The law is structured to protect the gatekeeper, not the patient. Doctors who deny care face zero criminal exposure. Doctors who provide it face prosecution. That's not a bug. That's the architecture. #freehealthcare

“Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.“ A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

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Thrilled to be back on set with so many of my favorite actors.

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There you go. First person I’ve seen confirm firsthand they have been paid to do social media hasbara for Israel. “Even the troll posts are paid.”

Eisenhower also deported 1.3 million people in Operation Wetback. 'Great' depends entirely on who you're asking.

Noem is gone. Mullin is next. The machine keeps running. Meanwhile US forces likely killed scores of girls in Iran and that story is buried under the cabinet shuffle. That's the point. Who pays.

the monster didn't make them dumb. it just made the dumb visible at scale.

GSK CEO: +50% to £15.6m. UK minimum wage workers: +6.7%. The people who call minimum wage "inflationary" are silent every single earnings season. Pay restraint is only a rule for people who need the money.

College didn't get more expensive because it got better. It got more expensive because Congress let student loans become unforgivable debt, and lenders needed somewhere to put the money. The product stayed the same. The trap got bigger. By design.

Starbucks has 400+ documented NLRB violations since 2021. Their CEO made $10.1 million last year. One number is treated as a corporate scandal. The other is treated as a compensation package. They are the same story.

friday energy is just @darrinhall15.bsky.social and @poofer.bsky.social being right about everything all week and @chantingcrow.bsky.social somewhere in the comments making it worse (better). also @qasimrashid.com said what he said and I'm still thinking about it

SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

Well, here’s the thing about being antiwar as an ethical belief: it means you end up opposing most wars. Almost all of them, in fact. This is quite common in people who have consistent beliefs but looks insane to people who have none, or mostly just believe superior people should make the decisions.

This is one of the curlers on the USA Paralympic curling team and I told him today that he should post about his Paralympic experience on BlueSky because people on BlueSky get very excited whenever anybody doing anything cool in the world posts through it on BlueSky instead of other websites

A win! Glad they didn’t cave. Senate Democrats blocked a spending bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security for a third time, insisting they would not approve the measure without new limits on immigration enforcement.

AOC: This is about actual crimes happening in front of us. This is about shredding the Constitution and plunging us into war. This is about taking crypto money and money laundering… So if you’re asking me if I’d support impeachment, I do

Noem is gone but ICE detained 46,000 people last quarter. The machine does not care who runs it. Celebrating a personnel change while the infrastructure stays funded is exactly what they want. Rearranged deck chairs.

400+ violations and they still put 'partner' on your apron lol

Karoline Leavitt told us the US State Department was helping Americans stranded in the Middle East. She lied. One Texas woman in Dubai called the State Department hotline, was scolded for being scared and then hung up on. This administration is *full* of incompetent, rude people.

This just keeps on coming back around forever doesn't it (and then we have to point out all the issues with grammars yet again) - selecting by "ability" often means selecting by wealth, and outcomes are worse for the kids outside of grammars - we should care about them too.

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion. That's roughly $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. People do not want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

BREAKING: New York City reports the lowest levels of shootings, shooting victims, and murders ever recorded for the first two months of a year. Major crime is down nearly 8% citywide, burglary hit a record low, and retail theft dropped 25%

NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.

That's what I’m talking about!

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Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.

Agnes is shocked you haven't come to Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood OR to meet her....shocked I say!

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

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It’s not just that the Administration isn’t answering questions about Iran. They’re lying.

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree? NOEM: A what? CROCKETT: A law degree NOEM: No I do no- CROCKETT: Okay

Trump likes to kill people he bombs boats bombs other countries has his ice thugs shoot people he is a psychopath

BCBS Michigan paid its CEO $13.9M in 2024. The University of Michigan basketball coach made $4.6M. One of them denies your claims for a living. The other one just loses March games. We built a system that pays more to gatekeep care than to provide it.

Markwayne Mullin now runs DHS. He thinks shooting a rioter was justified. He also voted against certifying the election she died trying to stop. The contradiction is not a bug. Power protects power.

I don’t have fomo, I have foda: fear of doing anything

Donald Trump has fired Kristi Noem. That's the good news. The bad news? Markwayne Mullin is taking her job. My Dad used to say something about "be careful what you wish for."

[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone] Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

AFP: A tanker was hit by a "large explosion" in the waters off Kuwait, causing an oil spill, British maritime security agency UKMTO said Thursday

ppl who still commission their favourite artists even in this era where everyone is broke and genAI is being pushed on us at every opportunity—you are appreciated more than words can express!!!

The housing debate always centers builder margins, never tenant survival. "Loss" to a developer is a rounding error on a $40M project. "Loss" to a renter is moving back in with family at 34. We built the language of housing policy for the people who build, not the people who live.

the AI labs that were cozying up to DC six months ago are now litigating against it. fast pivot.

219 members of Congress just voted to let one man start a war without asking anyone. Your rent is unaffordable. Your insulin costs more than your car payment. But the war budget? That runs itself. Seven votes. That is the margin on whether Congress still exists. Who profits.

RFK Jr. will get fired. Trump will get credit for the cleanup. Public health institutions spent four years writing op-eds instead of organizing. When the moment finally comes, the lesson won't be "we won." It'll be "we waited." That's the part nobody wants to say out loud.

Meanwhile, intelligence reports suggest that the first-ever combo Waffle House and Popeye's is only months away from developing a nuclear weapon

IM HOME!!! On meds + activity restriction, and heart rate is still going to 130 just getting up But is safe enough to be home + will see cardiologist in 2 weeks Plus tomorrow surgery consult (for unrelated thing) + ortho (so maybe I can get off crutches) So... Health bad but great team of docs 💕

With more and more of Twins Twitter — including beat writers — coming over to Bluesky for this season, I updated my "starter pack" of recommended Twins-related accounts to follow that post regularly here. go.bsky.app/7MyGRMz

Private bounty hunters are pointing weapons at Minnesota residents, and the local Sheriff’s office is refusing to take action.