Alexis 🏳️🌈🇵🇸✨
@transploration.bsky.social
Anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist.
Big time Trekkie, who dreams of fully automated luxury gay space communism.
Big time Trekkie, who dreams of fully automated luxury gay space communism.
The Portland Street Response does important work in de-escalating mental/behavioral health crises. Every call they take could save a life from their illnesses directly or from an interaction with law enforcement.
January 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The Portland Street Response does important work in de-escalating mental/behavioral health crises. Every call they take could save a life from their illnesses directly or from an interaction with law enforcement.
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Sincerely delighted to discover, 45 minutes into this nearly-wordless three-hour documentary about French monks who take vows of silence, that among the reasons they *can* talk is "to make sure the monastery cats know when it's mealtime by making little kitty-calling noises at them."
January 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sincerely delighted to discover, 45 minutes into this nearly-wordless three-hour documentary about French monks who take vows of silence, that among the reasons they *can* talk is "to make sure the monastery cats know when it's mealtime by making little kitty-calling noises at them."
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And there's evidence to the contrary! Trump did surprisingly well with young men but he did not win those who said things like "I worry I can't afford a house or kids" -- he won those who said things like "trans men aren't really men"
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/new-survey...
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/new-survey...
January 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
And there's evidence to the contrary! Trump did surprisingly well with young men but he did not win those who said things like "I worry I can't afford a house or kids" -- he won those who said things like "trans men aren't really men"
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/new-survey...
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/new-survey...
Tesla’s stock is essentially cryptocurrency now, based on how detached it has become from the nuts and bolts value of the underlying company.
Its share price is essentially riding on vibes alone
Its share price is essentially riding on vibes alone
Tesla's stock price is so untethered from reality that the only parallels I can think of are like, pets dot com in the early dot-com bubble.
Look at this chart comparing Tesla to a stock that is hardly without its hype -- NVIDIA
credit: the inimitable Dan Gallagher
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Look at this chart comparing Tesla to a stock that is hardly without its hype -- NVIDIA
credit: the inimitable Dan Gallagher
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
January 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Tesla’s stock is essentially cryptocurrency now, based on how detached it has become from the nuts and bolts value of the underlying company.
Its share price is essentially riding on vibes alone
Its share price is essentially riding on vibes alone
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I'm thankful for Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill. Celebrate moral courage. Listen to whistle blowers. Take action on their words.
December 26, 2024 at 11:49 PM
I'm thankful for Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill. Celebrate moral courage. Listen to whistle blowers. Take action on their words.
A school district a county over had students do a multi-day walkout over teacher and school board misconduct. I’m so proud of them uniting and demanding accountability.
Feels relevant here.
Feels relevant here.
(living in a country where the most successful people are obscenely rich and shameless perverts and psychopaths) Time to teach my children to be honest and study hard in school
December 27, 2024 at 7:35 AM
A school district a county over had students do a multi-day walkout over teacher and school board misconduct. I’m so proud of them uniting and demanding accountability.
Feels relevant here.
Feels relevant here.
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
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How right wing media is like improv theater. My coauthor @danielletomson.bsky.social and I are really proud of this piece which builds upon ~10 years of research at UW studying the participatory nature of rumors/disinformation and Danielle’s dissertation studying right-wing influencers for 5+ years.
Right-wing media operates like #improv theater, with influencers as performers and audiences as active participants. #Researchers explain how this dynamic ecosystem shapes reality for many Americans. https://buff.ly/3CSLpm3 Danielle Lee Tomson and @katestarbird.bsky.social @uofwa.bsky.social)
How right-wing media is like improv theater
Improv theater is known for improvisation, audience participation and riffing on memes and stories circulating on social and traditional media – all hallmarks of right-wing media.
buff.ly
December 5, 2024 at 2:53 PM
How right wing media is like improv theater. My coauthor @danielletomson.bsky.social and I are really proud of this piece which builds upon ~10 years of research at UW studying the participatory nature of rumors/disinformation and Danielle’s dissertation studying right-wing influencers for 5+ years.
A fascinating read about how relaxing enforcement of anti-competitive regulations leads to decades of decline that impact the lives of millions.
1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:27 PM
A fascinating read about how relaxing enforcement of anti-competitive regulations leads to decades of decline that impact the lives of millions.
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You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.
November 23, 2024 at 2:02 PM
You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.
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ARC-Southeast was founded by three Black clinic workers in Atlanta who made it their mission to eliminate the barriers to accessing abortions that they saw firsthand as health care workers.
Please support their crucial work to keep providing access to reproductive care: arc-southeast.org/donate/
Please support their crucial work to keep providing access to reproductive care: arc-southeast.org/donate/
December 3, 2024 at 11:59 PM
ARC-Southeast was founded by three Black clinic workers in Atlanta who made it their mission to eliminate the barriers to accessing abortions that they saw firsthand as health care workers.
Please support their crucial work to keep providing access to reproductive care: arc-southeast.org/donate/
Please support their crucial work to keep providing access to reproductive care: arc-southeast.org/donate/
Look at what they took from us. All these years later and we can’t even rebuild what we had.
But don’t you worry, we’ve apparently got two trillion dollars to retool our nuclear arsenal.
But don’t you worry, we’ve apparently got two trillion dollars to retool our nuclear arsenal.
December 3, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Look at what they took from us. All these years later and we can’t even rebuild what we had.
But don’t you worry, we’ve apparently got two trillion dollars to retool our nuclear arsenal.
But don’t you worry, we’ve apparently got two trillion dollars to retool our nuclear arsenal.
Including the needs of the rural voters in your platform is also just the right thing to do. If we see rural people as adversaries, I guarantee they’ll fill the role. If we genuinely listen to their needs, many of them will fight alongside us.
I’m gonna tell y’all a secret that isn’t really a secret, it’s just math: you can’t win statewide in red states without capturing at least part of the rural vote. That means Dems have to support down-ballot nominees and rural infrastructure.
Come back. I’m here. I can help.
Come back. I’m here. I can help.
December 3, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Including the needs of the rural voters in your platform is also just the right thing to do. If we see rural people as adversaries, I guarantee they’ll fill the role. If we genuinely listen to their needs, many of them will fight alongside us.
Conservatives want big trucks and SUVs to “win” car crashes.
Liberals want electric cars so they can feel superior while still contributing to major environmental issues.
Leftists want public transit that’s accessible and robust enough to serve the majority of the population.
Liberals want electric cars so they can feel superior while still contributing to major environmental issues.
Leftists want public transit that’s accessible and robust enough to serve the majority of the population.
December 3, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Conservatives want big trucks and SUVs to “win” car crashes.
Liberals want electric cars so they can feel superior while still contributing to major environmental issues.
Leftists want public transit that’s accessible and robust enough to serve the majority of the population.
Liberals want electric cars so they can feel superior while still contributing to major environmental issues.
Leftists want public transit that’s accessible and robust enough to serve the majority of the population.
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You think you're being a low-maintenance partner but you're actually just afraid your partners won't show up to your needs, so you pretend to not have any.
You should impact a space you're in. It's okay to require things from the people in your life.
You're not 'too much'.
You should impact a space you're in. It's okay to require things from the people in your life.
You're not 'too much'.
December 3, 2024 at 12:50 AM
You think you're being a low-maintenance partner but you're actually just afraid your partners won't show up to your needs, so you pretend to not have any.
You should impact a space you're in. It's okay to require things from the people in your life.
You're not 'too much'.
You should impact a space you're in. It's okay to require things from the people in your life.
You're not 'too much'.