Derek Fincham 🌵🗿🏛️🖼️🏴☠️
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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40 billion to Argentina.
40 billion.
40 billion.
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
40 billion to Argentina.
40 billion.
40 billion.
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On this date in 1961, the US government issues a stamp to honor the 100th birthday of James Naismith, the Canadian-born inventor of basketball.
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
On this date in 1961, the US government issues a stamp to honor the 100th birthday of James Naismith, the Canadian-born inventor of basketball.
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
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*taps sign*
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.
He'll make a great mayor
He'll make a great mayor
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
*taps sign*
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Neal Katyal's opening volley against Trump's tariffs:
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Neal Katyal's opening volley against Trump's tariffs:
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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If anyone in Houston hasn't voted and wasn't going to vote but doesn't have anything else going on, you might as well find a place in your neighborhood to vote and can I encourage you to vote for Jordan Thomas for City Council, who I believe will do his part to keep Whitmire in check? Thanks.
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If anyone in Houston hasn't voted and wasn't going to vote but doesn't have anything else going on, you might as well find a place in your neighborhood to vote and can I encourage you to vote for Jordan Thomas for City Council, who I believe will do his part to keep Whitmire in check? Thanks.
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Congrats to Mark Walter, President of Guggenheim Partners and owner of the Dodgers, and his players Teoscar Hernández (Dominican Republic), Shohei Ohtani (Japan), Andy Pages (Cuba), Hyeseong Kim (South Korea), Kiké Hernandez (Puerto Rico), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Japan), Roki Sasaki (Japan)...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Congrats to Mark Walter, President of Guggenheim Partners and owner of the Dodgers, and his players Teoscar Hernández (Dominican Republic), Shohei Ohtani (Japan), Andy Pages (Cuba), Hyeseong Kim (South Korea), Kiké Hernandez (Puerto Rico), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Japan), Roki Sasaki (Japan)...
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A new heist at a far less famous museum than the Louvre, and of objects of smaller individual value, but given the scope of heritage stolen this is a terrible loss for both Oakland and California. Hopefully this theft will be treated with the gravity it warrants.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
'A real violation.' More than 1,000 artifacts stolen from California museum in brazen heist
Items stolen from the Oakland Museum of California included Native American baskets, jewelry, laptops, historic photographs and intricately carved ivory tusks.
www.latimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A new heist at a far less famous museum than the Louvre, and of objects of smaller individual value, but given the scope of heritage stolen this is a terrible loss for both Oakland and California. Hopefully this theft will be treated with the gravity it warrants.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.
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If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.
A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.
I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.
A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.
I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.
A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.
I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.
A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.
I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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Also included thoughts on how awesome Blue Jays fans are for donating to Seattle Children's Hospital after they defeated the Mariners in the ALCS, and for donating to Dodgers charities now to rally around Vesia.
Thinking I may belong in Canada.
Thinking I may belong in Canada.
Free for all readers. The World Series begins today, but some things are more important than baseball. Thoughts go out to the Vesia family <3:
mollyknight.substack.com/p/the-world-...
mollyknight.substack.com/p/the-world-...
The World Series begins today. Some things are more important than baseball.
Free Friday newsletter.
mollyknight.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Also included thoughts on how awesome Blue Jays fans are for donating to Seattle Children's Hospital after they defeated the Mariners in the ALCS, and for donating to Dodgers charities now to rally around Vesia.
Thinking I may belong in Canada.
Thinking I may belong in Canada.
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archaeologists: this structure replicates and elaborates an architecture of power and domination linking it to earlier imperial expansions and creating a symbolic genealogy typing it to ancient European cultures, and thus to a very 19th c idea of inherited white Christian power 1/2
Ah @theonion.com , never change.
October 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
archaeologists: this structure replicates and elaborates an architecture of power and domination linking it to earlier imperial expansions and creating a symbolic genealogy typing it to ancient European cultures, and thus to a very 19th c idea of inherited white Christian power 1/2
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An image of the Trump-Vance presidency smashing a wrecking ball into the White House to build a monument to Dear Leader—during a government shutdown—captures 2025 pretty well
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
An image of the Trump-Vance presidency smashing a wrecking ball into the White House to build a monument to Dear Leader—during a government shutdown—captures 2025 pretty well
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This Saturday, October 18, millions of people will take to the streets at more than 2,700 peaceful protests across the country to condemn the Trump administration’s escalating abuses of power. Read more Know Your Rights resources at aclu.org/deployment_kyr
October 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This Saturday, October 18, millions of people will take to the streets at more than 2,700 peaceful protests across the country to condemn the Trump administration’s escalating abuses of power. Read more Know Your Rights resources at aclu.org/deployment_kyr
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the US govt has mounted a repeal of the right to culture. There is simply no other way to understand dismantling Dept of Ed, PBS, NPR, NEH, NEA + IMLS, defunding universities, censorship of artists, attack on equal access to institutions,+ erosion of free speech.
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
How to Protect Your Right to Culture
The United States government’s coordinated repeal of the right to culture has grave consequences for the texture of our daily lives. But there are ways to fight back.
hyperallergic.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the US govt has mounted a repeal of the right to culture. There is simply no other way to understand dismantling Dept of Ed, PBS, NPR, NEH, NEA + IMLS, defunding universities, censorship of artists, attack on equal access to institutions,+ erosion of free speech.
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
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If you live in Houston, you know Pusch & Nguyen, the injury lawyers who have the funny billboards and stuff. They're suing each other, and there's a new twist: Pusch replaced Nguyen with a guy named Wynne: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
A clear Wynne-r has emerged in Houston's battle of billboard lawyers
We may not have Nguyen anymore, but we can replace him in the aggregate.
www.chron.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you live in Houston, you know Pusch & Nguyen, the injury lawyers who have the funny billboards and stuff. They're suing each other, and there's a new twist: Pusch replaced Nguyen with a guy named Wynne: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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How Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda videos
Analysis of Israeli army animations, used to justify Gaza strikes, amplified by intl outlets, discovered digital assets sourced from commercial librairies & content creators!!!
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Analysis of Israeli army animations, used to justify Gaza strikes, amplified by intl outlets, discovered digital assets sourced from commercial librairies & content creators!!!
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October 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
How Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda videos
Analysis of Israeli army animations, used to justify Gaza strikes, amplified by intl outlets, discovered digital assets sourced from commercial librairies & content creators!!!
mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...
Analysis of Israeli army animations, used to justify Gaza strikes, amplified by intl outlets, discovered digital assets sourced from commercial librairies & content creators!!!
mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...
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One of the coolest things the archive has is the nearly complete archives of Houston's KPRC-TV, which the group acquired about a decade ago. The KPRC collection goes all the way back to 1961, and is an absolute treasure trove of Houston history. Here's a clip about the Houston Comets in 1999:
October 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
One of the coolest things the archive has is the nearly complete archives of Houston's KPRC-TV, which the group acquired about a decade ago. The KPRC collection goes all the way back to 1961, and is an absolute treasure trove of Houston history. Here's a clip about the Houston Comets in 1999:
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A strange, interesting historical trip today. The U.S. maintained 54 Titan II missile silos on 24 hour readiness. One silo, underground launch room, and missile remains, open to the public as a museum, In Sahuarita, south of Tucson.
After a simulated launch, the guide asks "now how do you feel?"
After a simulated launch, the guide asks "now how do you feel?"
October 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
A strange, interesting historical trip today. The U.S. maintained 54 Titan II missile silos on 24 hour readiness. One silo, underground launch room, and missile remains, open to the public as a museum, In Sahuarita, south of Tucson.
After a simulated launch, the guide asks "now how do you feel?"
After a simulated launch, the guide asks "now how do you feel?"
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One thing I absolutely love about riding a cargo bike around, is how often people will stop to talk to you about it. Especially if it's outfitted with lots of kid gear and associated stickers 😂
So many people are interested in accessible, non-car ways of getting around. It gives me so much hope
So many people are interested in accessible, non-car ways of getting around. It gives me so much hope
October 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
One thing I absolutely love about riding a cargo bike around, is how often people will stop to talk to you about it. Especially if it's outfitted with lots of kid gear and associated stickers 😂
So many people are interested in accessible, non-car ways of getting around. It gives me so much hope
So many people are interested in accessible, non-car ways of getting around. It gives me so much hope