cactusflower
@presentprocess.bsky.social
editorial and clinical and political. I'm mad!
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The United States is currently controlled by nazi child rapists who are torturing kids and stealing everyone’s money.
The center is not going to hold.
The center is not going to hold.
December 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The United States is currently controlled by nazi child rapists who are torturing kids and stealing everyone’s money.
The center is not going to hold.
The center is not going to hold.
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The 14th Amendment says that all people born in America, regardless of race are citizens and have a right to equal protection under the law. For SCOTUS to be remotely confused on that text speaks to their racism, not the Constitution (1/3) www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Supreme Court agrees to decide if Trump may end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide if President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship with an executive order is constitutional, offering the justices an opportunity to revisit w...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The 14th Amendment says that all people born in America, regardless of race are citizens and have a right to equal protection under the law. For SCOTUS to be remotely confused on that text speaks to their racism, not the Constitution (1/3) www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
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Unreal levels of civic engagement happening here
Today, Dec 6, 2025
NYC Hands Off Training
1,000 people attended!
No ICE in NYC!
Join us at HandsOffNYC.com.
NYC Hands Off Training
1,000 people attended!
No ICE in NYC!
Join us at HandsOffNYC.com.
December 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Unreal levels of civic engagement happening here
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Genuinely impressive to watch the world’s most elite institutions light themselves on fire.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Genuinely impressive to watch the world’s most elite institutions light themselves on fire.
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Immunity debt's "...explanatory power has faded as the number of non-covid infections has kept rising each year...
A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky
A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Immunity debt's "...explanatory power has faded as the number of non-covid infections has kept rising each year...
A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky
A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky
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Many reporters went to Albany, Georgia, when it became one of America's first COVID hotspots.
But @propublica.org's Ginger Thompson kept returning, kept reporting.
What she uncovered reveals some ugly truths about American healthcare.
Read her new 5-part series, Sick in a Hospital Town:
But @propublica.org's Ginger Thompson kept returning, kept reporting.
What she uncovered reveals some ugly truths about American healthcare.
Read her new 5-part series, Sick in a Hospital Town:
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Many reporters went to Albany, Georgia, when it became one of America's first COVID hotspots.
But @propublica.org's Ginger Thompson kept returning, kept reporting.
What she uncovered reveals some ugly truths about American healthcare.
Read her new 5-part series, Sick in a Hospital Town:
But @propublica.org's Ginger Thompson kept returning, kept reporting.
What she uncovered reveals some ugly truths about American healthcare.
Read her new 5-part series, Sick in a Hospital Town:
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when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
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On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
Illinois becomes one of the few states to regulate employer use of AI. House Bill 3773 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make it a civil rights violation for employers to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on race, gender, age, or disability.
www.mystateline.com/news/local-n...
www.mystateline.com/news/local-n...
www.mystateline.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
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There are a few of us! 💜
In 2025, I’m committed to wearing my mask, & I’m accepting I don’t control if others where I go mask even if I’d like to. And I can’t be bullied about that.
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
There are a few of us! 💜
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Seems fine, mild even?
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Seems fine, mild even?
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i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
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Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
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the answer to so many questions is Unionize Your Workplace
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
Journalists win a key battle over AI in the newsroom
PLUS: Artists fight for an AI transparency law in the belly of the beast, a Spotify mass deletion event, and an interview with a top video games journalist about AI and labor.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
the answer to so many questions is Unionize Your Workplace
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ADHD & autism "diagnoses are increasingly used by students & workers for organising to push back against oppressive systems and institutions of exploitation. The backlash against the expansion of these diagnoses is... a ruling class backlash against a demand for change by those who are disabled..."
A talk I gave earlier this year has, unfortunately, become relevant again this week so I've published it here.
open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...
open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...
The Fascist Echo in Labour's "Over-diagnosis" Inquiry
Why Wes Steeting's new inquiry is about more than just renewed austerity
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
ADHD & autism "diagnoses are increasingly used by students & workers for organising to push back against oppressive systems and institutions of exploitation. The backlash against the expansion of these diagnoses is... a ruling class backlash against a demand for change by those who are disabled..."
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This article literally lays out how impeachment is his number one fear. The first articles introduced this congress panicked the guy so much that he switched his entire midterm strategy over it.
What are we doing here people?
What are we doing here people?
Fear of Losing the Midterms Is Driving Trump’s Decisions
The specter of investigations and impeachment has fueled many of the president’s most dramatic actions.
www.theatlantic.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This article literally lays out how impeachment is his number one fear. The first articles introduced this congress panicked the guy so much that he switched his entire midterm strategy over it.
What are we doing here people?
What are we doing here people?
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It literally can be a nearly blank article that says "Trump is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors" with no elaboration.
These people are paid over 170k a year. They have staff and the best research library in the world at their fingertips.
These people are paid over 170k a year. They have staff and the best research library in the world at their fingertips.
December 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It literally can be a nearly blank article that says "Trump is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors" with no elaboration.
These people are paid over 170k a year. They have staff and the best research library in the world at their fingertips.
These people are paid over 170k a year. They have staff and the best research library in the world at their fingertips.
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There's really nothing subdued about the excitement — bordering on irrational exuberance — associated with local pickleball, a noisy blight on the peace and sloth-oriented proclivities of Bellingham, writes CDN Executive Editor Ron Judd.
Another immodest proposal: The scourge that is pickleball must be stopped | Cascadia Daily News
There's nothing subdued about the excitement sparked by this dangerous trend
www.cascadiadaily.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
There's really nothing subdued about the excitement — bordering on irrational exuberance — associated with local pickleball, a noisy blight on the peace and sloth-oriented proclivities of Bellingham, writes CDN Executive Editor Ron Judd.
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@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I expect to hear your comment on this @repjohnnyo.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I expect to hear your comment on this @repjohnnyo.bsky.social
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
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This looks fantastic. Excited to see the results of this project
Some initial findings from our @digitislam.bsky.social project which can be found on the CHANSE website: chanse.org/digitislam/
DIGITISLAM: Digital Islam across Europe: Understanding Muslims’ Participation in Online Islamic Environments
chanse.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This looks fantastic. Excited to see the results of this project
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
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everyone is 12
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
everyone is 12
That's you, @repjohnnyo.bsky.social!
any elected dem who isn't calling out the unprecedented corruption of the supreme court and demanding unprecedented reforms to restore its integrity is a dem who has pre-emptively surrendered the next dem presidency to veto by the gang of six
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
That's you, @repjohnnyo.bsky.social!