Bodily autonomy, still a thing
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I really hate describing myself. But I'm glad to be here.
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It's the misogyny, stupid.
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The FBI redacted the part about what gets redacted?
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The FBI redacted the part about what gets redacted?
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Folks forget that the ACA *was* the compromise position. It was never full on heal reform so much as health insurance reform, but it was what the political reality of the time permitted.
That said, Medicare for all, and let the shareholders answer to God.
That said, Medicare for all, and let the shareholders answer to God.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Folks forget that the ACA *was* the compromise position. It was never full on heal reform so much as health insurance reform, but it was what the political reality of the time permitted.
That said, Medicare for all, and let the shareholders answer to God.
That said, Medicare for all, and let the shareholders answer to God.
YES. And I say it as someone trained in direct-entry midwifery, attended 200+ births, and was a doula for women who needed extra support. That did not save me from then being mistreated at my own birth.
Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
YES. And I say it as someone trained in direct-entry midwifery, attended 200+ births, and was a doula for women who needed extra support. That did not save me from then being mistreated at my own birth.
Please don't run for governor please don't run for governor
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Please don't run for governor please don't run for governor
Every time I have to drive in evening rush hour I am reminded why I schedule my life around avoiding it. I don't care there are too many cars and it's slow: what makes it awful is people turn into assholes and think they're entitled to skip the lines. Your boss is a dick, I get it. Wait your turn.
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Every time I have to drive in evening rush hour I am reminded why I schedule my life around avoiding it. I don't care there are too many cars and it's slow: what makes it awful is people turn into assholes and think they're entitled to skip the lines. Your boss is a dick, I get it. Wait your turn.
This is a relief
NEW: A proposed regulation would have denied disability benefits to at least 830,000 older blue-collar workers.
But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.
But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is a relief
'L'etat, c'est moi' - it's surreal watching Trump deploy language. He is the Country, Americans are white nationalists, 'we won't have a country anymore' means he'll lose power. It's not that insightful but boy is it weird and creepy to watch.
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
'L'etat, c'est moi' - it's surreal watching Trump deploy language. He is the Country, Americans are white nationalists, 'we won't have a country anymore' means he'll lose power. It's not that insightful but boy is it weird and creepy to watch.
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Omar El Akkad’s One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This wins the National Book Award for Nonfiction! Read more here:
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Omar El Akkad on Genocide, Complicit Liberals, and the Terrible Wrath of the West
On October 25, 2023—when Israel’s war on Gaza had already claimed the lives of 6,500 Palestinians, including 2,500 children—the Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad posted …
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Omar El Akkad’s One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This wins the National Book Award for Nonfiction! Read more here:
buff.ly/r2NOkNr
buff.ly/r2NOkNr
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i reiterate my case that the true alpha in any given group is the mum friend with spare pads and cheesy crackers and a mysterious number of packs of wet wipes
Whereas the top wolves are basically just acting like parents and making sure everybody’s got food and letting the cubs crawl all over them.
Honestly, the most wolf-like people around are mom friends and the dads who check your oil and sneak jumper cables into your trunk.
Honestly, the most wolf-like people around are mom friends and the dads who check your oil and sneak jumper cables into your trunk.
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
i reiterate my case that the true alpha in any given group is the mum friend with spare pads and cheesy crackers and a mysterious number of packs of wet wipes
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Because of the courage of these survivors, we are one step closer to justice and accountability.
Today, the House and Senate passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
We won’t stop fighting until all women and girls are safe.
Today, the House and Senate passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
We won’t stop fighting until all women and girls are safe.
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Because of the courage of these survivors, we are one step closer to justice and accountability.
Today, the House and Senate passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
We won’t stop fighting until all women and girls are safe.
Today, the House and Senate passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
We won’t stop fighting until all women and girls are safe.
Apparently I read and write Abkhazian. That's cool.
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Apparently I read and write Abkhazian. That's cool.
W.t.a.f.
I'm not sure what I find more disturbing: discovering that the UK is considering confiscating the few valuables refugees have, or learning that Denmark already enacted such a law, and then carved out an exception for Ukrainian refugees because they're white. www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/de...
Denmark will not seize jewelry from Ukrainian refugees: Prime minister
Country working on law to make life easier for Ukrainian refugees, says public broadcaster - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
W.t.a.f.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Epstein survivors make last-minute push to convince House Republicans to release files
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Epstein survivors make last-minute push to convince House Republicans to release files
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people.
They found a 'bucket of lentils.' Then it blew up. The menace of Gaza's unexploded ordnance
The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people.
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Everyone's saying that Epstein's emails are full of 'let's do pedo stuff!' Maybe it's because I expect the worst of powerful men, but outside of 'Trump spent hours with her' and Epstein defending rub and tugs, the emails I've seen aren't that straightforward. Being friends with a known pedophile...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Everyone's saying that Epstein's emails are full of 'let's do pedo stuff!' Maybe it's because I expect the worst of powerful men, but outside of 'Trump spent hours with her' and Epstein defending rub and tugs, the emails I've seen aren't that straightforward. Being friends with a known pedophile...
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Moral of my story, I think, is: demand pain control. Don't allow anyone to touch you without it.
If they say it takes too long, tough shit. Get pain control. Because if you don't, it will shred your mental health like you wouldn't believe.
If they say it takes too long, tough shit. Get pain control. Because if you don't, it will shred your mental health like you wouldn't believe.
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Moral of my story, I think, is: demand pain control. Don't allow anyone to touch you without it.
If they say it takes too long, tough shit. Get pain control. Because if you don't, it will shred your mental health like you wouldn't believe.
If they say it takes too long, tough shit. Get pain control. Because if you don't, it will shred your mental health like you wouldn't believe.
The replies to this have me boiling.
I had a uterine biopsy last month and omg it was so painful, I wanted to scream. Afterwards they told me people usually do scream. There is no way they would put men through that pain. Next month I have a colonoscopy and I'm grateful it's something men do too, because it means I get anesthesia.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The replies to this have me boiling.
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When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, they did the tumor biopsy without anesthesia of any kind because "it's real quick."
This thing. 3 inches into my chest. Cutting out flesh chunks.
I screamed myself sick.
This thing. 3 inches into my chest. Cutting out flesh chunks.
I screamed myself sick.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, they did the tumor biopsy without anesthesia of any kind because "it's real quick."
This thing. 3 inches into my chest. Cutting out flesh chunks.
I screamed myself sick.
This thing. 3 inches into my chest. Cutting out flesh chunks.
I screamed myself sick.
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No words. I’m a block from home.
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
No words. I’m a block from home.
Anybody reporting on what the House caucus talked about today?
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Anybody reporting on what the House caucus talked about today?
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Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here