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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 15h

I’ve always appreciated that the people in the Oprah Extended Universe have unusually Muppett-able faces

Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1d

wrote about how Dr. Phil pivoted to wholesale MAGA punditry after leaving daytime TV to start his own company—and why his Trump friendship and ICE ride-alongs couldn't save his new venture from the bankruptcy proceedings that now have him tied up in court slate.com/business/202...

He Used to Dominate Daytime TV. Now He’s Sucking Up to Trump—and His Media Empire Is Collapsing.

When Dr. Phil signed off his talk show in 2023, he pivoted to MAGA politics. It’s not working so well for him.

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The Mall Krampus @themallkrampus.bsky.social · 20h

We’ve developed an entire shadow language to try to articulate “It is capital-U Unfair that I, personally am not Rich” and I think that’s beautiful.

In the same way a burning apartment building is beautiful, but still.

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 20h

No I’m not lmaooo

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 20h

(They don’t, they also don’t remove disabled people of any age group)

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 20h

Oh? Where do they remove retired people from the pool of people considered?

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The Mall Krampus @themallkrampus.bsky.social · 21h

I do enjoy that every “Paycheck to Paycheck as defined by a payday lending company” discourse thread ultimately becomes a Long Covid Maximalist thread

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 21h

…are you genuinely unfamiliar with the concept of retirement?

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 21h

It’s supposed to do that lol

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 22h

I'm generalizing, but why do conservatives remember political irritations for so much longer than liberals?

It's been 17 years since Obama said some voters "cling to their guns, to their religion" and I heard a senator denounce that last month.

Obvious theory: Media ecosystem puts it on repeat

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 23h

Imagine caring about Kaepernick in the year of our lord 2025

Irenic Bro @irenicbro.bsky.social · 23h

"We're saving God from Colin Kaepernik" is a pretty good distillation of Republican thought

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 1d

Help, two mutuals are fighting and I agree with the annoying one more

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Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 1d

It is really bad for progressive ideas if a very professional administration whose break from austerity in favor of pro labor policy to keep wages high can't run on the success of its progressive programs because it hasn't fully cured poverty or whatever

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Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 1d

"by the standards we have always used to measure good vs bad economies, the Biden economy is historically thriving" is simply an accurate take?

"nobody is struggling" or "nobody is falling through the cracks" - nobody said these things because they are not true and have never been true, ever

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 1d

Like I know it wasn’t what you were talking about but it is context for why I’m talking about it sorry sorry

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 1d

To be totally fair I use quote tweets fairly frequently in kind of this way — like a “this reminded me of this barely-related thing”

(I am probably doing the thing rn, sorry Mr or Ms or Mx Pork)

pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 2d

like the number of quotes and replies I get where I’m like “but that’s not even what I’m talking about rn” is staggering

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d

The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
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Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the 21 Pacific island countries and areas that are part of the WHO Western Pacific Region have collectively been verified as having eliminated…

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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 2d

What’s better since 2005? Starts with televisions, moves on to cancer treatment.

The delta for the latter is immense. Too few appreciate this.

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 2d

The improvement and wide spread adoption of HPV vaccines is pretty big. But besides that we really do/did have incredibly cheap consumer goods and transportation thereof over the past 20 years.

Televisions are so so so cheap now (even if you do need a sound bar now too) and “devices” too

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

what exactly has gotten better for the average person in the past 20 years with all the innovation such as AI, exactly? what's the social use case here

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite thing from this genre is the actual amount that people spent on eggs during The Great Egg Price Freakout

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Erin @fujoshi.bsky.social · 2d

"Fuck 12" is a reference to the number of followers the average reply guy has

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 2d

ACAB includes reply guys!

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, significantly. Insurance has to cover preventative care with $0 copay, and must cover pre-existing conditions and mental health conditions. They also can’t charge cancer survivors or ppl with existing health conditions more than others in their group.

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a wicked and unusual boy @myrrlyn.net · 2d

nobody’s accidentally made a pink shirt since the bush era

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midgie @midgie.bsky.social · 2d

when i was a kid i noticed that
pros and cons
rhymed with
frozen prawns
i waited to be able to make use of this in a way that would make it clear i was particularly impressive and amusing
i am still waiting

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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 2d

Biomarkers / oncotyping revolutionized cancer treatment since 2006, full stop.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 2d

The reference to AI says a lot here but ignoring that, the answer is obviously “literally everything”

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

what exactly has gotten better for the average person in the past 20 years with all the innovation such as AI, exactly? what's the social use case here

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 2d

The biggest difference is that I had access to oncotype testing. Which meant I wasn’t sent for chemo. Oncotype testing has led chemo use to go down and survival to go up for our very common cancer (invasive Ductal carcinoma)

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