(Sigh) —24 million Americans are not “very few people.” —the subsidy expiration isn’t 4% of the increase; it’s 4 *percentage points* of the *gross* increase of 26%, or 15.4% of the gross increase. —More importantly, it’s causing nearly ALL of the NET increase, which is what matters to enrollees.

I have to admit, I also always had kinda the wrong idea about Norman Rockwell until I saw the piece "Murder in Mississippi" as a teen in art history class

Vraiment.

Didn't trump think he brought peace to Gaza? Is that one of the 8 wars he ended in mere days? Lol

The obsequiousness is equally pathetic and enraging.

YOU MEAN ELON SCAMMED US? HOW WILDLY OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THE MAN! LET'S INVEST OUR CHILDREN'S COLLEGE FUND IN HIS COMPANY!

this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)

Alice de Rochechouart, philosophe : « Beaucoup de gens sont dans le déni de leurs privilèges »

On this day in 1906, a Romanian Jewish woman was born. Living in France, on the 28 Sep 1942 she was deported from Drancy transit camp to Auschwitz where she perished. Her name was Freida Gueltzer Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

The best people.

One thing 2025 made clear: Durable progress on climate in the US will require structural reform to our corrupted political systems. Otherwise, steps forward will always be vulnerable to the bloody clawbacks we saw this year. A political strategy that doesn't center system reform is not "pragmatic."

It’s been half a century and it seems like this still isn’t widely understood. (from Robert Caro, 'The Power Broker', Vintage: 1975, p. 897)

The "US version of Capitalism" is quite literally how Capitalism works. It is a process that erodes the ability for 99% of its population to own assets in favor of 1% owning everything. This is literally its purported and mechanical intent.

Gen Z men learning that voting for "I can say the r-word now" is perhaps less important than "I have no savings and I can't get laid."

The outrageous sanctioning of EU lawmakers and citizens in order to pressure democratically-elected European governments to change their laws shows just how intent the US government is on controlling Europeans' lives. We must go into 2026 with eyes open.

Yes. That's indeed stupid.

I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example. Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)

The plane carrying Netanyahu to the US flew over the airspace of three ICC member states—Greece, Italy and France—despite the ICC arrest warrant, before reaching the Atlantic.

"The Golden Age is a choice."

So, is Vatican City hiring? Let us know!

Born deaf and blind, she's caught in Trump's anti-diversity crusade: A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump admin cut the program's funding over diversity goals. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...

This video from an exposé by the NY Times on how #ICELawlessness & overreach impacted citizens & reposted by @josecanyousee.bsky.social is an example of how this brutality & insanity can impact YOU, YOUR LOVED ONES, ANYONE! Speak out because #ICE is a danger to us all. Call Congress: 202-224-3121

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.

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Policy interventions need to pass basic scrutiny before they’re worth considering: 1. What problem does it solve 2. How often does that happen 3. What are the consequences 4. Is this an efficient solution GOP routinely fails this basic test bc they’re stealing and hating, not making *public* policy.

Today is the Feast of the Holy Family which commemorates the time when Jesus, Mary & Joseph were forced to become refugees. Rest on the Flight to Egypt, Orazio Lomi Gentileschi, c. 1626-1628 (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

The Rush Hour - Clyde Singer, 1937

Agree 💯 With Bernie.......

The Greenland precedent would then be used by a US government pursuing hemispheric imperialism to press claims against Canada, Mexico and Caricom states

The corrupt Trump administration is devastating for American researchers.

Actually, it’s worse than this Not only was Musk completely ignorant of what USAID did and how many lives it saved He also called it a “criminal organization” that “needs to die” And Trump-being even MORE stupid and ignorant-let him kill it

Foucault may be right about mental illness but I think sometimes we should pathologise right-wing grievance, psychosexual obsession with daddy and utter disdain for their nominal religion’s core doctrine of love for their fellow man

We should ask why it’s so easy for terms and concepts like “Heritage American” and “Western Chauvinism” are met with earnest analysis and exploration while academic theory produced by Black scholars are summarily dismissed by people reading introductory texts if that.

October-7th and what followed have radicalized me very hard against ethnonationalism. Just legions of people on every side who should and absolutely do know better saying “ok but [attrocity] is good when it’s us tho” and being taken seriously for some reason. Fuck your blood and fuck your soil.

Of all the examples of people dying because somebody inexperienced was in charge, the biggest, most horrifying was Elon Musk and DOGE. No idea what AID did, didn’t care, blew it up and at least 600,000 people died unnecessarily as a consequence. Mass murder out of ignorance and bias. Thanks, Elon.

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.

Summoning Demonic Adam Serwer:

Gonna be great the next time this guy applies for a job: "You remember the engineer who built that robot that kicked him in the balls? I'm that guy."

This is the funniest shit I have ever seen. He kicks the dude in the beans and then mocks him

There's gotta be a down side...

Our planet is buried in convenient shit. Bad but easy food. Bad but easy art. Bad but easy narratives, followed by bad but easy conclusions. Prioritizing convenience disincentivizes the slow work of contemplation. Perhaps, even, of questioning. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/cheap-fast...

Oh.

Someone, please God, show me the down side to this possibility.

Merry Christmas to all that celebrate 🎄! I hope Santa was good to you 😉 TY to everyone who commented in my last post. I promise I’ll respond, but I’ve been busy prepping food and wrapping last minute gifts 😅. “Serene birches”; mixed media on canvas; 2024. Sold #art #landscape #nature #painting

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