I would very much like the next person who interviews RFK Jr. to ask him for evidence to support this quote, and to not nod stupidly along with his response.
βWe should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule thatβs given to whites, because their immune system is better than ours.β
05.08.2025 13:44 β π 542 π 155 π¬ 59 π 27
what if we, say, avoid podcasts like it will give us measles? got something for people like that?
05.08.2025 13:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Here is the rule published in the Federal Register, which purports to take effect on August 20
They are using the Temporary Final Rule mechanism to subvert notice-and-comment, yet another of myriad Trump2.0 practices that avert procedure, oversight, public input
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
05.08.2025 13:11 β π 13 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
coil, "tainted love" is better than soft cell "tainted love" but not better than gloria jones "tainted love" and i'm not sure how to express that except to just post all three.
youtu.be/2v9Cug52Wus
youtu.be/XZVpR3Pk-r8
youtu.be/9obvlVPJBEg
05.08.2025 13:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The issue with stablecoins is they create large pools of assets which need to be invested in liquid securities (think t-bills, commercial paper, deposits). And outflows from a given stablecoin could drive a run on the deposits of an otherwise sound bank.
05.08.2025 13:01 β π 85 π 10 π¬ 6 π 2
"It's just fields and fields of gray ash."
www.instagram.com/reel/DM8H5L2...
05.08.2025 04:13 β π 956 π 704 π¬ 42 π 66
go shit in your hat, asshole
05.08.2025 12:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Newsom will not be able to win national office, no matter how many marginalized groups he throws under the bus. Cross him off the list now so it doesnβt come down to him as the presidential nominee. We can and should do better!
05.08.2025 04:34 β π 1976 π 232 π¬ 49 π 4
(it would probably be a bad deal even if they were paid for it, healthcare is rough and dealing with shitty people is rougher)
05.08.2025 12:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
sounds like a bad deal for the healthcare worker unless theyre being paid for it, but glad your social defenses are improving
05.08.2025 12:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....
04.08.2025 21:46 β π 10797 π 4352 π¬ 481 π 786
theres nothing in the rules that says a knife can't play basketball
05.08.2025 12:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Uncovering the Christian Rightβs Anti-Trans Disinformation Network with the Southern Poverty Law Center β Assigned
Quinnehtukqut McLamore traced the vast disinformation network poisoning the science on trans youth care.
Disinformation has been a key driver of the anti-trans backlash, and @ghawinriver.bsky.social is an expert on how it is developed, spread, and leveraged.
Dig in with this interview by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social.
05.08.2025 12:01 β π 258 π 125 π¬ 6 π 6
hold on, did MOOCs not already do that? ive been in a coma for the last 10 years, but that is my recollection that that should have happened by now
05.08.2025 12:02 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Been banging the table about this for years. Norms only work if breaking the norm will result in a retaliatory race to the bottom. If the other side refuses to retaliate for fear of triggering a race to the bottom, theyβre not taking the high ground, theyβre abetting norm-breaking.
05.08.2025 04:02 β π 19 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
βWe know how to fix the problems. We know what the science says. Centrism is restricting solutions.β
Richard Denniss digs into the issue with the so-called βsensible centreβ in his Vantage Point Essay, Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
05.08.2025 05:19 β π 140 π 58 π¬ 5 π 4
period reminder that incomprehensible piece of shit jerry falwell helped invent the evangelical objection to abortion so that they could gain enough political power to claw back gains made by Black Americans and other marginalized groups achieved during the Civil Rights era of the 1960's
04.08.2025 22:41 β π 2282 π 544 π¬ 45 π 25
YouTube video by My Damn Channel
Wainy Days #16 'The Pickup' (Paul Rudd)
this video was posted 17 years ago.
youtu.be/tgsHV9FEJdU
05.08.2025 05:49 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
close the replies
05.08.2025 03:44 β π 31 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
to eat or just to admire? this distinction matters
05.08.2025 03:40 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
theyd have to get rid of all that highway traffic broadcast hardware and figure something else out if they got rid of AM, and that would be genuinely way more expensive than mandating car radios have an AM receiver chip they never use
05.08.2025 03:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
when i say "trust the process" this is the process im talking about, guv'nah
youtu.be/FB58hkncznI
05.08.2025 03:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
we skipped 4th wave and went straight to 5th, where everyone uses breath controllers, even the bassist and drummer
05.08.2025 03:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
unfortunately, linkedin spambots do not have a political constituency, so whatever you do to them cannot technically be classified as terrorism
05.08.2025 03:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
"a boy named sue" begs to be covered in a modern transgender-affirming mode by someone
05.08.2025 02:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
corpulent white dude turns to you, winks, "i'm just saying what everybody already knows, right?"
05.08.2025 02:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"i'm going to stream my middle of the road pop musical tastes via cellphone data link, what is this FM Radio you speak of"
05.08.2025 02:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
You can certainly spread the blame around but the truth is if it werenβt for John Roberts, Trump would be in prison right now.
05.08.2025 02:07 β π 541 π 135 π¬ 10 π 8
i hope there was enough actual information at the edges of that rant to be helpful
05.08.2025 02:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Trans politicians in Brazil π₯Ί
RECIPROCITY
Response to Trump: Duda Salabert asks Lula to suspend patents on HIV/AIDS medications
"This is an act of sovereignty, social justice, and an uncompromising defense of public health and democracy," the congresswoman points out.
05.08.2025 01:31 β π 21 π 8 π¬ 0 π 1
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