Peg
@ethnobot.bsky.social
Hardscrabbler. Native Vermonter. Writer. Bereaved mother. Food producer. Wood-splitter. Weed-eater. 60+ triathlons long ago. Kindness, community.
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Cannot miss this powerful writing by Dr. Jen Gunther.
"We don’t treat congenital heart disease, or any other medical condition, to save money; we treat people because we and they are human."
"We don’t treat congenital heart disease, or any other medical condition, to save money; we treat people because we and they are human."
Oz, the Cruel and Powerful, takes over Medicaid and Medicare with a page right out of the fascist playbook vajenda.substack.com/p/oz-the-cru...
Oz, the Cruel and Powerful, Takes the Reins of Medicare and Medicaid
He hits the gate running with a page out of the fascist playbook
vajenda.substack.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Cannot miss this powerful writing by Dr. Jen Gunther.
"We don’t treat congenital heart disease, or any other medical condition, to save money; we treat people because we and they are human."
"We don’t treat congenital heart disease, or any other medical condition, to save money; we treat people because we and they are human."
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Jesus wept.
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "One of my favorite people, President Bukele ... he operates rather large prisons. Very strong prisons."
February 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Jesus wept.
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He says this about every election.
And, lo and behold, every election he doesn't win isn't "fair".
And, lo and behold, every election he doesn't win isn't "fair".
LLAMAS: Will you trust the results of the midterms if Republicans lose control of Congress?
TRUMP: I will, if the elections are honest. Look, I'm the last one that wants to complain.
TRUMP: I will, if the elections are honest. Look, I'm the last one that wants to complain.
February 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
He says this about every election.
And, lo and behold, every election he doesn't win isn't "fair".
And, lo and behold, every election he doesn't win isn't "fair".
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Trump on the media: "You know, you can‘t be sarcastic with them because they write your words."
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Trump on the media: "You know, you can‘t be sarcastic with them because they write your words."
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“The arts shouldn’t be political.”
This is simply gorgeous.
This is simply gorgeous.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“The arts shouldn’t be political.”
This is simply gorgeous.
This is simply gorgeous.
“So that tracks”
Kid Rock vs Bad Bunny
Read the SHOCKING LYRICS!!!!
Read the SHOCKING LYRICS!!!!
February 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
“So that tracks”
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Kid Rock vs Bad Bunny
Read the SHOCKING LYRICS!!!!
Read the SHOCKING LYRICS!!!!
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Kid Rock vs Bad Bunny
Read the SHOCKING LYRICS!!!!
Read the SHOCKING LYRICS!!!!
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"It's not sexist. Roger Ailes used to tell us that." 😭
February 5, 2026 at 7:10 AM
"It's not sexist. Roger Ailes used to tell us that." 😭
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Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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One more comment on the Post debacle: this hurts journalism broadly. Good journalists will go do something else. The rest will be fighting for fewer jobs and everyone will earn less. Fewer people will take up the career. The damage done is to the ecosystem, as well as the paper.
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 AM
One more comment on the Post debacle: this hurts journalism broadly. Good journalists will go do something else. The rest will be fighting for fewer jobs and everyone will earn less. Fewer people will take up the career. The damage done is to the ecosystem, as well as the paper.
👏🏼👏🏼
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 AM
👏🏼👏🏼
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I wonder what percentage of women go to therapy to heal from men who have not regulated their emotions.
February 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I wonder what percentage of women go to therapy to heal from men who have not regulated their emotions.
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
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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.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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In light of the gutting of the Washington Post:
from Jan. 3, 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump."
from Jan. 3, 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump."
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
In light of the gutting of the Washington Post:
from Jan. 3, 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump."
from Jan. 3, 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump."
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You run a real classy shop, Bezos.
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
You run a real classy shop, Bezos.
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"Our review also highlights relative benefit of medical masks vs. no masks and N95 respirators vs. medical masks. Medical masks used as source control ⬇️ transmission risk by about half.
We did not identify any reports of HCP infected while wearing N95 respirators."
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
We did not identify any reports of HCP infected while wearing N95 respirators."
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
February 3, 2026 at 7:43 PM
"Our review also highlights relative benefit of medical masks vs. no masks and N95 respirators vs. medical masks. Medical masks used as source control ⬇️ transmission risk by about half.
We did not identify any reports of HCP infected while wearing N95 respirators."
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
We did not identify any reports of HCP infected while wearing N95 respirators."
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
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Tant pis.
French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and says that 's a shame .
ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and says that 's a shame .
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Tant pis.
French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
February 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
Unbelievable gaslighting from top federal health official. Cut off funding part-way through a research program, order researchers to keep providing "continuity of care" to patients. What does that even mean?
This is a powerful line of questioning from Senator Hassan and an outrageous answer from Director Bhattacharya.
"If there were disruptions then it is the responsibility of the researchers that were managing the patients, not the NIH" because "I ordered that ... there would be continuity of care."
"If there were disruptions then it is the responsibility of the researchers that were managing the patients, not the NIH" because "I ordered that ... there would be continuity of care."
February 3, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Unbelievable gaslighting from top federal health official. Cut off funding part-way through a research program, order researchers to keep providing "continuity of care" to patients. What does that even mean?
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Bill Clinton testified under oath about Monica Lewinsky. He will now testify under oath about Epstein. There is no excuse for Donald Trump doing that too. Either you want to learn the truth about Epstein’s crimes & who else was involved or you don’t.
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Bill Clinton testified under oath about Monica Lewinsky. He will now testify under oath about Epstein. There is no excuse for Donald Trump doing that too. Either you want to learn the truth about Epstein’s crimes & who else was involved or you don’t.
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And there's also this tidbit as well.
"In a Dec 2013 email exchange, Musk again asked about visiting the island, writing “Will be in the BVU/St Bart's area over the holidays. Is there a good time to visit?”
Epstein responded: “Any day 1st - 8th . play it by ear if you want. always space for you."
"In a Dec 2013 email exchange, Musk again asked about visiting the island, writing “Will be in the BVU/St Bart's area over the holidays. Is there a good time to visit?”
Epstein responded: “Any day 1st - 8th . play it by ear if you want. always space for you."
Established FBI's source claimed Epstein — a wealth manager — "made his money from charging his clients fees to hide their money offshore."
"Epstein was President Vladimir Putin's wealth manager and provided the same service for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe," the source said, People reported.
"Epstein was President Vladimir Putin's wealth manager and provided the same service for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe," the source said, People reported.
Jeffrey Epstein Was Vladimir Putin's Wealth Manager, FBI Source Claimed in Newly Released Epstein Files
Jeffrey Epstein managed money for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, among other powerful world leaders, one confidential source claimed in FBI testimony
people.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:34 AM
And there's also this tidbit as well.
"In a Dec 2013 email exchange, Musk again asked about visiting the island, writing “Will be in the BVU/St Bart's area over the holidays. Is there a good time to visit?”
Epstein responded: “Any day 1st - 8th . play it by ear if you want. always space for you."
"In a Dec 2013 email exchange, Musk again asked about visiting the island, writing “Will be in the BVU/St Bart's area over the holidays. Is there a good time to visit?”
Epstein responded: “Any day 1st - 8th . play it by ear if you want. always space for you."