contemplating a book cull and i found a place in nyc that exchanges your book donations for pickles. and i think that's beautiful

That’s right. 🇺🇦

Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.

The #tradewar is on. Real-time electricity prices doubled few minutes after midnight EST in New England. 🔌💡

I think people disliked your article because its core argument is asinine! We're not upset about the mechanism by which Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico,we're upset because it is unilateral, absurd & racist.

Authoritarians often use legal means for nefarious ends, we all know this. Why don't you?

They aren’t just leaders lying casually via a broadcast. They have a crowd of people that participate & amplify, making their own memes, deepening the belief. Rumors as propaganda.

Any correction from outside can be dismissed bc they did the work of delegitimizing media, experts, outsiders already.

We gotta reject “Well, RFK jr. is right about some things” and accept “if we don’t confront the real problems with our systems, it becomes much easier for con artists like this guy to manipulate people.”

Campbell’s witty response to this homophobe makes me want to enjoy some of their delicious chicken noodle soup right now! 🍜 🏳️‍🌈

AI enters Congress: Sexually explicit deepfakes target women lawmakers A first-of-its-kind study highlights the stark gender disparity in AI-generated nonconsensual intimate images — and puts into focus the evolving risks for women in politics and public life.

NEW TODAY: My team at @americansunlight.org identified 30000+ of pieces of deepfake pornography-related content targeting 26 Members of Congress (25 women, 1 man) across 11 websties.

That means ~1 in 6 women Members are targeted, compared with 1 in 386 men 1/

19thnews.org/2024/12/ai-s...

I met Ben Wikler early on in his career and have been so impressed and thrilled by his incredible work in the years since. He’s a practical optimist who isn’t afraid of doing the work needed to prove to voters that we deserve their support. He would be a fantastic choice to lead the DNC.

Less than 24 hours of knowing who he is and I’m already tired of hearing about Luigi 😭

Nobody ever planted a tree in this photo. It was a working gravel pit 30 years ago.

We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better.

It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍

Border resident: “No white people pick strawberries for any price. We’re going to be totally screwed.” 🍓

My daughter was one of almost 400 tuba players gathered at the Kauffman Center for A Tuba Christmas.

It was beautiful.

When she’s right she’s right

When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.

But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.

Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?

Signed, a librarian.

Friendly reminder that if art is how we decorate space, then music is how we decorate time.
#booksky #music

CNN convened a panel of transgender youth to get their thoughts on the Supreme Court and the 2024 election.

10-year-old Violet: "My self is not an opinion. It is a fact."

Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

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Trump’s takeaway from winning the presidency is that it allows him to charge more for licensing his name to people who sell cheap crap

Dane County judge strikes down Act 10, restoring public employee union bargaining rights Public employee collective bargaining rights have been restored by a Dane County judge, who ruled that several sections of Wisconsin's controversial law known as Act 10 are unconstitutional.

In case you missed it, a Wisconsin judge this week struck down former Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10 law.

The move will restore public sector workers' collective bargaining rights.

This is a moment of celebration and hope in these troubled times.

The poem below illustrates
The reason we cannot
Allow Texas & Florida
To continue closing
School libraries and
Firing school librarians.
Reading gives wings to
Children's dreams.
Libraries give learners
Places to soar.

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I don’t care what anyone says over the next few years: do not buy crypto.

Don’t spend real money on fake stuff. That is not a good investment.