I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

The same Democratic Party that just surrendered in the shutdown fight: - gave up pandemic relief without a fight - failed to ban gerrymandering - gave up on Build Back Better - voted to confirm Trump’s appointees. Rollover. Wither. Die. Like Fox News line: Democrats win, they lose.

God I want to see a million “Dems demanding new leadership” articles today, I want it to be a narrative Schumer can’t escape

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

When the scheduling system asks you if you have a preexisting condition, consider “not wanting COVID” as a preexisting condition.

New York’s hottest club is Blame Zohran Mamdani for Crimes Committed While Eric Adams Is Mayor Under Laws Signed by Andrew Cuomo. It’s got everything—corrections officers who aren’t registered to vote in New York City, etc etc etc

Acts of meaningful resistance: 1) Wear an n95 style mask in public to reduce community illness while fascists destroy healthcare 2) Form & support unions while fascists destroy workers rights 3) Give $ to targeted groups (trans folks, immigrants, &c) while fascists deplete their resources

“A conventional wisdom has been solidifying in certain centrist and liberal quarters that the controls imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic Went Too Far. Sweden supposedly proves this—but as @ryanlcooper.com asks, “Does it really?”

Gov. Hochul has the ability to pass the NY Health Act, which would guarantee healthcare for everyone in NY. We have the votes to pass it in the state legislature, but Gov. Hochul refuses to endorse. Any rhetoric on healthcare, is meaningless. You have the power to fix this.

Darkly funny how obvious the bigotry is here. "Discrimination against gay people is bad but uhhhhh trans people take medications so uhhhh that's different." It's actually not! The core issue here is still equal rights for a minority being cast as a threat to the majority.

If you want to make America healthy again, start with Universal health & UBI Masks in healthcare Clean air & water Affordable housing & food Guaranteed education Paid time off Affordable child care When we accept that caring for one another is essential for health & happiness, we all benefit

But we have an entire intellectual class that has somehow convinced the public — and itself — that describing basic political realities is a form of bias. "Don't unfairly judge the right" has become "don't judge the right" — even when the facts indicate that they deserve blame.

okay Andrew now let's try "can you tell us why you left your last job?"

The world isn't silent on Gaza - this is by far the most vocal I have seen the general public on a political issue in my lifetime. I have also never seen a bigger difference between the anger of the public and the inaction of specific institutions and governments. That's the crucial disconnect.

I am deeply confused by private businesses claiming they "can't" put mask mandates in place for equally private events. At least where I live, there is literally no law against it. You CAN. You just don't WANT TO. Well, I CAN catch Covid, and I really don't WANT to.

There needs to be five-alarm level public health messaging about this. This was published in JAMA -- the Journal of the American Medical Association -- last month. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

From the people who won't raise the minimum wage:

Like why don’t certain people ask things like “so Andrew Cuomo killed a bunch of old people and cost the state a bunch of money fighting his sexual predation in office, why do you think he can handle a managerial job when we couldn’t before?”

My plea to parents is to take your children to libraries as much as your complicated parenting schedule can possibly allow. Help your children understand that this resource belongs to them and to the community, and that anyone attempting to take it away is stealing from them.

Leaving aside the egregious comparison to Larry Kramer, RFK's ideas about COVID were treated as false because they were false! He has spent his entire adult life promoting ideas that are wrong and have literally gotten children killed. How *should* we treat a figure like this?

I will never understand why the media feels the need to whitewash RFK Jr constantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

We should have a memorial day for COVID. It is horrific that we as a society have done virtually nothing to remember the millions who have died. Rushing to forget what happened also makes it much more likely that we will continue to repeat our deadly mistakes.

While the US attacks public health & disability rights… a new COVID variant is here. An n95 mask is a reliable defense against acute illness & long COVID. Unmitigated pandemics are fascist projects that most harm marginalized folks. Masking is resistance. Give/get mask mutual aid: maskbloc.org

I mean… a lot of people definitely do

US folks: If you are cis, and you have ever enjoyed Fishtopher's content, you owe Fishtopher's human a call to your senator (getting a friend to do it for you also counts) Senators are desperate for approval and flinch away from unpopular bills like frightened squirrels. You can make a difference 💜

Our tax dollars paid for these vaccines. How DARE you keep them from any of us!

If anyone asks me why I continue to mask, besides being vulnerable I say… following current WHO guidance.

"the money is too good to pass up"

Baldwin to RFK Jr: "You cannot tell us that you want to make America healthy again when you are willfully destroying programs that keep children safe and healthy from lead poisoning ... the entire staff has been fired"

Nearly 470,000 people in the Gaza Strip, or approximately one in five of its residents, could starve to death in the coming months under Israel’s total aid blockade, according to a new report published Monday.

Liberals and leftists: stop thinking that getting vaccinated absolves you from your responsibility to other human beings. Stop thinking that being vaccinated makes it totally ok for u to infect and kill/disabled those around u. MASK UP, join disabled ppl in fighting for public health! And read this

There are a lot of bad things happening all at once, and it’s overwhelming to think about how to meet moments like this. Jean says to focus on 1 or 2 things that you care about, understand fairly well, and are either local or involve a topic where you’re likely to have influence and find community

A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here

Environmental racism perpetrated by corporations is one of many reasons that any justice movement must be centered in disability justice. Racism will disable you. Classism will disable you. Capitalism will disable you. Clean air is a human right. Disability justice is for us all.

It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Covid has taught me that my love language is apparently "Values my health more than indoor dining at Chili's"

just gonna repost my AI policy for my doctoral seminar.

Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death

Folks should know: Maine has all of *two* trans high school girls doing sports. (The article neglects to mention that.) Maine's governor rightly has those girls' backs, so Trump cut off USDA funding for school meals. He'll make children go hungry so he can harm 2 kids. www.npr.org/2025/04/12/n...

Call NY Assembly Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins to speak out against the mask ban: (518) 455-2585 Here are two points you can make: 1) Wearing a mask is not a crime. 2) We should be reducing ways people can be arrested in this dangerous moment, not increasing opportunities for arrest.

New York might become the next state to pass legislation making us more vulnerable to contagious diseases. It’s in the works right now, so this is the moment to speak up. #publichealth #politics #nurses

I've finished my extremely basic normie tariff discussion. Here's what it looks like.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

THE ISSUE IS NOT THAT THEY ACCIDENTALLY ADDED A JOURNALIST, IT'S THAT THEY'RE DOING WAR PLANS ON AN UNSECURE APP AND ALSO IT'S CLEAR JUST KIND OF GUESSING WHAT PRESIDENT BRAINMELT WANTS BECAUSE HE'S NOT CAPABLE OF TELLING THEM

some more congestion pricing Ws: Broadway attendance: up 21% Restaurant reservations: up 7% Pedestrian traffic: up 4% Retail sales: up $900M Commercial leasing: up 61% Subway crime: down 37% Car crashes: down 50% Honking complaints: down 69%

Politicizing masks has done untold amounts of harm. First mask mandates were dropped in healthcare, leading to countless preventable infections. Then the regular harassment of maskers began. Then Vance’s federal ban on mask mandates. Now it’s mask bans. They’re criminalizing a medical device

Mask bans are spreading (in blue states & red) The desire to cosplay 2019 normal is strong. No one wants a reminder of the pandemic. Governments want to quash protests & enhance surveillance Call your elected officials AND wear a mask! The more people wearing them, the harder they become to ban

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