Anna DW
@annadw.bsky.social
Person: knitting, reading, trees, growing plants inside/outside, recent heavy metal convert, late self diagnosed autistic
Analyst: data/business/systems. More comfortable with data than people. I see in patterns.
Analyst: data/business/systems. More comfortable with data than people. I see in patterns.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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Authoritarians wage war on knowledge and critical thinking. That's why standing up for teachers and fighting for strong public education is one of our best ways to defend democracy. I discuss this and more about my book "Why Fascists Fear Teachers" on Your Call Radio ⬇️
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
The Authoritarian Playbook: Public Education & the Future of Democracy
Randi Weingarten's new book is a love letter to public school educators and an expose of the well-funded campaign behind attacks on teachers and the war on knowledge.
www.kalw.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Authoritarians wage war on knowledge and critical thinking. That's why standing up for teachers and fighting for strong public education is one of our best ways to defend democracy. I discuss this and more about my book "Why Fascists Fear Teachers" on Your Call Radio ⬇️
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
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I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
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Every productivity method works; just not for everyone.
The trick isn’t to find the “right” one.
It’s to scavenge the good parts like a magpie and build your own weird little masterpiece.
youtu.be/afikrKqf7Do
The trick isn’t to find the “right” one.
It’s to scavenge the good parts like a magpie and build your own weird little masterpiece.
youtu.be/afikrKqf7Do
Be a Magpie (You'll Get More Done)
The magpie is nature's most indiscriminate collector. Show it something shiny and the bird will grab it, haul it back to its nest, and arrange it among the b...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Every productivity method works; just not for everyone.
The trick isn’t to find the “right” one.
It’s to scavenge the good parts like a magpie and build your own weird little masterpiece.
youtu.be/afikrKqf7Do
The trick isn’t to find the “right” one.
It’s to scavenge the good parts like a magpie and build your own weird little masterpiece.
youtu.be/afikrKqf7Do
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
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YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER! HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER! HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
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White supremacy is when Republican men and women in their 20s & 30s praising Hitler, genocide, and rape are “just kids”—but 18-year-old Michael Brown was no angel, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was a thug, 16-year-old Kalief Browder was a criminal, and 12-year-old Tamir Rice should’ve known better.😐
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
White supremacy is when Republican men and women in their 20s & 30s praising Hitler, genocide, and rape are “just kids”—but 18-year-old Michael Brown was no angel, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was a thug, 16-year-old Kalief Browder was a criminal, and 12-year-old Tamir Rice should’ve known better.😐
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"We should ban X to reduce harm Y"
Harm Y increases
"Thank God for the ban, imagine how bad it would be without it"
Every. Single. Time.
Harm Y increases
"Thank God for the ban, imagine how bad it would be without it"
Every. Single. Time.
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"We should ban X to reduce harm Y"
Harm Y increases
"Thank God for the ban, imagine how bad it would be without it"
Every. Single. Time.
Harm Y increases
"Thank God for the ban, imagine how bad it would be without it"
Every. Single. Time.
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Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.
But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.
It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
A 🧵:
But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.
It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
A 🧵:
Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.
But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.
It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
A 🧵:
But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.
It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
A 🧵:
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“don’t be bigoted towards AI.”
your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ
your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ
October 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“don’t be bigoted towards AI.”
your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ
your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ
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Jag har lite svårt att förstå varför det inte är en nationell storm över detta. En av våra mest kända svenskar har enligt uppgift förödmjukats, tvingas krypa & kyssa en främmande makts flagga, fängslad utan tillräckligt rent vatten. Expressen begravde nyheten längst ner. DN rapporterar inte alls.
““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Jag har lite svårt att förstå varför det inte är en nationell storm över detta. En av våra mest kända svenskar har enligt uppgift förödmjukats, tvingas krypa & kyssa en främmande makts flagga, fängslad utan tillräckligt rent vatten. Expressen begravde nyheten längst ner. DN rapporterar inte alls.
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A friend/nemesis on another platform gave another variation today on his both-sides nihilism, saying that he doesn’t completely trust what either side says. He’s right, until he stops. Because both-sidesism is both seductively simple and unfortunately simple-minded. (Thread)
September 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A friend/nemesis on another platform gave another variation today on his both-sides nihilism, saying that he doesn’t completely trust what either side says. He’s right, until he stops. Because both-sidesism is both seductively simple and unfortunately simple-minded. (Thread)
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I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
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This is how elections in competitive autocracies work. Your vote can still lead to a change in who holds an office -- but those in power use the state to tilt the playing field in their favor.
The National Archives under the Trump administration released @mikiesherrill.bsky.social full, unredacted Navy personnel file to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.
This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
September 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is how elections in competitive autocracies work. Your vote can still lead to a change in who holds an office -- but those in power use the state to tilt the playing field in their favor.
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'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
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2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
news.ki.se/no-link-betw...
No link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children
In the largest epidemiologic study to date of the risk of giving birth to a child with autism, ADHD or intellectual disability following acetaminophen use during pregnancy, researchers found no associ...
news.ki.se
September 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
news.ki.se/no-link-betw...
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
news.ki.se/no-link-betw...
Not-so-quite hidden in this "Tylenol is the cause of autism 'cause" is yet another mechanism to control women. Pain control = agency and freedom
So Trump and RFK Jr, who have never been pregnant, declare that pregnant women should just suffer if they have a high fever or are in pain because… why?
Wait for it: no data, no facts, nothing.
Wait for it: no data, no facts, nothing.
September 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Not-so-quite hidden in this "Tylenol is the cause of autism 'cause" is yet another mechanism to control women. Pain control = agency and freedom
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When I think of probably the saddest bodycam, it's this one. A lifelong foster child with enormous emotional dysregulation aging-out of the system, in crisis, clinging to the only benevolent thing in her life, and destroying it.
It's a passenger seat in a social worker's car.
youtu.be/SehfTTwwYrM
It's a passenger seat in a social worker's car.
youtu.be/SehfTTwwYrM
September 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
When I think of probably the saddest bodycam, it's this one. A lifelong foster child with enormous emotional dysregulation aging-out of the system, in crisis, clinging to the only benevolent thing in her life, and destroying it.
It's a passenger seat in a social worker's car.
youtu.be/SehfTTwwYrM
It's a passenger seat in a social worker's car.
youtu.be/SehfTTwwYrM
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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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btw Costco seems to have the cheapest updated COVID vax. You can get it without a card at the pharmacy and they do take walk-ins. If you’re also uninsured due to the massive amounts of layoffs this year, they also take this goodrx coupon to lower the cost of www.goodrx.com/comirnaty?sr...
www.goodrx.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
btw Costco seems to have the cheapest updated COVID vax. You can get it without a card at the pharmacy and they do take walk-ins. If you’re also uninsured due to the massive amounts of layoffs this year, they also take this goodrx coupon to lower the cost of www.goodrx.com/comirnaty?sr...
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THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES
September 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES
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There is a lot of focus on Tylenol and autism spectrum disorder today, but RFK Jr. is also suggesting that low folate levels contribute.
First, a reminder that genetics are the overwhelming contributor to ASD—up to 90%.
Anything else he pulls out is likely to have minimal impact on ASD rates.
First, a reminder that genetics are the overwhelming contributor to ASD—up to 90%.
Anything else he pulls out is likely to have minimal impact on ASD rates.
September 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
There is a lot of focus on Tylenol and autism spectrum disorder today, but RFK Jr. is also suggesting that low folate levels contribute.
First, a reminder that genetics are the overwhelming contributor to ASD—up to 90%.
Anything else he pulls out is likely to have minimal impact on ASD rates.
First, a reminder that genetics are the overwhelming contributor to ASD—up to 90%.
Anything else he pulls out is likely to have minimal impact on ASD rates.
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This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime.
A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering.
1/4
A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering.
1/4
September 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime.
A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering.
1/4
A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering.
1/4
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New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
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I wish Americans would get louder about their opposition to this man in particular; he is damaging global public health for an entire generation and millions of the most vulnerable around the world will suffer and die directly because of him.
A mortality rate equivalent to plagues.
A mortality rate equivalent to plagues.
Promises fail, guardrails fall as Kennedy consolidates power | STAT www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/k...
Amid chaos at CDC, Kennedy consolidates his power
RFK Jr. is reshaping the CDC and rewriting vaccine policies with little opposition.
www.statnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I wish Americans would get louder about their opposition to this man in particular; he is damaging global public health for an entire generation and millions of the most vulnerable around the world will suffer and die directly because of him.
A mortality rate equivalent to plagues.
A mortality rate equivalent to plagues.