So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
25.01.2026 17:42 β π 2659 π 710 π¬ 15 π 37@polymerjones.bsky.social
Sociologist, nerd, lifter-of-heavy-things, general malcontent
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
25.01.2026 17:42 β π 2659 π 710 π¬ 15 π 37I was laid off in the spring and applied for SNAP benefits. It took over six months to finally get approved for $60 a month. By the time I was approved, Iβd found a new job and didnβt need the benefits. I also live alone; feeding myself wasnβt a big issue. That wonβt be the case with many recipients
17.11.2025 01:09 β π 114 π 51 π¬ 2 π 0Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
just to clarify (and kevin knows this so donβt @ him) call no matter who your senators are. the caucus will pay attention to backlash
09.11.2025 21:18 β π 416 π 154 π¬ 3 π 10This is INSANE. No no no! @fetterman.senate.gov @corybooker.com @kim.senate.gov NO. NO. @timklateriser.bsky.social @ryanroat.bsky.social
09.11.2025 21:18 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 2 π 0I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
07.11.2025 01:33 β π 13894 π 6984 π¬ 126 π 97As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
I do think yesterdayβs results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
05.11.2025 13:36 β π 19382 π 3323 π¬ 248 π 137I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
This really hasnβt gotten enough attention this week.
@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
Just went through this with my fairly young cat. Iβm so sorry. It fucking sucks.
06.11.2025 00:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oct. 15, 2025 PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION STATEMENT Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution. The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all. PPA
βThe Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,β the Pentagon Press Association said
15.10.2025 21:52 β π 6685 π 3038 π¬ 390 π 351SHEβLL BAN LINK BEFORE JESSE SINGAL??????
05.10.2025 19:51 β π 456 π 97 π¬ 5 π 3This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed MΓ©decins Sans FrontiΓ¨res (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers. We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah. Our thoughts are with Omarβs family and colleagues at this tragic time.β―Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.
msf.org/msf-denounce...
Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.
23.09.2025 10:03 β π 12089 π 3367 π¬ 430 π 217I don't think it's simpering praise. He was an interesting man. I didn't agree with much that he said, but he was interesting and he was growing, and his death is a significant loss for those who believe engagement can help bridge disagreements.
From an Atlantic editor.
I cannot get over how the entire centrist hivemind is attempting to wish into existence a person, and a movement, that does not exist. You are journalists, you are supposed to describe things as they are, not how you want them to be!
This isnβt stupidity, itβs a deliberate frame meant to convince people that solar&wind are unreliable at the exact moment that they have become cheaper and better in every way that fossil fuel & nuclear.This is about creating public opinion that can cut against the obviously better economic choice.
09.09.2025 20:25 β π 161 π 51 π¬ 11 π 2Hey, so, TOTALLY not suggesting that RFK Jr. BACKS DOWN when we PUSH BACK, BUT if youβd like to callβ¦
HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775
HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000
PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well.
NONE of this is okay.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
To say that "the data show these vaccines fail" in regards to the mRNA plaform is unforgivable.
For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears.
CBS: U.S. Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, says it will end operations within months after federal budget cuts
For never was a story of more woe
than this of Sesame Street and Reading Rainbow
This is going to ruin so many cis women's lives. They had to end it in the 2000's because it resulted in women having their lives destroyed, partners leaving them, family disowning them etc. After some high profile suicides and attempts , they had to stop.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_o...
The office phone number for Nasif Majeed, the Democrat who crossed party lines to essentially vote for a deeply harmful anti-trans bill in the NC state legislature, is 704-965-1153
29.07.2025 21:50 β π 148 π 71 π¬ 1 π 4KY Gov. Beshear on TV this morning: "200K of my people are going to lose their health care coverage. 20K health care workers are going to lose their job. This is the GOP majority firing Americans that right now have a good job & 35 rural hospitals may close, which will impact every single community"
03.07.2025 13:48 β π 102 π 43 π¬ 1 π 1There are people going "this policy is going to kill my disabled kid. They literally explicitly said that is their goal. They are trying, very hard, to kill my kid."
And others are like "dude you're being a doomer, really harshing the vibe"
There was essentially zero coverage of the disabled protest to stop Medicaid cuts. Capitol police dragged protesters out, many in wheelchairs, and arrested 34 people. It was barely a blip on the news because nobody really cares about the disabled.
30.06.2025 21:16 β π 2648 π 1594 π¬ 9 π 23Hungary banned anything that βpromotes homosexuality,β which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
It is very cool and not concerning at all that rfk has replaced all of US government science admin with a bunch of weird pedophile antivax wellness influencers who can't help but outsource all their work to the machine that tells you that you can add gasoline to spaghetti sauce.
28.06.2025 03:51 β π 262 π 87 π¬ 1 π 0This is a fucking outrage.
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