Its like public health. It doesnt work to just say obesity, for example, is just about personal choices or parenting. There are larger societal forces at work that need to be addressed

Im still not comfortable with what my kids can easily access online from school and other places that I cannot possibly police at all times. We donate to EFF and care about these issues. But I think we need to acknowledge the harm the internet is doing to kids

Thats really rude. I definitely your point, but it becomes a lot trickier when we are talking about teenagers. My kids don't have phones, and my husband works in IT and is good at keeping up with what they are doing. We do a pretty good job, but we are not the gestapo....

No

As the parent of a boy, I worry most about the amount and types of pornography he could have access to. Porn addiction, as well as violent/extreme porn has become a major impediment to healthy long term relationships

I don't know the answer, but as a parent of pre-teens, I don't think that user control (or parent contols) are it

Map of US showing that the 10% would own more than half of land

Kristi Noem blasts “foreigners” for dangerous driving. According to the Rapid City Journal, that state’s court records show Noem had 20 speeding tickets dating back to 1989, alongside other violations, including failure to stop at an intersection and invalid license plates.

Immigration agents detained a schizophrenic man — then dropped him miles from home. blockclubchi.co/4qAtK75

They literally ruin everything they touch

SOOGIA: “Republicans pushing to limit what SNAP recipients can buy don't actually care about nutrition— if they did, we'd be talking about universal healthcare and food deserts. You care about controlling the poor. You care about punishment."

What a great kid 👏

I used to be a large animal vet tech. I had to mail horse semen. I was not flawless my execution. I think (hope!) the worst thing i ever did was leave it in my car and forget to mail i!

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Trump’s Voter Citizenship Database Is ‘Flawed’ and Could Lead to Disenfranchisement, Election Administrator Warns Read more here.

NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.

.@heathercherone.bsky.social is a great source for what's happening on the ground in and around Chicago.

Lawsuit Alleges 'Horrific And Inhumane' Conditions At Broadview ICE Facility The federal lawsuit says detained people are being denied water, food, medical care and hygiene: "They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that."

The allegations are bad. Bad bad.

The worst part IMHO is the guards celebrating the cruelty.

#Thugs

Not a word from the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt on Tucker hosting Fuentes. Amazing.

I just checked his Twitter feed and plenty on Mamdani and even Norway (!) but not a word about a top conservative podcaster hosting an infamous Holocaust denier.

Greenblatt is beyond parody at this point.

Anecdotes can help raise interest and lead to the type of rigorous studies that i assume you would like. This couldn't day help many people

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

"At one steel industry plant near Pittsburgh, a potent carcinogen was found at levels more than 30 times higher than estimated."

If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭

My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Binance Boosted Trump Family’s Crypto Company Ahead of Pardon for Its Billionaire Founder The giant crypto exchange facilitated a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty’s stablecoin and built its technology. The clemency for Changpeng Zhao—the tycoon known as CZ—surprised some in the adminis...

The technical term for this is a “bribe.” www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden.

The Trump administration is rolling them back

By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

What a lying piece of shit the vice president of the United States is. Wow.

Prosecutors Who Called Jan. 6 Attackers a ‘Mob of Rioters’ Are Punished

Trump is being as clear as he can be that it's open season on Democrats. If you are caught attempting to assassinate Barack Obama, not only will all charges be dropped, but the federal prosecutors who brought those charges will be fired. The next step will be bounties, I assume.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

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USDA Quietly Deletes Its Contingency Plan for Funding SNAP — NOTUS The 55-page “lapse of funding” document for USDA is no longer available online.

Congress has provided a contingency plan for SNAP to keep the program going for years in case of a shut down. The USDA sneakily took the plan down. Now blue states are suing to continue benefits for their constituents.
Where is the money going?
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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After Unusual Machines Names Donald Trump Jr. To New Advisory Board, Defense Contracts Follow Donald Trump Jr. once mocked Hunter Biden's "no-show no-experience board seats." Now he's on his second newly activated advisory board—and that company just announced $15 million in contracts.

Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!”

Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.

New: me, for @forbes.com

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"These notes describe orphan wells spewing toxic water near homes or into streams, leaving scars of salt residue. A homeowner reported that his grandchildren often play near a purging well. Ranchers have lost calves, which, drawn to the salty water, died after drinking it."