epimom.bsky.social
@epimom.bsky.social
Infectious disease epidemiologist. Queer. She/her. Mom. Midwesterner. Views my own.
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Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
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This is the moment in every collapsing democracy when the powerful insist obedience is the law. Declaring all Trump’s orders “legal” isn’t governance—it’s the green light for purges, violence, and dictatorship. If this stands, the Constitution is already a corpse.
newrepublic.com/post/203628/...
newrepublic.com/post/203628/...
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is the moment in every collapsing democracy when the powerful insist obedience is the law. Declaring all Trump’s orders “legal” isn’t governance—it’s the green light for purges, violence, and dictatorship. If this stands, the Constitution is already a corpse.
newrepublic.com/post/203628/...
newrepublic.com/post/203628/...
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Good news—Dr. Abedini has been released!!! Thanks to everyone who shared and mobilized 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good news—Dr. Abedini has been released!!! Thanks to everyone who shared and mobilized 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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think the story here is that DoD is trying to lever BSA into being Hitlerjugend
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
think the story here is that DoD is trying to lever BSA into being Hitlerjugend
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UNREPENTANT BILL CASSIDY
He unleashed RFK, Jr.
-First he says that patients don't look at the CDC website.
In another clip he extolls that site's importance
-He refuses to say anything negative about Bobby, despite the deaths he has and will continue to cause.
youtu.be/ZJ-jI6i1kzo?...
He unleashed RFK, Jr.
-First he says that patients don't look at the CDC website.
In another clip he extolls that site's importance
-He refuses to say anything negative about Bobby, despite the deaths he has and will continue to cause.
youtu.be/ZJ-jI6i1kzo?...
Sen. Cassidy reacts to RFK Jr.'s changes to the CDC website
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
UNREPENTANT BILL CASSIDY
He unleashed RFK, Jr.
-First he says that patients don't look at the CDC website.
In another clip he extolls that site's importance
-He refuses to say anything negative about Bobby, despite the deaths he has and will continue to cause.
youtu.be/ZJ-jI6i1kzo?...
He unleashed RFK, Jr.
-First he says that patients don't look at the CDC website.
In another clip he extolls that site's importance
-He refuses to say anything negative about Bobby, despite the deaths he has and will continue to cause.
youtu.be/ZJ-jI6i1kzo?...
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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NARRATOR: That is very much not the oath they took
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NARRATOR: That is very much not the oath they took
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
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"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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This morning, a friend posted a video in which he shared a quote, “Do you remember when you wanted what you have?” That hit home because, despite the unrelenting stream of harassment from neo-Nazis over the last few days, I am doing what I always wanted to do. 1/
November 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This morning, a friend posted a video in which he shared a quote, “Do you remember when you wanted what you have?” That hit home because, despite the unrelenting stream of harassment from neo-Nazis over the last few days, I am doing what I always wanted to do. 1/
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They don't even try to hide it, the corruption taking place in plain sight..
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
They don't even try to hide it, the corruption taking place in plain sight..
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Right.
And it's a good way to start explaining that Miller took away our cancer cures and VA nurses to pay for his goons.
And it's a good way to start explaining that Miller took away our cancer cures and VA nurses to pay for his goons.
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Right.
And it's a good way to start explaining that Miller took away our cancer cures and VA nurses to pay for his goons.
And it's a good way to start explaining that Miller took away our cancer cures and VA nurses to pay for his goons.
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The thing is that it's also ahistorical. Unless something has gone really really wrong, birthing people have always been accompanied by someone who understood how birth happens. Because death. Death is a thing.
This is one of the most horrific and evil things I have ever read. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The thing is that it's also ahistorical. Unless something has gone really really wrong, birthing people have always been accompanied by someone who understood how birth happens. Because death. Death is a thing.
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One of the very many reasons why I have not a single ounce (not one) of respect for RFK Jr’s MAHA cult is that they are not just dismantling vaccination & issuing harmful dietary advice (eat more saturated fat!)—they’re also sickening us through spewing dangerous chemicals poisoning the environment
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
One of the very many reasons why I have not a single ounce (not one) of respect for RFK Jr’s MAHA cult is that they are not just dismantling vaccination & issuing harmful dietary advice (eat more saturated fat!)—they’re also sickening us through spewing dangerous chemicals poisoning the environment
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you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
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I have had one of the strangest weeks of my legal career:
-My firm won TX redistricting case.
-Trump's bogus RICO against me was in 11th Cir.
-Accused in deranged opinion of being a Soros puppet.
I write about all of this and more tomorrow. Join Democracy Docket now to receive. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
-My firm won TX redistricting case.
-Trump's bogus RICO against me was in 11th Cir.
-Accused in deranged opinion of being a Soros puppet.
I write about all of this and more tomorrow. Join Democracy Docket now to receive. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I have had one of the strangest weeks of my legal career:
-My firm won TX redistricting case.
-Trump's bogus RICO against me was in 11th Cir.
-Accused in deranged opinion of being a Soros puppet.
I write about all of this and more tomorrow. Join Democracy Docket now to receive. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
-My firm won TX redistricting case.
-Trump's bogus RICO against me was in 11th Cir.
-Accused in deranged opinion of being a Soros puppet.
I write about all of this and more tomorrow. Join Democracy Docket now to receive. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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Really important article about how the White House's anti-DEI crusade is cutting off data for new potential breakthroughs for African-Americans who disproportionately suffer from end-stage kidney disease. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
The Trump Admin’s War on Data Is Compromising Major Health Advancements for Black Americans
Thanks to a 2009 medical breakthrough, researchers could be on the precipice...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Really important article about how the White House's anti-DEI crusade is cutting off data for new potential breakthroughs for African-Americans who disproportionately suffer from end-stage kidney disease. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
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it should not need to be said that there are various laws regulating the backup and maintenance of such materials & they aren't simply "gone" as a result of a computer crash
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
it should not need to be said that there are various laws regulating the backup and maintenance of such materials & they aren't simply "gone" as a result of a computer crash
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I'd rather die, thanks
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'd rather die, thanks
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Honestly, this makes every org and institution that folded at the merest threat of an attack on trans rights just look as pathetic as they are.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won.
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back.
A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.
www.autonomynews.co
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Honestly, this makes every org and institution that folded at the merest threat of an attack on trans rights just look as pathetic as they are.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
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Very very few people want the kind of excesses that ICE has been doing everywhere. Kids, old people, day cares, and they are planning for churches next.
This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Very very few people want the kind of excesses that ICE has been doing everywhere. Kids, old people, day cares, and they are planning for churches next.
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We finally know the identities of the 9 anonymous authors of the May HHS report on pediatric gender-affirming care. Surprise! It's stacked with people who make money advocating against pediatric gender-affirming care.
Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We finally know the identities of the 9 anonymous authors of the May HHS report on pediatric gender-affirming care. Surprise! It's stacked with people who make money advocating against pediatric gender-affirming care.
Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a women into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...