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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1h

one of the things he was announcing was a plan to weaken rules that require your broadband ISP clearly list all of the shitty, misleading fees they use to rip you off:

ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all

ISPs complained about Biden-era rule, said listing every fee was too hard.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 1h

New piece from me asking "What are extreme overvalued beliefs and why does Genspect think all trans people have them?"

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 2h

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 1d

Burglar says asking occupants for use permission would 'kill' the housebreaking industry.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Mary Nasca @mnasca.bsky.social · 3h

“Reporters, take note: there are zero mainstream articles pointing out that the White House now considers birth control a form of abortion.”

@jessicavalenti.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...

Eight More Abortion Arrests in Texas

10.8.25

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 1h

Among those who could benefit: Government workers furloughed without pay in the federal shutdown that has lasted a week so far.

Unemployed New Yorkers Get Benefit Boost

After years stuck at $504 per week, the maximum unemployment insurance payout set to hit $869 on Oct. 13 — helping more than half of those currently on the rolls.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 1h

"Just to put that into context, $3,735 for a family of four is huge. It probably wipes out all potential increases in wages next year. It exceeds rent increases, food increases. It is a very large number, so I do think that this has a significant impact on families."

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 1h

I interviewed @tcfdotorg.bsky.social fellow and former Obama health official Jeanne Lambrew at @motherjones.com about the issue central to the government shutdown—Affordable Care Act tax credits are expiring, which will lead to health insurance rates to skyrocket. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Brace for the largest-ever spike in health insurance premiums

The GOP's backdoor plan to gut Obamacare: Kill the tax credits.

www.motherjones.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2h

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 2h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1h

My dope friend Adrian, who is trans, interviewed 90 transgender Texans. His project is finally out: www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move

Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.

www.dallasnews.com

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Misandrosaurus Hex @bexone.bsky.social · 1h

It’s also unclear whether there are any separate measles, mumps, and rubella shots that have actually gone through the type of (wildly unethical) double-blind placebo studies that RFK is pushing to require for vaccines

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 2h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

It happened. Last night I was feeling despair about a lot of different things and I realized I needed to enlist my dog’s help to make me feel better.

I present to you Maggie the Pug as Cher Pugowitz.

Maggie the Pug is majorly, totally, butt crazy in love with Josh. She’s wearing Cher’s classic yellow plaid ensemble.

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 17h

Happy belated bookday to @freyamarske.bsky.social’s CINDER HOUSE, which asks “what if Cinderella were a GHOST” and then proves that that is (literally) a burning question. A perfect book for a rainy afternoon; full of heart, yearning, and love for these wonderful and limited things called bodies.

Cinder House

Check out Cinder House - <p><b>Sparks fly and lovers dance in this gorgeous, yearning Cinderella retelling from bestselling author Freya Marske</b><b>—a queer Gothic romance perfect for fans of Naomi ...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23h

Today seems like a great day to re-up my slides from 2017 about the Nazi takeover of German physics, in part because in my estimation, a lot of American physicists in 2025 are confused about whether "agreeing to work with them" is resistance (it's not) and whether it works (it doesn't) 🧪⚛️

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jan 31

In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪

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nazi germany & physics
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, PhD
Department of Physics,University of Washington, Seattle
APS April Meeting, January 2017
Dismantling the (Nazi) German Nuclear Reactor (Pile) at Haigerloch, 50 km SW of Stuttgart, in April 1945

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 1d

With farm bailouts back in the news, it's a great time to remind everyone that US Treasury Secretary Bessent owns thousands of acres of of soybean farms.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u...

Bessent Has Yet to Fully Divest Assets, Raising Concern at Ethics Agency

www.nytimes.com

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 23h

China + USAID was one of the major load bearing pillars of American ag. You can't remove it and expect the agricultural economy to survive in its current state.

SpiderHyphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 23h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. If a deal with China isn’t reached soon, Hill said, the soybean market ‘might be a bloodbath.’”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Lisa @queerkitty.bsky.social · 23h

We had that in NY and it is the WORST, and an added insult to see out of state people fawn over someone who is a pain in the ass of so many important progressive causes just because they’re not in line with his personal politics and brand.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 23h

...oops?

All Of Us Murderers flyer with book cover. tex says: Readers Say, followed by quotes: All Of Us Murderers is why I am sleep deprived at work today.

Kept me up until 2am on a
work night!

I read this in one sitting and stayed up until 3am because
I couldn't put it down.

I was only going to read a chapter before bed and then I blinked and it was 8am.

end tagline reads: Out Now. sorry about that.

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Lisa @queerkitty.bsky.social · 23h

Lmao I feel bad for CA voters stuck with a Governor who wants to be the next POTUS and keeps vetoing progressive bills b/c he and the other fascists hate LGBTQIA+ people

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Lisa @queerkitty.bsky.social · 23h

Bullshit. CA is a huge state full of ppl who have been standing up for LGBTQIA people/families and rights and Newsom is still vetoing bills to keep those rights unsecured, undemocratically. Embracing the Right’s narrative on what Dems should be doing is always folly.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 1d

"These mediums have long been overlooked as “women’s work,” but they were highly valued in the 17th and 18th centuries, as evidenced by the high prices fetched by Koerten’s work."

This 17th-Century Female Artist Was Once a Bigger Star Than Rembrandt.

A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts spotlights 40 women who found fame in the Low Countries between 1600 and 1750, including Koerten, Judith Leyster and Clara Peeters

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Lisa @queerkitty.bsky.social · 23h

Gavin Newsom is still blocking legislation California voters want passed so he can ensure trans people and LGBTQIA families are less safe. He embraces fascism that suits his goals.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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