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I'm not entertaining any pro capitalism arguments until capitalism can figure out how not to destroy all life on earth
It’s probably not a coincidence that the same companies who are responsible for the greenhouse gases causing climate change are also responsible for microplastic pollution, which is in our water cycle, our food, our bloodstreams, and slowly strangling every ecosystem on planet Earth.
August 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I'm not entertaining any pro capitalism arguments until capitalism can figure out how not to destroy all life on earth
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You are public servants, and you have been handsomely rewarded for your service with power and money. We don’t honestly give a fuck whether you’re happy and it blows my mind that you would think we should.
May 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
You are public servants, and you have been handsomely rewarded for your service with power and money. We don’t honestly give a fuck whether you’re happy and it blows my mind that you would think we should.
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I keep my head down and turn out good work and I just barely made rent this month, but a lady calls a kid the n-word at a playground and she raises a half-million dollars in a week. I don't get the world, and I don't like it. We are surrounded by rotten dogshit assholes and they're thriving.
May 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I keep my head down and turn out good work and I just barely made rent this month, but a lady calls a kid the n-word at a playground and she raises a half-million dollars in a week. I don't get the world, and I don't like it. We are surrounded by rotten dogshit assholes and they're thriving.
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"most of the people still masking are among the strongest, most self-assured people I’ve known...They are also among the most alienated, judged, ignored, harassed, invisibilized, and forgotten."
Yes, we are.
@jaydocovid.bsky.social @winslowsp.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Yes, we are.
@jaydocovid.bsky.social @winslowsp.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?
a mental health professional’s perspective
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"most of the people still masking are among the strongest, most self-assured people I’ve known...They are also among the most alienated, judged, ignored, harassed, invisibilized, and forgotten."
Yes, we are.
@jaydocovid.bsky.social @winslowsp.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Yes, we are.
@jaydocovid.bsky.social @winslowsp.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
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Headlines: TRADE WAR! MULTIPLE PANDEMICS! HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF THE US GOVERNMENT!
The DNC:
The DNC:
This is from the DNC headquarters earlier
I’m going to go scream for forever.
I’m going to go scream for forever.
February 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Headlines: TRADE WAR! MULTIPLE PANDEMICS! HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF THE US GOVERNMENT!
The DNC:
The DNC:
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It doesn’t have to be the end of humanity, but it does have to be an end to how humanity does things right now.
We can have it all if we’re brave enough.
We can have it all if we’re brave enough.
February 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It doesn’t have to be the end of humanity, but it does have to be an end to how humanity does things right now.
We can have it all if we’re brave enough.
We can have it all if we’re brave enough.
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"One is responsible to life : It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us."
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
#BlackHistoryMonth
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"One is responsible to life : It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us."
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
#BlackHistoryMonth
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
#BlackHistoryMonth
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A bit late to the party but a look at mass-vs-elite opinion and why that Dobbs Effect the Democrats were counting on (and benefitted from in 2022) didn't materialize in 2024.
THE DOBBS EFFECT THAT WASN'T | Gin and Tacos
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January 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A bit late to the party but a look at mass-vs-elite opinion and why that Dobbs Effect the Democrats were counting on (and benefitted from in 2022) didn't materialize in 2024.
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From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
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I keep seeing people say the media have learned nothing from Trump‘s first term, but that’s not correct. They learned that pandering to Trump and his insane policies can be very profitable for them.
January 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I keep seeing people say the media have learned nothing from Trump‘s first term, but that’s not correct. They learned that pandering to Trump and his insane policies can be very profitable for them.
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Reminder:
“during COVID”
is still right now
“during COVID”
is still right now
January 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Reminder:
“during COVID”
is still right now
“during COVID”
is still right now
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One of the easiest, most visible ways to resist is to mask
Safeguarding your health is more important than ever. It’s easier to fight back when you’re not chronically ill
It shows you care about disabled & marginalized individuals
It tells government you won’t be complicit in the harm of others
Safeguarding your health is more important than ever. It’s easier to fight back when you’re not chronically ill
It shows you care about disabled & marginalized individuals
It tells government you won’t be complicit in the harm of others
January 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
One of the easiest, most visible ways to resist is to mask
Safeguarding your health is more important than ever. It’s easier to fight back when you’re not chronically ill
It shows you care about disabled & marginalized individuals
It tells government you won’t be complicit in the harm of others
Safeguarding your health is more important than ever. It’s easier to fight back when you’re not chronically ill
It shows you care about disabled & marginalized individuals
It tells government you won’t be complicit in the harm of others
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An update on the Sacramento City Manager drama (with a funny little public record request text including our favorite little messy bitch, Howard Chan):
aschisminblue.substack.com/p/the-howard...
aschisminblue.substack.com/p/the-howard...
The Howard Chan addendum: diary of a messy bitch
Sacramento's former city manager wants you to know that he's still your fucking problem
aschisminblue.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
An update on the Sacramento City Manager drama (with a funny little public record request text including our favorite little messy bitch, Howard Chan):
aschisminblue.substack.com/p/the-howard...
aschisminblue.substack.com/p/the-howard...
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Tomorrow will be a dark day for many.
For disabled, marginalized, LGBTQ+ folks & women. For anyone who still cares about others
The disability community saw this coming. It’s important we listen & understand that labelling people as expendable for 5 years leads nowhere good 🧵
For disabled, marginalized, LGBTQ+ folks & women. For anyone who still cares about others
The disability community saw this coming. It’s important we listen & understand that labelling people as expendable for 5 years leads nowhere good 🧵
January 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Tomorrow will be a dark day for many.
For disabled, marginalized, LGBTQ+ folks & women. For anyone who still cares about others
The disability community saw this coming. It’s important we listen & understand that labelling people as expendable for 5 years leads nowhere good 🧵
For disabled, marginalized, LGBTQ+ folks & women. For anyone who still cares about others
The disability community saw this coming. It’s important we listen & understand that labelling people as expendable for 5 years leads nowhere good 🧵
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Folks are mourning their last "day of sanity" tomorrow and I am confused af. I know I'm not the only one who has been disregulated as HELL for the last 470 days.
January 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Folks are mourning their last "day of sanity" tomorrow and I am confused af. I know I'm not the only one who has been disregulated as HELL for the last 470 days.
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You won't be any better at fighting what's coming if you burn yourself out and spend all your time feeling bleak and hopeless, and the people telling you that it's all despair now probably don't have anyone's best interest at heart.
January 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
You won't be any better at fighting what's coming if you burn yourself out and spend all your time feeling bleak and hopeless, and the people telling you that it's all despair now probably don't have anyone's best interest at heart.
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I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
January 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
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“Centrism is defined in part by never being willing to take a stance that might be seen as opposing capitalism or ruling class interests. In fact, this cohort exists to protect those interests, so it must actively punch left and oppose systemic change, even if it means moving right in the process.”
The Democrats have done an incredibly terrible job.
They lost to Trump, they participated in a genocide for 15 months, and they did everything wrong when it came to TikTok.
Trump claims easy wins, the center folds to fascism, we have to save ourselves.
www.jphilll.com/p/things-fal...
They lost to Trump, they participated in a genocide for 15 months, and they did everything wrong when it came to TikTok.
Trump claims easy wins, the center folds to fascism, we have to save ourselves.
www.jphilll.com/p/things-fal...
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold
Trump, TikTok, and a Truce in Gaza
www.jphilll.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“Centrism is defined in part by never being willing to take a stance that might be seen as opposing capitalism or ruling class interests. In fact, this cohort exists to protect those interests, so it must actively punch left and oppose systemic change, even if it means moving right in the process.”
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We have a new working paper out at the Jain Family Institution evaluating the impact of student debt cancellation on borrower financial well-being. #econsky
Coverage in MarketWatch:
www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-...
Coverage in MarketWatch:
www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-...
Biden touted student-debt relief for 5 million borrowers. Here’s who benefited.
New research suggests borrowers whose loans were canceled were less well-off than those still paying.
www.marketwatch.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We have a new working paper out at the Jain Family Institution evaluating the impact of student debt cancellation on borrower financial well-being. #econsky
Coverage in MarketWatch:
www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-...
Coverage in MarketWatch:
www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-...
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As the APTP Workers are forced to take their case to the NLRB, it underscores the fact that nonprofit corporations are businesses like any other - regardless of their radical posturing.
January 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
As the APTP Workers are forced to take their case to the NLRB, it underscores the fact that nonprofit corporations are businesses like any other - regardless of their radical posturing.
The Case for Letting Malibu Burn by the legendary thinker and writer, Mike Davis (RIP)
longreads.com/2018/12/04/t...
longreads.com/2018/12/04/t...
The Case for Letting Malibu Burn - Longreads
Many of California's native ecosystems evolved to burn. Modern fire suppression creates fuels that lead to catastrophic fires. So why do people insist on rebuilding in the firebelt?
longreads.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The Case for Letting Malibu Burn by the legendary thinker and writer, Mike Davis (RIP)
longreads.com/2018/12/04/t...
longreads.com/2018/12/04/t...
DuPont made $1.62 billion in profits this year, spent $1 billion on stock buybacks, paid its CEO $20 million & fined just $480,000 for the release of a chemical that causes leukemia.
It costs $508,250 to treat just 1 kid with leukemia in America. Jail them instead
It costs $508,250 to treat just 1 kid with leukemia in America. Jail them instead
"This is murder on a grand scale. The amount of cancer rates in my community are disgusting!"
Coal in your stocking? Try coal in your lungs & covering your house—for generations. New doc report by me @therealnews.com from the "sacrifice zone" that is South Baltimore
therealnews.com/csx-coal-ter...
Coal in your stocking? Try coal in your lungs & covering your house—for generations. New doc report by me @therealnews.com from the "sacrifice zone" that is South Baltimore
therealnews.com/csx-coal-ter...
‘This is murder!’: Industrially poisoned South Baltimore residents march on state capitol, demand help from Gov. Moore
Working-class residents of South Baltimore marched through the streets of Annapolis, demanding Gov. Wes Moore intervene in a generations-long struggle to stop rail giant CSX from polluting their commu...
therealnews.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:42 AM
DuPont made $1.62 billion in profits this year, spent $1 billion on stock buybacks, paid its CEO $20 million & fined just $480,000 for the release of a chemical that causes leukemia.
It costs $508,250 to treat just 1 kid with leukemia in America. Jail them instead
It costs $508,250 to treat just 1 kid with leukemia in America. Jail them instead
I need someone to explain this to me like I’m 5. It feels thin given each drop she’s gained ground
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
www.sacbee.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:23 AM
I need someone to explain this to me like I’m 5. It feels thin given each drop she’s gained ground
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
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Unchecked wealth inequality eventually overwhelms the ability of democracy to restrain oligarchs.
November 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Unchecked wealth inequality eventually overwhelms the ability of democracy to restrain oligarchs.