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Well that’s it. AI’s gonna kill us all
Trump: "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!"
September 14, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Well that’s it. AI’s gonna kill us all
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Okay, so let’s get one of those.
September 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Okay, so let’s get one of those.
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Want to keep her memory alive?
Do a lot of kind things, for a lot of people, no matter who they are. And do it with a happy and humble heart.
Do a lot of kind things, for a lot of people, no matter who they are. And do it with a happy and humble heart.
August 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Want to keep her memory alive?
Do a lot of kind things, for a lot of people, no matter who they are. And do it with a happy and humble heart.
Do a lot of kind things, for a lot of people, no matter who they are. And do it with a happy and humble heart.
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What makes this even more grotesque is that Doris Miller was denied the medal of honor when he was alive just because he was black. bsky.app/profile/carl...
(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor ..
.. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.”
@halbritz.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
.. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.”
@halbritz.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
August 20, 2026 at 9:38 PM
What makes this even more grotesque is that Doris Miller was denied the medal of honor when he was alive just because he was black. bsky.app/profile/carl...
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Unspeakably disgraceful.
Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor.
With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.
Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor.
With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.
(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor ..
.. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.”
@halbritz.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
.. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.”
@halbritz.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
August 20, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Unspeakably disgraceful.
Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor.
With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.
Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor.
With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.
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Zero new NSF grants in sociology, anthropology, political science and economics. The agenda of this US govt is to stop documenting the society in which we live while they are destroying it. We will find other ways to track and explain our times and fight to restore our research funding.
Finally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards.
August 20, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Zero new NSF grants in sociology, anthropology, political science and economics. The agenda of this US govt is to stop documenting the society in which we live while they are destroying it. We will find other ways to track and explain our times and fight to restore our research funding.
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The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar with internal discussions told CNN.
Read more: https://cnn.it/45zDN3b
Read more: https://cnn.it/45zDN3b
August 21, 2026 at 1:46 AM
The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar with internal discussions told CNN.
Read more: https://cnn.it/45zDN3b
Read more: https://cnn.it/45zDN3b
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Ms.Rachel asks Why do we ignore the suffering kids already see?
Mychal asks Why don’t we build spaces — libraries, classrooms, stories — where every child belongs?
I ask.. Why do we fear kids’ Whys when they’re the spark of empathy, equity, and change?
Mychal asks Why don’t we build spaces — libraries, classrooms, stories — where every child belongs?
I ask.. Why do we fear kids’ Whys when they’re the spark of empathy, equity, and change?
July 31, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Ms.Rachel asks Why do we ignore the suffering kids already see?
Mychal asks Why don’t we build spaces — libraries, classrooms, stories — where every child belongs?
I ask.. Why do we fear kids’ Whys when they’re the spark of empathy, equity, and change?
Mychal asks Why don’t we build spaces — libraries, classrooms, stories — where every child belongs?
I ask.. Why do we fear kids’ Whys when they’re the spark of empathy, equity, and change?
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I support women’s wrongs (when a female T-Rex eats lawyers)
July 19, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I support women’s wrongs (when a female T-Rex eats lawyers)
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The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply
July 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply
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“When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.”
- Desmond Tutu
Division is a choice. So is nurturing our shared humanity. Good night, fellow humans. 💚
- Desmond Tutu
Division is a choice. So is nurturing our shared humanity. Good night, fellow humans. 💚
June 23, 2026 at 1:16 AM
“When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.”
- Desmond Tutu
Division is a choice. So is nurturing our shared humanity. Good night, fellow humans. 💚
- Desmond Tutu
Division is a choice. So is nurturing our shared humanity. Good night, fellow humans. 💚
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A trillionaire isn’t a success story. it’s a policy failure.
June 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
A trillionaire isn’t a success story. it’s a policy failure.
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NEW: The chair of the President’s Cancer Panel, Dr. Harvey Risch, is a co-author on a study touting ivermectin for cancer.
The study is backed by two anti-vax orgs, including The Wellness Company, which sells the drug and with which he is affiliated.
www.importantcontext.news/p/chair-of-p...
The study is backed by two anti-vax orgs, including The Wellness Company, which sells the drug and with which he is affiliated.
www.importantcontext.news/p/chair-of-p...
Chair of President’s Cancer Panel Co-Authors Ivermectin Cancer Study Backed By Supplements Company
“It’s marketing disguised as science.”
www.importantcontext.news
June 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
NEW: The chair of the President’s Cancer Panel, Dr. Harvey Risch, is a co-author on a study touting ivermectin for cancer.
The study is backed by two anti-vax orgs, including The Wellness Company, which sells the drug and with which he is affiliated.
www.importantcontext.news/p/chair-of-p...
The study is backed by two anti-vax orgs, including The Wellness Company, which sells the drug and with which he is affiliated.
www.importantcontext.news/p/chair-of-p...
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Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals.
As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.
Go Knicks.
As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.
Go Knicks.
June 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals.
As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.
Go Knicks.
As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.
Go Knicks.
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Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong
One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?
May 30, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong
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This is what Elon threw into the wood chipper:
“Gawande cited an analysis in The Lancet that estimated that USAID assistance—aimed at combatting diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, & polio, reducing maternal & child deaths, & fighting malnutrition—had saved 92 million lives over 2 decades.“
“Gawande cited an analysis in The Lancet that estimated that USAID assistance—aimed at combatting diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, & polio, reducing maternal & child deaths, & fighting malnutrition—had saved 92 million lives over 2 decades.“
“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
May 6, 2026 at 4:17 AM
This is what Elon threw into the wood chipper:
“Gawande cited an analysis in The Lancet that estimated that USAID assistance—aimed at combatting diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, & polio, reducing maternal & child deaths, & fighting malnutrition—had saved 92 million lives over 2 decades.“
“Gawande cited an analysis in The Lancet that estimated that USAID assistance—aimed at combatting diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, & polio, reducing maternal & child deaths, & fighting malnutrition—had saved 92 million lives over 2 decades.“
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
May 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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John Lewis had John Roberts' number from the jump: takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/john-lewis...
October 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
John Lewis had John Roberts' number from the jump: takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/john-lewis...
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At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years.
Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”
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Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”
wapo.st/4euUt1c
April 20, 2026 at 10:27 PM
At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years.
Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”
wapo.st/4euUt1c
Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”
wapo.st/4euUt1c
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If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid:
$124 — school lunch & nutrition programs
$49 — diplomacy to prevent wars
$19 — USPS
$19 — Federal Aviation Administration
$18 — national parks
and
$4,049 — weapons and war.
These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay
$124 — school lunch & nutrition programs
$49 — diplomacy to prevent wars
$19 — USPS
$19 — Federal Aviation Administration
$18 — national parks
and
$4,049 — weapons and war.
These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay
April 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid:
$124 — school lunch & nutrition programs
$49 — diplomacy to prevent wars
$19 — USPS
$19 — Federal Aviation Administration
$18 — national parks
and
$4,049 — weapons and war.
These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay
$124 — school lunch & nutrition programs
$49 — diplomacy to prevent wars
$19 — USPS
$19 — Federal Aviation Administration
$18 — national parks
and
$4,049 — weapons and war.
These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay
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It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid:
$124 — school lunch & nutrition programs
$49 — diplomacy to prevent wars
$19 — USPS
$19 — Federal Aviation Administration
$18 — national parks
and
$4,049 — weapons and war.
These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay
$124 — school lunch & nutrition programs
$49 — diplomacy to prevent wars
$19 — USPS
$19 — Federal Aviation Administration
$18 — national parks
and
$4,049 — weapons and war.
These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay
April 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
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I'm not religious, but I respect the importance that faith plays in people's lives. Posting an image of yourself as God is literally blasphemy. It shows a disregard for sacred imagery and, by extension, for the very concept of the divine. Trump should apologize.
April 13, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I'm not religious, but I respect the importance that faith plays in people's lives. Posting an image of yourself as God is literally blasphemy. It shows a disregard for sacred imagery and, by extension, for the very concept of the divine. Trump should apologize.
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first time really tuning into a war? welcome. Let’s go over some rules of how to behave.
These are going to be especially important if it’s a war you oppose.
1. You are allowed an opinion. This is America. Whether you served or not. It’s done in your name so might as well speak up.
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These are going to be especially important if it’s a war you oppose.
1. You are allowed an opinion. This is America. Whether you served or not. It’s done in your name so might as well speak up.
🧵
April 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
first time really tuning into a war? welcome. Let’s go over some rules of how to behave.
These are going to be especially important if it’s a war you oppose.
1. You are allowed an opinion. This is America. Whether you served or not. It’s done in your name so might as well speak up.
🧵
These are going to be especially important if it’s a war you oppose.
1. You are allowed an opinion. This is America. Whether you served or not. It’s done in your name so might as well speak up.
🧵
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Trump is kicking 100,000 veterans out of their homes. www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
Foreclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Trump is kicking 100,000 veterans out of their homes. www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...