Aimai
aimaiami.bsky.social
Aimai
@aimaiami.bsky.social
Social worker, therapist, all around sardonic person. Largely unknown but I take up a lot of space in my own mind.
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The Melians protested…[and] the Athenian general replied: ‘you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.’
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Gladwell is hugely responsible for people going all in on stop and frisk, when he had no actual like academic experience to remotely weigh in. Shocking to no one, when people started critiquing the effects he was like oh uh my bad but anyway,,,
September 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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As the saying goes, "Gladwell is Joe Rogan for people who read The New Yorker"

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I never pass up an opportunity to repost this archive of a now-deleted twitter thread about just how much of a dirtbag Malcom Gladwell is

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February 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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William Nordhaus is the father of the fossil-fuel propaganda that "climate change won't cost that much, but net zero will be too expensive."

Here's how Nordhaus lowballs climate damages in his economic models (screenshot from The Language of Climate Politics):

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February 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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THIS ALIVA RAHMAN'S ENTIRE TESTIMONY WORD FOR WORD & IT ABSOLUTELY SHOULD GO VIRAL!

WATCH HERE:
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February 5, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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A great piece from @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social on how Charlie Kirk’s assassination unleashed infighting among maga elites www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Second Death of Charlie Kirk
The activist’s assassination unleashed anti-Semitism that is pulling the Trump coalition apart.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Rep. Beatty to Bessent after he refuses to answer a question about affordable housing: "No no. We're not gonna to do that with me. You get to hear my wrath that you refuse to answer a question under your authority, and yet you've talked about the value of housing and you're not releasing the funds."
February 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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Fr @cebm.bsky.social shared this on his facebook. Its a poem by Rob Hardy, a former poet laureate in Northfield, MN.

Powerful poem. ⚓️
February 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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An “extraordinary” brain network discovery shows that Parkinson’s disease may not be a movement disorder after all
Scientists discover brain network that may cause Parkinson’s disease
An “extraordinary” brain network discovery shows that Parkinson’s disease may not be a movement disorder after all
www.scientificamerican.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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Excellent news.
February 5, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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February 5, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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February 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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People should be allowed to sue ICE agents for violating their rights & killing their loved ones.
 
That means closing the loophole that prevents federal officials from being sued & ending qualified immunity to hold federal agents accountable.
February 5, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Waning Gibbous Snow Moon

Douglas, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#spring
#moon
#rainbow
#EastCoastKin
#speirghorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌕 ☁️ 🌈 😇
February 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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A string of violent incidents involving U.S. immigration agents in Minneapolis has prompted Vermont officials & local organizers to prepare in case a similar enforcement surge is aimed at them.

Vermont forbids police departments from collaborating with federal immigration authorities.
Fears of ICE Surge Galvanize Vermonters to Respond | Seven Days
The threat of a large-scale immigration enforcement surge in Vermont has galvanized elected leaders and community organizers to prepare with a greater sense of urgency.
www.sevendaysvt.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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You’ll notice that not one single reporter stood up for/defended CNN’s Kaitlan Collins as she was being verbally attacked by the orange felon in the bulldozed White House. They can’t even stand up for one of their own so there’s no hope of them ever standing up for democracy.
February 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Remembering Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani on #WorldCancerDay.

Dr. Mirzakhani was first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in #mathematics. She died in 2017 from #breastcancer at the age of 40.

stanford.io/2C0io2A #WomenInSTEM
February 4, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Dickinsonia, back when evolution was excited to make pancakes.

Paleontologists are pretty sure Dickinsonia was an animal, a creature that lived in the sea around 550 million years ago. The flat, ripply organism adhered itself to the floor with mucus and grazed on mats of microbes. Slick. 🧪
February 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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You’ll never guess but the solution to people not having money is to give them money.
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."

A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.

Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.

It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.

“ICE GTFO OF MN”

Minneapolis February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Catholic Bishop Joseph J. Tyson of Yakima: Not all are called to be martyrs like Alex Pretti. But we can be witnesses.
Not all are called to be martyrs like Alex Pretti. But we can be witnesses.
(RNS) — People of faith are being called to view politics through the lens of faith, not the other way around.
religionnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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A Corinthian delight: three examples of ancient caricatures. The pyxis at the top shows a child-like Herakles drawing water from a fountain. On the lower left, a kylix depicting a woman playing the usually all-male drinking game kottabos. On the lower right, Artemis and her curious dog. 🏺 1/

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February 5, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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This is the way 💥 ☠️ 🤣
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 AM