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If people want to understand why American politics went bananas in 2012, the reason is that the moderate black President took a modest but consequential step toward decoupling healthcare from employment and every billionaire immediately poured their entire portfolio into race-hate media
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If people want to understand why American politics went bananas in 2012, the reason is that the moderate black President took a modest but consequential step toward decoupling healthcare from employment and every billionaire immediately poured their entire portfolio into race-hate media
Happy #MushroomMonday to all who celebrate.
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Happy #MushroomMonday to all who celebrate.
Just under the wire this week! #mushroommonday
Would love to hear from those with knowledge about who may have been nibbling on this one.
Would love to hear from those with knowledge about who may have been nibbling on this one.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Just under the wire this week! #mushroommonday
Would love to hear from those with knowledge about who may have been nibbling on this one.
Would love to hear from those with knowledge about who may have been nibbling on this one.
It’s another #mushroommonday. One thing to keep Monday from being a total drag.
October 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It’s another #mushroommonday. One thing to keep Monday from being a total drag.
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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
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This.
"Regardless of what you think about any individual person, food assistance should not be predicated on meeting your personal definition of deserving. People shouldn’t have to perform feats of social worth to get food; in our incredibly wealthy society, people should just get food."
"Regardless of what you think about any individual person, food assistance should not be predicated on meeting your personal definition of deserving. People shouldn’t have to perform feats of social worth to get food; in our incredibly wealthy society, people should just get food."
Oh, by the way, I wrote in @thenation.com about how Trump is condeming millions of Americans to hunger this Thanksigiving with his accelarated timeline of adding work requirements for SNAP benefits.
I also discussed how work requirements provably don't work, for the neoliberals in your life.
I also discussed how work requirements provably don't work, for the neoliberals in your life.
Trump Has Just Condemned More Americans to Hunger
The administration’s decision to fast-track a bunch of changes to food stamps—including new work requirements—is as stupid as it is cruel.
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This.
"Regardless of what you think about any individual person, food assistance should not be predicated on meeting your personal definition of deserving. People shouldn’t have to perform feats of social worth to get food; in our incredibly wealthy society, people should just get food."
"Regardless of what you think about any individual person, food assistance should not be predicated on meeting your personal definition of deserving. People shouldn’t have to perform feats of social worth to get food; in our incredibly wealthy society, people should just get food."
October 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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#shroomscrolling and a #mushroommonday are exciting developments I learned of today. I’ve got tons of mushroom pictures from hiking and need to learn to identify them!
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
#shroomscrolling and a #mushroommonday are exciting developments I learned of today. I’ve got tons of mushroom pictures from hiking and need to learn to identify them!
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I would like to see one, just one, conservative lose their job for calling for the slaughter of all liberals.
I’ll wait.
I’ll wait.
September 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I would like to see one, just one, conservative lose their job for calling for the slaughter of all liberals.
I’ll wait.
I’ll wait.
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If it’s run for profit, then it’s profiting off of … us.
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
I don't want to start a thing so I'll just say that there will never be a good argument for privatizing USPS. That would be like privatizing libraries. The aim of services isn't to be run for profit, they are for serving the greater good, which USPS has been extremely successful at.
September 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If it’s run for profit, then it’s profiting off of … us.
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
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I am a hypermasculine and extremely powerful alpha male. As such my greatest fears are seed oils, rainbows, people who don't look like me being on TV, and preventative medicine. I cannot explain any of these fears and consider that to be your fault.
September 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I am a hypermasculine and extremely powerful alpha male. As such my greatest fears are seed oils, rainbows, people who don't look like me being on TV, and preventative medicine. I cannot explain any of these fears and consider that to be your fault.
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🚨 HELLO folks who care about science, health, and kids 🚨
👋 Can I borrow you for a sec? Public comment for ACIP meeting opened today and there are only THREE entries 😳
Can you add your input? Ok to do anon. Brief comments fine - deadline Sept 13. Please share! ❤️⤵️
www.regulations.gov/docket/CDC-2...
👋 Can I borrow you for a sec? Public comment for ACIP meeting opened today and there are only THREE entries 😳
Can you add your input? Ok to do anon. Brief comments fine - deadline Sept 13. Please share! ❤️⤵️
www.regulations.gov/docket/CDC-2...
September 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
🚨 HELLO folks who care about science, health, and kids 🚨
👋 Can I borrow you for a sec? Public comment for ACIP meeting opened today and there are only THREE entries 😳
Can you add your input? Ok to do anon. Brief comments fine - deadline Sept 13. Please share! ❤️⤵️
www.regulations.gov/docket/CDC-2...
👋 Can I borrow you for a sec? Public comment for ACIP meeting opened today and there are only THREE entries 😳
Can you add your input? Ok to do anon. Brief comments fine - deadline Sept 13. Please share! ❤️⤵️
www.regulations.gov/docket/CDC-2...
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There probably is a lesson in the fact that Obama shepherded the most left-wing piece of federal legislation since the Great Society, over opposition in and outside his own party, and is chiefly remembered by the left now as a do-nothing moderate.
September 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
There probably is a lesson in the fact that Obama shepherded the most left-wing piece of federal legislation since the Great Society, over opposition in and outside his own party, and is chiefly remembered by the left now as a do-nothing moderate.
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Yep a good-faith critique of learning loss would lead to proposals for a massive, New Deal-scale investment in public education. The people pushing the narrative are doing precisely the opposite.
'blue states closed too early' is said by the same people who are working to close public schools, so you know it's not that they care about children's education.
September 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Yep a good-faith critique of learning loss would lead to proposals for a massive, New Deal-scale investment in public education. The people pushing the narrative are doing precisely the opposite.
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
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16. Do not accept in any way the lies told by Trump and the GOP, even when, or *especially when*, those lies come out of the mouths of independent voters. The Republicans do not mean what they say. They do not act in good faith. Overlooking this fundamental truth inevitably makes things worse.
August 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
16. Do not accept in any way the lies told by Trump and the GOP, even when, or *especially when*, those lies come out of the mouths of independent voters. The Republicans do not mean what they say. They do not act in good faith. Overlooking this fundamental truth inevitably makes things worse.
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It fills me with rage that we could've spent the last 5yrs overhauling indoor ventilation and just...didn't. Like, it's good for capitalism! Even if that's allll you care about, healthy people are more productive workers! And people don't have to take as much time off work if their kids are healthy!
August 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It fills me with rage that we could've spent the last 5yrs overhauling indoor ventilation and just...didn't. Like, it's good for capitalism! Even if that's allll you care about, healthy people are more productive workers! And people don't have to take as much time off work if their kids are healthy!
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Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
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Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M. · We Are Hope Despite The Times · Song · 2024
open.spotify.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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As folks are watching Fit For TV, the documentary about The Biggest Loser, a few reflection questions:
How did The Biggest Loser teach you to think about people who are fatter than you?
How did it teach you to treat them?
Where have you unlearned those lessons? Where can you do more unlearning?
How did The Biggest Loser teach you to think about people who are fatter than you?
How did it teach you to treat them?
Where have you unlearned those lessons? Where can you do more unlearning?
August 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
As folks are watching Fit For TV, the documentary about The Biggest Loser, a few reflection questions:
How did The Biggest Loser teach you to think about people who are fatter than you?
How did it teach you to treat them?
Where have you unlearned those lessons? Where can you do more unlearning?
How did The Biggest Loser teach you to think about people who are fatter than you?
How did it teach you to treat them?
Where have you unlearned those lessons? Where can you do more unlearning?
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If you sound like a demented old man, reporters want to know why.
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August 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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It’s about the people. Government is needed to protect the people. Money always takes care of itself.
August 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It’s about the people. Government is needed to protect the people. Money always takes care of itself.