PLG585
@plg585.bsky.social
Social scientist, mom of a boatload of kids, and raging anti-MAGA activist
With the election over with, I'd like to focus on another urgent public issue: STOP EMAILING ME QR CODES UNLESS THERE IS ALSO A CLICKABLE LINK.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
With the election over with, I'd like to focus on another urgent public issue: STOP EMAILING ME QR CODES UNLESS THERE IS ALSO A CLICKABLE LINK.
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Here’s my cliff notes summary of Pete Hegseth’s big military address today
September 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here’s my cliff notes summary of Pete Hegseth’s big military address today
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If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.
September 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.
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A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
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Demanding that people get punished for their words of protest while staying silent about or even supporting the actual atrocities and, yes, genocide occurring is one of the most disgusting political features of this goddamned era.
This story from @nirhasson.bsky.social demonstrates not only the scale of the carnage (at least 4% of Gaza's population) but the truly unprecedented targeting of civilians. Women and children account for 56% of those killed - more than twice their share in Sudan, Syria and Iraq.
archive.ph/tfOaG
archive.ph/tfOaG
July 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Demanding that people get punished for their words of protest while staying silent about or even supporting the actual atrocities and, yes, genocide occurring is one of the most disgusting political features of this goddamned era.
I wonder who will be prioritized for denaturalization? Such a mystery. /s
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
June 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I wonder who will be prioritized for denaturalization? Such a mystery. /s
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
According to Google's AI, 19% of American adults are dead. 🤦♀️
June 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
According to Google's AI, 19% of American adults are dead. 🤦♀️
READ THIS. Republican policies are deadly. They are going to destroy this country if they are not stopped.
After 35 years of teaching history in New Hampshire, John Dube left the state he called home—driven out by threats and censorship under a law that bans the teaching of “divisive concepts” in schools.
He refused to stop teaching the truth.
Now he’s starting over in Vermont.
He refused to stop teaching the truth.
Now he’s starting over in Vermont.
Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety
Americans have often moved between states for opportunities. Now they’re being forced to uproot themselves to escape hostile forces under Trump
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
READ THIS. Republican policies are deadly. They are going to destroy this country if they are not stopped.
Weird how much they want women to be forced to have kids but don't want to do anything to help keep the kids alive and healthy.
Funding for investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against children; responding to reports of missing children; and preventing youth violence has been withdrawn indefinitely.
How Kids Are Harmed by Trump’s Budget Cuts
How Kids Are Harmed by Trump’s Budget Cuts
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Weird how much they want women to be forced to have kids but don't want to do anything to help keep the kids alive and healthy.
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I propose that instead of calling it CECOT, we should refer to it as the John G. Roberts, Jr. Concentration Camp & Torture Center.
April 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I propose that instead of calling it CECOT, we should refer to it as the John G. Roberts, Jr. Concentration Camp & Torture Center.
STOP THE ACTUAL STEAL.
Bombshell in North Carolina: the state's GOP-dominated Court of Appeals just sided with the GOP candidate in last year's supreme court race.
Their decision would toss roughly 60,000 ballots (!) that have been counted, & likely hand the election to GOP instead of incumbent Dem Justice who won it.
Their decision would toss roughly 60,000 ballots (!) that have been counted, & likely hand the election to GOP instead of incumbent Dem Justice who won it.
April 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
STOP THE ACTUAL STEAL.
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
There are reports that the entire team responsible for monitoring injury and death statistics was fired from the CDC yesterday. For those of us in gun violence prevention research, this is devastating. There are no comparable mechanisms in place to track deaths. www.bradyunited.org/press/doge-c...
DOGE-Led CDC Layoffs Will Decimate Our Understanding of Gun Violence;…
The dismantling of CDC's data collection team is the latest move in a systematic effort to bury the scope of gun violence and hinder efforts to curb it
www.bradyunited.org
April 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
There are reports that the entire team responsible for monitoring injury and death statistics was fired from the CDC yesterday. For those of us in gun violence prevention research, this is devastating. There are no comparable mechanisms in place to track deaths. www.bradyunited.org/press/doge-c...
Just donated $20 to Cory Booker! Happy to keep donating to any Senator who shows that much bravery and stamina to fight this authoritarian takeover.
However, I'm never giving another goddamned cent to my Sens @schumer.senate.gov or @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social . Shame on them.
However, I'm never giving another goddamned cent to my Sens @schumer.senate.gov or @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social . Shame on them.
April 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just donated $20 to Cory Booker! Happy to keep donating to any Senator who shows that much bravery and stamina to fight this authoritarian takeover.
However, I'm never giving another goddamned cent to my Sens @schumer.senate.gov or @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social . Shame on them.
However, I'm never giving another goddamned cent to my Sens @schumer.senate.gov or @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social . Shame on them.
TeenVogue FTW! "If [they think] there's rampant anti-Semitism ...and they offered no evidence...then there's a process, and that process is not to go after pediatric cancer research to get them to toe some line around making campus safer for Jewish students."
www.teenvogue.com/story/aaup-t...
www.teenvogue.com/story/aaup-t...
Students Are Getting Swept Up By ICE. Here’s What Professors Are Doing About It
"We have ICE on our streets abducting people because Donald Trump or Marco Rubio don't like their speech. That's crazy."
www.teenvogue.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
TeenVogue FTW! "If [they think] there's rampant anti-Semitism ...and they offered no evidence...then there's a process, and that process is not to go after pediatric cancer research to get them to toe some line around making campus safer for Jewish students."
www.teenvogue.com/story/aaup-t...
www.teenvogue.com/story/aaup-t...
WISCONSIN: YOU CAN DO THIS.
Seriously: arrest him. The governor should have state police arrest him and charge him with election fraud. Then immediately hold a press conference explaining you arrested someone for committing election fraud and will continue to do so. Just fucking arrest him already. You can actually do this
Elon’s own AI bot is calling this illegal ⚰️
March 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
WISCONSIN: YOU CAN DO THIS.
So glad those DOGE cuts are making the government work for us! I wonder if there's a snowstorm heading my way. Or a tornado. I guess I'll find out when it hits!
March 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
So glad those DOGE cuts are making the government work for us! I wonder if there's a snowstorm heading my way. Or a tornado. I guess I'll find out when it hits!
A great quote from a Harvard Crimson op ed: "If Columbia or another university confronts the administration on its own, it will lose. If America’s nearly 6,000 universities and colleges launch a campaign in defense of higher education, odds are that Trump will lose." We must fight NOW.
This is not an exaggeration at all.
Read this, and then do the most meaningful thing you can to resist it:
(1) Join @aaup.bsky.social to help fight on national level,
(2) Organize, organize, organize with your AAUP chapter at your university level.
Now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Read this, and then do the most meaningful thing you can to resist it:
(1) Join @aaup.bsky.social to help fight on national level,
(2) Organize, organize, organize with your AAUP chapter at your university level.
Now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | The End of the University as We Know It (Gift Article)
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A great quote from a Harvard Crimson op ed: "If Columbia or another university confronts the administration on its own, it will lose. If America’s nearly 6,000 universities and colleges launch a campaign in defense of higher education, odds are that Trump will lose." We must fight NOW.
Reminder: They're against DEIA. That A stands for Accessiblity. Al
Jessica: When I hear Republicans out there talking about their plan for education in America, I don't hear them talking about making sure disabled kids have access to a public education.
Greg: Because we're against it.
Greg: Because we're against it.
March 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reminder: They're against DEIA. That A stands for Accessiblity. Al
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The work to track these abducted Ukrainian children was canceled along with the vast majority of foreign aid contracts. We're also asking WHY???
Russia kidnaps Ukrainian children and gives them to Russians to erase their heritage and demoralize Ukraine. Over 20,000 so far. And the US just stopped helping track these kids and likely deleted the database of all the research. Pure evil, right maga?
March 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The work to track these abducted Ukrainian children was canceled along with the vast majority of foreign aid contracts. We're also asking WHY???
Reminder to call these folks up - especially if you're a constituent - and share your feelings. I just called Schumer and Gillibrand to say I will support all efforts to remove them from their current positions. I also told them I have a long memory.
Ten Senators BETRAYED US
Chuck Schumer (New York)
Dick Durbin (Illinois)
Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada)
Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire)
John Fetterman (Pennsylvania)
Gary Peters (Michigan)
Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
Angus King (I) (Maine)
🖕
Chuck Schumer (New York)
Dick Durbin (Illinois)
Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada)
Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire)
John Fetterman (Pennsylvania)
Gary Peters (Michigan)
Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
Angus King (I) (Maine)
🖕
March 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reminder to call these folks up - especially if you're a constituent - and share your feelings. I just called Schumer and Gillibrand to say I will support all efforts to remove them from their current positions. I also told them I have a long memory.
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I wonder how many percentage points he'd lose if the feckless, corporatist U.S. press CLEARLY informed the public he's destroying all corporate oversight, public safety standards, consumer protection, labor rights, environmental law, voting rights, and the social safety net
new NBC poll shows Trump's approval rating at its highest point ever
March 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wonder how many percentage points he'd lose if the feckless, corporatist U.S. press CLEARLY informed the public he's destroying all corporate oversight, public safety standards, consumer protection, labor rights, environmental law, voting rights, and the social safety net
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Why I wrote my new Lucid essay on moral collapse: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
March 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Why I wrote my new Lucid essay on moral collapse: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB