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it's okay to start wearing a mask again if you stopped. lots of people reporting covid infections right now. wastewater data showing high levels.

New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

One way sighted people can determine what to put in alt text: Imagine you sent the post or article to a friend, and the image didn't load. What would someone need to know to get the equivalent experience and context? This will help you identify the important details.

“After cannabis was added to the DUI law, the lab’s invoicing for cannabis testing skyrocketed.” Invoicing taxpayers, essentially.

87M light years away from us lies this lenticular galaxy, NGC-1482. Here you can its beauty thanks to JWST/MIRI data released earlier today! 🔭 It is a starburst galaxy as well, meaning a lot of new stars are born there every years, way more than in our own Milky Way! HD: flic.kr/p/2rnj5cs

USA 🇺🇸 Rétro Chicago 1971…

Normal Greeks: “emergency exit procedure.” Me, a late antique Hellenist: “liturgy of the exodus of danger.”

STOP. STARTING. SUBSTACKS. IN 2025. YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO AT THIS POINT, IT HAS BEEN COMMON KNOWLEDGE FOR 2 YEARS THAT THE PLACE IS RUN BY TECHNOFASCISTS, COME TF ON

In a just world transition medicine would be considered a miracle because of its extremely high rate of success for those who need it, but even outside of that context it should be fucking astounding in what it reveals about how much the body can evolve at a physical & biological level.

This is why it’s abolish, not “community control” or “civilian oversight” or “committee for accountability” or any of the other half-measure dogshit offered as a sop whenever too many people hit the streets. FIVE different entities if you count police district councils, zero consequences.

a white noise app that is just different appliances organized by brand and model

With the continued push to divert funds away from Planned Parenthood (an actual healthcare provider) we need to be more vigilant about the rise of crisis pregnancy centers, which look like doctors offices but do not and cannot provide real care to patients! www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

when will Zorhan Mamdani reject and denounce the fact that the costars of his mom’s 1991 film MISSISSIPPI MASALA are too hot

listening to OMD at the Riv right now and realizing how much influence they have had on the music I have loved since I knew what it was to love music if that makes sense they sound amazing!

Taking the streets for today's No Kings protest in Chicago? Make sure to take down this number.

Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.

Imagine earnestly posting that journalism isn't a crime in 2025. Everything is a crime under fascism. Tnat's why we've been warning against increasing criminalization for years.

My birthday is coming up, just in case anyone wants to buy me a Green Mill

The entire Green Mill complex is apparently up for sale 🚨🚨🚨 www.loopnet.com/Listing/4800...

This is really good. In my family I'm a couple generations removed from the poor southern childhood she describes, but I think about my relatives who also toiled in fields and lacked indoor plumbing who were duped by the Southern Strategy www.mississippifreepress.org/democracy-wh...

We are 3 seconds from a dim, influential person arguing that it's ok for "AI" to hallucinate scientific references because it means those papers *should* exist.

It’s not too late to get the most recent booster, which could provide some protection against severe illness from this new variant. Not too late! A common symptom of this new variant is a fiery-sore throat. Like gargling glass. Why not get a little shot instead? It’s not too late!

The measure features a new menu of revenue sources to help keep buses and trains running that include an electric vehicle charging station fee, a tollway surcharge and extending money rideshare fees and real estate transfer tax to the Cook County suburbs and collar counties.

I mean, cities and counties buying into Flock cameras couldn't not know on some level. I mean, you couldn't not know that sending your spit to a company like 23 & me might mean that info could be exploited or sold. We live in a capitalist and plagiarist hellscape.

This week's blog post is here, and it's about LLMs as a cultural phenomenon:

"I want the Caribbean to be free, the diaspora to be free, but I also want 𝘮𝘦 to be free."

her: why u only read the front page of the newspaper me: for the obituaries her: but obituaries are in the back me: not the one i'm looking for

i will read your free substacks, but I am not subscribing to them. it's a bummer, but if that's your platform, I just can't give you money.

Banning transgender people from women’s sports may make sense at first if you are an enthusiastic supporter of opportunities for girls and women, but upon examination of the facts, we see that these bans are not about protecting girls and women AT ALL. Read here for more information:

I always like The Spectator because the fadeout paywall feels exactly like walking away from someone unbearable at a party

'The Settlers' makes Louis Theroux say what he thinks defector.com/the-settlers...

You don't have to care about the Founders. We should have as little reverence for them as they themselves had for all the hallowed things they left behind. Less actually, because they are dead. We are here. They are not. What kind of America do we, the living, want to have?

luv 2 enter the US healthcare industry just as it gets taken over by flagrant charlatans, glad to have received some training before they burn it all down

“only the state can decide what a woman is” is prima facie such a nasty political development, nearly dystopian in its implications. it shocks me that so many get duped into thinking it protects anyone but men

Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.

there are so many newsletters I would pay for if they weren’t on substack

This is the way. The NY press is in the tank for Cuomo. If we wanna beat this bum, it's up to us spreading the word as individuals. Spread the word, friends. Don't rank Cuomo at all on your ballot.

"Like Amazon, but with human beings."

MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.

the Pequod’s crew could hardly resist the spell of sleep induced by such a vacant sea

I'll be volunteering at the Wasteshed in Evanston for their bead-sorting social tomorrow. If you're in the area, you should stop by and say hi (while also helping a local business provide affordable art supplies to the community!):

If you voted for Allison Riggs in the 2024 NC election check here to see if your ballot is being challenged. If so, then you have 15 business days from whenever they mail the notices to cure your ballot, but best to check now & cure yours as soon as possible, even if this ruling might get overturned

look at this murdered out penguin.