neanderthal53.bsky.social
@neanderthal53.bsky.social
Been here and there. Stood on a corner in Winslow Arizona. Ended up back where I started. Internalized battle of Ying & Yang. Spent a lifetime masking.
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She’s an opinion writer who thinks she has no biases, and IS a crank on many topics, so any sort of disinterested ombudsman is going to be a biased opponent to her. She’s not a member of the reality-based community.
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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“What’s the point of standards?” really is the Bari Weiss career arc in a nutshell
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Anyway, a newsroom that just paid $16 million to settle a bogus lawsuit over a trivial editing matter probably ought to keep a standards editor around, but WDIK
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was charged Tuesday night with assault on a federal officer after the immigration operation in L.A. in which the suspect and a U.S. marshal were injured.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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For years, a “Goon Squad” of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes.

This week, our friends at @revealnews.org sit down with the reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com, who revealed their reign of terror.
How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Mississippi deputies got away with years of brutality
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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UN climate negotiations have long been decried as "broken." But one mundane procedural issue stands out. [via @grist.org]
One rule is dooming the UN climate talks
“I don’t know how they come up with anything in such a haphazard process."
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Then they came for the Dreamers.

Read @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social's heartbreaking look at the fear and chaos the Trump administration has wrought onto the lives of young people brought to the United States.

"A real betrayal."
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The many, many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Hmmmm, maybe the biggest problem and I’m just spitballing here, is THAT IT IS A BUNCH OF MEN ADVISING WOMEN ON MENOPAUSE.
I do not care what the FDA has to say while oz and heroin addict are leading.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"

China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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National disgrace is his medium
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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“This is now a MAGA court, and Roberts is at the helm."
Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.

Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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In Congress, I’ll never abandon my constituents or take Republicans at their word when they say they won’t do the thing that they clearly plan on doing.

But first I have to get there:

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November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.

Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.

This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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We have to do better, folks
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.

So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.

Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I watched the first two episodes of Pluribus. Now, I am the least, jumping on the bandwagon or joining the group kind of person possible. Still, I would jump at the chance to have the kind of solidarity offered by this alien virus. I find Rhea’s character to exhibit some of the worst of humanity
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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grrrrrrrrr
she must be one of the first to face the post-regime tribunals
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Republicans must laugh so hard in private at these Dems who beg for pinky promises
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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The problem isn't that they caved for a promised vote; the problem is that the vote will be a meaningless gesture impressing no one but Senate Democrats.

It will fail. ACA beneficiaries will suffer considerably as a result and there will be no consequences of any kind for Republicans.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Far fetched for AMerica???
I think not
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM