@skiingsheltie.bsky.social
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I cannot state any more baldly or clearly than I already have about what an immense menace RFK Jr. is. The number of preventable illnesses and deaths - of *babies* - will be horrific. This anti-vax crap is grotesque anti-science, and always has been.
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I cannot state any more baldly or clearly than I already have about what an immense menace RFK Jr. is. The number of preventable illnesses and deaths - of *babies* - will be horrific. This anti-vax crap is grotesque anti-science, and always has been.
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Trans rights are human rights, in the most profound and fundamental way.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Trans rights are human rights, in the most profound and fundamental way.
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"Your body, your choice." I've been saying that to my kids since they could talk. There's no autonomy without bodily autonomy. No freedom without freedom to do with your body what you want and to decline to have done to your body what you don't want. Freedom begins with our control over our bodies.
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"Your body, your choice." I've been saying that to my kids since they could talk. There's no autonomy without bodily autonomy. No freedom without freedom to do with your body what you want and to decline to have done to your body what you don't want. Freedom begins with our control over our bodies.
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We stand with our people. Period. We stand with our allies. Period. We stand with the most vulnerable and most targeted among us. Period.
We stand for our principles and the world we want to build, and we build that world by fighting for it.
And by fucking inhabiting it.
We stand for our principles and the world we want to build, and we build that world by fighting for it.
And by fucking inhabiting it.
December 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We stand with our people. Period. We stand with our allies. Period. We stand with the most vulnerable and most targeted among us. Period.
We stand for our principles and the world we want to build, and we build that world by fighting for it.
And by fucking inhabiting it.
We stand for our principles and the world we want to build, and we build that world by fighting for it.
And by fucking inhabiting it.
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Because the endgame of the anti-trans folks isn't about surgery, or hormones, or bathrooms, or sports teams.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Because the endgame of the anti-trans folks isn't about surgery, or hormones, or bathrooms, or sports teams.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
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I have friends whose attitude is "I miss the 70s, when the goal was that you could be whatever you wanted, present yourself however you wanted, and it didn't matter." And I get that. I do.
But the way we move toward that, if that's our goal? Militant, uncompromising defense of trans rights. Period.
But the way we move toward that, if that's our goal? Militant, uncompromising defense of trans rights. Period.
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I have friends whose attitude is "I miss the 70s, when the goal was that you could be whatever you wanted, present yourself however you wanted, and it didn't matter." And I get that. I do.
But the way we move toward that, if that's our goal? Militant, uncompromising defense of trans rights. Period.
But the way we move toward that, if that's our goal? Militant, uncompromising defense of trans rights. Period.
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Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
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Dear folks in the Mountain West-
If you hate snowfall, move. Don’t cheer for low snow years. Without snowpack, we burn during the summer. That snow that irritates you is water for July.
Snow good. Snowpack critical. If you want hot and sunny move to Texas or Florida.
If you hate snowfall, move. Don’t cheer for low snow years. Without snowpack, we burn during the summer. That snow that irritates you is water for July.
Snow good. Snowpack critical. If you want hot and sunny move to Texas or Florida.
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Dear folks in the Mountain West-
If you hate snowfall, move. Don’t cheer for low snow years. Without snowpack, we burn during the summer. That snow that irritates you is water for July.
Snow good. Snowpack critical. If you want hot and sunny move to Texas or Florida.
If you hate snowfall, move. Don’t cheer for low snow years. Without snowpack, we burn during the summer. That snow that irritates you is water for July.
Snow good. Snowpack critical. If you want hot and sunny move to Texas or Florida.
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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This is an impeachment offense, and if our press were worth half of a quarter of a shit, it would be all over every single channel, kind of like Joe Biden being a bit slow with a name now and then.
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This is an impeachment offense, and if our press were worth half of a quarter of a shit, it would be all over every single channel, kind of like Joe Biden being a bit slow with a name now and then.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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It's not a question of politics or party. Congress has a constitutional obligation to impeach and to remove a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors and forsakes his solemn oath.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
There's a Hill bubble narrative, posing as savvy realism, in treating impeachment as some radioactive poison and so Democrats must squash any talk of it. But there's zero evidence for that. No polls back it up, nor recent history. It's all just pundit-brained conventional wisdom eating its own tail.
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It's not a question of politics or party. Congress has a constitutional obligation to impeach and to remove a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors and forsakes his solemn oath.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
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The 2028 Dem nominee for POTUS really needs an old school fire-and-brimstone anti-corruption platform
from top to bottom all of these guys treat the united states government as a neat toy they can show off to their friends and use to impress girls
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
lol
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The 2028 Dem nominee for POTUS really needs an old school fire-and-brimstone anti-corruption platform
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
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no story about elon musk or his companies is complete without reference to both his overt white nationalist agitation, or his willingness to put that rhetoric into action by gleefully consigning countless thousands of people of color to death while running DOGE
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
no story about elon musk or his companies is complete without reference to both his overt white nationalist agitation, or his willingness to put that rhetoric into action by gleefully consigning countless thousands of people of color to death while running DOGE
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America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
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“That sounds illegal”
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“That sounds illegal”
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This also ISNT ABOUT THE RUBRIC,
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
"the essay sucks ass" is no doubt true, couldn't be bothered to read it, but consider that the essay may have been written to receive an F in order to instigate a campaign against the trans TA. in any case it's not a great dunk because this isn't about the essay, it's about purging trans ppl
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This also ISNT ABOUT THE RUBRIC,
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
It’s about purging trans people from public life.
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This is gonna seem like a nitpick, but I think it's significant: It's not a professor, it's a graduate TA.
Thinking back on my time as a TA thirty years ago, universities use TAs as cannon fodder, asking them to hold certain rigorous lines but reliably failing to support them.
Thinking back on my time as a TA thirty years ago, universities use TAs as cannon fodder, asking them to hold certain rigorous lines but reliably failing to support them.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is gonna seem like a nitpick, but I think it's significant: It's not a professor, it's a graduate TA.
Thinking back on my time as a TA thirty years ago, universities use TAs as cannon fodder, asking them to hold certain rigorous lines but reliably failing to support them.
Thinking back on my time as a TA thirty years ago, universities use TAs as cannon fodder, asking them to hold certain rigorous lines but reliably failing to support them.
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It’s wild how the press is ok with the president abusing the pardon power. That used to be one of the most scrutinized things about a presidency.
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s wild how the press is ok with the president abusing the pardon power. That used to be one of the most scrutinized things about a presidency.
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I don’t know anything about this special other than (1) it’s a very bad sign for the Republicans that they have to break out their biggest firepower in a special election in a deep red district and (2) you can find out more about the Democratic candidate, Aftyn Behn, here:
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I don’t know anything about this special other than (1) it’s a very bad sign for the Republicans that they have to break out their biggest firepower in a special election in a deep red district and (2) you can find out more about the Democratic candidate, Aftyn Behn, here: