Emily
@emilykemily.bsky.social
Mostly here to keep myself informed politically. Also interested in public health, affordable housing, urban planning, cooperative economies, restorative justice, and environmental activism. Among other things!
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The estimated median net worth of who’s running the country:
House: $1.0M – $1.5M
Senate: $1.7M – $2.5M
Supreme Court: $4M – $6M
White House Cabinet: $15M – $50M
President: $5.1B – $7.1B
House: $1.0M – $1.5M
Senate: $1.7M – $2.5M
Supreme Court: $4M – $6M
White House Cabinet: $15M – $50M
President: $5.1B – $7.1B
"Do the rich have too much political power?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The estimated median net worth of who’s running the country:
House: $1.0M – $1.5M
Senate: $1.7M – $2.5M
Supreme Court: $4M – $6M
White House Cabinet: $15M – $50M
President: $5.1B – $7.1B
House: $1.0M – $1.5M
Senate: $1.7M – $2.5M
Supreme Court: $4M – $6M
White House Cabinet: $15M – $50M
President: $5.1B – $7.1B
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I'd love it if someone did a deep dive into the "silent plurality" (36%) of young teens that do not use chatbots at all.
Who are they? Why don't they use chatbots? How are their parasocial relationships? What are their academic and professional aspirations?
Who are they? Why don't they use chatbots? How are their parasocial relationships? What are their academic and professional aspirations?
About 3 in 10 young teens. say they use AI chatbots (like ChatGPT) daily
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I'd love it if someone did a deep dive into the "silent plurality" (36%) of young teens that do not use chatbots at all.
Who are they? Why don't they use chatbots? How are their parasocial relationships? What are their academic and professional aspirations?
Who are they? Why don't they use chatbots? How are their parasocial relationships? What are their academic and professional aspirations?
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"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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THIS is who is behind those masks, grabbing people off the street:
"A Cincinnati ICE agent has been arrested on domestic violence charges."
Police have been to the residence 22 times. 22 times. Does he still work for ICE? No sign that he's been fired...
www.wcpo.com/news/crime/c...
"A Cincinnati ICE agent has been arrested on domestic violence charges."
Police have been to the residence 22 times. 22 times. Does he still work for ICE? No sign that he's been fired...
www.wcpo.com/news/crime/c...
Cincinnati ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges, accused of choking woman
Samuel Saxon, 47, is accused of putting a woman in a chokehold, 'causing visible injuries on her neck,' in the hallway of their Corryville apartment complex, according to an affidavit.
www.wcpo.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
THIS is who is behind those masks, grabbing people off the street:
"A Cincinnati ICE agent has been arrested on domestic violence charges."
Police have been to the residence 22 times. 22 times. Does he still work for ICE? No sign that he's been fired...
www.wcpo.com/news/crime/c...
"A Cincinnati ICE agent has been arrested on domestic violence charges."
Police have been to the residence 22 times. 22 times. Does he still work for ICE? No sign that he's been fired...
www.wcpo.com/news/crime/c...
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It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
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Corruption out in the open. How can the White House have the power to approve a merger or block a competing one where Trump’s own son-in-law stands to make millions? This is why the FTC should remain independent—and why Trump wants to control it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Corruption out in the open. How can the White House have the power to approve a merger or block a competing one where Trump’s own son-in-law stands to make millions? This is why the FTC should remain independent—and why Trump wants to control it.
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SOON, IT MAY BE ILLEGAL TO HAVE A… ZINE
Daniel “Des” Sanchez is facing *federal charges* for “transporting a box that contained ‘Antifa materials’”:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
So whatever you do, don’t download and distribute these:
drive.google.com/drive/mobile...
Daniel “Des” Sanchez is facing *federal charges* for “transporting a box that contained ‘Antifa materials’”:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
So whatever you do, don’t download and distribute these:
drive.google.com/drive/mobile...
December 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
SOON, IT MAY BE ILLEGAL TO HAVE A… ZINE
Daniel “Des” Sanchez is facing *federal charges* for “transporting a box that contained ‘Antifa materials’”:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
So whatever you do, don’t download and distribute these:
drive.google.com/drive/mobile...
Daniel “Des” Sanchez is facing *federal charges* for “transporting a box that contained ‘Antifa materials’”:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
So whatever you do, don’t download and distribute these:
drive.google.com/drive/mobile...
Pure evil.
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pure evil.
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
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"Ukrainians have one wish - for peace to finally come to us."
Kyiv residents shared Ukrainians' greatest wishes for Christmas.
📹: hromadske
Kyiv residents shared Ukrainians' greatest wishes for Christmas.
📹: hromadske
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Ukrainians have one wish - for peace to finally come to us."
Kyiv residents shared Ukrainians' greatest wishes for Christmas.
📹: hromadske
Kyiv residents shared Ukrainians' greatest wishes for Christmas.
📹: hromadske
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Exclusive: ICE has developed a plan to arrest undocumented migrants who try to voluntarily leave the U.S. via the Mexico border, so they can face formal removal.
Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers.
It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye."
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers.
It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye."
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
ICE Has A Surprising New Plan To Arrest People Already Leaving The U.S.
“Operation Irish Goodbye,” as it’s being called, could be aimed at boosting numbers for Trump’s much-hyped deportation campaign.
www.huffpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Exclusive: ICE has developed a plan to arrest undocumented migrants who try to voluntarily leave the U.S. via the Mexico border, so they can face formal removal.
Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers.
It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye."
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers.
It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye."
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
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🇺🇸 👏 Neighborhood residents in #SouthMinneapolis, #Minnesota came together to protest and remove #ICE Nazi agents who attempted to illegally detain and abduct one of their Somali neighbors.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🇺🇸 👏 Neighborhood residents in #SouthMinneapolis, #Minnesota came together to protest and remove #ICE Nazi agents who attempted to illegally detain and abduct one of their Somali neighbors.
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The chemical industry finally got its wish.
Under the leadership of former chemical industry insiders, Trump's EPA nearly doubles the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale, by @fastlerner.bsky.social
Under the leadership of former chemical industry insiders, Trump's EPA nearly doubles the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale, by @fastlerner.bsky.social
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The chemical industry finally got its wish.
Under the leadership of former chemical industry insiders, Trump's EPA nearly doubles the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale, by @fastlerner.bsky.social
Under the leadership of former chemical industry insiders, Trump's EPA nearly doubles the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale, by @fastlerner.bsky.social
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One piece of this story that's often buried is that having prior authorization on Medicare AT ALL is new. That's in addition to AI being used for it.
A new Medicare pilot program is about to launch that will let private companies use AI to review requests for certain medical care — and reward companies when they deny claims.
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers • Stateline
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
stateline.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
One piece of this story that's often buried is that having prior authorization on Medicare AT ALL is new. That's in addition to AI being used for it.
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Putin is so intent on resurrecting the Soviet Union that he’s actively trying to bring back one of their most disastrous f— ups.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chernobyl radiation shield 'lost safety function' after drone strike, UN watchdog says
The protective shield at the site of the 1986 disaster has lost its main safety function, the IAEA says.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Putin is so intent on resurrecting the Soviet Union that he’s actively trying to bring back one of their most disastrous f— ups.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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So the Mad King’s bent toady now in charge of NIH admits he wants to impose affirmative action for second-rate institutions in s***holes like Alabama and Nebraska? Whatever happened to meritocracy?
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/b...
In Massachusetts visit, Trump’s NIH chief defends move to prioritize funding research in places like Iowa, Nebraska - The Boston Globe
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told the Globe that he wants "scientists at every institution to be able to compete on the same level playing fields with the brilliant scientists here in Massachusetts."
www.bostonglobe.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
So the Mad King’s bent toady now in charge of NIH admits he wants to impose affirmative action for second-rate institutions in s***holes like Alabama and Nebraska? Whatever happened to meritocracy?
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/b...
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"My grandfather’s ship was attacked by the Japanese during World War II. I’m grateful there was no follow-up strike on the defenseless survivors."
Read @membrich.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read @membrich.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"My grandfather’s ship was attacked by the Japanese during World War II. I’m grateful there was no follow-up strike on the defenseless survivors."
Read @membrich.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read @membrich.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Birthright citizenship is the explicit text of the Constitution. It's not open to interpretation. Anyone willing to eliminate it is willing to eliminate anything and everything else the Constitution explicitly provides.
Please note that any "centrist" pundit who blithely discusses the "merits" of arguments for eliminating birthright citizenship is either a fascist enabling fascism or a clueless clown enabling fascism.
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Birthright citizenship is the explicit text of the Constitution. It's not open to interpretation. Anyone willing to eliminate it is willing to eliminate anything and everything else the Constitution explicitly provides.
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I don't think transgender athletes are the problem facing girls and women in sports.
Investigators say former coach Sean Gardner created videos showing close-up images of at least 10 minors naked or undressing, which they recovered from his computers last year while investigating reports of sexual abuse.
Gardner has pleaded not guilty and has been jailed pending trial.
Gardner has pleaded not guilty and has been jailed pending trial.
Olympics Sports Watchdog Failed to Stop Mississippi Coach's Sexual Abuse, Women Allege
Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I don't think transgender athletes are the problem facing girls and women in sports.
‘“It makes no sense to me,” Byock said. “We’ve banned the cellphones, but it doesn’t matter, because the kids are using the school-issued devices in exactly the same way.”‘
I was flamed and had to block some people here on Bluesky when I said the same thing. 🤷♀️
I was flamed and had to block some people here on Bluesky when I said the same thing. 🤷♀️
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
‘“It makes no sense to me,” Byock said. “We’ve banned the cellphones, but it doesn’t matter, because the kids are using the school-issued devices in exactly the same way.”‘
I was flamed and had to block some people here on Bluesky when I said the same thing. 🤷♀️
I was flamed and had to block some people here on Bluesky when I said the same thing. 🤷♀️
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Dean Blundell: "This is the story of the day Elon Musk discovered the hard way that the European Union is not the United States. They don’t do culture-war cosplay. They don’t care about his memes. They enforce the law — and Musk just became the global test case."
😀Let's watch THIS unfold🍿
😀Let's watch THIS unfold🍿
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Dean Blundell: "This is the story of the day Elon Musk discovered the hard way that the European Union is not the United States. They don’t do culture-war cosplay. They don’t care about his memes. They enforce the law — and Musk just became the global test case."
😀Let's watch THIS unfold🍿
😀Let's watch THIS unfold🍿
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such a cool and necessary new project from @theguardian.com! helmed by the amazing @jessica-machado.bsky.social. it’s gonna be great.
The Guardian launches Building power, a landmark reporting series on civic action
The multiyear, philanthropically funded project brings new attention to the people and communities organizing to protect fundamental rights
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
such a cool and necessary new project from @theguardian.com! helmed by the amazing @jessica-machado.bsky.social. it’s gonna be great.
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ICE fired a munition at Rep. Adelita Grijalva as she demanded answers during a raid in her own community. No warning. No accountability. Just armored agents treating Tucson like a war zone. If they’ll fire at a Congresswoman on camera, imagine what they do to everyone else. Sick MFers.
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
ICE fired a munition at Rep. Adelita Grijalva as she demanded answers during a raid in her own community. No warning. No accountability. Just armored agents treating Tucson like a war zone. If they’ll fire at a Congresswoman on camera, imagine what they do to everyone else. Sick MFers.
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Yes, the Supreme Court has failed to protect us from Trump. But it’s worse than that: The Supreme Court is imposing its own fascism. It invented presidential immunity. It has gutted the Voting Rights Act, passed by a bipartisan Congress. It’s as bad as Trump, and moving in the same direction.
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yes, the Supreme Court has failed to protect us from Trump. But it’s worse than that: The Supreme Court is imposing its own fascism. It invented presidential immunity. It has gutted the Voting Rights Act, passed by a bipartisan Congress. It’s as bad as Trump, and moving in the same direction.