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New Englander, dog person, raising boys and a pitbull/poodle mix, part-time dietitian, the rest of my time is spent shuttling kids to soccer.
Looking forward to reading this… not that I need more reasons to be discouraged by the current state of affairs in this country.
'Bad Company' is about what private equity does, and the various ways in which people whose lives and workplaces have been cheapened and worsened by private equity predation have fought back against it. defector.com/megan-greenw...
Megan Greenwell On Living Under And Outside Of Private Equity, The Invasive Species Eating American Life | Defector
The fact that you are never quite as safe as you should be is one of the facts of contemporary American life, although the nature of that hazard varies from one American to the next. An unreasoning…
defector.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Looking forward to reading this… not that I need more reasons to be discouraged by the current state of affairs in this country.
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Yes, the tours around the country? Nice.
The speeches? Nice.
The clever congressional clapbacks? Nice.
That was great for giving hope.
Now we need action!
The speeches? Nice.
The clever congressional clapbacks? Nice.
That was great for giving hope.
Now we need action!
Going Viral: An actual plan for the Democratic Party - and everyone else who's ready to take action
The post below is going viral. It’s been attributed to Liz Cheney, apparently by mistake, but it appears it was actually written by a Dr. Pru Lee. I’ve taken the liberty of formatting it to make it mo...
www.dailykos.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Yes, the tours around the country? Nice.
The speeches? Nice.
The clever congressional clapbacks? Nice.
That was great for giving hope.
Now we need action!
The speeches? Nice.
The clever congressional clapbacks? Nice.
That was great for giving hope.
Now we need action!
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The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
April 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
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"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change."
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
In the US, for reference, that's about 11 million people.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
In the US, for reference, that's about 11 million people.
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
www.bbc.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change."
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
In the US, for reference, that's about 11 million people.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
In the US, for reference, that's about 11 million people.
I hope every one of his constituents sees this. Coward.
March 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I hope every one of his constituents sees this. Coward.
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A sobering article indeed - US maternal mortality rates overall are abysmal, and they’ve been getting worse.
This article shows there are currently higher rates of maternal homicide in states where women aren’t allowed to get abortions or divorces during pregnancy. 🧪
This article shows there are currently higher rates of maternal homicide in states where women aren’t allowed to get abortions or divorces during pregnancy. 🧪
A sobering empirical piece in JAMA.
Homicide has long been THE LEADING CAUSE of maternal/peripartum death.
Here they show:
* restrictions on divorce
* restrictions on abortion…
both correlate with pregnancy homicide (albeit differently, depending on age/race) 🛟🩺
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Homicide has long been THE LEADING CAUSE of maternal/peripartum death.
Here they show:
* restrictions on divorce
* restrictions on abortion…
both correlate with pregnancy homicide (albeit differently, depending on age/race) 🛟🩺
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 10, 2024 at 2:27 PM
A sobering article indeed - US maternal mortality rates overall are abysmal, and they’ve been getting worse.
This article shows there are currently higher rates of maternal homicide in states where women aren’t allowed to get abortions or divorces during pregnancy. 🧪
This article shows there are currently higher rates of maternal homicide in states where women aren’t allowed to get abortions or divorces during pregnancy. 🧪
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The path forward will require engaging locally. Start where you are.
I’ve seen this proven true so many times 👇🏾
I’ve seen this proven true so many times 👇🏾
November 9, 2024 at 4:57 PM
The path forward will require engaging locally. Start where you are.
I’ve seen this proven true so many times 👇🏾
I’ve seen this proven true so many times 👇🏾
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so far the only explanation i've seen that doesn't smack of "if only she'd listen to me she would have won" is "global discontent with incumbents because of inflation and post-pandemic malaise + toxic information environments"
November 7, 2024 at 3:00 PM
so far the only explanation i've seen that doesn't smack of "if only she'd listen to me she would have won" is "global discontent with incumbents because of inflation and post-pandemic malaise + toxic information environments"
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RIP Make America Healthy Again
Trump’s proposed 100% tariffs on Mexico would be catastrophic for food insecurity and nutrition in the US.
Trump’s proposed 100% tariffs on Mexico would be catastrophic for food insecurity and nutrition in the US.
In 2022, Mexico supplied 51% of fresh fruit and 69% of fresh vegetables (% by value) that were sold in the US.
www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...
www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...
November 4, 2024 at 9:56 PM
RIP Make America Healthy Again
Trump’s proposed 100% tariffs on Mexico would be catastrophic for food insecurity and nutrition in the US.
Trump’s proposed 100% tariffs on Mexico would be catastrophic for food insecurity and nutrition in the US.
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Bidenomics Is Starting to Transform America. Why Has No One Noticed? Asks the New Yorker.
Hmm… Could it be because y’all’s colleagues are more interested in the old man’s verbal gaffes that your editors put on the front page while burying all this boring good governance stuff deep inside?
Hmm… Could it be because y’all’s colleagues are more interested in the old man’s verbal gaffes that your editors put on the front page while burying all this boring good governance stuff deep inside?
Bidenomics Is Starting to Transform America. Why Has No One Noticed?
The full effects of the President’s economic policies won’t be felt for years. That might be too late for Kamala Harris and other Democrats.
www.newyorker.com
November 2, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Bidenomics Is Starting to Transform America. Why Has No One Noticed? Asks the New Yorker.
Hmm… Could it be because y’all’s colleagues are more interested in the old man’s verbal gaffes that your editors put on the front page while burying all this boring good governance stuff deep inside?
Hmm… Could it be because y’all’s colleagues are more interested in the old man’s verbal gaffes that your editors put on the front page while burying all this boring good governance stuff deep inside?
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We actually know how the guys who stormed the beaches at Normandy voted and it was overwhelmingly for the most left-wing President in American history.
October 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM
We actually know how the guys who stormed the beaches at Normandy voted and it was overwhelmingly for the most left-wing President in American history.
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Today in Make the Math Work!
Asset limits are cruel, complicated, unnecessary, and counterproductive. Assistance with basic needs shouldn't require shredding your financial security. See more in today's Make the Math Work.
open.substack.com/pub/makethem...
Asset limits are cruel, complicated, unnecessary, and counterproductive. Assistance with basic needs shouldn't require shredding your financial security. See more in today's Make the Math Work.
open.substack.com/pub/makethem...
Asset limits trap people in poverty
If you want assistance from the government to meet your basic needs, you often have to prove that you have next to nothing in your bank account.
open.substack.com
October 29, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Today in Make the Math Work!
Asset limits are cruel, complicated, unnecessary, and counterproductive. Assistance with basic needs shouldn't require shredding your financial security. See more in today's Make the Math Work.
open.substack.com/pub/makethem...
Asset limits are cruel, complicated, unnecessary, and counterproductive. Assistance with basic needs shouldn't require shredding your financial security. See more in today's Make the Math Work.
open.substack.com/pub/makethem...
Just signed up for my shifts! Thanks for sharing 🙂
October 30, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Just signed up for my shifts! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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summoning circle, hope this works
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🕯 For being clums- 🔥
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October 29, 2024 at 6:36 PM
summoning circle, hope this works
🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
A cure
🕯 For being clums- 🔥
🕯 Ah shit 🔥
Ah no 🔥 🔥
🔥 🔥 🔥 Oh no oh no
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
A cure
🕯 For being clums- 🔥
🕯 Ah shit 🔥
Ah no 🔥 🔥
🔥 🔥 🔥 Oh no oh no
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The pure flex of signing off “May you be blessed with wisdom.”
Was not expecting the Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico to start demanding a personal apology from Trump.
October 29, 2024 at 11:32 AM
The pure flex of signing off “May you be blessed with wisdom.”
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JOB: tenured associate or full professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at UConn, with particular focus in Health, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Environmental Justice, and/or Tribal governance/law/policy. Deadline 6 Jan 2025, more details here: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...
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jobs.hr.uconn.edu
October 28, 2024 at 11:55 PM
JOB: tenured associate or full professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at UConn, with particular focus in Health, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Environmental Justice, and/or Tribal governance/law/policy. Deadline 6 Jan 2025, more details here: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...
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Alternate timeline where every U.S. media outlet spends a decade fixated on explaining to the public why it is that the economic anxiety of Black and Latinx women, who are consistently at the bottom of these things, has never led them away from a politics of solidarity or toward fascism
It's been 12 hours so maybe everyone has moved on, but I created a graph with the all the missing lines. Visually, you could say White men without college degrees were ahead of 10 groups in 1980 (5th place out of 16), and only 7 groups by 2022 (9th place).
October 27, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Alternate timeline where every U.S. media outlet spends a decade fixated on explaining to the public why it is that the economic anxiety of Black and Latinx women, who are consistently at the bottom of these things, has never led them away from a politics of solidarity or toward fascism
If the #patriots could stop dropping the dang ball…
a man in a suit and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying `` that would be great `` .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying `` that would be great `` .
media.tenor.com
October 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
If the #patriots could stop dropping the dang ball…
CT is in a housing crisis, but towns keep blocking proposals to build. I have seen this in my own town including yard signs opposing new housing because of “⬆️ crime” among other excuses. Ironically, many on the lawns of newly-built☝🏼family homes. We need #affordablehousing
archive.ph/2024.10.27-1...
archive.ph/2024.10.27-1...
archive.ph
October 27, 2024 at 2:32 PM
CT is in a housing crisis, but towns keep blocking proposals to build. I have seen this in my own town including yard signs opposing new housing because of “⬆️ crime” among other excuses. Ironically, many on the lawns of newly-built☝🏼family homes. We need #affordablehousing
archive.ph/2024.10.27-1...
archive.ph/2024.10.27-1...
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Mr. C’s story sounds an awful lot like a certain fascist VP candidate’s.
October 24, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Mr. C’s story sounds an awful lot like a certain fascist VP candidate’s.
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I wish there was more work to make voting accessible for abuse survivors who have to hide their addresses. this is one way victims' voting rights are suppressed.
(and one big reason why I find the way people talk about non-voters pretty disgusting!)
(and one big reason why I find the way people talk about non-voters pretty disgusting!)
They Survived Intimate Partner Violence—Now They Can’t Safely Vote
Indigenous domestic violence survivors face unique obstacles when it comes to voting in the U.S.
fullerproject.org
October 22, 2024 at 1:58 PM
I wish there was more work to make voting accessible for abuse survivors who have to hide their addresses. this is one way victims' voting rights are suppressed.
(and one big reason why I find the way people talk about non-voters pretty disgusting!)
(and one big reason why I find the way people talk about non-voters pretty disgusting!)
And then they will complain that no one wants to pay for their articles written by “journalists”. If I’m getting the same shit take from your publication that I can get from any nitwit with a podcast or social media account then what is your actual purpose?
being the truth nanny is like THE job
In her Morning Edition interview, the Wall Street Journal’s editor in chief dismisses criticism of the paper’s coverage of Trump, saying they don’t want to be “truth nannies”
October 22, 2024 at 1:36 PM
And then they will complain that no one wants to pay for their articles written by “journalists”. If I’m getting the same shit take from your publication that I can get from any nitwit with a podcast or social media account then what is your actual purpose?
If this is the fountain of youth, I may be approaching immorality.
Coffee and chocolate contain thousands of plant chemicals with health benefits beyond caffeine, including soluble fiber and polyphenols that improve gut health. Coffee users, and probably chocolate users, have abundant gut populations of the beneficial bacteria Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus.
October 19, 2024 at 11:50 AM
If this is the fountain of youth, I may be approaching immorality.