Susie Madrak Ω
@susiemadrak.bsky.social
Art school dropout, former journalist, and one of the original political bloggers. Yellow dog Democrat, Philly born and raised. Blogs at CrooksandLiars.com and Suburban Guerrilla @ www.susiemadrak.com
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"Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough"
" The best way to prevent whooping cough is by receiving the Tdap or DTaP vaccine, which protects against three bacterial infections — diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, say public health experts." kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
" The best way to prevent whooping cough is by receiving the Tdap or DTaP vaccine, which protects against three bacterial infections — diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, say public health experts." kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough"
" The best way to prevent whooping cough is by receiving the Tdap or DTaP vaccine, which protects against three bacterial infections — diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, say public health experts." kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
" The best way to prevent whooping cough is by receiving the Tdap or DTaP vaccine, which protects against three bacterial infections — diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, say public health experts." kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
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one thing AI proponents rarely address is the fact that AI integration works like an invasive species - a system that worked is reengineered to focus on AI, often to the detriment of the system itself
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
one thing AI proponents rarely address is the fact that AI integration works like an invasive species - a system that worked is reengineered to focus on AI, often to the detriment of the system itself
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Many journalists are tracking the procurement and deployment of new technologies and tactics, but it's hard to get the entire picture. A generational threat to civil liberties that I suspect future governments will struggle (or refuse) to roll back. Dramatic reform/abolition will be required.
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Many journalists are tracking the procurement and deployment of new technologies and tactics, but it's hard to get the entire picture. A generational threat to civil liberties that I suspect future governments will struggle (or refuse) to roll back. Dramatic reform/abolition will be required.
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I have only hours left to sell at least 7 framed pieces to have rent, that can’t be late! Orders over $100 will receive an original painting! Please, please help me make rent. I’m super, super sick right now otherwise I’d try to be more creative. Thank you for looking.
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I have only hours left to sell at least 7 framed pieces to have rent, that can’t be late! Orders over $100 will receive an original painting! Please, please help me make rent. I’m super, super sick right now otherwise I’d try to be more creative. Thank you for looking.
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There was a time when I had a business that required a lot of digital storage. We paid $20,000 (around $40k in today’s dollars) for a 5-foot-high stack of interconnected drives.
They had 54 gigs of storage! Less than half of the iPhone I got for free when I signed a 2-yr contract.
I’m only 55.
They had 54 gigs of storage! Less than half of the iPhone I got for free when I signed a 2-yr contract.
I’m only 55.
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
There was a time when I had a business that required a lot of digital storage. We paid $20,000 (around $40k in today’s dollars) for a 5-foot-high stack of interconnected drives.
They had 54 gigs of storage! Less than half of the iPhone I got for free when I signed a 2-yr contract.
I’m only 55.
They had 54 gigs of storage! Less than half of the iPhone I got for free when I signed a 2-yr contract.
I’m only 55.
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My three-year-old was reading the Washington Post when she turned to me gravely and asked “Daddy, why did the funny drinking man murder the Venezuelans on the boat?” And when I told her “Because we need more lethality, less legality,” she started crying.
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
My three-year-old was reading the Washington Post when she turned to me gravely and asked “Daddy, why did the funny drinking man murder the Venezuelans on the boat?” And when I told her “Because we need more lethality, less legality,” she started crying.
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conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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H/T @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
The Defense Department Law of War Manual sec 18.3.2.1
“The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to commit conduct that is clearly illegal… for example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.”
The Defense Department Law of War Manual sec 18.3.2.1
“The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to commit conduct that is clearly illegal… for example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.”
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
H/T @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
The Defense Department Law of War Manual sec 18.3.2.1
“The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to commit conduct that is clearly illegal… for example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.”
The Defense Department Law of War Manual sec 18.3.2.1
“The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to commit conduct that is clearly illegal… for example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.”
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“The children of mothers who contracted COVID-19 in the third trimester, a critical time for fetal brain development, and boys had an even higher risk. The male placenta and fetal brain, the researchers wrote, are more susceptible to a mother’s immune response to COVID-19 and other infections.”
Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“The children of mothers who contracted COVID-19 in the third trimester, a critical time for fetal brain development, and boys had an even higher risk. The male placenta and fetal brain, the researchers wrote, are more susceptible to a mother’s immune response to COVID-19 and other infections.”
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Fortunately Zillow still provides a link where you can search environmental risks for properties.
firststreet.org
firststreet.org
The Standard for Climate Risk Financial Modeling
We exist to make the connection between climate and financial risk at scale for financial institutions, companies and governments.
firststreet.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fortunately Zillow still provides a link where you can search environmental risks for properties.
firststreet.org
firststreet.org
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We can laugh or promote the notion of do look it up yourself: climatecheck.com
Climate Risk Data, Reporting and Analytics Solutions
ClimateCheck provides data, reporting and analytics for quantifying and managing climate risk to properties and real estate around the world.
climatecheck.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We can laugh or promote the notion of do look it up yourself: climatecheck.com
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Of course they did. Of course. Aren't these the folks who were assisting realtors in jacking up prices by allowing the realtors/sellers to coordinate prices across an entire region?
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Of course they did. Of course. Aren't these the folks who were assisting realtors in jacking up prices by allowing the realtors/sellers to coordinate prices across an entire region?
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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It dovetailed with the freakout over the unlawful orders video, but also it is just qualitatively worse. It's absolutely a crime under all circumstances, even against a real enemy in a real war. And that has deep historical roots as *the* most notorious clear-cut war crime you can commit at sea.
Does anyone have a robust theory as to why the recent reporting on follow on strikes has galvanized this response and not you know the murders they were in the first order?
Note that both of the joint Republican-Democrat Statements from the Senate and House Armed Services Committees refer to the 'Department of Defense' - not the 'Department of War' - in their statements promising oversight of Pete Hegseth's actions.
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It dovetailed with the freakout over the unlawful orders video, but also it is just qualitatively worse. It's absolutely a crime under all circumstances, even against a real enemy in a real war. And that has deep historical roots as *the* most notorious clear-cut war crime you can commit at sea.
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Public art. They're just borrowing another page from the Nazis; steal everything not nailed down and sell it to aristocrats to hoard.
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Public art. They're just borrowing another page from the Nazis; steal everything not nailed down and sell it to aristocrats to hoard.
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Wait so there are Peter Thiel-backed landlocked seasteading libertarian cities that the current Honduras govt wants to get rid of that Roger Stone has been advocating for that JOH also supports? And Stone has also been advocating for JOH 's pardon?
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...
The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Excellent!!
The ruling is a win in federal court for ACLU, Colorado law firms who sued ICE to stop “indiscriminate” arrests and detentions.
ICE conduct in Colorado "unlawful”: Federal judge restricts how immigration officers can arrest people in the state
The ruling is a win in federal court for ACLU, Colorado law firms who sued ICE to stop “indiscriminate” arrests and detentions
coloradosun.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Excellent!!