Dave Cutler
@kazoosforall.bsky.social
Activist, unionist, general pain in the behind.
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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Consider giving someone the gift of blogs this holiday season. And take a calendar for yourself, too.
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December 12, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Consider giving someone the gift of blogs this holiday season. And take a calendar for yourself, too.
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I think there's a missing third question: do chronic pain patients receive more or better non-medical support in other countries?
Painkillers are well and good, but if keeping your insurance means persisting in the job that caused your chronic pain, maybe that's a problem
Painkillers are well and good, but if keeping your insurance means persisting in the job that caused your chronic pain, maybe that's a problem
December 12, 2024 at 1:37 PM
I think there's a missing third question: do chronic pain patients receive more or better non-medical support in other countries?
Painkillers are well and good, but if keeping your insurance means persisting in the job that caused your chronic pain, maybe that's a problem
Painkillers are well and good, but if keeping your insurance means persisting in the job that caused your chronic pain, maybe that's a problem
Is it worse to be a billionaire or the kind of schmuck who lies about being a billionaire?
"The truck dealership is valued at about $865,000 at its current share price. Mr. Boulos’s stake, according to securities filings, is worth $1.53." This is hilarious, kind of
The man Trump named Mideast advisor has been touted as a billionaire behind a business called Boulos Enterprises, flagged in media previous reports including FT, WSJ, Economist and, yes, NYT.
Turns out that was wrong. Not his company; he never corrected the record
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
Turns out that was wrong. Not his company; he never corrected the record
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
December 12, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Is it worse to be a billionaire or the kind of schmuck who lies about being a billionaire?
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blogged about how it is publisher's job to protect their own industry from AI and how they aren't doing it defector.com/theres-no-sh...
There's No Shortcut To Publishing A Book | Defector
Books take a long time. Writing, editing, and publishing one is slow, laborious work. A book that is sold today probably won’t come out until 2027 at the earliest. So it makes sense that money grubbin...
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December 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
blogged about how it is publisher's job to protect their own industry from AI and how they aren't doing it defector.com/theres-no-sh...
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A powerful artist and activist. Just everything about this woman and her poetry was good and clean and straight truth. She pushed us. She’d cut you and then smile to show that she’d done it with love.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
December 10, 2024 at 4:17 AM
A powerful artist and activist. Just everything about this woman and her poetry was good and clean and straight truth. She pushed us. She’d cut you and then smile to show that she’d done it with love.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
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Telehealth is the only way many disabled people and rural folks can get medical care. Take two seconds to save it
It takes two minutes to make a difference.
Don’t Let Telehealth Expire on December 31
Text SIGN PQHKWC to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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December 10, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Telehealth is the only way many disabled people and rural folks can get medical care. Take two seconds to save it
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i need #8 to be true tho
"You have to use the piercing gun. No matter how many times the customers say they have seen The Parent Trap, they will scream in the store if you use a needle, which will scare the other customers."
Rules from Claire’s Employee Handbook
1. You have to use the piercing gun. No matter how many times the customers say they have seen The Parent Trap, they will scream in the store if yo...
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December 3, 2024 at 4:27 PM
i need #8 to be true tho
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This book is an amazing read! Everyone should educate themselves on labor history. Remember, whatever is ahead of us can be conquered if we listen to those who fought before.
This book is an amazing read! Everyone should educate themselves on labor history. Remember, whatever is ahead of us can be conquered if we listen to those who fought before.
if you’re buying stuff today and want to know more about the massive impact that marginalized workers have had on the evolution of workers’ rights, labor unions, and how we got to this moment, might I suggest my book? It’s on sale at this union shop! www.powells.com/book/fight-l...
November 30, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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This book is an amazing read! Everyone should educate themselves on labor history. Remember, whatever is ahead of us can be conquered if we listen to those who fought before.
This book is an amazing read! Everyone should educate themselves on labor history. Remember, whatever is ahead of us can be conquered if we listen to those who fought before.
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Do me a favor and support this campaign with a donation however small. Think of people behind bars and think what it would mean to you, if that was you, to have access to books. Thanks.
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November 27, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Do me a favor and support this campaign with a donation however small. Think of people behind bars and think what it would mean to you, if that was you, to have access to books. Thanks.
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this is about 24 hours out of date now but it’s good work and if you are under the impression that House Dems are staying silent about the Mace/Johnson bathroom situation, perhaps because people keep lying to you about it, you should take a look.
This is a list of statements by House Democrats defending Sarah McBride.
It does not include statements of support that make no mention of the transphobic attacks against her, or statements about transphobia that are not directly relevant. It also does not include retweets/reposts.
It does not include statements of support that make no mention of the transphobic attacks against her, or statements about transphobia that are not directly relevant. It also does not include retweets/reposts.
November 21, 2024 at 12:07 PM
this is about 24 hours out of date now but it’s good work and if you are under the impression that House Dems are staying silent about the Mace/Johnson bathroom situation, perhaps because people keep lying to you about it, you should take a look.
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Do you have trans people in your life who you worry might be losing hope? Are you, maybe, one such person yourself?
Or, are you a fan of great writing by incredible trans people and want to read what they're thinking in this historic moment?
Assigned Media's Stay With Us package launches today.
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November 20, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Do you have trans people in your life who you worry might be losing hope? Are you, maybe, one such person yourself?
Or, are you a fan of great writing by incredible trans people and want to read what they're thinking in this historic moment?
Assigned Media's Stay With Us package launches today.
Or, are you a fan of great writing by incredible trans people and want to read what they're thinking in this historic moment?
Assigned Media's Stay With Us package launches today.
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someone needs to put this in a development economics lecture
November 20, 2024 at 1:04 PM
someone needs to put this in a development economics lecture
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deleted this because some of the responses I got that were like this were deleted with apologies (bluesky???), but leaving a screenshot because the sentiment remains evergreen:
November 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM
deleted this because some of the responses I got that were like this were deleted with apologies (bluesky???), but leaving a screenshot because the sentiment remains evergreen:
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Also a very old argument: that feminism used to be righteous/useful... "before" (before it "went too far"). This came up in the 80s-90s from folks who attacked feminism in 70s). Also see: "feminism is important, but not AS impt as XYZ; don't distract from XYZ, we'll deal w/women's right later."
Thank god somebody wrote this. That Richard Reeves book suggesting that men are moving right because women are criticizing sexism is toxic and too many people who should know better keep citing it. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/o...
Opinion | Young Women Will Never Stop Talking About Sexism
I love that for them.
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November 20, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Also a very old argument: that feminism used to be righteous/useful... "before" (before it "went too far"). This came up in the 80s-90s from folks who attacked feminism in 70s). Also see: "feminism is important, but not AS impt as XYZ; don't distract from XYZ, we'll deal w/women's right later."
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"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
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This isn't a culture war. This is the only trans congresswoman, ever being bullied through the press and legislation, and having only 1 of hundreds of colleagues stand up for her. They can do more than 1 thing at a time. Defending her will not take so much effort that they can't do their jobs.
Defending Sarah McBride is absolutely the right thing to do, and yet there’s also the risk of being baited into yet another culture war cycle that distracts from the Republican grift. Her statement suggests she wants to move forward, and I think it’s wise to take the cue from her.
November 21, 2024 at 4:10 AM
This isn't a culture war. This is the only trans congresswoman, ever being bullied through the press and legislation, and having only 1 of hundreds of colleagues stand up for her. They can do more than 1 thing at a time. Defending her will not take so much effort that they can't do their jobs.
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International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu & fmr Defense minister Yoav Gallant. They’re accused, in part, of using starvation as a weapon of war. Netanyahu has called the warrants “antisemitic,” his go-to against criticism of him blatantly committing war crimes.
November 21, 2024 at 1:31 PM
International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu & fmr Defense minister Yoav Gallant. They’re accused, in part, of using starvation as a weapon of war. Netanyahu has called the warrants “antisemitic,” his go-to against criticism of him blatantly committing war crimes.
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and the reason this is important is that politics have not stopped happening. trump is set to squander whatever goodwill he has with the voting public and this is an opportunity
incredible number of you do not seem to understand the difference between trump’s base and the marginal trump voter, i.e. “the people who gave trump the win.”
November 18, 2024 at 3:00 PM
and the reason this is important is that politics have not stopped happening. trump is set to squander whatever goodwill he has with the voting public and this is an opportunity
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I'm more or less waiting until he's in office and actually tries to put plans into action before I let a headline freak me out. I already know the broad strokes of his planned cruelty and thats more than enough for me right now.
November 18, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I'm more or less waiting until he's in office and actually tries to put plans into action before I let a headline freak me out. I already know the broad strokes of his planned cruelty and thats more than enough for me right now.
One of the most annoying responses to the first term was people calling everything a distraction. Just because one of his actions seems clownish or evil or impossible or stupid doesn’t make it a distraction—it’s part of the whole badly planned mess, that’s all.
"Republicans plant these seeds of hatred everywhere they have a footprint. If you think that has nothing to do with why the Democratic Party is so much less popular than its policy positions, I fear you may be lost." — @brianbeutler.bsky.social www.offmessage.net/p/no-trumps-...
No, Trump's Cabinet Is Not A "Distraction"
They're cabinet secretaries, ffs!
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November 18, 2024 at 3:22 PM
One of the most annoying responses to the first term was people calling everything a distraction. Just because one of his actions seems clownish or evil or impossible or stupid doesn’t make it a distraction—it’s part of the whole badly planned mess, that’s all.
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Tis the season for helpful posts about what food shelves need so here's my advice:
If your kid's school is doing a Canned Food Drive or a movie theater is doing a special movie screening with a can of food in lieu of admission: give a can.
Otherwise: JUST GIVE MONEY.
If your kid's school is doing a Canned Food Drive or a movie theater is doing a special movie screening with a can of food in lieu of admission: give a can.
Otherwise: JUST GIVE MONEY.
November 17, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Tis the season for helpful posts about what food shelves need so here's my advice:
If your kid's school is doing a Canned Food Drive or a movie theater is doing a special movie screening with a can of food in lieu of admission: give a can.
Otherwise: JUST GIVE MONEY.
If your kid's school is doing a Canned Food Drive or a movie theater is doing a special movie screening with a can of food in lieu of admission: give a can.
Otherwise: JUST GIVE MONEY.