Mia she/her
@miamullane.bsky.social
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On @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, we coined the term "Cancel Culture Grift Economy" to describe how this works.
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, we coined the term "Cancel Culture Grift Economy" to describe how this works.
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The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
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"Since the April election, federal officials have recorded more than 220 meetings with oil and gas lobbyists — more meetings than days. The immense lobbying push was reflected in the federal budget, and continues to shape federal priorities."
The way to read the Canada-Alberta MOU is that Carney is using the Trump effect as political cover to pursue the deregulatory agenda he’s long wanted. I spoke with @naomiaklein.bsky.social who called it a classic example of the shock doctrine.
Did the climate world misread Carney?
Many in the climate movement saw a fellow traveller in Mark Carney — the man who could preach climate action in the language of finance — but what if they were wrong from the very start?
www.nationalobserver.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Since the April election, federal officials have recorded more than 220 meetings with oil and gas lobbyists — more meetings than days. The immense lobbying push was reflected in the federal budget, and continues to shape federal priorities."
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“Imperial Blowback”: Suspect in D.C. Shooting Was Part of CIA Death Squad in Afghanistan
“Imperial Blowback”: Suspect in D.C. Shooting Was Part of CIA Death Squad in Afghanistan
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man who authorities say shot two National Guardsmen outside the White House, had previously worked in a CIA-backed “Zero Unit” in Afghanistan, often called “death squads” by ...
www.democracynow.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“Imperial Blowback”: Suspect in D.C. Shooting Was Part of CIA Death Squad in Afghanistan
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Today is World AIDS Day.
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today is World AIDS Day.
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
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🗣️ LOS ANGELES ‼️
i know this post implies you must be covid conscious, but if you're willing to mask up for the job, please reach out.
i know this post implies you must be covid conscious, but if you're willing to mask up for the job, please reach out.
ISO: SOUND RECORDIST in LA willing to mask up on december 7th to assist in a documentary!
unsure on further deets, am boosting for a pal—email for all the info + please pass around #LASky (if that is a thing lol)
unsure on further deets, am boosting for a pal—email for all the info + please pass around #LASky (if that is a thing lol)
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🗣️ LOS ANGELES ‼️
i know this post implies you must be covid conscious, but if you're willing to mask up for the job, please reach out.
i know this post implies you must be covid conscious, but if you're willing to mask up for the job, please reach out.
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hey so if you’re not feeling well, please don’t go into work. if you have to, wear a mask. tbh wear a mask either way—it’s four days after thanksgiving. covid incubation time tends to be ~3-5 days. it’s peak get infected if you aren’t already time.
test for it. get paxlovid.
prevent it. mask up.
test for it. get paxlovid.
prevent it. mask up.
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
hey so if you’re not feeling well, please don’t go into work. if you have to, wear a mask. tbh wear a mask either way—it’s four days after thanksgiving. covid incubation time tends to be ~3-5 days. it’s peak get infected if you aren’t already time.
test for it. get paxlovid.
prevent it. mask up.
test for it. get paxlovid.
prevent it. mask up.
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FTA: "It failed to identify the key signs [of mental illness], mentioned mental health concerns only briefly, and stopped doing so when instructed by the patient. Instead, it engaged with the delusional beliefs and inadvertently reinforced the individual’s behaviours."
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
ChatGPT-5 is offering dangerous and unhelpful advice to people experiencing mental health crises, some of the UK’s leading psychologists have warned.
Research conducted by King’s College London (KCL) and the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP) in partnership with the Guardian suggested that the AI chatbotfailed to identify risky behaviour when communicating with mentally ill people. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
FTA: "It failed to identify the key signs [of mental illness], mentioned mental health concerns only briefly, and stopped doing so when instructed by the patient. Instead, it engaged with the delusional beliefs and inadvertently reinforced the individual’s behaviours."
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I feel like the mega-rich know the climate disaster is coming that will cause massive upheaval, and rather than have the minor inconvenience of lowering their wealth by a few billion dollars they are preparing for the upheaval by building autocracies. This is what billionaires prepping looks like.
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I feel like the mega-rich know the climate disaster is coming that will cause massive upheaval, and rather than have the minor inconvenience of lowering their wealth by a few billion dollars they are preparing for the upheaval by building autocracies. This is what billionaires prepping looks like.
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Repeated Covid infections do cause brain damage. The cognitive impacts are serious. Actual loss of IQ points.
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Repeated Covid infections do cause brain damage. The cognitive impacts are serious. Actual loss of IQ points.
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
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shouldn't a cancelled performer actually be cancelled before they come back
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
shouldn't a cancelled performer actually be cancelled before they come back
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Seems bad
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Seems bad
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Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
() -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...
www.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
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If you haven't gotten a measles vax in a couple decades, it almost certainly won't hurt you to re-up.
I had my MMRs redone in 1991 because college required it and I didn't have my childhood records, and then again last year or maybe in '23, when there was a minor measles outbreak local to me.
I had my MMRs redone in 1991 because college required it and I didn't have my childhood records, and then again last year or maybe in '23, when there was a minor measles outbreak local to me.
New Lancet meta-analysis finds measles vaccine immunity wanes over time, with seropositivity dropping from ~93% within 10 yrs to ~83% at 16–22 yrs.
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Measles Vaccine Protection Wanes After a Decade
Individuals who receive a measles-containing vaccine maintain seropositivity for a decade; however, the vaccine’s protection declines gradually thereafter.
www.medscape.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
If you haven't gotten a measles vax in a couple decades, it almost certainly won't hurt you to re-up.
I had my MMRs redone in 1991 because college required it and I didn't have my childhood records, and then again last year or maybe in '23, when there was a minor measles outbreak local to me.
I had my MMRs redone in 1991 because college required it and I didn't have my childhood records, and then again last year or maybe in '23, when there was a minor measles outbreak local to me.
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wearing a respirator today, this weekend, lowers the risk of bringing unwanted microscopic guests to your holiday celebrations, now less than a week away. your government has no interest in supporting you to preventing illness, nor in caring for you once you’re ill—take responsibility. mask up.
we are in an unprecedented untenable situation: wanton destruction of federal public health apparati (already reduced by biden), on top of a precarious, ever consolidating for-profit “care” system that’s been inching toward collapse for yrs as insurance rates soar—& you won’t help prevent illness? 🤨
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
wearing a respirator today, this weekend, lowers the risk of bringing unwanted microscopic guests to your holiday celebrations, now less than a week away. your government has no interest in supporting you to preventing illness, nor in caring for you once you’re ill—take responsibility. mask up.
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Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
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I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
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This is a great obit, and I appreciated Alice’s fight for Palestinians in Gaza being highlighted. I also want to give a shout out to Miles for asking permission to cite my post when technically you don’t have to do that re media law but still an ethical thing to do.
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is a great obit, and I appreciated Alice’s fight for Palestinians in Gaza being highlighted. I also want to give a shout out to Miles for asking permission to cite my post when technically you don’t have to do that re media law but still an ethical thing to do.
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Hey it was a child rape club not Brigadoon.
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hey it was a child rape club not Brigadoon.
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Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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My “I am not a malformed creep who groomed a child for years and then abducted her to my secret dungeon, I’m just a misunderstood tragic romantic” playlist is raising a lot of questions already answered by my playlist.
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My “I am not a malformed creep who groomed a child for years and then abducted her to my secret dungeon, I’m just a misunderstood tragic romantic” playlist is raising a lot of questions already answered by my playlist.
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It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
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This is could well be a historic midterm for Democrats.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This is could well be a historic midterm for Democrats.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
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When the government decided to let COVID-19 loose, they decided at that exact same time to do two things.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When the government decided to let COVID-19 loose, they decided at that exact same time to do two things.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.