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Ashley Veal
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Data girl living in a big data world
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I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.
Maaaaan, this. So much this. Every time there's any kind of actual in-depth survey we find that the American people are *abysmally* ignorant about even the most basic political facts, but the pundit class just immediately forgets & proceeds with political analysis based on subtle policy differences.
Feels like so many of our convos are revolving about how voters respond to what politicians are doing, or what parties’ positions on issues are, without much actual empirical sense of what they actually know about those topics.
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Today in Make America Sick Again: RFK Jr. is slowing down delivery the COVID booster shot, putting public health at risk.

The stakes are too high to leave this stuff up to RFK - that’s why I’m authoring legislation, SB 829, to authorize California to produce and distribute our own vaccines.
May 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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They are are eating the checks; they are eating the balances.

The economy is a wreck, but they are pretending we are in a palace.

At the stroke of midnight the tarriffs will invoke more madness & the only question will be who will keep their lips tight & who will fight

For the people that is!
April 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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WHAT IS GOING ON? I woke up this morning to #TheDoubleTax becoming officially the #1 newest release for Income Inequality on Amazon. I'm properly FLABBERGASTED. THANK YOU. 😭

Pre-order now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734115...

#booksky #blacksky #librarysky #econsky
March 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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There is nothing radical about wanting:
Clean water
Clean air
Nutritious food
A safe place to live
Dignified work
Fair pay
Accessible education
Affordable healthcare
Safe neighborhoods
Affordable groceries
Work/Life balance
Freedom to choose what’s best for you

Folks only made you think it was.
March 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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2 insurrections, same President.
February 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Putting oncology trials on hold, especially for bullshit, could harm or kill study subjects who undergo complex time-dependent tx. expecting to enroll in a trial. Protocols specify these in exclusion&inclusion criteria. @wendyorent.bsky.social @artcap.bsky.social
NIH staff learned Wednesday that any public presentations at conferences or meetings must now be cleared by a presidential appointee. They can attend conferences virtually, if there's no additional cost to the dept. And the travel agency contracted to book reservations has been cut off.
SCOOP: National Institutes of Health ordered by Trump admin to enact 'immediate and indefinite' travel suspension
"If staff aren’t able to travel, clinical trials will likely have to be put on hold," a source tells The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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NEW: Bloomberg reviewed +1K hours of YouTube vids from 9 popular streamers and podcasters who cater to American men. We analyzed 2 yrs of guests and transcripts to see how they discussed political topics and understand their role as a new mainstream info hub www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
January 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If Democrats don’t get it together and deliver progressive policies, it’s up for California.
January 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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All the people who are acting surprised at the tech bros turning out to be right wingers must not have been paying attention to who tech bros have been all along.
January 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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If you wondered how Dominique Pelicot was able to find 50 men to assault his own wife, consider the Telegram group of up to 70000 men discussing & demonstrating how to assault women, including their own romantic partners, sisters, even their mothers.

www.yahoo.com/news/telegra...
Telegram ‘rape chat groups’ with up to 70,000 members uncovered
Thousands of men are participating in chat groups in which they share suggestions on how to rape and sexually assault women, a German investigation has revealed.
www.yahoo.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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December 15, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Less than 24 hours later…
December 6, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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The audacity of the university asking employees for donations. Every institution! Every year!
December 4, 2024 at 2:53 PM
That’s some real nasty work Blue Cross Blue Shield smh. Capitalism is going to be the death of human beings. This is going to have an adverse effect on population health.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or procedure goes beyond an arbitrary time limit, regardless of how long the surgical procedure takes. The American Society of Anesthesiologists calls on Anthem to reverse this proposal immediately.
www.asahq.org
December 5, 2024 at 12:35 AM
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Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
Libraries around across the U.S. are helping people get healthier. They offer fitness classes, food pantries, cooking classes, conversations about loneliness and mental health, and even blood pressure...
apnews.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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So refreshing. Social media is Social again
Honestly the discourse on here is so much better than Twitter. I tossed off a take, people came in to correct me, we had a conversation, and folks were willing to give me grace about the stuff I admitted I got wrong!
November 29, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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You trust MDs and DOs with a little public health training to lead public health agencies. So if I get a little medical training, you should absolutely trust me—a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)—to diagnose and treat you. Cool cool cool. 💯👍🏾
a blue box that says police on it
ALT: a blue box that says police on it
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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Black Twitter moving to Blue Sky #BlackSky #AddtoBlackSky
November 14, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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Me as soon as I made this account #BlackSky #AddToBlackSky
November 14, 2024 at 8:18 PM