@lollyg.bsky.social
Industry-based anthropologist, peace corps, human and dog mom, emerging gardener
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What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
Remember the Panama Papers? We thought change would occur after seeing the way economic elite hide their money and not pay their fair share.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Remember the Panama Papers? We thought change would occur after seeing the way economic elite hide their money and not pay their fair share.
“When you use your experience to test whether or not something is true (the holiness of a guru, the righteousness of a cause) then, Ryan told me: “The person who gives you that experience will own you.’” www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
How do the pros get someone to leave a cult? Manipulate them into thinking it was their idea
Two of the world’s leading cult interventionists live (with their parrot) in Philadelphia. They explain the art of coaxing people out of the most pernicious groups in the world
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“When you use your experience to test whether or not something is true (the holiness of a guru, the righteousness of a cause) then, Ryan told me: “The person who gives you that experience will own you.’” www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
“…It’s a lot harder to reckon with the fact that a select group of people is in fact far above the law, so far above it that even when we know they commit the worst sorts of crimes they still go on to become President and accumulate billions. And that’s because the ruling class wrote the laws”
Jeffrey Epstein doesn’t exist in a vacuum. He implicates the ruling class, the way they do business, and the whole capitalist system.
www.jphilll.com/p/epstein-im...
www.jphilll.com/p/epstein-im...
Epstein Implicates Everyone
The entire ruling class and the capitalist system are guilty
www.jphilll.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“…It’s a lot harder to reckon with the fact that a select group of people is in fact far above the law, so far above it that even when we know they commit the worst sorts of crimes they still go on to become President and accumulate billions. And that’s because the ruling class wrote the laws”
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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Chris Murphy says Dems should lay down a simple marker for Trump: No Dem support for anything that funds his lawbreaking.
"if you want our votes, it can’t be for rampant lawlessness. This isn't a normal time...the world [is] watching to see what we stand for." 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
"if you want our votes, it can’t be for rampant lawlessness. This isn't a normal time...the world [is] watching to see what we stand for." 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
October 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Chris Murphy says Dems should lay down a simple marker for Trump: No Dem support for anything that funds his lawbreaking.
"if you want our votes, it can’t be for rampant lawlessness. This isn't a normal time...the world [is] watching to see what we stand for." 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
"if you want our votes, it can’t be for rampant lawlessness. This isn't a normal time...the world [is] watching to see what we stand for." 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
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New data shows the cost of Republican plan to jack up health care prices:
– Premiums will more than double
– A 60 year old couple would have to pay $22,600 more a year
– Premiums will more than double
– A 60 year old couple would have to pay $22,600 more a year
ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire | KFF
KFF estimates that, if Congress allows the enhanced premium tax credits to expire at the end of this year, ACA Marketplace enrollees on average would see their premium payments more than double next y...
www.kff.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New data shows the cost of Republican plan to jack up health care prices:
– Premiums will more than double
– A 60 year old couple would have to pay $22,600 more a year
– Premiums will more than double
– A 60 year old couple would have to pay $22,600 more a year
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very alarmed that this is getting more relevant by the week www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
September 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
very alarmed that this is getting more relevant by the week www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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26,000 YouTube views for Sinclair’s Charlie Kirk tribute special.
Just for comparison, Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue on any average Wednesday will get between two and four MILLION YouTube views.
Right wing culture is fringe stuff. It is not American culture by any stretch.
Just for comparison, Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue on any average Wednesday will get between two and four MILLION YouTube views.
Right wing culture is fringe stuff. It is not American culture by any stretch.
Everything about this headline is hilarious. And the YouTube views are a reflection of how wildly the right has overblown the number of people paying attention.
September 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
26,000 YouTube views for Sinclair’s Charlie Kirk tribute special.
Just for comparison, Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue on any average Wednesday will get between two and four MILLION YouTube views.
Right wing culture is fringe stuff. It is not American culture by any stretch.
Just for comparison, Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue on any average Wednesday will get between two and four MILLION YouTube views.
Right wing culture is fringe stuff. It is not American culture by any stretch.
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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Watch the wall to wall coverage end now that the call is coming from inside the house. Alas. Onward.
September 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Watch the wall to wall coverage end now that the call is coming from inside the house. Alas. Onward.
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Yes! Gramsci explained this is his prison notebooks 1929. “Free” market is also a form of govt regulation made and maintained by people in power. It is made and thus can be unmade.
July 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Yes! Gramsci explained this is his prison notebooks 1929. “Free” market is also a form of govt regulation made and maintained by people in power. It is made and thus can be unmade.
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As Texas officials point to the National Weather Service failing to predict the amount of rain that caused this tragedy, it’s fair to wonder if the cuts made to the dept that many warned about played a role here.
(Now add FEMA cuts & hospital closures)
(Now add FEMA cuts & hospital closures)
July 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As Texas officials point to the National Weather Service failing to predict the amount of rain that caused this tragedy, it’s fair to wonder if the cuts made to the dept that many warned about played a role here.
(Now add FEMA cuts & hospital closures)
(Now add FEMA cuts & hospital closures)
Thinking about my ac articles being used that contributed to my student loan debt…
If you steal someone’s intellectual property, you’d get up to 7 years in prison and a $250k fine.
When AI companies steal and profit from someone’s IP, it’s legal because they donate millions to the politicians who write the laws.
See how that works?
popular.info/p/should-ai-...
When AI companies steal and profit from someone’s IP, it’s legal because they donate millions to the politicians who write the laws.
See how that works?
popular.info/p/should-ai-...
Landmark AI ruling is a blow to authors and artists
In television ads, AI tools appear to work like magic, generating useful information or smooth prose in response to a wide variety of prompts.
popular.info
June 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Thinking about my ac articles being used that contributed to my student loan debt…
“Treating billions as a proxy for brilliance.” Yep
This is what we've wrought with the myth of meritocracy. By treating billions as a proxy for brilliance, we've allowed men like Peter Thiel to amass disgusting amounts of wealth and to leverage that wealth to destroy democracy for their own gain.
🤢
June 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“Treating billions as a proxy for brilliance.” Yep
“We return not just as Americans—but as listeners, as witnesses, as people who chose discomfort in order to learn love.”
The kind of work we did cannot be quantified. Our listening, witnessing, humbled mindset persists in everything we do. That’s the threat.
The kind of work we did cannot be quantified. Our listening, witnessing, humbled mindset persists in everything we do. That’s the threat.
Defending the Peace Corps When It Needs No Defense
In a nation that no longer knows what to do with humility, service itself has become suspect.
open.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“We return not just as Americans—but as listeners, as witnesses, as people who chose discomfort in order to learn love.”
The kind of work we did cannot be quantified. Our listening, witnessing, humbled mindset persists in everything we do. That’s the threat.
The kind of work we did cannot be quantified. Our listening, witnessing, humbled mindset persists in everything we do. That’s the threat.
Having moved from ac to tech, I’ve learned over the years that I am unusual in that I do lit reviews before a research project. It’s a superpower for ux researchers!
Read papers because I need to hire people who can read papers! They won't be able to stop us 😌
May 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Having moved from ac to tech, I’ve learned over the years that I am unusual in that I do lit reviews before a research project. It’s a superpower for ux researchers!
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Again, the chart below is circa 2023, but Francis has had the College of Cardinals (who vote for the next pope) stacked with his own choices for roughly a year and a half.
April 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Again, the chart below is circa 2023, but Francis has had the College of Cardinals (who vote for the next pope) stacked with his own choices for roughly a year and a half.
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
It felt really good hearing a calm reasonable leader speak and I would like to hear more- progressive shadow government style.
February 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It felt really good hearing a calm reasonable leader speak and I would like to hear more- progressive shadow government style.
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…