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Anodyne
@anodynesix.bsky.social
· Nov 15
In case anyone's interested, here is a feed that only includes posts with pictures of Cassie, Eeyore, and/or Winnie.
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(Since the feed excludes reposts, as well as posts about other topics, I imagine that some might prefer to use the feed rather than following me.)
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"In one particularly awful case, the school transported kids to the airport after ICE ordered their parents deported. The children decided to leave with their parents but the school organized a phone call so that everyone could ... say goodbye."
A network of 31 small public high schools provide “radical welcome, protection and empowerment” to migrant youth. This intentional network of schools focuses on student well-being and sidesteps standardized testing to allow newcomers to take the time they need to acclimate to life in the country.
As Immigrant Youth Come Under Attack, These Schools Are Trying to Protect Them
A network of 31 public schools is striving to provide “radical welcome, protection and empowerment” to migrant youth.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"In one particularly awful case, the school transported kids to the airport after ICE ordered their parents deported. The children decided to leave with their parents but the school organized a phone call so that everyone could ... say goodbye."
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"[I]ndividuals in the military are not obligated to carry out orders that are illegal under U.S. law and known to be so by the service member. This summer ... a GI Rights Hotline saw an uptick in calls from members of the military seeking support for defying potentially illegal orders by Trump."
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed on Monday that “all orders” by President Donald Trump should be “presumed” legal by the military, as she defended comments he made last week threatening Democratic lawmakers with “DEATH.”
Leavitt Says “All” Military Orders by Trump Must Be “Presumed to Be Legal”
The dubious claim comes despite officials within the administration saying that the boat strike operation is unlawful.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"[I]ndividuals in the military are not obligated to carry out orders that are illegal under U.S. law and known to be so by the service member. This summer ... a GI Rights Hotline saw an uptick in calls from members of the military seeking support for defying potentially illegal orders by Trump."
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"This collapse comes on top of the fact that Gaza already had one of the weakest economies in the world due to Israel's air, land, and sea blockade that [Israel] maintained for decades prior ... plunging over half the population into poverty."
Israel’s genocide has destroyed nearly 90% of Gaza’s economy, causing the worst economic collapse ever recorded. In 2024 alone, Israel caused Gaza’s GDP to decline by 83%, according to data reported by the UN Trade and Development agency. Now, Gaza’s economy stands at just 13% of its 2022 levels.
Gaza Economy at 13 Percent of Pre-Genocide Level, With Worst Collapse on Record
“Multidimensional poverty now engulfs all Gazans,” one UN official said.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"This collapse comes on top of the fact that Gaza already had one of the weakest economies in the world due to Israel's air, land, and sea blockade that [Israel] maintained for decades prior ... plunging over half the population into poverty."
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"Vought is going to keep refusing to fund [the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau] in order to illegally dismantle the agency ... [I]t's time for Congress to impeach and remove Russell Vought from power."
CFPB Union president Cat Farman inquired: “Is this fan fiction I’m reading? What’s next, ‘Russell Vought Tells CFPB Examiners to Serve Tea to Their Wall Street Masters in Tiny French Maid Aprons’?”
CFPB Workers Slam Russell Vought’s “Humility Pledge,” Call for His Resignation
Critics say it’s the latest move in his plan to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and protect CEOs.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"Vought is going to keep refusing to fund [the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau] in order to illegally dismantle the agency ... [I]t's time for Congress to impeach and remove Russell Vought from power."
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"The U.S. military oversees more than 150 golf courses."
Trump has announced ambitious remodeling plans for the golf courses at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the announcement comes as Americans overall are struggling with the effects of inflation, which has grown due in part to Trump’s economic policies, including his tariffs.
As Americans Grapple With Affordability, Trump Announces Joint Base Andrews Golf Course Remodeling Project
The Trump administration hasn’t provided any details on how the project will be paid for.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"The U.S. military oversees more than 150 golf courses."
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"[T]here is a noble tradition in the United States of servicemembers refusing orders to deploy to illegal wars and/or commit war crimes. Some refusers have been arrested and court-martialed. Many have argued ... that they had a legal duty to disobey illegal orders."
As the Trump administration continues to unlawfully murder people in small vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, deploy the National Guard to U.S. cities, and ignore court orders, six Democratic members of Congress were moved to act.
Soldiers Must Disobey Unlawful Orders Under Trump — It’s Their Legal Duty
I have been called to testify at courts-martial as an expert witness on servicemembers’ duty to disobey unlawful orders.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"[T]here is a noble tradition in the United States of servicemembers refusing orders to deploy to illegal wars and/or commit war crimes. Some refusers have been arrested and court-martialed. Many have argued ... that they had a legal duty to disobey illegal orders."
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"[P]roposed changes would also limit federal agencies' ability to consider potential future impacts... when deciding which species to list. In addition, the so-called blanket rule, which bestows species listed as threatened with the same protections as those listed as endangered, would be canceled."
The Endangered Species Act has saved thousands of animals and plants from threats like poaching, habitat loss, and pollution. In total, it has prevented the extinction of 99% of the species it has protected. Now, Trump has weakened or eliminated key provisions of the bedrock environmental law.
Trump’s Attack on the Endangered Species Act Will Hurt More Than Just Wildlife
Proposed rollbacks would open the door to more oil and gas drilling, as well as logging and mining.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"[P]roposed changes would also limit federal agencies' ability to consider potential future impacts... when deciding which species to list. In addition, the so-called blanket rule, which bestows species listed as threatened with the same protections as those listed as endangered, would be canceled."
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"The meeting between [Texas Education Commissioner Mike] Morath and [Turning Point USA Senior Director Josh] Thifault happened ... after [Morath] announced that his agency would investigate hundreds of complaints concerning teachers accused of making inappropriate remarks about Kirk's killing."
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath recently met with a top official from Turning Point USA to discuss creating chapters of the conservative youth organization in all of the state’s high schools, days before Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick promised $1 million in campaign funds to help the project.
Will Every Texas High School, College Campus Have a Turning Point USA Chapter?
After the Texas education chief met with the group, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged $1 million toward the effort.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"The meeting between [Texas Education Commissioner Mike] Morath and [Turning Point USA Senior Director Josh] Thifault happened ... after [Morath] announced that his agency would investigate hundreds of complaints concerning teachers accused of making inappropriate remarks about Kirk's killing."
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"Israel also killed 12 children in a strike on southern Lebanon last week ... On [Nov. 22], Israeli attacks killed a further 24 Palestinians in Gaza, including children, with 87 wounded. One strike on a car in Gaza City killed at least 11 and wounded 20, many of them children."
Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said on Sunday that the ceasefire deal in Gaza is a “farce.” “It’s harmful and disingenuous for American media to continue the charade that there’s a ceasefire in place.” UNICEF reported that Israeli forces have killed 67 children since October 11, 2025.
Israel Has Killed 2 Children a Day Amid Gaza Ceasefire, UN Reports
House Democrat Joaquin Castro slammed the ceasefire as a “charade” that the media is playing along with.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
"Israel also killed 12 children in a strike on southern Lebanon last week ... On [Nov. 22], Israeli attacks killed a further 24 Palestinians in Gaza, including children, with 87 wounded. One strike on a car in Gaza City killed at least 11 and wounded 20, many of them children."
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"The government this year has moved to slash legal services for children and offered cash to kids who give up their cases and go home. ... Attorneys who represent children said they have seen a spike in cases of self-harm and behavioral problems as kids lose hope of being released."
Family separations are back, only now they are happening all across the country. The lawsuit against the zero tolerance policy in 2023 limited separations at the border, but does not address those that occur inside the country after encounters with ICE.
ICE Has Already Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters in 2025
Once the children are there, the government is making it harder for relatives or other sponsors to get them back.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"The government this year has moved to slash legal services for children and offered cash to kids who give up their cases and go home. ... Attorneys who represent children said they have seen a spike in cases of self-harm and behavioral problems as kids lose hope of being released."
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"[A]t least 97[%] of Gaza's trees, 95[%] of its shrubland, and 82[%] of its annual crops have been destroyed ... [W]itnesses testified that Israeli forces have razed their fields, bombed their fishing boats, and destroyed critical infrastructure, such as irrigation and food storage facilities."
Besides arguing that Israel, the U.S., and some European governments have committed genocide in Gaza, prosecutors at the International People’s Tribunal on Palestine told jurors that the environmental devastation in the enclave amounts to ecocide.
Prosecutors at International Tribunal on Palestine Accuse Israel of Ecocide
Prosecutors at the International People’s Tribunal on Palestine decried Israel’s destruction of farms and water sources.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"[A]t least 97[%] of Gaza's trees, 95[%] of its shrubland, and 82[%] of its annual crops have been destroyed ... [W]itnesses testified that Israeli forces have razed their fields, bombed their fishing boats, and destroyed critical infrastructure, such as irrigation and food storage facilities."
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"Our military budget is nearing a trillion dollars. We subsidize fossil fuels to the tune of tens of billions of dollars. It's just not true that the money isn't there [to enable a worldwide transition away from fossil fuels] ... [T]his administration is showing how much of a lie that is."
Global negotiations at the annual U.N. climate summit ended Saturday in Belém, Brazil, with a watered-down agreement that does not even mention fossil fuels, let alone offer a roadmap to phase out what are the primary contributors to the climate crisis.
COP30 Ended With a Watered-Down Agreement That Doesn’t Even Mention Fossil Fuels
Two attendees of the UN climate summit break down the final deal and discuss the few positive outcomes.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"Our military budget is nearing a trillion dollars. We subsidize fossil fuels to the tune of tens of billions of dollars. It's just not true that the money isn't there [to enable a worldwide transition away from fossil fuels] ... [T]his administration is showing how much of a lie that is."
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"The growing list of members of Congress rejecting funding from AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups marks a stark turnaround from the primacy those organizations recently held in the halls of power ... This does not, of course, mean that AIPAC will relent in its quest to influence electoral outcomes."
Gearing up for a potentially bruising primary as he challenges progressive stalwart Ed Markey for his Senate seat, Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts apparently decided that turning his back on AIPAC and its allies was more politically advantageous than costly.
Is the Tide Starting to Turn Against AIPAC?
Backing AIPAC may now be a political liability for candidates facing progressive challengers in Democratic primaries.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
"The growing list of members of Congress rejecting funding from AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups marks a stark turnaround from the primacy those organizations recently held in the halls of power ... This does not, of course, mean that AIPAC will relent in its quest to influence electoral outcomes."
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"There are myriad examples of [Texas Gov. Greg] Abbott bending his views on state sovereignty to accede to the wishes of the new administration ... [S]tate leaders' fervor for defending their sovereignty increasingly depends on whether their party is in power in Washington."
While governors often align with their parties’ presidents, Abbott’s support for Trump’s expansion of federal powers is a striking departure from his own historical and ardent defenses of state sovereignty.
Why Is Gov. Greg Abbott Supporting Trump’s Push to Expand Presidential Power?
The Texas governor has helped Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing, and deploying the National Guard.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"There are myriad examples of [Texas Gov. Greg] Abbott bending his views on state sovereignty to accede to the wishes of the new administration ... [S]tate leaders' fervor for defending their sovereignty increasingly depends on whether their party is in power in Washington."
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"That AI has not yet proven able to increase productivity or produce any measurable added value has not stopped the hype around it from driving the biggest securities bubble since the late 1990s. The AI ... comes with a gargantuan environmental cost. [AI] data centers are water and energy hogs."
The high-tech world’s abrupt turn to a rabid anti-science stance is likely the result of the emergence of artificial intelligence and a consequent new romance with the burning of fossil fuels.
Why Is Bill Gates Attacking Climate Science?
Silicon Valley has a financial reason for wanting to slow down the global movement to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"That AI has not yet proven able to increase productivity or produce any measurable added value has not stopped the hype around it from driving the biggest securities bubble since the late 1990s. The AI ... comes with a gargantuan environmental cost. [AI] data centers are water and energy hogs."
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"There's no legal mechanism that allows [Trump] to terminate protected status for a particular community ... This is Trump doing what he always does: demagoguing immigrants without justification or evidence and using that demagoguery in an attempt to take away important life-saving protections."
“There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not a presidential power,” wrote Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow with the American Immigration Council advocacy group. “TPS by law cannot be terminated early. Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.”
Trump Prompts Outrage for Revoking Protected Status for Minnesota Somalis
“There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not a presidential power,” said an immigration expert.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"There's no legal mechanism that allows [Trump] to terminate protected status for a particular community ... This is Trump doing what he always does: demagoguing immigrants without justification or evidence and using that demagoguery in an attempt to take away important life-saving protections."
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"[T]he senior military lawyer overseeing the [admin's murderous boat] strikes has [reportedly] said that the strikes are illegal ... But his opinions were overruled by more senior officials, despite concerns that troops could be held liable for carrying out the boat strikes."
New polling shows that 70% of Americans say that they would oppose the U.S. taking military action in Venezuela. Over three-quarters of Americans say that the Trump administration hasn’t given proper explanation for potential military action in Venezuela.
Poll Shows 70 Percent in US Disapprove of Striking Venezuela as Trump Mulls War
The US has built up the largest military presence in Latin America in decades off the coast of Venezuela.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"[T]he senior military lawyer overseeing the [admin's murderous boat] strikes has [reportedly] said that the strikes are illegal ... But his opinions were overruled by more senior officials, despite concerns that troops could be held liable for carrying out the boat strikes."
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"It was an ugly spectacle of prohibitionist countries demanding bans ... despite well-documented consequences for illicit trade, and the obvious ethical problem of banning the safer nicotine products and leaving millions of people who smoke with cigarettes as the only legal nicotine products."
“We can’t turn our back on a potential solution.”
Despite the "ugly spectacle" of attacks on tobacco harm reduction at the global tobacco control COP11, policy damage was largely averted, reports @kiransidhu41.bsky.social —thanks to some national delegations refusing to toe the WHO line:
Despite the "ugly spectacle" of attacks on tobacco harm reduction at the global tobacco control COP11, policy damage was largely averted, reports @kiransidhu41.bsky.social —thanks to some national delegations refusing to toe the WHO line:
“Ugly” COP11 Attacks THR, But Nations Avert Worst Damage - Filter
The World Health Organization’s 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ended on ...
filtermag.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
"It was an ugly spectacle of prohibitionist countries demanding bans ... despite well-documented consequences for illicit trade, and the obvious ethical problem of banning the safer nicotine products and leaving millions of people who smoke with cigarettes as the only legal nicotine products."
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"The Board [of Pardons and Paroles] has lately been posting a lot of photos to social media, showing the members engaged in field trips around the state. ... So much investment in the propaganda that citizens must be protected from themselves. So few people being pardoned or paroled."
"They couldn’t even bring themselves to pardon two turkeys. One was just there so they could make a point. There were also jokes about senators needing to stay on the Board’s good side. Incarceration is a punchline."
The Georgia Parole Board Pardoned a Turkey - Filter
Each year when the president did the White House turkey pardons it always seemed kinda funny, even from prison. Seeing ...
filtermag.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"The Board [of Pardons and Paroles] has lately been posting a lot of photos to social media, showing the members engaged in field trips around the state. ... So much investment in the propaganda that citizens must be protected from themselves. So few people being pardoned or paroled."
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"[H]omelessness is a crisis that requires immediate stabilization and continuing support to reverse ... These changes are designed to trap people in poverty and then punish them for being poor."
Attorneys general for 18 states and the District of Columbia, as well as the governors of KY and PA, allege that the changes “essentially guarantee that tens of thousands of formerly homeless individuals and families will be evicted.”
Twenty States Sue Trump Admin Over Cuts to Housing-First Grants - Filter
A coalition of state attorneys general is suing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over drastic changes to ...
filtermag.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
"[H]omelessness is a crisis that requires immediate stabilization and continuing support to reverse ... These changes are designed to trap people in poverty and then punish them for being poor."
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"[I]llicit sources were the only option ... available."
“They weren’t stopping the overdoses … It’s a red-light emergency,” co-founder Jeremy Kalicum told the BC Supreme Court yesterday.
DULF lawyer set out 3 points behind the constitutional challenge that could throw out convictions against the compassion club operators, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
DULF lawyer set out 3 points behind the constitutional challenge that could throw out convictions against the compassion club operators, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
DULF’s Constitutional Challenge to Compassion-Club Charges Begins - Filter
As British Columbia’s overdose crisis escalated in the second half of the 2010s, Jeremy Kalicum was getting his first experience ...
filtermag.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
"[I]llicit sources were the only option ... available."
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"Once you have that much military hardware, weaponry, sailors, things can take a life of their own ... Even if you don't want things to escalate, they can."
At least 83 people have now been killed in boat strikes; the US designates so-called "Cartel de los Soles" as terror group, and continues its military build-up.
"Once you’ve established such a force, the clock starts to tick,” an expert warns @tganeva.bsky.social:
"Once you’ve established such a force, the clock starts to tick,” an expert warns @tganeva.bsky.social:
“Clock Starts to Tick,” Amid Trump’s Venezuela Build-Up - Filter
The United States continues its heavy military build-up in the Caribbean, and continues to strike boats off the coast of ...
filtermag.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"Once you have that much military hardware, weaponry, sailors, things can take a life of their own ... Even if you don't want things to escalate, they can."
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"In order to access the psilocybin services under the bill, a patient with a qualifying condition would need to obtain a referral from a licensed health care professional. Services would ... include mandatory preparation and integration sessions before and after the administration of psilocybin."
More than a year after the Assembly Health Committee first took up and amended the legislation, the panel has reconvened and reported out favorably.
By @kylejaeger.bsky.social:
By @kylejaeger.bsky.social:
New Jersey Advances Bill to Legalize Psilocybin for Therapeutic Use - Filter
New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a bill to provide regulated therapeutic access to psilocybin for adults with qualifying health conditions, with plans ...
filtermag.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
"In order to access the psilocybin services under the bill, a patient with a qualifying condition would need to obtain a referral from a licensed health care professional. Services would ... include mandatory preparation and integration sessions before and after the administration of psilocybin."
Reposted by Anodyne
"[A] larger issue with NSDUH data is that they purport to represent how substance use and mental illness are currently affecting United States adults, but the survey is not offered to the populations most affected by either ... The survey is only offered to people with fixed addresses."
"Appearing for the first time since 2019, these reports use National Survey on Drug Use and Health data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and continue SAMHSA's tradition of organizing that data in kind of weird ways."
SAMHSA Brings Back State-Level Reports on Drug Use, Mental Health - Filter
On November 24, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published reports measuring behavioral health for each of ...
filtermag.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"[A] larger issue with NSDUH data is that they purport to represent how substance use and mental illness are currently affecting United States adults, but the survey is not offered to the populations most affected by either ... The survey is only offered to people with fixed addresses."
Reposted by Anodyne
"[A] large study backed by the [NIH] highlighted how widely used naltrexone is in county jails compared to methadone and buprenorphine, despite the latter two being the MOUD actually shown to reduce [OD] risk ... [OD i]s the leading cause of death for people recently released from incarceration."
Some jails may use the funds to provide Sublocade, the monthly injectable version of buprenorphine, in addition to Vivitrol. The larger issue of MOUD funds going unspent has been a recurring theme in correctional settings.
PA Clears Jails to Use Unspent Vivitrol Funds on Methadone and Suboxone - Filter
Pennsylvania is expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for people in county jails, both during incarceration and ...
filtermag.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
"[A] large study backed by the [NIH] highlighted how widely used naltrexone is in county jails compared to methadone and buprenorphine, despite the latter two being the MOUD actually shown to reduce [OD] risk ... [OD i]s the leading cause of death for people recently released from incarceration."