@saraclorofila.bsky.social
Semi-Luddite, Xennial w/Greatest Generation-level tech skills. She/her, cis, queer. All the things matter, but some of my core priorities include Palestine, fat liberation, covid/H5N1/public health, anti-authoritarianism, & trans women to the front always.
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AI isn't magic. AI is land, real estate, and energy.
Wanna see a crazy chart? Of course you do.
Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.
Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.
August 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
AI isn't magic. AI is land, real estate, and energy.
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RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
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I am begging people to learn the difference between "living in a place" and "establishing an ethnostate in a place."
I live in my apartment. That doesn't mean I'm entitled to the country of Sherylia.
I live in my apartment. That doesn't mean I'm entitled to the country of Sherylia.
April 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I am begging people to learn the difference between "living in a place" and "establishing an ethnostate in a place."
I live in my apartment. That doesn't mean I'm entitled to the country of Sherylia.
I live in my apartment. That doesn't mean I'm entitled to the country of Sherylia.
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Here's the rule the House just passed for taking up its budget resolution -- with a provision preventing any House member from filing a disapproval resolution on Trump's tariffs through Sept. 30.
See #6. They're insulating Trump's tariffs from being canceled by themselves.
See #6. They're insulating Trump's tariffs from being canceled by themselves.
April 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here's the rule the House just passed for taking up its budget resolution -- with a provision preventing any House member from filing a disapproval resolution on Trump's tariffs through Sept. 30.
See #6. They're insulating Trump's tariffs from being canceled by themselves.
See #6. They're insulating Trump's tariffs from being canceled by themselves.
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Waddling with you in spirit #penguinrevolution
April 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Waddling with you in spirit #penguinrevolution
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That's why the footage coming out esp in deep red counties in particular is so important.
I know from climate change research that peer pressure to silences people who accept the science in regions where the denialists are loud. It says you can find common cause here
I know from climate change research that peer pressure to silences people who accept the science in regions where the denialists are loud. It says you can find common cause here
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
That's why the footage coming out esp in deep red counties in particular is so important.
I know from climate change research that peer pressure to silences people who accept the science in regions where the denialists are loud. It says you can find common cause here
I know from climate change research that peer pressure to silences people who accept the science in regions where the denialists are loud. It says you can find common cause here
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Jagan Chapagain, secretary-general of the IFRC, warns against the normalisation of killing humanitarian aid workers following the killing of 15 medics and aid workers by Israeli forces in Gaza last month.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7n8dex
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7n8dex
April 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Jagan Chapagain, secretary-general of the IFRC, warns against the normalisation of killing humanitarian aid workers following the killing of 15 medics and aid workers by Israeli forces in Gaza last month.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7n8dex
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7n8dex
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Also I hope we're all on this same page
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
April 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Also I hope we're all on this same page
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
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A leaked memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Research Service Sunday, agency banned key language, including words... #groundwater pollution, sediment remediation, #water collection, water treatment, rural water, clean water. @neorsd.org newrepublic.com/post/193395/...
Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say
The Department of Agriculture is no longer allowed to use the phrase “safe drinking water.”
newrepublic.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A leaked memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Research Service Sunday, agency banned key language, including words... #groundwater pollution, sediment remediation, #water collection, water treatment, rural water, clean water. @neorsd.org newrepublic.com/post/193395/...
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I have to express my severe concerns about news from the US on the current administration's approach to Covid and Long Covid. Covid remains a pandemic disease, killing thousands a week. Long Covid is one of the greatest health emergencies in recent history.
March 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I have to express my severe concerns about news from the US on the current administration's approach to Covid and Long Covid. Covid remains a pandemic disease, killing thousands a week. Long Covid is one of the greatest health emergencies in recent history.
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Well that seems ominous
“international doctors and nurses are so far refusing the order, despite last week’s deadly attack on a US surgical team at the Nasser hospital, including doctors who have exposed Israel’s murderous tactics to US and UK media”
Israel ‘orders foreign medical workers to leave Gaza within 48hrs’ in preparation for use of ‘new bomb’
Medics refuse to abandon their patients, even after attack on US surgeons, but UN reduces its personnel by a third after tank attack Illustrative image of bombing in Gaza. Israel has ordered foreig…
skwawkbox.org
March 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Well that seems ominous
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MAJOR CUTS TO NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INCLUDING PANDEMIC RESEARCH
Part of the program was aimed at finding antivirals to target viruses, including Rift Valley fever, Ebola, Marburg, yellow fever, dengue, Zika, measles, and chikungunya.
www.science.org/content/arti...
INCLUDING PANDEMIC RESEARCH
Part of the program was aimed at finding antivirals to target viruses, including Rift Valley fever, Ebola, Marburg, yellow fever, dengue, Zika, measles, and chikungunya.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Saying ‘pandemic is over,’ NIH starts cutting COVID-19 research
Grant terminations halt research on improving vaccinations and preventing future pandemics
www.science.org
March 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
MAJOR CUTS TO NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INCLUDING PANDEMIC RESEARCH
Part of the program was aimed at finding antivirals to target viruses, including Rift Valley fever, Ebola, Marburg, yellow fever, dengue, Zika, measles, and chikungunya.
www.science.org/content/arti...
INCLUDING PANDEMIC RESEARCH
Part of the program was aimed at finding antivirals to target viruses, including Rift Valley fever, Ebola, Marburg, yellow fever, dengue, Zika, measles, and chikungunya.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Truly deranged to give your kids liver damage with toxic doses of vitamin A rather than simply give them a safe and time-tested vaccine against the disease they’re trying to avoid
As the Texas measles outbreak continues, doctors there are treating some children given so much vitamin A that they have signs of liver damage. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill (Gift Article)
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Truly deranged to give your kids liver damage with toxic doses of vitamin A rather than simply give them a safe and time-tested vaccine against the disease they’re trying to avoid
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Seismic scoop from @lenasun.bsky.social: A long-time anti-vaxer who was disciplined for practising medicine without a license has been selected by #HHS to conduct the study RFK Jr. wants looking yet again at whether vaccines cause autism. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism
A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Seismic scoop from @lenasun.bsky.social: A long-time anti-vaxer who was disciplined for practising medicine without a license has been selected by #HHS to conduct the study RFK Jr. wants looking yet again at whether vaccines cause autism. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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On Friday, in a top-secret briefing from Pete Hegseth, Elon Musk will gain access to closely guarded US military secrets regarding the US military’s plan for any war that might break out with China. This is despite Musk's extensive business interests in China and his ketamine addiction.
March 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
On Friday, in a top-secret briefing from Pete Hegseth, Elon Musk will gain access to closely guarded US military secrets regarding the US military’s plan for any war that might break out with China. This is despite Musk's extensive business interests in China and his ketamine addiction.
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Teen Vogue presents: Introducing Vivian Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social
In her 2nd-ever interview, the 20-year-old tells @ellayurman.bsky.social about going viral, protecting trans youth, her “pathetic man-child” estranged dad Elon Musk, and more @teenvogue.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
In her 2nd-ever interview, the 20-year-old tells @ellayurman.bsky.social about going viral, protecting trans youth, her “pathetic man-child” estranged dad Elon Musk, and more @teenvogue.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
March 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Teen Vogue presents: Introducing Vivian Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social
In her 2nd-ever interview, the 20-year-old tells @ellayurman.bsky.social about going viral, protecting trans youth, her “pathetic man-child” estranged dad Elon Musk, and more @teenvogue.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
In her 2nd-ever interview, the 20-year-old tells @ellayurman.bsky.social about going viral, protecting trans youth, her “pathetic man-child” estranged dad Elon Musk, and more @teenvogue.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
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“These first two months have been much more aggressively authoritarian than almost any other comparable case I know of democratic backsliding,” said Steven Levitsky, a Harvard political scientist and coauthor of “How Democracies Die” and “Competitive Authoritarianism” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook
The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“These first two months have been much more aggressively authoritarian than almost any other comparable case I know of democratic backsliding,” said Steven Levitsky, a Harvard political scientist and coauthor of “How Democracies Die” and “Competitive Authoritarianism” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
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If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
March 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
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"Motivated by animus" is huge
INCREDIBLE Ruling!
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
March 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Motivated by animus" is huge
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SCOOP: The Department of Veterans Affairs has quietly rescinded longstanding VHA Directive 1341, which outlined how transgender vets should be treated with dignity in VA facilities.
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
BREAKING: Department of Veterans Affairs rescinds policy letting transgender vets be treated with dignity (exclusive)
The Trump administration quietly reversed the policy.
www.advocate.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
SCOOP: The Department of Veterans Affairs has quietly rescinded longstanding VHA Directive 1341, which outlined how transgender vets should be treated with dignity in VA facilities.
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
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1. ‼️BREAKING: (w/ @ket.bsky.social) A proposed HHS rule threatens to exclude trans healthcare from the list of Essential Health Benefits in the most sweeping anti-trans attack yet. It targets trans care for all ages for people on ACA plans.
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Proposed HHS Rule Would Ban Trans Healthcare From Essential Health Benefit Coverage In ACA Plans
An unpublished HHS rule on the Federal Register could have devastating impacts on trans healthcare, especially for trans people who don't live in trans sanctuary states.
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March 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
1. ‼️BREAKING: (w/ @ket.bsky.social) A proposed HHS rule threatens to exclude trans healthcare from the list of Essential Health Benefits in the most sweeping anti-trans attack yet. It targets trans care for all ages for people on ACA plans.
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it’s not specifically about donations but primary.every.democrat
Primary Every Democrat!
Get notified when you can vote in your next local primary election.
primary.every.democrat
March 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
it’s not specifically about donations but primary.every.democrat
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Apparently (but who really knows because Lil Marco just does diplomacy by tweet) the Trump regime PNG'd the South African ambassador today because he accurately said Trump and Musk "dog whistle" to far-right racists. apnews.com/article/rubi...
Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the US 'is no longer welcome' in the country
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the United States.
apnews.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Apparently (but who really knows because Lil Marco just does diplomacy by tweet) the Trump regime PNG'd the South African ambassador today because he accurately said Trump and Musk "dog whistle" to far-right racists. apnews.com/article/rubi...