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They have such winning ideas like “why don’t we charge people who want to know if that tornado is gonna hit their house.”

The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reportswww.theatlantic.com Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Putting The Privatization of Everything on my reading list: thenewpress.com/books/privat...

I only read about half of The Privatization of Everything before I had to stop from sheer rage and frustration but there’s a whole section about how the attempted privatization of the NWS has already led to people dying from tornados as subscription services get weather alert priority.

The Privatization of Everything | The New Pressthenewpress.com A sweeping exposé of the ways in which private interests strip public goods of their power and diminish democracy, the hardcover edition of The Privatization of Everything elicited a wide spectrum of ...

Because of this I have to use 3 different pharmacies. CVS infusion for Hizentra. Local infusion pharmacy for hydration (which is medical not pharmacy?!) And Walgreens for day to day “regular” meds. I cannot use CVS for those. I cannot use local infusion pharmacy for Hizentra…

One of the most vile lesser-discussed evils of our Healthcare system is how insurance has financial partnerships with certain pharmacies and you can't get meds at pharmacies outside of those partnerships.

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Covid aware people are engaging in ongoing acts of radical hope. They are doggedly fighting to protect their own health, the health of vulnerable groups, and the overall functioning of society They do this despite shaming, mask bans, social cost, financial cost, etc. That’s surely not doomerism.

I’m just really over people calling COVID conscious/cautious people doomers.

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YES IT IS! My cousin is a breakdancer who has won a bunch of titles in India & internationally and my family has been hilariously excited about the official debut of breakdancing at the Paris Olympics.

Since I'm talking Olympics. Do you know what Olympic sport is making its debut in Paris? Break dancing

B-Girl Jo: “Anyone who’s breaking can bring something new to the table”www.redbull.com The B-Girl from Bengaluru provides perspective into how she has evolved as a breaker over the last eight years and lists her favourite memories.

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Independent researchers from targeted countries should collaborate to probe who exactly was responsible for the US military’s COVID-19 vaccine disinformation campaign and whether platforms did enough to protect their countries, writes Jonathan Corpus Ong: www.techpolicy.press/targeted-cou...

Targeted Countries Should Demand Accountability from the Pentagon and Platforms for COVID Disinformation | TechPolicy.Presswww.techpolicy.press Independent researchers from targeted countries should collaborate to demand answers and accountability, writes Jonathan Corpus Ong.

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vital article from @evangreer.bsky.social and Anna Bonesteel! i have my senators and congress people on speed dial at this point.

This Bill Purports to Protect Kids from Big Tech. For LGBTQ+ Youth, It’s a Grave Dangerwww.them.us Those on the right have said they will use KOSA to target queer and trans content. So why do some Democrats support it?

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Something you may have missed yesterday - The Biden Administration is going to unveil a nationwide rent control proposal. It's going to be challenging to implement, and will require control of both chambers, but they're working on it. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Biden to unveil plan to cap rents as GOP convention beginswww.washingtonpost.com The policy plan comes as the president tries to assure Democrats about the viability of his candidacy.

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Oh god this is so good. I especially appreciate the section on the Census and voter suppression. Working on partisan gerrymandering for several years, I’ve watched with horror as the court discarded its own prior requests for useable standards and legislatures simply jumped straight to suppression.

Delighted by this take on The Originalism Trap in Salon: "Dennie's analysis cuts deeper into the harm caused by originalist doctrine, without sacrificing nuance, rigor or scope" No one can tell me shit today www.salon.com/2024/07/14/s...

White supremacy with a law degree: How do we escape "The Originalism Trap"?www.salon.com Legal scholar Madiba K. Dennie on how the right twisted the Constitution — and how ordinary citizens can fight back

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Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86. apnews.com/article/buxt...

Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower Peter Buxtun has died at age 86apnews.com The whistleblower who exposed the Tuskegee syphilis study that left hundreds of Black men untreated has died at age 86.

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just heard submissions are open for the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law if folks are interested! they're specifically soliciting scholarly articles about the rights of queer kids

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The No More Police audiobook is currently discounted - www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

60% OFF No More Police: A Case for Abolitionwww.audiobooks.com A persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers In this powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail...

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When I read The Book of Laughter and Forgetting as a young man, I didn't understand the line “The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting” but I do now. Fuck, do I ever.

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"They start by talking about how evil the enemy is—antifa or whatever—and how they supposedly assault women and children and the elderly," Elle Reeve tells @attackerman.bsky.social. "Then they start talking about self-defense, how they'll protect themselves against the enemy."

'They Want To Be A Part of History': Elle Reeve on the Extremely-Online Fascist Resurgencewww.forever-wars.com As we brace for the fallout of the attempted Trump assassination, the journalist and 'Black Pill' author talks to FOREVER WARS

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Gonna be fun to see if the RNC decides to try to stop their gun-fucking attendees from carrying this time.

And guns are allowed everywhere at the RNC. Thanks to the state legislature forbidding a gun prohibition.

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Lol, for # reasons, I just discovered that the GOP national convention is blocking New Zealand. The entire country.

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also true

Political violence always benefits authoritarians because liberals will always condemn it and authoritarians, regardless of whether they are perpetrators or victims, will always use it to claim more power.

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this is true.

Explainer: There's exactly one standard in America. If Dems call out Trump for his fascism, it's incitement. If Republicans demand violence, it's free speech.

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From now on? You need to be even more careful and thoughtful about what you share and why. Especially if you have any power, because it’s not gonna affect you hardest They will absolutely make targets of people you’ve already declared disposable

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And if you work in journalism and media and pretend to care about what might happen … Read this thread Because you need to know what the coming rhetoric will look like x.com/blackamazon/...

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Yeah I keep seeing this reaction, but it’s wholly at odds with the history of these things. The bump Reagan got was short lived and that was the exception to the rule. TR, George Wallace, Gerald Ford all survived attacks but did not win their races.

People who are assuring us that this means Trump is going to win are clearly unfamiliar with the deeply weird lore of this country's THREE mid-seventies presidential-candidate assassination attempts.

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Update on where we are in fundraising for @psabortionfund.bsky.social this month. Since we kicked off a week ago, 50 of you have become new monthly donors (THANK YOU) and there have been 159 total donations!!! Please help us reach $10,000. We're so close. donorbox.org/support-the-...

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They banned the book not because it contains any obscene content, but because it espouses a negative view of book bans.

Book about book bans banned by Florida school boardwww.theguardian.com Ban This Book by Alan Gratz banned in Indian River county after opposition from parents linked to Moms for Liberty

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Maybe when you name your secret Christian nationalist group something that a Bond villain would have rejected, you should realize you’re the baddies and you can’t force people to like you. www.propublica.org/article/insi...

Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Change the Countrywww.propublica.org The little-known charity is backed by famous conservative donors, including the families behind Hobby Lobby and Uline. It’s spending millions to make a big political push for this election — but it ma...

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Elmo was cracking me up on set when we shot this video. Me: mucous can seem kinda gross Elmo: no no. Mucous doesn’t SEEM gross, it IS gross I had so much fun sharing Jersey shore wildlife with these kids! Check it out! youtu.be/NNItHwcj2no?si…

Sesame Street: Elmo and Kids Meet a Marine Biologist featuring @hihokidsyoutu.be Let's take a dive into the wonderful world of the ocean! Elmo and his friends from HiHo Kids meet a Marine Biologist who studies animals that live in the sea...

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#giftlink For people of my generation in New York, Dr. Ruth was a font of non-judgmental frank information on sexuality & intimacy, in all forms. She likely saved many lives with her early “safe sex” evangelism when others ignored (or cheered) the AIDS epidemic. May her memory be for a blessing.

Ruth Westheimer, the Sex Guru Known as Dr. Ruth, Dies at 96www.nytimes.com Frank and funny, the taboo-breaking psychologist said things on television and radio that would have been shocking coming from almost anyone else.

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"It starts with misogyny." I spoke with Elle Reeve about her new book "Black Pill," how the far right recruits young people, and how adults can intervene: www.momleft.com/p/it-starts-...

'It Starts With Misogyny': A Q&A with Elle Reevewww.momleft.com The author of the new book "Black Pill" discusses the far right, youth radicalization and how adults can intervene.

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This is a great explainer. There's SO MUCH in Project 2025 that these topical breakdowns are really helpful. I'm glad it includes the plan to commercialize the National Weather Service because that is some bullshit.

Rachel and I dug into what Project 2025 means for the environment and it’s actually not as bad as you’d think. Nah I’m kidding, it’s worse. thehill.com/policy/energ...

What Project 2025 would mean for the fight against climate changethehill.com Project 2025, a controversial conservative roadmap that aims to guide the next Republican administration, calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and…

So a friend sent me this fun site www.whatbeatsrock.com

What Beats Rock Gamewww.whatbeatsrock.com Play Rock Paper Scissors but it... keeps going?

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Even with current batteries the biggest limit is access to chargers. In some regions the grid also needs to be upgraded. In fact, we're not far of from the scenario where parked EVs can be turned into power grid demand stabilizers, and with solid state batteries the extra wear won't even matter