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Atheist, secular, rational, progressive. Respects experts and expertise. Believes in
science and bodily autonomy of all.
science and bodily autonomy of all.
Does American English really seem like it needs Trump’s help?
messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Our own racism is not enough, now we get to deal with racism imported from other countries!
Trump Offers South African Farmers Expedited Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
Trump Offers South African Farmers Expedited Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our own racism is not enough, now we get to deal with racism imported from other countries!
Trump Offers South African Farmers Expedited Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
Trump Offers South African Farmers Expedited Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
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"There are so many stories we never could have told if not for the connections we made on Twitter. But that bird has flown the coop," Ashton Pittman writes.
Here’s why the Mississippi Free Press will no longer post on X: www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...
Here’s why the Mississippi Free Press will no longer post on X: www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...
Editor’s Note | Why the Mississippi Free Press is Leaving X
Twitter’s time as a useful news-sharing tool has passed since it transformed into the toxic wasteland known as X.
www.mississippifreepress.org
March 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"There are so many stories we never could have told if not for the connections we made on Twitter. But that bird has flown the coop," Ashton Pittman writes.
Here’s why the Mississippi Free Press will no longer post on X: www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...
Here’s why the Mississippi Free Press will no longer post on X: www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...
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Problematic article. It implies Rep. is a weak, poor victim. And not an adult professional given power by the people to represent them. If she had any dignity or integrity she should have resigned. Enough with the victimization of and undeserved sympathy to fascist collaborators.
March 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Problematic article. It implies Rep. is a weak, poor victim. And not an adult professional given power by the people to represent them. If she had any dignity or integrity she should have resigned. Enough with the victimization of and undeserved sympathy to fascist collaborators.
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Why does he get to decide this? I mean legally and ethically and morally. What gives him the right?
February 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Why does he get to decide this? I mean legally and ethically and morally. What gives him the right?
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There’s been a kind of…fashion of late to view anti-Trump libs as lame and cringe and just annoying, aesthetically. I remember this exact same aesthetic judgment in the run-up to the Iraq war. The earnest libs were right then and they’re right now.
February 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
There’s been a kind of…fashion of late to view anti-Trump libs as lame and cringe and just annoying, aesthetically. I remember this exact same aesthetic judgment in the run-up to the Iraq war. The earnest libs were right then and they’re right now.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Yesterday I person I have known for some time told me that she had voted for Trump because she “did not like Harris at all.” It also came out (since we were talking about Elon) that she did not know what the apartheid was. Keep remembering- these people vote.
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Yesterday I person I have known for some time told me that she had voted for Trump because she “did not like Harris at all.” It also came out (since we were talking about Elon) that she did not know what the apartheid was. Keep remembering- these people vote.
Please read…
Opinion | Migration Is Remaking Our World, and We Don’t Understand It at All
Migration is central to our politics and our world, but nobody really understands it.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Please read…
This is what we stand for now?
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is what we stand for now?
The “winning” has begun but guess who is doing all the winning? Psst, it’s not you and me…
Trump’s Crypto Venture Divides the Industry He Aims to Support
The president’s promotion of a speculative digital coin left some crypto investors feeling blindsided, while others saw it as a gimmick that undermined the industry’s credibility.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The “winning” has begun but guess who is doing all the winning? Psst, it’s not you and me…
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To many vaccine scientists, aluminum is a strange target by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Aluminum salts, a more soluble form of the metal, are added to vaccines to bolster the body’s immune response, experts say.
Yes, Some Vaccines Contain Aluminum. That’s a Good Thing.
R.F.K. Jr. and others have blamed the ingredient for allergies and other illnesses. Scientists say it actually bolsters the immune response.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
To many vaccine scientists, aluminum is a strange target by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Aluminum salts, a more soluble form of the metal, are added to vaccines to bolster the body’s immune response, experts say.
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🧵 Pete Hegseth didn’t have a “come to Jesus” moment—he staged a cowardly retreat from accountability and took refuge in Doug Wilson’s misogynistic cult.
This isn’t redemption; it’s a blueprint for weaponizing religion to whitewash moral rot. /1
This isn’t redemption; it’s a blueprint for weaponizing religion to whitewash moral rot. /1
Pete Hegseth is alleged to have trapped a barely conscious woman in a hotel room, ripped her phone away, stripped and raped her.
After the 2017 rape allegation, Hegseth claims he had a “come to Jesus” moment. Hegseth said a spiritual awakening led him to become heavily involved with the…
After the 2017 rape allegation, Hegseth claims he had a “come to Jesus” moment. Hegseth said a spiritual awakening led him to become heavily involved with the…
January 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🧵 Pete Hegseth didn’t have a “come to Jesus” moment—he staged a cowardly retreat from accountability and took refuge in Doug Wilson’s misogynistic cult.
This isn’t redemption; it’s a blueprint for weaponizing religion to whitewash moral rot. /1
This isn’t redemption; it’s a blueprint for weaponizing religion to whitewash moral rot. /1
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As an alcoholic in recovery for several years, and a professional in the addiction field, this guy has zero business in command and control of anything other than himself. Even that is a risk for people in active addiction.
Call your Senators NOW!!
202.224.3121
Call your Senators NOW!!
202.224.3121
January 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
As an alcoholic in recovery for several years, and a professional in the addiction field, this guy has zero business in command and control of anything other than himself. Even that is a risk for people in active addiction.
Call your Senators NOW!!
202.224.3121
Call your Senators NOW!!
202.224.3121
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In the Trump 2.0 era, we can expect to see escalating rhetoric that some people really aren’t people, they’re property—either of the state or of their family patriarch. So much for the dignity of equality.
The GOP Is Rewriting What It Means to Be a Person
The far right is weaponizing a doctrine that granted rights and liberties in order to snuff out the citizenship of anyone who isn’t a white man.
newrepublic.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In the Trump 2.0 era, we can expect to see escalating rhetoric that some people really aren’t people, they’re property—either of the state or of their family patriarch. So much for the dignity of equality.
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
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Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at The Washington Post, says her cartoon below was killed by Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner. Bezos didn’t want the cartoon to become public because it shows him kneeling before Donald Trump.
You know what to do.
You know what to do.
January 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at The Washington Post, says her cartoon below was killed by Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner. Bezos didn’t want the cartoon to become public because it shows him kneeling before Donald Trump.
You know what to do.
You know what to do.
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70% of Americans who receive food stamps and Medicaid work full time, with Walmart one of the worst offenders as the country’s single largest employer.
Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to subsidize corporations who get away with paying poverty wages, especially not while raking in record profits.
Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to subsidize corporations who get away with paying poverty wages, especially not while raking in record profits.
Walmart Is Still Putting Ebenezer Scrooge to Shame
Infamous for its starvation wages, Walmart just posted staggering first-quarter profits. The surge is a result of its strategic shift toward catering to affluent shoppers while its full-time workers c...
jacobin.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:11 AM
70% of Americans who receive food stamps and Medicaid work full time, with Walmart one of the worst offenders as the country’s single largest employer.
Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to subsidize corporations who get away with paying poverty wages, especially not while raking in record profits.
Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to subsidize corporations who get away with paying poverty wages, especially not while raking in record profits.
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Remember, if someone posts something you really like on here, re-post it, bc unlike the other place, there is no algorithm to boost likes. If we want to get folks' best thoughts seen and create a critical mass of engagement, sharing is key!
November 20, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Remember, if someone posts something you really like on here, re-post it, bc unlike the other place, there is no algorithm to boost likes. If we want to get folks' best thoughts seen and create a critical mass of engagement, sharing is key!
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A history lesson about tipping.
pt. 1/6.
pt. 1/6.
December 26, 2024 at 1:22 PM
A history lesson about tipping.
pt. 1/6.
pt. 1/6.
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Truly one of the best essays I’ve read in a while on how Netflix and the streaming model have changed film and television for the worse.
Netflix sold investors, reporters, and the public a fantasy that’s not only eroding the film business, but doing its part to degrade film as a cultural medium.
Netflix sold investors, reporters, and the public a fantasy that’s not only eroding the film business, but doing its part to degrade film as a cultural medium.
I have an essay about how Netflix destroyed the movies in the new issue of @nplusonemag.com. Read it online and in print!
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...
www.nplusonemag.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Truly one of the best essays I’ve read in a while on how Netflix and the streaming model have changed film and television for the worse.
Netflix sold investors, reporters, and the public a fantasy that’s not only eroding the film business, but doing its part to degrade film as a cultural medium.
Netflix sold investors, reporters, and the public a fantasy that’s not only eroding the film business, but doing its part to degrade film as a cultural medium.
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