This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.

Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant “we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough

If this gets you angry, then you should know: our country is doing this to undocumented children every day & has been for years. We take toddlers, feed them dirty water, & put them in places where the lights never go out. We take teenagers and house them in crowded, too cold or too hot rooms.

Years ago, my friend got shingles right before Christmas and I called her shingle bells for like a month, which she did not enjoy. Joke’s on me—I’m the new shingle bells

its not a nuclear option its just the law

Oh wow the country that bone saws journalists and doesn’t recognize LGBTQ+ rights thought your trans jokes were funny? What an accomplishment

...RFK Jr. has instead chosen to exploit this vulnerable country and fund a study for which there is no scientific basis. The researchers don't even mention wanting to compare HepB infection rates between the group getting vaccinated and the group for which the vaccine is delayed.

Many people have been giving excellent updates about the $1.6 million that RFK Jr. has given to Danish researchers to “study” the HepB birth dose in Guinea-Bissau, and I’m glad this story is spreading. The first thing that was confirmed is that the researchers are Benn and Aady, as many predicted.

Come for the sober introvert party tips, stay for a story about a dog and cocaine (no dogs were harmed either in the story or its retelling) open.substack.com/pub/askasobe...

Hey, I'm here! And I'm not the only one who's run into this!

no one is more excited about police/EMS activity than the lady on Nextdoor who posts the location and says “anyone know what’s going on? :(“

AZT is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines because it is still used to prevent HIV worldwide. RFK Jr. denies that the human immunodeficiency virus exists.

we’ll see what actually happens with an actual vote, but it would be nice not to pay $700 a month for pretty mid insurance

lol cute

I’m sorry, I just find it so endlessly charming that my dad paid for the photoshop app and all he does with it is crop pictures you send him and send them back like he’s doing you this huge favor while REFUSING to hear that any smartphone camera allows you do that for free

World champion of taking an adderall and falling asleep on the couch anyway

Many thanks to @ryanmarino.bsky.social for chatting with me about ADHD meds, substance use disorders, and that fairly ridiculous Wall Street Journal story about “drug cascades.” askasoberlady.substack.com/p/the-shocki...

Not to be dramatic, but over my dead body

Literally billions of humans over literally hundreds of thousands of years have handled this task successfully without using Sam's theft-fueled mediocrity generator.

Chiweenie foot warmer: 10/10 recommend

New from 404 Media: a Border Patrol agent recorded recent immigration raid, where agents followed a flower seller into the woods, with Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses. Recording light is clearly on, according to vids sent to us. DHS bans use of personal recording devices www.404media.co/border-patro...

I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.

We really do need to re-normalize the idea of calling out shitty people to their faces and then refusing to engage with their idiocy. We’re not products for you to milk, Chad! We’re not content cows!! Try acting like a normal fucking person!!!

1993 was a truly astonishing year for music, but not more astonishing than deciding to pick Zooropa over not just Exile in Guyville but also In Utero, Debut, Siamese Dream, Rid of Me, Enter The Wu-Tang, Last Splash, Doggystyle, Suede, Midnight Marauders, and Gentlemen to name just 10.

washington post reporter code-switching on twitter and bluesky like a key & peele sketch

I know this is an old story and who cares it’s a listicle but I care because it’s objectively incorrect and facts still matter; the correct answer for 1993 is Exile in Guyville

There are a lot of unknowns about the news media in the next twenty-five years. But we can, at least, dress for the weather. Check out CJR’s Journalism 2050 issue. www.cjr.org/the-journali...

Pam Bondi gave the FBI 30 days to compile a list of "terrorists" whose crimes are being pro-immigrant, pro-trans rights, or anti-capitalist, & directed the Joint Terrorism Task Forces to prioritize "rooting out all culpable participants". www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

We could have eliminated Hepatitis B infection in the US… …instead we are going to let newborn babies risk 90% chance of chronic infection that cause liver failure and cancer so that a few incredibly stupid adults - who are all vaccinated btw - can force their selfish science denial on other people

This is 100% going to be used to put ICE agents outside polling stations in areas where they want to suppress the vote.

What the fuck, man

They’re called psychedelics

Always cool when a newsletter post causes you to bleed subscribers. I guess there were some RFK Jr-heads among my readers? Or maybe I wasn’t mean enough? Either way, I stand by it and would love for you to read and, if you’re so inclined, subscribe open.substack.com/pub/askasobe...

I really hate whatever apple did to my phone

What is lost in a lot of these headlines is the fact that these institutions are vanishing. This is a huge loss for everyone who may ever use a therapeutic medicine in the future. And it isn’t just limited to us unlucky Americans; destroying institutions like the US FDA will have global consequences

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I found the one exception to my belief that journalists should be paid for their work

I will read this but with god as my witness, I will not pay for it with actual dollars. We’re all already paying for it with our souls, our nightmares, our inability to know peace ever again

Ahahhahahahaha my partner saw a clip of the mamdani/trump meet and assumed it was AI

you know what? good advice.

Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.

Today is the day that Zohran Mamdani truly became president

And Mamdani has such “One Day More” vibes

Trump will absolutely be won over by enthusiasm and energy and believing in something. he's a musicals guy. he's a showman.

Kinda seems like it’s not actually about security

Wait until they hear about the drug cascade that untreated ADHD tends to lead to.

Anyone: How are you? Me, waking up every day in 2025:

If you’re wondering if there’s a not-alarming way to tell people you’re spending Thanksgiving alone with your dog and four goats, I can assure you, there’s not. askasoberlady.substack.com/p/opting-out...