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this is giving “extremely drunk old men in south korea go absolutely nuts to stop the attempted coup” energy

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New WaPo/ABC poll:

45% of Americans blame Trump and congressional Republicans for the shutdown. 33% blame Democrats.

By a 2-to-1 margin, Independents blame Trump and Republicans over Democrats: 46% to 23%.

More illnesses, deaths reported in listeria outbreak tied to recalled pasta salads, meals sold nationwide | CNN Two additional deaths have been reported in a listeria outbreak that’s been linked with recalled ready-to-eat pasta salads and prepared meals sold at major grocery chains including Trader Joe’s, Sprou...

Two more deaths have been reported in the listeria outbreak tied to prepared pasta, bringing the total to six.

Outside Western Europe Hungary is the standard bearer for the slow-boil method of democratic backsliding, Poland teeters on the edge like France & the Netherlands, Slovakia has a far right government now. Outside Europe there’s Brazil, Argentina, South Korea and now Japan.

They admit they’re murdering random unidentified people.

They don’t even know who they’re killing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country. The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...

South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.

That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.

two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works ALT: two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works

I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren Share your health care story today

MILLIONS of Americans are receiving notices that their health insurance premiums will shoot through the roof next year thanks to Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.

If that’s happening to you, I want to hear about it.

Share your story today: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...

this is also the case for income tax in China - it comes out of your paycheck before you get it, it's not even usually listed, and any salary offer you get will be in post-tax terms.

BREAKING: Pentagon Directs All 50 States to Form National Guard Rapid-Response Units to Target 'Civil Unrest' Pentagon directs states to form rapid response units to target protests, DHS uses fake videos as basis for sending in military, Democrats warn of Trump declaring national emergency over elections

NEWS: Pentagon directs states to form rapid response units to target protests, DHS uses fake videos as basis for sending in military, Democrats warn of Trump declaring national emergency over elections, and more.

A major news update. Spread the word. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Alt text description courtesy of SF Trans Film Fest's Instagram post at https://www.instagram.com/p/DQXoWMBjsLe/ Image Description: Grunge-style poster with a black background. A hand makes a rock-and-roll gesture, with bold red and white text reading “SF Trans Film Fest.” Spotlights shine across the words. Text lists dates: “Nov 13–15 Roxie Theater, SF Nov 16–23 Online” and “Experimental, Documentary, Narrative, Animation, Music Videos.” Symbols for wheelchair access, ASL, and KN95 masks. www.SFTFF.org

Nov. 13-15 (SF), Nov. 16-23 (online): SF Trans Film Festival. Masks required in person. More: sftff.org

(Note: Some prior Roxie events billed as "mask required" have allowed people to unmask to eat or drink in the theater; unsure what the policy is for this event -- please check with organizers.)

Flyer with cartoon images of people and birds. The main figure in the center is holding a paintbrush. Small cameos of people are around them on all four corners: a wizard, someone in chain mail, a princess-like figure, and a prince-like figure. Text reads: "Quartz Ren Fair. Nov. 8, 2025, 1-5 p.m. 1121 64th St., 94608. Free Entry. Masks Required. Vendors, Vixens, Variety, Dancing, Drawing, Delights. Maidens, Music, Festivities, Fantasy, Fashion."

(Oakland) Sat., Nov. 8, 1-5 p.m.: "Quartz Ren Fair." Free. Masks required. Not wheelchair accessible.
More at their Instagram post: www.instagram.com/p/DQXOtXAkr3c/

New Texas Rule Allows Judges to Stop Marrying Same-Sex Couples https://www.them.us/story/texas-same-sex-marriage-equality-deny-religious-beliefs

Fire The Consultants The Democratic party must move on from the same old stale, carefully poll-tested politics and get back to solving voters' problems. There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Democra...

For my newsletter, I took a deeper look at the electoral record of WelcomePAC, a centrist group that produced that 352 page document advising Democrats to moderate once again.

Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...

ICE claims 'Mobile Fortify' was developed "in-house" but the 'Fortify' facial recognition system is private Israeli software IDF contractor Corsight AI's core product used by the Israeli military to surveil Palestinians.

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Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

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Matthew Eadie on X: "In Broadview where protests have begun at the exit of the ICE facility ICE vehicles have tried leaving the exit a few times and protesters are criss crossing the street Broadview PD is assisting ICE vehicles in exiting by pushing protesters to the sidewalks Follow along https://t.co/Byk32OnaU1" / X In Broadview where protests have begun at the exit of the ICE facility ICE vehicles have tried leaving the exit a few times and protesters are criss crossing the street Broadview PD is assisting ICE vehicles in exiting by pushing protesters to the sidewalks Follow along https://t.co/Byk32OnaU1

Reading through it now. Going to post updates here as follows:

The indictment alleges the six individuals impeded a federal agent on Sept. 26 at a protest in broadview

This was NOT the day Abughazaleh was thrown down by agents, but ONE week later

See: x.com/mattheweadie...

COUNT ONEThe SPECIAL JUNE 2024 GRAND JURY charges:1. At times material to this indictment:a. Agent A was a United States law enforcement officer assigned toan administrative role with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration andCustom Enforcement (“ICE”). On or about September 23, 2025, Agent A was detailedto serve an assignment for ICE in the Northern District of Illinois.b. The Broadview Service Staging Area (“BSSA”) was an ICE facilitylocated in Broadview, Illinois, which was used to process individuals apprehended forbeing unlawfully present in the United States.c. Defendant MICHAEL RABBITT was an individual residing inthe Northern District of Illinois.d. Defendant KATHERINE MARIE ABUGHEZALEH was anindividual residing in the Northern District of Illinois.

NEW: Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social is one of six protestors charged in a newly unsealed indictment for "conspiracy to impede or injure" an ICE officer at Broadview. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Variant connective tissue as a risk factor for long COVID: a case-control study of data from a retrospective online survey of adults in the USA and UK - PubMed Both GJH and extreme hypermobility are significant risk factors for long COVID. People with extreme hypermobility, as newly defined in this study, are at particularly high risk of developing long COVID after an initial COVID-19 infection. Further research is needed to replicate these findings with o …

#EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Hypermobility
#Covid
#LongCovid
Small study that stresses that further study is needed

Abstract pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41001233/
Full text pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

So Jamaica is about 150 miles wide. Look at the fucking size of that eye. Must be about 20 miles wide.

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica – video Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a category 5 hurricane

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica (video)
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AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.

There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.

Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis seeks assurances that Kilmar Abrego Garcia won’t be deported to Liberia in violation of a court order. Thank you, Judge Xinis.

This is Minnie. She let out her first ever puppy bark today in an effort to bravely fend off her own reflection. 12/10 (TT: minnieandme11)

Made a similar point last week that you can make extra meals and let neighbors know that they will be available at your door at a particular date and time... Put up a flier in your building.

At Bay Area protest, a second pastor is shot by federal agents with a pepper round OAKLAND, Calif. (RNS) — For the second time in six weeks, a pastor was struck in the head with a pepper round fired by a US immigration agent as faith leaders protested the arrival of more than 100 US...

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One such opinion is whether your faith is real and genuine. If it lines up with Trump’s views, it is. If it doesn’t, it isn’t. Religious Americans are protesting the treatment of immigrants by ICE. But for maga, you can’t be religious if you disagree with God’s right hand.