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@stepchildofthesun.bsky.social
Wife, mom, lover of ttrpgs, movies/ shows, video games, and cute animals. I post about rpgs and politics mostly!
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I am begging reporters to heed @jessicacalarco.com's warning here. There is too much equivocation even in articles that highlight RFK Jr's anti-vaccine zealotry. These articles juxtapose a claim he offers, with "other experts say." It is a pernicious tic of mainstream journalism and has to stop.
It's notable that, even in an article critical of RFK Jr., the reporter hedges, saying "There’s no good evidence of serious, widespread harm from the vaccine" rather than just "vaccines are safe." RFK Jr. has made a career of exploiting the ambiguity of the former.
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-anti-v...
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
www.thebulwark.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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We take our post writing seriously at Techdirt. But sometimes our headlines say it all.
ACIP Meets To Decide If More Newborns Need To Catch Hepatitis B

ACIP is meeting this week, which means we all get to clench our sphincters as we await whatever small, medium, or large sized horrors will come out of this panel of clowns. It wasn't always this way. ACIP, and the larger CDC, used to…
ACIP Meets To Decide If More Newborns Need To Catch Hepatitis B
ACIP is meeting this week, which means we all get to clench our sphincters as we await whatever small, medium, or large sized horrors will come out of this panel of clowns. It wasn't always this way. ACIP, and the larger CDC, used to be the world standard when it came to government bodies dedicated to fighting infectious diseases. …
www.techdirt.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Also online. Lots of orgs have meeting on Zoom which is important for access reasons.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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If you want forever copies of your favorite Warners, buy your physicals soon!
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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I wrote this for the @nytimes.com: Scammers are calling seniors more than 50 times a day. Some who get scammed wind up with weird charges on their Medicare and mysterious packages on their porches
Medicare Scammers Are Calling Seniors 50 Times a Day, Trying to Trap Them
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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She didn't have to come at me this hard.
Blindspots for Millennials 😅

IMO: it’s pretty accurate.
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Seriously I have saved buildings from demolition by doing this!
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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A few ways cities can use traffic signals to save lives:
▪️ Install Leading Pedestrian Intervals to make those on foot more visible
▪️ Use "rest in red" to halt reckless drivers after dark
▪️ Lower the green wave speed on high-crash corridors

Note: None of these require AI or V2X mumbo jumbo.
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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In @bloomberg.com, I argued that traffic lights are a street safety solution that’s hiding in plain sight

At minimal cost, cities can adjust them to slow speeders, protect pedestrians, and avoid dangerous turns.

Pushback from drivers is rare; they may not even notice.
A Bright Idea for Road Safety: Traffic Light Timing
Cities that adjust stoplight cycles to emphasize safety can curb dangerous driving without racking up big costs or triggering pushback from motorists.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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At 13 minutes this was a nice bite sized interview w/ @marthawells.com

Want to know about claustrophobia & writing Murderbot? Well, you'll just have to listen!

#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky #Murderbot
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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And showing up often means sending a letter and following up with calls so excuses of not having time don't fly.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A thousand times, this
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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THIS. Testify at city council committee meetings.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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reminder if you are still in clean-up mode today, don’t overwork your garbage disposals.

today the busiest day of the year for plumbers. fats, starches, and bones do not belong in a disposal or drain.

reduce food waste, compost where you can, and don’t treat your drains like a trash can.
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Hilariously (in the lolsob sort of way), Australia has concluded their social media ban law cannot actually be used to ban underage Australians from Roblox because it's not a social media site
Me: Australia's social media ban for under 16s is a deeply terrible idea and is going to make a lot of problems much worse

Also me: we should ban Roblox for all ages
Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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it is truly one of the treasures of nature that they look so elegant from every angle except this one
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Not sure where the trafficking quote is from, but the former head of safety and well-being for Instagram said it includes "prostitution and sexual soliciting". www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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17x strike policy testified about in court too. #smh
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.

“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"

time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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zuck said "fuck them kids. I'm working on Metaverse legs."
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM