mcboingboing
@mcboingboing.bsky.social
Mid-Mod mom, editor, nit-picker, N95 wearer. #COVIDIsAirborne {she/her}
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📍New Orleans
Free, universal healthcare is a vital part of infrastructure.
📍New Orleans
If you didn't see Free for All: The Public Library when it aired on Independent Lens (PBS), go see it (FREE!) Friday, 5:45, at the Words & Music Festival. Like a good public library, the documentary contains multitudes, has sthg for everyone. I laughed, I cried! www.eventbrite.com/e/free-for-a...
"Free For All": Screening and Conversation
Join us for a screening of "Free for All: The Public Library," followed by a conversation's with the film's creators.
www.eventbrite.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you didn't see Free for All: The Public Library when it aired on Independent Lens (PBS), go see it (FREE!) Friday, 5:45, at the Words & Music Festival. Like a good public library, the documentary contains multitudes, has sthg for everyone. I laughed, I cried! www.eventbrite.com/e/free-for-a...
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Here's Lauren's podcast "The 13th Step" which exposed both the horrific abuses of the man who ran the biggest system of recovery centers in NH, and the ways in which he tried, and failed, to intimidate her.
www.13thsteppodcast.org
www.13thsteppodcast.org
The 13th Step
There is a widespread culture of sexual misconduct and abuse persistent in the addiction treatment industry. It’s a phenomenon so pervasive, there’s even a euphemism for it in recovery circles: “the 1...
www.13thsteppodcast.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Here's Lauren's podcast "The 13th Step" which exposed both the horrific abuses of the man who ran the biggest system of recovery centers in NH, and the ways in which he tried, and failed, to intimidate her.
www.13thsteppodcast.org
www.13thsteppodcast.org
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John Oliver and Co did a great explanation of what public media does, and who exactly the funding recission actually hurts (Hint: it's not liberal elites.) Also very proud to see my old friend and former WBEZ reporter Lauren Chooljian featured for her amazing work.
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
John Oliver and Co did a great explanation of what public media does, and who exactly the funding recission actually hurts (Hint: it's not liberal elites.) Also very proud to see my old friend and former WBEZ reporter Lauren Chooljian featured for her amazing work.
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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An analytical chemist believes her removal from a Louisiana environmental-monitoring project was retaliation for news coverage about the industrial pollutants she was finding, according to a grievance her attorney filed on Monday. cen.acs.org/careers/empl... #chemsky 🧪
Louisiana chemist files grievance over removal from lake-monitoring project
Fereshteh Emami says university officials removed her from industrial pollutants study when findings made the news
cen.acs.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
An analytical chemist believes her removal from a Louisiana environmental-monitoring project was retaliation for news coverage about the industrial pollutants she was finding, according to a grievance her attorney filed on Monday. cen.acs.org/careers/empl... #chemsky 🧪
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I think it was @ericallixrogers.com who suggested that car horns should also blast into the car so drivers can think more about if it'll be worth it or not.
Presidential run when???
Presidential run when???
hi motorists. So, when you use your horn to get a cyclist's attention, you're using a device designed to make a sound loud enough to penetrate layers of metal & glass. How'd you like an air horn in your ear while you're concentrating on something that could get you hurt or killed if you flinched?
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I think it was @ericallixrogers.com who suggested that car horns should also blast into the car so drivers can think more about if it'll be worth it or not.
Presidential run when???
Presidential run when???
Since the pandemic started, I've always worn masks in public, and I haven't caught a single sickness in 5.5 years!
Not only that, but I haven't had anyone give me any flack about it. If you worry about how you'll be treated, just try it and find out. Might not be as hard as you think. 🖖❤️
Not only that, but I haven't had anyone give me any flack about it. If you worry about how you'll be treated, just try it and find out. Might not be as hard as you think. 🖖❤️
I have books to write and people to take care of. I don’t have time to get Covid or a cold!
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Since the pandemic started, I've always worn masks in public, and I haven't caught a single sickness in 5.5 years!
Not only that, but I haven't had anyone give me any flack about it. If you worry about how you'll be treated, just try it and find out. Might not be as hard as you think. 🖖❤️
Not only that, but I haven't had anyone give me any flack about it. If you worry about how you'll be treated, just try it and find out. Might not be as hard as you think. 🖖❤️
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I was so moved by the tenacity and love documented in this film about the long campaign to Free Leonard Peltier. The film is streaming until November 30. $15.
www.docnyc.net/film/free-le...
www.docnyc.net/film/free-le...
FREE LEONARD PELTIER - DOC NYC
NYC PREMIERE In the midst of the American Indian Movement in the 1970s, two federal agents are killed on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South
www.docnyc.net
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I was so moved by the tenacity and love documented in this film about the long campaign to Free Leonard Peltier. The film is streaming until November 30. $15.
www.docnyc.net/film/free-le...
www.docnyc.net/film/free-le...
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🧵You’re invited to the 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas – a series of free virtual events designed to bring Covid Conscious folks together for the holidays for celebration, connection, and community!
Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🧵You’re invited to the 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas – a series of free virtual events designed to bring Covid Conscious folks together for the holidays for celebration, connection, and community!
Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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ICE is active in NOLA today—on Canal St and Stumpf Blvd within the last 4 hours, according to the ICE Block app.
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
ICE is active in NOLA today—on Canal St and Stumpf Blvd within the last 4 hours, according to the ICE Block app.
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This is fantastically nerdy - check his blog for how he samples/cultures insect pupae for a YEAR to find out if they've been parasitized (including protecting the host walnuts from angry squirrels). I love it when people fall completely & unapologetically down science rabbitholes. #invert 🦊
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is fantastically nerdy - check his blog for how he samples/cultures insect pupae for a YEAR to find out if they've been parasitized (including protecting the host walnuts from angry squirrels). I love it when people fall completely & unapologetically down science rabbitholes. #invert 🦊
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This is such an NYC story. I love everything about it.
New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is such an NYC story. I love everything about it.
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Humane rendering of a girl in the (uncharged) Matt Gaetz files…
17-year-old with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men. She wants the public to have a fuller understanding of how she was victimized.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u... #DeadlineWH
17-year-old with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men. She wants the public to have a fuller understanding of how she was victimized.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u... #DeadlineWH
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Humane rendering of a girl in the (uncharged) Matt Gaetz files…
17-year-old with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men. She wants the public to have a fuller understanding of how she was victimized.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u... #DeadlineWH
17-year-old with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men. She wants the public to have a fuller understanding of how she was victimized.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u... #DeadlineWH
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NYT: Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds
by @emilyanthes.bsky.social
h5n1
nyti.ms/4p92mLN
by @emilyanthes.bsky.social
h5n1
nyti.ms/4p92mLN
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
NYT: Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds
by @emilyanthes.bsky.social
h5n1
nyti.ms/4p92mLN
by @emilyanthes.bsky.social
h5n1
nyti.ms/4p92mLN
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Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed probe report to U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James
FREE WSJ GIFT ARTICLE 🎁
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed probe report to U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James
FREE WSJ GIFT ARTICLE 🎁
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed probe report to U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James
FREE WSJ GIFT ARTICLE 🎁
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed probe report to U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James
FREE WSJ GIFT ARTICLE 🎁
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula products are being recalled after the FDA began investigating a multistate botulism outbreak.
Formula Maker Recalls All Products After Infant-Botulism Outbreak
Fifteen children in a dozen states have suspected or confirmed cases of the illness, the Food and Drug Administration says.
on.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula products are being recalled after the FDA began investigating a multistate botulism outbreak.
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first it's pensions, then it's healthcare, then vacation, finally it's the wages, pretty soon you're just going to one box to work all day for no money and going to another to get the rest of snap to eat, which sounds a lot like how they described the soviet union to me in the 80s but what do i know
Is this good? It doesn't seem good.
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
Walgreens Cuts Pay for Hourly Store Workers After $10 Billion Buyout
Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
first it's pensions, then it's healthcare, then vacation, finally it's the wages, pretty soon you're just going to one box to work all day for no money and going to another to get the rest of snap to eat, which sounds a lot like how they described the soviet union to me in the 80s but what do i know
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Religious institutions enjoy tax exemption on the condition that they stay out of partisan politics.
The IRS’s inaction has turned that safeguard into a loophole for Christian nationalism.
The IRS’s inaction has turned that safeguard into a loophole for Christian nationalism.
NEW: A Fort Worth church is offering a $100 online academy that aims to train conservative Christians to run for office.
At the core of the program is the idea that there's no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.
w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
At the core of the program is the idea that there's no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.
w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...
www.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Religious institutions enjoy tax exemption on the condition that they stay out of partisan politics.
The IRS’s inaction has turned that safeguard into a loophole for Christian nationalism.
The IRS’s inaction has turned that safeguard into a loophole for Christian nationalism.
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Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
NOVA SCOTIA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 93 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 8.0 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.3 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 13.3 x higher
-Deaths: 16.8 x higher
NOVA SCOTIA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 93 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 8.0 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.3 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 13.3 x higher
-Deaths: 16.8 x higher
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Nova Scotia's COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 12.7
About 1 of every 93 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 18,200-25,200
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: HIGH; 8.0X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.3X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 13.3X higher
Deaths: SEVERE; 16.8X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreifrud7vvzonmyb2ibvlm7vyy2h7dlvt3v2tnx3r5hxezx43zbyvqa@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
NOVA SCOTIA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 93 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 8.0 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.3 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 13.3 x higher
-Deaths: 16.8 x higher
NOVA SCOTIA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 93 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 8.0 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.3 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 13.3 x higher
-Deaths: 16.8 x higher
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I *think* Smol Paul likes the freeze dried grass treats, but who really knows with this face
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I *think* Smol Paul likes the freeze dried grass treats, but who really knows with this face
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Like Senators, my family has fairly affordable health insurance thanks to the quirks and good fortune of my specific job—but unlike some Senators, I desperately want EVERYONE to have that (or better!), and I'm furious they don't. I want everyone to get the care they need. Pretty simple!
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Like Senators, my family has fairly affordable health insurance thanks to the quirks and good fortune of my specific job—but unlike some Senators, I desperately want EVERYONE to have that (or better!), and I'm furious they don't. I want everyone to get the care they need. Pretty simple!