Jami Alene
@jamialene.bsky.social
Firm believer in ‘Primum non nocere’. She/her in blurple area of red state. Semi retired FM provider. Comments and reactions are my own, not those of present or past employers.
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Average SNAP benefit per person is less than $200.
Elon has received over $38 billion of our tax payer dollars.
But go on about soda Karen.
Elon has received over $38 billion of our tax payer dollars.
But go on about soda Karen.
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Average SNAP benefit per person is less than $200.
Elon has received over $38 billion of our tax payer dollars.
But go on about soda Karen.
Elon has received over $38 billion of our tax payer dollars.
But go on about soda Karen.
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There are ~26,000 commercial and ~11,000 private flights taking off in the US daily.
Instead of Trump grounding 10% of all air traffic in the US, he could simply ban private flights. But he won’t because he’d rather fuck up your holiday travel than upset his billionaire buddies.
Instead of Trump grounding 10% of all air traffic in the US, he could simply ban private flights. But he won’t because he’d rather fuck up your holiday travel than upset his billionaire buddies.
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
There are ~26,000 commercial and ~11,000 private flights taking off in the US daily.
Instead of Trump grounding 10% of all air traffic in the US, he could simply ban private flights. But he won’t because he’d rather fuck up your holiday travel than upset his billionaire buddies.
Instead of Trump grounding 10% of all air traffic in the US, he could simply ban private flights. But he won’t because he’d rather fuck up your holiday travel than upset his billionaire buddies.
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live your life such that, when you die, your obit doesn't need a whole section on how you didn't credit your colleagues in general or how you stole data from a female scientist in particular
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
live your life such that, when you die, your obit doesn't need a whole section on how you didn't credit your colleagues in general or how you stole data from a female scientist in particular
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For I was hungry and you argued all the way up to the Supreme Court that poor people don’t deserve to eat.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
For I was hungry and you argued all the way up to the Supreme Court that poor people don’t deserve to eat.
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I underestimated how profoundly embarrassing the fall of our democracy would be.
This, in particular, is spectacularly hideous. It's like something you'd see on the wall of a car dealership where they put pictures of their top salespeople every month
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I underestimated how profoundly embarrassing the fall of our democracy would be.
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If you buy anything at all from Tesla, you are endorsing a corporation that chose to give a trillion dollars to this man:
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If you buy anything at all from Tesla, you are endorsing a corporation that chose to give a trillion dollars to this man:
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SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
😂😂🤣🤪
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
😂😂🤣🤪
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Authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat on how Tuesday's election provides a blueprint to defeat Tyranny! Ruth highlights the significant takeaways from our wins. Plus she bluntly shares a warning of what Trump will attempt next to hold on to power. youtu.be/YMwNzI5_waQ
Ruth Ben-Ghiat on how Tuesday's election gives a blueprint to defeat Tyranny and what Trump will try
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat on how Tuesday's election provides a blueprint to defeat Tyranny! Ruth highlights the significant takeaways from our wins. Plus she bluntly shares a warning of what Trump will attempt next to hold on to power. youtu.be/YMwNzI5_waQ
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Kicking in the doors of daycares is a great way to turn wine moms into molotov cocktail moms.
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Kicking in the doors of daycares is a great way to turn wine moms into molotov cocktail moms.
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Are you still using Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Are you still using Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
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SCOTUS gave Trump immunity from prosecution.
Congress wouldn’t impeach him no matter what he does.
He ignores court orders.
Ignores Congress.
His cabinet does anything he tells them to even if it’s illegal.
DOJ does too.
And the military.
That’s how autocracies are born.
Congress wouldn’t impeach him no matter what he does.
He ignores court orders.
Ignores Congress.
His cabinet does anything he tells them to even if it’s illegal.
DOJ does too.
And the military.
That’s how autocracies are born.
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
SCOTUS gave Trump immunity from prosecution.
Congress wouldn’t impeach him no matter what he does.
He ignores court orders.
Ignores Congress.
His cabinet does anything he tells them to even if it’s illegal.
DOJ does too.
And the military.
That’s how autocracies are born.
Congress wouldn’t impeach him no matter what he does.
He ignores court orders.
Ignores Congress.
His cabinet does anything he tells them to even if it’s illegal.
DOJ does too.
And the military.
That’s how autocracies are born.
Cancel your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice - refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/ryzOX0Qf
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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October 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Cancel your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice - refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/ryzOX0Qf
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Trump hosted a dinner this week for donors to his White House ballroom project.
Now he's heading to Mar-a-Lago to host a $1 million-per-person dinner for his super PAC.
Meanwhile, 700,000 federal employees are furloughed, with nearly as many working without pay due to his government shutdown.
Now he's heading to Mar-a-Lago to host a $1 million-per-person dinner for his super PAC.
Meanwhile, 700,000 federal employees are furloughed, with nearly as many working without pay due to his government shutdown.
October 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trump hosted a dinner this week for donors to his White House ballroom project.
Now he's heading to Mar-a-Lago to host a $1 million-per-person dinner for his super PAC.
Meanwhile, 700,000 federal employees are furloughed, with nearly as many working without pay due to his government shutdown.
Now he's heading to Mar-a-Lago to host a $1 million-per-person dinner for his super PAC.
Meanwhile, 700,000 federal employees are furloughed, with nearly as many working without pay due to his government shutdown.
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This was the take down moment in the NYC mayoral debate last night. And it’s so true.
October 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This was the take down moment in the NYC mayoral debate last night. And it’s so true.
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I can remember when conservative Christians would have been offended by Trump saying the f-word in public instead of worshipping him as he does it.
Q: What could Maduro do?
TRUMP: He's offered everything. You know why? Because he doesn't want to fuck around with the United States
TRUMP: He's offered everything. You know why? Because he doesn't want to fuck around with the United States
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I can remember when conservative Christians would have been offended by Trump saying the f-word in public instead of worshipping him as he does it.
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Trump's thugs aren't just abducting undocumented immigrants.
More than 170 American citizens — including children — have been detained and assaulted by ICE since he took office.
No one is safe. https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
More than 170 American citizens — including children — have been detained and assaulted by ICE since he took office.
No one is safe. https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainl
www.propublica.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump's thugs aren't just abducting undocumented immigrants.
More than 170 American citizens — including children — have been detained and assaulted by ICE since he took office.
No one is safe. https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
More than 170 American citizens — including children — have been detained and assaulted by ICE since he took office.
No one is safe. https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
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This moral disinformation is getting old. Peaceful protest ≠ hate. Repeating that the Democratic Party is some monolithic extremist group does not make it real, no matter how many times they say it. We will not let authoritarian rhetoric shame or silence Americans who still believe in democracy.
Mike Johnson on No Kings: "We refer to it by its more accurate description -- the Hate America Rally. You're gonna bring together the Marxists, the socialists, the antifa advocates, the anarchists, and the pro-Hamas wing of the far left Democrat Party. That is the modern Democratic Party."
October 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This moral disinformation is getting old. Peaceful protest ≠ hate. Repeating that the Democratic Party is some monolithic extremist group does not make it real, no matter how many times they say it. We will not let authoritarian rhetoric shame or silence Americans who still believe in democracy.
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He lies as he breathes. And he gets away with his lies because the media and his voters don’t hold him accountable for his lies. 👇
October 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
He lies as he breathes. And he gets away with his lies because the media and his voters don’t hold him accountable for his lies. 👇
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Trump's mass deportations aren't just pointlessly cruel.
His own Labor Department is now warning they are "threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices" for Americans.
We should be offering the people who feed us a path out of the shadows — not demonizing them.
His own Labor Department is now warning they are "threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices" for Americans.
We should be offering the people who feed us a path out of the shadows — not demonizing them.
October 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trump's mass deportations aren't just pointlessly cruel.
His own Labor Department is now warning they are "threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices" for Americans.
We should be offering the people who feed us a path out of the shadows — not demonizing them.
His own Labor Department is now warning they are "threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices" for Americans.
We should be offering the people who feed us a path out of the shadows — not demonizing them.
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If you are just realizing that Trump couldn’t care less about the Constitution, federal statutes, or Congress, then you haven’t been paying attention. Trump thinks he’s king.
October 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you are just realizing that Trump couldn’t care less about the Constitution, federal statutes, or Congress, then you haven’t been paying attention. Trump thinks he’s king.
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The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s the moral foundation of America, Elaine Pagels writes—and it’s worth preserving.
The Moral Foundation of America
The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s worth preserving.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s the moral foundation of America, Elaine Pagels writes—and it’s worth preserving.
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Eswatini is Africa’s last remaining absolute monarchy.
In other words, it's just the kind of country—small, untroubled by democracy, and presumably eager to avoid a superpower’s wrath—with which the Trump administration has been eager to do business.
In other words, it's just the kind of country—small, untroubled by democracy, and presumably eager to avoid a superpower’s wrath—with which the Trump administration has been eager to do business.
ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy
Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.
www.motherjones.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Eswatini is Africa’s last remaining absolute monarchy.
In other words, it's just the kind of country—small, untroubled by democracy, and presumably eager to avoid a superpower’s wrath—with which the Trump administration has been eager to do business.
In other words, it's just the kind of country—small, untroubled by democracy, and presumably eager to avoid a superpower’s wrath—with which the Trump administration has been eager to do business.
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Oh come on. On an official document?
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Oh come on. On an official document?
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Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue back bef...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...