@stevetarzynski.bsky.social
Retired pediatrician, long-time activist for Medicare For All, husband, father, grandfather, Immediate Past President of California Physicians Alliance (CaPA) www.caphysiciansalliance.org
Review: What the rich could learn from one manβs decision to disperse inherited wealth in the β20s - An amazing 1920s fund that helped kick start labor unions, the civil rights movement, and much more. In very similar circumstances to today.
14.10.2025 15:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Contributor: Authorities devalue the law when they hide behind masks - Former LAPD deputy chief writes β¦
14.10.2025 14:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Commentary: Who knew ICE could be so funny? Just check out videos of their fails - Revanchists and buffoons indeed.
10.10.2025 20:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Commentary: Thereβs much less than meets the eye in Trumpβs βhistoricβ drug price deal with Pfizer - Smoke and mirrors. Basic NIH R&D research being cut. The Pfizer CEO in the photo with his hands up made $80 million in compensation from Pfizer in the past two years. No wonder heβs smiling.
10.10.2025 15:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0CALIFORNIANS!! VOTE YES ON PROP 50!!
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Commentary: From a Catholic school alum, a response to President Trumpβs call to prayer - For all my fellow lapsed and observant Roman Catholics and everyone else for that matter.
27.09.2025 15:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0His cellmates self-deported. He fought to get back to his family - Not quite βthe worst of the worst.β America has always been great and this kind of individual is one reason.
23.09.2025 15:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Commentary: The Trump administrationβs attack on Social Security is looking worse
23.09.2025 15:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Contributor: The internet made us stupid. AI promises to make it worse | βThe more dependent on tech for crafting your thoughts, the lower your mental performance, the stupider you get. And the stupidifying endures over time.β
21.09.2025 18:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0prospect.org/politics/202... A sweeping review of resistance to date and discussion of where to go from here. Highly recommended.
18.09.2025 19:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Commentary: Scientists strive to be apolitical, but they canβt keep politics out of their labs| Plutocrats, petrostates, professionals, propagandists, and pressures are behind it all. And how to fix this.
15.09.2025 21:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Contributor: βSummer is ended, and we are not saved.β Weβre not defeated, either
28.08.2025 14:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Commentary: Social Security turns 90 this week. Republicans are trying to keep it from reaching 100| Social Security beneficiaries age 65 and older, 39% of men and 44% of women receive half their income or more from Social Securityβ¦12% of men and 15% of women rely on Social Security for 90% or moreβ
15.08.2025 20:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Commentary: Will Newsomβs ambitions save UCLA from giving in to Trump? | This isnβt just about California. Far more is at stake. Read on.
14.08.2025 15:20 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Contributor: Of course Trump wants to flex on D.C. Where are the Democrats to stop him? βThe only conceivable antidote is to elect a mad-as-hell Democratic Congress in 2026 and, in 2028, an arm-twisting, strong-arming, terror-inspiring Democratic president whoβs in a hurry to get things done.β
13.08.2025 14:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Researchers figure out whatβs caused devastating sea star epidemic. A major turning point on the environmental front. Sea stars are a keystone species which are essential for kelp forests (95% decline) which store carbon, filter water, home to over 800 species and protect coasts from erosion.
07.08.2025 14:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Commentary: Trump is wrong. My dad was a trucker, and he didnβt need much English to do his job
12.05.2025 15:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Commentary: In the election of Pope Leo XIV, a call for Americans to be great again
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