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A request to my follows: If you post bad political news, please try and link - or at least mention - a resource or an action to oppose, resist or compensate for the bad news.
That helps keep us from getting demoralized!
That helps keep us from getting demoralized!
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Imagine a fun, CGI boot stamping a cute, CGI human face, forever
December 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Imagine a fun, CGI boot stamping a cute, CGI human face, forever
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December 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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To NYT chief Joe Kahn, raising the fact that he was mentored in journalism by his father, who served on the board of a group that compares the NYT to Hamas, is just a way of saying "his father was Jewish."
fair.org/home/nyt-edi...
fair.org/home/nyt-edi...
NYT Editors Gaslight Readers Over Paper’s Gaza Bias
Even as NYT chief Joe Kahn was clamping down on the newsroom, he offered praise to then-President Joe Biden for backing Israel’s genocide.
fair.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
To NYT chief Joe Kahn, raising the fact that he was mentored in journalism by his father, who served on the board of a group that compares the NYT to Hamas, is just a way of saying "his father was Jewish."
fair.org/home/nyt-edi...
fair.org/home/nyt-edi...
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Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain & Slovenia are doing the right thing & all European countries should #BoycottEurovision because it's become nothing but a propaganda vehicle for #ApartheidIsrael in the midst of its ongoing #GazaGenocide; they should all be supporting #BDS to #FreePalestine 🍉
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain & Slovenia are doing the right thing & all European countries should #BoycottEurovision because it's become nothing but a propaganda vehicle for #ApartheidIsrael in the midst of its ongoing #GazaGenocide; they should all be supporting #BDS to #FreePalestine 🍉
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John Rykener (a.k.a. 'Eleanor') was a transgendered sex worker who was prosecuted for homosexuality #OnThisDay in 1384 — a rare instance of the documentation of LGBTQ life in medieval England — a hidden #history we need to know more about~!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John/El...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John/El...
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
John Rykener (a.k.a. 'Eleanor') was a transgendered sex worker who was prosecuted for homosexuality #OnThisDay in 1384 — a rare instance of the documentation of LGBTQ life in medieval England — a hidden #history we need to know more about~!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John/El...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John/El...
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How are the MAGA loons going to react to this? Rethink or dig in?
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
How are the MAGA loons going to react to this? Rethink or dig in?
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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Rubio's change of the official State Department typeface from (silly) Calibri to (tired) Times may be ridiculous, but also a sign how much these people hate the disabled. Sans serif is easier on the visually impaired, so making accommodation is woke. Eugenicists, all of them.
December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Rubio's change of the official State Department typeface from (silly) Calibri to (tired) Times may be ridiculous, but also a sign how much these people hate the disabled. Sans serif is easier on the visually impaired, so making accommodation is woke. Eugenicists, all of them.
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@cbsnews.com is advertising an Erika Kirk town hall moderated by Bari Weiss under the tagline: “Can she unite America?” I want us to think about all the whys here and their implications.
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@cbsnews.com is advertising an Erika Kirk town hall moderated by Bari Weiss under the tagline: “Can she unite America?” I want us to think about all the whys here and their implications.
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Had the exact same experience today. I ended the call by asking if they were a human or an AI -- I was genuinely not sure. They confirmed they were an AI. The last time I called the same company, I had spoken to humans in a call center in the Philippines. We've reached the tipping point on this one.
But the first conversation left me really quite unsettled, not least because if in fact I was talking to a real person, it would have been extremely rude to ask.
Uncanny valley indeed.
Uncanny valley indeed.
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Had the exact same experience today. I ended the call by asking if they were a human or an AI -- I was genuinely not sure. They confirmed they were an AI. The last time I called the same company, I had spoken to humans in a call center in the Philippines. We've reached the tipping point on this one.
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New post: When I express concern about #COVID19, I have some friends who say, "Well, isn't it just like the #flu now?" Some #COVID cautious people say "No, it's much worse!"
Well, it is kind of like the flu, and #RSV - but we should care about the flu and RSV too!
grieve-smith.com/ftn/2025/12/...
Well, it is kind of like the flu, and #RSV - but we should care about the flu and RSV too!
grieve-smith.com/ftn/2025/12/...
Why I care about the flu too
This is part of an ongoing series exploring how to live with compassion in our world of infectious diseases, which tend to recur in waves. It started with me trying to figure out how to avoid getting...
grieve-smith.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
New post: When I express concern about #COVID19, I have some friends who say, "Well, isn't it just like the #flu now?" Some #COVID cautious people say "No, it's much worse!"
Well, it is kind of like the flu, and #RSV - but we should care about the flu and RSV too!
grieve-smith.com/ftn/2025/12/...
Well, it is kind of like the flu, and #RSV - but we should care about the flu and RSV too!
grieve-smith.com/ftn/2025/12/...
New post: When I express concern about #COVID19, I have some friends who say, "Well, isn't it just like the #flu now?" Some #COVID cautious people say "No, it's much worse!"
Well, it is kind of like the flu, and #RSV - but we should care about the flu and RSV too!
grieve-smith.com/ftn/2025/12/...
Well, it is kind of like the flu, and #RSV - but we should care about the flu and RSV too!
grieve-smith.com/ftn/2025/12/...
Why I care about the flu too
This is part of an ongoing series exploring how to live with compassion in our world of infectious diseases, which tend to recur in waves. It started with me trying to figure out how to avoid getting...
grieve-smith.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
New post: When I express concern about #COVID19, I have some friends who say, "Well, isn't it just like the #flu now?" Some #COVID cautious people say "No, it's much worse!"
Well, it is kind of like the flu, and #RSV - but we should care about the flu and RSV too!
grieve-smith.com/ftn/2025/12/...
Well, it is kind of like the flu, and #RSV - but we should care about the flu and RSV too!
grieve-smith.com/ftn/2025/12/...
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#PearlHarborDay always brings back unpleasant memories of bullying, harassment & racial slurs — ironic, given that I was a Korean adoptee born many years after the attack on Pearl Harbor & given that the country of my birth was itself invaded & occupied by Japan...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
#PearlHarborDay always brings back unpleasant memories of bullying, harassment & racial slurs — ironic, given that I was a Korean adoptee born many years after the attack on Pearl Harbor & given that the country of my birth was itself invaded & occupied by Japan...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
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"Because #capitalism orients people toward profit rather than allowing us to pursue our interests freely, it inevitably separates humans from the creative act. #AI #art is just the slop frothing up from that gap," writes Nicholas Liu:
jacobin.com/2025/12/ai-s...
jacobin.com/2025/12/ai-s...
December 7, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"Because #capitalism orients people toward profit rather than allowing us to pursue our interests freely, it inevitably separates humans from the creative act. #AI #art is just the slop frothing up from that gap," writes Nicholas Liu:
jacobin.com/2025/12/ai-s...
jacobin.com/2025/12/ai-s...
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without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
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This really needs to be understood: "The confusion appears intentional and is proving profitable and deadly."
The people selling these vehicles are not our allies. velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/...
The people selling these vehicles are not our allies. velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/...
E-Bike Injuries Are Up 1,800%, But It's Not Actually E-Bikes: It's Electric Motorcycles
The vehicles causing a recent spike in injuries and worse aren't e-bikes. Here’s why, our solution, and how to differentiate an e-bike from an e-moto.
velo.outsideonline.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This really needs to be understood: "The confusion appears intentional and is proving profitable and deadly."
The people selling these vehicles are not our allies. velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/...
The people selling these vehicles are not our allies. velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/...
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Completely un-American.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Completely un-American.
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"#Ireland, the #Netherlands, #Spain & #Slovenia announced their decision to boycott the 2026 #EurovisionSongContest after Israel was authorized to take part in the music competition over its #genocide & ongoing violations in the blockaded #Gaza Strip":
www.dailysabah.com/arts/music/4...
www.dailysabah.com/arts/music/4...
December 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"#Ireland, the #Netherlands, #Spain & #Slovenia announced their decision to boycott the 2026 #EurovisionSongContest after Israel was authorized to take part in the music competition over its #genocide & ongoing violations in the blockaded #Gaza Strip":
www.dailysabah.com/arts/music/4...
www.dailysabah.com/arts/music/4...
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
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We don’t talk about just how many things Reagan broke nearly enough.
The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We don’t talk about just how many things Reagan broke nearly enough.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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The Cognitive Linguistics Association of North America inaugural CLANA Speaker Series features Dr. Eve Sweetser presenting, "Viewpoint in Multimodal Communication" this Thurs., Dec. 4 at 3:00PM PT | 6:00PM ET. ASL–English interpretation provided. Register here: tinyurl.com/clana-sweets...
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Cognitive Linguistics Association of North America inaugural CLANA Speaker Series features Dr. Eve Sweetser presenting, "Viewpoint in Multimodal Communication" this Thurs., Dec. 4 at 3:00PM PT | 6:00PM ET. ASL–English interpretation provided. Register here: tinyurl.com/clana-sweets...