Del-John
@deltronic.bsky.social
Appalachian queer writer with multiple disabilities
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So few people writing for mainstream publications are fit to diagnose or even describe our current status and they prove it by even now consistently using the right’s framing in their reporting.
February 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So few people writing for mainstream publications are fit to diagnose or even describe our current status and they prove it by even now consistently using the right’s framing in their reporting.
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What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.
February 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.
Yeah this is just early capitulation to fascism. We CAN control Trump’s behavior as far as policy is concerned and it’s a cop-out to say this. He is easy to influence through public opinion and other means bc he has no real ideology
I disagree with some of what Dave Chappelle has said, but he was on point during last night's SNL monologue when, in the context of discussing Trump's return, he asked all of us to DO BETTER.
We can't control Trump's behaviour, but we CAN, each of us, be better people.
We can't control Trump's behaviour, but we CAN, each of us, be better people.
January 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Yeah this is just early capitulation to fascism. We CAN control Trump’s behavior as far as policy is concerned and it’s a cop-out to say this. He is easy to influence through public opinion and other means bc he has no real ideology
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I love how embracing segregationism is cool now that it's been rebranded as anti-wokeness
January 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I love how embracing segregationism is cool now that it's been rebranded as anti-wokeness
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An FTC report (under chair Lina Khan, who Elon hates and who Trump will replace) finds United Health has been overcharging cancer patients an obscene amount and PBM’s have been pocketing extra billions.
No wonder they hate her.
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
No wonder they hate her.
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
January 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
An FTC report (under chair Lina Khan, who Elon hates and who Trump will replace) finds United Health has been overcharging cancer patients an obscene amount and PBM’s have been pocketing extra billions.
No wonder they hate her.
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
No wonder they hate her.
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
The most infuriating quality that most humans possess is not being able to imagine that someone who was kind or friendly to you could be awful to someone else. I’ve never found someone so mature as to not fall into this trap
January 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The most infuriating quality that most humans possess is not being able to imagine that someone who was kind or friendly to you could be awful to someone else. I’ve never found someone so mature as to not fall into this trap
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Watching people who knew Neil Gaiman continuing to reckon with the news and struggling to reconcile it with the person they thought they knew, I keep coming back to this.
I was just saying to a friend, someone who was horrified by a prominent person’s wretched behavior (but this individual was fine/good to my friend)—I said, “never forget, these people choose the targets of their generosity & goodwill & appreciation as carefully as they choose their abuse targets.”
I think all the time about the interviewer who asked Meryl Streep “how did you not know about Weinstein” and she was like “I didn’t know because he NEEDED me not to know”
it isn’t a character flaw to have been deceived by someone who is a deceit expert cultivating the cover of your faith & goodwill
it isn’t a character flaw to have been deceived by someone who is a deceit expert cultivating the cover of your faith & goodwill
January 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Watching people who knew Neil Gaiman continuing to reckon with the news and struggling to reconcile it with the person they thought they knew, I keep coming back to this.
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Between the California prison system's firefighter program and the Neil Gaiman stuff, I'm realizing people don't understand that consent under duress is not consent
January 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Between the California prison system's firefighter program and the Neil Gaiman stuff, I'm realizing people don't understand that consent under duress is not consent
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There's this notion that only very poor folks rely on Medicaid — that's simply not true. Yes, Medicaid is the primary insurer of poor folks & millions rely on it
But there are also Medicaid waiver programs for, e.g. medically complex kids, that middle and upper class families rely on
But there are also Medicaid waiver programs for, e.g. medically complex kids, that middle and upper class families rely on
January 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
There's this notion that only very poor folks rely on Medicaid — that's simply not true. Yes, Medicaid is the primary insurer of poor folks & millions rely on it
But there are also Medicaid waiver programs for, e.g. medically complex kids, that middle and upper class families rely on
But there are also Medicaid waiver programs for, e.g. medically complex kids, that middle and upper class families rely on
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It has been brought to my attention that Noah Wyle is still acting, and has somehow reverse-Substanced himself into Matthew McConaughey. If you see either one of them on the street, throw some weed or a pair of bongos to see how he reacts. This will help you identify them.
January 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It has been brought to my attention that Noah Wyle is still acting, and has somehow reverse-Substanced himself into Matthew McConaughey. If you see either one of them on the street, throw some weed or a pair of bongos to see how he reacts. This will help you identify them.
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Problematic director list:
– Spielberg (abused dinosaurs)
– Aster (won’t return my emails about muppet midsommar)
– Villeneuve (French Canadian)
– Spielberg (abused dinosaurs)
– Aster (won’t return my emails about muppet midsommar)
– Villeneuve (French Canadian)
December 15, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Problematic director list:
– Spielberg (abused dinosaurs)
– Aster (won’t return my emails about muppet midsommar)
– Villeneuve (French Canadian)
– Spielberg (abused dinosaurs)
– Aster (won’t return my emails about muppet midsommar)
– Villeneuve (French Canadian)