Veronica Schanoes
@schanoes.bsky.social
Scholar, writer, single mother.
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the Trump admin's argument in Trump v. Slaughter is twofold--that laws saying presidents can only fire people for good cause are unconstitutional, *and that any court orders that block Trump from firing people are unconstitutional--and I wish there was some more discussion today of that second part
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
the Trump admin's argument in Trump v. Slaughter is twofold--that laws saying presidents can only fire people for good cause are unconstitutional, *and that any court orders that block Trump from firing people are unconstitutional--and I wish there was some more discussion today of that second part
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if courts have no authority to block Trump from firing anyone, that means Trump can fire anybody for literally any reason, including y'know, race, sex, religion, etc.
and I'm just like...are we not gonna talk about Trump basically saying he has the constitutional power to resegregate government?
and I'm just like...are we not gonna talk about Trump basically saying he has the constitutional power to resegregate government?
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
if courts have no authority to block Trump from firing anyone, that means Trump can fire anybody for literally any reason, including y'know, race, sex, religion, etc.
and I'm just like...are we not gonna talk about Trump basically saying he has the constitutional power to resegregate government?
and I'm just like...are we not gonna talk about Trump basically saying he has the constitutional power to resegregate government?
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Me: "Hey, this information you shared is inaccurate."
Them: "I used ChatGPT to--"
Me:
Them: "I used ChatGPT to--"
Me:
a woman wearing a white shirt and a scarf around her head
Alt: A Black woman in a headwrap and white dress gives someone a look of annoyance. She turns and slams the door to her house in their face.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Me: "Hey, this information you shared is inaccurate."
Them: "I used ChatGPT to--"
Me:
Them: "I used ChatGPT to--"
Me:
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AI is a box that a guy wants to point at and say, “Nothing I can do about it, the box says you have to go.”
Understanding USA: IBM facilitated the Holocaust & paid no price for doing so. Then in 1978 this slide shows up in a presentation for the company.
And now?
It is clear that those in power understood the real 2nd half of this which is: "Therefore a computer must ALWAYS make a management decision".
And now?
It is clear that those in power understood the real 2nd half of this which is: "Therefore a computer must ALWAYS make a management decision".
April 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
AI is a box that a guy wants to point at and say, “Nothing I can do about it, the box says you have to go.”
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I think we should find ways for having children to not annihilate women’s careers and dreams not because we need more children, but because we should value women’s careers and dreams.
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I think we should find ways for having children to not annihilate women’s careers and dreams not because we need more children, but because we should value women’s careers and dreams.
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What if women are valuable in their own right, and not just for the babies they might produce?
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What if women are valuable in their own right, and not just for the babies they might produce?
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Reupping this because it came up in the discourse again. The gospel story about Jesus healing on the Sabbath isn’t what you think it is:
The Pharisees thought that healthcare workers deserved weekends.
Jesus didn’t.
The Pharisees thought that healthcare workers deserved weekends.
Jesus didn’t.
(1/19/22) #Delafina777-Judaism #Delafina777-Christianity
So, the man with the withered hand story is actually a prime example of how the gospels demonize--or get used to demonize--completely normal behavior from Jews.
So, the man with the withered hand story is actually a prime example of how the gospels demonize--or get used to demonize--completely normal behavior from Jews.
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reupping this because it came up in the discourse again. The gospel story about Jesus healing on the Sabbath isn’t what you think it is:
The Pharisees thought that healthcare workers deserved weekends.
Jesus didn’t.
The Pharisees thought that healthcare workers deserved weekends.
Jesus didn’t.
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What in the actual hell
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What in the actual hell
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"But we won! We defeated you! No fair! Why aren't you just lying down and dying?"
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"But we won! We defeated you! No fair! Why aren't you just lying down and dying?"
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The Supreme Court just set aside a 2nd Circuit decision upholding New York's requirement that all school students, public and private, obtain certain vaccinations, without any religious exemptions. It orders the 2nd Circuit to reconsider the ruling in light of SCOTUS' LGBTQ school books decision.
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Supreme Court just set aside a 2nd Circuit decision upholding New York's requirement that all school students, public and private, obtain certain vaccinations, without any religious exemptions. It orders the 2nd Circuit to reconsider the ruling in light of SCOTUS' LGBTQ school books decision.
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Labour is bringing back inequality in more and more inventive ways.
(Also, "fewer")
(Also, "fewer")
I’m actually going to need more calories in order to enact the violence I would rain down upon your restaurant lest you give me the women’s steak frites
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Labour is bringing back inequality in more and more inventive ways.
(Also, "fewer")
(Also, "fewer")
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They are going after that college students' family now. JFC www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
They are going after that college students' family now. JFC www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
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Solidarity, once more, with the staff at the British Library. The people who keep it going and who make it what it is should not be on poverty wages and living in fear of abuse from angry users. Something needs to change!
Due to ongoing strike action, all St Pancras Reading Rooms will be closed today (8 December). We are also likely to have to close our Reading Rooms for the rest of the week and will update if this is the case. Please make sure you check our service updates before you visit: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
Planned strike action in St Pancras
We have been notified of planned strike action taking place between Monday 8 and Friday 12 December 2025.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Solidarity, once more, with the staff at the British Library. The people who keep it going and who make it what it is should not be on poverty wages and living in fear of abuse from angry users. Something needs to change!
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RT IF YOU LOVE UNIONS! ❤️🔥
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
RT IF YOU LOVE UNIONS! ❤️🔥
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
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More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
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yeah we’re gonna have to think bigger than “wealth tax” when it comes to Elon.
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
It woud be helpful if more people understood that a man who says and thinks such monstrous things now has enough money to purchase private armies and sway elections. We can solve part of this problem with two words: wealth tax.
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
yeah we’re gonna have to think bigger than “wealth tax” when it comes to Elon.
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
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OMFG.
A post-C section mother who was an asylum seeker seeking a visa for crime victims who had a newborn baby struggling in the NICU was held in Broadview in Chicago w no medical attention (POST C SECTION), no breast pump (right after birth), and no treatment for her diabetes.
MONSTERS.
A post-C section mother who was an asylum seeker seeking a visa for crime victims who had a newborn baby struggling in the NICU was held in Broadview in Chicago w no medical attention (POST C SECTION), no breast pump (right after birth), and no treatment for her diabetes.
MONSTERS.
“Guzmán’s daughter was still in the NICU, unable to eat or breathe independently. The doctors had planned a meeting to review the baby’s prognosis and care plans… As Guzmán went to buckle her seatbelt, she looked out the window and noticed they were surrounded.”
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
OMFG.
A post-C section mother who was an asylum seeker seeking a visa for crime victims who had a newborn baby struggling in the NICU was held in Broadview in Chicago w no medical attention (POST C SECTION), no breast pump (right after birth), and no treatment for her diabetes.
MONSTERS.
A post-C section mother who was an asylum seeker seeking a visa for crime victims who had a newborn baby struggling in the NICU was held in Broadview in Chicago w no medical attention (POST C SECTION), no breast pump (right after birth), and no treatment for her diabetes.
MONSTERS.
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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Abolish ICE.
“Guzmán’s daughter was still in the NICU, unable to eat or breathe independently. The doctors had planned a meeting to review the baby’s prognosis and care plans… As Guzmán went to buckle her seatbelt, she looked out the window and noticed they were surrounded.”
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Abolish ICE.
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Recently, I've been asked whether every baby actually needs HBV vaccination, largely with the implication that doing this is "one size fits all," and that's not a good approach.
Implicit in this assumption is the idea that every individual's physiology is so unique that it demands unique care.
Implicit in this assumption is the idea that every individual's physiology is so unique that it demands unique care.
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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I was thinking about the amazing undergrad science being done at Winona. They have a dinosaur in a rock maybe still with skin! A public branch university creating opportunities for students.
The news from Oklahoma and Nebraska is so depressing. The US public university system is one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century, created to democratize liberal arts education, and it's being destroyed by greedy people who think only the rich are deserving of such learning.
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I was thinking about the amazing undergrad science being done at Winona. They have a dinosaur in a rock maybe still with skin! A public branch university creating opportunities for students.
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One of my classics
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One of my classics
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Watch:
In a study, researcher Amanda Kloer posed as a 13-year-old on antidepressants and chatted with a therapist chatbot. “It advised me to stop taking them and showed me how I can hide not taking the pill from my mom,” says Kloer. cbsn.ws/4iFfYwq
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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