Greg Etling
@getling.bsky.social
Techie, former actor/singer...hopeful at the current state of this app :)
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ACIP has posted a draft agenda for their upcoming meeting on 12/4 and 12/5.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ACIP has posted a draft agenda for their upcoming meeting on 12/4 and 12/5.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
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Before ACA, I regularly had patients who bought insurance they thought was "best for them". I've seen $50k annual max, $500k lifetime max, plans w/ no Rx coverage, plans *carving out* cancer treatment, plans that denied leukemia treatment because prior iron deficiency anemia was a pre-existing. /1
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Before ACA, I regularly had patients who bought insurance they thought was "best for them". I've seen $50k annual max, $500k lifetime max, plans w/ no Rx coverage, plans *carving out* cancer treatment, plans that denied leukemia treatment because prior iron deficiency anemia was a pre-existing. /1
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9/🧵 What does this mean for Democratic strategy? All those debates about choosing between identity politics and economic populism? False premise. Young working-class voters with low racial resentment aren't choosing. They're ready for Medicare for All AND Black Lives Matter. Lean into the tide.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
9/🧵 What does this mean for Democratic strategy? All those debates about choosing between identity politics and economic populism? False premise. Young working-class voters with low racial resentment aren't choosing. They're ready for Medicare for All AND Black Lives Matter. Lean into the tide.
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6/🧵 Why does conventional wisdom miss this? We confuse electoral swings with attitude changes. Gen Z shifted 6 points toward Trump in 2024, suddenly pundits say they're "the most conservative generation in 50 years." Only 42% of Gen Z voted. We mistake turnout shifts for ideological transformation.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
6/🧵 Why does conventional wisdom miss this? We confuse electoral swings with attitude changes. Gen Z shifted 6 points toward Trump in 2024, suddenly pundits say they're "the most conservative generation in 50 years." Only 42% of Gen Z voted. We mistake turnout shifts for ideological transformation.
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Fight for power to, not power over.
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Fight for power to, not power over.
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they can come into the tent when they admit they were wrong and change their views
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
they can come into the tent when they admit they were wrong and change their views
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
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somebody brought this up once in the context of Florida voters in 2000 and it fucked me up so much
just the cascading effects on our whole society from losing such a tidal wave of queer people
just the cascading effects on our whole society from losing such a tidal wave of queer people
A few weeks ago I was talking politics with a local, highly straight, bartender.
All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.”
And I’ve thought about that every day since.
All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.”
And I’ve thought about that every day since.
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
somebody brought this up once in the context of Florida voters in 2000 and it fucked me up so much
just the cascading effects on our whole society from losing such a tidal wave of queer people
just the cascading effects on our whole society from losing such a tidal wave of queer people
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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I would posit that if the international treaties against torture are what is holding your country back then your country doesn't deserve to get ahead and holding it back is a moral obligation for everyone else
If you currently rely on the European Court of Human Rights for your minority group to *not* be targeted, you're in trouble...
November 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I would posit that if the international treaties against torture are what is holding your country back then your country doesn't deserve to get ahead and holding it back is a moral obligation for everyone else
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Newsom is the front-runner right now in exactly the same way Jeb! was the front-runner in late 2013.
He has ZERO juice, but he is catnip to the juiceless opinionators who are the only people gossiping about “who is the frontrunner right now.”
He has ZERO juice, but he is catnip to the juiceless opinionators who are the only people gossiping about “who is the frontrunner right now.”
J-MART, on Newsom:
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Newsom is the front-runner right now in exactly the same way Jeb! was the front-runner in late 2013.
He has ZERO juice, but he is catnip to the juiceless opinionators who are the only people gossiping about “who is the frontrunner right now.”
He has ZERO juice, but he is catnip to the juiceless opinionators who are the only people gossiping about “who is the frontrunner right now.”
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it is wild that Labour is doing exactly what the reactionary centrists recommend and is absolutely destroying its base of support as a result, and yet reactionary centrists in the US are just utterly silent about the complete failure of their program.
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
it is wild that Labour is doing exactly what the reactionary centrists recommend and is absolutely destroying its base of support as a result, and yet reactionary centrists in the US are just utterly silent about the complete failure of their program.
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I don’t mind the idea of AI doing my dishes because that’s the stuff I want to be disrupted.
But it doesn’t have to look human to do this! Look at our little roombas. They do a good little job, and should they turn evil, and it would be hard for them to punch us in the face.
But it doesn’t have to look human to do this! Look at our little roombas. They do a good little job, and should they turn evil, and it would be hard for them to punch us in the face.
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I don’t mind the idea of AI doing my dishes because that’s the stuff I want to be disrupted.
But it doesn’t have to look human to do this! Look at our little roombas. They do a good little job, and should they turn evil, and it would be hard for them to punch us in the face.
But it doesn’t have to look human to do this! Look at our little roombas. They do a good little job, and should they turn evil, and it would be hard for them to punch us in the face.
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The caricatures of progressive candidates by moderate Dems just reinforce GOP talking points. Remember the viral story about high school students identifying as cats and demanding litter boxes in bathrooms? I heard that story first from moderate Dems who believed it. It was a made up right wing meme
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The caricatures of progressive candidates by moderate Dems just reinforce GOP talking points. Remember the viral story about high school students identifying as cats and demanding litter boxes in bathrooms? I heard that story first from moderate Dems who believed it. It was a made up right wing meme
Seconded.
Hi. Mike here. Listen to me very carefully. After I'm gone, if anyone, anywhere, for any reason, attempts to use some piece of shit AI app/bot/thing to play a video of me weighing in on literally any topic, I would like you all to seize their device and smash it with a hammer.
New insult to life itself just dropped
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seconded.
And @aaron.bsky.team calls this a “threat”
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
And @aaron.bsky.team calls this a “threat”
It’s still extremely disturbing how poorly scoped the team’s understanding of the word “threat” is. Consult a 1A lawyer, please.
First I’m sorry that you had such tragic experiences. That’s horrific.
1) if a person on the news, such as a female journalist talks about a topic, does she deserve threats in a joking way?
2) would you believe those acceptable to receive on your account?
1) if a person on the news, such as a female journalist talks about a topic, does she deserve threats in a joking way?
2) would you believe those acceptable to receive on your account?
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It’s still extremely disturbing how poorly scoped the team’s understanding of the word “threat” is. Consult a 1A lawyer, please.
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A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
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“The working group seems to be wrapping up a highly contentious policy point rather quickly despite evidence that seems to present a complex situation with no true indicator of whether or not there is an inherent advantage or disadvantage to transgender athletes”
I wrote about a potential IOC ban over transgender, intersex and DSD athletes and how that ties in with the tragic death of Lia Smith here in the U.S.
Mostly, I ask is anyone going to care about those who have been hurt the entire time by this movement?
Mostly, I ask is anyone going to care about those who have been hurt the entire time by this movement?
What happens when the dog catches the car does it just stop and wag its tail and everyone pats it on the head saying good job?
Ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea the IOC held a series of roundtables with journalists on a number of topics. This was a standard thing that their media relations team wou...
www.sydney-bauer.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“The working group seems to be wrapping up a highly contentious policy point rather quickly despite evidence that seems to present a complex situation with no true indicator of whether or not there is an inherent advantage or disadvantage to transgender athletes”
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<record scratch>
You may be wondering how I got here. It all started with the first black president.
You may be wondering how I got here. It all started with the first black president.
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
<record scratch>
You may be wondering how I got here. It all started with the first black president.
You may be wondering how I got here. It all started with the first black president.
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Also, how badly do you think men act?
If all the men you know have done abhorrent things on this scale, what does that say about you?
I'm not gonna pretend everyone doesn't have a past, but like, seriously think about what you are normalizing.
Most men are not this bad, and I hate men! LMAO
If all the men you know have done abhorrent things on this scale, what does that say about you?
I'm not gonna pretend everyone doesn't have a past, but like, seriously think about what you are normalizing.
Most men are not this bad, and I hate men! LMAO
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Also, how badly do you think men act?
If all the men you know have done abhorrent things on this scale, what does that say about you?
I'm not gonna pretend everyone doesn't have a past, but like, seriously think about what you are normalizing.
Most men are not this bad, and I hate men! LMAO
If all the men you know have done abhorrent things on this scale, what does that say about you?
I'm not gonna pretend everyone doesn't have a past, but like, seriously think about what you are normalizing.
Most men are not this bad, and I hate men! LMAO
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Everyone else is touching on the Nazi allegations, so I'm just gonna say that dude being a rape apologist means he's statistically likely to be covering for a rapist, if not statistically likely to be a rapist himself.
I do not break bread with men who condone rape.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
I do not break bread with men who condone rape.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Study suggests some men don’t know meaning of ‘rape’
A recent study found that nearly one-third of college male participants said they would “force a woman to [have] sexual intercourse.” When asked if they would “rape a woman,” that number dwindled to 1...
www.pbs.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Everyone else is touching on the Nazi allegations, so I'm just gonna say that dude being a rape apologist means he's statistically likely to be covering for a rapist, if not statistically likely to be a rapist himself.
I do not break bread with men who condone rape.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
I do not break bread with men who condone rape.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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This is painful to read. She was a hilarious, sharp, brilliant, courageous person. She changed the way I thought about disability and power. What a grave loss.
No. No. No. Waking up to the devastating news that Alice Wong has passed. I have no words yet, except to say that Alice was a powerful force for good in the world & I loved her. I posted the below just before her passing.
Tapping the sign: "Staying alive is a lot of work for a disabled person in an ableist society."—Alice Wong in the Introduction to Disability Visibility
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is painful to read. She was a hilarious, sharp, brilliant, courageous person. She changed the way I thought about disability and power. What a grave loss.
America 2025 in a single photo.
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
America 2025 in a single photo.
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gut the dem party
Congress’s shutdown deal eliminated key food safety rules, blocking agencies from enforcing measures to prevent contamination and trace outbreaks. This rollback has coincided with a surge in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
Shutdown Deal Kills Rules to Prevent Food Contamination and Foodborne Illnesses
The gutting of these rules coincides with a huge increase in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
truthout.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
gut the dem party
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@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.