Scotchcat
@scotchcat.bsky.social
Please do not follow me if you do not know me. Not here to build a following. Also known as Robert, CA archaeologist
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“The rule change amounts to an immediate transfer of income from poor farm workers to the very rich, very large agribusinesses which dominate US farms.“
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Trump’s new farm rule betrays American workers
Last week, the Trump administration pushed through a rule change that went largely unnoticed by the mainstream press. Under the new rules, H-2A workers — the only uncapped guest worker programme in th...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“The rule change amounts to an immediate transfer of income from poor farm workers to the very rich, very large agribusinesses which dominate US farms.“
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Calvin & Hobbes is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic strips of all time and I feel like we STILL underrate it.
June 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Calvin & Hobbes is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic strips of all time and I feel like we STILL underrate it.
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Your Mother’s Day weekend reminder that the so-called “party of family values” has historically blocked:
-Paid family & medical leave
-Universal childcare
-Universal pre-K
-Expanded Child Tax Credit
-Programs to support reproductive health
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
-Paid family & medical leave
-Universal childcare
-Universal pre-K
-Expanded Child Tax Credit
-Programs to support reproductive health
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
May 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Your Mother’s Day weekend reminder that the so-called “party of family values” has historically blocked:
-Paid family & medical leave
-Universal childcare
-Universal pre-K
-Expanded Child Tax Credit
-Programs to support reproductive health
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
-Paid family & medical leave
-Universal childcare
-Universal pre-K
-Expanded Child Tax Credit
-Programs to support reproductive health
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
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Eugenicists are so stupid.
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.”
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Experts Push Back on RFK Jr’s Infection Comments
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has made claims about measles and other communicable diseases that could lead to sickness, and even death, his critics claim.
www.medscape.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Eugenicists are so stupid.
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This was 100% predictable and 100% preventable, if only RFK Jr weren't an anti-medical science crackpot. He will of course deny any responsibility here, and continue saying things that will injure and possibly kill children.
“Physicians at Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, say they’ve now treated a handful of children who were given so much vitamin A that they had signs of liver damage.”
For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This was 100% predictable and 100% preventable, if only RFK Jr weren't an anti-medical science crackpot. He will of course deny any responsibility here, and continue saying things that will injure and possibly kill children.
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And yeah, it may be obvious to mention 1984, but… c’mon. People are saying how the Holocaust was a mass “unaliving” and are too scared to call it by its name.
We never needed a dystopian government to suppress our language. Corporations are far more adept at making us suppress it ourselves.
We never needed a dystopian government to suppress our language. Corporations are far more adept at making us suppress it ourselves.
February 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
And yeah, it may be obvious to mention 1984, but… c’mon. People are saying how the Holocaust was a mass “unaliving” and are too scared to call it by its name.
We never needed a dystopian government to suppress our language. Corporations are far more adept at making us suppress it ourselves.
We never needed a dystopian government to suppress our language. Corporations are far more adept at making us suppress it ourselves.
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Trump claims his tariff pause is the result of concessions from Canada and Mexico on border enforcement.
But many of these so-called "concessions" are policies both countries were already doing (or planning to do) before he took office.
Some dealmaker, huh?
But many of these so-called "concessions" are policies both countries were already doing (or planning to do) before he took office.
Some dealmaker, huh?
Analysis | Did Trump cave on his Canada and Mexico tariffs?
Some of the purported concessions that led to a 30-day pause on the tariffs were things Canada and Mexico had already done before Trump’s threat, but it’s complicated.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump claims his tariff pause is the result of concessions from Canada and Mexico on border enforcement.
But many of these so-called "concessions" are policies both countries were already doing (or planning to do) before he took office.
Some dealmaker, huh?
But many of these so-called "concessions" are policies both countries were already doing (or planning to do) before he took office.
Some dealmaker, huh?
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An unelected billionaire, with no actual Congressional authority or govt experience, has access to Treasury payment systems and sensitive information about millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other payments.
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
An unelected billionaire, with no actual Congressional authority or govt experience, has access to Treasury payment systems and sensitive information about millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other payments.
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
December 16, 2024 at 10:20 PM
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...