Dr. Beth Rohlman

There is no nice, gentle way to say, “okay so a nation is, in effect, a currency, a military, and resource allocation. If you break all of those, you do not…have a country.”

A reminder that a minimally functional Congress could do all kinds of things immediately, via normal legislation, to stop the 6 Wizards In Robes from running amok, including ending the shadow docket & defunding these authoritarians' clerks/building.

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Wheelchair users are finally winning the right to repair State laws are forcing private equity–backed firms—which can make buyers wait months—to allow DIY fixes.

Right-to-repair laws have now either passed or been introduced in all 50 states, forcing private equity–backed firms to allow DIY fixes.

Nobody Cares White Supremacists Are Calling the Shots Now Darren Beattie, a speechwriter for Trump early during his first term, posted the following in October 2024, a month before Trump would win re-election: “Competent white men must be in charge if you wa...

"Whether this or that apparatchik is personally racist is wholly irrelevant: the admin and its allies are actively and intentionally handing over political power to racists so they can enact racist policy. What is shocking is how transparent this all is, and how little anyone seems to care."

Substack’s extremist ecosystem is flourishing The app's recent swastika push alert was just the tip of the iceberg.

"This is not what Substack set out to be, but it is what Substack has become: a reactionary incubator where bigots of varying stripes can meet and collaborate, then take their work into the world, laundered with a tech unicorn’s imprimatur."

As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.

Chronically Ill? In Kennedy's View, It Might Be a Patient's Own Fault These attitudes are shaping policies that affect millions of people

Chronically ill? In RFK Jr's view it's the patient's own fault, and these attitudes are shaping policies that affect millions of people. He & his agency leaders have attributed multiple chronic disorders, such as ADHD, depression, diabetes & obesity to lifestyle choices & autism to vaccines👇

2000: Stay in school or you’ll end up flipping burgers

2008: Oh you think you’re too good to flip burgers?

2015: Oh, you want to be paid more than $7.50/hr to flip burgers?

2020: How come everyone is too lazy to flip burgers?

Wait, does he not know there are 3 entire seasons of a delightful HBO dramedy about how lovely the people of the Little Apple are? I mean, if you’re going to grouse about location in the NYT, at least choose a college town that doesn’t have such a strong PR game.

Every “crisis of masculinity” is a general problem claimed as a specifically male problem. Loneliness, sexlessness, failure to launch, etc. Women have these problems too.

There *are* specifically male problems. Violence, for example. Nobody seems to wanna write essayistic solutions for those tho

Fall and winter are the best because being depressed about things in a hoodie is like 1000 times better than being depressed about things in a stupid t-shirt

We told you they were going to do project 2025 and it’s 2025 and they’re doing project 2025

If you are applying to a PhD, don't use an LLM in composing your proposal.

If you are doing a PhD, don't use an LLM to do the writing and reading and thinking for you.

Sorry, I am going to die on this hill.

Funny, as an immigrant I thought it was like that in all of Canada. Alberta (yes, we hate our premier too) has bus fees.

The one up side is that parents don’t balk at putting their kids on the LRT in grade 7, bc the student transit pass from the city is cheaper than the public school bus fee.

I used to keep a twitter screenshot of you explaining that most uniquely American things were easily explained by racism. Trains. Healthcare. Schools. It’s turtles all the way down.

Extorting foreign powers to place a regressive tax on American consumers is an excellent way to deepen inequalities that create the conditions for a stable autocracy, backed by a coalition of oligarchs.

Sorta feels like "they are actively gutting cancer research" should be finding more purchase out there

Truly, it’s the racism.

I was thinking of exactly this comparison as I watched part 2 last night. Both acts beloved by fans, master songwriters, but sneered at by critics for a big part of their careers.

Trans kids are not
•disposable
•the reason Dems lose
•a threat

Trans kids are
•deserving of basic human rights

Trans kids should be
•protected, always

Canada is a leader in AI research, but a laggard in adoption: minister In the race to develop and disseminate artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Canada is a world leader when it comes to research, but a laggard in terms of adoption, says Canada’s new AI minister.

"Canada is a leader in asbestos mining but for some reason Canadians aren't installing it in their own homes"

It is also worth noting that Trump is arrogating the power to finalize trade "deals" without congressional approval, whereas the EU must still submit this to its legally binding ratification process.

That creates asymmetries in the negotiating phase, but could end up complicating things later on.

The number one cause of hating socialism is not having any idea what socialism is.

“Boring Amy Klonuchar” made me spit my coffee.
There’s no way she has anything as interesting as a viral tater tot hot dish recipe in her arsenal. 😂

How is this a selling point in 2025? SV, with its rancid politics, bad labor practices, illiberal culture and moral bankruptcy — how is this still considered a good thing to say??

A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.

My kid really likes Uniqlo.
As many have mentioned, H&M is great for basics.
Depending on age, thrifting gets really popular as a fun activity (but generally an adult-free fun activity).

If you’re feeling uneasy, it’s probably because we now know we live in a country built on the blackmail of a dead pedophile who is Too Big to Fail, so Congress has to go home for a couple of months to figure out how talk about it without defenestrating the president and collapsing the economy.

"Everyone in Canada needs to keep up to date with recommended COVID-19 vaccines, including booster doses. The Government of Canada will continue to work with provinces and territories to help even more Canadians get the shots for which they are eligible."

(I wonder what this means for Alberta)