"How Can We Support One Another Right Now? First of all, if you know someone who’s neurodivergent please check on them. Reach out & ask if they’re ok or if you can do anything to support them.. More than anything, engage in disability justice. Speak out against ableism, eugenics and junk science."

"These racist, misogynistic men do not have the right to tell us that we are ‘less than’... to tell us our lives are untenable when most of us feel differently... to act as though being born with a disability is a fate worse than death. It’s not." www.disabledginger.com/p/trumps-big...

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23. A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

I feel this in my soul😭

Mind you, this attack happened in a blue state. There is no Safe place for trans folks, only safer & safe-ish. Violent attacks against trans people increased 14% from last yr. We are averaging 2.5 violent attacks against LGBTQ+ people per day rn. More than 50% of those are against trans people.

For instance: Right now, a single adult earning $40K/yr only has to pay about 2.1% of their income for the benchmark Silver plan. If the enhanced subsidies expire, under the old formula they’d pay about 5.8%. Under the Trump formula they’ll have to pay about 6.7%.

The hooker is plagiarizing again.

“Remember: vaccination, ventilation, air filtration, well-fitting N95 masks, and avoiding high risk exposure (e.g., indoor crowds in poorly ventilated spaces) protect against the new COVID variants." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

Particularly Covid infections of the mother within the second and third trimesters. Often SARS-CoV-2 placentitis can occur among many other complications. Wear N95 around all of your pregnant friends, family, and coworkers at all times.

Let’s be clear on where things stand: The GOP is telling you they would rather shut down the government than protect your health care.

The BS asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute BS is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!

If the teen daughter of two A-list stars had picked a media friendly cause to advocate for, I’d imagine their would be profiles and photo shoots of her in every women/teen-aimed magazine in the country. And yet.

Nothing she says here is even an iota wrong, btw. In five years, long covid has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness…in children.

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Stephen Miran has outlined his case for massive rate cuts. The logic is utterly tortured—and bizarre. One explanation: He’s the president’s messenger. Another: He thinks his career benefits from flattering power. A third: He’s inhaled too many White House talking points. None inspire confidence.

Stephen Miran just gave a speech outlining the logic of his Fed vote. It's this: He assumes every cockamamie White House talking point is true, feeds them into a model, and out pops the massive rate cut the President demanded. He has unwittingly become a walking advertisement for Fed Independence

All we had to do was vote for the qualified Black lady :(

Did you know that fevers in early pregnancy also cause genetic mutations in fetuses and resulting developmental abnormalities? Know how we treat and prevent that? Yeah, Tylenol.

Tylenol doesn't cause autism, but do you know what does cause brain damage in an infant? Extended high fevers.

Science 101. Correlation does not equal causation. Tylenol aka paracetamol doesn’t cause autism. A correlation can lead to all sorts of causal fallacy. Like so. 👇

Hello? Media? The news story isn't that an escalator stopped working at the UN. The news is Trump gave a batshit insane, lie-filled, egocentric, incoherent speech there in front of the world's leaders.

Crockett on Homan: For instance, when you are talking about solicitation, and it has to do with, say, prostitution, it's not a matter of whether or not the prostitution took place. The solicitation is complete. Once you actually engage in the agreement, that is enough for solicitation.

Pritzker gets it.

“Where Nixon had to contend with a Supreme Court that rejected his claim of absolute immunity & a Congress that stood ready to impeach him, the other branches of government these days have no interest in reining in Trump. He can basically do a Watergate every week [knowing] no one will stop him.”

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Kamala Harris on The View on election night: "That night -- I grieved in a way that I have not since my mother died. The pain was not at all about losing a race. I knew what it was going to mean for the country ... all I could say over and over was 'my God, my God, my God.' It was very difficult."

Transcript from President Restraining Order’s speech before the UN

“Frankly, part of the problem we have in terms of the punditry, is to suggest that we are waiting for a Messiah. It’s counter-productive to keep saying ‘who is the one’ instead of seeing in-front of us how RICH we are with talent - and let’s support that.” - Kamala Harris on the Democratic Party

Guaranteed everyone in that room, every single one, is more accomplished than our vulgar carnival barker. We will never erase this stain.

Oh dear. It seems Dr. Oz’s company sells Trump‘s big autism cure. What a crazy happenstance.

Beyond the false claims linking Tylenol to autism, it is especially gross to see extremely wealthy men shaming women for not ‘toughing it out’ during pregnancy.

A massive 2024 study analyzing the outcomes of 2.5 million children found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases the risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability once sibling comparisons are taken into account. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Lamps at dusk, St Philip, New Orleans

Ripples in the river, New Orleans

SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.

This statue of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein appeared on the National Mall this morning. .

I didn’t get raptured, but my meeting got canceled until next week. I’ll take it.

It continues to be a disgrace and a travesty that the orange convicted felon is able to address the United Nations General Assembly with his stupid hateful propaganda bullshit instead of spending the rest of his days in prison for fraud, rape, sedition and treason.

Trump's vitriolic remark about the UN, saying it is 'supposed to stop invasions, not create them,' is reminiscent of Hitler's view on the League of Nations that it is 'not an instrument of peace, but a means of perpetuating the war.'

I am not sure what is worse - trying to subjugate pregnant women by scaring them with anti-science or this vile climate denial at the United Nations today. Climate denial is hate speech. We need to start holding the US internationally responsible for their blatant violation of the no harm principle.

Trump says his insane UN speech was "well received" by world leaders. He's so disconnected from reality it's unbelievable.

Summary of Trump’s speech to the UN today: 1. Your countries all suck. 2. None of you know what you are doing. 3. The US is better at everything. 4. All because of me. 5. I’m right about everything. 6. You should listen to me & do what I say. 7. And give me lots of awards.

A massive statue of Trump and Epstein debuted on the National Mall with a plaque that reads: In Honor of Friendship Month 🫶 We celebrate the long-lasting bond between President Donald J. Trump and his "closest friend," Jeffrey Epstein. Voice over: there must be more to life than having everything.

"..this newest work of art, placed on prominent display in the nation’s capital, will continue to keep the call for the Epstein files release front and center. What better way to do that than by presenting anonymous street art to the public, which only strengthens..Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein."

Today's Rapture Day and it sucked! Well I'll just pretend they're gone 🤔😉🤣🤣🤣

"Because you don't want Jesus. You want a weapon stamped with his name..The truth is you don't want heaven. You want control." He says he's quoting a post "by a relentless indigenous woman on Facebook".

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

“Their big autism announcement was riddled with eugenicist language designed to blame and punish people for their disabilities..the disability community desperately needs you to start paying attention.”

“Where have we heard that before? Nazi Germany. They went after disabled people..called them ‘useless eaters’..tested the gas chambers on them. Discarded them because they weren’t economically active, they weren’t strong and fit, and they didn’t want them to reproduce and contaminate the gene pool.”