@aloe9678.bsky.social
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I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
My most authoritarian opinion is that the MMR vaccine should be mandatory, with only medical (not religious or floofy) exemptions allowed. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
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everyone’s saying “people are NIMBYs about concentration camps” and yeah, I don’t want a concentration camp in my neighborhood, or anywhere
you know who I don’t mind in my neighborhood?
free immigrants, undocumented or otherwise
you know who I don’t mind in my neighborhood?
free immigrants, undocumented or otherwise
February 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
everyone’s saying “people are NIMBYs about concentration camps” and yeah, I don’t want a concentration camp in my neighborhood, or anywhere
you know who I don’t mind in my neighborhood?
free immigrants, undocumented or otherwise
you know who I don’t mind in my neighborhood?
free immigrants, undocumented or otherwise
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The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
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Every day I say a little prayer we get to see Dark Gore and today feels a little good.
I talked to Al Gore about Bill Gates's climate change memo.
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
Al Gore's case for optimism
Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.
heated.world
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Every day I say a little prayer we get to see Dark Gore and today feels a little good.
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One thing about the Biden admin. is that, two or three levels down, there were tons of smart, focused, pro-social people doing great things that never rose to the level of a headline.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
One thing about the Biden admin. is that, two or three levels down, there were tons of smart, focused, pro-social people doing great things that never rose to the level of a headline.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
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focusing on the second strike and its legality or illegality begs the question of the first strike being legal
I’ve been thinking about this issue a lot. Is it that they want to distract from the first strike? Or is it that they believe there will be consensus on the second strike being illegal?
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
focusing on the second strike and its legality or illegality begs the question of the first strike being legal
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A lot of suicide attempts, especially among young people, are impulsive, which means that throwing up even temporary obstacles can save lives. It's not true that everyone who gets advice on how to kill themselves from an LLM would have figured it out anyway. These tools are causing avoidable deaths.
I am a suicide attempt survivor so I’m kind of selfishly interested in prevention and, again, while it may difficult to completely prevent IDEATION, what ChatGPT does (despite guardrails!) is *cheerlead and facilitate* completion. You can come back from ideation but not a chat-optimized completion.
This is not true. This is argument that pro-gun people use to discount red flag and waiting period laws. Ease of access and lethality (let alone cheerful instruction in the best method!) is the #1 predictor of attempts leading actual completion. The more barriers, the more people live.
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A lot of suicide attempts, especially among young people, are impulsive, which means that throwing up even temporary obstacles can save lives. It's not true that everyone who gets advice on how to kill themselves from an LLM would have figured it out anyway. These tools are causing avoidable deaths.
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There is some there here!
Sure, Galloway is better than Peterson
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and th...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
There is some there here!
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🙋🏻♀️ independent fact checker here!
Yes there are many freelance fact checkers and editors. But fact checking is not a priority for pubs. We were the first to be fired as the industry imploded
So there’s no desire to hire us, even independently
I work on books and am hired* paid directly by authors
Yes there are many freelance fact checkers and editors. But fact checking is not a priority for pubs. We were the first to be fired as the industry imploded
So there’s no desire to hire us, even independently
I work on books and am hired* paid directly by authors
Sort of a dumb question, but are there independent editors? Independent fact checkers?
And I get that the dollars (nonexistent) get split even more.
I know nothing about journalism other than as a consumer. Just wondering if theres a way to create collectives of independents with skills?
And I get that the dollars (nonexistent) get split even more.
I know nothing about journalism other than as a consumer. Just wondering if theres a way to create collectives of independents with skills?
I worry about the emphasis on independent journalism we have right now because:
1) it’s not a sustainable business model to hold up an entire industry
2) they don’t have editors or fact checkers to provide checks and balances on their reporting
3) institutional journalism is still important
1) it’s not a sustainable business model to hold up an entire industry
2) they don’t have editors or fact checkers to provide checks and balances on their reporting
3) institutional journalism is still important
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🙋🏻♀️ independent fact checker here!
Yes there are many freelance fact checkers and editors. But fact checking is not a priority for pubs. We were the first to be fired as the industry imploded
So there’s no desire to hire us, even independently
I work on books and am hired* paid directly by authors
Yes there are many freelance fact checkers and editors. But fact checking is not a priority for pubs. We were the first to be fired as the industry imploded
So there’s no desire to hire us, even independently
I work on books and am hired* paid directly by authors
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I’m so old I remember when the Constitution had an emoluments clause.
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
Trump meets business partner In the Oval Office
From “bad situation” to “things happen”: How Saudi money changed Trump’s tune on Khashoggi's murder.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’m so old I remember when the Constitution had an emoluments clause.
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Over 70% of NFL players are Black. If you include Hispanic and mixed race, over 80% of players are people of color.
But the NFL held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk anyhow on TNF, for a man who denied systemic racism even exists. Show me a more caustic fuck your feelings moment if you can.
But the NFL held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk anyhow on TNF, for a man who denied systemic racism even exists. Show me a more caustic fuck your feelings moment if you can.
September 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Over 70% of NFL players are Black. If you include Hispanic and mixed race, over 80% of players are people of color.
But the NFL held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk anyhow on TNF, for a man who denied systemic racism even exists. Show me a more caustic fuck your feelings moment if you can.
But the NFL held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk anyhow on TNF, for a man who denied systemic racism even exists. Show me a more caustic fuck your feelings moment if you can.
@iamseanastin.bsky.social Congrats!
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
@iamseanastin.bsky.social Congrats!
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This is what it is, along with a financial incentive to play up anecdotes for the algorithm. For a lot of Americans, their feeds both locally and nationally have turned into Best Of Liveleak, an outgrowth of a political project Musk and Congressional Republicans have wanted for years.
I keep seeing the media say crime is down but people feel like it is up without mentioning the role of phone notifications and social media like Nextdoor, Ring Alerts, and Facebook Groups that not only make people more aware of any crime nearby they wouldn’t have known about in the past… (1/3)
August 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is what it is, along with a financial incentive to play up anecdotes for the algorithm. For a lot of Americans, their feeds both locally and nationally have turned into Best Of Liveleak, an outgrowth of a political project Musk and Congressional Republicans have wanted for years.
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😡 RFK Jr. says the loud part quiet (and the crazy parts loud).
He quietly backdated his flu shot endorsement—while loudly spreading dangerous lies about the flu shot.
This is public health malpractice and malicious CYA.
He quietly backdated his flu shot endorsement—while loudly spreading dangerous lies about the flu shot.
This is public health malpractice and malicious CYA.
RFK Jr. Quietly Endorses Flu Vaccine for Kids and Adults
New CDC director also backed a new option for infant immunization against RSV
www.medpagetoday.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
😡 RFK Jr. says the loud part quiet (and the crazy parts loud).
He quietly backdated his flu shot endorsement—while loudly spreading dangerous lies about the flu shot.
This is public health malpractice and malicious CYA.
He quietly backdated his flu shot endorsement—while loudly spreading dangerous lies about the flu shot.
This is public health malpractice and malicious CYA.
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As numerous women recounted losing dangerous amounts of blood during miscarriage, our reporters searched for a way to gain a broader understanding of how abortion restrictions have impacted care.
Here's how we conducted our analysis.
By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser
Here's how we conducted our analysis.
By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser
Miscarriage Is Increasingly Dangerous for Women in Texas, Our Analysis Shows. Here’s How We Did It.
Using seven years of hospital discharge data, we found that the number of blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriage shot up by 54% since Texas banned abortion.
www.propublica.org
July 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As numerous women recounted losing dangerous amounts of blood during miscarriage, our reporters searched for a way to gain a broader understanding of how abortion restrictions have impacted care.
Here's how we conducted our analysis.
By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser
Here's how we conducted our analysis.
By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser
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And, copyright and patent protections. These guys are billionaires because the U.S. government gave them monopoly rents.
Even if you ignore the shitty conditions of so many Amazon workers you're also ignoring that Amazon only exists because of government investment.
The government made the internet.
The postal service.
The roads when they pivoted to Amazon delivery trucks.
And critically: government contracts
The government made the internet.
The postal service.
The roads when they pivoted to Amazon delivery trucks.
And critically: government contracts
June 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
And, copyright and patent protections. These guys are billionaires because the U.S. government gave them monopoly rents.
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can attest! but jonathan greenblatt still gets to run his mouth on tv
And it’s crucial to point out that Jewish NYers knew ALL of this, a ton still voted for him, and none of them have been platformed on this topic outside of a single interview with Brad Lander, after which they prolly realized he wasn’t going to give them the sound bites they were after.
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June 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
can attest! but jonathan greenblatt still gets to run his mouth on tv
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JUST NOW: Sheldon Whitehouse speaks on the Bill Ugly Bill: “This piece of legislation is corrupt. This piece of legislation is crooked. This piece of legislation is a rotten racket. This place feels to me today like a crime scene. The midnight transfer of wealth in this bill is disgusting”
June 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
JUST NOW: Sheldon Whitehouse speaks on the Bill Ugly Bill: “This piece of legislation is corrupt. This piece of legislation is crooked. This piece of legislation is a rotten racket. This place feels to me today like a crime scene. The midnight transfer of wealth in this bill is disgusting”
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If you have a R senator, seriously call their office tomorrow & say vote against this bill. Say you don’t wan’t three times the budget of NASA going into a sprawling immigrant detention infrastructure. That you don’t want to kick folks you know off Medicaid. That you don’t want solar taxed. reps.fyi
The budget is a statement of values. The budget is policy. This budget is awful.
June 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
If you have a R senator, seriously call their office tomorrow & say vote against this bill. Say you don’t wan’t three times the budget of NASA going into a sprawling immigrant detention infrastructure. That you don’t want to kick folks you know off Medicaid. That you don’t want solar taxed. reps.fyi
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I want to be very clear about what’s happening: Senate Republicans know the parliamentarian will say they can’t use 312 to pretend tax cuts are free (because two have two Byrd rule problems).
So they are refusing to meet with her so they can pretend they never ignored her when they do it anyway.
So they are refusing to meet with her so they can pretend they never ignored her when they do it anyway.
June 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I want to be very clear about what’s happening: Senate Republicans know the parliamentarian will say they can’t use 312 to pretend tax cuts are free (because two have two Byrd rule problems).
So they are refusing to meet with her so they can pretend they never ignored her when they do it anyway.
So they are refusing to meet with her so they can pretend they never ignored her when they do it anyway.
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Oh brother.
I know it’s trendy to hate billionaires, but many didn’t get rich by accident.
Jeff Bezos made goods cheaper & quickly accessible. Bill Gates put computers in homes. Sergey Brin gave the world a search engine that works. I could go on.
So yes…they should exist.
Jeff Bezos made goods cheaper & quickly accessible. Bill Gates put computers in homes. Sergey Brin gave the world a search engine that works. I could go on.
So yes…they should exist.
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said Sunday that billionaires shouldn’t exist
June 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Oh brother.