HbG
@hbg.bsky.social
Fandom old-timer and science nerd. 911, wangxian, yizhan, star trek, hannibal, SGA, DS, X-Files. I enjoy fandoms, new and old. An old fandom is an old friend I haven't seen as much of recently but that I still love. HereByGrace1 on the former bird app.
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"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
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John Oliver fact-checks Kennedy.
PSA- everything coming out of the HHS needs to be fact-checked. Anyone can spout numbers.
Here he goes again, as usual.
MAHA math ain't mathin'.
🧪 www.youtube.com/shorts/JPzXG...
PSA- everything coming out of the HHS needs to be fact-checked. Anyone can spout numbers.
Here he goes again, as usual.
MAHA math ain't mathin'.
🧪 www.youtube.com/shorts/JPzXG...
RFK Jr. & Statistics #lastweektonight
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
August 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
John Oliver fact-checks Kennedy.
PSA- everything coming out of the HHS needs to be fact-checked. Anyone can spout numbers.
Here he goes again, as usual.
MAHA math ain't mathin'.
🧪 www.youtube.com/shorts/JPzXG...
PSA- everything coming out of the HHS needs to be fact-checked. Anyone can spout numbers.
Here he goes again, as usual.
MAHA math ain't mathin'.
🧪 www.youtube.com/shorts/JPzXG...
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New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
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This. This is the part people forget about "the arc of history bends towards justice."
Because we demand it bend that way. The arc of history isn't some nebulous force of nature. It's us. It's always been us. It will always be us.
We decide what matters, and why. Choose wisely.
Because we demand it bend that way. The arc of history isn't some nebulous force of nature. It's us. It's always been us. It will always be us.
We decide what matters, and why. Choose wisely.
The arc doesn't bend by itself.
August 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This. This is the part people forget about "the arc of history bends towards justice."
Because we demand it bend that way. The arc of history isn't some nebulous force of nature. It's us. It's always been us. It will always be us.
We decide what matters, and why. Choose wisely.
Because we demand it bend that way. The arc of history isn't some nebulous force of nature. It's us. It's always been us. It will always be us.
We decide what matters, and why. Choose wisely.
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How is it not a bigger story that Republicans essentially kidnapped a political opponent who happens to be a Black woman?
Texas Republicans have locked Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier inside the state house chamber and refuse to allow her to leave.
They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.
They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.
August 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
How is it not a bigger story that Republicans essentially kidnapped a political opponent who happens to be a Black woman?
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August 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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I am a bit of a broken record on this, but are local DAs going to let this continue indefinitely? The ICE agents didn't have any kind of warrant, didn't identify themselves, and then recklessly started firing. Let them argue federal immunity.
A man understandably refused to hand over his ID or get out of the car for a bunch of masked thugs who refused to identify themselves.
And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.
This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.
This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
Immigration officers open fire during vehicle stop in San Bernardino
August 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I am a bit of a broken record on this, but are local DAs going to let this continue indefinitely? The ICE agents didn't have any kind of warrant, didn't identify themselves, and then recklessly started firing. Let them argue federal immunity.
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2.5 million people is more than a quarter of the population. The equivalent of more than 85 million people protesting on the same day in the United States.
By comparison, an estimated five million people joined USA No Kings Day protests.
By comparison, an estimated five million people joined USA No Kings Day protests.
Over 2.5 million Israelis joined today’s anti-Netanyahu protests, organisers estimate. 300,000 are now in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. (Haaretz)
August 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
2.5 million people is more than a quarter of the population. The equivalent of more than 85 million people protesting on the same day in the United States.
By comparison, an estimated five million people joined USA No Kings Day protests.
By comparison, an estimated five million people joined USA No Kings Day protests.
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Democrats can do something about the Trump regime’s weaponization of federal power. Another government funding deadline is coming up — and Democrats must take a stand by opposing any Republican budget that allows Trump’s chaos and lawlessness to continue unchecked: indivisible.org/campaign/car...
August 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Democrats can do something about the Trump regime’s weaponization of federal power. Another government funding deadline is coming up — and Democrats must take a stand by opposing any Republican budget that allows Trump’s chaos and lawlessness to continue unchecked: indivisible.org/campaign/car...
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The only thing that will stop Trump is a grassroots movement using diverse tactics.
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The only thing that will stop Trump is a grassroots movement using diverse tactics.
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
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the problem with “norms” is they’re just held together with common sense and a fear of shame. when people have neither, it all collapses.
August 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
the problem with “norms” is they’re just held together with common sense and a fear of shame. when people have neither, it all collapses.
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You know who seizes control of a police department and says “do whatever you want to protesters”? People planning to do things that they know the public will protest.
August 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You know who seizes control of a police department and says “do whatever you want to protesters”? People planning to do things that they know the public will protest.
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Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
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People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25
8/8/25
August 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25
8/8/25
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![Comic. PERSON 1 [to person with white hat]: It’s so weird reading these 18th Century scholars argue about minor Biblical details. It’s like they’re an online fandom or something—They’ve developed this whole elaborate canon. [caption] It’s fun when a word’s usage goes full circle and, by analogy, lands back on its original meaning.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicu5eycow24bnuslaj3ehng5icy7svqinod2ytinobhbnjveyblbq@jpeg)
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Gen X women managed to time menopause perfectly so that the answer to the question "is everything actually as bad as it seems, or is it just me?" is "yes" and "yes." We are The Greatest Generation.
July 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Gen X women managed to time menopause perfectly so that the answer to the question "is everything actually as bad as it seems, or is it just me?" is "yes" and "yes." We are The Greatest Generation.
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Please keep talking about steam and itch and censorship. We have to keep it up.
The Itch/Steam thing dropped off the trending tab.
Therefore it's time to remind you again to swamp the payment processors with more calls.
If the call volume dies down in under a week they aren't going to learn their lesson. Make them regret it.
Therefore it's time to remind you again to swamp the payment processors with more calls.
If the call volume dies down in under a week they aren't going to learn their lesson. Make them regret it.
July 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Please keep talking about steam and itch and censorship. We have to keep it up.
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A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
July 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
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People need to realize that all these puritan fascist groups get their way by petitioning and complaining. Everybody who says those ways don't work doesn't want you to succeed.
"That petition won't work"
"Filing a complaint doesn't help"
"You're up against a monopoly"
I can't stress enough how much I don't care anymore. I have had enough and its time to lose my fucking mind. If I think something has a chance of working I will fucking take it.
"Filing a complaint doesn't help"
"You're up against a monopoly"
I can't stress enough how much I don't care anymore. I have had enough and its time to lose my fucking mind. If I think something has a chance of working I will fucking take it.
July 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
People need to realize that all these puritan fascist groups get their way by petitioning and complaining. Everybody who says those ways don't work doesn't want you to succeed.
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Wow. Scientists have edited mosquito DNA to prevent the spread of malaria to humans "while supporting essential physiological functions... and negligible fitness costs" to the mosquito population.
Potentially ending the mosquito-born spread of malaria to humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Potentially ending the mosquito-born spread of malaria to humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Wow. Scientists have edited mosquito DNA to prevent the spread of malaria to humans "while supporting essential physiological functions... and negligible fitness costs" to the mosquito population.
Potentially ending the mosquito-born spread of malaria to humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Potentially ending the mosquito-born spread of malaria to humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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EXCLUSIVE: Democratic voters who skipped the 2024 election favor candidates like Bernie Sanders and AOC. Polling shows they believe inequality is at the heart of America’s problems and health care should be available to everyone.
Democratic Voters Who Skipped 2024 Election Want Candidates Like Bernie, AOC
New research suggests the prevailing wisdom in Washington — the idea that Democrats tacked too far to the left last year — might be wrong.
www.rollingstone.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Democratic voters who skipped the 2024 election favor candidates like Bernie Sanders and AOC. Polling shows they believe inequality is at the heart of America’s problems and health care should be available to everyone.
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The overarching goal is reversing the 1960s in every way; civil rights, immigration, public media, and more.
The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House, as expected, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white.
July 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The overarching goal is reversing the 1960s in every way; civil rights, immigration, public media, and more.