emily
@opentheyear.bsky.social
ace queer nerd socialist fighting for democracy and protection for everybody under the law
i read a lot; find me on goodreads @eacolgan
i read a lot; find me on goodreads @eacolgan
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She's not wrong.
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
She's not wrong.
Is Somebody Doing Something?! open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
Is Somebody Doing Something?!
Yes. Let me break it down for you.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Is Somebody Doing Something?! open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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Read this whole thread and staple it to the inside of your fucking skull
The only time you should ever open your mouth around a cop:
- Am I being detained or am I free to go?
- I do not consent to any search.
- I invoke the fifth. I want to speak to a lawyer.
That's it.
- Am I being detained or am I free to go?
- I do not consent to any search.
- I invoke the fifth. I want to speak to a lawyer.
That's it.
January 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Read this whole thread and staple it to the inside of your fucking skull
as always, so fucking proud to be an MHC alum.
“Danielle Holley, president of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, said she fears college leaders will not stand up for the long-held values of diversity and inclusion to avoid becoming a target…”
‘Nothing short of a bombshell.’ Trump takes aim at DEI — and universities. - The Boston Globe
The president's sweeping executive order threatens investigations of universities with endowments over $1 billion.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
as always, so fucking proud to be an MHC alum.
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Trump's promised executive order against "gender ideology" is ugly and dangerous, and also, like everything with Trump, contains few specifics and is meant to terrify people into self-repression. Here's my attempt to refocus on the fight ahead:
Trump’s Assault on Trans Rights Has Begun. Here’s What to Watch For.
An early executive order shows the White House wants to get into the business of defining sex and gender. That could play out in a few ways.
newrepublic.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump's promised executive order against "gender ideology" is ugly and dangerous, and also, like everything with Trump, contains few specifics and is meant to terrify people into self-repression. Here's my attempt to refocus on the fight ahead:
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www.gofundme.com/f/tiny-tiny-...
The fundraiser is nearly at goal if you want to support this project.
The fundraiser is nearly at goal if you want to support this project.
January 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
www.gofundme.com/f/tiny-tiny-...
The fundraiser is nearly at goal if you want to support this project.
The fundraiser is nearly at goal if you want to support this project.
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DIY HRT: Everything I Can Legally Tell You
My guide to do-it-yourself hormone therapy, months in the making, is out now on YouTube. Tell your friends! xoxo
youtu.be/o2Ggwe2j0Gc
My guide to do-it-yourself hormone therapy, months in the making, is out now on YouTube. Tell your friends! xoxo
youtu.be/o2Ggwe2j0Gc
January 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
DIY HRT: Everything I Can Legally Tell You
My guide to do-it-yourself hormone therapy, months in the making, is out now on YouTube. Tell your friends! xoxo
youtu.be/o2Ggwe2j0Gc
My guide to do-it-yourself hormone therapy, months in the making, is out now on YouTube. Tell your friends! xoxo
youtu.be/o2Ggwe2j0Gc
absolute CHILLS from these images especially the supergirls dressed to the nines-- do we think that's tel'aran'rhiod or IRL?-- and elayne and aviendha!! LOOK AT THOSE FLIRTY SMILES!! lord i can't wait to watch their relationship develop on screen. #wotskies #wotonprime
January 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
absolute CHILLS from these images especially the supergirls dressed to the nines-- do we think that's tel'aran'rhiod or IRL?-- and elayne and aviendha!! LOOK AT THOSE FLIRTY SMILES!! lord i can't wait to watch their relationship develop on screen. #wotskies #wotonprime
been in the arduous math hell of measuring the empty room in my upstairs for built in bookshelves. seriously, so. so. much. math.
January 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
been in the arduous math hell of measuring the empty room in my upstairs for built in bookshelves. seriously, so. so. much. math.
took a break for the holiday but am back now, insofar as 'back' means i may remember to post once a day, ish?
January 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
took a break for the holiday but am back now, insofar as 'back' means i may remember to post once a day, ish?
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This is a novella.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
The War Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Are Fighting Isn’t the One You Think It Is
A lonely extremist of dogmatic antisocial views has falsely sold himself for decades as a principled capitalist. His biographer explains why Musk’s mask came off—and why Zuckerberg is following suit.
sethabramson.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is a novella.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations no reviews just covers. (6/20) (doesn't say anywhere they have to be CONSECUTIVE days, right?)
#booksky
🪐📚 #books
#20daybookchallenge
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#booksky
🪐📚 #books
#20daybookchallenge
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December 18, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations no reviews just covers. (6/20) (doesn't say anywhere they have to be CONSECUTIVE days, right?)
#booksky
🪐📚 #books
#20daybookchallenge
📚🌈
#booksky
🪐📚 #books
#20daybookchallenge
📚🌈
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Here it is: my viral Bluesky thread significantly expanded into a full essay. Hope you will share it with anyone you think might be interested.
The Truth About Musk, From His Biographer
A viral Bluesky thread introduced tens of thousands around the world to a first glimpse of a forthcoming biography of Elon Musk. Here—in a single essay—is some of what the world just learned.
sethabramson.substack.com
December 14, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Here it is: my viral Bluesky thread significantly expanded into a full essay. Hope you will share it with anyone you think might be interested.
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Hey, at least they’re giving the land a vote in their maps—finally, representation for dirt and trees!
December 15, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Hey, at least they’re giving the land a vote in their maps—finally, representation for dirt and trees!
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This would arguably go farther to destroying rural America than anything else he’s proposed.
If USPS goes private, the first thing a private company will do is get rid of last-mile service to areas that are not profitable to serve.
This is a move that will absolutely fuck rural areas.
This is a move that will absolutely fuck rural areas.
New: Trump is talking behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago about privatizing the Postal Service, sources say, citing financial losses
Could remake one of the oldest institutions in all of American government
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Could remake one of the oldest institutions in all of American government
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 14, 2024 at 8:36 PM
This would arguably go farther to destroying rural America than anything else he’s proposed.
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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legacy news: Why would someone do this brazen shooting
shooter’s statement: I did it because America’s healthcare industry is inhumane
legacy news: Perhaps it was video games?
shooter’s statement: I am literally citing sources about corporate greed
legacy news: I guess we’ll just never know
shooter’s statement: I did it because America’s healthcare industry is inhumane
legacy news: Perhaps it was video games?
shooter’s statement: I am literally citing sources about corporate greed
legacy news: I guess we’ll just never know
December 11, 2024 at 12:15 AM
legacy news: Why would someone do this brazen shooting
shooter’s statement: I did it because America’s healthcare industry is inhumane
legacy news: Perhaps it was video games?
shooter’s statement: I am literally citing sources about corporate greed
legacy news: I guess we’ll just never know
shooter’s statement: I did it because America’s healthcare industry is inhumane
legacy news: Perhaps it was video games?
shooter’s statement: I am literally citing sources about corporate greed
legacy news: I guess we’ll just never know
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Granted, Israel has been disappearing Palestinians for decades and the world didn't care but it's so much proof now that they are targeting people who are clearly not combatants but who are providing relief and also bearing witness to Israel's crimes. What will it take for the world to care
Doctors and emergency workers say their colleagues were deliberately attacked or “disappeared” into Israeli prisons.
Doctors in Gaza Say They Have No Doubt Israel Is Targeting Them
Doctors and emergency workers say their colleagues were deliberately attacked or “disappeared” into Israeli prisons.
truthout.org
December 11, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Granted, Israel has been disappearing Palestinians for decades and the world didn't care but it's so much proof now that they are targeting people who are clearly not combatants but who are providing relief and also bearing witness to Israel's crimes. What will it take for the world to care
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Missed out on our edition of Blood Over Bright Haven?
Follow us and repost this in order to enter the draw for a copy 💚
Follow us and repost this in order to enter the draw for a copy 💚
December 10, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Missed out on our edition of Blood Over Bright Haven?
Follow us and repost this in order to enter the draw for a copy 💚
Follow us and repost this in order to enter the draw for a copy 💚
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations no reviews just covers. (5/20)
#booksky 🪐📚 #books #20daybookchallenge 📚🌈
#booksky 🪐📚 #books #20daybookchallenge 📚🌈
December 10, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations no reviews just covers. (5/20)
#booksky 🪐📚 #books #20daybookchallenge 📚🌈
#booksky 🪐📚 #books #20daybookchallenge 📚🌈
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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.
resist.bot
December 9, 2024 at 7:39 PM
It takes two minutes to make a difference.
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TeamElayne or TeamElain't
December 9, 2024 at 11:57 AM
TeamElayne or TeamElain't
still thinking about the WOT S3 teaser. there's so much more i was hoping to see BUT i have to remind myself there's 4 months and (assuming) at least that many more trailers they'll release before the season drops. 🤞 for nynaeve v. moghedien, mat w/the finn, wise ones, and couladin. #wotskies
December 9, 2024 at 2:21 PM
still thinking about the WOT S3 teaser. there's so much more i was hoping to see BUT i have to remind myself there's 4 months and (assuming) at least that many more trailers they'll release before the season drops. 🤞 for nynaeve v. moghedien, mat w/the finn, wise ones, and couladin. #wotskies