your waiter works with a cold, your barista has the Flu, your market cashier has Covid, this is what happens without sick pay.

It was six years ago today that a man in Wuhan, China began feeling ill. He would become the first known COVID case. Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling. Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters. Public health is a social justice issue.

Christ I got more views on a YouTube live talking about impeachment. It wasn’t my show but still.

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Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."

How do you think he gets those? They leak to him.

People say they want to manufacture real things in America again BUT they complain that it’s “inappropriate” and “not productive” to talk about how we need lots of guillotines. Like make up your minds!

This requires citing the great Delta v Union MEME fight Delta: Union:

Manchester Evening News @manchestereveningnews.co.uk warns about the surges of flu, COVID, RSV and Norovirus as a reason why Dr. Alex Allen, Consultant Epidemiologist at @ukhsa.bsky.social asks people to #MaskUp to stop the chain of transmission. www.instagram.com/p/DRs45MukR5...

I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...

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New Yorkers kept telling me the same thing: they’re thinking of leaving because they can’t afford to raise their kids here. Universal childcare isn’t just a promise — it’s how we make this a city for everyone.

Santa Fe is linking wages to rental prices — a first in the U.S. — as officials try to slow displacement with soaring housing costs

Non-stop stream of these messages simply because I called out white supremacists and anti immigrant racists on their hate and shitty, failed narratives. Fragile to the core.

He cherishes country music everybody.

Keith is a ferocious #LongCOVID activist in Newfoundland & Labrador doing Twitter Spaces, Facebook live events, billboards, and videos to get folks to understand that they really do not want to get #COVID and #LongCOVID. Donate towards his efforts on his GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/physical-m...

Reminder that many countries where these migrants come from have higher vaccination rates than we do in the US. The call is coming from inside the house. (and whooops we exported #measles cases TO Mexico from our Texas outbreak).

The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.

Happy orange flower Sunday, y'all. Hope folks are having a nice day. #flowerpower #bloomscrolling

One thing I learned over the weekend from talking to finance people is that they assume the AI bubble is going to burst and their issue is figuring out when so they can time their trades right.

Love how this guy who constantly lies about everything, including basic numbers, is director of the National Economic Council and frontrunner for Fed Chairman. Lowest regular gas price by state is Oklahoma, $2.418. National average is $3.005. gasprices.aaa.com?state=US

The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste

Built in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake, it houses human skeletons.

A new post by a Republican state Senator in Indiana, saying she will "not cave" on redistricting as she shares that she was just the target of a pipe bomb threat to due "DC political pundits."

I happily donate to Wikipedia, incredible resource in this day and age especially.

The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.

What a beautiful interior this place has. Let's all move to Guadalajara and live in homes like this.

This was well done and also what I’ve been saying for years, glad to see more people on it

And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now. Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government. Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives. Duh.

Just hear me out: maybe the Democratic Party’s problem is that the party leadership is full of people incapable of realizing that Matt Yglesias has terrible political instincts.

Strong floor. No ceiling. Unfinished Basement. Recently remodeled kitchen. You’re going to want to fix that ceiling. Homeowners association is lenient on Christmas decorations.

Hiding flood risks is dishonest advertising. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

Republican U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas announced that he will retire from Congress after his term ends in 2026 to focus on family.

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild Sehlat Mugato Tribble Targ (do NOT go Targ hunting with Martok, you don't want to be stuck in a Targ blind with him--he has...digestive issues) Moopsy (holy hand grenade of Antioch effective here too) I can do this all day, people

You guys wanna see a dead body

it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago

This is an extremely fucked up thread and stuff like this is radicalizing me to support outlawing not only AI, but probably smartphones and social media, too. Read it.

God I can't believe it took me this long to spot the similarity between the ongoing Covid pandemic and the spread of AI In both cases capitalism pushes for the acceptance of their ubiquitous presence in our lives as the new normal despite our reluctance...

A🧵 This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds. The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful. THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die. 1/n

The Times adjusted it's headlines, but not until after other media started reporting the links as factual using the Times. How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?

News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.

Spain may bring back indoor face mask rules as flu and COVID cases surge. Health leaders will meet on Dec 3 to decide whether masks should again be required in hospitals, health centers, and possibly other crowded indoor venues like cinemas or theatres to help reduce transmission. archive.md/2ySDF

Stockton pleads with the community to find the shooter.

a children’s birthday party.

All of these companies should be taxed into the ground and required to pay living wages.

Tennessee people, vote for this lady this week. She's cool and she puts the country perilously close to having a single check and/or balance.

It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.

Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.

I'm teaching and advising this fall, and I have NEVER seen so many students who no idea how to do anything on their own. They forget to register for the classes I approve, forget to answer irgent emailed reminders, and miss class more often than any age group I've had in 28 years of teaching

An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.