@manticorejones.bsky.social
Biomedical engineer, aikidoist, kaleidoscope & flow artist, futurist, progressive, overall friendly guy and nature fan
The image is a screenshot of a post on X by a user named Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers .bsky.social). The post reads: "I learned this week that you can put our troops’ lives in danger, compromise our national security, and violate the Espionage Act. And the government will do nothing. But if you write an editorial for your school newspaper that Trump doesn’t like, you will be abducted on the street and disappear."
This is horrifyingly correct.
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Unique to America, our health care system is designed not to make people well, but to make CEOs & wealthy stockholders incredibly rich. The result: We have the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy country on earth. How cruel, how immoral is that? We need Medicare for All.
23.03.2025 17:57 — 👍 15515 🔁 4894 💬 615 📌 323Elon Musk's plan to cut the Social Security Administration's staff by 50% would cause 37,000 more Americans to die each year waiting to receive their disability benefits while the average wait time to collect these benefits would jump to 412 days.
That is beyond unacceptable.
🚨Measles cases in the US surge 35% in ONE WEEK—now at 222 in 12 states.
We’re nearing last year’s TOTAL of 285, and it’s only March. Two deaths already, both unvaccinated. Texas is the epicenter with 198 cases.
The CDC’s weekly data lags, so the numbers are likely even higher.
Trump and Musk are going after Social Security, Medicaid, the VA, and public education.
In what universe, in what world, in what religion is it morally acceptable to cut programs for hungry children in order to reward the wealthy?
I like this. The broligarchs won’t be happy until they own the entire world and everyone in it. But… remember, we outnumber them.
02.03.2025 02:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Well stated, Patton.
01.03.2025 06:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes
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"Go fast and break things" is great for garage technology startups, but not for a 3 million-person strong skilled federal work force.
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@altnps.bsky.social fighting the good fight
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1st test post. Hello world.
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