shannon
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There is going to be media coverage about how the Dems are pushing trans politics in Congress now. But anyone just watching the chronology of this play out can see what is happening. The party that ran ads about trans folks during the election want to make this an issue, and its not the Dems.
November 21, 2024 at 1:49 AM
There is going to be media coverage about how the Dems are pushing trans politics in Congress now. But anyone just watching the chronology of this play out can see what is happening. The party that ran ads about trans folks during the election want to make this an issue, and its not the Dems.
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This is an echo of the general election. The trans Democrat is blamed for "sparking" the crisis despite the fact she did nothing beyond be herself.
Before she arrived to DC, or made any demands, the GOP preemptively turned her identity into a political issue.
So, who is doing identity politics?
Before she arrived to DC, or made any demands, the GOP preemptively turned her identity into a political issue.
So, who is doing identity politics?
November 21, 2024 at 1:42 AM
This is an echo of the general election. The trans Democrat is blamed for "sparking" the crisis despite the fact she did nothing beyond be herself.
Before she arrived to DC, or made any demands, the GOP preemptively turned her identity into a political issue.
So, who is doing identity politics?
Before she arrived to DC, or made any demands, the GOP preemptively turned her identity into a political issue.
So, who is doing identity politics?
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House Republicans actually voted today to block the US Senate from receiving their report containing sworn witness testimony and documentary evidence about the nominee for Attorney General of the United States paying a child $10,000 for sex.
That’s where we are at.
That’s where we are at.
November 21, 2024 at 2:53 AM
House Republicans actually voted today to block the US Senate from receiving their report containing sworn witness testimony and documentary evidence about the nominee for Attorney General of the United States paying a child $10,000 for sex.
That’s where we are at.
That’s where we are at.
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"The next four years will be terrifying for anyone interested in truth. I want to read publications whose leaders are not afraid to call a fascist a fucking fascist. I worry what @laurahelmuth.bsky.social's loss means for Scientific American, and for anyone doing and covering science."
I wrote about what Laura Helmuth accomplished at Scientific American, and what her resignation means for science journalism, and for me personally
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Do Not Accept An Unscientific American | Defector
Laura Helmuth was named editor-in-chief of Scientific American in March 2020, shortly before the magazine was set to celebrate its 175th year in print. Helmuth, who had previously directed health and ...
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November 20, 2024 at 8:34 PM
"The next four years will be terrifying for anyone interested in truth. I want to read publications whose leaders are not afraid to call a fascist a fucking fascist. I worry what @laurahelmuth.bsky.social's loss means for Scientific American, and for anyone doing and covering science."
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great thread and this has been one of my obsessions in my column, to point people away from the european example and toward the american one.
One thing I think people talking about the threat of authoritarian creep have gotten, if not exactly wrong, not quite right either is to frame discussion in terms of various European precedents.
Those are relevant to be sure, but we also have an American precedent - namely the South before 1965.
Those are relevant to be sure, but we also have an American precedent - namely the South before 1965.
November 20, 2024 at 2:53 PM
great thread and this has been one of my obsessions in my column, to point people away from the european example and toward the american one.
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Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
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Expect the worst and you'll never be disappointed.
November 18, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Expect the worst and you'll never be disappointed.
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Trump isn't even in office yet & we're already talking about letting him bypass the Constitution as though that's a normal conversation to be having.
November 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Trump isn't even in office yet & we're already talking about letting him bypass the Constitution as though that's a normal conversation to be having.
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Normalizing Trump is a bad idea.
Period.
Period.
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Normalizing Trump is a bad idea.
Period.
Period.
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
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Always. Read the shirt.
Libraries have been under attack lately but they mean everything.
Libraries have been under attack lately but they mean everything.
November 17, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Always. Read the shirt.
Libraries have been under attack lately but they mean everything.
Libraries have been under attack lately but they mean everything.
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Step 1: Elon takes over Twitter, unbans and amplifies the worst white nationalist posters, methodically turns it into a right wing echo chamber.
Step 2: Users who aren’t white nationalists or MAGA extremists leave for Bluesky en masse.
Step 3: op-ed columnists fret, “is Bluesky an echo chamber?”
Step 2: Users who aren’t white nationalists or MAGA extremists leave for Bluesky en masse.
Step 3: op-ed columnists fret, “is Bluesky an echo chamber?”
November 16, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Step 1: Elon takes over Twitter, unbans and amplifies the worst white nationalist posters, methodically turns it into a right wing echo chamber.
Step 2: Users who aren’t white nationalists or MAGA extremists leave for Bluesky en masse.
Step 3: op-ed columnists fret, “is Bluesky an echo chamber?”
Step 2: Users who aren’t white nationalists or MAGA extremists leave for Bluesky en masse.
Step 3: op-ed columnists fret, “is Bluesky an echo chamber?”
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I’ve read a ton of the post-election autopsies. Here’s the problem with all the analysis — Black people. Nobody has more economic anxiety than Black folks. A lot of Black people are working class. Nobody Black is saying, I didn’t vote for Kamala Harris because she didn’t go on Drink Champs.
November 16, 2024 at 8:34 PM
I’ve read a ton of the post-election autopsies. Here’s the problem with all the analysis — Black people. Nobody has more economic anxiety than Black folks. A lot of Black people are working class. Nobody Black is saying, I didn’t vote for Kamala Harris because she didn’t go on Drink Champs.
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The amount of irrational hate of trans people from otherwise educated, informed people I know just shocks & saddens me to no end. It's so deep-seated & visceral. They can never point to one time, ever, that a trans person has ever hurt them.
The power of ignorance and right-wing fear-mongering.
The power of ignorance and right-wing fear-mongering.
November 16, 2024 at 6:58 AM
The amount of irrational hate of trans people from otherwise educated, informed people I know just shocks & saddens me to no end. It's so deep-seated & visceral. They can never point to one time, ever, that a trans person has ever hurt them.
The power of ignorance and right-wing fear-mongering.
The power of ignorance and right-wing fear-mongering.