FYI: Talarico is endorsed by Kamala Harris *and* Jasmine Crockett. For those that don't know.

Request for national input from Connecticut locals: support two bills to increase access to vaccines - strong oppositions from anti-vaccine groups seeking to deny others access. Time sensitive: hearing Wednesday. gnhcommunity.ning.com/profiles/blo...

Past year: Introducing Gen Z to the horrifying policies of the 2000s This year: Introducing Millennials to the horrifying policies of the 1970s

"Fed is best" applies to all humans, not just babies! Eat what you have the energy to feed yourself!

@benkuchera.bsky.social When I was getting ready to take in a probably-stray cat I would get a collar & go to a self-serve tag-carving device & get a tag that said "if this is your cat call [telephone number]" & a few days later it was my cat.

"Sure Platner's a Nazi but Mills is old." Thank you for letting us know which side you'd be on in WW2. "Sure the Germans are Nazis, but FDR's in a wheelchair? IDK it's a bad look, gonna have to go with Adolf."

I managed to apply enough torque w/ a *hand-operated* socket set that I broke 2 screws (w/ socket heads) by turning them the wrong way. Now I have to get replacement screws, & dig out the broken screws. I have the right tool for this, but I'm not very good at it. Ugh.

Ad for a cat product: "It's Daylight Savings, or 'dinner is late' to your cat. We can't fix that. But here's..." Question: Huh? I mean, I can see a cat or dog getting upset because you woke up too early & disrupted their routine, but *dinner is not late* until the autumn switch to Standard Time.

this is where i remind everyone in a room of pasty male governors when the bully in chief zeroed in on Janet Mills she said fuck you and defended trans girls. took him to court. won. people say they want fighters against this regime. then vote for the ones who show they will.

My kid asked when Easter is. I told him. He says I explain too much. 1/

“Trans children are perfect.”

This is a good way of phrasing this

Long thread very worth reading.

(Someone once told me the reason Mitt Romney was able to be somewhat independent as a Republican in the Senate was that he could afford fantastic security for himself and his family. And there have been some overview-pieces but it's still not part of the discourse the way it should be.)

Reposting this for the marvelous description of the state of the race between Talarico & Crockett: "Talarico, who polls suggest is either about to win by 12 or lose by 14, because polling is a science." The article seems a bit too oversimplified, but not outright wrong.

This needs to be readily to hand right now

I have just had it brought home to me that the US ACA guarantee of full coverage at wellness visits does not apply if you actually discuss your health at said visit.

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

It should be the No. 1 Rule of social media: "You do not argue with Mr Kaszeta".

Destroyer HMS Ledbury was part of the disastrous PQ17 arctic convoy During Pedestal, she was ordered back to Gibraltar. Her captain ignored it. He'd sworn they'd never leave a convoy again, if there was a chance to save it She found Penn and Bramham trying to save SS Ohio and was the difference /1

On the last day of early voting for the primary in my state, the line is over an hour just to get to the door of the polling room. And this is a primary, so we are the most committed voters showing up. 1/

And on the subject of copy-left licenses in general - READ THEM. They're not the same as "uncopyrighted." I know of a large organization that got in trouble while using a copy-left license for what they thought was is intended purpose.

Dayum. Just heard a minister say, as perhaps only Black ministers can, “We will fight until hell freezes over, and then we will fight on the ice.” I’m stealing that!!

The replies to this post go on and on and on and on and on And so many of the things being mentioned are just so cool & exciting. Read it. Read it all.

The FDA has reversed course and will now review Moderna’s new flu vaccine. Last week, professional agitator Vinay Prasad overrode FDA scientists and sent a letter saying that the FDA would not review it.

reminder

Sadly however we are in the wrong season for a nice, boring tropical storm so, well, uh oh

Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways

This could, possibly, make the House leadership elections especially consequential.

This is interesting. Read the thread. (Don't read all the comments though. Too many are written by people w/ opinions based on misidentified of how impeachment works).

I have a radical request. Please don't post about the US impeachment process unless you have some nodding aquaintance w/ how it works. It's political - the only consequence is removal from office. Conviction requires 2/3 of the Senate. Trial is in the Senate. The Senate determines the trial process.

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

America may have always been like this for far too many people but this administration is bringing it home, directly and in person, to a ton of folks who have never seen it before that this is their response is extremely encouraging

Feels like the screenshot is really strong evidence that the only people who like our regulators are their own friends because the mental gymnastics for that argument would internally decapitate most people

I keep seeing this excerpt posted w/ a post that suggests it gets rid of an entire administration all at once. It does not. 1/?

Was about to respond to the OP by pointing out that reverse aging is not, actually, available & is probably more relevant than most of what they're saying but didn't because of the 1918 flu.

Google is now useless for basic stuff that it used to be useful for.

In September 1991, on the very 1st day of the semester, my "Government and Politics of the Soviet Union" professor strode into the room, dropped a stack of books into the trashcan, and proclaimed loudly in his heavy Polish accent "Well, my friends, this is now a history class! Let's begin."

"I will work with Congress to. . . ." Too many people believe that Presidents can just snap their fingers and reorganize the government. Citizens United may need a Constitutional amendment. "Reform" the Supreme Court will run into separation of powers challenges.

*sigh* As an anti-war & good government person, I do have to give GWB props on helping to stave off the spread of AIDs in Africa through PEPFAR.

That right there is the key difference between appropriation and appreciation. "Taking something you don't understand just to have it" vs "being given something in the spirit of sharing culture and community".

I enjoy this story.

Thread. 🧵 (1/x) On the superiority of water as the primary decontaminant for tear gas and peppery spray on skin and eyes. To make it clear to people, this is a thread. Some of you are not clear on the concept. I will reply this with another post and mark it with a number in (x). And so forth. (1)

I recently attended an in person training for a new software. The developers asked the room if they preferred written or video training content. The response was starkly divided by age.

Neurodivergent families tend to have strategies and adaptations. This is good, it just doesn't change how society is hostile to neurodivergence.

My first grader (a US citizen) came home from school crying because a friend from class (also a US citizen) hasn’t been coming to school because his parents (one of whom is not a citizen) are afraid of ICE. Little kids don’t have concepts of racism and xenophobia. That has to be taught. Or imposed.

Covering up murder