I read Sartre's Antisemite and Jew (Réflexions sur la question juive) shortly after graduating high school. I had had some painful experiences with antisemitism and I was really struck by the argument that antisemites construct these imaginary tropes to support an entire discourse & worldview.

Defenders of the shutdown deal say that Republicans were never going to agree to extend expanded ACA subsidies and that the goal of the shutdown was to put a spotlight on this issue and make them pay a political price. Those goals were met. /1

We have lots of student notebooks containing sketches on anatomy, diseases etc, however, this one is by far our favourite. It shows Joseph Lister, father of antiseptic surgery, disappearing through a trapdoor after his lecture in Glasgow in 1868. Now that's how to make an exit! #Museum30 #Sketchbook

11/11/1865 — Mary Edwards Walker, the first female Army surgeon, is awarded the Medal of Honor for her Civil War service; she is the only woman to ever receive this honor #womenshistory #VeteransDay #WomenVets #CivilWar #USarmy #military #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed

Read @gawattia.bsky.social on Sumner today

Marshall knows how insurance works. This is about laying the groundwork for another attempt at destroying what's left of the ACA. The GOP thinks this argument will appeal to anti-establishment voters on the left and right who are young and healthy.

Eight Senate Democrats saw charts like these and decided "oh yes, now that public opinion is on our side and our opponent is facing electoral consequences for their policy choices, now is a great time to give up all of our leverage in health care negotiations" www.gelliottmorris.com/p/donald-tru...

I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police. It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.

I think this is why I have lost my appetite for gangster films and TV shows.

If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is a fantastic read by @rachelcorbett.bsky.social

I double dare you.

I am quietly unfollowing most big accounts on here and sticking to my Following feed and my experience has improved dramatically.

No idea who did this, but I approve.

There is literally like infinity money going into solar and batteries. Most of the fight being put up here is NIMBYism, culture warrior stuff, coal producers using the state, private/state utilities making things hard. Like Trump just cancelled one of the biggest solar projects

I didn't make this, and have no idea who did, but I find it very sweet. #IYKYK If you don’t know: it's basically a way for people to collaborate on praying all of Tehillim (Psalms), for the success of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in the election.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) actually told the press that Democrats would be the ones hurt most by losing SNAP. To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.

This is why I think Biden's strengths were more suited for Senate Majority Leader or Chief of Staff rather than President. Stuttering aside, he was not a good communicator as President.

Trump is withholding funding that’s *already there* for SNAP. They’re using hunger as a political weapon by choice. While federal Republicans willingly let kids go hungry, we passed $70M in the State Senate to do what we can.

Note perfect.

In 2024, you had one presidential candidate who was constantly talking about race and gender and it wasn't Kamala Harris or Joe Biden.

This image is from an 18thc text, 'Man-midwifery dissected'. Its author, John Blunt, wrote that women who employed male midwives were 'female brutes' who 'have stoically forgotten to blush, unless it be by the assistance of rouge'

If Johnson thought that a 2028 run would be the best way for him and Trump to both remain in power, he wouldn't let a little thing like the Constitution stand in his way. So he must think all the third term talk is politically toxic.

The news value of Trump reporting that he had a "perfect" MRI without independent confirmation is zero. And framing Trump's desire to stage a coup against the Constitution according to how he supposedly feels about it is to inaccurately frame the essence of the story.

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What a dumb take. Most Americans are never going to set foot in a Qatari jet or a concentration camp either. Does that mean we shouldn't pay attention to these things?

On immigration, Bernie Sanders is to the right of where Lindsey Graham was in 2017.

Every drop counts. Every child matters. Meet the #polio vaccinators of #Afghanistan working tirelessly to stop the virus and protect children today and for generations to come. We celebrate their commitment and thank them for bringing us closer to a polio-free world. #EndPolio

He thinks THIS mishmash is logical thinking?!?

Everyone is fixated on the children’s hospital thing but “children weren’t sick” is by far the more ignorant statement. Children dying used to be horrifically more common, even in America and even in Rob’s time.

This is exactly right. Alabamians do not seem to believe the government can fix any problems so they elect people simply based on party affiliation and name recognition and expect nothing from them after they are elected.

It is shocking that Trump is quickly tearing down a portion of the White House. But isn’t the bigger story that this action is of a piece with his autocratic presumption that he can unilaterally destroy public goods without any public consultation or explanation? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

My feelings about my military service are complicated and ever evolving, but one thing that I’m certain of is that my experience of war, of doing violence and having violence done to me, all for no reason whatsoever in the end, has left me with an almost crippling empathy for my fellow human beings.

"What did it materially change?" is the wrong question about political action. It leads to "I voted and this happened anyway, so don't tell me to vote." It's a kind of purely results-oriented customer-service demand. I get that it comes from legitimate frustration, but it also encourages futility.

It seems like all Gen X rock fans have a different exit where they get off, when it comes to U2 and REM. For me, it's Zooropa and Out of Time, although there were a few bumps in the road before then.

The Tony Blair Institute is heavily backed by Larry Ellison & was “involved in plans to create a new ‘Trump Riviera.’” That vision “envisages creating a ‘blockchain registry for land’ to underpin the construction of up to 8 ‘AI-powered, smart planned cities on the inner side of the Gaza Ring.“ …1/

Estimated attendance was 2200-2500. #NoKings #Indivisible

I'm sorry, this is a distortion. It may be like this in some communities. What I saw was a multiracial crowd. Lots of old people, presumably some of them on Medicare & Social Security. You don't get millions of people, rural and urban, in every state, who are all "upper middle class white folks."

This makes me proud to be a Purdue alum.

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator" 3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

No Kings, Birmingham, Alabama.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Great turnout for #NoKings protest in #MobileAL! Around 95% of cars driving by honked in solidarity.

Wikipedia is a great resource. While the articles don't always have reliable information, it is far, far more accessible than academic journals and books and is constantly being updated and corrected. It should be supported and protected at all costs.

What a failure: ADL, Jewish Federations spent time, money & political capital pushing the IHRA definition of Antisemitism to vilify all criticism of Israel as Antisemitic, chasing imaginary antisemites on college Campuses, while the true antisemites were always in plain sight #WeToldYouSo

You can easily block the official MAGA government accounts here. Do not engage them. Do not give them what they want.

Everyone interested in diagnosing the symptoms of democracy's decline and restoring it to health should read this book. It was published in 1927 but feels like it could have been written yesterday. #booksky

"What do we do in the face of a pro-massacre, pro-segregation, pro-eugenics government? I have a few suggestions." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-pro-mass...

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.