KDOrgGetPOd
@kdorg.bsky.social
💙 Awake & aware. Former public school educator, still a teacher. Pro-science, pro-facts, pro-humor-that-uplifts, pro-just-let-them-exist, pro-people-over-money. C(A-Z)O of too many things…
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KDOrgGetPOd
@kdorg.bsky.social
· May 3
“Every accusation is a confession of previous acts or intent”
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🚨 Signs that you are entirely detached from financial reality of Americans. This man has not been in a grocery store for the better part of his life yet he is on TV telling us how cheap it is to live. He represents the people who are banking on our suffering.
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🚨 Signs that you are entirely detached from financial reality of Americans. This man has not been in a grocery store for the better part of his life yet he is on TV telling us how cheap it is to live. He represents the people who are banking on our suffering.
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When people say the law should be "applied neutrally" and "without politics" -- that doesn't means anything. There is no neutral application of the law. Every decision to stop someone, to question them, to arrest or not, to charge, to seek the death penalty etc is a political choice.
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When people say the law should be "applied neutrally" and "without politics" -- that doesn't means anything. There is no neutral application of the law. Every decision to stop someone, to question them, to arrest or not, to charge, to seek the death penalty etc is a political choice.
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American politicians will call people "anti-science" for being critical of the AI industry or thinking that gender transition is a good thing, only to then start destroying its own scientific institutions from the inside.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
American politicians will call people "anti-science" for being critical of the AI industry or thinking that gender transition is a good thing, only to then start destroying its own scientific institutions from the inside.
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those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
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The next pandemic will involve some version of measles or some other formerly eradicated disease.
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The next pandemic will involve some version of measles or some other formerly eradicated disease.
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I said as much. Some cynics sneered but I think it's true. Politics is a business of using symbols to your advantage. Everyone knows the White House, and even if you have little or no patriotic or romantic attachment to it, you know it belongs to the Nation, not a person. And that cuts through.
Sir, I was wondering if I could get your thoughts on my theory that summarily demolishing the White House was a symbolic blow to the country and thus his single biggest miscalculation. I feel it set the stage for much of what has come since.
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I said as much. Some cynics sneered but I think it's true. Politics is a business of using symbols to your advantage. Everyone knows the White House, and even if you have little or no patriotic or romantic attachment to it, you know it belongs to the Nation, not a person. And that cuts through.
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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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November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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What does freedom mean to you?
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
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Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What does freedom mean to you?
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
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News flash. They are. ⚠️
Most Americans Now Believe Billionaires Are A Threat To Democracy, New Data Shows
Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
News flash. They are. ⚠️
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Dozens of elected officials are demanding NYPD Commissioner Tisch reject a judge’s recommendation to dismiss disciplinary charges against an officer who killed an unarmed man in 2016.
https://gothamist.com/news/disciplinary-case-against-nypd-officer-sets-up-potential-conflict-for-tisch-and-mamdani
https://gothamist.com/news/disciplinary-case-against-nypd-officer-sets-up-potential-conflict-for-tisch-and-mamdani
Disciplinary case against NYPD officer sets up potential conflict for Tisch and Mamdani
Officer Wayne Isaacs killed Delrawn Small. His disciplinary case could affect Jessica Tisch's chances to stay on as police commissioner.
gothamist.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Dozens of elected officials are demanding NYPD Commissioner Tisch reject a judge’s recommendation to dismiss disciplinary charges against an officer who killed an unarmed man in 2016.
https://gothamist.com/news/disciplinary-case-against-nypd-officer-sets-up-potential-conflict-for-tisch-and-mamdani
https://gothamist.com/news/disciplinary-case-against-nypd-officer-sets-up-potential-conflict-for-tisch-and-mamdani
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Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
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It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, Bribery spreading, crony capitalism normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but when our kids try to build their lives.
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, Bribery spreading, crony capitalism normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but when our kids try to build their lives.
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The most blatantly and obviously corrupt admin in US history by far. Will ANY Republican have the integrity to speak up about this, the pardons, the crypto scam, ANYTHING?
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The most blatantly and obviously corrupt admin in US history by far. Will ANY Republican have the integrity to speak up about this, the pardons, the crypto scam, ANYTHING?
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It would also be a mistake to conflate religious institutions with non-profit institutions:
“Despite their stated missions of serving the poor, Catholic hospitals as a group serve a lower percentage of Medicaid-insured patients than do other hospitals and provide slightly less charity care.”
“Despite their stated missions of serving the poor, Catholic hospitals as a group serve a lower percentage of Medicaid-insured patients than do other hospitals and provide slightly less charity care.”
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It would also be a mistake to conflate religious institutions with non-profit institutions:
“Despite their stated missions of serving the poor, Catholic hospitals as a group serve a lower percentage of Medicaid-insured patients than do other hospitals and provide slightly less charity care.”
“Despite their stated missions of serving the poor, Catholic hospitals as a group serve a lower percentage of Medicaid-insured patients than do other hospitals and provide slightly less charity care.”
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I found this excellent report on the hidden costs of ceding control of community health systems to religiously-run institutions with maps showing communities where they are the only option. It also lays out how this can facilitate discrimination.
communitycatalyst.org/wp-content/u...
communitycatalyst.org/wp-content/u...
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I found this excellent report on the hidden costs of ceding control of community health systems to religiously-run institutions with maps showing communities where they are the only option. It also lays out how this can facilitate discrimination.
communitycatalyst.org/wp-content/u...
communitycatalyst.org/wp-content/u...
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Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
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As always, nice reporting from the Crimson here
While Summers has broken no laws, and he’s free to correspond with whom he chooses, there’s a lot here to support the idea that he should not be taken as an authoritative spokesman on so many important issues
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
While Summers has broken no laws, and he’s free to correspond with whom he chooses, there’s a lot here to support the idea that he should not be taken as an authoritative spokesman on so many important issues
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Faculty Disturbed by Revelations of Summers’ ‘Cozy Friendship’ With Epstein | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, reop...
www.thecrimson.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As always, nice reporting from the Crimson here
While Summers has broken no laws, and he’s free to correspond with whom he chooses, there’s a lot here to support the idea that he should not be taken as an authoritative spokesman on so many important issues
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
While Summers has broken no laws, and he’s free to correspond with whom he chooses, there’s a lot here to support the idea that he should not be taken as an authoritative spokesman on so many important issues
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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The free marketplace of ideas includes the freedom to *stop listening* to someone who has repeatedly shown terrible judgment and risk calibration
Putting this in writing? Apparently using your university email? To Jeffrey Epstein?
Why would you let someone like that advise on anything important?
Putting this in writing? Apparently using your university email? To Jeffrey Epstein?
Why would you let someone like that advise on anything important?
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The free marketplace of ideas includes the freedom to *stop listening* to someone who has repeatedly shown terrible judgment and risk calibration
Putting this in writing? Apparently using your university email? To Jeffrey Epstein?
Why would you let someone like that advise on anything important?
Putting this in writing? Apparently using your university email? To Jeffrey Epstein?
Why would you let someone like that advise on anything important?
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My expectation: We're going to see cholera outbreaks again as water supply oversight fails, but I bet we still have enough MMR vaxxed to hold out a little bit longer.
Ebola, Marburg, another coronavirus, bird flu, those would be my bets
Ebola, Marburg, another coronavirus, bird flu, those would be my bets
The next pandemic will involve some version of measles or some other formerly eradicated disease.
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My expectation: We're going to see cholera outbreaks again as water supply oversight fails, but I bet we still have enough MMR vaxxed to hold out a little bit longer.
Ebola, Marburg, another coronavirus, bird flu, those would be my bets
Ebola, Marburg, another coronavirus, bird flu, those would be my bets
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We're now at the RE-PARDONS stage of this presidency www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We're now at the RE-PARDONS stage of this presidency www.politico.com/news/2025/11...