@shrewd.bsky.social
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Never forget?
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Never forget?
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Project 2025 and Heritage in general have long called for basically eliminating research and public health programs against all STIs since those diseases are (in their words) "100% avoidable" and also that the govt should not subsidize promiscuous lifestyles
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Project 2025 and Heritage in general have long called for basically eliminating research and public health programs against all STIs since those diseases are (in their words) "100% avoidable" and also that the govt should not subsidize promiscuous lifestyles
Devastating that Chicago has the worst managed teams in both the WNBA and NWSL.
Chicagoans should be cleaning up in those leagues and arguably there should be enough demand to support 2 franchises in each league.
Chicagoans should be cleaning up in those leagues and arguably there should be enough demand to support 2 franchises in each league.
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Devastating that Chicago has the worst managed teams in both the WNBA and NWSL.
Chicagoans should be cleaning up in those leagues and arguably there should be enough demand to support 2 franchises in each league.
Chicagoans should be cleaning up in those leagues and arguably there should be enough demand to support 2 franchises in each league.
I have been stoked to hear an Aucoin world premiere (or any Aucoin!) all year. But learning this context makes it way more urgent and important.
Julia Bullock arrives in Chicago to debut Matthew Aucoin's Song of the Reappeared. This major new work lands amid unsettling parallels between ICE's recent Operation Midway Blitz and the terror of Pinochet's reign in Chile.
seenandheard-international.com/2025/11/matt...
seenandheard-international.com/2025/11/matt...
Matthew Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared premieres with the Chicago Symphony 4-7 December – Seen and Heard International
seenandheard-international.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I have been stoked to hear an Aucoin world premiere (or any Aucoin!) all year. But learning this context makes it way more urgent and important.
Mamdani's smiling and chummy approach to meeting trump in person totally validates trump's reign of terror and violence.
It shows everything he has unleashed against vulnerable people in Chicago and Charlotte works exactly as he wanted.
It shows everything he has unleashed against vulnerable people in Chicago and Charlotte works exactly as he wanted.
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Mamdani's smiling and chummy approach to meeting trump in person totally validates trump's reign of terror and violence.
It shows everything he has unleashed against vulnerable people in Chicago and Charlotte works exactly as he wanted.
It shows everything he has unleashed against vulnerable people in Chicago and Charlotte works exactly as he wanted.
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I get that meeting with Trump may be a form of harm reduction for Mamdani, as many argue. It's a pity harm reduction wasn't a priority a year ago.
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I get that meeting with Trump may be a form of harm reduction for Mamdani, as many argue. It's a pity harm reduction wasn't a priority a year ago.
Guess who!
A) progressive democrat with an intimidating name
B) campaigns on free bus service
C) launches trump charm campaign
A) progressive democrat with an intimidating name
B) campaigns on free bus service
C) launches trump charm campaign
November 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Guess who!
A) progressive democrat with an intimidating name
B) campaigns on free bus service
C) launches trump charm campaign
A) progressive democrat with an intimidating name
B) campaigns on free bus service
C) launches trump charm campaign
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Lotta words here to say "I am a Republican, actually"
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Lotta words here to say "I am a Republican, actually"
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You now need to opt-out of letting Google use your G-Mail to train its AI. Go to your general settings and scroll to Smart Features: Unclick it. Done.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You now need to opt-out of letting Google use your G-Mail to train its AI. Go to your general settings and scroll to Smart Features: Unclick it. Done.
it is so unfair that donald trump is the only man allowed to be gay in this country
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
it is so unfair that donald trump is the only man allowed to be gay in this country
We are so (under)cooked
Earlier this month, @propublica.org published a fascinating (and frankly horrifying) investigation into the Trump administration’s failure to inspect overseas facilities that process food for US consumers.
You can read their report in full here: www.propublica.org/article/fore...
You can read their report in full here: www.propublica.org/article/fore...
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We are so (under)cooked
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I realize no one follows me for opera hot takes . . . BUT . . .
For everyone in the Bay Area, the Monkey King @sfopera.bsky.social is lush, gorgeous, goosebump-giving and funny. Killer costumes, puppets & performances. Story based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. 2 thumbs up
For everyone in the Bay Area, the Monkey King @sfopera.bsky.social is lush, gorgeous, goosebump-giving and funny. Killer costumes, puppets & performances. Story based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. 2 thumbs up
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I realize no one follows me for opera hot takes . . . BUT . . .
For everyone in the Bay Area, the Monkey King @sfopera.bsky.social is lush, gorgeous, goosebump-giving and funny. Killer costumes, puppets & performances. Story based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. 2 thumbs up
For everyone in the Bay Area, the Monkey King @sfopera.bsky.social is lush, gorgeous, goosebump-giving and funny. Killer costumes, puppets & performances. Story based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. 2 thumbs up
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that new opera by John Adams, "Epstein in Love"
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
that new opera by John Adams, "Epstein in Love"
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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It's incredible how Democrats continue to compartmentalize with this guy. Like, "we can have reasonable conversations about tariff policy but also he is a child sex abuser and should resign." If the latter is true then nothing he does should be seen as legitimate
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It's incredible how Democrats continue to compartmentalize with this guy. Like, "we can have reasonable conversations about tariff policy but also he is a child sex abuser and should resign." If the latter is true then nothing he does should be seen as legitimate
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“This is part of the whole problem: These police departments are operating under the impression that everything that happens on the street is fair game, and their systems are not a privacy violation. But then when it comes to the public wanting to know, they say ‘this is a privacy violation.’"
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“This is part of the whole problem: These police departments are operating under the impression that everything that happens on the street is fair game, and their systems are not a privacy violation. But then when it comes to the public wanting to know, they say ‘this is a privacy violation.’"
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There's a book to be written on the places these companies choose. Meta and Amazon are not investing tens of billions in North Louisiana because they respect the local population. Quite the opposite. And they prefer that there's no critical local journalism or anyone to write that book.
Microsoft and Google say data centers will create thousands of jobs in Chile, but an analysis of permit filings by @restofworld.org shows only a small number of potential positions — and most are not skilled IT jobs, but those in security and cleaning. restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
Chile and tech giants promise economy-wide impact but permits show fewer onsite jobs after construction.
restofworld.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
There's a book to be written on the places these companies choose. Meta and Amazon are not investing tens of billions in North Louisiana because they respect the local population. Quite the opposite. And they prefer that there's no critical local journalism or anyone to write that book.
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Me: "Hmm, will I be in the classroom this week? How fare negotiations?"
GOP: Senate now wants to eliminate health insurance for HSAs only, also ban abortion, and House R leadership even more worried about Epstein files
Dems: Chuck Schumer
Me: "So, about 50/50 on a deal"
GOP: Senate now wants to eliminate health insurance for HSAs only, also ban abortion, and House R leadership even more worried about Epstein files
Dems: Chuck Schumer
Me: "So, about 50/50 on a deal"
November 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Me: "Hmm, will I be in the classroom this week? How fare negotiations?"
GOP: Senate now wants to eliminate health insurance for HSAs only, also ban abortion, and House R leadership even more worried about Epstein files
Dems: Chuck Schumer
Me: "So, about 50/50 on a deal"
GOP: Senate now wants to eliminate health insurance for HSAs only, also ban abortion, and House R leadership even more worried about Epstein files
Dems: Chuck Schumer
Me: "So, about 50/50 on a deal"
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I suspect some few years hence, we will hear accounts of these thugs, even if they escape legal justice, being "isolated" and so depressed because they're rejected by everyone decent that they unalive themselves and please let me stress that I will not care.
A Border Patrol agent who shot a woman five times on Chicago’s Southwest Side later bragged about his shooting skills to friends:
“I’m up for another round of ‘f--- around and find out.’”
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
“I’m up for another round of ‘f--- around and find out.’”
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Border Patrol agent 'bragged' about shooting woman in Brighton Park, defense attorney says
Testimony from the agent who shot a woman multiple times in an immigration enforcement action revealed how he touted his marksmanship in leaving seven wounds despite firing five bullets. He later text...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I suspect some few years hence, we will hear accounts of these thugs, even if they escape legal justice, being "isolated" and so depressed because they're rejected by everyone decent that they unalive themselves and please let me stress that I will not care.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I just heard the worst people explode
TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I just heard the worst people explode
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Cheney dies, Mamdani wins, and the Bulls come back from a 24 point deficit to beat the 76ers. Can this day get any better?
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Cheney dies, Mamdani wins, and the Bulls come back from a 24 point deficit to beat the 76ers. Can this day get any better?
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Is this the red wave?
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Is this the red wave?
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on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people