Lijia
@lijia.bsky.social
Appreciator of smart commentary. Avid library supporter and fan of the Libby app.
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NEW: Trump and his allies are using legal threats to try to intimidate news outlets and others that criticize or question him and his cabinet picks.
The trend seems likely to accelerate thanks to the ABC News settlement.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
The trend seems likely to accelerate thanks to the ABC News settlement.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage
The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 4:32 PM
NEW: Trump and his allies are using legal threats to try to intimidate news outlets and others that criticize or question him and his cabinet picks.
The trend seems likely to accelerate thanks to the ABC News settlement.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
The trend seems likely to accelerate thanks to the ABC News settlement.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
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The journalistic imperative to tell the truth doesn't magically go away because someone died
Slain Healthcare CEO’s Life Airbrushed by Media
Journalistic skepticism isn't magically exempt when someone dies
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:31 AM
The journalistic imperative to tell the truth doesn't magically go away because someone died
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It’s giving Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
A Missouri lawmaker introduced a bill that would establish a bounty hunter program for undocumented immigrants.
Participants in the migrant bounty hunt would get $1,000 to turn in undocumented neighbors.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Participants in the migrant bounty hunt would get $1,000 to turn in undocumented neighbors.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Migrant bounty hunt where Americans would get $1K divides opinion
A Missouri lawmaker has introduced a controversial bill that would establish a bounty hunter program for undocumented immigrants.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 1:10 PM
It’s giving Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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Don't assume maximalist outcomes for the Trump administration. That's a form of psychological surrender. We should attempt to exploit every stumble, failure, and misstep, and there will be stumbles, failures, and missteps.
December 9, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Don't assume maximalist outcomes for the Trump administration. That's a form of psychological surrender. We should attempt to exploit every stumble, failure, and misstep, and there will be stumbles, failures, and missteps.
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Please arm yourself with knowledge. Birthright citizenship is not a policy choice it is a constitutional imperative (14th Amendment). It can no more be signed away by Executive Order than the First Amendment.
Now that attacking birthright citizenship has become a Day 1 project for the incoming Trump admin, I dug out this rather comprehensive piece I wrote in 2011. It includes the source of Sen. Lindsay Graham’s emergence as the pitch man on this issue. politicalresearch.org/2011/03/01/c...
The Conservative Attack on Birthright Citizenship
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
politicalresearch.org
December 8, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Please arm yourself with knowledge. Birthright citizenship is not a policy choice it is a constitutional imperative (14th Amendment). It can no more be signed away by Executive Order than the First Amendment.
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To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
March 26, 2024 at 2:16 AM
To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
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Maybe the folks who are wringing their hands about people not responding properly to the United Health Care CEO's murder should wring their hands for Carrie Ann Lucas, whose premature death UHC was responsible for in 2019.
Seems like posting tributes to Carrie Ann Lucas is the thing to do huh
rewirenewsgroup.com/2019/02/25/c...
rewirenewsgroup.com/2019/02/25/c...
Carrie Ann Lucas, Disability Rights Activist and Attorney, Dies Following Denial From Insurance Company
Carrie Ann Lucas was instrumental in getting the Colorado legislature to pass the “Family Preservation for Parents with Disability Act,” which aims to ensure that parents with disabilities are not dis...
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Maybe the folks who are wringing their hands about people not responding properly to the United Health Care CEO's murder should wring their hands for Carrie Ann Lucas, whose premature death UHC was responsible for in 2019.
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This is a five-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/h...
Most Rural Hospitals Have Closed Their Maternity Wards, Study Finds (Gift Article)
Labor and delivery units are losing money and struggling to find staff, in rural areas and large cities alike.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:05 PM
This is a five-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/h...
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Crockett: I can't say why my colleagues are acting the way that they are. I can say that the American people are tired of us bringing a butter knife to a real fight
December 3, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Crockett: I can't say why my colleagues are acting the way that they are. I can say that the American people are tired of us bringing a butter knife to a real fight
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Hello, comics folks! The 2024 Comics Advocacy Group Mini Grants are officially open!
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CAG Mini Grant Application
Thank you for your interest in the Comics Advocacy Group Mini Grant! This application will open on December 1st, 2024, and will close at 12pm EST on January 15th, 2025.
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December 1, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Hello, comics folks! The 2024 Comics Advocacy Group Mini Grants are officially open!
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Pretty much 🤷🏻
November 29, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Pretty much 🤷🏻
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"...streamlines all stages of book production, distribution, and promotion..." is telling language.
These aren't people who care about books or reading or anything remotely related. These are opportunists and extractive capitalists.
These aren't people who care about books or reading or anything remotely related. These are opportunists and extractive capitalists.
November 25, 2024 at 1:40 PM
"...streamlines all stages of book production, distribution, and promotion..." is telling language.
These aren't people who care about books or reading or anything remotely related. These are opportunists and extractive capitalists.
These aren't people who care about books or reading or anything remotely related. These are opportunists and extractive capitalists.
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“How’d the world die? A pack of no-talent tech grifters created a digital artbarf machine to spew endless artbarf and each time the machine threw up it drank more water, destroyed more resources. Nobody wanted it but they did it anyway! Eat your roach paste.”
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
www.thebookseller.com
November 25, 2024 at 12:16 PM
“How’d the world die? A pack of no-talent tech grifters created a digital artbarf machine to spew endless artbarf and each time the machine threw up it drank more water, destroyed more resources. Nobody wanted it but they did it anyway! Eat your roach paste.”
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
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Lee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD
November 20, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Lee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD
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Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
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Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdi’s deep dive
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
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NEW: UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
propub.li
November 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
NEW: UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
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Hey y'all, audiobooks count as reading! Don't be ableist. Promote reading in all its forms. Listen to Mychal Threets @mychal3ts because he's an absolute treasure to the reading community ✌🏼💙📚
November 19, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Hey y'all, audiobooks count as reading! Don't be ableist. Promote reading in all its forms. Listen to Mychal Threets @mychal3ts because he's an absolute treasure to the reading community ✌🏼💙📚
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Yes, if scientists can stop us from emitting 40+ billion tonnes of CO₂ every year.
No amount of CO₂ removal, solar radiation modification, or synthetic fuels will help unless we stop burning fossil fuels.
No amount of CO₂ removal, solar radiation modification, or synthetic fuels will help unless we stop burning fossil fuels.
Panorama - Can Scientists Save the World?
Richard Bilton meets the scientists trying to save the world from the consequences of climate change and investigates whether they can really make a difference.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Yes, if scientists can stop us from emitting 40+ billion tonnes of CO₂ every year.
No amount of CO₂ removal, solar radiation modification, or synthetic fuels will help unless we stop burning fossil fuels.
No amount of CO₂ removal, solar radiation modification, or synthetic fuels will help unless we stop burning fossil fuels.
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We've spoken with hundreds of therapists this year.
Several told us they had mysteriously become targets of United, subjected to aggressive clinical reviews if they gave too much therapy to their patients.
projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-t...
Several told us they had mysteriously become targets of United, subjected to aggressive clinical reviews if they gave too much therapy to their patients.
projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-t...
November 19, 2024 at 1:10 PM
We've spoken with hundreds of therapists this year.
Several told us they had mysteriously become targets of United, subjected to aggressive clinical reviews if they gave too much therapy to their patients.
projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-t...
Several told us they had mysteriously become targets of United, subjected to aggressive clinical reviews if they gave too much therapy to their patients.
projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-t...