CMCC
@democracyuandme.bsky.social
Lover of creatives and creations and creatures to boot.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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US peeps: program the congress switchboard into your phone: (202)224-3121. Congress is failing us; rather than write them off, we must demand more. FFS, we pay their salaries, they should represent us! Call daily, recruit friends. This week’s topic: STOP bowing to the NRA & pass serious gun control
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
US peeps: program the congress switchboard into your phone: (202)224-3121. Congress is failing us; rather than write them off, we must demand more. FFS, we pay their salaries, they should represent us! Call daily, recruit friends. This week’s topic: STOP bowing to the NRA & pass serious gun control
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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South Africa remains the most unequal country in the world, with the top 10% earning 70% of all pretax income.
New study by A. Gethin & L. Czajka shows that inequality in 2019 was as high as in 1993.
Racial inequality reduced only because top 10% Black incomes surged.
▶️ wid.world/news-article...
New study by A. Gethin & L. Czajka shows that inequality in 2019 was as high as in 1993.
Racial inequality reduced only because top 10% Black incomes surged.
▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Racial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa - WID - World Inequality Database
Racial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an international aca...
wid.world
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
South Africa remains the most unequal country in the world, with the top 10% earning 70% of all pretax income.
New study by A. Gethin & L. Czajka shows that inequality in 2019 was as high as in 1993.
Racial inequality reduced only because top 10% Black incomes surged.
▶️ wid.world/news-article...
New study by A. Gethin & L. Czajka shows that inequality in 2019 was as high as in 1993.
Racial inequality reduced only because top 10% Black incomes surged.
▶️ wid.world/news-article...
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When you lose George Will this bad, whew. You're either doing something very right or very wrong.
GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
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@postopinions.bsky.social
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December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
When you lose George Will this bad, whew. You're either doing something very right or very wrong.
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I can’t stop thinking of all the things the Dems could have done besides cave. Imagine the gesture of solidarity if they had donated 100% of their salaries during shutdown to food pantries? Or set up their own: “Dinner from the Democrats!” I’m gonna pivot and channel my energy & rage into primaries.
schools.am
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I can’t stop thinking of all the things the Dems could have done besides cave. Imagine the gesture of solidarity if they had donated 100% of their salaries during shutdown to food pantries? Or set up their own: “Dinner from the Democrats!” I’m gonna pivot and channel my energy & rage into primaries.
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
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The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Although Trump has the broad power to grant a pardon or commutation to Maxwell, Raskin’s resolution would “put House members on record opposing a pardon for Maxwell, adding pressure to the White House if the chamber votes overwhelming in favor”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A top House Democrat pushes to oppose Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) introduced a symbolic measure to put House members on the record opposing a pardon for Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Although Trump has the broad power to grant a pardon or commutation to Maxwell, Raskin’s resolution would “put House members on record opposing a pardon for Maxwell, adding pressure to the White House if the chamber votes overwhelming in favor”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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"my extremely long friendship with the most notorious child sex trafficker of modern times has caused me to withdraw from public life. that said, I'm excited to teach your children next semester" — larry summers
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"my extremely long friendship with the most notorious child sex trafficker of modern times has caused me to withdraw from public life. that said, I'm excited to teach your children next semester" — larry summers
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the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
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Off topic, but because I'm listening to it now from Ohio, I have to thank you and Treme for turning me on to WWOZ. A truly great radio station in an era when the medium is corporatized and in decline. I never know what I'm going to hear when I tune in, and I'm always glad when I do. Byen mersi!
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Off topic, but because I'm listening to it now from Ohio, I have to thank you and Treme for turning me on to WWOZ. A truly great radio station in an era when the medium is corporatized and in decline. I never know what I'm going to hear when I tune in, and I'm always glad when I do. Byen mersi!
Protest at Home Depot in California: x.com/Mollyploofki...
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Protest at Home Depot in California: x.com/Mollyploofki...
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3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
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"A three-time Donald Trump voter, he was approved just in the nick of time. That’s because the Trump administration is rewriting the disability eligibility rules, ostensibly to modernize the program, in ways that will make it even harder for aging blue-collar workers like Tincher to get benefits."
Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"A three-time Donald Trump voter, he was approved just in the nick of time. That’s because the Trump administration is rewriting the disability eligibility rules, ostensibly to modernize the program, in ways that will make it even harder for aging blue-collar workers like Tincher to get benefits."
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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By th’ law of war thou wast not bound to answer
An unknown opposite.
An unknown opposite.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
By th’ law of war thou wast not bound to answer
An unknown opposite.
An unknown opposite.
Rewatching “When France Fell“ presentation by historian Michael Neiberg at US Army Heritage and Education Center. Insightful:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_T67...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_T67...
When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance w/Dr. Michael Neiberg
YouTube video by The USAHEC
m.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Rewatching “When France Fell“ presentation by historian Michael Neiberg at US Army Heritage and Education Center. Insightful:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_T67...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_T67...
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A breast cancer diagnosis can cost $80k in scans, surgery, chemo, and pathology within just a few months.
Trump’s proposed ACA reforms wouldn’t come close to helping people cover that.
More of my thoughts on @meetthepress.com ⬇️
www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
Trump’s proposed ACA reforms wouldn’t come close to helping people cover that.
More of my thoughts on @meetthepress.com ⬇️
www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
Republicans ‘have no ideas’ on how to reform health care: Obamacare architect
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a key architect of the Affordable Care Act, joins Meet the Press NOW to weigh in on the future of Obamacare and responds to President Trump’s proposal to send direct payments to A...
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A breast cancer diagnosis can cost $80k in scans, surgery, chemo, and pathology within just a few months.
Trump’s proposed ACA reforms wouldn’t come close to helping people cover that.
More of my thoughts on @meetthepress.com ⬇️
www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
Trump’s proposed ACA reforms wouldn’t come close to helping people cover that.
More of my thoughts on @meetthepress.com ⬇️
www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
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Democrats say Donald Trump molests children. As president, he's been far more likely to starve or deport them. Two Pinocchios.
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Democrats say Donald Trump molests children. As president, he's been far more likely to starve or deport them. Two Pinocchios.
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Could not agree with the FBI more on this.
But as a journalist I covered questionable shootings in which FBI agents shot citizens and as bureau policy withheld their names -- including one who had two separate bad shootings and was quietly shipped from Baltimore to another field office.
But as a journalist I covered questionable shootings in which FBI agents shot citizens and as bureau policy withheld their names -- including one who had two separate bad shootings and was quietly shipped from Baltimore to another field office.
Have a question regarding snatching up people.
Where is the line for self-defense if one is accosted by another or others claiming to be law enforcement with no visible official identification?
Where is the line for self-defense if one is accosted by another or others claiming to be law enforcement with no visible official identification?
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Could not agree with the FBI more on this.
But as a journalist I covered questionable shootings in which FBI agents shot citizens and as bureau policy withheld their names -- including one who had two separate bad shootings and was quietly shipped from Baltimore to another field office.
But as a journalist I covered questionable shootings in which FBI agents shot citizens and as bureau policy withheld their names -- including one who had two separate bad shootings and was quietly shipped from Baltimore to another field office.
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Le Pen’s RN has become the party of billionaires
By voting to save the ultra-rich, the RN has clearly positioned itself as the party of billionaires, as a right-wing party on every level, much like Trump’s Republican Party
thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/l...
By voting to save the ultra-rich, the RN has clearly positioned itself as the party of billionaires, as a right-wing party on every level, much like Trump’s Republican Party
thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/l...
Le Pen’s RN has become the party of billionaires
How can France break out of its political deadlock? First, by accepting the idea that democracy requires clear and accepted transfers of power to function properly. Always keeping the same people i…
thomaspiketty.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Le Pen’s RN has become the party of billionaires
By voting to save the ultra-rich, the RN has clearly positioned itself as the party of billionaires, as a right-wing party on every level, much like Trump’s Republican Party
thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/l...
By voting to save the ultra-rich, the RN has clearly positioned itself as the party of billionaires, as a right-wing party on every level, much like Trump’s Republican Party
thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/l...
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Who gets to be a doctor in America is about to change.
Trump’s new federal student loan caps will push lower-income students out of medicine and make the physician shortage worse. As I have argued for years, it's time to shorten medical school to three years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Trump’s new federal student loan caps will push lower-income students out of medicine and make the physician shortage worse. As I have argued for years, it's time to shorten medical school to three years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Make Medical School Three Years
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Who gets to be a doctor in America is about to change.
Trump’s new federal student loan caps will push lower-income students out of medicine and make the physician shortage worse. As I have argued for years, it's time to shorten medical school to three years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Trump’s new federal student loan caps will push lower-income students out of medicine and make the physician shortage worse. As I have argued for years, it's time to shorten medical school to three years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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New journal launching in popular music studies/performance studies, and they're looking for contributors-
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-l...
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-l...
Journal of Live Music Studies
Journal of Live Music Studies; The Journal of Live Music Studies (JLMS) is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to advancing knowledge of live music practices, performances, business, infrastructure ...
www.intellectbooks.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New journal launching in popular music studies/performance studies, and they're looking for contributors-
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-l...
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-l...