Mara Santiago
@mara2772.bsky.social
Writer / Tea drinker / RPG / Feminist /
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Zeigt das in euren Unternehmen.
Wer sich für rational hält, wer datengestützt handeln und fundierte Entscheidungen treffen und wer sein Unternehmen erfolgreich leiten will, kann das nicht ignorieren.
Wer einfach weiter macht, ist Fanatiker, ein verblendeter Trottel.
Wer sich für rational hält, wer datengestützt handeln und fundierte Entscheidungen treffen und wer sein Unternehmen erfolgreich leiten will, kann das nicht ignorieren.
Wer einfach weiter macht, ist Fanatiker, ein verblendeter Trottel.
Studien belegen, dass der Einsatz von KI keine Effizienzgewinne in Unternehmen bringt
Sie sollte die Arbeitswelt revolutionieren. Doch mehrere Studien belegen nun, dass der Einsatz von KI keine Effizienzgewinne in Unternehmen bringt.
taz.de
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Zeigt das in euren Unternehmen.
Wer sich für rational hält, wer datengestützt handeln und fundierte Entscheidungen treffen und wer sein Unternehmen erfolgreich leiten will, kann das nicht ignorieren.
Wer einfach weiter macht, ist Fanatiker, ein verblendeter Trottel.
Wer sich für rational hält, wer datengestützt handeln und fundierte Entscheidungen treffen und wer sein Unternehmen erfolgreich leiten will, kann das nicht ignorieren.
Wer einfach weiter macht, ist Fanatiker, ein verblendeter Trottel.
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Liebes @profil.at - distanziert ihr euch davon?
Oder seid ihr auch der Meinung, dass man den Horror des 11. Septembers zur Abwertung eines demokratisch gewählten Sozialdemokraten verwenden darf, der damit nichts zu tun hat, nur weil er Muslim ist?
Oder seid ihr auch der Meinung, dass man den Horror des 11. Septembers zur Abwertung eines demokratisch gewählten Sozialdemokraten verwenden darf, der damit nichts zu tun hat, nur weil er Muslim ist?
Agenda Austria: wo der Chef den Wahlsieg eines muslimischen Kandidaten mit sozialdemokratischem Wahlprogramm mit 9/11 gleichsetzt.
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Liebes @profil.at - distanziert ihr euch davon?
Oder seid ihr auch der Meinung, dass man den Horror des 11. Septembers zur Abwertung eines demokratisch gewählten Sozialdemokraten verwenden darf, der damit nichts zu tun hat, nur weil er Muslim ist?
Oder seid ihr auch der Meinung, dass man den Horror des 11. Septembers zur Abwertung eines demokratisch gewählten Sozialdemokraten verwenden darf, der damit nichts zu tun hat, nur weil er Muslim ist?
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.
As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of ADHD Medication—Check Your Cabinets Now
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has recalled several lots lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic form of Vyvanse, after testing found they failed to dissolve properly.
www.health.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.
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Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
@tkingfisher.com
My partner and me where just speculating about the age of the Paladins. He's listening to book four right now. So how old are they?
We figured
Stephen late 30-40?
Istvan 40+?
Galen early 30?
Shane 36 (just said it)
Wren 26?
Marcus mid 30?
Judith mid 30?
Giw far are we off?
My partner and me where just speculating about the age of the Paladins. He's listening to book four right now. So how old are they?
We figured
Stephen late 30-40?
Istvan 40+?
Galen early 30?
Shane 36 (just said it)
Wren 26?
Marcus mid 30?
Judith mid 30?
Giw far are we off?
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
@tkingfisher.com
My partner and me where just speculating about the age of the Paladins. He's listening to book four right now. So how old are they?
We figured
Stephen late 30-40?
Istvan 40+?
Galen early 30?
Shane 36 (just said it)
Wren 26?
Marcus mid 30?
Judith mid 30?
Giw far are we off?
My partner and me where just speculating about the age of the Paladins. He's listening to book four right now. So how old are they?
We figured
Stephen late 30-40?
Istvan 40+?
Galen early 30?
Shane 36 (just said it)
Wren 26?
Marcus mid 30?
Judith mid 30?
Giw far are we off?
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„Klassisch konservative Parteien übernehmen Sprache, Rhetorik und ideologische Elemente der extremen Rechten. Jeder Anspruch auf Konsens und Staatsräson wird über Bord geworfen und gegen eine Lust an Polarisierung eingetauscht.“
@nataschastrobl.bsky.social via @philomag.com
@nataschastrobl.bsky.social via @philomag.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
„Klassisch konservative Parteien übernehmen Sprache, Rhetorik und ideologische Elemente der extremen Rechten. Jeder Anspruch auf Konsens und Staatsräson wird über Bord geworfen und gegen eine Lust an Polarisierung eingetauscht.“
@nataschastrobl.bsky.social via @philomag.com
@nataschastrobl.bsky.social via @philomag.com
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Female Star Trek fans basically invented the modern idea of fan fiction. Star Trek has always had a large female fanbase and saying that it hasn’t is incredibly ahistorical.
October 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Female Star Trek fans basically invented the modern idea of fan fiction. Star Trek has always had a large female fanbase and saying that it hasn’t is incredibly ahistorical.
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Women in the sixties literally invented slashfic, about Kirk/Spock.
I think Diane Duane might also like a word.
I think Diane Duane might also like a word.
October 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Women in the sixties literally invented slashfic, about Kirk/Spock.
I think Diane Duane might also like a word.
I think Diane Duane might also like a word.
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"After a failed pilot, Lucille Ball not only advocated for a second pilot but circumvented the board of her production company, putting up her own money to ensure that the show had another chance."
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"After a failed pilot, Lucille Ball not only advocated for a second pilot but circumvented the board of her production company, putting up her own money to ensure that the show had another chance."
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Ich kotze. „Fragen Sie mal Ihre Töchter“, entgegnet Merz einen Journalisten, der nachfragt, ob eine Entschuldigung angemessen wäre.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
“Ich habe gar nichts zurückzunehmen”
- sagt #Merz heute zu seiner “wir haben im Stadtbild noch dieses Problem”-Äußerung in Bezug auf Migration.
- sagt #Merz heute zu seiner “wir haben im Stadtbild noch dieses Problem”-Äußerung in Bezug auf Migration.
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ich kotze. „Fragen Sie mal Ihre Töchter“, entgegnet Merz einen Journalisten, der nachfragt, ob eine Entschuldigung angemessen wäre.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
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The hilarity of this letter coming from Salt Lake City, the LDS faithful have been voting for this shit for years
Letter: How have we strayed so far from our Founders’ idea to provide “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” for every American?
Letter: Americans now live in a state of helplessness because of a few greedy men and women and a wanna-be king
Letter: How have we strayed so far from our Founders’ idea to provide “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” for every American?
www.sltrib.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The hilarity of this letter coming from Salt Lake City, the LDS faithful have been voting for this shit for years
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there have always been people who like to write, and people who like to say they have written, and the latter really love the idea of AI and the former can not understand why you'd let a computer do the fun part.
there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
there have always been people who like to write, and people who like to say they have written, and the latter really love the idea of AI and the former can not understand why you'd let a computer do the fun part.
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"tief gekränktes Männerego" ist Friedrich Merz' komplette Persönlichkeit.
Merz bei Miosga: Der Kanzler missbraucht seinen Kinderreichtum für Seitenhiebe gegen Merkel
Merz bei Miosga: Der Kanzler missbraucht seinen Kinderreichtum für Seitenhiebe gegen Merkel
October 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"tief gekränktes Männerego" ist Friedrich Merz' komplette Persönlichkeit.
Merz bei Miosga: Der Kanzler missbraucht seinen Kinderreichtum für Seitenhiebe gegen Merkel
Merz bei Miosga: Der Kanzler missbraucht seinen Kinderreichtum für Seitenhiebe gegen Merkel
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Study: Systemic increase of AMPA receptors associated with cognitive impairment of long COVID.
Published: 01 October 2025
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
Published: 01 October 2025
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
Systemic increase of AMPA receptors associated with cognitive impairment of long COVID
Fujimoto et al. report that the patients with cognitive impairments after SARS-CoV-2 infection showed significant AMPA receptors upregulation across their
academic.oup.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Study: Systemic increase of AMPA receptors associated with cognitive impairment of long COVID.
Published: 01 October 2025
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
Published: 01 October 2025
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
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Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...
scitechdaily.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
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Jane Goodall, pioneering scientist who first discovered tool-use in chimps, dies at 91. The famed primatologist, conservationist, and world-renowned animal behaviorist was one of the most important scientists of the 20th century.
www.iflscience.com/jane-goodall...
www.iflscience.com/jane-goodall...
October 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Jane Goodall, pioneering scientist who first discovered tool-use in chimps, dies at 91. The famed primatologist, conservationist, and world-renowned animal behaviorist was one of the most important scientists of the 20th century.
www.iflscience.com/jane-goodall...
www.iflscience.com/jane-goodall...
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Im November erscheint unser neuer Roman THE ICEBOUND KINGDOM unter dem Pseudonym Juno Reeves - und zurzeit läuft eine Vorbestellaktion bei der Buchhandlung Graff! Wer den Roman dort vorbestellt, erhält ihn nicht nur signiert, sondern mit drei großartigen Tarot-artigen Karten von Mari. \o/
signieraktion.graff.de
October 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Im November erscheint unser neuer Roman THE ICEBOUND KINGDOM unter dem Pseudonym Juno Reeves - und zurzeit läuft eine Vorbestellaktion bei der Buchhandlung Graff! Wer den Roman dort vorbestellt, erhält ihn nicht nur signiert, sondern mit drei großartigen Tarot-artigen Karten von Mari. \o/
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October 2, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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October 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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One of my heroes from childhood is #JaneGoodall
I’m very saddened to hear of her death. It would be a great tribute to her legacy if we could, y’know, save the planet and extend compassion to other species that we share it with.
I’m very saddened to hear of her death. It would be a great tribute to her legacy if we could, y’know, save the planet and extend compassion to other species that we share it with.
October 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
One of my heroes from childhood is #JaneGoodall
I’m very saddened to hear of her death. It would be a great tribute to her legacy if we could, y’know, save the planet and extend compassion to other species that we share it with.
I’m very saddened to hear of her death. It would be a great tribute to her legacy if we could, y’know, save the planet and extend compassion to other species that we share it with.
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“Jared Taylor, founder of American Renaissance, is to be star speaker on Saturday at the Patriotic Alternative conference being held at a so-far undisclosed East Midlands location.” searchlightmagazine.com/2025/10/noto...
Notorious US racist allowed into UK for nazi conference | Searchlight
Jared Taylor One of America’s most notorious racists has been allowed into Britain to speak at a conference staged by unrepentant nazis, several of whose fo ...
searchlightmagazine.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“Jared Taylor, founder of American Renaissance, is to be star speaker on Saturday at the Patriotic Alternative conference being held at a so-far undisclosed East Midlands location.” searchlightmagazine.com/2025/10/noto...
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"Der Verfassungsschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen stuft Lukreta als rechtsextremen Verdachtsfall ein." Lukreta ist einer der prominentesten weiblichen Wirkungskreise der Neuen Rechten.
NRW-Innenminister Reul warnt vor der sehr #AfD-nahen Frauengruppe "Lukreta" als "gefährlicher Verstärker der Neuen Rechten". Organisatorin Reinhild Boßdorf arbeitet für #AfD-MdEP Alexander Jungbluth – der aus der #Städteregion #Aachen stammt (👉 www.stern.de/politik/nrw-...). [1/2]
NRW-Innenminister Reul über Lukreta: "Rechtsextreme Propaganda" | STERN.de
Das AfD-nahe Netzwerk Lukreta wirbt um junge Frauen – und gewinnt offenbar schnell an Zulauf. Verfassungsschützer stufen es als rechtsextremen Verdachtsfall ein.
www.stern.de
October 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
"Der Verfassungsschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen stuft Lukreta als rechtsextremen Verdachtsfall ein." Lukreta ist einer der prominentesten weiblichen Wirkungskreise der Neuen Rechten.