AnnieGTMD

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Retired heart surgeon, current metalsmith, COO of the fam
It could always be worse
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Things seem bleak but it’s probably a bad sign for Republicans that people have started mentioning their actual goals and political blueprint and their response is “how fucking dare you??”

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Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools. Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

Generative AI is a climate disasterdisconnect.blog Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

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A 2017 internal Veterans Affairs report shows Black veterans were more often denied benefits for PTSD than their white counterparts. The analysis crunched claims data from fiscal year 2011 through 2016. And disparate treatment started after WWI when it was still called shell shock. It continues.

Black veterans were denied VA benefits for PTSD more often than whiteswww.nbcnews.com “Ever since I came back from Vietnam, I knew that I had a problem, but I didn’t know what it was," said one Black veteran.

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An aspiring dictator & convicted felon w history of treason may win the presidency. Profoundly corrupt SCOTUS justices undermined the constitution and gave him immunity from prosecution for past & future crimes. This is all political journalists should be writing about 24/7. We’re at the precipice.

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✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼 Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Second-Trimester Abortion Ban

Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Second-Trimester Abortion Bantruthout.org In a 5-1 ruling striking down two laws, the court found that the state constitution protects the right to abortion.

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"In her 4 yrs @ StonyBrook, McInnis’s admin repudiated a professor who had criticized the local police. And she created an expanded safety dept" — an office of "enterprise risk management" — "complete with intelligence capabilities," "sweeping authority" + a Sliwa/Giuliani-backed former-NYPD leader

The Yale Daily News picks up a story about the school’s new president, Maurie McInnis, being awful, including and especially wrt Palestine protests. She will be no better at Yale than she was at Stony Brook—this is her style. Spread the word. yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/06...

Pro-Palestine students, faculty criticize McInnis’ appointment as president - Yale Daily Newsyaledailynews.com In the wake of mass pro-Palestine protests on campus, students and faculty in the divestment movement expressed concerns about free speech and policing ahead of McInnis’ presidency.

Yale’s New President Pushed Policing as Head of Stony Brook Universitywww.nytimes.com In her four years at the state university, Maurie McInnis drew criticism from faculty members who said some of her decisions violated academic freedom.

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“Sometimes I wonder if all this coverage is because the media know how to cover a normal problem like a sub-par candidate; they don’t know how to cover something as abnormal and unprecedented as the end of the Republic. So for the most part they don’t.”

Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnitwww.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

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And generally I think we are better positioned at any point in history to talk concretely about the differences between these two candidates because *they’ve both been president*. We’ve watched not just what they said they would do, but what they’ve done.

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winning swing seat state Houses has real upsides for people in these states at the policy and budgetary level; it contributes to overall statewide margins; it acts as an insurance policy against state GOP leaders trying to upend a result they don’t like; and it’s a big ROI for a modest investment

We have a 102-101 Democratic majority in the Pennsylvania State House, winning that last seat by 58 votes out of 33K+ cast (a 0.18% margin), and fell short on the 103rd seat by 76 votes out of ~31K cast (0.24% margin). Every vote matters here, and every dollar helps.

I just gave to Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee!secure.actblue.com Show your support with a contribution.

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some ambitious young creative should make a series of Schoolhouse Rock-style animated info clips based on Project 2025

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I just gave to Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee!secure.actblue.com Show your support with a contribution.

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UK now trying the theory that if you elect politicians who believe government works and works for people then it works and works for people Stop electing politicians who don’t believe in government.

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It's about like this: www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

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It's genuinely helpful that the press has successfully signalled that they will not treat Kamala Harris generously or fairly if Biden steps aside for her. Clarifying!

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i think we genuinely have a moral need to treat people as if they actually did intend their statements that way

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reminded of a scene from Terry Pratchett's Going Postal

A hill I will die on: all white-collar crimes are violent crimes. It's just that the violence is removed from the perpetrator because the perpetrator is wealthy.

Uh oh, George Stephanopoulos where are you? open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

Troubling Signs of Cognitive Decline as Trump Struggles to Recognize Closest Aidesopen.substack.com "I know nothing about Project 2025" statement triggers new concerns about his fitness to serve

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Superb FT magazine cover this week

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Serious question: What is it going to take to get the press to ask Donald Trump the questions of fitness and cognitive capacity that they’re asking Biden at every opportunity?

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What would you say if you saw it in another country?

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

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The most reassuring thing is all the good people doing all the good work in all the right places.

ARIZONANS TURN OUT RECORD SUPPORT FOR ABORTION RIGHTS Arizona for Abortion Access turns in more than 823,000 signatures, double the required number, to put abortion on the November ballot.

Arizona remains the frontline in the fight for freedom | the earlyworm societywww.patreon.com Get more from the earlyworm society on Patreon

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New York Times, July 5, 2025: “Biden’s Stumbles And Gaffes During His Criticism of President Trump’s Internment Camps Vindicate Age Concerns”

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I wonder if the guy who lies about literally everything is lying this once

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Seems like "what parts of Project 2025 do you disagree with?" or "what parts of it are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal?" would be good questions for a reporter to ask the other elderly presidential candidate, but what do I know. on.ft.com/4ePQH0e

Ahahaa so true

In retrospect, the NYT Spelling Bee’s blithe refusal to care about words that are in the dictionary should have struck more word nerds as symptomatic.

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I don't take the age thing seriously. THEY PICK A LIE ABOUT EVERY DEM, and the press knows it's some BS but plays along. They know that the other guy is worse in every way, especially his brain. They turned being a war hero into a liability against a fortunate son draft dodger.

YES!!! There was a study very early on in the vax process, showing it took transplant patients up to 3 doses to develop similar levels of antibodies to an immunocompetent patient after their 1st dose. Same rxn when people say "I can't wear a mask because pulmonary problems" opposite day

Every time someone claims immunocompromised people can’t take the COVID vaccine, more of my hair turns gray. It is the opposite — People who are immunocompromised need different, bigger and more frequent dosing than the rest of us to elicit an immune response.

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i wish them luck in their ridiculous and abysmal endeavors

The ramped-up hits on Project 2025 must be landing — Trump just shoved it right in front of the bus

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Thereby confirming that he not only knows what Project 2025 is, he fully supports it.

The ramped-up hits on Project 2025 must be landing — Trump just shoved it right in front of the bus

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Exactly this.