Anna Roberts

Love doesn’t die,

People do.

So, when all that’s left of me

Is love,

Give me away.

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Model Comedian was flawless. Loved it!

Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures

Medicare will start requiring prior approval for certain procedures — and will hire private AI companies to determine if patients are covered.

The AI companies would have financial incentives to deny claims, because Medicare plans to pay them some of the savings from rejections.

I think the most key point Stephen makes here is the preventive reality of UBI. The biggest impacts of cash appears to be when it comes to preventing or alleviating certain life circumstances. The reality of targeted programs and non-cash benefits is to miss those in need or only come after

Good, Fine, and Okay Are Not Feelings The case for expanding your emotional vocabulary.

"Our lives are layered, contradictory, and often overwhelming. Our language should reflect that."
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"The safest communities are those with the most housing and resources, not those that make it a crime to be poor or sick."

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Absolutely. Structural violence and interpersonal violence and suffering are deeply interrelated.

I know it’s not popular on social media but I believe in redemption as a possibility and I’m glad to see there are other folks who do too

We've been too deferential to some forms of expertise and to be honest it's not helped us.

again and again and again.

criminalization is the mechanism by which the state/cops/people in power can harm and disappear Black, brown, trans and queer, poor, etc. people—and the reality is that who and what is is considered “criminal” is constructed, and can always shift.

my mom’s favorite book, surreptitiously picked up by @sgt-pppr.bsky.social at an indie book shop in Louisville ❤️

Howard Zinn: "To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. 1/4

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.

"Vulnerable people don’t need a sea of reactivity right now. They need caring groups of people who are working together to create as much safety as they can. We need to create a rebellious culture of care."

Important piece by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social!

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A lot of people are explaining what Trump can and cannot do, based on the law and Constitution. The reality of the situation is that we're about to find out what legal walls and safeguards will hold and which will crumble. Right now, we don't fucking know.

Your annual reminder that Dr. King believed in guaranteed universal basic income that gave all people a dignified life, guaranteed housing for all, guaranteed access to a high quality education, and said that “no one should be forced to live in poverty while others live in luxury.”

Best part of a very good essay to me:

"Identity is a great start for making connections and becoming part of larger communities. But you can’t have a politics of identity that is only about identity. If you do that, you draw sectarian lines, and you abandoned our interdependent ties."

What's a life worth? On the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson

"Our work is to value life. Or rather it is not to just value life, but to enforce the value of life. Just as our health and lives have been rendered increasingly unimportant by the for-profit health system and the larger capitalist apparatus..."

States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2024 Criminal justice policy in every region of the United States is out of step with the rest of the world.

"[E]very single [U.S.] state incarcerates more people per capita than most nations. ... Even 'progressive' states like New York, with incarceration rates below the national average, continue to lock people up at more than double the rates of some of our closest international allies."

Books Not Bars 2024 Holiday Campaign BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated. In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

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@sgt-pppr.bsky.social and I are about to begin our second book club pick: You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat! Milk Fed by Melissa Broder was our first and it exceeded our high expectations. Come be gay with us! Invite Andra 🥰