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winter-wombat.bsky.social @winter-wombat.bsky.social · 1h

We have to be more concerned with giving help to the needy than denying it to the so-called undeserving. We have to value compassion more than we fear the embarrassment of being taken advantage of. It's the only way we can survive as a species.

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Anthony Regina @robotsquidd.bsky.social · 2h

You simply cannot “abuse” a program that provides food to people. It doesn’t exist as a concept except in the minds of jealous clowns, busybodies, abd outright bigots.

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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 2h

Wow, so a prince can lose his royal title? What's next, consequences for American elected politicians?

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facetime geranium @sophienotemily.bsky.social · 1h

a lot of people would look at me and say I'm not "really" disabled. but the definition of disability is only that something impairs you. it says nothing about whether it impairs you in a way that is immediately visible to others.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16h

There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”

Disability is dynamic

Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day

You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you

It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2h

The piece they seem to be missing is that a lot of people are going to just drop coverage. Which has ripple effects on people who maintain coverage (even through employers) and the hospital systems. And it's going to hit rural states the hardest

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 4h

“I think most people are going to say, OK, I had a great deal during COVID,” said Club For Growth President David McIntosh. “But now it’s back to business as usual, and I should be paying for health care.”

Republicans Face Voter Anger Over Rising Health Care Premiums

Notices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters' mailboxes and sending some to Republican town halls to vent their frustration.

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 2h

look even if trans identity DID spread like a fad, which it does not, where the fuck is the harm in that?

if the concern is “regretting altering their bodies” everyone should WANT their kids to experiment with gender identity when they’re young, before any changes to the body are even an option

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 12h

Yikes! This is fake news. More trans kids felt safe to come out, now they don't. Government's are painting a target on the back of trans kids backs, forcing them tk stay in the closet.

www.wsj.com/opinion/evid...

Opinion | Evidence Backs the Transgender Social-Contagion Hypothesis

The share of young people claiming another ‘gender identity’ exploded. Now surveys show it is receding.

www.wsj.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 17h

Dr Oz: “I think we all agree that Covid has passed”.

No we do not agree!

Anyone who thinks Covid has passed has no business in charge of public health.

It’s still here. It’s still killing and disabling.

Get your booster if you can. Wear a mask (ideally an N95) and clean the air!

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facetime geranium @sophienotemily.bsky.social · 3h

I hope you end every tweet with "this is why Democrats [thing]"

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 8h

one of my favorite things is when the subject of a piece threatens a journalist and the journalist responds by casually printing everything very matter of factly

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 8h

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facetime geranium @sophienotemily.bsky.social · 3h

at my library there's a food drive going on and we already had a giant plastic bin full of donations before we got the official donation bin. people want to help.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 21h

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

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Magenta Rocks 👻 🧙‍♀️ @magentarocks.bsky.social · 5h

and it is even worse!

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

It Wasn’t a Bill de Blasio Imposter Attacking Zohran Mamdani. It Was the Wrong ‘Bill DeBlasio’

The Times of London’s international screw-up over falsely attributing quotes to former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wasn’t because the person who provided the quotes impersonated de Blasio. Inst...

www.yahoo.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 5h

The Bill de Blasio story is *amazing*.

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Real Bill de Blasio Has Something to Say

The Times of London failed to meet even basic journalistic standards. We should demand better from the media.

www.thenation.com

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 22h

Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

www.propublica.org

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facetime geranium @sophienotemily.bsky.social · 1d

I honestly hope someone is writing the gayest possible fanfic with that title as we speak

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 1d

on National Cat Day, i am presenting you with a cat.

if you haven't seen a cat before, this is what they look like. granted, details often vary. but the head, legs, fur, triangle ears -- the core structure -- tends to be consistent.

An orange and white cat is on his side. He looks high and or intense

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 1d

I am frankly sick of all the people who insist “so and so seemed off from the start.”

Stop lying. Sometimes bad people are very charming and likable and you liked them and that’s fine.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1d

We need to do ultra-masculine fascism, like in J.R.R Tolkien's famous book, "Lord of the here's why Ultra-Masculine Fascism is evil, stupid and self defeating. Under no circumstances do it you fucking clowns."

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SeasonalPun @pixelfish.bsky.social · 1d

The nightmare this is gonna present for neurodivergent folks. :/

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

People are not presenting their “real” selves in interviews. That’s kinda the whole fucking point. And with these interviews increasingly happening over video with both sides deploying AI interventions, it’s just two AIs talking to each other and shaking hands going us, yes, good vibes. Nice fit.

Lucena's insight that "voice reveals who people really are" came from experience.
When Mappa tested video data, accuracy dropped. "People behave as they want to be perceived when they're on video," Lucena reflected. "Voice reveals who they really are." That discovery became the foundation for the company's pivot toward pure voice analysis—a move that ultimately defined its niche.

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facetime geranium @sophienotemily.bsky.social · 1d

as a voter in the Midwest, what?

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

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facetime geranium @sophienotemily.bsky.social · 1d

I would much rather have a society where life is not so dependent on making money, than... more money.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

(It's amazing how quickly cops stop giving Black college students shit for no good reason when a middle aged Nice White Lady turns up to pretend that of *course* the cops are trying to *help* those kids and she wants to help *too*.)

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facetime geranium @sophienotemily.bsky.social · 1d

I love the idea of paying for it. shut up and take my money! not all of it, of course, but the idea is that if there were a robust safety net we wouldn't need to spend as much on, for example, health insurance.

Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 1d

We do this discourse over and over. Lot of Americans love the idea of a Scandinavian safety net but don't love the idea of paying for it. So we tell stories about how we can tax just "the rich" to get there. And that is not how math works.

Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 1d

No, his point is not that we shouldn't tax the rich into oblivion. We obviously should. It is that we can't only tax the rich into oblivion. We will also have to raise taxes more generally to produce a strong safety net. Taxing the rich is necessary but not sufficient.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 1d

I'll add that we should tax the rich into oblivion for reasons of social and democratic stability. The revenue is a secondary bonus.

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