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We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Looking for a good antidote to Avi Loeb’s ET advocacy? This excellent blogpost, in the spirit of Sagan’s Baloney Detection, offers rebuttals to the most pervasive and pernicious arguments you might find swirling around this topic. tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The fallacies behind the cult of Loeb
How media hype and misunderstanding fuel pseudoscientific fascination Existe una versión en español de este artículo aquí Introduction...
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Looking for a good antidote to Avi Loeb’s ET advocacy? This excellent blogpost, in the spirit of Sagan’s Baloney Detection, offers rebuttals to the most pervasive and pernicious arguments you might find swirling around this topic. tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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Ok, these are just names of bars in the Tenderloin
I’m beginning to suspect all of the men in the Trump administration are impotent.
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Ok, these are just names of bars in the Tenderloin
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Someone should probably inform the White House's "AI & Crypto Czar" that no one is forcing AI companies to train their models on Wikipedia
September 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Someone should probably inform the White House's "AI & Crypto Czar" that no one is forcing AI companies to train their models on Wikipedia
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Take the threats about banning or restricting mifepristone seriously. It’s all based on junk science. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
The FDA Plans to Review Mifepristone
When junk science shapes policy, it's fascism
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Take the threats about banning or restricting mifepristone seriously. It’s all based on junk science. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Suck it, RFK Jr!
I may have had to go to Connecticut, and I may have had to affirm having a condition that puts me at “high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus” which, if anyone asks, is “being alive”. In spite of the attempts of the antivax establishment to stop me, they could not!
I may have had to go to Connecticut, and I may have had to affirm having a condition that puts me at “high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus” which, if anyone asks, is “being alive”. In spite of the attempts of the antivax establishment to stop me, they could not!
September 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Suck it, RFK Jr!
I may have had to go to Connecticut, and I may have had to affirm having a condition that puts me at “high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus” which, if anyone asks, is “being alive”. In spite of the attempts of the antivax establishment to stop me, they could not!
I may have had to go to Connecticut, and I may have had to affirm having a condition that puts me at “high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus” which, if anyone asks, is “being alive”. In spite of the attempts of the antivax establishment to stop me, they could not!
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I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
July 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
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The EPA has eliminated its research division, which for decades has provided the science behind regulations on clean air, clean water, and toxic chemicals.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.
apnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The EPA has eliminated its research division, which for decades has provided the science behind regulations on clean air, clean water, and toxic chemicals.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
It is instructive how apoplectic certain center-right commentators are about Mamdani's proposed rent control freeze in New York. "Doesn't he know that this will not lower the price of housing?"
But when I inquire if they know the details of how NYC rent control, invariably they do not. (1/n)
But when I inquire if they know the details of how NYC rent control, invariably they do not. (1/n)
July 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It is instructive how apoplectic certain center-right commentators are about Mamdani's proposed rent control freeze in New York. "Doesn't he know that this will not lower the price of housing?"
But when I inquire if they know the details of how NYC rent control, invariably they do not. (1/n)
But when I inquire if they know the details of how NYC rent control, invariably they do not. (1/n)
What do these countries have in common?
* Belarus
* Brazil
* China
* Egypt
* Eritrea
* Libya
* Mali
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* North Korea
* Poland
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Turkmenistan
* United States
* Vietnam
* Zimbabwe
* Belarus
* Brazil
* China
* Egypt
* Eritrea
* Libya
* Mali
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* North Korea
* Poland
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Turkmenistan
* United States
* Vietnam
* Zimbabwe
July 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
What do these countries have in common?
* Belarus
* Brazil
* China
* Egypt
* Eritrea
* Libya
* Mali
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* North Korea
* Poland
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Turkmenistan
* United States
* Vietnam
* Zimbabwe
* Belarus
* Brazil
* China
* Egypt
* Eritrea
* Libya
* Mali
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* North Korea
* Poland
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Turkmenistan
* United States
* Vietnam
* Zimbabwe
“This is not normal.” That is for sure. That bill sure is not normal
July 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“This is not normal.” That is for sure. That bill sure is not normal
TIL "capitalism" was a term of ridicule coined by socialists. An early use of that English term (1863) was from a German-American educator who started the first kindergarten in Boston after being driven out of a suburb of San Antonio and later Houston in 1856 for advocating for abolitionism.
June 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
TIL "capitalism" was a term of ridicule coined by socialists. An early use of that English term (1863) was from a German-American educator who started the first kindergarten in Boston after being driven out of a suburb of San Antonio and later Houston in 1856 for advocating for abolitionism.
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In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
www.ricksteves.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
It is horrifying that the skills practiced in school lockdown drills are now being used in response to reports of ICE activity in the area.
June 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It is horrifying that the skills practiced in school lockdown drills are now being used in response to reports of ICE activity in the area.
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Cuomo already sounds defeated by Trump's authoritarianism.
I will stand up for our city of immigrants because I'm not funded by the very same MAGA billionaires who put Trump back in the White House.
I will stand up for our city of immigrants because I'm not funded by the very same MAGA billionaires who put Trump back in the White House.
June 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Cuomo already sounds defeated by Trump's authoritarianism.
I will stand up for our city of immigrants because I'm not funded by the very same MAGA billionaires who put Trump back in the White House.
I will stand up for our city of immigrants because I'm not funded by the very same MAGA billionaires who put Trump back in the White House.
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Following the inspiration of @ohdearz.bsky.social @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social here’s the NASA fleet with the proposed budget cuts. Red X’s will be fully defunded, green X’s will lose all NASA funding but have other funding sources, and exclamation point means >50% cuts
May 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Following the inspiration of @ohdearz.bsky.social @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social here’s the NASA fleet with the proposed budget cuts. Red X’s will be fully defunded, green X’s will lose all NASA funding but have other funding sources, and exclamation point means >50% cuts
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That's the point. You can't have serfdom if you have good or safe jobs. And you can't have lords without serfs.
“What makes manufacturing jobs good is unions and regulations that protect worker safety. Without those things, any jobs created by somehow bringing toy manufacturing back are not going to be good or safe jobs.”
-Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute, quoted in this piece:
-Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute, quoted in this piece:
The dumbest thing about Trump's desire to manufacture dolls in the US is that many of the jobs would be bad ones: Connecting plastic body parts to torsos, attaching nylon hair, etc.
I talked to toy industry people who laid this all out. Striking stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/1949...
I talked to toy industry people who laid this all out. Striking stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/1949...
May 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
That's the point. You can't have serfdom if you have good or safe jobs. And you can't have lords without serfs.
Hey @psychologytoday.com! I found a bunch of your "verified therapists" promoting outright snake oil and pseudoscience in their public blogs. What is your review/vetting process for them? How are you going to handle problems like this?
I sent y'all a list of some examples of this.
I sent y'all a list of some examples of this.
May 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hey @psychologytoday.com! I found a bunch of your "verified therapists" promoting outright snake oil and pseudoscience in their public blogs. What is your review/vetting process for them? How are you going to handle problems like this?
I sent y'all a list of some examples of this.
I sent y'all a list of some examples of this.
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Trump administration has suspended an air-quality monitoring program at national parks across the country. The program collects data on levels of harmful air pollutants, including ozone and particulate matter, at the 63 national parks in the USA.
May 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trump administration has suspended an air-quality monitoring program at national parks across the country. The program collects data on levels of harmful air pollutants, including ozone and particulate matter, at the 63 national parks in the USA.
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Are yall following this Newark situation? Apparently staff layoffs in Philly led to the screens going blank in towers at Newark on Monday which freaked controllers out so they took trauma leave so as not to kill anyone in their watch & now not enough controllers. DO NOT FLY FROM NEWARK. Seriously.
May 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Are yall following this Newark situation? Apparently staff layoffs in Philly led to the screens going blank in towers at Newark on Monday which freaked controllers out so they took trauma leave so as not to kill anyone in their watch & now not enough controllers. DO NOT FLY FROM NEWARK. Seriously.
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SCIENTISTS: The proposed Schedule F is out. It has potential to undermine or destroy merit-based science.
Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees.
Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees.
Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
April 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
SCIENTISTS: The proposed Schedule F is out. It has potential to undermine or destroy merit-based science.
Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees.
Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees.
Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Why, no, you shouldn't have to have your 'papers' on yourself at all times or face extraordinary rendition to a foreign country, actually
April 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Why, no, you shouldn't have to have your 'papers' on yourself at all times or face extraordinary rendition to a foreign country, actually
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u... Is it just a coincidence that this trend began when public school funding cuts started to take serious hold?
The Pandemic Is Not the Only Reason U.S. Students Are Losing Ground (Gift Article)
For years, the country’s lowest-scoring students were steadily improving on national tests. Starting around 2013, something changed.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u... Is it just a coincidence that this trend began when public school funding cuts started to take serious hold?
Is it morally unethical to respond to scam texts with insults, wild accusations, hyperbolic threats (“I will send demons after you”), and demands for money? I feel like this is a place I can have fun letting out my anger, but what is the moral calculus of how far is too far?
March 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Is it morally unethical to respond to scam texts with insults, wild accusations, hyperbolic threats (“I will send demons after you”), and demands for money? I feel like this is a place I can have fun letting out my anger, but what is the moral calculus of how far is too far?