LotsToSay
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Gen X Gothamite who appreciates *thoughtful* commentary on issues 🤔. Journalism grad & armchair media critic, focused on misinformation & language manipulation 🤨. News, politics, dad jokes & cute animals in normal times. "JustAThought"@ old Twitter. 🌐🙏☮
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LotsToSay
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· Feb 11
Recycling this post from The Bad Place on co-opting "DEI" and "woke"
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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It’s almost like conducting business in an ethical way is worth the effort.
sgbonline.com/costco-total...
sgbonline.com/costco-total...
Costco Total Company Comps Rose 6.9 Percent in November | SGB Media Online
sgbonline.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It’s almost like conducting business in an ethical way is worth the effort.
sgbonline.com/costco-total...
sgbonline.com/costco-total...
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The only reliable data we are going to get on this stuff now comes from the private sector. bsky.app/profile/atru...
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The only reliable data we are going to get on this stuff now comes from the private sector. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. They're not calling anymore. Ate them.
December 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. They're not calling anymore. Ate them.
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University of Alabama shutters Black, female student magazines
University of Alabama shutters Black, female student magazines
A school official cited July guidance from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
dlvr.it
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
University of Alabama shutters Black, female student magazines
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
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More than half a million Jamaicans whose jobs depend directly or indirectly on tourism. After the Caribbean country was battered by its first Category 5 hurricane, officials are rushing to reopen dozens of hotels in time to salvage the vital winter travel season. trib.al/KY1Rfcx
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
More than half a million Jamaicans whose jobs depend directly or indirectly on tourism. After the Caribbean country was battered by its first Category 5 hurricane, officials are rushing to reopen dozens of hotels in time to salvage the vital winter travel season. trib.al/KY1Rfcx
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December 1st is the international day to recognise, remember & stand with those who have experienced HIV and AIDS.
Let’s all pledge to call out the ignorance and bigotry that can leave people feeling excluded. Let’s stand against the bullies and with the bullied.
Let’s focus on love, not hate.
Let’s all pledge to call out the ignorance and bigotry that can leave people feeling excluded. Let’s stand against the bullies and with the bullied.
Let’s focus on love, not hate.
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
December 1st is the international day to recognise, remember & stand with those who have experienced HIV and AIDS.
Let’s all pledge to call out the ignorance and bigotry that can leave people feeling excluded. Let’s stand against the bullies and with the bullied.
Let’s focus on love, not hate.
Let’s all pledge to call out the ignorance and bigotry that can leave people feeling excluded. Let’s stand against the bullies and with the bullied.
Let’s focus on love, not hate.
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"This week will be decisive"...
…many of us, especially Ukrainians, have heard this phrase so often lately from many Western politicians, almost every couple of months, that it already sounds like a mockery... each time remaining just more chatter and populism.
…many of us, especially Ukrainians, have heard this phrase so often lately from many Western politicians, almost every couple of months, that it already sounds like a mockery... each time remaining just more chatter and populism.
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
"This week will be decisive"...
…many of us, especially Ukrainians, have heard this phrase so often lately from many Western politicians, almost every couple of months, that it already sounds like a mockery... each time remaining just more chatter and populism.
…many of us, especially Ukrainians, have heard this phrase so often lately from many Western politicians, almost every couple of months, that it already sounds like a mockery... each time remaining just more chatter and populism.
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Just once I'd like to hear a TV news anchor say, "Sir, that's not true, and if you keep insisting it is, we're going to end this interview to protect our viewers from further disinformation. And we won't invite you back."
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just once I'd like to hear a TV news anchor say, "Sir, that's not true, and if you keep insisting it is, we're going to end this interview to protect our viewers from further disinformation. And we won't invite you back."
*Clever because it's NOT a documentary*
Please listen to the experts, folks 🤷♀️
Please listen to the experts, folks 🤷♀️
The plots of disaster movies that portray the end of civilization often begin with high-level Government Officials ignoring the warning of scientists.
One of several lesson learned from the 2.5 hour Netflix Documentary — Don’t Look Up (2021).
One of several lesson learned from the 2.5 hour Netflix Documentary — Don’t Look Up (2021).
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
*Clever because it's NOT a documentary*
Please listen to the experts, folks 🤷♀️
Please listen to the experts, folks 🤷♀️
🚨This thread
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨This thread
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Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
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#Thanksgiving 🍂🍁🦃🍂
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS DAY
Nurses Doctors Firefighters
Police & our Soldiers
EMTS Airline air traffic controllers
Waiters Waitress & Chefs
Essential workers who keep everything clean
Cashiers and food workers
Veterinarians & more
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS DAY
Nurses Doctors Firefighters
Police & our Soldiers
EMTS Airline air traffic controllers
Waiters Waitress & Chefs
Essential workers who keep everything clean
Cashiers and food workers
Veterinarians & more
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#Thanksgiving 🍂🍁🦃🍂
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS DAY
Nurses Doctors Firefighters
Police & our Soldiers
EMTS Airline air traffic controllers
Waiters Waitress & Chefs
Essential workers who keep everything clean
Cashiers and food workers
Veterinarians & more
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS DAY
Nurses Doctors Firefighters
Police & our Soldiers
EMTS Airline air traffic controllers
Waiters Waitress & Chefs
Essential workers who keep everything clean
Cashiers and food workers
Veterinarians & more
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"Every ten minutes, a woman is killed somewhere in the world...Gender inequality and misogyny remain key drivers." www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...
UN: 50,000 women killed in one year - Vatican News
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, new UN figures highlight the scale of gender-based violence. As online abuse ...
www.vaticannews.va
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"Every ten minutes, a woman is killed somewhere in the world...Gender inequality and misogyny remain key drivers." www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...
Brief reminder: Dogecoin started as a "joke."
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Brief reminder: Dogecoin started as a "joke."
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Wow, RIP. My father played guitar for him for several years.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wow, RIP. My father played guitar for him for several years.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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🇺🇦 Zelensky: The crux of the entire diplomatic situation is that it was Russia, and only Russia, that started this war, and it is Russia, and only Russia, that has been refusing to end it throughout the full-scale invasion.
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🇺🇦 Zelensky: The crux of the entire diplomatic situation is that it was Russia, and only Russia, that started this war, and it is Russia, and only Russia, that has been refusing to end it throughout the full-scale invasion.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.