People keep saying that & I’m like:

- Why did we ditch masking in places that had it previous to the pandemic?

- what happened to all our dashboards? What about our metrics for shutdowns?

- why aren’t we given masks and tests?

- what about ventilation?

- why aren’t all shots free

In memory of the Christmas Island shrew It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its voic...

This got to me. Haunting and beautifully written. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...

Sara Whitmer • • • 1h • 8 I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance. 75 12 comments

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

as an IU grad I never thought I'd say these words, but... hell yeah Purdue, way to fucking go

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Screenshot of National Post article which reads: Organs are allocated to the person in most need, and the best match. Organs from Ontario donors are first allocated to Ontario or Canadian residents on a waitlist, Ontario Health, which oversees the province’s organ and tissue donation organization, said in an email to National Post. If the organs aren’t matched or accepted by a transplant program in Ontario or other Canadian program, they’re then offered to the U.S through the United Network for Organ Sharing.

Screenshot of National Post article which reads: “Ontario has partnerships and reciprocity agreements with other Canadian provinces and UNOS to share donated organs,” Ontario Health said. “This practice ensures that as many people benefit as possible, a family’s donation wishes are fulfilled and all viable organs are used, thereby maximizing the generous gift provided by donors and their families.” In 2024, 13 organs were exported to the U.S.; 63 were imported, according to CIHI.

More from the article:

With all of the extensive blood/tissue typing needing to ensure compatibility with the organ recipient, maybe there was not anyone currently on the list in Canada who was a match for this particular donor organ?

I’ll do some searching and see if I can learn more on this topic.

$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials

More money set on fire by Trump, Rubio, and this lawless regime rather than help people www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

What is going on??!! He's just some guy!!

Political violence is abhorrent. I have not celebrated Kirk's death.

But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.

The most piercing judgments of Charlie Kirk I see today are the ones that simply quote his words for all to hear. What a legacy he earned.

Return to Office mandates & COVID

It’s upsetting how many people are prioritizing their personal grievances with her over this reporting. Dems paid people to normalize hospital bombings, that’s the crime that needs to be addressed.

Having just spent a few months reading accounts of CBS’ grotesque cowardice during the 1950s McCarthy-era blacklist, it’s nice to see that The Tiffany Network respects its traditions

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

Except that "Mass Deportations Now" was the literal fucking theme of the whole Republican campaign.

Maybe they didn't vote for chaos tariffs even though Trump campaigned on tariffs. They probably didn't vote to end USAid and defund universities.

But they voted for the deportations - all of them.

NEW YORK TIMES (2020): U.S. DEATHS NEAR 100,000, AN INCALCULABLE LOSS

5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”

Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access

"This is what we were voting for!"

From a friend in academia:

>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<

Great work.

Don’t tell me I didn’t buy that donut! I have the documentation right here!

A SKLEATON RISIN UP OUT OF DA GRAVE 2 REMIND YOU THAT DA A.I SHIT THATS GOING AROUND NOW IS DA SAME AS EVERY OTHER COMPUTER SCAM , AND THE BEST ITS GOT AFTER TRILLION'S OF DOLLARS OF MONEY AND SO MANY COMPUTERS THAT WE HAD TO OPEN NEW POWER PLANTS TO RUN THEM , IS : 1. VIDEO'S OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING AROUND SLOWLY IN A WEIRD WAY, 2. PHOTO'S OF JESUS WHERE HES IN A SHOPPING MALL WITH THE PRESEDENT, 3. CODE THAT DOSENT WORK, 4. INCORRECT SUMMARY OF INFOMATION THAT YOU PASTE INTO IT, 5. NOW DUMB GUYS THINK THAT THE COMPUTER IS SAD OR SMART!!! THERE ALL BAD BUT THE WORST PART IS THAT THE WORST GUYS IN THE WORLD ARE MAKEN A SHIT LOAD OF MONEY OFF OFF IT AND IT DOESNT EVEN WORK, ANYWAY THE TEXT SAYS " REMEMEBER NFT'S? SORT OF? NOT REALLY? THE SAME GUYS WHO MADE THAT BULLSHIT ARE NOW TELLIN US AUTO COMPLETE IS INTELEGENT AND IT HAS FEELINGS" - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

"AI" - dashare.zone ADMIN

Liberals joined conservatives to mainstream anti-vax beliefs about viruses and public health Viruses are bad for kids' health. Public health is a collective effort. Liberals no longer believe either.

As someone who spends a lot of time dealing w vax hesitant ppl and who has reported on anti vaxx movements for a decade, it's been infuriating see liberals/leftists normalize eugenics & lie to ppl thinking that they're helping. Vaccines are amazing, but we do not yet have a sterilizing vax for Covid

Just a friendly reminder that our current Covid vaccines do not meaningfully prevent infection or transmission of Covid. Misleading the public about this fact led to massive distrust about vaccines and record vaccine hesitancy. It's SO crucial to make ppl aware of this fact to fight vax hesitancy

Reminder on the day of giving mothers flowers: lilies are very toxic to cats and shouldn’t even be in the house with them! If you have cats and there are lilies in your bouquet, toss them

I swear to god if SNL doesn’t have a “DA POPE” sketch tonight….

Hey so this sucks!!!! Spread the word.

Screenshot of a Reddit post from r/pandaexpress It reads Anyone else's store put up this notice? And then has a photo of a typed piece of paper which reads: At Panda, we are dedicated to providing a warm, welcoming, and engaging environment for both our guests and associates. Open and friendly interactions are a key part of our hospitality philosophy, and clear communication-including the ability to see facial expressions-enhances teamwork and guest service. To ensure consistency across all locations while balancing individual needs, we are introducing the following guidelines regarding mask usage for all associates. Policy: Beginning April 20, 2025 associates should not wear a mask covering any part of their face while working, unless required for specific job duties or safety protocols. • Guests are welcome to wear masks at their discretion. • Associates desiring an exemption to this policy for medical, religious, or other protected reasons should speak with their manager or HR. • This policy applies to all associates, both front-of-house and back-of-house, except in locations where local or state regulations require otherwise. • Associates in California should note that this policy is not applicable in California due to pending state legislation. Panda remains committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace and will work with individuals to address specific needs while maintaining a high standard of teamwork and guest service. This approach ensures consistency across our locations while allowing for appropriate accommodations when needed. Any accommodation requests must be submitted in the LOA/Accommodation Portal for review and approval.

Panda Express becomes the latest business to ban masks for employees, insisting that being able to see facial expressions is necessary for team building.

This is ableist & discriminatory. Employees have to apply to be allowed to mask, putting an undue burden on disabled staff.

On April 20th, 2025, the United States will Cross the Point of No Return. That’s the day Donald Trump’s advisory committee is expected to release its findings on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act — a move that would allow him to deploy the military domestically…

I don't know how likely this unfolding is, but everyone should read it and decide for themselves. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
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Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

It is a campaign of erasure: the systematic extermination of an occupied people, not for defense, but annihilation. Every man woman & child is marked for death or exile, every home, school, hospital reduced to ash. Now, even shedding a tear for this horror has become a crime in the land of the free.