Marīa
@solusandra.bsky.social
My name's spelled Maria, but pronounced like Mariah.
Freelance editor (graphic novels); day job in B2B cust srvc; poet & painter; multiple sclerosis.
Profile pic by the amazing @emilypearsonart.bsky.social. Header photo by me, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Freelance editor (graphic novels); day job in B2B cust srvc; poet & painter; multiple sclerosis.
Profile pic by the amazing @emilypearsonart.bsky.social. Header photo by me, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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A federal judge in Virginia on Monday dismissed criminal charges filed against New York Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James, finding the handpicked appointment of the prosecutor assigned to the case was unconstitutional.
https://capitalbnews.org/tish-james-trump-target-dismissed/
https://capitalbnews.org/tish-james-trump-target-dismissed/
Judge Dismisses Charges Against N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James
Experts warn of the growing target of Black women in public office after President Donald Trump’s first administration set the groundwork.
capitalbnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A federal judge in Virginia on Monday dismissed criminal charges filed against New York Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James, finding the handpicked appointment of the prosecutor assigned to the case was unconstitutional.
https://capitalbnews.org/tish-james-trump-target-dismissed/
https://capitalbnews.org/tish-james-trump-target-dismissed/
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Anyway, if you haven’t gotten this year’s flu or Covid vax yet now is a great time to do it. You’ll be at peak immunity for the December/January surge.
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Anyway, if you haven’t gotten this year’s flu or Covid vax yet now is a great time to do it. You’ll be at peak immunity for the December/January surge.
Past me was really smart & pre-ordered a special edition of my favorite novella:
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Past me was really smart & pre-ordered a special edition of my favorite novella:
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Public understanding of antibiotics is insufficient, global study finds
Only 42% of respondents from 98 countries knew that antibiotics aren't effective against viruses.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Only 42% of respondents from 98 countries knew that antibiotics aren't effective against viruses.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Public understanding of antibiotics is insufficient, global study finds
Only 42% of respondents from 98 countries knew that antibiotics aren't effective against viruses.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Only 42% of respondents from 98 countries knew that antibiotics aren't effective against viruses.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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Peace in Ukraine must come on Ukraine’s terms, not Russia’s. Trump’s arbitrary Thanksgiving deadline and draft peace plan full of Russian priorities has this backwards.
A peace deal that sacrifices Ukraine’s freedom is no peace at all—just an invitation for Putin to try again.
A peace deal that sacrifices Ukraine’s freedom is no peace at all—just an invitation for Putin to try again.
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Peace in Ukraine must come on Ukraine’s terms, not Russia’s. Trump’s arbitrary Thanksgiving deadline and draft peace plan full of Russian priorities has this backwards.
A peace deal that sacrifices Ukraine’s freedom is no peace at all—just an invitation for Putin to try again.
A peace deal that sacrifices Ukraine’s freedom is no peace at all—just an invitation for Putin to try again.
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I also think it may be mentally easier to try and connect getting sick to something you know happened (vaccine) vs. an infection you may not be testing for. I've had rare medicine side effects so am no way saying complications don't happen with vax.
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I also think it may be mentally easier to try and connect getting sick to something you know happened (vaccine) vs. an infection you may not be testing for. I've had rare medicine side effects so am no way saying complications don't happen with vax.
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I do acknowledge that in very rare instances vaccine complications can happen but it's much more rare than infection-triggered chronic illness.
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I do acknowledge that in very rare instances vaccine complications can happen but it's much more rare than infection-triggered chronic illness.
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Might be controversial but I feel like some researchers on this topic aren't saying this is a possibility enough. Covid is...everywhere and it makes sense that the infections are triggering chronic illness.
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Might be controversial but I feel like some researchers on this topic aren't saying this is a possibility enough. Covid is...everywhere and it makes sense that the infections are triggering chronic illness.
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The fact that asymptomatic Covid cases can lead to Long Covid IMO probably leads to more people attributing illness to vaccine complications than what could actually occurring, when the underlying problem could be a Covid infection.
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The fact that asymptomatic Covid cases can lead to Long Covid IMO probably leads to more people attributing illness to vaccine complications than what could actually occurring, when the underlying problem could be a Covid infection.
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This is brutal. The useful lesson of this Administration -- it's often faster to destroy something by empowering insecure incompetents than through active interference. Corrosion is more effective and widespread than interference.
New from me:
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization
What research tells us about national security under authoritarianism
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is brutal. The useful lesson of this Administration -- it's often faster to destroy something by empowering insecure incompetents than through active interference. Corrosion is more effective and widespread than interference.
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I'm really sorry to all the CDC employees pushing for good public health despite all obstacles. Hang on and go down with the ship, hoping to mitigate harm and continue to produce some good content below the radar, or jump ship? It's an impossible choice.
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm really sorry to all the CDC employees pushing for good public health despite all obstacles. Hang on and go down with the ship, hoping to mitigate harm and continue to produce some good content below the radar, or jump ship? It's an impossible choice.
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Do NOT cross that picket line, folks!
"Facing Unprecedented Labor violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely"
Now that's what we call a headline! 🤭 #NoContractNoCoffee
inthesetimes.com/article/star...
Now that's what we call a headline! 🤭 #NoContractNoCoffee
inthesetimes.com/article/star...
Facing Unprecedented Labor Violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely
Unfair wages, chronic understaffing and hundreds of ULPs have led to a Starbucks Workers United super-majority vote to strike.
inthesetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Do NOT cross that picket line, folks!
Minneapolis should do this & pass actual rent control / stabilization.
Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
With new ordinance, Santa Fe becomes first city to tie minimum wage to rental costs
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates
www.abqjournal.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Minneapolis should do this & pass actual rent control / stabilization.
A little bit of good news, East Bay friends!
Oakland rejects $2 million contract with surveillance company over concerns of ICE spying
Oakland rejects $2 million contract with surveillance company over concerns of ICE spying
Flock Safety was shown the door after hundreds rallied against the company.
www.eastbaytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
A little bit of good news, East Bay friends!
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Meanwhile, the American Medical Association is platforming Dr. Oz and silencing all internal dissent by doctors.
They threatened professional retaliation against anyone who protested or showed any signs of disagreement.
At the meeting Oz called Medicaid funding “legalized money-laundering.”
They threatened professional retaliation against anyone who protested or showed any signs of disagreement.
At the meeting Oz called Medicaid funding “legalized money-laundering.”
Internal sources say AMA threatened sanctions if trainees protested Dr. Oz.
Silence wasn’t voluntary — it was enforced.
Full story:
open.substack.com/pub/codeblac...
@canadahealthwatch.ca
Silence wasn’t voluntary — it was enforced.
Full story:
open.substack.com/pub/codeblac...
@canadahealthwatch.ca
The American Medical Association Has Lost Control of Its Own House
Under political pressure, financial dependence, and internal coercion, the profession’s largest organization is now enforcing silence instead of safeguarding medicine.
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Meanwhile, the American Medical Association is platforming Dr. Oz and silencing all internal dissent by doctors.
They threatened professional retaliation against anyone who protested or showed any signs of disagreement.
At the meeting Oz called Medicaid funding “legalized money-laundering.”
They threatened professional retaliation against anyone who protested or showed any signs of disagreement.
At the meeting Oz called Medicaid funding “legalized money-laundering.”
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The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
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ACIP is having a last minute December meeting covering the childhood vaccine schedule, “adjuvants and contaminants”, and the Hep B vaccine.
Public comment ends in 5 days.
Public comment ends in 5 days.
If anyone would like to submit a written comment to the ACIP for the upcoming meeting on December 4/5 here is the link. Comments are open until 11/24/25.
I already submitted one regarding Hep B prior to the news about the CDC vaccine website changes from today.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/CD...
I already submitted one regarding Hep B prior to the news about the CDC vaccine website changes from today.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/CD...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
ACIP is having a last minute December meeting covering the childhood vaccine schedule, “adjuvants and contaminants”, and the Hep B vaccine.
Public comment ends in 5 days.
Public comment ends in 5 days.
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ProPublica is one of many sources we use to curate our Food Safety timeline and explainer, which you can find here: unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
…but maybe don’t read either the ProPublica report OR our page on a full stomach 😖
…but maybe don’t read either the ProPublica report OR our page on a full stomach 😖
Food Safety: Explainer — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ProPublica is one of many sources we use to curate our Food Safety timeline and explainer, which you can find here: unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
…but maybe don’t read either the ProPublica report OR our page on a full stomach 😖
…but maybe don’t read either the ProPublica report OR our page on a full stomach 😖
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We’ve been tracking changes in food safety oversight all year, and while the topic is complex, haphazard cuts to inspections and staffing certainly don’t *decrease* the risk of foodborne illness.
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We’ve been tracking changes in food safety oversight all year, and while the topic is complex, haphazard cuts to inspections and staffing certainly don’t *decrease* the risk of foodborne illness.
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Earlier this month, @propublica.org published a fascinating (and frankly horrifying) investigation into the Trump administration’s failure to inspect overseas facilities that process food for US consumers.
You can read their report in full here: www.propublica.org/article/fore...
You can read their report in full here: www.propublica.org/article/fore...
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Earlier this month, @propublica.org published a fascinating (and frankly horrifying) investigation into the Trump administration’s failure to inspect overseas facilities that process food for US consumers.
You can read their report in full here: www.propublica.org/article/fore...
You can read their report in full here: www.propublica.org/article/fore...
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potential bad news for people who value...water
(I'm using 'potential' bc it is still a *proposed rule for now, and you have time submit comments and/or speak at upcoming public meetings and make your opposition known www.epa.gov/wotus/public...)
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
(I'm using 'potential' bc it is still a *proposed rule for now, and you have time submit comments and/or speak at upcoming public meetings and make your opposition known www.epa.gov/wotus/public...)
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How the Supreme Court Helped Trump Deliver More Pollution In Your Drinking Water
A proposed rule change from Trump’s EPA would strip federal protections from 85 percent of the nation’s wetlands.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
potential bad news for people who value...water
(I'm using 'potential' bc it is still a *proposed rule for now, and you have time submit comments and/or speak at upcoming public meetings and make your opposition known www.epa.gov/wotus/public...)
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
(I'm using 'potential' bc it is still a *proposed rule for now, and you have time submit comments and/or speak at upcoming public meetings and make your opposition known www.epa.gov/wotus/public...)
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and a great month to support Indigenous artists! Art is how we celebrate our cultures and keep them alive 💛🧡❤️🖤
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and a great month to support Indigenous artists! Art is how we celebrate our cultures and keep them alive 💛🧡❤️🖤
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
I am erasing my invasive bamboo & shoe arranging pseudo-metaphor knowledge by watching Chef & My Fridge.
This episode features two actors both playing Salieri in a production of Amadeus. The drama of the kitchen & the stage. My brain is much happier!
This episode features two actors both playing Salieri in a production of Amadeus. The drama of the kitchen & the stage. My brain is much happier!
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I am erasing my invasive bamboo & shoe arranging pseudo-metaphor knowledge by watching Chef & My Fridge.
This episode features two actors both playing Salieri in a production of Amadeus. The drama of the kitchen & the stage. My brain is much happier!
This episode features two actors both playing Salieri in a production of Amadeus. The drama of the kitchen & the stage. My brain is much happier!
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The DREAMHOUSE Kickstarter crossed $10,000 over the weekend! Stoked to be getting close to the goal and excited to get some stretch goals rolled out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The DREAMHOUSE Kickstarter crossed $10,000 over the weekend! Stoked to be getting close to the goal and excited to get some stretch goals rolled out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
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Start covering parking lots, roof tops, hell even bike paths and side walks. The space and tech are there.
One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Start covering parking lots, roof tops, hell even bike paths and side walks. The space and tech are there.