Drew Herzig
@drewherzig.bsky.social
Lao Tzu, Julian of Norwich, Meister Eckhart, Dante, Shakespeare, Bashō, Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen, Wm Blake, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, W. B. Yeats, Ursula K. LeGuin, dark chocolate
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In 2025, Covid-19 is no less a danger than it was in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. If anything, it is actually more of a danger now, with continual variants relentlessly preying on careless people who shun caution and allow themselves to be repeatedly infected.
#COVID19
#COVID19
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Elaborating b/c there's a lot of misunderstanding on this.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Even if he did, which I'd bet is likelier than not, none of this is true. The Insurrection Act is not a declaration of martial law. It doesn't close the courts. It doesn't suspend habeas corpus. It means you can use the military to enforce federal laws, but the laws themselves remain the same.
Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."
October 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Elaborating b/c there's a lot of misunderstanding on this.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP FOR NO KINGS!
We’re seeing viral posts urging people to sit down/stay silent if violence emerges.
PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT.
In certain circumstances with activists highly trained in civil disobedience this *can* be effective.
At a mass protest, it is a recipe for disaster.
We’re seeing viral posts urging people to sit down/stay silent if violence emerges.
PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT.
In certain circumstances with activists highly trained in civil disobedience this *can* be effective.
At a mass protest, it is a recipe for disaster.
October 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP FOR NO KINGS!
We’re seeing viral posts urging people to sit down/stay silent if violence emerges.
PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT.
In certain circumstances with activists highly trained in civil disobedience this *can* be effective.
At a mass protest, it is a recipe for disaster.
We’re seeing viral posts urging people to sit down/stay silent if violence emerges.
PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT.
In certain circumstances with activists highly trained in civil disobedience this *can* be effective.
At a mass protest, it is a recipe for disaster.
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The Covid vaccine doesn’t prevent Covid infection, but I got mine anyway yesterday.
It does reduce the risk of #LongCovid and severe illness.
Plus it’s free so why not?
I’ll continue to mask in all public spaces, and outdoors around people.
#CovidIsntOver #MaskUp #StillCoviding
It does reduce the risk of #LongCovid and severe illness.
Plus it’s free so why not?
I’ll continue to mask in all public spaces, and outdoors around people.
#CovidIsntOver #MaskUp #StillCoviding
October 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The Covid vaccine doesn’t prevent Covid infection, but I got mine anyway yesterday.
It does reduce the risk of #LongCovid and severe illness.
Plus it’s free so why not?
I’ll continue to mask in all public spaces, and outdoors around people.
#CovidIsntOver #MaskUp #StillCoviding
It does reduce the risk of #LongCovid and severe illness.
Plus it’s free so why not?
I’ll continue to mask in all public spaces, and outdoors around people.
#CovidIsntOver #MaskUp #StillCoviding
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Netanyahu announces Israel will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite it being a key ceasefire agreement clause.
Didn't take long, did it?
Didn't take long, did it?
October 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Netanyahu announces Israel will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite it being a key ceasefire agreement clause.
Didn't take long, did it?
Didn't take long, did it?
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"Courage is resistance to fear."
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"Courage is resistance to fear."
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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And that's why "born this way" is not a particularly great justification. We should have rights because bodily autonomy and free expression, whether we were born this way or just took it up one day for funsies
October 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
And that's why "born this way" is not a particularly great justification. We should have rights because bodily autonomy and free expression, whether we were born this way or just took it up one day for funsies
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If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
Is this 'age verification' thing legit?
September 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Is this 'age verification' thing legit?
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Instead of the next judicial education session, all the judges watch this tiktok instead.
September 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Instead of the next judicial education session, all the judges watch this tiktok instead.
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Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
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No, supporting trans rights doesn’t cost elections!
“43 percent of voters were more likely to vote for a candidate who stands up for transgender people. Just 21 percent of voters would be less likely to support a candidate who supports trans rights.”
“43 percent of voters were more likely to vote for a candidate who stands up for transgender people. Just 21 percent of voters would be less likely to support a candidate who supports trans rights.”
No, supporting trans rights doesn’t cost elections
Opinion: Supporting protections for transgender people is not just necessary, it's crucial, argues LPAC's Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza.
www.advocate.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
No, supporting trans rights doesn’t cost elections!
“43 percent of voters were more likely to vote for a candidate who stands up for transgender people. Just 21 percent of voters would be less likely to support a candidate who supports trans rights.”
“43 percent of voters were more likely to vote for a candidate who stands up for transgender people. Just 21 percent of voters would be less likely to support a candidate who supports trans rights.”
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if you believe CK was "practicing politics the right way" then turn to BS to discuss political de-escalation, you clearly don't give a shit about trans ppl & other marginalized groups. if you can't plainly say these ppl are bigots & liars who are causing harm to others, then you are complicit w/them
September 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
if you believe CK was "practicing politics the right way" then turn to BS to discuss political de-escalation, you clearly don't give a shit about trans ppl & other marginalized groups. if you can't plainly say these ppl are bigots & liars who are causing harm to others, then you are complicit w/them
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What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.
September 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.
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It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
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I can't make it any clearer that these people want us eradicated. They're angry that there hasn't already been mass violence against us. They want a Kristallnacht where LGBTQ orgs, queer bars, and gender clinics are burned to the ground just like the Nazis they take inspiration from.
September 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I can't make it any clearer that these people want us eradicated. They're angry that there hasn't already been mass violence against us. They want a Kristallnacht where LGBTQ orgs, queer bars, and gender clinics are burned to the ground just like the Nazis they take inspiration from.
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This week we saw republicans finally care about a school shooting.
Only because they were hoping it would lead to more shootings.
Only because they were hoping it would lead to more shootings.
September 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This week we saw republicans finally care about a school shooting.
Only because they were hoping it would lead to more shootings.
Only because they were hoping it would lead to more shootings.
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The type of speech most punished in this society is that which consists of telling the truth about how the powerful have harmed you
September 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The type of speech most punished in this society is that which consists of telling the truth about how the powerful have harmed you