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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted a Justice Department request to release grand jury material related to Ghislaine Maxwell's case.
Judge to put in place a mechanism to protect victims.
Federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted a Justice Department request to release grand jury material related to Ghislaine Maxwell's case.
Judge to put in place a mechanism to protect victims.
New York judge orders release of Ghislaine Maxwell-related grand jury records
The ruling comes days after a federal judge in Florida also ordered the release of grand jury investigations into Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 and 2007.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted a Justice Department request to release grand jury material related to Ghislaine Maxwell's case.
Judge to put in place a mechanism to protect victims.
Federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted a Justice Department request to release grand jury material related to Ghislaine Maxwell's case.
Judge to put in place a mechanism to protect victims.
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Political corruption. Vast inequality. Giant monopolies. Ultra-wealthy elites. Conspicuous consumption.
These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.
But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=F3dxZcPJJRcBXB1O
These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.
But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=F3dxZcPJJRcBXB1O
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Political corruption. Vast inequality. Giant monopolies. Ultra-wealthy elites. Conspicuous consumption.
These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.
But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=F3dxZcPJJRcBXB1O
These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.
But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=F3dxZcPJJRcBXB1O
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This was the same one when he/she was down hopping around for some nibbles I had scattered
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This was the same one when he/she was down hopping around for some nibbles I had scattered
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"Why are my healthcare premiums about to double?"
The Affordable Care Act's tax credits will expire at the end of this year.
Republicans could have extended them in their budget bill this summer.
They didn't.
Instead, they gave Big Pharma and insurance companies a tax break.
The Affordable Care Act's tax credits will expire at the end of this year.
Republicans could have extended them in their budget bill this summer.
They didn't.
Instead, they gave Big Pharma and insurance companies a tax break.
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Why are my healthcare premiums about to double?"
The Affordable Care Act's tax credits will expire at the end of this year.
Republicans could have extended them in their budget bill this summer.
They didn't.
Instead, they gave Big Pharma and insurance companies a tax break.
The Affordable Care Act's tax credits will expire at the end of this year.
Republicans could have extended them in their budget bill this summer.
They didn't.
Instead, they gave Big Pharma and insurance companies a tax break.
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"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
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The NIH has been gutted.
December 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The NIH has been gutted.
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He's right, they're not laughing...they're cackling. 🤣
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
He's right, they're not laughing...they're cackling. 🤣
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Almost forgot to post a #Moon shot!
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/11
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO: 800
Moon phase: Waning 76%
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/11
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO: 800
Moon phase: Waning 76%
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Almost forgot to post a #Moon shot!
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/11
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO: 800
Moon phase: Waning 76%
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/11
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO: 800
Moon phase: Waning 76%
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Gemini North image of Arp 336, also known as NGC 2685 or the Helix Galaxy.
Its perpendicular ring of gas, stars, and dust was likely captured from an interaction with another galaxy.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, L. Bassino
Source
Its perpendicular ring of gas, stars, and dust was likely captured from an interaction with another galaxy.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, L. Bassino
Source
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Gemini North image of Arp 336, also known as NGC 2685 or the Helix Galaxy.
Its perpendicular ring of gas, stars, and dust was likely captured from an interaction with another galaxy.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, L. Bassino
Source
Its perpendicular ring of gas, stars, and dust was likely captured from an interaction with another galaxy.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, L. Bassino
Source
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December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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In 1906, Finland became the first European country to grant women the right to vote & run for office. The first 19 women in the Finnish parliament, the Eduskunta, were elected in 1907. #suffrage
It's Independence Day in #Finland, adopting the Declaration of Independence from Russia #OTD in 1917.
It's Independence Day in #Finland, adopting the Declaration of Independence from Russia #OTD in 1917.
December 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“A lot of people are going to be really hurt... Even if they are a different political persuasion, we need to call on our empathy and not judge, but listen from our hearts and welcome them to our tent — because we are going to need a Big Tent to successfully resist what is coming at us.”
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“A lot of people are going to be really hurt... Even if they are a different political persuasion, we need to call on our empathy and not judge, but listen from our hearts and welcome them to our tent — because we are going to need a Big Tent to successfully resist what is coming at us.”
Track Record for Republicans: In states where Republicans control both legislative chambers, women make up no more than 36% of Republican legislators in any state, holding an average of about 20% of seats across those states.
For context, women make up nearly 50% of all Democratic state legislators
For context, women make up nearly 50% of all Democratic state legislators
“As of December 2025, there are zero Republican female House members chairing a full standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 119th Congress. This is the first time in two decades no women have led a House committee for the GOP conference”
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Track Record for Republicans: In states where Republicans control both legislative chambers, women make up no more than 36% of Republican legislators in any state, holding an average of about 20% of seats across those states.
For context, women make up nearly 50% of all Democratic state legislators
For context, women make up nearly 50% of all Democratic state legislators
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Paper out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com:
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Representation in science and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour
Druckman et al. document gaps in trust in scientists in the USA. People from groups less represented among scientists (for example, women and those with lower economic status) are less trusting. Incre...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Paper out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com:
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Why is MSM/ABC unable to highlight the underlying reasons for 000 failures? - in that this essential service has been privatised - so profit has been prioritised over care - & politicians are then either lobbied or donated to so required regulations are not put in place #auspol
December 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Why is MSM/ABC unable to highlight the underlying reasons for 000 failures? - in that this essential service has been privatised - so profit has been prioritised over care - & politicians are then either lobbied or donated to so required regulations are not put in place #auspol
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the “unitary executive” theory is incompatible with successful science.
We get to choose: the current Supreme Court and its views on executive power, or America’s science superpower. We can’t have both
We get to choose: the current Supreme Court and its views on executive power, or America’s science superpower. We can’t have both
December 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
the “unitary executive” theory is incompatible with successful science.
We get to choose: the current Supreme Court and its views on executive power, or America’s science superpower. We can’t have both
We get to choose: the current Supreme Court and its views on executive power, or America’s science superpower. We can’t have both
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Here’s the thing, emerging scientists aren’t going to flee to do science elsewhere…they just won’t do the science.
We will lose at least one, if not two generations of knowledge if we don’t get this shit sorted out immediately.
We will lose at least one, if not two generations of knowledge if we don’t get this shit sorted out immediately.
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Here’s the thing, emerging scientists aren’t going to flee to do science elsewhere…they just won’t do the science.
We will lose at least one, if not two generations of knowledge if we don’t get this shit sorted out immediately.
We will lose at least one, if not two generations of knowledge if we don’t get this shit sorted out immediately.
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Science teachers too.
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Science teachers too.
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political science
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
political science
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In #winter 2018, Icelandic photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir wanted to show her partner, who was away in the capital, how much it had snowed overnight at their home and posted a photo of herself on FB #womensart
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In #winter 2018, Icelandic photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir wanted to show her partner, who was away in the capital, how much it had snowed overnight at their home and posted a photo of herself on FB #womensart
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December 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM