@readwritelove.bsky.social
California via Michigan. Unabashed progressive. Happy teacher. Fan of the Arts. And kids. And food.
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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He played golf on four of the past six days. www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
Leavitt: "The NYT took about 1/3 of the president's daily calendar & schedule & said that he's doing less than he did in his first term, or he might not be fit for the job. That is unequivocally false and it's deeply unfortunate that the story was written ... he is taking meetings around the clock"
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
He played golf on four of the past six days. www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
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Today, I was in Syracuse to deliver over $100,000 of baby formula to the FoodBank of Central New York.
The formula was secured from Marine Park Distribution for price gouging during the 2022 national shortage.
We'll keep going after any company that tries to take advantage of families in need.
The formula was secured from Marine Park Distribution for price gouging during the 2022 national shortage.
We'll keep going after any company that tries to take advantage of families in need.
December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today, I was in Syracuse to deliver over $100,000 of baby formula to the FoodBank of Central New York.
The formula was secured from Marine Park Distribution for price gouging during the 2022 national shortage.
We'll keep going after any company that tries to take advantage of families in need.
The formula was secured from Marine Park Distribution for price gouging during the 2022 national shortage.
We'll keep going after any company that tries to take advantage of families in need.
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Looks like Trump and Hegseth might be preparing to throw the military under the bus on the second strike.
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Looks like Trump and Hegseth might be preparing to throw the military under the bus on the second strike.
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
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Just once I want one of these victim-blaming headlines to be phrased accurately: “Everyone With Any Real Power Over The Economy Has Purposely Made it So Young People Have No Spending Money”
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Just once I want one of these victim-blaming headlines to be phrased accurately: “Everyone With Any Real Power Over The Economy Has Purposely Made it So Young People Have No Spending Money”
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Trump is down with every major demographic:
-In Ferbruary, 53% of men approved. Now 51% disapprove
-In February, 50% of Hispanics disapproved. Now 62% disapprove
-In February, 42% 18-29 year olds approved. Now 29% approve
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
-In Ferbruary, 53% of men approved. Now 51% disapprove
-In February, 50% of Hispanics disapproved. Now 62% disapprove
-In February, 42% 18-29 year olds approved. Now 29% approve
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The Tennessee race that has Donald Trump scared: Is a blue wave is on the horizon?
The fact Republicans have to work so hard in a district Trump won by double digits does not portend well for the GOP, Eric Garcia writes
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump is down with every major demographic:
-In Ferbruary, 53% of men approved. Now 51% disapprove
-In February, 50% of Hispanics disapproved. Now 62% disapprove
-In February, 42% 18-29 year olds approved. Now 29% approve
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
-In Ferbruary, 53% of men approved. Now 51% disapprove
-In February, 50% of Hispanics disapproved. Now 62% disapprove
-In February, 42% 18-29 year olds approved. Now 29% approve
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Be like NYC. Stand with striking Starbucks workers #NoContractNoCoffee
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Be like NYC. Stand with striking Starbucks workers #NoContractNoCoffee
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Ooof. A John Roberts permission slip for everything.
“Trump…told people working on the ballroom that they did not need to follow permitting, zoning or code requirements…He doesn’t need approvals from anyone, he has told those around him, and can begin any project at the White House as quickly as he likes.”
And the plans have continued to expand.
And the plans have continued to expand.
Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ooof. A John Roberts permission slip for everything.
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We're entering a geopolitical world that divides green energy countries and oil countries that go to war to control access to oil
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We're entering a geopolitical world that divides green energy countries and oil countries that go to war to control access to oil
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I wrote to the NU Alumni Association yesterday to request my removal from all mailings including homecoming etc in light of this news. I urge alums, especially younger alums, to do the same. They need to know this is going to affect the future of giving at the school.
Northwestern University offered bland reassurance to trans students and faculty after signing a deal with the Trump administration that sacrificed them for restored funding.
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Northwestern Folds to Pressure, Betraying Trans Students — Assigned
Leading Off: Northwestern University reached an agreement with the Department of Education on Friday to restore federal funding which would remove virtually all protections for transgender students an...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I wrote to the NU Alumni Association yesterday to request my removal from all mailings including homecoming etc in light of this news. I urge alums, especially younger alums, to do the same. They need to know this is going to affect the future of giving at the school.
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AI is NOT inevitable. Keep not using it. Uninstall Copilot from your computer. Refuse to use programs bogged down with it. Complain loudly about it when they shove it into the programs you use. We can starve the slop machines.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
AI is NOT inevitable. Keep not using it. Uninstall Copilot from your computer. Refuse to use programs bogged down with it. Complain loudly about it when they shove it into the programs you use. We can starve the slop machines.
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Trump: The stock market is booming! Only I could do this and it’s all because of me!
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump: The stock market is booming! Only I could do this and it’s all because of me!
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Yeah, this is a five-alarm fire for Trump. Rogan, the bro podcasters and others have turned against him already and the fact that jobs in tech and AI are flattening–reducing economic opportunity in careers where men work–means men either stay home or even *gasp* vote for Democrats.
Trump Approval Among Men:
Disapprove: 51% (+12)
Approve: 46% (-7)
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
(% Change With Feb 2025)
Disapprove: 51% (+12)
Approve: 46% (-7)
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
(% Change With Feb 2025)
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yeah, this is a five-alarm fire for Trump. Rogan, the bro podcasters and others have turned against him already and the fact that jobs in tech and AI are flattening–reducing economic opportunity in careers where men work–means men either stay home or even *gasp* vote for Democrats.
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Prices are higher.
Shoppers spent $1 billion more online shopping on Black Friday this year compared to 2024.
Black Friday Online Sales Up Nearly 10% From Last Year, Study Shows
Shoppers spent $1 billion more online shopping on Black Friday this year compared to 2024.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Prices are higher.
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Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
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We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
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Love how this guy who constantly lies about everything, including basic numbers, is director of the National Economic Council and frontrunner for Fed Chairman.
Lowest regular gas price by state is Oklahoma, $2.418. National average is $3.005. gasprices.aaa.com?state=US
Lowest regular gas price by state is Oklahoma, $2.418. National average is $3.005. gasprices.aaa.com?state=US
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Love how this guy who constantly lies about everything, including basic numbers, is director of the National Economic Council and frontrunner for Fed Chairman.
Lowest regular gas price by state is Oklahoma, $2.418. National average is $3.005. gasprices.aaa.com?state=US
Lowest regular gas price by state is Oklahoma, $2.418. National average is $3.005. gasprices.aaa.com?state=US
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DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
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Why not "Fuck You And Your Fascism"?
I think more people could get behind that honestly.
I think more people could get behind that honestly.
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Why not "Fuck You And Your Fascism"?
I think more people could get behind that honestly.
I think more people could get behind that honestly.
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Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
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worth noting that in this speech Roosevelt refers to *four* R's—relief, recovery, reform and "reconstruction"
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
worth noting that in this speech Roosevelt refers to *four* R's—relief, recovery, reform and "reconstruction"
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And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.