Jack Iwashyna

There's an episode of West Wing with an entire dramatic plot about an unpaid intern getting fired because they sold a gift from a foreign government official on eBay for like $100

This story made me so angry and sad

Concierge medicine as horror show. This story is so upsetting, not least because many of the doctors mentioned are still practicing & so far have not been held accountable for their unethical & likely also criminal activities.

US people: we would like to do the right thing

US institutions: oh, no, we cannot permit that

How does that compare to Trumps?

this is what they said it would be like under socialism

its fun how we elect congress to use its unique constitutional powers to appropriate money for explicit purposes and the WH just* says nah

*illegally

Vought/Trump to US Science AND US Health AND US Higher Ed: "Die. Starve. Die"

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

"The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has so far not received approval [from OMB] to spend any of the research funding allocated in a budget bill signed into law on 3 February."

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Were you that "rules lawyer" at your TTRPG / D&D session who wants to discuss the fine points of implementaiton of everything?

THIS IS YOUR TIME

Use that arcana / hyper-fixation for good

this is a great brief and it appropriately ends with a killshot: the simple observation that if trump's meaning held, the birthright clause would not have overturned dred scott, the one thing it was absolutely meant to do.

Had to list a reason why one of my kiddos was late to school today and wrote “general ennui” not realizing it would print out on his sticker pass. 😂

JAMA Network Open article: 'Preferred Panethnic Terms Among Latina/o and Hispanic Sexual and Gender Minority People'. By Alexis Ceja, BA@1, Nguyen K. Tran, PhD@2,3, Juan M. Peña, PhD@4; et al. Published Feb 26, 2026.

In this cross-sectional study using survey data from sexual and gender minority participants, Latina or Latino were the most preferred panethnic terms), followed by Hispanic, Latinx, and Latine, with others less commonly selected.

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darth vader says " i am altering the deal pray i don t alter it any further " Alt: darth vader says " i am altering the deal pray i don t alter it any further "

Darth reminds us…

Hey Universities: @columbiauniversity.bsky.social paid the Trump administration’s “protection racket” in full

Did it protect the University, the leadership, or the students? No it did not. Paying off bullies never works.

Do. Not. Obey. In. Advance.

Hey Universities: @columbiauniversity.bsky.social paid the Trump administration’s “protection racket” in full

Did it protect the University, the leadership, or the students? No it did not. Paying off bullies never works.

(between images of a map showing the nearly 2,000 No Kings Day events planned for March 28) NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.

There are nearly 2,000 events on the No Kings Day map in all 50 states (and 10 countries). March 28 will be the largest protest in American history. Find your local event or plan a protest in your area: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Brown Doodle wearing a “Protect Trans Kids” shirt next to an fluffy black doodle

Willow agrees and Juniper is in solidarity

A sullen black and tan terrier wears a gray shirt emblazoned with "Protect Trans Kids," with a dagger and a rose between the words.

Can we remind folks that there are just fucktons of adorables who love and support trans people?

(That Exley tolerated this photo shoot is a testament to his devotion to the cause.)

OMG, @ajadmon.bsky.social @lizstuart.bsky.social

I know, reich?

And turning "fraud" into a political cudgel in the way that this administration seems determined to do is going to make it harder to make real progress on real fraud in the future

Trans folk are people who deserve to be able to live their lives

screengrab of 1970 Ann Arbor news article, text: "...the rejection of the annexations but he notes he not agree with the position of some persons who voted "no"on the questions. As an example, he said a certain element cast the "no" vote because they desired large one-acre lots which would be too expensive for Negroes to purchase. "

... because they wanted to maintain large lot zoning ordinances designed to exclude poor & black people, often with help from no-growth leftists in places like Ann Arbor aadl.org/node/71925

Because white suburbanites didn't want to pay property taxes to sustain services that black people might benefit from. Black communities were largely segregated into urban cores, so annexation meant sharing resources with core city residents. And...

Because we ended the practice of urban growth by annexation and instead began creating new municipalities, mostly with townships, as urban growth sprawled. Why did we do this?

One reason statewide zoning reform is hard is that small municipalities struggle to run planning departments capable of implementing changes. We have almost 1,800 municipal governments in the state, many of them very small. Why?

Thread.

Yeah so this is why the whole “keeping your head down and doing your work is resistance” is a lie*.

*if you are explicitly being targeted by this administration, this does not apply to you.