The answer to gun violence is the same as the answer to all violence: not an expansion of the carceral state, in any form, but an expansion of social welfare programs (SNAP, UBI, single-payer healthcare, subsisized housing) that have repeatedly been proven to reduce criminality.

“This is Spinal Tap” was a big part of my formative years and a movie I still watch every year 💕

Thank you

The Pentagon continues to commit acts of war without the consent of Congress and to murder in our name.

Dear God, Jay Bhattacharya is just hopeless. He can't simply say getting polio is bad and is far worse than any side effects from the vaccine. He's is so far gone. It's tragic really. Too bad for all of us that he runs the National Institutes of Health.

Michael de Adder, The Contrarian

Farming is a $1.7T business, 70% of workers are migrants, 40% of them are undocumented. As reported in the enclosed, some of the migrant workers in US legally are not showing up for work because they are fearful of ICE-S. Don't expect prices to fall soon. foodinstitute.com/focus/crops-...

"COVID alters brain structure long after infection, new Qld study finds" "Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms." Source: archive.md/JURHA

Why do I wear an N95 mask? Bc Covid will happily destroy your immune system, more each time you get it. It can give you a whole new syndrome and/or awaken & worsen dormant viruses+syndromes. You do not want a mystery disease like my loved one has now. Our system does not know what to do with you.

whoever is writing reality lately is really getting heavy-handed with it. no subtlety at all

I am sure someone else has already come to this realization, but Gandalf is basically a neighborhood cat. He has different names for everyone who knows him, disappears for worrisomely long periods, shows up whenever he wants, and no one knows where he comes from, but everyone loves him.

If the vast vast majority of Americans want reasonable gun controls and they can't get passed by the Congress then our democracy is broken. Or to be more accurate, it has been corrupted. The consciences and reason of our DC leaders have been purchased...for a pittance. Stop the $$ to stop the guns.

In a N.C. Town With Almost No Grocers, One Farmer Is Expanding Local Food Access On land once targeted for toxic dumping, a Black family is fighting environmental racism and teaching residents how to feed themselves. capitalbnews.org/north-caroli... | @capitalb.bsky.social

Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

REAL Americans don't want billion dollar ballrooms. They want health insurance that doesn't cost more than their mortgage.

Green Arrow more than said "Fuck Ice" #GreenArrow #NoBorders #FuckIce #EmeraldArcher 1. This is how the story "Sanctuary" from Detective Comics #551-552 started. Back then was INS. The kid showed his passport after this, but his brother is not in the same situation.

Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Our shared humanity is our refuge. Let us firmly grasp that rope of humanity.

Oh my god NO Leaving aside the absolute immorality of it (fuck NO) It’s not even desired in the criminal’s own country Who the HELL is this man to try to intervene here ESPECIALLY given the immorality of it. I still cannot believe how far our hopes have fallen re: this guy.

My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.

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We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:

A large Israeli cohort study found that adults hospitalised with COVID face a 69% higher risk of death compared with uninfected adults, with elevated mortality persisting for up to 2 years after hospitalisation. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

Sadly, ME and Long Covid have taken another bright light. Megan was creative, spunky, intelligent, kind, and beautiful. In the end, she was barely able to exist because of severe ME and Long Covid. Please don’t let anyone convince you that viruses are harmless #RIPMegan🕊️

Huge thanks to @mikehoney.bsky.social for all the valuable COVID data he tracks. His work has become incredibly important for scientists and health professionals, and with so little data available now, it really matters for people who want to stay safe and informed. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

We saved them. They saved us. Together we save the world. That’s the point of all of this.

this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw

THIS.

If you’re running for Congress, maybe talk about passing a bill to refund everyone the difference in their health premiums for 2026 if republicans fail to pass ACA subsidy extensions.

My father was an ICU RN before COVID left him with rapid onset dementia. He used to say that the "strongest human motivation is to justify one's behavior." I don't know that I agree, but it's definitely something I think about a lot in regards to why people refuse to adapt with masks or precautions.

I wrote about it the other week, didn't I? going-medieval.com/2025/11/25/o...

Dear male White House reporters, The next time Trump insults one of your female colleagues, if one of you doesn’t interject and say “Excuse me, sir, but fuck you.” God is going to lose his mind. Regards, God

Seasonal reminder that ribbon and tinsel can be DEADLY for cats. Please keep ribbon stored safely and tinsel out of your home completely. ⚠️ hhvh.net/2018/01/13/w...

The root of everything we are experiencing today. Yet governments are complicit in perpetuating this situation, apparently unable to move beyond their outmoded beliefs . www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Today's shenanigans! #funny #adoptable #virginia

Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...

wtf "smart takes" in gmail these motherfuckers want to write my fucking email for me now they are so desperate to find a use for ai they are not going to succeed until it is ai emailing back and forth to each other in an infinite stupidity loop that will go on until there is no water

When 8 men have more money than 4 billion people combined, folks relying on food stamps or Medicaid aren't the problem. Feminist News

Go Bernie !! 🇺🇸

Read "‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6JJbaWJy/g...

We aren’t suffering from immunity debt but immunity theft from covid infections. The FT says it’s a dangerous concept but most I know believe they are building immunity. You were lied to!

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1/14/21 was the literal worst peak of the entire pandemic. 3,000 Americans dying daily. 95,000 that month. I was working in a hospital at the time. Others worried about “doom and gloom.”

Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."

"Santo Pollero", a new screenprint from Carlos Barberena is in the shop today! justseeds.org/product/sant...