Lisa Flanagan

A popular meme format shows two astronauts in space, looking at Earth. One astronaut, looking at the planet, says, "Wait, anti-wokeness is just nazism?" The second astronaut, pointing a gun at the first, responds, "Always has been."

After an AI was trained to be anti-woke and within hours it became MechaHitler.

The Cut article from 2018: Cuomo halted investigation into Weinstein case after $25K donation from his former lawyer

holy shit. Cuomo halted an investigation into the Weinstein case after a donation from Weinstein’s former lawyer’s firm to his reelection campaign…

guys, this was in 2018 AFTER the Weinstein exposés (multiple) had been published & the #metoo movement was ascendant

How about instead everyone watch our next episode of the @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social podcast about how AI constantly makes shit up and you shouldn't trust it.

which is the definition of Terrorism

This has always been the GOP's strategy:

1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.

2) Explode the deficit.

3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.

4) Repeat.

They're trying to get away with it again.

I want to offer a public apology to FDA head Marty Makary for calling him an ignorant piece of shit in a post last night.

I just learned he is an islet transplant surgeon. Yes, the cells that produce insulin.

I was wrong. He is not ignorant.

This piece of shit knows *exactly* what he is doing.

I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively.

Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.

Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.

Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!

NO.

Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.

PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.

This is also about autism.

Month-old baby girl pulled from rubble in Gaza after air strike kills parents The baby’s parents and brother were killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike that levelled their home

Month-old baby girl pulled from rubble in Gaza after air strike kills parents

Administration Officials Believe Order Lets Immigration Agents Enter Homes Without Warrants It remains unclear whether the Trump administration will apply the law in this way. But such an interpretation, experts say, would infringe on basic civil liberties.

Fresh off claiming Trump’s bullshit “war” allows them to ignore habeas corpus, snatch people off the street, and ship them to a foreign gulag without due process, they’re now claiming it also allows them to ignore the Fourth Amendment.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

🚨 Texas House Rep. Brent Money has introduced the first total ban on gender affirming care for all trans people in Texas. This is an unequivocal ban affecting all trans people by removing amending the existing ban on trans youth to apply to adults as well.

capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...

The Iowa legislature just became the first in modern history to repeal a statutory civil rights law by removing protections for gender identity first passed in 2007. They have legalized discrimination against trans people in housing, healthcare, and employment.

This is a campaign of eradication.

100000000% THIS

Remember Mitch McConnell's strategy was to use unchallenged seats on school boards, city councils, etc to build a foundation of extreme right-wing power. Progressives need to do the same.

This is why I donate to @runforsomething.net monthly. If you're willing, they'll help you run.

I keep saying this but... if you live in a big city and want to fight fascism, questioning what your mayor and cops are doing to unhoused people is an *excellent* start.

Criminalizing people who have nothing is how nice urban liberals do fascism.

Another way this feels similar to COVID — the disaster is already unfolding but the people in charge seem to think it’ll only impact “blue” areas.

There is a ton of great work published in CDC journals. Taking those offline is unfathomable. And yet, it happened and is at risk of disappearing again. Much of this is work taxpayers already funded. Why isn't DOGE crying about this abuse of funds??

A fave from Kelly’s list: www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

This is an absolute scandal.

Trump and Marco Rubio abandoned American workers and their families abroad, delaying waivers to provide for their safe return to the United States.

As these civil servants lost their possessions, housing, and money, Elon Musk was slandering them with bogus accusations.

👋 Hiya!

Al Jazeera anchor: “In response to your protest, the NFL says you’ll now be banned for life. Would you still have done it if you knew the risks?” Super Bowl protester Zul-Qarnain Nantambu: “The risk of a ban? I was afraid I’d get sniped by a Secret Service bullet. I can watch a football game on television if I choose to, sir.”

I love this man tho

Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker's office in backlash against Musk Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE's access to a vast government payments system.

Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) barged into House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office unscheduled on Wednesday and challenged him about Elon Musk's team gaining access to a sensitive payment system at the Treasury Department.

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Malaria resurgence: a systematic review and assessment of its causes - Malaria Journal Background Considerable declines in malaria have accompanied increased funding for control since the year 2000, but historical failures to maintain gains against the disease underscore the fragility o...

Malaria will resurge

The President’s Malaria Initiative—suspended by Trump—is the #1 funder of malaria control

Our study of 75 malaria resurgence events found that almost all were due to the control program being weakened—usually from funding cuts

malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

This is both an attempt to extend the reach of anti-abortion laws across state lines to violate the sovereignty of blue states, and also an effort to criminalize women’s solidarity and love for one another. They arrested the girl’s mother, too.

If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?

Tweet: "Deportations in Chicago: People are hiding in their attic…"

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and people in the US are forced to hide in their attics to avoid being captured by armed agents of the state.

Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.

⚠️ Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge

The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.

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Pete Hegseth as defense secretary is a far bigger threat to national security than TikTok if we're being completely honest