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What to do in response to Trump’s attempted coup
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
What to do in response to Trump's attempted coup - Halifax Examiner
First of all, don't discount or minimize the threat. This is a matter of life and death, not just for American democracy but for the future of the species.
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February 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
Well this is grim
weird interaction with a student this week. they kept coming up with weird "facts" ("greek is actually a combination of four other languages") that left me baffled. i said let's look this stuff up together, and they said ok, i'll open a search bar, and they opened... ch*tgpt and i was like "this is not a search bar" and they were like "yes it is, you can search for anything in here" the thing that made me feel crazy is like. every kid that's using this as a browser is getting new BESPOKE false "facts." this isn't "a widespread misconception about X that stems from how it's taught in schools." each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine with the "widespread misconception about X" you can start at a baseline. like, ok, in tenth grade we all talk about X thing from history, and that leaves us with some misguided concepts about X, but we can correct that as students get broader understandings of the world but with this, each child is getting UNIQUE wrong facts they are SURE are correct... because they did what we told them to do! they "looked it up"! they got it from somewhere! it's not a kid making up a belief on hearsay and assumption... it's something they think they LEARNED this kid was extremely combative with me, and i understood why. i was sitting in front of him and telling him that the internet, a computer, technology, all these supposedly authoritative things... were wrong. and that i, one person, was right. he basically *couldn't* believe me. 8 135 3.8K 97K ... stillorangecrushed @stilloranged. 7h he decided that i was simply a teacher who'd made a mistake. he could check it, after all! he could look it up! he could find the REAL facts. i obviously hadn't done that, i was just an adult who'd decided i was smarter than him. hence the defensiveness. like i said: i understood 5 760 3.2K 82K stillorangecrushed @stilloranged. 7h ... it was so fucking rough. i did my best, but i am one person trying to work against a campaign of misinformation so vast that it fucking terrifies me. this kid is being set up for a life lived entirely inside the hall of mirrors
July 6, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
Psset if Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk and big corporations paid their fair share we could support everyone in need AND have universal health care AND living wage for everyone AND care economy protections AND so much more
gratefuldeadpool.bsky.social TheGratefulDeadpool @gratefuldeadpool.bsky.social · Nov 25
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
November 25, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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amylittlefield.bsky.social
This is a heartbreaking and crucial report of a preventable death, but unfortunately, @propublica.org yet again failed to mention a key detail: the hospital's religious affiliation.

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propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · Nov 25
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.

Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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portianoir.com
*sigh*

Rest in power, Porsha.
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · Nov 25
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.

Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
If you're looking for alternatives to traditional media I hope you'll consider my newsletter, Civil Discourse, which focuses on the intersection between law & politics & is free. I've been writing about Trump's connection to Project 2025 for over a year joycevance.substack.com/p/project-20...
Project 2025: It's On (Predictably)
Before Bill Barr became Donald Trump’s third attorney general, he circulated a memo that was more or less an audition tape for the job he ultimately got.
joycevance.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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halifaxretales.bsky.social

today is

Transgender Day of Remembrance
to remember those who have
faced violence due to transphobia

be the safe space
November 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM