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Reading about young white women’s anti-feminism in the NYT (I can’t believe we’re doing this still/again) & feeling compelled to share this forthcoming book from @sunypress.bsky.social: WHITE WOMAN’S BURDEN, on c19/20 predecessors of these domestic femininity boosters sunypress.edu/Books/W/Whit...
December 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Reading about young white women’s anti-feminism in the NYT (I can’t believe we’re doing this still/again) & feeling compelled to share this forthcoming book from @sunypress.bsky.social: WHITE WOMAN’S BURDEN, on c19/20 predecessors of these domestic femininity boosters sunypress.edu/Books/W/Whit...
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The enhanced subsidies, which help lower monthly premiums for Americans across income levels, are set to expire on January 1.
Health care Costs Set to Rise For Trump Voters the Most. Here’s How
www.newsweek.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The enhanced subsidies, which help lower monthly premiums for Americans across income levels, are set to expire on January 1.
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I've been tracking and coding every vote taken in the US House this year.
Fun (?) fact: Henry Cuellar has taken more votes with Trump than the entire 9-member MA delegation combined. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Fun (?) fact: Henry Cuellar has taken more votes with Trump than the entire 9-member MA delegation combined. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
US House Votes 2025: Is Your Rep Standing Up to Trump?
docs.google.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I've been tracking and coding every vote taken in the US House this year.
Fun (?) fact: Henry Cuellar has taken more votes with Trump than the entire 9-member MA delegation combined. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Fun (?) fact: Henry Cuellar has taken more votes with Trump than the entire 9-member MA delegation combined. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
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“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of
The Alarmingly Racist History of the Supreme Court’s Canceled 1947 Christmas Party
The Court held its first-ever office Christmas party in 1946. The following year, the clerks suggested inviting Black employees. It did not go over well.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of
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What 200 Gen Z Women Told Me About Birth Control Should Alarm Every Woman in America
What 200 Gen Z Women Told Me About Birth Control Should Alarm Every Woman in America
Young, educated women, across party lines, opt out of birth control, not because of religion or politics, but misinformation on social media.
msmagazine.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
What 200 Gen Z Women Told Me About Birth Control Should Alarm Every Woman in America
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This month, OpenAI announced "up to $2 million" in funding for research on AI safety and well-being. This may seem generous, write J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps, but following in the footsteps of other tech giants facing scrutiny over mental health impacts, it's nothing more than grantwashing.
Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms | TechPolicy.Press
J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.
buff.ly
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This month, OpenAI announced "up to $2 million" in funding for research on AI safety and well-being. This may seem generous, write J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps, but following in the footsteps of other tech giants facing scrutiny over mental health impacts, it's nothing more than grantwashing.
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Struggling as a teacher to keep up with changes to make sure my assignments use actual thinking/writing. Trying, but I'm tired.
Not sure non-HS teachers truly get how kids are using ChatGPT for everything. EVERY.THING. As a search engine. To do questions on assignments. Almost all students/levels.
Not sure non-HS teachers truly get how kids are using ChatGPT for everything. EVERY.THING. As a search engine. To do questions on assignments. Almost all students/levels.
December 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Struggling as a teacher to keep up with changes to make sure my assignments use actual thinking/writing. Trying, but I'm tired.
Not sure non-HS teachers truly get how kids are using ChatGPT for everything. EVERY.THING. As a search engine. To do questions on assignments. Almost all students/levels.
Not sure non-HS teachers truly get how kids are using ChatGPT for everything. EVERY.THING. As a search engine. To do questions on assignments. Almost all students/levels.
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67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
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If evidence has been destroyed, juries are instructed that they can assume that evidence would have shown the defendant's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If evidence has been destroyed, juries are instructed that they can assume that evidence would have shown the defendant's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
The Trump administration releasing only a portion of the Epstein files, and blacking out so much text in the files they did release, is clear evidence of Trump's guilt.
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Currently at the funeral for the penny, happening at the Lincoln Memorial:
December 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Currently at the funeral for the penny, happening at the Lincoln Memorial:
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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The cost of Trump's White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months:
In late July, the White House said the vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it's $400 million.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
In late July, the White House said the vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it's $400 million.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The cost of Trump’s White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months
In late July, the White House said the president’s vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it’s $400 million.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The cost of Trump's White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months:
In late July, the White House said the vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it's $400 million.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
In late July, the White House said the vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it's $400 million.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
December 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
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Trump thinks complying with the law means releasing entirely redacted Epstein files like this.
This is a brazen cover up and deeply disrespectful to survivors.
Pam Bondi must release ALL the files NOW.
This is a brazen cover up and deeply disrespectful to survivors.
Pam Bondi must release ALL the files NOW.
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Trump thinks complying with the law means releasing entirely redacted Epstein files like this.
This is a brazen cover up and deeply disrespectful to survivors.
Pam Bondi must release ALL the files NOW.
This is a brazen cover up and deeply disrespectful to survivors.
Pam Bondi must release ALL the files NOW.
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one way to tell the story is that over the past 30 years, "workforce training" became the more or less singular focus of ed policy and now we're seeing partisan splintering about art worth preserving and how and why to teach it
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
one way to tell the story is that over the past 30 years, "workforce training" became the more or less singular focus of ed policy and now we're seeing partisan splintering about art worth preserving and how and why to teach it
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
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Who is college for? And what does college do? are two questions of increasing urgency because if those of us involved in these institutions don’t provide compelling answers then the tendency towards reducing it to glorified job training will destroy every meaningful part of the endeavor.
December 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Who is college for? And what does college do? are two questions of increasing urgency because if those of us involved in these institutions don’t provide compelling answers then the tendency towards reducing it to glorified job training will destroy every meaningful part of the endeavor.
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Got yelled at this week for making statements that will supposedly alienate the average white male voter and what I want to emphasize is this: appealing to the average white male voter is not my aim and not my job.
December 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Got yelled at this week for making statements that will supposedly alienate the average white male voter and what I want to emphasize is this: appealing to the average white male voter is not my aim and not my job.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need to work on the adults first because far too many misogynistic attitudes exist in school adults. And that includes internalised misogyny that women use on other femme people who aren’t “valuable” in this society. The adults have to change first
We need to work on the adults first because far too many misogynistic attitudes exist in school adults. And that includes internalised misogyny that women use on other femme people who aren’t “valuable” in this society. The adults have to change first
Teachers to be trained to spot early signs of misogyny in boys
The measure is part of the government's strategy to tackle violence against women and girls which will be unveiled on Thursday.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need to work on the adults first because far too many misogynistic attitudes exist in school adults. And that includes internalised misogyny that women use on other femme people who aren’t “valuable” in this society. The adults have to change first
We need to work on the adults first because far too many misogynistic attitudes exist in school adults. And that includes internalised misogyny that women use on other femme people who aren’t “valuable” in this society. The adults have to change first
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Two kinds of people think it's impossible to advocate for a Palestinian state without killing Jews: antisemitic terrorists, and hardline right-wing Israel supporters. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oYhjQo
Don’t Blame the Australia Attack on Palestinian Statehood
Advocates for Israel are claiming that support for Palestinian statehood entails violence against Jews. That’s wrong—and it’s a recipe for terrorism.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Two kinds of people think it's impossible to advocate for a Palestinian state without killing Jews: antisemitic terrorists, and hardline right-wing Israel supporters. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oYhjQo
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Amazon “has persuaded cities and school districts to abandon competitive bidding and surrender to its dynamic, algorithm-driven pricing…This opaque system subjects buyers to erratic price swings and allows Amazon to covertly inflate prices and overcharge schools and cities.”
US schools face big price swings for basics under Amazon’s ‘dynamic pricing’, report claims
Amazon calls the report ‘flawed and misleading’ and says it offers lower prices than competitors
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Amazon “has persuaded cities and school districts to abandon competitive bidding and surrender to its dynamic, algorithm-driven pricing…This opaque system subjects buyers to erratic price swings and allows Amazon to covertly inflate prices and overcharge schools and cities.”
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My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it