rhetoric hashira
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ex-professor. i left academia for ethical reasons. current indie contract grant manager for rural and small Black-led and Native-led nonprofits. Sovereigntist. Abolitionist. White-privileged Yo'eme diaspora. masked. novavaxxed. land back. water back.
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Okay. This is going to be my baking thread. Follow along with me on my journey if you want.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Apropos of nothing: The Starbucks that used to be closest to my apartment was shut down because (I heard thirdhand) its employees attempted to unionize.
In that space now is an indie boba/dessert shop open until midnight on the weekends (their bread pudding is INCREDIBLE). I don't miss SBX.
In that space now is an indie boba/dessert shop open until midnight on the weekends (their bread pudding is INCREDIBLE). I don't miss SBX.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Apropos of nothing: The Starbucks that used to be closest to my apartment was shut down because (I heard thirdhand) its employees attempted to unionize.
In that space now is an indie boba/dessert shop open until midnight on the weekends (their bread pudding is INCREDIBLE). I don't miss SBX.
In that space now is an indie boba/dessert shop open until midnight on the weekends (their bread pudding is INCREDIBLE). I don't miss SBX.
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Trump and Epstein shared Trump's first Thanksgiving as president together at mar a lago. People wondered why there weren't photos of the party considering how much he loves cameras for parties. Now we know why lol
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump and Epstein shared Trump's first Thanksgiving as president together at mar a lago. People wondered why there weren't photos of the party considering how much he loves cameras for parties. Now we know why lol
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In case you need it today (unless your name is Jody) here’s a lovely rainbow to bring a little light into your life. Taken today in Wakefield, MA
#Rainbow
#Rainbow
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
In case you need it today (unless your name is Jody) here’s a lovely rainbow to bring a little light into your life. Taken today in Wakefield, MA
#Rainbow
#Rainbow
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Son who lives with us has ended therapy with a psychologist he's seen for 2.5yrs. Not the reason why but he told me the psychologist spent a whole appointment talking with him about why our son wears a mask. He said it wasn't "fair" that my son would feel compelled to wear a mask if he had a casual
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Son who lives with us has ended therapy with a psychologist he's seen for 2.5yrs. Not the reason why but he told me the psychologist spent a whole appointment talking with him about why our son wears a mask. He said it wasn't "fair" that my son would feel compelled to wear a mask if he had a casual
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Best of luck in your future endeavors. Let us know where all the black women you let go end up so we can follow them there.
A letter from the Teen Vogue team regarding the recent changes at our publication.
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Best of luck in your future endeavors. Let us know where all the black women you let go end up so we can follow them there.
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it's a tough day to be a child SA survivor and online
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
it's a tough day to be a child SA survivor and online
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"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
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for the sake of giving a flying fuck about ALL KIDS, idc what race you are: you're doing a huge disservice to all the kids of color in the world when you suggest it's "white evangelicals" who shield pedo/ephebophiles. THIS IS A HUGE HUGE PROBLEM BOTH IN *RELIGIONS PERIOD,* *AND OUTSIDE OF THEM*
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
for the sake of giving a flying fuck about ALL KIDS, idc what race you are: you're doing a huge disservice to all the kids of color in the world when you suggest it's "white evangelicals" who shield pedo/ephebophiles. THIS IS A HUGE HUGE PROBLEM BOTH IN *RELIGIONS PERIOD,* *AND OUTSIDE OF THEM*
you can try to wash a pedophile clean, Megyn, but that kind of grime doesn't come off; it cross-contaminates. Looks like you got the pedo stink too.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
you can try to wash a pedophile clean, Megyn, but that kind of grime doesn't come off; it cross-contaminates. Looks like you got the pedo stink too.
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SciAm: ''Mono' Virus May Also Cause Lupus'
'Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus'
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
'Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus'
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
www.scientificamerican.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
SciAm: ''Mono' Virus May Also Cause Lupus'
'Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus'
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
'Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus'
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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I want a vaccine for Epstein-Barr.
We're still a long way off from a full understanding of what #viruses do to the human body.
Getting mono is no longer the laughing matter that it used to be treated as when I was in highschool.
#disability #healthcare #lupus
Getting mono is no longer the laughing matter that it used to be treated as when I was in highschool.
#disability #healthcare #lupus
SciAm: ''Mono' Virus May Also Cause Lupus'
'Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus'
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
'Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus'
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I want a vaccine for Epstein-Barr.
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Hello everyone, look here carefully. This onion plant will be ready to bear fruit in 3 months. This is a small camp farm that produces non-stop. Please share and donate if you can.
bit.ly/help-mohamed
bit.ly/help-mohamed
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Hello everyone, look here carefully. This onion plant will be ready to bear fruit in 3 months. This is a small camp farm that produces non-stop. Please share and donate if you can.
bit.ly/help-mohamed
bit.ly/help-mohamed
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This is massive:
"Idaho bans ABA fake autism therapy by removing Medicaid coverage in the State Plan"
"Idaho bans ABA fake autism therapy by removing Medicaid coverage in the State Plan"
Idaho bans ABA fake autism therapy by removing Medicaid coverage in the State Plan
Idaho has become the first state to explicitly end Medicaid funding for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, closing the door on an era marked by widespread fraud, billing scandals, and uncheck…
doogri.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is massive:
"Idaho bans ABA fake autism therapy by removing Medicaid coverage in the State Plan"
"Idaho bans ABA fake autism therapy by removing Medicaid coverage in the State Plan"
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You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
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Yeah cuz I don’t like his non cancelled status. Bro was getting big checks from the pedophile child trafficking king.
Fuck every single person associated with Epstein. Yes, that includes Noam Chomsky.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Yeah cuz I don’t like his non cancelled status. Bro was getting big checks from the pedophile child trafficking king.
who is "we"?
The main takeaway from the whole Epstein thing should be that the rich and powerful people of the world are even more despicable, loathsome, and even inhuman than we realized before.
If you had any benefit of the doubt of the 1% before, it should be absolutely gone now.
If you had any benefit of the doubt of the 1% before, it should be absolutely gone now.
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
who is "we"?
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In summary, the average child sexual predator’s profile is: married, male, white, heterosexual, religious, surrounded by friends and family, and a parent.
If you care about protecting children from abuse, it is necessary that you understand who the actual child sexual predators are.
Who Is The Average Child Sexual Predator?
Child molesters are as equally married, educated, employed, and religious as any other Americans.
rlstollar.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In summary, the average child sexual predator’s profile is: married, male, white, heterosexual, religious, surrounded by friends and family, and a parent.
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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vance is gonna become president so much sooner than we'd all like
can we start strategizing on that takedown too plz. all of us hate him lol.
can we start strategizing on that takedown too plz. all of us hate him lol.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
vance is gonna become president so much sooner than we'd all like
can we start strategizing on that takedown too plz. all of us hate him lol.
can we start strategizing on that takedown too plz. all of us hate him lol.
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New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.