Jacket (any pronouns)
@jacketjellybean.myatproto.social
Old, queer, and tired. downriver rat. I block for any or no reason. image credit: https://flickr.com/photos/oatsy40/
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$5/60 so far
please help if you can?
i would really like to rest - i'm sorry
please help if you can?
i would really like to rest - i'm sorry
if anyone can help with that,
i'd be really grateful ❤️
i may need help with paying the upfront amount for an anaesthesiologist for my surgery, but rn my doctor is trying to find a way around it so that i don't have to pay upfront.
idk what i did to deserve his help 🥹
paypal.me/thelongestroad
i'd be really grateful ❤️
i may need help with paying the upfront amount for an anaesthesiologist for my surgery, but rn my doctor is trying to find a way around it so that i don't have to pay upfront.
idk what i did to deserve his help 🥹
paypal.me/thelongestroad
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
$5/60 so far
please help if you can?
i would really like to rest - i'm sorry
please help if you can?
i would really like to rest - i'm sorry
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![>>Satire - Woman With Invisible Illness Accidentally Looks Too Happy in Public, Loses Credibility [pic of woman smiling with her tablet in her hand] mybodyistryingtokillme.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbzmdmsaz6lkhb4tv3culzme/bafkreicchgxth7jhq6nxoqainfvr6z2iegkoa724nwo45afd742eayrzbq@jpeg)
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this also helps solidify a class divide in disability rights. Often, "proving" you are disabled requires a clinical report - and those are often very expensive. In many countries (even some with public health) they are not covered for adults...which means you effectively have to buy accommodations.
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
this also helps solidify a class divide in disability rights. Often, "proving" you are disabled requires a clinical report - and those are often very expensive. In many countries (even some with public health) they are not covered for adults...which means you effectively have to buy accommodations.
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I bankrupted 100 of my followers and put them in a steel cage.
They'll fight to the death and whoever remains is DEBT FREE!
They'll fight to the death and whoever remains is DEBT FREE!
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I bankrupted 100 of my followers and put them in a steel cage.
They'll fight to the death and whoever remains is DEBT FREE!
They'll fight to the death and whoever remains is DEBT FREE!
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Gift link
“We will not let Mr. Trump intimidate or debilitate us. We are not afraid. After all, Minnesotans not only welcome refugees, they also sent one to Congress.”
Proud of my Rep.
Proud of my Rep.
Opinion | Ilhan Omar: Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Ah yes, we need to modernize the grid but mostly we’re passing the buck onto consumers so some dork ass loser from Arkansas can make AI-generated revenge porn of his ex
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Ah yes, we need to modernize the grid but mostly we’re passing the buck onto consumers so some dork ass loser from Arkansas can make AI-generated revenge porn of his ex
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The CDC’s vaccine panel is meeting. RFK Jr. is on a mission to make measles great again.
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The CDC’s vaccine panel is meeting. RFK Jr. is on a mission to make measles great again.
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This is my big soap box. We gave the presidency too much power with the PATRIOT Act, extrajudicial drone strikes, indefinite detention and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump is just using executive authority Congress gave to the presidency after 9/11 to maximum effect.
Congress, in my opinion has ceded too much of its authority to the Executive Branch in the last nearly quarter of a century. What the administration has been doing is simply part the Post 9/11 legacy. It’s got to stop. I say this as a GWOT era veteran.
Credit to Rand Paul. He hated extrajudicial drone strike killings under Obama and he HATES them under Trump where Congress has given no authorization.
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is my big soap box. We gave the presidency too much power with the PATRIOT Act, extrajudicial drone strikes, indefinite detention and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump is just using executive authority Congress gave to the presidency after 9/11 to maximum effect.
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i reject the premise that having drugs on a boat is deserving a death sentence!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
i reject the premise that having drugs on a boat is deserving a death sentence!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The true spirit of Christmas ;)
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The true spirit of Christmas ;)
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Welp have not been on socials this week and missed that this blew up.
So I want to add that ditching Spotify is not *sufficient*; musicians, workers, and creatives need to organize to challenge, probably dismantle the whole rotten platform system.
But ditching Spotify is *so easy*. It's a step 1.
So I want to add that ditching Spotify is not *sufficient*; musicians, workers, and creatives need to organize to challenge, probably dismantle the whole rotten platform system.
But ditching Spotify is *so easy*. It's a step 1.
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Welp have not been on socials this week and missed that this blew up.
So I want to add that ditching Spotify is not *sufficient*; musicians, workers, and creatives need to organize to challenge, probably dismantle the whole rotten platform system.
But ditching Spotify is *so easy*. It's a step 1.
So I want to add that ditching Spotify is not *sufficient*; musicians, workers, and creatives need to organize to challenge, probably dismantle the whole rotten platform system.
But ditching Spotify is *so easy*. It's a step 1.
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"it's all a sham, it's not on the level" -- @matthewcort.land is spot on, this is an antivax show trial by antivaxxers
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"it's all a sham, it's not on the level" -- @matthewcort.land is spot on, this is an antivax show trial by antivaxxers
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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So, you know how people say stuff like, "just repost this & you'll have supported journalism"?
But this time... it's literally true!
Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at.
let's make this go viral!
But this time... it's literally true!
Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at.
let's make this go viral!
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December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So, you know how people say stuff like, "just repost this & you'll have supported journalism"?
But this time... it's literally true!
Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at.
let's make this go viral!
But this time... it's literally true!
Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at.
let's make this go viral!
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Note that Roger Stone refers to Prospera, the Network State city in Honduras, as a "freedom city."
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
Why Did Trump Pardon the Former Honduran President? Follow the Tech Bros.
“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”
by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”
by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why did Trump pardon the former Honduran president? Follow the Tech Bros.
With Roger Stone taking a victory lap for having come up with the idea in the first place.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Note that Roger Stone refers to Prospera, the Network State city in Honduras, as a "freedom city."
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
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Heads up everyone
#Oxford people, #birdflu has been confirmed on Port Meadow.
Take care everyone.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2567322...
Take care everyone.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2567322...
Urgent warning issued after bird flu outbreak in popular city meadow
An urgent warning has been issued after positive cases of bird flu were confirmed in Port Meadow, Oxford.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Heads up everyone
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despite its numerous faults, it seems like a lot of people are afraid of fully unplugging from spotify because they'll miss out on music discovery. that's a role that music journalism can and should be filling.
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
despite its numerous faults, it seems like a lot of people are afraid of fully unplugging from spotify because they'll miss out on music discovery. that's a role that music journalism can and should be filling.
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It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
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Heads up for T&S folks
The vetting process for H1B visa applications now check if people had worked in areas such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
Archive of Reuters link: archive.ph/m8aR4
Archive of Reuters link: archive.ph/m8aR4
archive.ph
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Heads up for T&S folks
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This story took many months, and the expertise of many folks (thanks, @dberrett.bsky.social and @danbauman77.bsky.social). I hope you’ll give it a read and RT the first skeet in this thread. DMs/Signal are open for tips about what’s happening on your campus. (14/14) www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The University That Couldn’t Stop Reinventing Itself
The U. of Tulsa was a commuter campus that tried — and tried again — to become a regional powerhouse. Now it’s drowning in red ink.
www.chronicle.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This story took many months, and the expertise of many folks (thanks, @dberrett.bsky.social and @danbauman77.bsky.social). I hope you’ll give it a read and RT the first skeet in this thread. DMs/Signal are open for tips about what’s happening on your campus. (14/14) www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
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For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For many contractors, losing ACA subsidies means losing health care
The GOP's unprecedented premium hikes put chronically ill workers—especially freelancers—in peril.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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An experienced organizer I really respect once reminded folks "you can't always win, but you can always, always inflict a cost. Those add up."
You cannot match the size and resources of these organizations that are abandoning trans youth and sacrificing trans lives, but you have one advantage they do not: an ability to maintain a relentless focus upon them.
Make it your work, every week, to think about how you can punish them.
Make it your work, every week, to think about how you can punish them.
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
An experienced organizer I really respect once reminded folks "you can't always win, but you can always, always inflict a cost. Those add up."
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Kind reminder to those of you that haven't made the switch to another platform that Spotify should remain boycotted www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military
The band cited a ‘moral and ethical burden’ placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologies
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Kind reminder to those of you that haven't made the switch to another platform that Spotify should remain boycotted www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Them: “25 years ago”
Me: *nods sagely* “1986”
Me: *nods sagely* “1986”
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Them: “25 years ago”
Me: *nods sagely* “1986”
Me: *nods sagely* “1986”