Macks
@maxwellhallel.bsky.social
Accidental human buzzword. ELA teacher out w/ #LongCOVID • project-based learning, critical race theory (for real), accessibility • Ashki & Sefardi Jew • Free 🇵🇸 • ze/zir/they 🏳️⚧️
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Macks
@maxwellhallel.bsky.social
· Jan 3
I need y’all to get that the same powers telling you that Palestinians & Black people & immigrants & trans people & unhoused people & workers are expendable are *also* the ones telling you that you don’t need to take COVID precautions.
These are the exact groups most likely to be affected by COVID.
These are the exact groups most likely to be affected by COVID.
Being trans and meeting another trans person who chose your birth name is like seeing someone on the street wearing the sweater you donated to the thrift store. like I’m so glad it fits you, at least someone likes it.
February 8, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Being trans and meeting another trans person who chose your birth name is like seeing someone on the street wearing the sweater you donated to the thrift store. like I’m so glad it fits you, at least someone likes it.
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By the way, Gelerntner has been a longtime critic of women in the workforce and also a longtime favorite of the tech-right; in 2016, Peter Thiel nominated him for the role of Science Advisor to the President, although his influence in Silicon Valley long predates that.
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM
By the way, Gelerntner has been a longtime critic of women in the workforce and also a longtime favorite of the tech-right; in 2016, Peter Thiel nominated him for the role of Science Advisor to the President, although his influence in Silicon Valley long predates that.
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Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
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ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis or we WILL lock up our own citizens
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says 29 people were arrested in downtown last night during a noise demonstration at a hotel reportedly housing ICE agents: "For those that are taking the bait and causing property damage or otherwise, there are consequences. We're holding the line here all the way."
January 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis or we WILL lock up our own citizens
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ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM
ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
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Despite recent polls showing a majority of US Jews oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza (less than 1/2 call it genocide but more than 1/2 say Israel’s committing war crimes) this event is organized by uniformly pro genocide, destruction, and censorship organizations. Which candidate will confront them?
January 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Despite recent polls showing a majority of US Jews oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza (less than 1/2 call it genocide but more than 1/2 say Israel’s committing war crimes) this event is organized by uniformly pro genocide, destruction, and censorship organizations. Which candidate will confront them?
Cannot stop thinking about how, when I was having panic attacks about the upcoming election in the summer of 2016, my psychiatrist told me that I was overreacting, it was just my anxiety, and I had nothing to worry about.
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Cannot stop thinking about how, when I was having panic attacks about the upcoming election in the summer of 2016, my psychiatrist told me that I was overreacting, it was just my anxiety, and I had nothing to worry about.
. @codepink.bsky.social needs to answer for the number one face of your organization posting a smiley selfie with MTG saying she’s going to miss her. This is what 99% of MTG’s career looked like. Just b/c she had a good opinion one time does not mean she gets absolved of the horrors she’s inflicted.
BREAKING: On her way out the door of Congress, Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene says the House will vote on her bill to jail doctors and parents of trans youth.
Contact your member of Congress to urge them to VOTE NO.
hrc.im/contactcongress
Contact your member of Congress to urge them to VOTE NO.
hrc.im/contactcongress
Help Defeat Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation!
Take urgent action with HRC today.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
. @codepink.bsky.social needs to answer for the number one face of your organization posting a smiley selfie with MTG saying she’s going to miss her. This is what 99% of MTG’s career looked like. Just b/c she had a good opinion one time does not mean she gets absolved of the horrors she’s inflicted.
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IT'S A VIOLATION OF THE CEASEFIRE NOT A "TEST" OF THE CEASEFIRE! Why is American media pathologically incapable of making the simple statement that Israel is breaking the ceasefire when it kills people?
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
IT'S A VIOLATION OF THE CEASEFIRE NOT A "TEST" OF THE CEASEFIRE! Why is American media pathologically incapable of making the simple statement that Israel is breaking the ceasefire when it kills people?
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Since the ceasefire announcement the UN has said that Israel has rejected 107 requests to bring aid into Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Since the ceasefire announcement the UN has said that Israel has rejected 107 requests to bring aid into Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
It’s not a ceasefire if one country is still firing. Over 300 Palestinians killed by Israel since the supposed “ceasefire.”
Pay attention to double standards: Hamas executed their own people and it was all over the news. Israel violates the ceasefire hundreds of times and there’s crickets.
Pay attention to double standards: Hamas executed their own people and it was all over the news. Israel violates the ceasefire hundreds of times and there’s crickets.
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
It’s not a ceasefire if one country is still firing. Over 300 Palestinians killed by Israel since the supposed “ceasefire.”
Pay attention to double standards: Hamas executed their own people and it was all over the news. Israel violates the ceasefire hundreds of times and there’s crickets.
Pay attention to double standards: Hamas executed their own people and it was all over the news. Israel violates the ceasefire hundreds of times and there’s crickets.
Bizarre amount of anti-strike propaganda in this season of Ghosts 🫠
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Bizarre amount of anti-strike propaganda in this season of Ghosts 🫠
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We are up to 688 LoCITT participants!
If we could enroll all 1,000 participants within a month of launch (by 11/30), it would send a powerful message about the demand for remote Long COVID clinical trials.
We appreciate the community's help to spread the word:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
If we could enroll all 1,000 participants within a month of launch (by 11/30), it would send a powerful message about the demand for remote Long COVID clinical trials.
We appreciate the community's help to spread the word:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
LoCITT-T - Long COVID Treatment Trial
The Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is investigating the efficacy of repurposing this drug to treat Long COVID.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We are up to 688 LoCITT participants!
If we could enroll all 1,000 participants within a month of launch (by 11/30), it would send a powerful message about the demand for remote Long COVID clinical trials.
We appreciate the community's help to spread the word:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
If we could enroll all 1,000 participants within a month of launch (by 11/30), it would send a powerful message about the demand for remote Long COVID clinical trials.
We appreciate the community's help to spread the word:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
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Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana the size of Manhattan — while Meta runs ads about how small towns love their data centers, we found furious locals who plan to leave town completely.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana the size of Manhattan — while Meta runs ads about how small towns love their data centers, we found furious locals who plan to leave town completely.
- 2.8% Social Security cost of living increase
- 9.7% Medicare cost increase (the health insurance all Social Security recipients are required to have, and gets withdrawn from your Social Security check)
If that isn’t a summary of US late-capitalist economics, I don’t know what is 🤪
- 9.7% Medicare cost increase (the health insurance all Social Security recipients are required to have, and gets withdrawn from your Social Security check)
If that isn’t a summary of US late-capitalist economics, I don’t know what is 🤪
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
- 2.8% Social Security cost of living increase
- 9.7% Medicare cost increase (the health insurance all Social Security recipients are required to have, and gets withdrawn from your Social Security check)
If that isn’t a summary of US late-capitalist economics, I don’t know what is 🤪
- 9.7% Medicare cost increase (the health insurance all Social Security recipients are required to have, and gets withdrawn from your Social Security check)
If that isn’t a summary of US late-capitalist economics, I don’t know what is 🤪
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NYT continues its long history of publishing op-eds pushing criminal wars of aggression
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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why was it a good idea to challenge the party leadership when AOC herself ran but isn't a good idea now?
NEW: I asked @aoc.bsky.social about Chi Ossé filing paperwork to run against Hakeem Jeffries.
“I certainly don't think a primary challenge to the leader is a good idea right now,” she told @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/11/18/a...
“I certainly don't think a primary challenge to the leader is a good idea right now,” she told @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/11/18/a...
Exclusive: AOC says Chi Ossé primary challenge against Jeffries not a "good idea"
Ocasio-Cortez is one of several prominent progressives breaking with the 27-year-old DSA member.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
why was it a good idea to challenge the party leadership when AOC herself ran but isn't a good idea now?
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Yesterday in the NYT: Regime change propaganda from Bret Stephens
Today in the NYT: Softening the crimes of a horrific dictator
REMEMBER: if you send proof of canceling your @nytimes.com subscription to [email protected] we'll give you a free 1-year digital sub to our mag!
Today in the NYT: Softening the crimes of a horrific dictator
REMEMBER: if you send proof of canceling your @nytimes.com subscription to [email protected] we'll give you a free 1-year digital sub to our mag!
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Yesterday in the NYT: Regime change propaganda from Bret Stephens
Today in the NYT: Softening the crimes of a horrific dictator
REMEMBER: if you send proof of canceling your @nytimes.com subscription to [email protected] we'll give you a free 1-year digital sub to our mag!
Today in the NYT: Softening the crimes of a horrific dictator
REMEMBER: if you send proof of canceling your @nytimes.com subscription to [email protected] we'll give you a free 1-year digital sub to our mag!
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It says a lot about the state of discourse in the United States that in a liberal newspaper, the “Paper of Record,” a columnist does not feel the need to provide any legal justification for waging war against another country.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-h...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-h...
There Have to Be Consequences For Advocating Illegal Wars
Yet again, the New York Times’ Bret Stephens advocates the overthrow of a sovereign government. Why do the readers of the “paper of record” tolerate this dangerous propaganda?
www.currentaffairs.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It says a lot about the state of discourse in the United States that in a liberal newspaper, the “Paper of Record,” a columnist does not feel the need to provide any legal justification for waging war against another country.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-h...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-h...
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How the UN Gaza resolution creates new foreign ‘mandate’ over Palestinians - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-un-resolution-creates-new-foreign-mandate-over-palestinians
How the UN Gaza resolution creates new foreign ‘mandate’ over Palestinians
Imposing international forces on Gaza is latest colonial chapter in Palestine’s history, analysts say
www.middleeasteye.net
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
How the UN Gaza resolution creates new foreign ‘mandate’ over Palestinians - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-un-resolution-creates-new-foreign-mandate-over-palestinians
Israel bombed yet another school in Gaza today. In a “safe” zone. During a “ceasefire.”
I’m thinking about how if Hamas had bombed a school in Israel today, there would be countless headlines saying “Hamas shatters ceasefire by bombing innocent people sheltering in school.” 1/5
I’m thinking about how if Hamas had bombed a school in Israel today, there would be countless headlines saying “Hamas shatters ceasefire by bombing innocent people sheltering in school.” 1/5
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Israel bombed yet another school in Gaza today. In a “safe” zone. During a “ceasefire.”
I’m thinking about how if Hamas had bombed a school in Israel today, there would be countless headlines saying “Hamas shatters ceasefire by bombing innocent people sheltering in school.” 1/5
I’m thinking about how if Hamas had bombed a school in Israel today, there would be countless headlines saying “Hamas shatters ceasefire by bombing innocent people sheltering in school.” 1/5
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So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.