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If you have ME/CFS (even without a formal diagnosis) & live in California, I would love if you could fill out & share this survey with your friends. I am trying to prepare for a few legislative meetings I have in January w/ some old colleagues.
Responses are anonymous!
cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
Responses are anonymous!
cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
Encrypted Form
CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite
cryptpad.fr
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If you have ME/CFS (even without a formal diagnosis) & live in California, I would love if you could fill out & share this survey with your friends. I am trying to prepare for a few legislative meetings I have in January w/ some old colleagues.
Responses are anonymous!
cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
Responses are anonymous!
cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
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USDA plans to give Palantir a no-bid contract for AI "data integration" for the National Farm Security Action Plan which notably highlights SNAP 'fraud.'
So Palantir AI will ingest "key user data previously submitted by applicants" to "conduct security checks."
It'll cost up to $300 million.
So Palantir AI will ingest "key user data previously submitted by applicants" to "conduct security checks."
It'll cost up to $300 million.
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
USDA plans to give Palantir a no-bid contract for AI "data integration" for the National Farm Security Action Plan which notably highlights SNAP 'fraud.'
So Palantir AI will ingest "key user data previously submitted by applicants" to "conduct security checks."
It'll cost up to $300 million.
So Palantir AI will ingest "key user data previously submitted by applicants" to "conduct security checks."
It'll cost up to $300 million.
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If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
whenever I see people who are pro policies chases, I try to get them to watch the episode John Oliver did about it
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
whenever I see people who are pro policies chases, I try to get them to watch the episode John Oliver did about it
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Woke up to this at dawn…
December 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Woke up to this at dawn…
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it's taken me a while to put this together. but I hope, if you've never heard of her, or even if you have, this tribute to Alice Wong buoys your heart and gives you a good sense of who this incredible person was. www.coyotemedia.org/remembering-...
Remembering Alice Wong
On the one-month anniversary of her passing, we honor the acclaimed disability justice advocate, writer, shit-talker, and friend to so many.
www.coyotemedia.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
it's taken me a while to put this together. but I hope, if you've never heard of her, or even if you have, this tribute to Alice Wong buoys your heart and gives you a good sense of who this incredible person was. www.coyotemedia.org/remembering-...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Eupeodes luniger a common hoverfly.
#macromonday
#macromonday
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Eupeodes luniger a common hoverfly.
#macromonday
#macromonday
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Drug addiction is a physical and mental health issue not a personal failing so shame, scorn and forced abstinence do not cure it. It changes the brain chemistry.
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Drug addiction is a physical and mental health issue not a personal failing so shame, scorn and forced abstinence do not cure it. It changes the brain chemistry.
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I just wanted to send a bit of light to the families currently trying to move heaven and earth to help their loved ones struggling with substance abuse and mental illness. I'm turning social media off for a bit and I suggest you do the same. Sending love to you and your beloved ones.
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I just wanted to send a bit of light to the families currently trying to move heaven and earth to help their loved ones struggling with substance abuse and mental illness. I'm turning social media off for a bit and I suggest you do the same. Sending love to you and your beloved ones.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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“Well then,” said Toad, “a little more sleep will not hurt me.”
December 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“Well then,” said Toad, “a little more sleep will not hurt me.”
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One time I was having coffee w/ a group of friends, and we discovered that every person at the table had been denied health insurance in the 1990s for having taken anti-depressants, except for one who'd been denied for having discussed them w/ her doctor, though she didn't get a prescription.
December 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
One time I was having coffee w/ a group of friends, and we discovered that every person at the table had been denied health insurance in the 1990s for having taken anti-depressants, except for one who'd been denied for having discussed them w/ her doctor, though she didn't get a prescription.
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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There can’t be a more horrific insight into the sickness of the US’s gun crime epidemic than the fact two survivors of Brown University had already survived school shootings. One was shot in the abdomen in 2016, while her best friend died. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
There can’t be a more horrific insight into the sickness of the US’s gun crime epidemic than the fact two survivors of Brown University had already survived school shootings. One was shot in the abdomen in 2016, while her best friend died. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
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“Her mouth drops into a hesitant o when she first looks at herself in the mirror.” Read from @eshanisurya.bsky.social’s new novel, Ravishing.
Ravishing
Her mouth drops into a hesitant o when she first looks at herself in the mirror. The girl on the screen films whenever she can. Her phone’s camera, a hungry eye, beckons. But she doesn’t mind being…
buff.ly
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Her mouth drops into a hesitant o when she first looks at herself in the mirror.” Read from @eshanisurya.bsky.social’s new novel, Ravishing.
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I wrote about why RFK Jr is a menace to people with chronic illnesses for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Link: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Free link: archive.ph/KPhx4
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED
TELL YOUR REPS TO IMPEACH THIS GUY
Link: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Free link: archive.ph/KPhx4
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED
TELL YOUR REPS TO IMPEACH THIS GUY
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I wrote about why RFK Jr is a menace to people with chronic illnesses for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Link: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Free link: archive.ph/KPhx4
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED
TELL YOUR REPS TO IMPEACH THIS GUY
Link: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Free link: archive.ph/KPhx4
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED
TELL YOUR REPS TO IMPEACH THIS GUY
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Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
heated.world
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
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A new investigation has revealed that grocery delivery service Instacart is using a covert, AI-powered dynamic pricing scheme to charge customers different prices for the same items — potentially costing households over $1,000 more a year.
Instacart Reportedly Using Secret AI-Powered Dynamic Pricing to Jack Up Prices
In an experiment, investigators found that the same grocery basket at a Seattle store cost between $114 and $124.
truthout.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A new investigation has revealed that grocery delivery service Instacart is using a covert, AI-powered dynamic pricing scheme to charge customers different prices for the same items — potentially costing households over $1,000 more a year.
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also, by the way
a lot of us process our grief by making art
they're trying to replace that process with AI from both directions
a lot of us process our grief by making art
they're trying to replace that process with AI from both directions
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
also, by the way
a lot of us process our grief by making art
they're trying to replace that process with AI from both directions
a lot of us process our grief by making art
they're trying to replace that process with AI from both directions
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This is just so deeply sad.
Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies at 55
Sophie Kinsella, the author of "Confessions of a Shopaholic," has died from complications of brain cancer. Her family confirmed the news on Monday.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is just so deeply sad.
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Parkinson's disease shows both the promise and failure of MAHA: it's environment, not genetics, that could hold the key to prevention. If only we would actually do something about it www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Parkinson's disease shows both the promise and failure of MAHA: it's environment, not genetics, that could hold the key to prevention. If only we would actually do something about it www.wired.com/story/scient...
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Representative Haley Stevens of Michigan, has filed articles of impeachment against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for turning his back on science, public health, and the American people.
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Representative Haley Stevens of Michigan, has filed articles of impeachment against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for turning his back on science, public health, and the American people.
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This is my thing. I see a lot of the new racist content and it is coming from teenagers. It's not dying out, it is just getting a new spokesperson
We been "waiting for the old folks to die so we can stop being racist" for every single one of my 53 years. It's almost like, they pass it down generationally or something.
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is my thing. I see a lot of the new racist content and it is coming from teenagers. It's not dying out, it is just getting a new spokesperson