Meg Ford
@m--22.bsky.social
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Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow
chicagoshovels.org
chicagoshovels.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow
chicagoshovels.org
chicagoshovels.org
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Tell your members of Congress to reject an abortion ban for people who rely on the Affordable Care Act.
Protect Abortion Coverage in the ACA
Congress is locked in negotiations over whether to make healthcare affordable or let costs skyrocket. Anti-abortion groups are trying to exploit the debate to push abortion out of reach. We must take ...
action.aclu.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Tell your members of Congress to reject an abortion ban for people who rely on the Affordable Care Act.
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“delaying #hepatitisB vaccination by just a few months [from birth] could lead to more than $222 million in excess healthcare costs and hundreds of preventable deaths each year” #science #CDC #ACIP
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend it.
CDC's vaccine advisers meet to question long-used vaccines
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend it.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“delaying #hepatitisB vaccination by just a few months [from birth] could lead to more than $222 million in excess healthcare costs and hundreds of preventable deaths each year” #science #CDC #ACIP
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I don't mean to put Simon on blast here, but having gone through these numbers more carefully, I think it illustrates a problem with a lot of LLM defenses: this is comparing the cost of the chips themselves processing a query to *the end to end transmission of streaming video*, including your TV.
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I don't mean to put Simon on blast here, but having gone through these numbers more carefully, I think it illustrates a problem with a lot of LLM defenses: this is comparing the cost of the chips themselves processing a query to *the end to end transmission of streaming video*, including your TV.
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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JD Vance once claimed Haitian immigrants were eating dogs as part of their voodoo rituals. Now he's urging out-of-work Americans to eat dogs when their SNAP benefits end.
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
JD Vance once claimed Haitian immigrants were eating dogs as part of their voodoo rituals. Now he's urging out-of-work Americans to eat dogs when their SNAP benefits end.
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U.S. Citizen Shot by ICE in Ontario, CA Released From Custody With Bullet Still Lodged In Shoulder
lataco.com/ontario-man-...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares and @el_tragon_de_LA
lataco.com/ontario-man-...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares and @el_tragon_de_LA
November 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
U.S. Citizen Shot by ICE in Ontario, CA Released From Custody With Bullet Still Lodged In Shoulder
lataco.com/ontario-man-...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares and @el_tragon_de_LA
lataco.com/ontario-man-...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares and @el_tragon_de_LA
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just make your AI model a corporation. boom, AI personhood, just like that
October 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
just make your AI model a corporation. boom, AI personhood, just like that
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People in Chicago: Know your rights when faced with federal forces.
Know Your Rights: Federal Forces Being Sent to Chicago
President Trump’s decision to send federal forces, and National Guard troops, reflects his authoritarian desire to control any community guided by policies and principles that conflict with his
www.aclu-il.org
October 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
People in Chicago: Know your rights when faced with federal forces.
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Two babies have died of Whooping cough in Louisiana, a vaccine preventable disease.
All pregnant patients and their families should be vaccinated to protect the newborn.
This is Louisiana's worst Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 30 years. buff.ly/pez25q3
#medsky #pedsky🛟😷
All pregnant patients and their families should be vaccinated to protect the newborn.
This is Louisiana's worst Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 30 years. buff.ly/pez25q3
#medsky #pedsky🛟😷
September 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Two babies have died of Whooping cough in Louisiana, a vaccine preventable disease.
All pregnant patients and their families should be vaccinated to protect the newborn.
This is Louisiana's worst Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 30 years. buff.ly/pez25q3
#medsky #pedsky🛟😷
All pregnant patients and their families should be vaccinated to protect the newborn.
This is Louisiana's worst Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 30 years. buff.ly/pez25q3
#medsky #pedsky🛟😷
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Good for them, shameful for us
July 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Good for them, shameful for us
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According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
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58 years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled on the side of our clients Mildred and Richard Loving, legalizing interracial marriages nationwide.
This Loving Day, we honor the generations of families who were torn apart by anti-miscegenation laws and celebrate the couple that changed history.
This Loving Day, we honor the generations of families who were torn apart by anti-miscegenation laws and celebrate the couple that changed history.
June 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
58 years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled on the side of our clients Mildred and Richard Loving, legalizing interracial marriages nationwide.
This Loving Day, we honor the generations of families who were torn apart by anti-miscegenation laws and celebrate the couple that changed history.
This Loving Day, we honor the generations of families who were torn apart by anti-miscegenation laws and celebrate the couple that changed history.
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Quitting my lucrative job as an international fentanyl smuggler to pursue my true passion, vacuuming the hallways of a Holiday Inn Express
This is remarkably incoherent even for him. But I especially like the notion that these evil criminals are applying to pick crops and mop hotel bathrooms.
June 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Quitting my lucrative job as an international fentanyl smuggler to pursue my true passion, vacuuming the hallways of a Holiday Inn Express
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Seeing a lot of confusion about the budget's provisions on trans care--it would strip Medicaid funds for trans care (which is awful enough) but it would NOT prohibit private insurers from providing coverage for trans care. It actually does something far more narrow and wonkier
Under the ACA, plans sold on the individual or small-group Marketplaces have to provide coverage for certain treatments called Essential Health Benefits (EHB). Only a few treatments (like abortion) are prohibited from coverage as an EHB by HHS--but insurers are not banned from covering it altogether
Information on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) Benchmark Plans | CMS
The Affordable Care Act requires non-grandfathered health insurance coverage in the individual and small group markets to cover essential health benefits (EHB), which include items and services in at ...
www.cms.gov
May 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Seeing a lot of confusion about the budget's provisions on trans care--it would strip Medicaid funds for trans care (which is awful enough) but it would NOT prohibit private insurers from providing coverage for trans care. It actually does something far more narrow and wonkier
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A House committee is considering a bill today that would cut hundreds of billions in Medicaid funding — harming disabled communities, seniors, kids in schools, and many more.
We still have a chance to stop it. Contact your member of Congress NOW and tell them to save Medicaid.
We still have a chance to stop it. Contact your member of Congress NOW and tell them to save Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A House committee is considering a bill today that would cut hundreds of billions in Medicaid funding — harming disabled communities, seniors, kids in schools, and many more.
We still have a chance to stop it. Contact your member of Congress NOW and tell them to save Medicaid.
We still have a chance to stop it. Contact your member of Congress NOW and tell them to save Medicaid.
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
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If you've had one of those days when all you really need is a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes, here's a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes.
April 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If you've had one of those days when all you really need is a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes, here's a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes.
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“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”
“Can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights?” our tech columnist asks. “Many A.I. experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close. But I was intrigued.”
Should We Start Taking the Welfare of A.I. Seriously?
As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”
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TIL that Pope Francis was born and died in a year that is a perfect square (1936–2025).
April 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
TIL that Pope Francis was born and died in a year that is a perfect square (1936–2025).
Crows recognize geometric regularity | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Crows recognize geometric regularity
Crows spontaneously identify intruder quadrilaterals among arbitrary shapes, excelling with regular shapes over irregular ones.
www.science.org
April 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Crows recognize geometric regularity | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.
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the solution is simple, we edit wikipedia to say that america is not in trade deficit to anyone, and wait for chatgpt to be updated and re-run in a few days
April 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
the solution is simple, we edit wikipedia to say that america is not in trade deficit to anyone, and wait for chatgpt to be updated and re-run in a few days
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“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
March 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training