Gwen Brandt

If you’re wondering why this siege mentality hasn’t softened, it may be because the condescension and antagonism persist — especially among progressive elites whose statements are often conflated with the Democratic Party. July alone offered a plethora of examples. And lest you think this is from the fever swamps of the internet, consider a few selections from The New York Times. First, we got “The Boy Crisis Is Overblown,” which shrugs off boys’ educational struggles, instead suggesting that boys expect others (women) to pick up the slack, both at home and in school. Then came “The Trouble With Wanting Men,” a literary master class on how dating men amounts to unpaid emotional labor. And to round it out, “Why Women Are Weary of ‘Mankeeping,’” which blames men for … being human? Having different priorities than their girlfriends and wives? See a pattern?

Add "lack of reading comprehension" to the reasons women find men exhausting and not worth it

yes, this man is in fact accusing "the left" (liberal women) of "harping on men" when they bring up the concept of emotional labor

www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-...

The memorial plaque at the Peace Museum in Hiroshima Hiroshima of August 6

No more #Hiroshimas 🕊️

8月6日1945 8:15am #広島

On a smoky day, when AQI levels reach 100 to 200, "the exposure to the fine particulate matter, the air pollution, is similar to smoking a quarter to half a pack a day," May-Lin Wilgus, a pulmonologist and professor at UCLA, says.

"Your job in this class is to become a better reader, writer, and thinker. Look around these days. We need more of you! To do this, you’re going to have to read, write, think, and talk . . . a lot. And my job in this class is to provide you with the information, support, and feedback to help you meet that goal. And guess what else? Writing is one of the most deeply human things you can do. It’s meaningful. It matters. I care less about your writing being “perfect” than about it coming from you, with your voice, using evidence you find compelling. Because of all this, the use of any AI tool (including Grammarly, sorry!) to produce any written work in this class is not permitted and will result in a score of 0 on the assignment. Here’s the deal: AI doesn’t generate. It doesn’t build. It doesn’t edify what we’re out here doing as human beings. It scrapes together what’s already there and pulls it together in a boring and formulaic way. It steals ideas, art, and phrases from real human people without proper citation. It outsources thinking and pollutes our planet. So we’re just not going to use it. I know this sounds a little scary, but this policy should encourage you to be the vibrant, curious, and badass thinker I absolutely know you are."

took a stab at a first draft of a new AI policy for my classes this year (heavily leaning on @heymrsbond.com and @williamfleitch.bsky.social)

NEW—Pramila Jayapal, Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

"The United States is Israel's largest supplier of arms…this makes us complicit in this genocide."

11 members now calling it genocide:
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The language Hochul, Pritzker, and Newsom have been using is what we need. All democratic governors should follow their leads. You cannot pussyfoot around fascism. It has to be met, ridiculed, outflanked, and destroyed.

GeoNet: Quake - 2025p584340 The quake may have been felt in Matawai, Murupara, Opotiki, Rotorua, Tauranga, Te Kaha, Whakaari/White Island, Whakatane, and surrounding localities.

QUAKE: Mag 4.2, Tue, Aug 05 2025, 04:56:43 PM, 10 km north-west of Whakatane. Depth: 119 km #eqnz https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2025p584340

3 things that are proven to make society better
1) running frequent bus service
2) helping people get stable housing that they consent to living in
3) giving people some consistent amount of money each month

1 thing proven to harm society: drastic wealth inequality

Women's Day of Action When September 20, 2025 at 8:00am - 6pm Where Nationwide Sign up to stay in the loop

“132 years and one day after women secured the right to vote in Aotearoa, we are gathering again in strength and solidarity.”

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Women's Day of Action
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Nationwide
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Say No to the FBI in Aotearoa As a Māori political movement we are guided by our tikanga and will always fiercely advocate for the interests of our whānau, Hapū and Iwi in Parliament and Government.

HELL no! .. Get these fucks out of AoNZ

Blue secreting cell sends off bubbles (extracellular vesicles) holding RNA and proteins that are absorbed into a second blue recipient cell.

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In this issue:
🦀SARS-CoV-2 triggers rapid metastatic cancer growth
🩸SARS-2 Mpro activates clotting factors VII & XII
💊Larazotide treats MIS-C. Trial planned for Long COVID.
🫧Exosomes as biomarker for Long COVID

& much more buff.ly/dZRuMkX

#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪

I mean really what we are seeing is people feeling comfortable revealing in various ways that they agree with the authoritarian white supremacists on at least one thing: 2020 anti-racism went too far and so did trans positive feminism

Hence the “stop overreacting” and bizarre nostalgia for the 90s

#MarchForHumanity against #Genocide, #Australia.

Important.

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.

Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.

Do not.

Epigenetic differences at immune and type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes in blood from young children after COVID-19 infection Viral infections, including COVID-19, are associated with an increased risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D), but potential underlying mechanisms remain unex…

Tell me again how Cøvid is okay for kids 🤬🤬🤬💥

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I am baffled by the Washington Post's sanitized framing of this story. The Supreme Court is clearly going to "rule on the law" -- that is what courts do! The news is that SCOTUS signaled that it might gut the VRA entirely.

Compare WaPo and Democracy Docket's headlines. Which source do you trust?

Turfing thousands of people out of emergency accommodation has led to thousands of people being homeless.

It's not farking rocket science, you doofus.

Thank you, Act, for disclosing who your candidates are.

#AvoidLikePlague

www.actlocal.nz/candidates

There is a a Black-owned bookstore in Las Vegas. It is called Analog Bookstore. Please support!

#Blacksky

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That looks amazing! 🤤

Oh no! Sending healing vibes to you both!!

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades. For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community. “Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. “CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.”

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:

Family of Virginia Giuffre re: Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer

"It's w/ horror & outrage that we object to the preferential treatment convicted sex trafficker G. Maxwell has received.. Maxwell is a sexual predator who physically assaulted minor children.. she should never be shown any leniency"

News article titled "Trump orders firing of BLS commissioner, after large summer revision" by Andrew Ackerman. It reports that President Donald Trump ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the agency released major downward revisions to May and June jobs data. Trump announced the decision on social media, stating she would be replaced with someone "much more competent and qualified." The revisions removed 258,000 jobs from earlier counts, marking the largest two-month downward adjustment since the pandemic.

Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor statisti s. This is the end of being able to trust the data from the federal government on employment, GDP, or any other critical information. They will only want to produce information that pleases Trump, not the truth. This is how you get a failed state.

And we're officially at the end of being able to trust the jobs numbers in this country ever again.