Aze ❀ Linn
@azelinn.bsky.social
Retired corporate librarian, living-related kidney donor, Pacific NW
"To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy." ~Thurgood Marshall
"To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy." ~Thurgood Marshall
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It means “closely monitoring one’s cognitive functioning due to a high likelihood of increased functional impairment”
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
It means “closely monitoring one’s cognitive functioning due to a high likelihood of increased functional impairment”
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This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
i'm really having a hard time getting past the "surely we can all agree that Somalis are worse than trash" thing. this feels new and very bad
January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
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“Greed sneaks into our lives disguised as ambition, suffocating our ability to empathize and connect with others.”
PS. – Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness
PS. – Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
“Greed sneaks into our lives disguised as ambition, suffocating our ability to empathize and connect with others.”
PS. – Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness
PS. – Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness
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Mamdani’s message is as American as apple pie, and that’s why he drives reactionaries of many different political stripes crazy.
Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Mamdani’s message is as American as apple pie, and that’s why he drives reactionaries of many different political stripes crazy.
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Peace ...
In essence it's really this simple!
In essence it's really this simple!
December 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Peace ...
In essence it's really this simple!
In essence it's really this simple!
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Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
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Beautiful quote on one of the many reasons this is so harmful.
December 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Beautiful quote on one of the many reasons this is so harmful.
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They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
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Sometimes it feels like I'm always learning about a new atrocity they never taught us about in school. The silence about these genocidal campaigns is it's own violence.
But I did learn of U.S.'s long history of violent expansionism in the Phillipines in "How to Hide an Empire" by Daniel Immerwahr.
But I did learn of U.S.'s long history of violent expansionism in the Phillipines in "How to Hide an Empire" by Daniel Immerwahr.
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Sometimes it feels like I'm always learning about a new atrocity they never taught us about in school. The silence about these genocidal campaigns is it's own violence.
But I did learn of U.S.'s long history of violent expansionism in the Phillipines in "How to Hide an Empire" by Daniel Immerwahr.
But I did learn of U.S.'s long history of violent expansionism in the Phillipines in "How to Hide an Empire" by Daniel Immerwahr.
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Israel is banning the Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders from operating in Gaza starting on New Year’s Day. www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza
The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs said the organizations that will be banned Thursday didn't meet new requirements for sharing staff members, funding and operations information.
www.nbcnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Israel is banning the Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders from operating in Gaza starting on New Year’s Day. www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
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Pretty sad times we live in when it’s news that the government has agreed to follow a court order.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — US government says ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands.
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Pretty sad times we live in when it’s news that the government has agreed to follow a court order.
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My colleague @davidjbier.bsky.social picks as the most important immigration stories of 2025: broad bans on henceforth-legal immigrants; cancellation of lawful statuses; de-prioritization of criminals; "papers-please" profiling; and a broad assault on constitutional rights of speech, privacy, etc.
The Most Important Immigration Stories of 2025
Despite the hailstorm of attacks, however, immigrants continue to help Americans, reducing government deficits, innovating and starting businesses, growing the economy, increasing the availability of ...
www.cato.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
My colleague @davidjbier.bsky.social picks as the most important immigration stories of 2025: broad bans on henceforth-legal immigrants; cancellation of lawful statuses; de-prioritization of criminals; "papers-please" profiling; and a broad assault on constitutional rights of speech, privacy, etc.
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US taxpayers pay $8.6 billion for Israel’s new F-15 warplanes, while Israelis get universal healthcare and heavily-subsidized college education from their government
Pentagon announces $8.6 billion Boeing contract for F-15 jets for Israel
Boeing was given an $8.6 billion contract for the F-15 Israel Program, the Pentagon said on Monday, after U.S. President Donald Trump met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida.
www.reuters.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
US taxpayers pay $8.6 billion for Israel’s new F-15 warplanes, while Israelis get universal healthcare and heavily-subsidized college education from their government
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Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
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As war criminals Netanyahu & Trump meet
•Genocide of Palestinians ongoing
•Israel bombs Gaza with US arms
•Netanyahu blocks UN, ICC, ICJ, & media investigations into 10/7 & Gaza
•Israel illegally & violently annexing even more West Bank land
•~8000 Palestinian hostages in Israeli prison
“Ceasefire”
•Genocide of Palestinians ongoing
•Israel bombs Gaza with US arms
•Netanyahu blocks UN, ICC, ICJ, & media investigations into 10/7 & Gaza
•Israel illegally & violently annexing even more West Bank land
•~8000 Palestinian hostages in Israeli prison
“Ceasefire”
December 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
As war criminals Netanyahu & Trump meet
•Genocide of Palestinians ongoing
•Israel bombs Gaza with US arms
•Netanyahu blocks UN, ICC, ICJ, & media investigations into 10/7 & Gaza
•Israel illegally & violently annexing even more West Bank land
•~8000 Palestinian hostages in Israeli prison
“Ceasefire”
•Genocide of Palestinians ongoing
•Israel bombs Gaza with US arms
•Netanyahu blocks UN, ICC, ICJ, & media investigations into 10/7 & Gaza
•Israel illegally & violently annexing even more West Bank land
•~8000 Palestinian hostages in Israeli prison
“Ceasefire”
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Seething about this still
“But in a modern, free, and truly democratic society, it should not be a mystery for days to its population and its voters whether or not their president has just bombed a new sovereign nation, without any declaration of war – all while the federal government that’s funded by our tax dollars…
December 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Seething about this still
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To put a finer point on it, the 1918 flu came approximately 30 years after the confirmation of germ theory (if you mark it by Koch’s postulates). Modern medicine was in its infancy.
Read Jim's whole thread! I also want to add some historical context. During the 1918 pandemic, there was so much confusion because many scientists still thought that a bacteria, not a virus caused the flu (because, as Jim notes, we couldn't even see viruses under a microscope yet).
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
To put a finer point on it, the 1918 flu came approximately 30 years after the confirmation of germ theory (if you mark it by Koch’s postulates). Modern medicine was in its infancy.
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Read Jim's whole thread! I also want to add some historical context. During the 1918 pandemic, there was so much confusion because many scientists still thought that a bacteria, not a virus caused the flu (because, as Jim notes, we couldn't even see viruses under a microscope yet).
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Read Jim's whole thread! I also want to add some historical context. During the 1918 pandemic, there was so much confusion because many scientists still thought that a bacteria, not a virus caused the flu (because, as Jim notes, we couldn't even see viruses under a microscope yet).
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The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
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this is a really incredible thing to fully consider
It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
December 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
this is a really incredible thing to fully consider
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The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed? There's supposed to be a ceasefire in Gaza. So why do Gazan children continue to be killed? Because the whole "ceasefire" is a preposterous fraud.
The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed? There's supposed to be a ceasefire in Gaza. So why do Gazan children continue to be killed? Because the whole "ceasefire" is a preposterous fraud.
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Maybe this will be the year that the press & pundits finally tamp down their obsessive coverage of trump voters & focus instead on a much larger part of America: the millions & millions who hate what trump is doing & continue to say so in elections & at massive protest events like these:
At the start of 2025, some people questioned whether the resistance was dead. They doubted that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would be met with defiance and backlash.
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Maybe this will be the year that the press & pundits finally tamp down their obsessive coverage of trump voters & focus instead on a much larger part of America: the millions & millions who hate what trump is doing & continue to say so in elections & at massive protest events like these:
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“Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this "rabble" you're talking about ... they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn't think so.”
"It's A Wonderful Life" isn't just a feel-good holiday classic (and my favorite movie of all time).
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
Robert Reich Reacts: “It's a Wonderful Life”
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this "rabble" you're talking about ... they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn't think so.”
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Remember: it is a LIE that immigration is associated with crime (on the contrary), including undocumented.
This isn't said enough. Connecting immigrants to crime is a foundational LIE.
Always be skeptical of a policy or action based on this spin.
Eg: siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythica...
This isn't said enough. Connecting immigrants to crime is a foundational LIE.
Always be skeptical of a policy or action based on this spin.
Eg: siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythica...
December 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Remember: it is a LIE that immigration is associated with crime (on the contrary), including undocumented.
This isn't said enough. Connecting immigrants to crime is a foundational LIE.
Always be skeptical of a policy or action based on this spin.
Eg: siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythica...
This isn't said enough. Connecting immigrants to crime is a foundational LIE.
Always be skeptical of a policy or action based on this spin.
Eg: siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythica...