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National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.

It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.

Why do babies need the hepatitis B vaccine if they aren’t high-risk?

Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.

Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️

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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.

Workers at the Rochester Tailored Clothing factory.

Workers at the Rochester Tailored Clothing factory.

Workers at the Rochester Tailored Clothing factory.

Workers at the Rochester Tailored Clothing factory.

Those are made at the Rochester Tailored Clothing factory in Rochester, NY (formerly known as the Hickey Freeman factory before they offshored production). This is a unionized workforce with immigrants from around the world, some of whom have been with the factory for 50+ years.

Report: Trump law is even harder on poor Ohioans than people might think • Ohio Capital Journal The details of President Trump's signature law are even worse for the poor and hungry in Ohio than is commonly known, a new report says.

Report: Trump law is even harder on poor Ohioans than people might think
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They really thing if they say "cultures" it's not clear they mean "people" bsky.app/profile/just...

Social scientists spent the last 50 years arguing that racism is still prevalent in US even if it's covert (racism w/ a veneer), unconscious (racism w/out intent), or systemic (racism w/out racists).

Along comes MAGA, which embraces gutter racism while claiming that teaching about racism is racist.

Thing is, it wouldn't be a huge jump for advertisers to personalize their ads like this. It would be simple on devices we have to create accounts for and log into. Then we will get freaky experiences like we see in Minority Report with directed ads calling us out with personalized recommendations.

48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.

The Unitarian Universalist flaming chalice symbol, a lamp topped with a flame on a stand, surrounded by two overlapping rings.

This is a really local (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin) question.
Back in 2019 or so I came across a building there - some kind of a senior citizen facility - that was using the Unitarian Universalist logo. It wasn't a church and I'm not even sure it had UU affiliation. Does anyone know what it is/was?

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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.

Please post pictures when you have it up.

“One hundred and fifty one children under the age of 18 have been arrested between January and October, with a steep increase beginning in May.”

Trump Admin Lawyers Now Warn Boat Strike May Be Illegal, as Hegseth Passes the Buck ‘If the Washington Post is right, then a crime was committed,’ a Trump admin lawyer tells Zeteo, as Pete Hegseth tries to pass the buck.

NEW tonight from @premthakker.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social and me:

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"[W]ithout extended Medicaid coverage, women who need treatment and medication ... may be unable to get them. One legislative analysis found that on average each month, 700 women fell off the Medicaid rolls in Wisconsin two months after giving birth or experiencing a miscarriage."

wish people would write about the schools that actively work to make their academic programs accessible to disabled students and what that means and what it takes. The Disability Services staff, professors, admins, and support professionals who make college a possibility for so many, including me.

Ironic because wasn't Abe Rosenthal a CUNY grad?

What you should know about the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns The first shot in the multi-dose vaccine has been recommended at birth for decades, but that could soon change.

We’re all going to hear a lot about the newborn hepatitis B vaccine shot this week. Here’s some facts about the vaccine, which is safe and effective at preventing liver disease. 19thnews.org/2025/12/hepa...

Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.

Guzmán, an immigrant from Mexico, had a pending petition for asylum and a pending application for a visa for victims of crime. That didn't stop ICE from separating her from her 15-day-old infant in NICU. 19thnews.org/2025/12/post... via @19thnews.org

US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of the Republican's signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Pl...

US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...

Federal Government Announces Racial Profiling Campaign, Explains It’s Because of the President’s Personal Bigotry

Excerpt from Teaching Machines that includes quote "But we must bear in mind that while the product of industry is an automobile, a refrigerator, or a washing machine, the product of education is a human being." - Daniel Tanner, 1964

"They want to see educational expenditures reduced dramatically [through automation]...But we must bear in mind that while the product of industry is an automobile, a refrigerator, or a washing machine, the product of education is a human being." - Daniel Tanner, 1964

every time the pediatric adhd medication discourse starts up, i gotta remind folks that getting pediatric adhd behavioral therapy is nearly impossible to get for many families. one of the worst shortages out there. medication is often the only realistic option available to desperate parents

Alex Horton, one of the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story, has been a participant in more violent combat than Pete Hegseth by an order of magnitude.

It's not a coincidence that he got the scoop.

If these are pick-up games at recess, it's past time that someone intervenes. If they're getting away with this in community rec league play it's even worse.

i know billionaires think their every utterance is important just because they said it and it's fine to let them play make believe but the rest of us do not have to indulge their fantasy. we have actual stuff going on.

Silicon Valley sets its sights on building the perfect baby | Fortune Tech-savvy parents to be are using IVF and screening embryos to build families in ways that were unimaginable a few short years ago.

How does this article not mention eugenics even once?

Former Lt. Gov. and Senate candidate Mandela Barnes enters Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor • Wisconsin Examiner In his ad, Barnes accused the federal government and Trump of looking the other way as working people struggle to keep up with costs.

News this morning: Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes is running for governor, says the state needs to reject the “Washington Way” and get things done the “Wisconsin Way.”

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Oregon Struggles to Land Federal Counterterrorism Money as Trump Orders Troops to Stop “Terrorists” Hindering ICE A quiet battle has played out in court over money that “sanctuary” states say is needed to fight true extremist threats from both ends of the political spectrum.

This is wild. After a federal judge ruled that @DHSgov couldn’t attach strings to grants that states rely on for counterterrorism and emergency planning, the government disabled the button on its grant website for states to formally accept the money. with @opb.org