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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 30m

My children still talk about those programs. The stuff available to their children is nothing like them. And this is a great idea.

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 11h

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 13h

This is how little the lives of Black people matter to way too many of our law enforcement.

They left that man to DIE because they assumed all Black people are on drugs.

Even if he was on drugs, he clearly needed medical help.

Shaking my head.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 16h

Yea! Yes! Moldbug planning to leave. May he rot wherever he ends up. The scurrilous, perfidious wretch!

jaguarr 🐆 @the-jaguarr.bsky.social · 5d

He realized he bet on a dipshit. May Karma give him all he deserves.

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 17h

Only Mengele. Bhattacharya, Prasad, Makary aren’t Mengele.

That’s the single good thing I can say about them.

Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 17h

This should be shown to medical students for years about how doctors, entranced by power and fancy titles, lent the legitimacy of the medical profession to a deranged authoritarian.

Can doctors sink lower than this?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Michelle 💙🌊😷🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @michellespenc.bsky.social · 19h

That about sums it up.

Let’s hope the stupids catch on.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

The entire Trump administration is full of shit.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 23h

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 19h

We will, someday. But it will take years. Meanwhile-it’s a catastrophe.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 2d

This is interesting: “I analyze the puzzling trajectory of Men’s Liberation, which went from an ally to liberal feminism in the 1970s to the crucible of the antifeminist Men’s Rights’ movement in the 1980s”

US Men’s Liberation in the 1970s: Autopsy of a Movement

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 23h

So infinitely depressing.

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 1d

Why is this not getting more attention in my academic feeds. A professor got doxed and death-threats, tried to leave the US, and is not being allowed to. Connect the dots.

Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 2d

At my institution, a professor is being blocked from leaving the US after death threats for teaching on anti-fascism.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 1d

Have fun!!

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to hear it!!

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NetworkforDemocracy @simple-truth.bsky.social · 2d

I'll just leave this here. It's long past my bedtime.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 1d

Unspeakably cruel. Bipin was JUST THERE.

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Terri aka FlowerGirl @warrioron.bsky.social · 1d

😳🫢🫢🫢🫢🫢🫢😳

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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TheCatMan @bigbrohem.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI
A few months old now, but nonetheless very informative, well researched and wickedly funny. Smart & witty women.

Stephen Miller: Everything You Didn't Know About His Sh*tty Past

YouTube video by Hysteria

youtu.be

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Marc Boorshtein @mlbiam.dev · 1d

I can watch this on repeat for hours.

Sinner Representative @irepresentsinners.bsky.social · 1d

“Pro-pal” protestors at MVP’s 9:30 Washington, DC book tour stop last night.

Ms. Devi is absolutely done with their bullshit and held her own 👏🏼

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 1d

At least half of Israel has been screaming that for years.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 1d

They murdered Bipin JoshI. G-d damn them.

🦄)))🕊️🎗️✡️🐇 #VoteYesOnCAProp50 @melisandra01.bsky.social · 1d

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 1d

Bibi is evil. But Hamas brought this horror in their own people and they don’t even care.

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Justice for Justin (STILL!) @ish-not.bsky.social · 1d

This is dishonest and sad.

You know damn well that us two different things.

You know damn well we did not see the protests interrupting his rallies as much as they did hers.

You know damn well protesting ICE incursions NOW is NOT the same

The level of gaslighting y’all will do about women is 🗑️

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 1d

It’s sanctimonious, posturing, and stupid. And-yes to everything.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 1d

But you are right.

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