mejbcats
@mejbcats.bsky.social
Sorry, I gotta remain anonymous to protect family [this just got harder, thanks to my Uni's cowardice].
Pro-science & nature, pro-women & LGBTQ+, pro-cats
Old white guy is retiring from academia & astounded by voting patterns of my demographic.
Pro-science & nature, pro-women & LGBTQ+, pro-cats
Old white guy is retiring from academia & astounded by voting patterns of my demographic.
And of course it's way less than the over $3k/yr each American spends on our military
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
And of course it's way less than the over $3k/yr each American spends on our military
Hasn't this been a SCOTUS trick for a while? Outrageous GOP anti-democracy laws can't be fixed "too close to an election", pro-Democracy laws can be stalled forever?
Why is FL waiting longer to gerrymander their seats? "Oopsie, this could possibly be illegal, but there's no time to fix"
Why is FL waiting longer to gerrymander their seats? "Oopsie, this could possibly be illegal, but there's no time to fix"
Kagan's dissent is all scorchers, but this is really frying me. As long as state legislatures wait until the last possible minute, according to the SCOTUS majority, they can *always* get away with rigging the lines—no matter how flagrantly—because it'll be the "eve of an election."
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Hasn't this been a SCOTUS trick for a while? Outrageous GOP anti-democracy laws can't be fixed "too close to an election", pro-Democracy laws can be stalled forever?
Why is FL waiting longer to gerrymander their seats? "Oopsie, this could possibly be illegal, but there's no time to fix"
Why is FL waiting longer to gerrymander their seats? "Oopsie, this could possibly be illegal, but there's no time to fix"
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
WTF is he talking about?! Every one of those children victims would be a huge news story, Trumpeted by the admin and the media.
They have no shame about just making stuff up
They have no shame about just making stuff up
Kash Patel: "Our work on violent crimes against children is historic. We have found, identified, and discovered 6,000 children this year alone. That's up 30%. We have dismantled human trafficking organizations looking to enslave our children."
December 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
WTF is he talking about?! Every one of those children victims would be a huge news story, Trumpeted by the admin and the media.
They have no shame about just making stuff up
They have no shame about just making stuff up
After Trump is out of office, Tapper will probably write a book for $$$$, and say he would've written about it sooner, but Trump was drooling all over Tapper's notes
Biden shows a bit of cognitive decline:
@jaketapper.bsky.social writes a whole ass book.
Trump falls asleep at his own cabinet meetings and daily acts like the most demented psychopath on Earth:
@jaketapper.bsky.social says "that's just Trump being Trump."
That's why Jake Tapper is a damn clown.
@jaketapper.bsky.social writes a whole ass book.
Trump falls asleep at his own cabinet meetings and daily acts like the most demented psychopath on Earth:
@jaketapper.bsky.social says "that's just Trump being Trump."
That's why Jake Tapper is a damn clown.
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
After Trump is out of office, Tapper will probably write a book for $$$$, and say he would've written about it sooner, but Trump was drooling all over Tapper's notes
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Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
As usual, great reporting by ProPublica!!!
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As usual, great reporting by ProPublica!!!
Exactly. The "alpha males" are such chickens: scared of immigrants, scared of trans women (probably worried they'll be attracted to them, oh nooos), scared of criticism (which they call censorship or canceling), scared of showing their faces when playing war on Americans, etc etc
The patriarchy is as damaging for men as it is for women.
Matt Haig, an accomplished author and journalist who’s written fiction and nonfiction lays it out clearly here.
The pressure on boys to harden themselves into unfeeling caricatures is real, and it hurts everyone.
Resist it.👇
Matt Haig, an accomplished author and journalist who’s written fiction and nonfiction lays it out clearly here.
The pressure on boys to harden themselves into unfeeling caricatures is real, and it hurts everyone.
Resist it.👇
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Exactly. The "alpha males" are such chickens: scared of immigrants, scared of trans women (probably worried they'll be attracted to them, oh nooos), scared of criticism (which they call censorship or canceling), scared of showing their faces when playing war on Americans, etc etc
A la Hegseth, they'll soon change it to
"The Department of War on Health"
"The Department of War on Health"
I just want to know why the Health Secretary seems to continually fight on the side of Disease.
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A la Hegseth, they'll soon change it to
"The Department of War on Health"
"The Department of War on Health"
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ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
Hmm, so maybe Trump cabal are trying to grease the skids so they won't fail?
The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hmm, so maybe Trump cabal are trying to grease the skids so they won't fail?
Hey, while you're at it, why don't you bring back those cars from the Flintstones? I mean, they'd be a perfect fit for the MAGA crowd, right?
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hey, while you're at it, why don't you bring back those cars from the Flintstones? I mean, they'd be a perfect fit for the MAGA crowd, right?
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ACIP co-chair and rabid anti-vaxxer Robert Malone keeps silencing ACIP members Meissner and Hibbeln because they are DEMANDING evidence of the false claims being made by radical anti-vaxxer and climate scientist Nevinson and radical anti-vaxxer and Harvard MBA Blaxill.
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
ACIP co-chair and rabid anti-vaxxer Robert Malone keeps silencing ACIP members Meissner and Hibbeln because they are DEMANDING evidence of the false claims being made by radical anti-vaxxer and climate scientist Nevinson and radical anti-vaxxer and Harvard MBA Blaxill.
Absolute truth
One of the biggest impacts I’ve seen from the unproven idea that people are wrongfully using disability accommodations is that people stop trusting people with disabilities and in fact further restrict, remove, and demonize accommodations for people with disabilities in general
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Absolute truth
Just think, Trump admin now has access to decades of knowledge about campaigns used against adversaries... and can/will now use that knowledge against our own citizens
The Trump administration is fully aware of the effectiveness of using vaccine disinformation to divide a population and undermine trust in scientific institutions.
Under the first Trump administration, the U.S. military ran a clandestine operation to undermine trust in China’s COVID19 vaccine.
Under the first Trump administration, the U.S. military ran a clandestine operation to undermine trust in China’s COVID19 vaccine.
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines
The covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain.
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just think, Trump admin now has access to decades of knowledge about campaigns used against adversaries... and can/will now use that knowledge against our own citizens
OMG, those few excerpts are more than my fill of bad prose for the year
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
OMG, those few excerpts are more than my fill of bad prose for the year
We've been at that point for a while.
Day care workers, cleaners, construction workers - law abiding, long-time residents who contribute more to society than they take away (since all pay taxes but many don't collect Social Security or other payments)
Day care workers, cleaners, construction workers - law abiding, long-time residents who contribute more to society than they take away (since all pay taxes but many don't collect Social Security or other payments)
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We've been at that point for a while.
Day care workers, cleaners, construction workers - law abiding, long-time residents who contribute more to society than they take away (since all pay taxes but many don't collect Social Security or other payments)
Day care workers, cleaners, construction workers - law abiding, long-time residents who contribute more to society than they take away (since all pay taxes but many don't collect Social Security or other payments)
And Trump is all kinds of criminal
To be clear: Hegseth is a war criminal AND Bradley is a war criminal. It’s not an “either / or” situation.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
And Trump is all kinds of criminal
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The media has given 1000x more attention to Biden loaning his son money for the down payment on a truck—which merited a congressional investigation and multiple press releases—than it has to Trump, his sons, and son-in-law lapping up billions from corporations, foreign governments, and billionaires.
Donald Trump had reasonable concerns about how Joe Biden’s relatives enriched themselves through his service. Yet his own family is making the “Biden crime family” look small-time
How Donald Trump is turning into Joe Biden
It’s about more than denying inflation
econ.st
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The media has given 1000x more attention to Biden loaning his son money for the down payment on a truck—which merited a congressional investigation and multiple press releases—than it has to Trump, his sons, and son-in-law lapping up billions from corporations, foreign governments, and billionaires.
Actually, REPLACE the deportation of hard-working, community-contributing immigrants with the deportation of constitution-violating puppy killers
Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Actually, REPLACE the deportation of hard-working, community-contributing immigrants with the deportation of constitution-violating puppy killers
Your point highly important here, but besides that...
What the heck is he even talking about? (Don't make me listen to Jr!)
What the heck is he even talking about? (Don't make me listen to Jr!)
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Your point highly important here, but besides that...
What the heck is he even talking about? (Don't make me listen to Jr!)
What the heck is he even talking about? (Don't make me listen to Jr!)
And this hell continues to expand, thanks to orgs like Northwestern University (admin) capitulating to Trump cabal, and "agreeing" to essentially deny the existence of trans people, and eliminating the narrow rights that had only recently been achieved - long overdue and after great effort
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
And this hell continues to expand, thanks to orgs like Northwestern University (admin) capitulating to Trump cabal, and "agreeing" to essentially deny the existence of trans people, and eliminating the narrow rights that had only recently been achieved - long overdue and after great effort
Nah. My U board & prez think the value is the endowment, and the ability it gives them to lavish funds on their pet projects. I've long said they run the U to support the endowment, rather than the other way around
Too many boards and presidents appear to believe that the value and legitimacy of their university resides in the brand when it, in fact, resides in knowledge and judgment, which in turn resides in the faculty and academic staff.
December 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Nah. My U board & prez think the value is the endowment, and the ability it gives them to lavish funds on their pet projects. I've long said they run the U to support the endowment, rather than the other way around
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A note of caution about the new GOP vow of oversight on the murder of the two men clinging to the boat. It's good to see, but it could become a backdoor way for Rs to defuse pressure for broader scrutiny.
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A note of caution about the new GOP vow of oversight on the murder of the two men clinging to the boat. It's good to see, but it could become a backdoor way for Rs to defuse pressure for broader scrutiny.
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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A private equity fraudster was found guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud 10,000 investors, including small business owners, farmers, and Americans living paycheck to paycheck.
Trump just let him out of prison.
Trump just let him out of prison.
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A private equity fraudster was found guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud 10,000 investors, including small business owners, farmers, and Americans living paycheck to paycheck.
Trump just let him out of prison.
Trump just let him out of prison.