SJ Gold
@sjgoldjfjkd.bsky.social
Philosophy/Psychology professor, VP Academic Innovation, martial artist, musician, and disability activist #resist
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view of the fire from my home, I can assure folks that these 🔥 are unimaginably worse due to climate change...last time the tawny painted president was in office he rage tweeting against our state while people burned to death in their cars Likely it will be worse this time #globalwarming #resist
January 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
view of the fire from my home, I can assure folks that these 🔥 are unimaginably worse due to climate change...last time the tawny painted president was in office he rage tweeting against our state while people burned to death in their cars Likely it will be worse this time #globalwarming #resist
Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something unpleasant after a period of relief. 🙄
January 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something unpleasant after a period of relief. 🙄
I have always said, from personal experience, that 'the disabled' is the only minority group anyone can join at any moment.....
No one is an exception to becoming disabled. No one is immune to disability. Your health is not a guarantee. Even when you age, disability is almost inevitable at some point. Advocating for disabled people is advocating for your inevitable future.
December 30, 2024 at 1:46 AM
I have always said, from personal experience, that 'the disabled' is the only minority group anyone can join at any moment.....
Vastly more efficient to import educated workers than educate Americans. This is America first? I'm sorry what did he call them? Subtards? Shoe fits I suppose
Congratulations MAGA. You voted for a pathological liar and and NOW immigrants are coming for your jobs!
December 28, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Vastly more efficient to import educated workers than educate Americans. This is America first? I'm sorry what did he call them? Subtards? Shoe fits I suppose
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Never forget the real issues facing the world.
And if you want to try and stay up to date on a whole host of nuanced issues, come check out r/polls_for_politics.
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And if you want to try and stay up to date on a whole host of nuanced issues, come check out r/polls_for_politics.
www.reddit.com/r/polls_for_...
December 14, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Never forget the real issues facing the world.
And if you want to try and stay up to date on a whole host of nuanced issues, come check out r/polls_for_politics.
www.reddit.com/r/polls_for_...
And if you want to try and stay up to date on a whole host of nuanced issues, come check out r/polls_for_politics.
www.reddit.com/r/polls_for_...
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Dear @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @latimes.com @theatlantic.com [insert any other news org here], Where are the articles about this? Let's assume all those numbers are wrong. Go do your job, so we know for sure, then we'll talk about your skewed reporting on this matter. Thanks!
December 12, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Dear @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @latimes.com @theatlantic.com [insert any other news org here], Where are the articles about this? Let's assume all those numbers are wrong. Go do your job, so we know for sure, then we'll talk about your skewed reporting on this matter. Thanks!
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Billionaires are out of control. They are buying newspapers, magazines, social media apps and now the White House. Our democracy is quickly being replaced by a new era of American Oligarchy, bought and paid for by the super wealthy upperclass.
December 12, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Billionaires are out of control. They are buying newspapers, magazines, social media apps and now the White House. Our democracy is quickly being replaced by a new era of American Oligarchy, bought and paid for by the super wealthy upperclass.
I don't disagree with the rich kid class issue; but we don't know about his back pain; I had my leg crushed and back broken in a motorcycle accident and have written extensively on the pain clinic; it is just ableist to assume that his 'back just hurt'; glibly dismissing chronic pain is not right
I have severe chronic pain for 30 years. I know how it drags you down but I also think this was in many respects a rich kid who cried. Sorry- but I’m on prescription fentanyl for pain. Failed fusion following diagnosis of severe spina bifida occulta.
December 11, 2024 at 11:41 PM
I don't disagree with the rich kid class issue; but we don't know about his back pain; I had my leg crushed and back broken in a motorcycle accident and have written extensively on the pain clinic; it is just ableist to assume that his 'back just hurt'; glibly dismissing chronic pain is not right
Not really perfect, please. Let’s not downplay severe chronic pain; I don’t know about him specifically, but the chronic pain community has been demonized and abandoned by the health care industry. We cannot get proper treatment and we are damn angry. this post is more than a bit ableist.
Perfect summation.
I just want to make sure I understand all this right. A rich kid killed a richer dude because his back hurt, and this is all the left's fault because they don't feel bad for the richer dude because he was an asshole who let all kinds of people die because "profits."
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
December 11, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Not really perfect, please. Let’s not downplay severe chronic pain; I don’t know about him specifically, but the chronic pain community has been demonized and abandoned by the health care industry. We cannot get proper treatment and we are damn angry. this post is more than a bit ableist.
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Amid the backdrop that more than a dozen members of Trump's Cabinet are billionaires, a reminder that this is what happened to income inequality in this country once the tax rate for top earners was slashed after 1980. Trickle down does not work and top earners' priority is themselves.
December 8, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Amid the backdrop that more than a dozen members of Trump's Cabinet are billionaires, a reminder that this is what happened to income inequality in this country once the tax rate for top earners was slashed after 1980. Trickle down does not work and top earners' priority is themselves.
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This week was rough. I thought about just retreating. But then I remembered that my ancestors who were enslaved people, the Civil Rights Leaders, The Freedom Fighters, The Freedom Riders, The Women of the Suffrage Movement didn't give up.
How dare I even consider it. Im in. Are you? #resist
How dare I even consider it. Im in. Are you? #resist
November 13, 2024 at 6:01 AM
This week was rough. I thought about just retreating. But then I remembered that my ancestors who were enslaved people, the Civil Rights Leaders, The Freedom Fighters, The Freedom Riders, The Women of the Suffrage Movement didn't give up.
How dare I even consider it. Im in. Are you? #resist
How dare I even consider it. Im in. Are you? #resist
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“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson
This is the US Republican system of gov't.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
― Lyndon B. Johnson
This is the US Republican system of gov't.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy
The forty-two-minute recording, acquired by James Carter IV, confirms Atwater’s incendiary remarks and places them in context.
www.thenation.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:30 PM
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson
This is the US Republican system of gov't.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
― Lyndon B. Johnson
This is the US Republican system of gov't.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
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The Sopranos. Keep little Stevie
Pick a TV show, keep one actor. The rest are Muppets.
Cheers.
Keep Diane (Shelley Long).
Cheers.
Keep Diane (Shelley Long).
Pick a TV show, keep one actor. The rest are Muppets.
The West Wing
Keep Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler)
(h/t @cockybovine.me)
The West Wing
Keep Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler)
(h/t @cockybovine.me)
December 5, 2024 at 4:01 AM
The Sopranos. Keep little Stevie
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Funniest thing today
Would that make Pete Hegseth a DUI hire?
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Funniest thing today
Trump hires morally transgressive people as an intentional tactic. Choosing people who have committed financial/sex crimes erodes trust destabilizes social institutions weaponizes chaos legitimates violence exploits marginalized groups and dominates psychologically This is a tactic not an accident
December 4, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Trump hires morally transgressive people as an intentional tactic. Choosing people who have committed financial/sex crimes erodes trust destabilizes social institutions weaponizes chaos legitimates violence exploits marginalized groups and dominates psychologically This is a tactic not an accident
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I'm looking forward to this today. I'm ready to discuss how we chart a path forward, a path that leans on hope, not fear. Watch it live here at 4:30pm: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
25th Annual David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum
YouTube video by Columbia SIPA
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:15 PM
I'm looking forward to this today. I'm ready to discuss how we chart a path forward, a path that leans on hope, not fear. Watch it live here at 4:30pm: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
what on earth is wrong with these people? They want parental choice in banning books but not in their child's health care? They want control over everyone's body and if we cannot control our physical person we are not free people. Our bodies are sacred, not our guns. shameful
This is so intrusive to families making their own medical decisions. It’s a family decision and it’s should not be decided by the SCOTUS. I worry this is just the start of taking away many personal choices. We have already seen it with Roe.
www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...
www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids
The Supreme Court weighed whether Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria violates the Constitution.
www.cbsnews.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:29 PM
what on earth is wrong with these people? They want parental choice in banning books but not in their child's health care? They want control over everyone's body and if we cannot control our physical person we are not free people. Our bodies are sacred, not our guns. shameful
This tactic of transgression causes a numbness in us which culminates in indifference: "Rebellion, though it often springs from a sense of indignation, can degenerate into the acceptance of everything—an indifference that is another form of despair." (The Rebel)
No joke: Transgressions are a feature of Trump's hiring process, not a bug, and the more the better: Convictions, jail time, sexual assault and harassment allegations, conspiracies, hate speech, alcoholism, tool of Putin, what'd I miss? @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-cabi...
Trump’s Putting Together a Team of Outlaws
It’s a cabinet in his image: narcissistic, corrupt, and dangerous to America.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:11 PM
This tactic of transgression causes a numbness in us which culminates in indifference: "Rebellion, though it often springs from a sense of indignation, can degenerate into the acceptance of everything—an indifference that is another form of despair." (The Rebel)
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Family includes everyone! ❤️
November 17, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Family includes everyone! ❤️
Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something unpleasant after a period of relief. 🙄
December 3, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something unpleasant after a period of relief. 🙄