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Labor has always been on the frontlines in the fight against fascism – and today is no different.
Unions are fighting Trump’s cruel agenda in the courts and in the streets, and workers across industries are standing up for each other.
There’s courage – and hope – in solidarity.
Unions are fighting Trump’s cruel agenda in the courts and in the streets, and workers across industries are standing up for each other.
There’s courage – and hope – in solidarity.
August 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Labor has always been on the frontlines in the fight against fascism – and today is no different.
Unions are fighting Trump’s cruel agenda in the courts and in the streets, and workers across industries are standing up for each other.
There’s courage – and hope – in solidarity.
Unions are fighting Trump’s cruel agenda in the courts and in the streets, and workers across industries are standing up for each other.
There’s courage – and hope – in solidarity.
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“What can I do? I can try to help us build a scientific enterprise that won’t be as easy to attack. To do that, we need to do a better job recognizing that the public is investing in this and we owe them a debt of gratitude, rather than simply lecturing to them about all the great things we found”
To restore trust in science, scientists should focus on storytelling
Holden Thorp, PhD, top editor at Science, discusses the essential role of front-line doctors, the power of well-told stories, and the value of admitting error.
www.aamc.org
August 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
“What can I do? I can try to help us build a scientific enterprise that won’t be as easy to attack. To do that, we need to do a better job recognizing that the public is investing in this and we owe them a debt of gratitude, rather than simply lecturing to them about all the great things we found”
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BREAKING: Jenny Durkan hired by White House to lead Department of Government Coverups
The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
BREAKING: Jenny Durkan hired by White House to lead Department of Government Coverups
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Here we see why Dem politicians will keep saying the most unhelpful things during a time of national crisis. I hope they have the wit to ask themselves: (1) Is my approval rating the most important thing right now? (2) What is the empirical evidence that "message testing" actually works?
If you’re mad about Dems avoiding talking about DC, you can blame the Democratic quants, as demonstrated in this memo from David Shor’s Blue Rose Research
August 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Here we see why Dem politicians will keep saying the most unhelpful things during a time of national crisis. I hope they have the wit to ask themselves: (1) Is my approval rating the most important thing right now? (2) What is the empirical evidence that "message testing" actually works?
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Full moon auroras in Fairbanks, Alaska
August 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Full moon auroras in Fairbanks, Alaska
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Just walking around the hellscape that is my Chicago neighborhood this morning
August 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just walking around the hellscape that is my Chicago neighborhood this morning
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Turns out fewer people driving cars means fewer people getting run over by cars.
‼️ New Data from Transportation Alternatives & Families for Safe Streets Shows Vision Zero Works, Should Be Expanded; Congestion Pricing Has Made Streets Safer.
In the first half of 2025, there were 90 fatalities in NYC — a difference of 19 more lives saved than the Vision Zero average:
In the first half of 2025, there were 90 fatalities in NYC — a difference of 19 more lives saved than the Vision Zero average:
August 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Turns out fewer people driving cars means fewer people getting run over by cars.
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Now and then I do a comic just because it has no chance on instagram
August 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Now and then I do a comic just because it has no chance on instagram
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A legal permanent resident researching cures for Lyme disease has been detained by immigration officials for over a week.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
July 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A legal permanent resident researching cures for Lyme disease has been detained by immigration officials for over a week.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
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Philosophy grads make bank. It is known.
Savoring that moment in a meeting when an administrator pulls up income/career data on graduates of a "practical" business degree & pulls up, on an impulse, Philosophy as an impractical degree for comparison.
Friends, the data quite emphatically did not show what he thought they would show.
Friends, the data quite emphatically did not show what he thought they would show.
a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
ALT: a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
media.tenor.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Philosophy grads make bank. It is known.
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Honolulu is suing fossil fuel companies for climate change damages, and the companies are trying to get the suit dismissed by claiming that the statute of limitations has expired because we’ve known about climate change for decades. Lol.
Honolulu Leads Legal Fight Against Fossil Fuel Companies
The city says the companies knew for decades that their products caused global warming and profited from it. The outcome could indicate how other cases play out.
www.civilbeat.org
July 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Honolulu is suing fossil fuel companies for climate change damages, and the companies are trying to get the suit dismissed by claiming that the statute of limitations has expired because we’ve known about climate change for decades. Lol.
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“Is it possible to focus on more than one thing at a time?” My son asks, innocently, with no idea of the lecture I am inevitably about to give.
July 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Is it possible to focus on more than one thing at a time?” My son asks, innocently, with no idea of the lecture I am inevitably about to give.
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This morning the NYS Building Code Council unanimously voted to adopt the updated codes that implement the All-Electric Buildings Act, effective for most new buildings December 31, 2025.
New York will be the first US State to require all-electric new construction.
#energysky #climatesky #nypol
New York will be the first US State to require all-electric new construction.
#energysky #climatesky #nypol
We, the people, won the court case where the gas lobby tried to overturn New York state’s first-in-the-nation law ending oil & gas in new buildings. 💪
(Decision linked below)
NYers in such new buildings will get lower energy costs and all of us will breathe easier, literally.
(Decision linked below)
NYers in such new buildings will get lower energy costs and all of us will breathe easier, literally.
July 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Instead I’ve been using “anti-vax influencers” which distinguishes them from normal folk and focuses not on what they do to vaccines, but what they do to people.
I’ve more recently started using “vaccine alarmists” and “vaccine alarmism.”
Do with this what you will.
I’ve more recently started using “vaccine alarmists” and “vaccine alarmism.”
Do with this what you will.
July 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Instead I’ve been using “anti-vax influencers” which distinguishes them from normal folk and focuses not on what they do to vaccines, but what they do to people.
I’ve more recently started using “vaccine alarmists” and “vaccine alarmism.”
Do with this what you will.
I’ve more recently started using “vaccine alarmists” and “vaccine alarmism.”
Do with this what you will.
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Suppose you took the Star Wars prequels, and kept all the visuals, characters, scenes, everything, but had someone come in and write good dialog. Like, expressing the same actions and sentiments, but not terrible. How much better do the films get?
July 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Suppose you took the Star Wars prequels, and kept all the visuals, characters, scenes, everything, but had someone come in and write good dialog. Like, expressing the same actions and sentiments, but not terrible. How much better do the films get?
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Trump has even lost atlas intel
July 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Trump has even lost atlas intel
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I'm married to a former Colbert writer, which means I got to meet him occasionally at holiday parties. This also meant I was the *most unimportant* person at those parties. He remembered my name, joked with me and asked how my writing was going every single time. He's just a really, really nice man.
July 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I'm married to a former Colbert writer, which means I got to meet him occasionally at holiday parties. This also meant I was the *most unimportant* person at those parties. He remembered my name, joked with me and asked how my writing was going every single time. He's just a really, really nice man.
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gonzo journalism implies the existence of other muppets journalism
July 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
gonzo journalism implies the existence of other muppets journalism
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to be clear, gabbard is doing this right now to give the media something to focus on besides epstein and deportations, which are playing horribly politically for trump
BARTIROMO: Do you expect indictments and prosecutions?
GABBARD: In my view, yes, we have evidence to be able to move forward to prosecute and indict those responsible
BARTIROMO: I want to put a spotlight on those responsible -- Barack Obama, John Brennan, James Clapper ...
GABBARD: In my view, yes, we have evidence to be able to move forward to prosecute and indict those responsible
BARTIROMO: I want to put a spotlight on those responsible -- Barack Obama, John Brennan, James Clapper ...
July 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
to be clear, gabbard is doing this right now to give the media something to focus on besides epstein and deportations, which are playing horribly politically for trump
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I’m no political strategist but if Trump wants to distract us from the Epstein Files, he could try fully funding NIH, EPA, NASA, NOAA, NSF, USDA, USGS, etc. We’d be so shocked that we won’t stop talking about it for months.
July 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’m no political strategist but if Trump wants to distract us from the Epstein Files, he could try fully funding NIH, EPA, NASA, NOAA, NSF, USDA, USGS, etc. We’d be so shocked that we won’t stop talking about it for months.
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Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who…
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who…
Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who didn't really surprise anyone—Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Elon Musk (pre-fallout)—but the more troubling trend has been watching younger entrepreneurs and VCs listen to their podcasts, read their posts and books, and slowly nod along to the idea that democracy is holding back innovation.
www.techdirt.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who…
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who…
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Sunset in the Upper Geyser Basin
July 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Sunset in the Upper Geyser Basin
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Sitting here with an advance copy of this and it is hard to imagine a more timely book!
I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky
www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...
I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky
www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...
July 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sitting here with an advance copy of this and it is hard to imagine a more timely book!
I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky
www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...
I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky
www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...
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25 years ago today, I married the world's best human being. That same day, we planted a tree. Here's that tree, along with a few other things we've grown along the way.
July 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
25 years ago today, I married the world's best human being. That same day, we planted a tree. Here's that tree, along with a few other things we've grown along the way.
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Just 23-31% of Americans support Trump's most aggressive recent immigration actions compared to 53-59% who oppose them
New from us today: Americans largely oppose recent efforts by Donald Trump’s administration to scale up its deportation program, with a rising majority saying the president has gone too far in carrying out deportations. www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/p...
July 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just 23-31% of Americans support Trump's most aggressive recent immigration actions compared to 53-59% who oppose them