“The “refrigerator mother” myth was used as a justification for taking children away from their parents and subjecting the kids to ever-harsher treatments…now the Trump administration is poised to start a new cycle in which moms are once again blamed for their kids’ autism.” My latest.

to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)

the groypers sure seem to think Charlie Kirk was killed by a groyper

The right doesn’t need to know the identity of Kirk’s assassin to blame the left. They kept blaming the left for the assassination attempt on Trump even after the shooter turned out to be someone who was mentally ill but registered Republican. They’re just flatly asserting he was a leftist now.

all far right posters be like “civil war postponed, will reconvene if a new possible reichstag moment presents itself”

Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...

In an internal memo to ADL staff, Jonathan Greenblatt calls my story about the group a "shallow hit piece." The article has more than 40 sources. You can judge for yourself whether or not it's shallow or a hit piece. I'll link to Greenblatt's memo in the thread. nymag.com/intelligence...

the republican party hates public goods and wants to force feed you and your family slop produced by its billionaire allies

Virginia Giuffre's sister-in-law notes that the FBI already has any information Ghislaine could give up, bc the victims already risked it all to share it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqUE...

Tesla has had $110 million in liens filed against it in Texas alone over the last 5 years. At least two of its vendors have gone bankrupt. This behavior has been going on for a solid decade now, Tesla is simply a terrible business partner. www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/u...

The Substack app apparently push alert promoted a Nazi newsletter to several users. Users have complained about it on Substack Notes but the company hasn’t responded. Generally push alert promos are for content a user is likely to interact with

I look forward to fact checking every lie the committee tries to pass off. This is what this committee will be about: rewriting history. Trump unwound justice with the pardons and now his yes men are prepared to unwind history: thehill.com/homenews/hou...

super valuable breakdown of how ICE has built a propaganda arm and what goes into it:

What an important point by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social back in February and ever more relevant. "Pam Bondi was Florida's attorney general 2011-2109 ... So questions should be asked about why she didn't take up the [Epstein] case -- or launch a probe -- when she was attorney general in Florida."

I have never been more frustrated or afraid as a Jew. I have never felt my family here - or in Israel - was in more direct danger. And it's almost all driven by choices made by Netanyahu and his right wing American Christian allies. It's awful.

Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results. t.co/JXeTALBPds

With the National Guard and Marines deployed against US citizens in LA, we talk martial law and autocratic use of force wit an actual expert: Dr. Carrie Lee, a specialist in civil-military relations, who concisely breaks down the specifics -- whether to worry, why to be hopeful, and what to do next.

ICE crossed a line in LA

Canada is in the middle of the largest measles outbreak it has seen in generations. Despite the spread, B.C. is not considering making measles immunization mandatory for attending school, as it is in Ontario and New Brunswick, the Health Ministry told The Tyee. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports.

And actually, let’s name the editors who prioritize Musk’s feelings over the harms done to the vulnerable. It’s good to identify them and explain their choices in public.

The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology. If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.

One thing that’s important to remember is that there are going to be so many stories we don’t hear about. It’s like the women who have died because they were denied reproductive care in states that banned abortion. Many stories go untold. Reporters can only tell the stories they learn about.

Why can’t the Democrats get their shit together? Where is the The Resistance (tm)? In our latest episode, we pull apart what the opposition party is doing wrong and, drawing unexpected insight from the Drake-Kendrick feud, determine how they can get it right. www.saucepodcast.com/dems-in-disa...

they are looting our state like its conquered territory. our tax dollars are going to be sent to elon musk instead of used to build the infrastructure we already paid for.

Really easy location to show up to and tell this guy he sucks and his administration sucks!

sara for everything

real instructive that just by paying attention to the background hum of regular small plane crashes the media has created a perception of a sharp increase

1940s pediatric iron lung. This and so much more at The Plague Archives De Saisset Museum Santa Clara CA Tuesdays-Sundays, 11am-4pm #polio #rfk #hhs #rfkjr #vaccineswork #scienceisreal #historyisnow #dtap #theplaguearchives

Given #RFK’s confirmation, the Plague Archives revisits #polio. Ceramic infant doll, encased within a full body-length, supported plaster cast, probably used to demonstrate to—and assuage the fears of—child patients their prospective treatment for polio #historyisnow

Let’s ruin the Great American Novel! @mayagurantz and @gynostar are joined by Artist (and longtime listener!) Marcus Kwame Anderson and writer David F. Walker to discuss their new book– Big Jim and the White Boy, an audacious (and inspired) retelling of Huck Finn.

ProPublica is one of my monthly donations. You, too? 13/10 recommend

WARNING EVERYONE. BLUESKY IS TEAMING UP WITH A LARGE AI COMPANY. MAKE YOUR DISPLEASURE KNOWN. THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO GO THE WAY OF TWITTER. GIVE THEM ZERO REST.

Why would you by a Tesla when you could just give money to the Nazi Party directly? www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/02/why-...

“We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis right now. There have been so many unconstitutional and illegal actions in the first 18 days of the Trump presidency. We never have seen anything like this.” —Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of University of California, Berkeley law school. Time to stand up:

“It turns out the social fabric was good for business, so sorry guys, we’re trying to find the guy who did this.”

If you have the capacity, it is time to start organizing and get out in the streets with a bunch of people, loudly, if at all possible. Make signs. Find an Indivisible. Get some friends to come with you. Don't worry about doing it perfectly. Just do it. It's that time.

When your ex crip walking on the biggest haterade song ever is a level of petty that is otherworldly

Putinist celebrates Musk’s war on USAID. It’s kind of all you need to know.

US Archivist Colleen Shogan was fired today, proving once again that complying in advance will not save you, so you might as well do the right thing from the start.

BAY AREA! The Plague Archives has gotten off to a rip roaring start at the de Saisset Museum at SCU in San Jose. A site-specific installation comprising multiple video projections, a dense collection of archival material on the social, cultural, and political histories of epidemics and outbreaks.

The Internet Archive has removed its archives of individual tweets from the account belonging to DOGE staffer Marko Elez. The WSJ reported yesterday that this account belonged to Ekes, and that many of these tweets were racist and led to his resignation.

NEW details on New Canaan teen — and reported DOGE employee — Edward Coristine, from the great Jordan Fenster and me. www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...

One thing I've thought about a lot over the past few days is we were told that Musk's effort involved myriad high-profile Silicon Valley names willing to forego salary in order to help revamp government and what we got was child soldiers.

How are we going to survive this fascist takeover of our gov’t? Denial? Maya and Rebecca kick off new feature BREAD AND CIRCUSES with Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson show, unpacking what it teaches us about making spectacles out of a very bad man. (Oh wait, I thought we were trying to do denial?)

As the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) for the Caribbean, North Atlantic, and eastern North Pacific, NOAA's National Hurricane Center (NHC) is responsible for significant international coordination and collaboration, including guidance on watches and warnings to 28 member nations.

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