NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety" Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime www.404media.co/police-said-...

Some people here love to dismiss ‘sportsball’ but S. African teams being banned from international competition was an important factor in ending Apartheid because it made their crimes real for non-political folk.

My rep voted no and probably took a lot of risk to do so. Their leadership should not have left them out in the cold like this.

My greatest critique of our systems around COVID was the focus on individuals and not dramatic emergency investment in interior air quality. We are in fact plagued by this beyond the plague. The way we concentrate ease of transmission is a systemic risk. And it's solvable. Just like clean water.

you cannot be disparaged by your own words... people cannot attack you with your own ideas if ones words are repeated and they are viewed unfavorably that is not a reflection of the one who repeats it is a reflection of the author

A girl who bullied me in grade school (including physically) has posted her grief about yesterday's events (notably, not the school shooting in Colorado), so that tracks.

My family and I have considered a drive to Canada for this purpose should something happen at a federal level to completely remove access to Covid and/or flu vaccines. We would 100% do a 6 hour drive to Chicago.

Masks protect against allergens, pollutants, bacteria, and viruses!

The most important part of this article, to me, is the end. It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.” Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5) www.bmj.com/content/390/...

I spent yesterday working on practice tracks for Melissa Dunphy @mormolyke.com ‘s “Wild Embers” for the feminist chorus I’m in and it is stunning.

What a joy to hear Gabriella Smith’s “Rewilding” at Blossom Music Center, watching the birds overhead and hearing the cicadas join in with the celebration of conservation

Have you admired my guillotine earrings? Here’s the fantastic artist with a sale today

I’m planning a trip to see college/grad school friends this week and from the outset asked that we all follow certain Covid-conscious protocols. I sent care packages to my friends with info, variety of masks, tests, and xylitol sprays. Nearly cried when I got this email last night.

Read this very carefully: *One quarter* of all the people who have died of starvation in Gaza over the past 22 months have died in the past *3* days.

The America First geniuses managed to send hairdressers and soccer players into a gulag and *import* a triple murderer into the US. Nice work. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

I was gone for a little over a week to visit Calgary and Banff National Park and did my best to stay off social media during that time. The family had a lovely celebration of my dad’s 75th birthday.

New David Ives play “Philip Glass Votes in NYC Mayoral Primary”

I know that’s right! #RPDRAllStars #TeamGinger (I used a content filter to hopefully protect any spoilers)

I started work on some practice tracks for a possible small group performance of this Frank Ticheli work out of the choir I’m part of, and decided to try out my sister’s much better equipment and blanket booth in my office. And I really like the quality I’m getting…

Tarring and feathering is a vigilante style of torture dating back to medieval times- here we see the highest ranking member of Congress advocating for its use against a sitting governor of the opposing party (who has notably committed no crime)

This is devastating. The Big 4 weren’t perfect, but as I’ve been teaching my sister garment sewing, these are the most reliable for patterns easily adjusted to her body, w/ clear instructions. We’ve done some indie patterns as well & nearly all needed a muslin mock to check fit & significantly alter

I’m currently wearing trans pride earrings from Loxy to sing in a Pride concert with the feminist choir I’m part of, and my guillotine earrings are a big hit at protests

Last year I missed my mid year dental cleaning because of work stresses, insurance changes, etc and in Nov my dentist observed tartar buildup for the first time. He asked if I had started any new medications and I advised that I’d been dxed adhd and started a stimulant in previous Jan.

Games can be sense-making tools, allowing players to vicariously experience the risks of contracting COVID-19, recognize #LongCOVID’s most challenging symptoms, and connect with others amid an ongoing public health crisis. Read more from @kaatefishman.bsky.social: bit.ly/4iQhmuE

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

I do believe this is quite fantastic of the new pope.

Kennedy Center arts administration staff are seeking to unionize under UAW! I wish them every success in what I know is the difficult and worthy work form a union. Their labor is important and deserves the protection of collective bargaining. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/a...

"wait, but are they PCA or PCUSA?" -something a presbyterian vampire would definitely ask

Ok but also can we talk about the extraordinary security risk of using a jet provided by a foreign nation as Air Force one?

OFFICIAL MET GALA THREAD STARTS HERE

Ms. Ross had this in her CLOSET.

A new book asks, “Who had the audacity to prevent the death and disability of children?” Here’s an accessibly-written review of the science and the grim reality that the danger to kids is repeated exposure to COVID, not school closures. 5.8 million kids with long COVID in the US. So far.

Nobody asked for this, but I ended up making a 17 minute video about the player piano because adhd hyper fixation and big old music nerd youtu.be/QZH2mT2_Zuc

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

The list is growing. Now Tourette’s and Narcolepsy are also being referred to as injuries Also, kids don’t know about lots of things because they’re kids, that doesn’t mean those things leap into existence the moment you learn about them

"Autism didn't exist bef-..." Buddy I've been to the model train store and some of those guys are old as HELL, sit the f--- down

Everyone should be deeply concerned by the ways this can be dangerously misused by someone who devalues the lives of disabled people, and the history of what has happened before when a malign government assembles a registry of disabled people.

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

My family piano is a little more interesting than some, because it is a player piano. The player mechanism needed servicing before I took custody of it and I finally was able to put that into my budget this year.

I don’t have a specific moment I can point to. I’ve been an outspoken supporter of gay rights since high school - I wrote an op-ed about it in my school newspaper in like 2004.

I will often jot down speaking notes or have a script handy because I almost never reach a real person in either of my senators’ offices so I have about ninety seconds of voicemail message to get everything I want to say in

Human rights are not dependent on one’s ability to participate in capitalism. As others have pointed out, RFK Jr.’s false and stigmatizing statements about autism is the groundwork to propose eugenicist euthanasia.

I see some people responding by talking about autistic family members that are married and/or have jobs and y'all are missing the point You don't have to date anyone or have a job to be a member of society. Even the most "severely" autistic individuals aren't a drain on society, they ARE society

the thing about this presidency is that there is zero doubt he is letting all his friends and family know before any trade move he makes, which would be in a top 10 presidential scandal of all time, but it doesn't even register with Trump because he does so many crimes & media gives him a pass

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

Well at least there’s one bright spot. Lemme just look up what VIX is real quick

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility- celebrating the presence of our trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive siblings and neighbors. All people have the right to live as their authentic selves, and make a kinder, more open, and stronger society when they are able to do so. #YouAreEnough

Protip Don't scroll down this thread there's a monster at the end of these skeets

If you happen to go to any arena concerts this summer …. Learn how to do cute/fun makeup that confuses facial rec AI www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/01/...

This is coming up the week of the anniversary of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, where 146 workers, mostly immigrants, mostly women, and mostly minors, perished due to the company’s negligence and malice towards its employees.