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· May 6
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
www.propublica.org
Our educational system is failing us. Medical literacy (and all types of literacy) in this era of information is more important than ever. www.propublica.org/article/more...
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It is 2006, and Karl Rove is mocking people for calling Republicans "Nazis"
It is 2026, and Karl Rove is encouraging people to call Republicans "Nazis"
It is 2026, and Karl Rove is encouraging people to call Republicans "Nazis"
October 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
It is 2006, and Karl Rove is mocking people for calling Republicans "Nazis"
It is 2026, and Karl Rove is encouraging people to call Republicans "Nazis"
It is 2026, and Karl Rove is encouraging people to call Republicans "Nazis"
Where can I get one of these hotties?
Kohler's 1926 Electric Sink — advertised as an "Electric Sink for the Electric Twenties!" built a dishwasher into the form of a divine green sink and promised freedom from the “thrice–daily drudgery” of washing dishes by hand.
October 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Where can I get one of these hotties?
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that this is over the daylight savings bill of all things is ten times funnier
Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning
October 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
that this is over the daylight savings bill of all things is ten times funnier
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The Medicare Part B Premium is $202.90. $100 it's literally not even half the cost of it.
Trump: My Administration will, immediately, begin sending 'Checks' of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premium ... This money will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, a pointless 'Slush Fund' that has only been used by Dumocrats ... "
October 3, 2026 at 3:53 AM
The Medicare Part B Premium is $202.90. $100 it's literally not even half the cost of it.
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I am *all for* content warnings, being thoughtful about the language & messages that we expose people to, and letting them have control over what they see. But I am violently opposed to letting Mark Zuckerberg, The Nazi Elon Musk and Larry Fucking Ellison choose the language of billions of people.
October 3, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I am *all for* content warnings, being thoughtful about the language & messages that we expose people to, and letting them have control over what they see. But I am violently opposed to letting Mark Zuckerberg, The Nazi Elon Musk and Larry Fucking Ellison choose the language of billions of people.
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Just bumping into this again with people _reflexively_ using the word "grape" or a 🍇 emoji and not even realizing they're doing it. It's all part of the same system, where the men running these companies make platforms that don't even let people accurately describe the crimes that they enable.
It’s a very minor point amongst the far greater injustices of the situation, but the Cornell case has also just reminded me how much all of society seems to have just accepted the fact that big tech won’t allow people to use the word “rape”. (Or at least people *believe* so — nobody knows!)
October 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Just bumping into this again with people _reflexively_ using the word "grape" or a 🍇 emoji and not even realizing they're doing it. It's all part of the same system, where the men running these companies make platforms that don't even let people accurately describe the crimes that they enable.
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Unbelievable. Except totally believable.
We utterly fail at elite accountability in 🇺🇸, & elite universities have been at the forefront of that since Iran-Contra, repeatedly offering sinecures to the authoritarians. It's why all the things keep happening time & again:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
We utterly fail at elite accountability in 🇺🇸, & elite universities have been at the forefront of that since Iran-Contra, repeatedly offering sinecures to the authoritarians. It's why all the things keep happening time & again:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs.
@columbiasipa.bsky.social
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The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs.
@columbiasipa.bsky.social
share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
October 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Unbelievable. Except totally believable.
We utterly fail at elite accountability in 🇺🇸, & elite universities have been at the forefront of that since Iran-Contra, repeatedly offering sinecures to the authoritarians. It's why all the things keep happening time & again:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
We utterly fail at elite accountability in 🇺🇸, & elite universities have been at the forefront of that since Iran-Contra, repeatedly offering sinecures to the authoritarians. It's why all the things keep happening time & again:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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robert kraft screaming, crying, throwing up
Country singer Zach Bryan wore a “Free Palestine” shirt at his Gillette Stadium show in Massachusetts.
October 3, 2026 at 3:47 AM
robert kraft screaming, crying, throwing up
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Everything looking great in TrumpAmerica.
October 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Everything looking great in TrumpAmerica.
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We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️
October 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️
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"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
October 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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"Voters have a regret or two, and we've seen this in poll after poll. The regret has grown since the beginning of Trump's presidency" -- Enten unpacks polling showing that Kamala Harris would easily beat Donald Trump if they were both on the ballot again next month
October 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"Voters have a regret or two, and we've seen this in poll after poll. The regret has grown since the beginning of Trump's presidency" -- Enten unpacks polling showing that Kamala Harris would easily beat Donald Trump if they were both on the ballot again next month
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Along these same lines, I loved Office Space but I was pretty skeptical that Ron Livingston's character was happy doing all that shoveling at the end of the movie. That's hard work, not some peaceful, zen-like existence.
I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Time to Consider Becoming a Bricklayer
College degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Along these same lines, I loved Office Space but I was pretty skeptical that Ron Livingston's character was happy doing all that shoveling at the end of the movie. That's hard work, not some peaceful, zen-like existence.
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Everyone should read Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs to understand what it meant to constantly negotiate one’s sexual autonomy in a system of enslavement. Jacobs emphasizes that even “consensual” relationships were negotiated in constant fear of sexual violence.
October 2, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Everyone should read Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs to understand what it meant to constantly negotiate one’s sexual autonomy in a system of enslavement. Jacobs emphasizes that even “consensual” relationships were negotiated in constant fear of sexual violence.
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AI execs want you to believe that their predictions are inevitable. But really, it’s just marketing.
I spoke with @carissaveliz.bsky.social about her new book ‘Prophecy.’ We explore the history of predictions as a tool to secure power.
Catch the conversation here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/bewa...
I spoke with @carissaveliz.bsky.social about her new book ‘Prophecy.’ We explore the history of predictions as a tool to secure power.
Catch the conversation here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/bewa...
Beware the AI Prophets: Hype, Doom, and Prediction as Tools of Control w/ Carissa Véliz
Carissa explains why a prediction is a command disguised as a description, and how powerful people use algorithms to fulfill their own forecasts.
www.themaybe.org
October 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
AI execs want you to believe that their predictions are inevitable. But really, it’s just marketing.
I spoke with @carissaveliz.bsky.social about her new book ‘Prophecy.’ We explore the history of predictions as a tool to secure power.
Catch the conversation here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/bewa...
I spoke with @carissaveliz.bsky.social about her new book ‘Prophecy.’ We explore the history of predictions as a tool to secure power.
Catch the conversation here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/bewa...
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Everything is for sale, including American intelligence and national security.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Fixer, financier, spymaster: how the UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon is setting his sights on AI dominance
The long read: The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he?
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Everything is for sale, including American intelligence and national security.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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“I’m not finished hurting people”
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito elaborated on his decision not to retire from the high court.
https://www.washingtonsun.com/courts/alito-explains-decision-defer-retirement-supreme-court
https://www.washingtonsun.com/courts/alito-explains-decision-defer-retirement-supreme-court
Alito Explains His Decision to Defer Retirement
“I thought that I could still make a valuable contribution,” the 76-year-old Supreme Court justice told CBS News.
www.washingtonsun.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
“I’m not finished hurting people”
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Bluesky hive mind:
Do I know of any graphic designers and/or illustrators who are open to contract work between now - Election Day?
Must have a portfolio I can review.
Do I know of any graphic designers and/or illustrators who are open to contract work between now - Election Day?
Must have a portfolio I can review.
October 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Bluesky hive mind:
Do I know of any graphic designers and/or illustrators who are open to contract work between now - Election Day?
Must have a portfolio I can review.
Do I know of any graphic designers and/or illustrators who are open to contract work between now - Election Day?
Must have a portfolio I can review.
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There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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It's funny because stealth only means "invisible" to children
elon musk on: stealth aircraft
(for the record: everyone involved with low-observable aircraft is acutely aware that they are not "invisible," they just have an rcs so small they can't be effectively detected until they are close enough to have already launched weapons and that is super useful.)
(for the record: everyone involved with low-observable aircraft is acutely aware that they are not "invisible," they just have an rcs so small they can't be effectively detected until they are close enough to have already launched weapons and that is super useful.)
October 2, 2026 at 9:23 PM
It's funny because stealth only means "invisible" to children
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I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Time to Consider Becoming a Bricklayer
College degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Anyway, articles like this are not meant to be helpful or useful for anyone contemplating a decision between college or trade school. They are meant to make people who do not have to make that decision feel ... something. Enlightened? I'm not sure.
October 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Anyway, articles like this are not meant to be helpful or useful for anyone contemplating a decision between college or trade school. They are meant to make people who do not have to make that decision feel ... something. Enlightened? I'm not sure.
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There are reasons other than net take-home pay that generations of American parents steered their kids toward college. I don't see how "go into construction!" is helpful unless paired with more robust worker protections and a true safety net, especially in right to work states.
October 2, 2026 at 8:34 PM
There are reasons other than net take-home pay that generations of American parents steered their kids toward college. I don't see how "go into construction!" is helpful unless paired with more robust worker protections and a true safety net, especially in right to work states.
This by gawd! Every drywaller should be able to retire after 15 years (just like cops!). That jobs destroys bodies.
Why are issues like retirement age and the physical toll these jobs can take on the body so rarely mentioned?
stevens.house.gov/media/press-...
stevens.house.gov/media/press-...
Rep. Haley Stevens Announces Bill to Lower Social Security Age for Americans Who Work With Their Hands
Washington, DC — Today, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) announced the Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act, a bill to allow Americans who work in physically demanding jobs to collect ...
stevens.house.gov
October 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This by gawd! Every drywaller should be able to retire after 15 years (just like cops!). That jobs destroys bodies.