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I don't know what pathogen will cause the next pandemic - Disease X - but what I do know is that the combination of the immune dysregulation effect of SARS-CoV-2 and the political legacy of our response to Covid means this pandemic makes us much more vulnerable to the next one.

The pandemic has, and continues to have, significant effects on global politics. I am certain that in the future entire books will be written on this subject, but these effects can be distilled to one concept: the vast majority of people have normalised that which is abnormal.

I try to be professional on this platform but there are times, like now, when it hits me hard on a visceral level that we are in the midst of a catastrophic global public health crisis and it seems, as a species, we've somehow decided that ignoring it is the best plan we've got.

Trump Isn't "Failing Fast" and It's Dangerous to Believe He Is Courts keep ruling against Trump. Critics mistake this activity for success, the same error that allowed Hungary's Orbán consolidate power while opposition celebrated.

Why Trump Isn’t “Failing Fast” and Why Believing He Is Prevents Effective Response
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As Millions March Against Fascism, NYT Warns Against Progressives Two days after massive pro-democracy marches, the New York Times published a forceful message of its own—not against fascism, but against progressivism.

'As Millions March Against Fascism, NYT Warns Against Progressives'
Devastating point-by-point analysis by Julie Hollar on @nytimes.com's failure (or refusal) in both its news coverage and editorials to understand the political realities

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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

@nytimes.com couldn't spare even one line to note that political prosecutions are a crime. And referring to "appointees unwilling or unable to fight for the historic independence of their institutions" about minions eager to shit all over the law for Trump. It's NYT softsoaping Nazism all over again

It's in the story, too. Can it be that no one at NYT knows what diorama means? Was "puppet show" struck as too rude, if accurate? Or has the staff intuited from Joe Kahn that it doesn't matter what words they use as long as they make Trump's lawlessness sound contained and cozy & even kind of cute

Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C. Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

SCOOP: Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

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Opinion | The New Julia Roberts Movie Seethes With Anti-Woke Resentment

The New Julia Roberts Movie Seethes With Anti-Woke Resentment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

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This is why I love Chicago so much. Their “we will fuck with you” reserves are BOTTOMLESS.

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

A VERY REAL WASHINGTON POST REPORTER WAS MURDERED BY THIS REGIME...

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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Cops are great

They're also like a box of chocolates: they'll kill your dog

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit." Someone named Manny replies: "@grok why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.