Jenn
@pastafarianti.bsky.social
Pro-science, love is love, pro-democracy.
Equality and diversity make us better.
Reposting does not = agreement
Equality and diversity make us better.
Reposting does not = agreement
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Jenn
@pastafarianti.bsky.social
· Jan 30
So, I finally decided to stop lurking and create an account. I'm so happy to see so many familiar accounts!
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Trump exposed for embezzling donor money into his bank account.
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
Data shows Trump is 'funneling' donor money into his bank account
Newsbreak reports that millionaire President Donald Trump is diverting donor money straight into his pocket.“Even as he leverages his presidency to make himself millions, perhaps even billions of doll...
www.rawstory.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Trump exposed for embezzling donor money into his bank account.
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
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Forswunke [for-SWUNGK]
(adj.)
- Extremely exhausted after physical exertion.
Used in a sentence:
“Remind me to never again challenge those surprisingly farouche malaperts to a feisty round of gelatin grappling; I’m absolutely forswunke.”
(adj.)
- Extremely exhausted after physical exertion.
Used in a sentence:
“Remind me to never again challenge those surprisingly farouche malaperts to a feisty round of gelatin grappling; I’m absolutely forswunke.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Forswunke [for-SWUNGK]
(adj.)
- Extremely exhausted after physical exertion.
Used in a sentence:
“Remind me to never again challenge those surprisingly farouche malaperts to a feisty round of gelatin grappling; I’m absolutely forswunke.”
(adj.)
- Extremely exhausted after physical exertion.
Used in a sentence:
“Remind me to never again challenge those surprisingly farouche malaperts to a feisty round of gelatin grappling; I’m absolutely forswunke.”
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
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Even though the descendants have garnered a few incremental wins, they may face challenges from a federal administration that has opposed reparations for Black Americans and racial equity efforts. “With the election of Trump..."
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
A Black Georgia community uprooted in 1942 still fights to go home
US descendants of Harris Neck’s Gullah Geechee families seek the return of ancestral land seized for a wartime airfield
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Even though the descendants have garnered a few incremental wins, they may face challenges from a federal administration that has opposed reparations for Black Americans and racial equity efforts. “With the election of Trump..."
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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#MorningVibe
“Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.” ✨ President Jimmy Carter
Use your voice. Help others to use theirs. Honest communication is key to success.
“Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.” ✨ President Jimmy Carter
Use your voice. Help others to use theirs. Honest communication is key to success.
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#MorningVibe
“Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.” ✨ President Jimmy Carter
Use your voice. Help others to use theirs. Honest communication is key to success.
“Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.” ✨ President Jimmy Carter
Use your voice. Help others to use theirs. Honest communication is key to success.
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This might be a serious sign
the United States has suspended deportation flights to Venezuela for an indefinite period.
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This might be a serious sign
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
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I've made the only donation of the competition so far for team #RxHunger, and I make pharm tech money. Let's get it going, #PharmSky!
In 48 hours we’ve raised over $100k to feed those in need through #HCWvsHunger, an annual competition to raise money for the food banks YOU CHOOSE.
Donate today and log your donation for your favorite team at HCWvsHunger.org
And if you can’t donate, please repost!
Donate today and log your donation for your favorite team at HCWvsHunger.org
And if you can’t donate, please repost!
Healthcare Workers vs Hunger
Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.
HCWvsHunger.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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99K!!! Thank you!
My goal is to get to 100K by Christmas! If you appreciate my hard-driving investigative journalism, please share and help me get there! 🙏🙏🙏
My goal is to get to 100K by Christmas! If you appreciate my hard-driving investigative journalism, please share and help me get there! 🙏🙏🙏
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
99K!!! Thank you!
My goal is to get to 100K by Christmas! If you appreciate my hard-driving investigative journalism, please share and help me get there! 🙏🙏🙏
My goal is to get to 100K by Christmas! If you appreciate my hard-driving investigative journalism, please share and help me get there! 🙏🙏🙏
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Mace lies again. She did NOT vote for Biden’s Infrastructure bill that SC sees making improvements across the state!
#WeKnowThemByTheirVotes not their rhetoric.
#WeKnowThemByTheirVotes not their rhetoric.
This came from the 2021 infrastructure bill signed by Biden. Mace voted against it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Mace lies again. She did NOT vote for Biden’s Infrastructure bill that SC sees making improvements across the state!
#WeKnowThemByTheirVotes not their rhetoric.
#WeKnowThemByTheirVotes not their rhetoric.
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Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
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Would you guys like to hear a story about the 'Chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission' (meaning the dude leading Trump's campaign of destroying the White House to build a tacky ballroom)
Omg this fuckin guy was one of the biggest jagoffs in my eating club in college
So eating clubs are kinda like a bougie combination of a dining hall +a frat, & we had a club song, part of which went:
Huzzah Huzzah for [club], now raise a glass with me, Now drain them fast as one, my boys, 1-2-3!'
So eating clubs are kinda like a bougie combination of a dining hall +a frat, & we had a club song, part of which went:
Huzzah Huzzah for [club], now raise a glass with me, Now drain them fast as one, my boys, 1-2-3!'
1. NEWS
President-elect Trump says Will Scharf will serve as White House Staff Secretary.
Scharf ran for Attorney General in Missouri and was one of Trump’s attorneys.
The position of White House Staff Secretary is important and holds a great deal of power.
President-elect Trump says Will Scharf will serve as White House Staff Secretary.
Scharf ran for Attorney General in Missouri and was one of Trump’s attorneys.
The position of White House Staff Secretary is important and holds a great deal of power.
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Would you guys like to hear a story about the 'Chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission' (meaning the dude leading Trump's campaign of destroying the White House to build a tacky ballroom)
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Every South Carolinian Knows She’s Lying…..
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every South Carolinian Knows She’s Lying…..
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…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
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This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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🎯 @robsandia.bsky.social on Private School Vouchers (for the wealthy) — “CALL THEIR BLUFF… if they want public dollars, they should have to follow the same rules as public schools… it’s not a ‘COMPETITION’ when not everyone is playing by the same rules.”
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🎯 @robsandia.bsky.social on Private School Vouchers (for the wealthy) — “CALL THEIR BLUFF… if they want public dollars, they should have to follow the same rules as public schools… it’s not a ‘COMPETITION’ when not everyone is playing by the same rules.”
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Despite programs like #SNAP, 1 in 7 kids still live in households affected by #foodinsecurity
#FoodIsMedicine #HCWvsHunger #KidVengers #BrainDocsUnite
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
#FoodIsMedicine #HCWvsHunger #KidVengers #BrainDocsUnite
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Risk Factors for Unresolved Food Insecurity Among Households Receiving SNAP or WIC
Food insecurity (FI) affects approximately 13.5% of US households and nearly 18% of children.1 FI, persistent or transient, reflects limited or uncertain access to adequate and nutritious food resulti...
publications.aap.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Despite programs like #SNAP, 1 in 7 kids still live in households affected by #foodinsecurity
#FoodIsMedicine #HCWvsHunger #KidVengers #BrainDocsUnite
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
#FoodIsMedicine #HCWvsHunger #KidVengers #BrainDocsUnite
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
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If You Are Afraid To Do Your Public Service Job, You Need To Resign Immediately…..
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If You Are Afraid To Do Your Public Service Job, You Need To Resign Immediately…..