2026-10-25T23:29:16Z https://nostr.now (((Cindy Weinstein))) https://nostr.now/npub1alsp5kfgvs0zwdcaty27mnu9c52dpew2424ekvgnfg58nlt5pfcq9zggnc https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/accounts/avatars/109/286/155/558/678/010/original/b5feebaa90824ab7.png https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/accounts/avatars/109/286/155/558/678/010/original/b5feebaa90824ab7.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvjkp4zmey5dqv5z06664wh7vd2gj0jyj9hfglc50t8xwmey8a3hqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q0gtgh4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5vpvderr3meaczxafcju7s3zh3jyq670d2a9httphvq85mw88ycpk5jqv'>nevent1q…5jqv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s anti-semitism. As if we needed more proof positive of what we have known all along. The Nazi administration is exhibit A of antisemitism while hurling (and using as cover) the charge of anti-semitism at individuals, universities, anyone using their first amendment right to criticize Israel. 2025-04-14T02:24:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstdhrk9z8umk7zr9hxy2c7lp4km9stcrflc4h68dpv4grpfz9j0qczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q3jcht7 Trump is a Nazi who says he will protect the Jewish people from anti-semitism. I&#39;ll take my chances with shark-infested waters.<br/><br/><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/193725/donald-trump-israel-hostages-nazis-jewish-prisoners-love">https://newrepublic.com/post/193725/donald-trump-israel-hostages-nazis-jewish-prisoners-love</a><br/><br/>#USPol <br/>#antisemitism 2025-04-09T03:05:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvmkykqsqary390c8d4n8tdxg22emdunga9933hkt3w0ma6aqwp0qzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q0409zd &#34;Nadler said that if Trump were sincere about protecting Jewish people he would root out the &#39;numerous antisemites he has appointed to some of the highest positions in government&#39;”. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/jerry-nadler-trump-antisemitism">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/jerry-nadler-trump-antisemitism</a><br/><br/>#USPol 2025-04-07T01:00:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspachdgr6vsyscrtqmfv6m858kp8xlje9y750p0whvuuqpw2q4lpszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qtukwe4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8hv9496zc0t3p640flyj824acdhn2wef04ceqpmwd2x066pz5fzqza5e7c'>nevent1q…5e7c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just said the same thing to my husband last night! As well as wouldn&#39;t it be great if the MAGA people (they are not republicans) lost Florida (if we have another election)? 2025-04-05T14:47:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9rd5y60s6ppz6axxhry9c7rakzlkkkv09zkw3jzgdgtfzn6ju4kszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qpzulnt Read this, weep, refuse to comply, &amp; don&#39;t be paralyzed by the evil. <br/><br/>&#34;I understand that we have an immigration problem. I do,&#34; Riggs said. &#34;I understand that our country cannot harbor every single person that crosses its borders. I understand that there are really bad people that we have to find.&#34; But starting w/a 73-year-old grandfather who has a #heart condition &amp; who is the primary caretaker of his wife w/#dementia is not the solution, she said.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/ice-immigration-agents-reported-duson-lafayette-louisiana/article_f7c2f3ef-c4ee-4398-96d1-89f83149148c.html">https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/ice-immigration-agents-reported-duson-lafayette-louisiana/article_f7c2f3ef-c4ee-4398-96d1-89f83149148c.html</a><br/><br/>#Fascism <br/>#USPol 2025-04-05T02:00:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszm5u63pz70f9jaqy2mck2ctd8knxtjkxxaffe36ruk8jxuu2phaczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qcdcv0z The penguins of the Heard and McDonald Islands thank you for this <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1y4gfxts27lv2wvrlvjyzfjmmt50q9rc0qpj9ej73degld5u2t0rskqe3cq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>TomWellborn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1y4g…e3cq</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#USPol <br/>#Tariffs <br/>#HeardAndMcDonaldIslands<br/>#Tesla<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/114/280/937/989/154/429/original/7697bad0e162cda7.png"> <br/> 2025-04-04T17:47:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx6psqursurm4jcyzt9dkxv3xvsmh850y273ncs9shxjrm46fwcxszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qw2ak53 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5l7q9e5gqpm4lkx8wx2mxa8teej7s70lsnnsu5j4492wzdzghlcs8s72d'>nevent1q…s72d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Actually scratch that negativity.<br/><br/>#3GoodThings<br/><br/>1. #Cory Booker<br/>2. #Cory Booker<br/>3. #Cory Booker 2025-04-01T21:47:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw5l7q9e5gqpm4lkx8wx2mxa8teej7s70lsnnsu5j4492wzdzghlczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q7ljmft In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst3kauuujtfu4cp8qekg5ktd0auqq7x9t0v837zck346pwqpx2ghg2dpduu'>nevent1q…pduu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was trying hard to come up with #3GoodThings for today but I can&#39;t. 2025-04-01T21:40:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy8q98c8r8j3ga4ws0nq2cv6uzszn2sg4a49dx8g52gzuv4dgqn2qzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qezzrq7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvyh26022ydsdjs72tp8h0d62w8kqs65n96zlun00zjvyn7m5y5seq2cae'>nevent1q…2cae</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and a putz and a shmeggege and a schmuck. All the Yiddishisms. 2025-03-22T02:45:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp7avslye3cl7vsmxpqm8npdvzx0vm5xd6vm7ry9mkqmsm35jsn5szyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qv4h8d8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqw788jrm9v880wkw6zp8r9z6rsjwx9zk77rt6yka0n8cvt58v9cgued0k7'>nevent1q…d0k7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More explosions like this please. 2025-03-21T23:11:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfqg5mkdr2ut8sdcaafrvlaj7mdjmqs6sr5ylvmw9633zgtch664szyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qxwr973 &#34;One of many #Holocaust remembrance articles taken down as part of the Hegseth’s effort to rid Pentagon platforms of anything related to DEI. . . . Also removed was an article on Bea Arthur, the Jewish “Golden Girls” star who served in the Marines during World War II.&#34;<br/><br/>May the ghost of #BettyWhite haunt you fascists every day &amp; night.<br/>These are the people, I mean #Nazis, who say they want to protect Jews from #antisemitism? Give me an effin&#39; break.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.jta.org/2025/03/20/politics/holocaust-remembrance-pages-removed-in-pentagons-dei-purge">https://www.jta.org/2025/03/20/politics/holocaust-remembrance-pages-removed-in-pentagons-dei-purge</a><br/><br/>#USPol 2025-03-21T03:01:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8pnpg2f3a9md98d9wxqpnmnthsfa93xmwx68yxvn3d0ha2chcrxszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qawj9cg Vivian Jenna Wilson, Goddess: &#34;He&#39;s a pathetic man-child. Why would I feel scared of him? Ohhh, he has so much power. Nah, nah, nah. I don&#39;t give a f**k. Why should I be scared of this man? Because he&#39;s rich? Oh, no, I&#39;m trembling. Ooh, shivering in my boots here. I don&#39;t give a f**k how much money anyone has. I don&#39;t. I really don&#39;t. He owns Twitter. Okay. Congratulations.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth">https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth</a><br/><br/>#TransRightsAreHumanRights 2025-03-20T15:57:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw8mkgrfsrqzuxawezptdsdl9gxh87tajerfg7wmq57f4t0tdjm5gzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qjtpyly There are many caveats (sample size, for ex) but this is very good: &#34;Everyone in this study was destined to develop #Alzheimer’s disease and some of them haven’t yet,” said senior author Randall J. Bateman, a prof of neurology at WashU Medicine, in a statement from the university. “We don’t yet know how long they will remain symptom-free—maybe a few years or maybe decades.” <br/><br/>Hands off the #NIH!<br/><br/><a href="https://gizmodo.com/scientists-announce-possible-breakthrough-in-delaying-alzheimers-2000578102">https://gizmodo.com/scientists-announce-possible-breakthrough-in-delaying-alzheimers-2000578102</a> 2025-03-20T02:52:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsthskhngmscv3xp84n5d8hxxftlgjj5cr2kcag4w8fsqd4054k0ggzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q2s3l0r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz3dzaj45lg5xcun70u9dj7fqrw028d86yk64t464flje2qg4m65qxsluc5'>nevent1q…luc5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That sounds scary (the death threat obviously), but a crow with 3 eyes? Makes you think. no, not really! 2025-03-15T17:50:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgx4phk5w7qq09q5zglgvvcw0qfw5ldh728ram6hx5sxemvpefwxqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qnsuly0 Force yourself to watch this whole thing. The US in 2025. It is painful. Thugs/Nazis&#39; putting #KhalilMahmoud in handcuffs, refusing to identify themselves, not giving his wife, Noor, information. What is happening to Khalil (and tourists from Canada and Germany and god knows who else is being kidnapped about whom we don&#39;t know) can and will happen to many others, to us.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDjYnQNNpg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDjYnQNNpg</a><br/><br/>#Fascism <br/>#UsPol<br/>#Trump&#39;sGestapo 2025-03-15T16:23:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs82stsl6cfs7el0ht58tzq8g0wumlwcj8rpyrhgg4azrv4398m7rgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qdjp24k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08j9x7dzmcl79r47w09uc6vnju9xxvtjc0pset5ye492kw8956mcj66d4j'>nevent1q…6d4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and there&#39;s this: &#34;The echo is spreading so widely as a self-ascription because Jews themselves are adopting it as a gesture of defiance and reappropriation, and because non-Jews are adopting it as a gesture of solidarity designed to undermine the implicit threat.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.vox.com/2016/6/6/11860796/echo-explained-parentheses-twitter">https://www.vox.com/2016/6/6/11860796/echo-explained-parentheses-twitter</a> 2025-03-15T01:53:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstn7anuv73kxefjly99gwn2kdeuw5xp8se0a2hlfjkw475q8jnacqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qe2pt2m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsragpftp9cm6f4zceeexxhfl9vanzuauwpqunvq92z529sp8qegsgurcrd4'>nevent1q…crd4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes. And Christian. I am not a religious Jew in the least, despite being Bat Mitzvahed, but I&#39;m thinking I want/need to put those triple parentheses around my name. If I&#39;m/ we are going to be othered, I&#39;ll choose my degree of visibility (((although my last name says it all!!!))) 2025-03-14T23:43:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgvqmg4at0sqh3sqpqu4z03z5ssfmwvh5j2cw2wxq9mnu84pyy6dgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qm7h94h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfghxnu38j0pmpaat6sl3g0z82wg9kud5tlg0nmc0ndxc2xkztg9s9ddqsk'>nevent1q…dqsk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He is trying to turn off the oxygen, thereby reducing us to physical and emotional paralysis. We must fight back while we can. Don&#39;t get into the car (or into the dressing room) with the rapist. 2025-03-14T23:36:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd4hzs7vnue49cl73xyk3f83s9x4a9q6wdndukxufvglr7l4dcppszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q345cq0 Amanda Marcotte on #guns, violence against women, &amp; #MelGibson: &#34;Recently, Vice President JD Vance complained, &#34;our culture sends a message to young men that you should suppress every masculine urge.&#34; He pretended that it&#39;s about telling men they can&#39;t &#34;tell a joke,&#34; when the real problem is men punching women in the face and sexually assaulting them in department store dressing rooms.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/03/13/the-dangerous-reason-why-wants-mel-gibson-to-get-his-rights-back/">https://www.salon.com/2025/03/13/the-dangerous-reason-why-wants-mel-gibson-to-get-his-rights-back/</a> 2025-03-13T15:08:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqsu04fcr8vtsle9cnx03z498rc0e9asujzmktqx40fkzga6cj5pszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qdxlmh8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9dpehfc5l93cn78utr2dzrlzgnxgz995f74a29y369w54cf4nxvsj2rzne'>nevent1q…rzne</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>From yesterday&#39;s #LitHub article about the banning of EricCarle&#39;s Draw Me A Star.<br/><br/>“Hitler dictated not only politics and everything, he also dictated art,” he told NPR in 2011.<br/><br/><a href="https://lithub.com/draw-me-a-controversy-on-the-banning-of-beloved-childrens-book-author-eric-carle/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%2010%2C%202025&amp;utm_term=lithub_master_list">https://lithub.com/draw-me-a-controversy-on-the-banning-of-beloved-childrens-book-author-eric-carle/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%2010%2C%202025&amp;utm_term=lithub_master_list</a> 2025-03-11T20:44:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszgqfhltl323h4p042sq9jjcqha3nh40dgkd305x7fsxqmumreunqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qtz0pd6 Fascinating how people (#Vance, #Musk, #Trump et al) with no empathy (in fact, who celebrate its absence) nevertheless want it, expect it from others.<br/><br/>#Ukraine<br/>#Empathy<br/>#USPol<br/>#Karma<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/114/133/939/245/835/747/original/2d84eff0ce0eed5c.png"> <br/> 2025-03-09T18:45:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvthprsjwd2wq5c8gmxlzrdstcermplqrmp2qfgy4rnhx4fnmaj2szyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qruckdf Thank you <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p8wxtf4rdh87pty9ctdaa3fvmkv2wzr4e35u3mmpvy7z4s4um0zse7mn06" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Paul E.</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p8w…mn06</span>)</a></span> for this message (edited due to character limit).<br/><br/>During the Pres. State of the Union speech, [watch] THE STATE OF OUR UNION.&#34; from 6pm CT to midnight. To find this alternative we can log into Youtube.com/RolandSMartin, or view this on the Black Star Network (BSN) app. The broadcast will be broken into 30-min. blocks w/speakers inc. Congressional Black Caucus members, civil rights activists et al. The moment 47 walks to the mic, Rev. William J. Barber II will speak.<br/><br/>#USPol 2025-03-04T14:31:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw6nm0gqmp2gj2sxhddzzew6qu8lrwsg2r7fhu7swmsmhvk3l2zfgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q65claa Excellent column by Will Bunch: &#34;The goal [of #Tesla Takedown] is both to cripple new sales of Tesla and also tank its astronomic stock price that underwrites #Musk and there are powerful signs it is already working. Many experts say the CEO’s right-wing politics are why U.S. sales of its EVs flattened in 2024 and fell below 50% of the domestic market, and also why Tesla’s value on Wall Street has plunged as much as 21% since Trump’s inauguration.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/tesla-protest-philadelphia-elon-musk-20250223.html">https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/tesla-protest-philadelphia-elon-musk-20250223.html</a> <br/><br/>#Fascism <br/>#USPol 2025-02-23T23:45:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqtw6refmly6zs72zddye95d5pw3fevg9tx6rf802qdjg3gsl2gvqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qwwhvaj &#34;Although some people claimed Musk’s salute wasn’t intended to evoke the Nazis, Bannon didn’t get the benefit of the doubt.&#34;<br/><br/>Then why does this article give #Bannon the benefit of the doubt? &#34;Apparent Nazi salute&#34;; &#34;gesture&#34;; &#34;salute.&#34; Bannon is obviously a #Nazi, and the #media? cowardly, complicit, and also fascistic. I looked up the writer, David Moye, and don&#39;t think he should be covering this. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-bannon-nazi-salute-cpac_n_67b8aa0de4b075fafcec1315">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-bannon-nazi-salute-cpac_n_67b8aa0de4b075fafcec1315</a><br/><br/>#Fascism <br/>#UsPol 2025-02-23T16:32:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgr7vwyexw5mekzfjwy6fnr2v2ncdnvy7gqff9raa593ye970g0sszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qzh3sn0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsec2cc6awaspq00s3zfwwwf4mlhry7t73ry89xlm08kjc85psnq5w6qvt'>nevent1q…6qvt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good point. I wonder about that, too. Would it get through the censorship? 2025-02-17T16:34:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstdt6gtdfc3gtkw9jdndday20xah7sc2upn2fau2t28z7fksahlcqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qnpvflc #Musk would be very unhappy to see this ad, which was accepted and then rejected by the #fascist cowards at #WaPo. Would be a shame if it got a head of steam on social media. <br/><br/>#Bezos<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/114/020/084/995/437/001/original/59ed6f02550679e9.png"> <br/> 2025-02-17T16:05:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2945uj4m3qp86yxp9qq9y2pkqpzrh6e0qv6ru3m4msnwc825m2jgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qs59xcd If you are able and in need of a service/product offered by one of these companies, consider choosing one of the names on this list, which I know isn&#39;t perfect but they have honored their commitment not to support candidates who denied the results of the election.<br/><br/>Farmers Insurance<br/>Airbnb<br/>Nike<br/>Expedia<br/>Clorox<br/>General Mills<br/>Holland &amp; Hart LLP<br/>Qurate Retail<br/>Whirlpool<br/>Lyft<br/><br/><a href="https://popular.info/p/10-corporations-that-kept-their-promises">https://popular.info/p/10-corporations-that-kept-their-promises</a><br/><br/>#USPol 2025-02-13T15:00:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx2596gcy6sdcs73ljus8pzrt0eq7yhh5cuhaytf426ce6p7x7pqgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qm7czv8 &#34;[47&#39;s] great power is also a rejuvenator &amp; energiser-an antidote to late-life senescence. Power increases testosterone, which in turn boosts dopamine–just like cocaine. This fuels an aggressive, feel-good state of mind, particularly in dominant, amoral personalities such as Trump’s. It also creates a restless, hyperactive state of mind which, when combined w/a feeling of omnipotence, fosters the delusions that you can snap your fingers &amp; sort every problem.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/02/12/donald-trump-a-neuropsychologists-view-untrammelled-power-is-making-him-behave-like-a-coked-up-reveller/">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/02/12/donald-trump-a-neuropsychologists-view-untrammelled-power-is-making-him-behave-like-a-coked-up-reveller/</a><br/><br/>#USPol 2025-02-12T16:49:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswvglfqrdnaea7nzhx6g64ydpfsx3awwvvlxv7dfvprsvz9tfeh3gzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qz06k6a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg8pvdtgutrglfkwvljphtq0rm6a6tx6wj4gue5t30pxv0wv74kxgyjlf33'>nevent1q…lf33</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It really does sound like The Onion. 2025-02-11T16:44:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy7evs9x7mtewwqhgu9tlhjfww2jusl4k8nmpgjhvrcwfzcu7jq9qzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qe7c499 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhpswz3p6zvaz5wtq3kurlmchrq5urhly2g5qwz27c996mree3qcxma9hx'>nevent1q…a9hx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It reads as if currently operational NIH clinical trials may have been halted. If this is the case, I wonder if people can sue. But these same people are also suffering with cancer and god knows what else and suing takes time (and money), which they may not have much of (and may not want to use it on a lawsuit). 2025-02-11T15:22:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfrwrgwj8wnmvtj2p2an4vtsdy8772pvl2ggw6hsxqnjnhj04vknqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qm4wqd8 Having learned a little about #CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) -- repeated concussions resulting in #dementia -- I am not a fan of #football anymore (that and the racism et al). I can&#39;t watch it anymore but I can read about it and this article about the misogyny at the Super Bowl is an important read. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-taylor-swift-getting-booed-223652523.html">https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-taylor-swift-getting-booed-223652523.html</a><br/><br/>#TaylorSwift <br/>#MAGA <br/>#USPol 2025-02-11T01:15:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2vjaaw5ve2xx3aahdexyv02ea7399atnewvmwucv4pe4c5vqw7hczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q7hqphn Is #bluesky freakin&#39; kidding? How coarse, ageist, and utterly offensive. Can you do better than this, #JayGraber?<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/977/430/480/252/800/original/b23f96eff73662d0.png"> <br/> 2025-02-10T03:20:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0sf33tjv5aul82n6lmyt36y40s9mvclqhn5zjmkx6vfw0zrwfnjszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q80nkv3 &#34;If we don’t resign, remote workers have been told they need to move to work in one of 9 cities by March 3, &amp; we haven’t been told if we get to pick from among the (or if we will randomly be assigned to a city in which we don’t live or have any connections. My bosses, &amp; my bosses’ bosses, don’t have answers to any of our questions. Nobody knows who is in charge, though the leadership level of our parking garage is suddenly filled w/Teslas.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/opm-fork-musk-trump-federal-personnel-management-employee.html">https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/opm-fork-musk-trump-federal-personnel-management-employee.html</a><br/><br/>#Fascism <br/>#Musk<br/>#OPM 2025-02-07T15:53:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsda77pudjznjny2zfpn7y333af6nzzhu762vd9vffu4ge937gpsvqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98quqkzqk The beauty &amp; clarity of righteous resistance: &#34;#Medical journals, including The #BMJ, do not retract published articles on demand. We will not retract published articles on request by an author on the basis that they contain so-called banned words. Retraction occurs in circumstances where clear evidence exists of major errors, data fabrication, or falsification that compromise the reliability of the research findings. It is not a matter of author request.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r253">https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r253</a> 2025-02-07T15:27:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ccxndqafhjtd7w5ju479w39p04ht8jwh0lr23vqk3spr9t8vhlqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qqe0lma The righteous #LetitiaJames, NY AG told hospitals &#34;they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people under age 19 in response to an executive order from Trump aimed at curtailing federal funding for such treatments.&#34;<br/><br/>I hope this means that NY Langone Health will either get sued for denying on 2.2.25 gender-affirming care to 2 12 year-olds or will reverse their loathsome decision. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/letitia-james-transgender-care-hospitals-donald-trump-order_n_67a201a9e4b09c948562163c">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/letitia-james-transgender-care-hospitals-donald-trump-order_n_67a201a9e4b09c948562163c</a><br/><br/>#TransRightsAreHumanRights <br/>#UsPol 2025-02-04T16:32:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw77s3n2t8vxxds77rx47alg9rw4zdrg5ec6vt67lnws6w6xjhyzczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qgwr3lw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgat97hl455n5j8pjxstkhs5ha7x5044arxed0avv032aqdjf02uc8rwtyd'>nevent1q…wtyd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Snyder in his essential blog on the logic of destruction discusses &#34;the economic collapse&#34; that this coup is designed to bring about. This is inextricable from the idea of a physical collapse, which will be hastened by RFK&#39;s cruel and moronic approach to &#34;health.&#34; Individual bodies and the social body will (they already are but it will be faster and more widespread) collapse.<br/><br/><a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-destruction">https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-destruction</a> 2025-02-04T15:33:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst6wg9p6wdwytn3hwmf7knt7af3fawvh9ne3w47wnwf4a0ad4sdrgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qfv8g2g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspyh8thd7wykuq4lrqqzl33jskefyn4pqqsmrl84t07flwj2f6maqkxl0xq'>nevent1q…l0xq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Onion knows how to do this: deadly serious parody.<br/><br/><a href="https://theonion.com/ice-agent-decides-he-wants-kids-after-seeing-incredible-1826461558/">https://theonion.com/ice-agent-decides-he-wants-kids-after-seeing-incredible-1826461558/</a><br/><br/>#ICE <br/>#MAGA <br/>#Fascism 2025-02-03T03:22:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdm5y243rq7hy7tycla9vw7q3w0s5eeyfcq52svjeug00yf72x57qzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qkqedl4 &#34;The men carrying out Musk&#39;s coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.<br/>Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies.&#34;<br/><br/>These are the fascistic twerps working for president Musk, for whom no one voted. 2025-02-03T02:09:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdgqhdzhf00rt9rt3f0ertyq8r9ktk4yfjrs7p2ug7jgy6ukmmp0qzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qnj9t78 The pinnacle/nadir of Hofstadter&#39;s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. I know distraction is the pt. but this distracted me. MSM, interview these kids!<br/><br/>&#34;Wired reported this week that leadership @ #Trump&#39;s Office of Personnel Management, which controls employment for the whole federal bureaucracy, now includes a 21-year-old intern of tech billionaire Peter Thiel &amp; a #Musk intern who graduated high school in May. Yes, that would mean he&#39;s still a literal teenager.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/01/31/magas-revenge-of-the-mediocre-on-workers-targets-the-meritorious/">https://www.salon.com/2025/01/31/magas-revenge-of-the-mediocre-on-workers-targets-the-meritorious/</a> 2025-01-31T15:52:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvxt2wn5pcwdfparkd8h9scagrhp56sga48030h07ralz0ah22r0szyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q00dclv Queen Maggie Hassan. Wow! Not only did she speak so movingly about her son, but man, did she tear apart #RFK. He knows squat about Medicare and Medicaid. You love to see it and only hope and pray that it makes a difference. <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1/30/2300232/-Watch-this-Democrat-obliterate-RFK-Jr-during-Senate-hearing?pm_campaign=blog&amp;pm_medium=rss&amp;pm_source=&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon">https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1/30/2300232/-Watch-this-Democrat-obliterate-RFK-Jr-during-Senate-hearing?pm_campaign=blog&amp;pm_medium=rss&amp;pm_source=&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</a><br/><br/>#MaggieHassan <br/>#uspol <br/>#Autism <br/>#Vaccines 2025-01-31T02:28:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszvu2pl7zeh93helscymc2sn0xcu07nhjh5fln9e80hx99890rj5gzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qcstmrf &#34;Even more troubling to many researchers is a pause on study sections that many received word of today. Without such meetings, NIH cannot make research awards.&#34;<br/><br/>The #NIA (National Institute on Aging) is an arm of the #NIH. #Research on #dementia is now on pause. The dementia affecting our loved ones is not. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring">https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring</a><br/><br/>#EndAlz 2025-01-23T02:26:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgwxmc0y9xtdlwx8h5y72aj0sjsrgh58m5hr8l2gq5m9cpn7c6qjczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qgcq5cx Thank you <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xgnpfgqntpqtq7gmku4jkg9a9asxwu32hkpw3xs7lgalrpgqzynqf6kxns" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nat Oleander</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xgn…kxns</span>)</a></span> for boosting this. I just spent the day happily teaching Poe! &#34;The Man of the Crowd&#34; and &#34;Berenice.&#34; On a less humorous note, 2025 sure is making me feel like Fortunato. &#34;Nevermore&#34; seems like an appropriate battle cry and we&#39;re only 1 day into this real-life horror.<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/869/375/360/183/990/original/4bac57301d35016f.png"> <br/> 2025-01-22T01:23:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgncyxec3yty58v6yqys7na4hyrmscplnz4jkcq4y2la37t4qprrszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qhxcxxu #GeorgeOrwell died today in 1950. His words &amp; admonitions live on. Let us read, remember, &amp; act upon them.<br/><br/>#litstudies <br/>#Bookstodon <br/>#AntiFascism<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/867/205/095/631/264/original/c6e3b14b8eb23117.png"> <br/> 2025-01-21T16:08:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgva8g5cfppawu8cfmr4fj5cew5mq0emkcymy5wfl29l2wjs63z7gzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qvdjakm 2025, I would prefer not to. -- Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street<br/><br/>#Melville 2025-01-17T22:41:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz9e3p0j43lqn7q5kp3tr8nxdfl0r0nzgz4auvxryfyyhdvywckqszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qxt30q7 A bracing essay by marine Timothy Soseki Kudo about the potential (likely?) horrors if and when #Hegseth is confirmed. It asks and tries to answer the following question: What does harm reduction, if I can use that term here, look like if and when the military is instructed to fire on protestors? <br/><br/><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/trump-cabinet-pete-hegseth-military-defense-worst-case-scenario.html">https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/trump-cabinet-pete-hegseth-military-defense-worst-case-scenario.html</a><br/><br/>#MAGA <br/>#KentState 2025-01-16T16:24:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9qnt9u24hpc8ge7wcswp64vrxxzcrcj3rxje8up3tn90whrdfqdczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qhcknjz I 💜 Mary Trump: &#34;It seems to me that if men get distracted by the presence of women in their units, they are the ones who should not be allowed to serve in combat roles.&#34; <br/><br/><a href="https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-first-domino">https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-first-domino</a><br/><br/>#MaryTrump <br/>#Hegseth <br/>#MAGA 2025-01-16T01:18:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgvyheqzgd8gds0vlnsmkhpj4whjdy6tsmse9gd27fe72f2xjsv6czyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qdqprfy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sex9wedm36kml97xgwdjqnf0sgexjc3nqacz8rsg0uhj0zd3feg7wytfj'>nevent1q…ytfj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>First, that&#39;s a lie. Second, it&#39;s such a stupid lie: how would she know the quote is being taken out of context if she denies having heard the call? 2025-01-15T16:16:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswpv89wl0kgjw9kjje7r75u48dnndu2zfpdm25tnk8867sep7lv8szyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qt5mhqv The recklessness of #MAGA. There is of course depravity and carelessness but #Duckworth gets at another profound problem with this incoming group of losers and fascists.<br/><br/>“The manager of the average Applebee’s has probably managed more people than Pete #Hegseth,” Duckworth said during a press call Friday, referring to Trump’s nominee to head the Pentagon.<br/><br/><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/news/duckworth-trump-pentagon-pick-less-191822780.html">https://news.yahoo.com/news/duckworth-trump-pentagon-pick-less-191822780.html</a> 2025-01-12T16:50:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqpddkz5majhs7ylx5z80ayfsh2v4tfv8px9tymn77s8prjj3cqrgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qgkxuq9 The Beech Boys<br/><br/>#RuinABand<br/>#HashTagGames 2025-01-12T03:03:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdeau56gplzaavz7upjelw29z0rxt2cjcaqsculy4xk2da8l72gcgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qnakned The poison of #ToxicMasculinity: &#34;Whether it&#39;s radical Islam or #MAGA vitriol, the appeal is obvious. They allow the troubled man to blame others, especially women and &#34;woke&#34; culture, rather than look to themselves. They offer a false promise that their ideologies will transform followers from losers to heroes. What they actually sell them is more of the same poison that led to their problems in the first place: toxic masculinity.&#34; #AmandaMarcotte<br/><br/><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/01/06/masculinity-links-the-new-orleans-attacker-and-the-las-vegas-bomber/">https://www.salon.com/2025/01/06/masculinity-links-the-new-orleans-attacker-and-the-las-vegas-bomber/</a> 2025-01-07T15:53:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqun9em8hq8vd9ft2lwck2ye9t6z89tv9sc6ra2l0rzztvx8cgueqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qvuqlfx Read the story of &#34;D&#39; and weep. An #EMT who doesn&#39;t have health #insurance who nevertheless is so committed to helping others in emergency health situations that he sticks with it. As Nathan Robinson says, &#34;So don’t tell me this is a “good economy.” Don’t tell me this is a functional country. A system that treats D this way is totally dysfunctional.&#34; <br/><br/><a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/dont-tell-me-this-is-a-functional-country">https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/dont-tell-me-this-is-a-functional-country</a> 2025-01-06T17:05:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0qtmwp23tyl9vatdlwt8ygqxy3ycgmgcvnwq8r8gpax364xz5dmczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qgxjgq8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr9j6g83gk55amucx77x6frv0fwgglwatlmpc6lrhdge48clcrgkgvunhrr'>nevent1q…nhrr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was going to add that but as a girl from Verona, NJ, I wasn&#39;t sure if that were completely accurate! 2025-01-05T18:55:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvml7xz6xwu5vggmccq7d4ndyck7jmzg7yws2m2dttnphjdl5mvwqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qh70r35 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstf6zduzgyqpuqm0953986jrtvtw5q839z7k8ldwcq60e6dc2rtucje0yt9'>nevent1q…0yt9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At least The Sopranos was entertaining and had great writing. 2025-01-05T15:58:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrzpzqj7g0yja6pwxjuhgrtjvp97vcgnmvhyxdpnatqfdzam8e8sszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qsrhs2h The #DogsOfMastodon thank <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ekra9hc4de4868heg6eq200gz524vruedpanwm5ftkgrsavvv37s99358t" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Rasta</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ekr…358t</span>)</a></span> for posting this piece of perfection.<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/767/518/745/148/731/original/6f0f9c36e67b5e8b.png"> <br/> 2025-01-04T01:38:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgwtcwstqvf0wncl8xzgymd7t5yw72kgpvtt6js0flwqcrxkgxnggzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qxz8asl &#34;The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump.&#34; <br/><br/>You might want to cancel your #WashingtonPost subscription after reading this most recent attack on free speech.<br/><br/><a href="https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post">https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post</a><br/><br/>AnnTelnaes is a hero.<br/><br/>#WashingtonPost <br/>#MAGA <br/>#Bezos 2025-01-04T00:58:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf85l2uvsga9h7z5jwz9l295ptss3f4ayqk2cth4spaq9zy9u24aqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qppw9e5 Essential <br/>#journalism by #TheTexasObserver that illuminates the ubiquity of #Nazis (and this doesn&#39;t even include #Musk) on X. They have a lot of followers. These are the names of the pariahs spreading hate: Cyan Cruz, Michael Gramer, Robert Thorne, John Anthony Provenzano. Some are followed by these pariahs in gov&#39;t: Sen. Thomas Massie of Kentucky &amp; Arizona State Senator, Wendy Rogers. Among other horrors, one of their acronyms is JQ -- the Jewish Question. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-operators-neo-nazi-x-accounts/">https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-operators-neo-nazi-x-accounts/</a><br/><br/>#Fascism 2024-12-28T17:03:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrqgz0yvq4se989vr2cys6dmcnv5g48vnklrucfwdyd4vylsfp58qzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q8glvse Wow. &#34;A Republican congresswoman from Texas [Kay Granger] has not cast a vote in the US House since July while she has been living at a memory care facility – something she did not disclose to the public, according to a Dallas media outlet that figured out the reason for her prolonged absence.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/kay-granger-republican-congresswoman-memory-care">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/kay-granger-republican-congresswoman-memory-care</a><br/><br/>#Dementia <br/>#KayGranger<br/>#Gerontocracy 2024-12-22T16:12:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszf8mhanx95gkrtmvjkmtdfkztv0ku3t2ulm0qyh2jexfantrad8czyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q8ywvgq I understand today&#39;s #NYT has an article about #FTD. If anyone has a subscription and would be willing to share a gift link for this piece, I&#39;d be very grateful. <br/><br/>#Dementia <br/>#BruceMiller 2024-12-22T15:19:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst657w089w2kv4zycuas9q7qvatd0xn6nhmhg2vc3mezjnhs4xglgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q8gqpx5 I said no. The first request was for a volume I edited (not one of my monographs) that had many contributors. They were not contacted. <br/><br/>&#34;Cambridge University Press &amp; Assessment (CUPA) is taking an opt-in approach — the UK publisher has contacted 20,000 authors for permission to license their content to technology companies developing LLMs. . . . only a few authors have declined to license their content.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04018-5">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04018-5</a><br/><br/>#AI <br/>#CambridgeUniversityPress 2024-12-12T16:28:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg5nk3t9q89h56tx9q8nr0ngmzh6g9p8nmje4aq7du34p6xntj6fszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qurw5h5 I don&#39;t often claim, with great pride, my #NJ origins but on this, I totally will!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.advocate.com/education/new-jersey-book-bans">https://www.advocate.com/education/new-jersey-book-bans</a><br/><br/>#Books <br/>#BanTheBan 2024-12-12T00:35:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswq6j5fwgsqfukj3e6datln35tyxw6euvu5wurnaydnaxw34x6yhqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qxqpx5w If the Institute for Scientific Information of Coffee says coffee is good for the brain, body, and soul (that last is my addition), it&#39;s got to be true.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-study-links-drinking-coffee-with-almost-2-extra-years-of-life?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub">https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-study-links-drinking-coffee-with-almost-2-extra-years-of-life?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub</a><br/><br/>#Coffee <br/>#PourOver 2024-12-10T01:05:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06gkn50qltc4pktdjdrne8n330vtdlxqz2qnacs6r2rjcrlk760szyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qfx846q #NarrativeMedicine is a discipline that makes the case for the importance of empathy, time listening, &amp; &#34;close reading&#34; as doctors engage with patients. Their stories are as significant as bloodwork, PET images, &amp; CATscans. What we are now seeing is a different kind of storytelling -- stories about money and care denial and suffering that creates and exacerbates illness. It makes me wonder if narrative medicine is even possible. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.aamc.org/news/narrative-medicine-every-patient-has-story">https://www.aamc.org/news/narrative-medicine-every-patient-has-story</a><br/><br/>#RitaCharon<br/>#ColumbiaU<br/>#Medicine 2024-12-09T15:54:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrk75vz36scea2y2k3mq5fswsfxvfy4xzxnqfxkcp64hntyda3a4czyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qglt7u6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0pzjathvnuzs6wx5tq9y0t27ed7ty6srrr2lfw6w402j2enlhds7ggkyv'>nevent1q…gkyv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I soooo want to see this! I&#39;m glad you had a chance to. 2024-12-09T15:43:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx9kem92v2zwd5sxva4pxam2w5sgdv0juwf6y8t9qjm0y3kxpd8gczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qnykhl8 PSA from @rahaeli.bsky.social<br/><br/>#HealthCare <br/>#Medicine<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/618/043/559/359/242/original/8bca5f91905c46a0.png"> <br/> 2024-12-08T16:08:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg704c92fgeqjanfswdmtz67lrxlpcmmnjssggcw9qh5pfs6s2qegzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qe28xml Righteous: &#34;But the cost of alliance with an important national institution that has such an important role to play in pushing back against authoritarian rule, but declines to do so for spurious and selfish reasons, feels too great. And Soon-Shiong’s conscious pattern of détente with Trump has in fact recast the paper’s core identity to one of appeasement with an authoritarian madman. I am loath to affiliate with that identity in any way.&#34; #HarryLitman<br/><br/><a href="https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just-resigned-from-the-los">https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just-resigned-from-the-los</a><br/><br/>#LATimes <br/>#MAGA 2024-12-06T16:16:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst8cqm9swtyn937f3anwztpp4etet7q2tv9k84hh9vchqke9ddc8szyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q5hpzgp Anthem&#39;s new protocol, when you wake up mid-surgery, is to count sheep. 2024-12-05T00:38:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst7wjutenkkw0edn2whedhx3sjwnt5v85m4kkk4cnthmujq6nny4gzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q39vg3f Another installment in Health Care Redefined (the first was Anthem not paying for anesthesia that goes beyond the initial estimate, as it were): &#34;Case managers are specifically trained to defend the algorithm&#39;s estimate to patients and their care providers.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/">https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/</a><br/><br/>#UnitedHealthCare 2024-12-05T00:05:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs95nqh08feckpt67egumn3w74fsqwez8j2el7frxavgwtz7ee7kvgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qhva35m “American healthcare is unwell. Unless this $3.3 billion transaction is stopped, UnitedHealth Group will further extend its grip to home health and hospice care, threatening seniors, their families and nurses,” said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.&#34; November 12, 2024<br/><br/><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-block-unitedhealth-groups-acquisition-home-health-and-hospice">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-block-unitedhealth-groups-acquisition-home-health-and-hospice</a><br/><br/>#UnitedHealthCare <br/>#Hospice 2024-12-04T23:47:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszp42kj2hy9npzur5v8pp7pyud0j7up8wqwf9z5tmvpduasjwke3szyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qck2azw What planet is she living on?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/amy-coney-barrett-mind-boggling-194718116.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/amy-coney-barrett-mind-boggling-194718116.html</a><br/><br/>#AmyconeyBarrett <br/>#SCOTUS <br/>#TransRightsAreHumanRights 2024-12-04T22:27:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0c602lsy4sd0genfqqyxxxyuqt74an0kjvqtdvhgu783jm30f66szyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qv546lp &#34;But Dean said he didn’t go far enough ― and urged Biden to issue blanket pardons to everyone President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to target when he returns to the White House next month.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-dean-trump-revenge_n_674d27dde4b0e9a096d07d23">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-dean-trump-revenge_n_674d27dde4b0e9a096d07d23</a><br/><br/>#DoIt <br/>#Biden <br/>#Pardon 2024-12-02T15:06:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmxwvjcz5vynetz0sqd0llatj7cfmxh4ny8a5s7qszge5jxsy9agzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qep7h02 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsftj2vlt2pkewcxvxucse05xsjxv35f0uxx0wrshqxalwkjxsrm6s5mers4'>nevent1q…ers4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And I think the question that has to be asked that I don&#39;t see the media asking is why? What in god&#39;s name does he owe Putin? 2024-12-01T16:06:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ty5mdkuukn4m8cuu4delc34v3drm6qpswylv0xhsseg37kc8v9qzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qz0xrgm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0uclsc0vlm365jptdt59e92srvy93ajzj5lmcf38z525y908r2mcmqsavs'>nevent1q…savs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>love this! 2024-11-26T17:35:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9c0zeqn45fygz8ec2plsemudeyrsn9mgg632cjt8esar8e6fuygqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qfxgvtn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs25f8auer7qj03pv3f9a006d88y40vevzgmwc387fa5acp8py0uzs4z9xl7'>nevent1q…9xl7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am very, very sorry to hear this. it sounds &amp; is brutal. Also, if I may, your students -- suffering themselves (I know how exhausting it can be helping them get over the finish line; the health issues, physical &amp; mental, are profound &amp; ubiquitous), might let you share &amp; even appreciate a teensy bit of what you&#39;re experiencing. It&#39;s tricky to do &amp; maybe you don&#39;t want to but it might provide you (&amp; them) some relief.<br/><br/>As someone else said, take care of yourself. Sending you strength. 2024-11-26T15:06:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswu5tmn2354m2eqasfnrvlxggv563aps6eqvfdltcecttltylpr6qzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qun6u9q This, I believe, is what many #MAGA people voted for: hate. Others for tax cuts; that is, greed. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/donald-trump-transgender-troops-us-military-52xf5cdlc">https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/donald-trump-transgender-troops-us-military-52xf5cdlc</a><br/><br/>#TransRightsAreHumanRights 2024-11-25T15:31:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfm96egawzkf5p796s3kkaa4qqn7mnswdsrfvuq6wukq3ld5dswhszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qhnh5pp Thank you <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rv4dp2ud2cfdf43u9f3h4k20238jnpvupza7n7k5e2tedgywfezqr3qx4p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rv4…qx4p</span>)</a></span> for boosting this excellent #Thanksgiving Day advice courtesy of best big brother ever.<br/><br/>#TransRightsAreHumanRights <br/>#FamilyValues<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/539/549/749/016/906/original/948bde65103e58fd.png"> <br/> 2024-11-24T19:25:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvt3qsvzgqean4cne6gnw2pw77uzpz5gunqd5qr92ypt29erscgxszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qwjr9t4 &#34;A Christian Reconstructionist war on Americans led from the Department of Defense is likely to break the United States.&#34; -- Timothy Snyder on Hegseth. <br/><br/>If and when the Senate does its job and has hearings, Snyder would be an excellent person to speak.<br/><br/>A Christian Reconstructionist war on Americans led from the Department of Defense is likely to break the United States.<br/><br/>#TimothySnyder <br/>#Hegseth 2024-11-24T16:06:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx3wue5t2j665yk8nhm636sgkqk8kkpuqspxdlxxfapp0q2ncc2cgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q2kmr2g A must-read column: &#34;Having been confronted with unrelenting evidence of who Donald Trump was through three election cycles, a constitutionally sufficient number of Americans chose a narcissistic egomaniac, convicted on multiple felony charges and indicted on many more, whose pathologies were visibly exacerbated by an obvious and increasing senile dementia.I posit that the electorate did not vote for him in spite of all that; they voted for him because of it.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/11/17/goodbye-to-all-that--once-again-and-for-the-last-time/">https://www.salon.com/2024/11/17/goodbye-to-all-that--once-again-and-for-the-last-time/</a><br/><br/>#Fascism 2024-11-17T15:00:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrv3jmcnaphcmvktt8gq7lcft6n87h9sjy64ecz596z2cwxlh5fpgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qldeltk Paging #RFK: “In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if the child died under it: my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen.” (Franklin)<br/><br/>#Vaccines 2024-11-15T15:55:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8xcd2qdj962mn25a4e2hpyqfjvjukz236xua6369kwr6xtrpl79gzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qy3dq5c &#34;Gender-affirming care has been shown to reduce dysphoria, suicidality and depression for transgender and gender-diverse communities.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/11/15/experts-say-is-a-to-trans-health-his-next-term-is-already-alarming-the-queer-community/">https://www.salon.com/2024/11/15/experts-say-is-a-to-trans-health-his-next-term-is-already-alarming-the-queer-community/</a><br/><br/>#transrightsarehumanrights <br/>#Pride 2024-11-15T15:23:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf0j3s54vdv92k0z7g3gk6u6pujk32wl8rhgwmynrqc68v7kyuncqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qd2w9u3 A birthday bouquet from my daughter.<br/><br/>#WhenI&#39;m64<br/>#Bloomscrolling<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/487/527/907/980/163/original/2f5e9d6257c85814.png"> <br/> 2024-11-15T14:54:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0w97394lq4nx7ptpxpnzpr8l08wyrg3m7zqx96az20xtt2dgqd9gzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qr9d4n4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5eyqzlyzxw37s0qeragchcupw2zuvaadg6q3h22hdhr2c09v3jgjfynyq'>nevent1q…ynyq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>after listening to my local NPR&#39;s appallingly obfuscatory coverage of the Hegseth nomination, I don&#39;t think its tips will be particularly helpful. 2024-11-14T17:12:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqyv5lne7t4puhutr8ltew5ezkgu25w6h8md90y90nz6zy8hs3usgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qh9cm6s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmsz86lhrkucvms23ls6ahnx5j5njuxykvh799f83huxqxqteruq057jrw'>nevent1q…7jrw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Always throw Poe into the mix. 2024-11-14T01:12:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9cvdx87vyval6rcj5du60gj6jzn2x53xec9nfdtw5ec6tc4nz0tczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qh8s0r0 Really? A 17-year old hitting a 70-year old woman? What toxic masculinity and MAGA has wrought.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/martin-county/2024/11/02/stuart-police-charge-teen-with-punching-harris-supporter-70/76014623007/">https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/martin-county/2024/11/02/stuart-police-charge-teen-with-punching-harris-supporter-70/76014623007/</a><br/><br/>#HarrisWalz2024 2024-11-04T16:00:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0rpunmmwd8xaqxhjzyhjhde6gpryl3a4ha7n47psy7aa2uh3j5nszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qls2vc4 &#34;The trouble isn’t that these are bad jokes. It’s that they aren’t jokes at all. There’s no distance between what Vance is saying and what he means to say, no dots for his audience to connect.&#34;<br/><br/>This Slate piece on JD Vance&#39;s attempts to tell a joke resonates today.<br/><br/><a href="https://slate.com/culture/2024/08/jd-vance-trump-walz-harris-donut-shop-couch-joke-humor.html">https://slate.com/culture/2024/08/jd-vance-trump-walz-harris-donut-shop-couch-joke-humor.html</a><br/><br/>#Hinchcliffe<br/>#HarrisWalz2024 2024-10-28T15:19:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstqu42pas3qal4k0k7hfyn6ydysvqad8c5es0c8rwdc6clzas5plgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qc52dff In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw6d5ln2529t9h5stvnjfgfljjugfcj4q2ue7m4wqp53aa3lujpggzzgfv5'>nevent1q…gfv5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I cancelled a while ago. It was hard to give up some of the articles that I found illuminating and informative, but the bothsidesism eventually became too much. 2024-10-25T19:40:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqzv82aqn0afttz5f9dy9c99evcrmd29839acsr4djhppx89xhpzgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q3vrv5q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9rspfxfzf92svy0al6zrej4wx6zw0rcwdz6lsrnuc68msw9dls6cfct27h'>nevent1q…t27h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The institutions are engaging in anticipatory obedience, to invoke Timothy Snyder. 2024-10-25T19:31:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp9ld2arenyg25t6v4s8ad9etlr6pj4zhdqjl8myan28uj8xlpknszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qltcrty Since #dementia is in the news a lot lately, I thought this image showing the different kinds of dementia might be helpful.<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/345/825/863/405/612/original/723b68b18fdd4a0a.png"> <br/> 2024-10-21T14:15:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8rckpaeusvvjc3j57zhs6lffm70kmacjpfvyld443r74wklpdw5szyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qawgvfy &#34;As long as abortion was legal, it was easy for women in conservative communities to regard the issue as a personal matter, not a legal one. With the right taken away, however, the difference between personal conviction and a legal mandate has come starkly into view.&#34; <br/><br/><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/10/21/i-started-to-learn-what-patriarchy-was-how-donald-pushed-women-out-of-the/">https://www.salon.com/2024/10/21/i-started-to-learn-what-patriarchy-was-how-donald-pushed-women-out-of-the/</a><br/><br/>#Dobbs <br/>#RoevWade <br/>#HarrisWalz2024 2024-10-21T14:00:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd6e9uzy9e725swzvdpc8qeayuhvpzmthstt5c9xcwhxymnqyah5gzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qjyu4ae In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgr46e2sd5pwdgxkdr9aqha4l0a9fyanah8qc3leltdl3e24fgwqs8nx4um'>nevent1q…x4um</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Jesus died for somebody&#39;s sins but not mine. -- #PattiSmith<br/><br/>#music 2024-10-12T21:05:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvr3jnl69asdz327huq8jf3a2znm3y4cutcavpvavwfgxrnfn45ggzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98quqwd2q Excellent essay re: the media&#39;s role in hurling us towards fascism: &#34;Harris rarely says inflammatory things, &amp; so the mainstream media constantly tries to get her to say inflammatory things. When she won’t, they make up scandals — in this case, that she refuses to sit down w/mainstream media &amp; say scandalous things. Trump is rewarded for constantly saying irresponsible lies &amp; spreading hate. Harris is punished for not lying enough &amp; not spreading enough hate.<br/><a href="https://www.publicnotice.co/p/kamala-harris-mainstream-media-interviews">https://www.publicnotice.co/p/kamala-harris-mainstream-media-interviews</a><br/>#Harris2024 2024-10-10T14:18:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqalaqgzaaua59sc5v5tjgzcrp33ssjq9cjyt6ux8qwdxfdd2zplgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q5h0rx0 A grotesque development in Utah: book banning comes to little free libraries.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.themarysue.com/utah-book-banners-now-want-to-make-little-free-libraries-susceptible-to-criminal-charges/">https://www.themarysue.com/utah-book-banners-now-want-to-make-little-free-libraries-susceptible-to-criminal-charges/</a><br/><br/>#BanTheBan<br/>#Books 2024-10-06T23:57:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszv7xma5z6qx4uplz7j55gp4zx7546wkxm9sd4qr52g42hld5yx3gzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q0sllde Heather Digby Parton on Liz Cheney: &#34;Needless to say, I was wrong about everything.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/10/04/liz-cheney-and-democrats-big-tent-strategy-why-courting-works-for-kamala-harris/">https://www.salon.com/2024/10/04/liz-cheney-and-democrats-big-tent-strategy-why-courting-works-for-kamala-harris/</a><br/><br/>#HarrisWalz2024 2024-10-04T14:31:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfk4caqyxdy86h5efumk3r5pzamkpayjtmvws6s2u4w7dzm4r77aczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q2dlre8 I know this is a small thing but was anyone else grossed out by #Vance constantly responding to questions and comments by calling out &#34;Norah,&#34; &#34;Tim,&#34; and &#34;Margaret&#34;? It&#39;s the semblance of congeniality and acknowledgment that lays the groundwork for the audacious stream of lies to come. Tom Cotton does it, too. It&#39;s this deliberate use of proper names that reeks of smugness, sleeziness, and condescension. <br/><br/>#HarrisWalz2024 2024-10-02T14:05:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvfvzr08rts27c9rqkvgy3r8rjv6txlf66urdv5tnwd6sjauqu0mqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98q6y3836 Walter Cronkite is turning over in his grave.<br/><br/>CBS&#39;s lily-livered (and dangerous) decision not to fact-check exemplifies what Timothy Snyder says NOT to do: &#34;Do not obey in advance.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/cbs-debate-vice-president-fact-check-7a3b31c98ab092dd44915df57a359d10">https://apnews.com/article/cbs-debate-vice-president-fact-check-7a3b31c98ab092dd44915df57a359d10</a><br/><br/>#OnTyranny<br/>#TimothySnyder<br/>#Fascism <br/>#Media 2024-09-29T18:05:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdqyngtw8xwqmjjanvltyehwywpdwshx753vnd3k20dkv63ekgumgzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98ql2657p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwwqmtlj0557mvcusdkca8ka0n89y5e8xfhwtffe4qwqr95utpxq826amy'>nevent1q…6amy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>. &#34;The consequences of this journalistic malpractice extend far beyond misleading headlines. By laundering Trump’s words in this fashion, the media is actively participating in the erosion of our shared reality.&#34; -- Parker Molloy <br/><br/><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/185530/media-criticism-trump-sanewashing-problem">https://newrepublic.com/article/185530/media-criticism-trump-sanewashing-problem</a><br/><br/>#Sanewashing 2024-09-29T14:32:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrcp96fzlnesjhlyrxpppnf33df3hfnqxkw96meewjnwry9u4kcgszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98quxq43z &#34;It&#39;s time to be a man and vote for a woman.&#34; -- #SamElliott <br/><br/>What an amazing ad. That voice.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.comicsands.com/sam-elliott-harris-f-bomb-2669264489.html">https://www.comicsands.com/sam-elliott-harris-f-bomb-2669264489.html</a><br/><br/>#Harris2024 <br/>#TheBigLebowski 2024-09-25T17:00:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvu4edcwppskaq5uaxju7sdu3cfz3kjcf74ddejxawq5ezq0rttvqzyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qug0rfx These images of Bruce Willis are an opportunity to explain the terrible disease he is suffering from. But the article misses that opportunity with its context-free adjectives: &#34;puzzled,&#34; &#34;annoyed,&#34; &#34;quizzical.&#34; The man has frontotemporal dementia for crying out loud. How about some explanation, some empathy? This is often what #dementia looks like.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bruce-willis-looks-puzzled-annoyed-193032633.html">https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bruce-willis-looks-puzzled-annoyed-193032633.html</a> <br/><br/>#BruceWillis <br/>#EndFTD 2024-09-23T00:16:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswv73nlrfen5wylmgknp5sj4rca2df28pczlglay67fcml7vl0kvczyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qgkrcnx Devastating and self-critical piece by Lithwick and Stern: &#34;the real story that emerges between the lines is that anyone who believed that John Roberts was a principled movement conservative but also a Never Trumper was wrong. Roberts moved mountains to allow Trump to evade accountability for attempting to unlawfully overturn the results of the 2020 election. <br/> . . . [Roberts&#39;s] interference in the 2024 elections? It’s already happened.<br/><br/><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/scotus-john-roberts-image-fail-phony-false.html">https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/scotus-john-roberts-image-fail-phony-false.html</a><br/><br/>#SCOTUS 2024-09-17T14:37:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs23jnu8z5q9tygdlcthn4lyr7tjt2zzxx4s0p4z9lun47ex6zuwyszyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qnedx6c #DogsOfMastodon &amp; #CatsOfMastodon💜Marcotte: &#34;That a person has value outside of serving the patriarchal social order is not even considered. . . pets disturb this worldview. Even if they &#34;rank&#34; lower than the human family members (cats disagree), they don&#39;t serve any &#34;purpose&#34; in a conservative social order. They&#39;re just there to love &amp; be loved. . . it&#39;s no surprise there&#39;s so much hostility to pets in MAGA rhetoric, or even downright violent urges towards animals.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/09/13/cat-ladies-and-dog-eating-maga-cant-quit-the-weird-talk-about-pets/">https://www.salon.com/2024/09/13/cat-ladies-and-dog-eating-maga-cant-quit-the-weird-talk-about-pets/</a> 2024-09-13T15:09:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvuf7v3hggw2waxaxsuyknfk7q94ddz39jh8e5ycl9jqyjkw3v95czyrh7qxje9pjpufehr4v3tmw0shz3f589e242hxe3zd9zs70aws98qxl7dcg Mary Trump: &#34;Surely a political press corps that spent months arguing that President Biden’s age rendered him mentally unfit, wouldn’t look the other way when the Republican candidate, the oldest person to run for president in American history, is not only old but decompensating before our very eyes. The difference of course is that Biden is aging while Donald is dementing.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.marytrump.org/p/translating-the-crazy?r=1oktco&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;triedRedirect=true">https://www.marytrump.org/p/translating-the-crazy?r=1oktco&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;triedRedirect=true</a><br/><br/>#Harris2024 2024-09-08T22:32:21Z