.social
Might this correlate with the economic demise of the middle class?
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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leahshaffer.bsky.social
Danger word list for NIH. #ScienceSky
🧪 ☠️🩺 #MedSky
Be careful in your grant app. Use a scary word and your lifesaving, world changing work won't get funded.
Replace all instances of danger words, with "amurica" so the chud who has been tasked hitting "cntrl F" will not find the spooky words.
exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · Feb 4
Here are the words, with alt text, that are now forbidden.
Words flagged in search of current NSF awards may be incomplete this is a cull from 1/10th of the awards flagged: activism, activists, advocacy, advocate, advocates, barrier, barriers, biased, biased toward, biases, biases towards, bipoc, black and latinx, community diversity, community equity, cultural differences, cultural heritage, culturally responsive, Disabilities, disability, discriminated, discrimination, discriminatory, diverse backgrounds, diverse communities, diverse community, diverse group, diverse groups, diversified, diversify, diversifying, diversity and inclusion, diversity equity, enhance the diversity, enhancing diversity, equal opportunity, equality, equitable, equity, ethnicity, excluded, female, females, fostering inclusivity, gender, gender diversity, genders, hate speech (Skipping the repeats) Hispanic minority, historically, implicit bias, implicit biases, inclusion, inclusive, inclusiveness, inclusivity, increased diversity, increased the diversity, indigenous community, inequalities, inequality, inequitable, inequities, institutional, LGBT, marginalized, marginalized, minorities, minority, multicultural, polarization, political, prejudice, privileges, promoting diversity, race and ethnicity, racial, racial diversity Racial inequality, racial justice, racially, racism, sense of belonging, sexual preferences, social justice, socio cultural, socioeconomic, socio cultural, socioeconomic, status, stereotypes, systemic, trauma, underappreciated, underrepresented, underserved, under representation, underrepresented, underserved, undervalued, victim, women, women and underrepresented, advocate, advocates, anti racist, barrier, barriers, biased, biases, biopic, community diversity, disabilities, disability, discrimination, discriminatory
February 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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asls.org.uk
From 2020: Jackie Kay reads her poem “Darling”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn17...
‘Darling’ – A poem by Professor Jackie Kay CBE
YouTube video by University of Salford
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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asls.org.uk
You might forget the exact sound of her voice
or how her face looked when sleeping.
You might forget the sound of her quiet weeping
curled into the shape of a half moon…

—Jackie Kay, “Darling”
published in DARLING, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2007
#poem #poetry
www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...
Darling by Jackie Kay You might forget the exact sound of her voice or how her face looked when sleeping. You might forget the sound of her quiet weeping curled into the shape of a half moon, when smaller than her self, she seemed already to be leaving before she left, when the blossom was on the trees and the sun was out, and all seemed good in the world. I held her hand and sang a song from when I was a girl – Heel y’ho boys, let her go boys – and when I stopped singing she had slipped away, already a slip of a girl again, skipping off, her heart light, her face almost smiling. And what I didn’t know or couldn’t say then was that she hadn’t really gone. The dead don’t go till you do, loved ones. The dead are still here holding our hands.
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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aamc.org
How do you teach humanism in medicine? 2025 awardee Mill Etienne, MD, MPH says you “just do it.” By taking students into communities, he shows humanism is learned through action — not talk. Students are encouraged to nominate a faculty leader by March 2. www.aamc.org/about-us/aam...
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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lalahaenzy.com
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
greygrendel.bsky.social
Moving.
ericswalwell.bsky.social Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 10d
If you really want to Make America Great, watch this… #BlackHistoryMonth
February 4, 2026 at 7:47 PM
greygrendel.bsky.social
Might $1.2 trillion per year of funding could cover the entire annual budgets of approximately 15–30 of the poorest U.S. states?
cato.org Cato Institute @cato.org · 11d
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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oligoclonalband.medsky.social
Happy National Women Physicians Day!

Take 1 minute of your day and read about one amazing woman physician featured at neurdgames.com/endowed-chairs - you won't regret it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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startribune.com
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
greygrendel.bsky.social
Intro is even more devastating than the conclusion.
stevevladeck.bsky.social Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11d
Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1 More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet]. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up, twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all. See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id. The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes, the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary, Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A. As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot] Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section IV.B.2.b. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
greygrendel.bsky.social
Phtang, as the cats say.
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 AM
greygrendel.bsky.social
“every 10% of conventional meat replaced by alternative proteins has about the same climate impact as replacing all the world’s fossil-fuelled vehicles with EVs.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Humanity’s favourite food’: how to end the livestock industry but keep eating meat
Bruce Friedrich argues the only way to tackle the world’s insatiable but damaging craving for meat is like-for-like replacements like cultivated and plant-based meat
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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nbcsportsoccer.bsky.social
HOW ON EARTH HAS DOMINIC SOLANKE PULLED THAT OFF? 🫨

SPURS FIGHT BACK TO TIE IT UP AGAINST MAN CITY!
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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drewharwell.com
Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Trump Lawsuit Against IRS Puts Him on Both Sides of the Same Case
President Trump’s lawsuit against the government that he runs presents a mind-bending minefield of conflicts that could end with his appointees approving a federal payout to him.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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alexandriabrief.com
Mayor: School bus drivers tested routes Saturday; ACPS to announce Monday decision tonight
Mayor: School bus drivers tested routes Saturday; ACPS to announce Monday decision tonight
Day 7 of snow response; city running out of places to store snow
dlvr.it
February 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
greygrendel.bsky.social
Exactly, moving people slowly along the continuum. Socratic questions. Shared values. More judo than boxing, guide the opposing force.
February 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
greygrendel.bsky.social
Recalls Those who walk away from Omelas to mind with current context.
juliusgoat.bsky.social A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13d
THE FINGER-TAKER’S SON

Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the king’s finger-taker.

The finger-taker claimed to be a persuadable man.

www.the-reframe.com/the-finger-t...
The Finger-Taker's Son
Rules of engagement, and what it means to find "common ground" with supremacists.
www.the-reframe.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced…
economist.com/britain/2026...
X Posts about London Crime - large growth in number of likes after monetisation introduced
January 31, 2026 at 6:07 PM
greygrendel.bsky.social
"Some 10,109 doctoral-trained experts in science and related fields left their jobs last year as President Donald Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce. 14% of of Ph.D.s in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) or health fields"
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...
BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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jvagle.me
Continuing the shift to an economy that produces nothing but advertising and prisons.
sodrock.bsky.social Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 19d
Saw this and it’s just wild
January 26, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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gregolear.bsky.social
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM