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Anticonsumption groups are thinking this will lead to "less stuff" and it will... but some of us depend on prescription medicines to live despite what our diabolical HHS Secretary is saying.
China is a key part of that supply chain.
China is a key part of that supply chain.
Every factory on earth, except those located in the United States, can get the inputs they need from China, without paying an additional 145 percent markup.
April 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Anticonsumption groups are thinking this will lead to "less stuff" and it will... but some of us depend on prescription medicines to live despite what our diabolical HHS Secretary is saying.
China is a key part of that supply chain.
China is a key part of that supply chain.
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I yearn to live in uninteresting times
April 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I yearn to live in uninteresting times
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This is why Republicans in the House passed a law saying women can't register to vote if their last name is different from their birth certificate.
Yes, that happened.
Yes, that happened.
The split between men and women is one of the starkest divisions in American politics right now — and that divide is deepest in Gen Z, which is taking the traditional gender gap in American politics and stretching it even further.
Young men and women are taking the 'gender gap' to staggering new levels
The gulf between Gen Z men and women on political and cultural issues is far wider than it is in older generations.
nbcnews.to
April 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is why Republicans in the House passed a law saying women can't register to vote if their last name is different from their birth certificate.
Yes, that happened.
Yes, that happened.
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NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts
Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.
www.huffpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...
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Gov. Tim Walz State Address: "We have university students shoved into unmarked vans and fathers being tossed into Salvadorian gulags without a hint of due process. If you say you love freedom, but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn't freedom, it's privilege."
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Gov. Tim Walz State Address: "We have university students shoved into unmarked vans and fathers being tossed into Salvadorian gulags without a hint of due process. If you say you love freedom, but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn't freedom, it's privilege."
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my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison
This is insane and everyone involved needs to be sued into oblivion and then go directly to jail
April 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison
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DHS is doxxing people
“The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government **posted their home address** to social media.” 4/23/25 newrepublic.com/post/194289/...
Abrego Garcia’s Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife says she fears for her safety since the Trump administration deported him to a prison in El Salvador.
newrepublic.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
DHS is doxxing people
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*28 point swing* in voters' confidence that Trump can 'make good decisions about economic policy'
and once again I remind you: the economic pain has not yet begun, this is all just stock market vibes
and once again I remind you: the economic pain has not yet begun, this is all just stock market vibes
New Pew Poll from USA today showing massive movement against Trump.
His approval is now 40/59, declining 7pts since February. He has lost support among squishy Trump voters. Since Nov confidence in his ability to make good economic decisions has declined by 28pts.
His approval is now 40/59, declining 7pts since February. He has lost support among squishy Trump voters. Since Nov confidence in his ability to make good economic decisions has declined by 28pts.
April 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
*28 point swing* in voters' confidence that Trump can 'make good decisions about economic policy'
and once again I remind you: the economic pain has not yet begun, this is all just stock market vibes
and once again I remind you: the economic pain has not yet begun, this is all just stock market vibes
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republicans don't care whether people live or die literally
If Republican lawmakers roll back Medicaid expansion funding it could lead to over 34,000 more deaths every year, according to new research from The Center for American Progress.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Cutting federal Medicaid expansion funding could lead to 30k additional deaths: Analysis
An attempt by Republican lawmakers to roll back the federal government’s share of Medicaid expansion could result in tens of thousands of additional deaths, according to an analysis by a liberal th…
thehill.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
republicans don't care whether people live or die literally
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If six months ago you'd told me that in autumn 2025 I'd have to go to Canada to get my annual COVID vaccine but I wouldn't do it because coming back through immigrations was too risky for someone who had criticized the government, I would have looked at you like you were having a stroke.
In what proportions is our new NIH Director a flaming ignoramus vs. a brazen liar?
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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on mRNA tech:
"The next step is [to halt] the mRNA platform itself... the manufacturer has no idea what dose they're giving, no idea where it goes in the body, and whether they are producing off-target antigens"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q25tg5qy6kzwtuecpe6b4shw/bafkreie7wm23po34vcypd5357s2a2dgav7bhdzypwmkdjgb7jxsfijjf2y@jpeg)
April 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If six months ago you'd told me that in autumn 2025 I'd have to go to Canada to get my annual COVID vaccine but I wouldn't do it because coming back through immigrations was too risky for someone who had criticized the government, I would have looked at you like you were having a stroke.
Heard in my complex analysis class: "Hyperbolic geometry comes up naturally when you're just trying to mind your own business and do some complex analysis."
That makes it sound like a door-to-door proselytizer. "Have you heard the good news about Euclid's fifth postulate?"
#math #mathematics
That makes it sound like a door-to-door proselytizer. "Have you heard the good news about Euclid's fifth postulate?"
#math #mathematics
April 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Heard in my complex analysis class: "Hyperbolic geometry comes up naturally when you're just trying to mind your own business and do some complex analysis."
That makes it sound like a door-to-door proselytizer. "Have you heard the good news about Euclid's fifth postulate?"
#math #mathematics
That makes it sound like a door-to-door proselytizer. "Have you heard the good news about Euclid's fifth postulate?"
#math #mathematics
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This why allowing people to hide their racism, misogyny and bigotry behind letters is a disservice to us all.
When someone says they are "anti-DEI" always challenge them to own their hate. Do they oppose diversity? are they offended by equity? or is it the inclusion of others that offends them?
When someone says they are "anti-DEI" always challenge them to own their hate. Do they oppose diversity? are they offended by equity? or is it the inclusion of others that offends them?
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This why allowing people to hide their racism, misogyny and bigotry behind letters is a disservice to us all.
When someone says they are "anti-DEI" always challenge them to own their hate. Do they oppose diversity? are they offended by equity? or is it the inclusion of others that offends them?
When someone says they are "anti-DEI" always challenge them to own their hate. Do they oppose diversity? are they offended by equity? or is it the inclusion of others that offends them?
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I’ve said this repeatedly but I’ll say it again: if you’re able, get an IUD. it’s easily removed but otherwise lasts for years. (voice of experience here: ask for a paracervical block pre-insertion, and if they refuse, find another dr)
NEW: Alliance Defending Freedom is urging Trump to cut ties with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, org that helps recommend which women's preventive services to cover—including birth control. Letter cites "items that can prevent the implantation of embryos after conception"
Far-Right Group That Helped Overturn 'Roe' Is Officially Going After Birth Control
Alliance Defending Freedom is urging the Trump administration to cut ties with a top gynecologist group that recommends insurance has to cover IUDs and emergency contraception.
www.jezebel.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’ve said this repeatedly but I’ll say it again: if you’re able, get an IUD. it’s easily removed but otherwise lasts for years. (voice of experience here: ask for a paracervical block pre-insertion, and if they refuse, find another dr)
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Some horrifying details on the white supremacist book purge at the Naval Academy library:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
April 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Some horrifying details on the white supremacist book purge at the Naval Academy library:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
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New: Anti-trans extremists have disrupted life in Davis, California.
The story started when one mom's child came out as non-binary. Then came Libs of Tik Tok. Then came the bombs threats targeting schools and a library:
www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/20...
The story started when one mom's child came out as non-binary. Then came Libs of Tik Tok. Then came the bombs threats targeting schools and a library:
www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/20...
Davis, California, Faces Bomb Threats, Harassment From Anti-Trans
Bomb threats forced elementary schools to go on lockdown and a library to cancel a LGBTQ+ event this summer in Davis, California, after anti-trans activists including “Libs of TikTok” and a Moms ...
www.splcenter.org
October 30, 2023 at 8:49 PM
New: Anti-trans extremists have disrupted life in Davis, California.
The story started when one mom's child came out as non-binary. Then came Libs of Tik Tok. Then came the bombs threats targeting schools and a library:
www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/20...
The story started when one mom's child came out as non-binary. Then came Libs of Tik Tok. Then came the bombs threats targeting schools and a library:
www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/20...
I think I'm done with BlueSky. See you over on Mastodon.
September 19, 2023 at 8:43 PM
I think I'm done with BlueSky. See you over on Mastodon.
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My article on NC ACLU response to threat by Greensboro police to seize property of homeless people. @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
www.yesweekly.com/news/aclu-wa...
www.yesweekly.com/news/aclu-wa...
ACLU warns city that anti-homeless measures violate constitutional rights
“It has come to our attention that the Greensboro police intend to seize the private property of unhoused people living near the Interactive Resource Center in downtown Greensboro.”
www.yesweekly.com
September 14, 2023 at 5:13 AM
My article on NC ACLU response to threat by Greensboro police to seize property of homeless people. @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
www.yesweekly.com/news/aclu-wa...
www.yesweekly.com/news/aclu-wa...
This is newsworthy: BlueSky is apparently ignoring security vulnerability reports, incl some significant ones from journalist & software developer Jason Parker. After notifying them and being ignored, he has released exploits github.com/qwell/bsky-e...
Original post: fosstodon.org/@north/11105...
Original post: fosstodon.org/@north/11105...
September 13, 2023 at 11:45 PM
This is newsworthy: BlueSky is apparently ignoring security vulnerability reports, incl some significant ones from journalist & software developer Jason Parker. After notifying them and being ignored, he has released exploits github.com/qwell/bsky-e...
Original post: fosstodon.org/@north/11105...
Original post: fosstodon.org/@north/11105...
The last time Apple had an all-new, revolutionary iPhone redesign, didn't they ship the phone we were all holding wrong?
September 12, 2023 at 8:58 PM
The last time Apple had an all-new, revolutionary iPhone redesign, didn't they ship the phone we were all holding wrong?
No, it really is *not* amazing that we can now charge our iPhones with USB-C. That's been table stakes in the rest of the market for *years*. What horseshit.
September 12, 2023 at 6:01 PM
No, it really is *not* amazing that we can now charge our iPhones with USB-C. That's been table stakes in the rest of the market for *years*. What horseshit.
Bluesky: It's like Twitter, but without the Nazis, or any of the people you follow.
September 2, 2023 at 6:10 AM
Bluesky: It's like Twitter, but without the Nazis, or any of the people you follow.
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This is over a year old and I don't know why I haven't shared it sooner: soundcloud.com/synkr3tyk/fo...
In any case, it suits my mood right now.
In any case, it suits my mood right now.
September 2, 2023 at 5:31 AM
This is over a year old and I don't know why I haven't shared it sooner: soundcloud.com/synkr3tyk/fo...
In any case, it suits my mood right now.
In any case, it suits my mood right now.
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Trans people are under attack, with government laws that take away their rights. For some, the pushback against that hate is the problem. “Compromise” is needed, and “aggressiveness” is a problem. This is a dangerous path, and I address it at Law Dork.
Confronting a pair of dangerous arguments as trans people remain under attack
On protecting transgender people's lives and dignity in the face of this week; Yglesias's "compromise"; and Singal, Powell, & Drum's anti-advocacy cry.
www.lawdork.com
August 26, 2023 at 2:18 PM
Trans people are under attack, with government laws that take away their rights. For some, the pushback against that hate is the problem. “Compromise” is needed, and “aggressiveness” is a problem. This is a dangerous path, and I address it at Law Dork.
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We need better laws in the US
August 26, 2023 at 12:55 AM
We need better laws in the US