Patients in Utah tell doctors "they wish they'd known beforehand how bad measles was, so that they could have protected their family" with a goddamn vaccine. If only they had known that measles can kill people....
www.ksl.com/article/5145...
I’m briefly in India. This is a facile observation, but Americans have barely scratched the surface in understanding how the rest of the world is reacting to this war. It’s already an Iraq War-style disaster in the global imagination, underscored by the thuggishness and caprice of the Trump approach
"I don’t know the moment it happened; it must’ve been a slow realization. ‘My bike is my mobility aid’." Great article from @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social published In Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...
Today the United States wasted another #1B on an illegal war in Iran, money that could have been spent on funding health care or providing SNAP benefits or cancer research or academic scholarships for minorities. I could go on and on but I think you get my point. #endtheiranwarnow
the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.
Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."
I don't know if anyone even cares about crime statistics. They go up, need more police. They go down, police are juking the stats, and we still need more police. They hit historic lows, the problem is that people don't FEEL safe.
Just saw a studio in Miami for $1050 and the kitchen…KITCHEN.. is outside. Y’all play too much. The greed is fucking astounding at this point.
As this was happening you were told shoplifting and home invasions were grave threats you needed to abandon any pretense of sympathy to address.
They Thought They Were Free is a really good book to understand that these people never fully actualize their part in horrible atrocities.
Whats going to happen is people will say it wasn't that bad and just not say they supported that much anyway. They were just peripheral to it.
"This generation has watched tech go unregulated before. They were the guinea pigs of social media and have faced the brunt of its consequences." Not again. ICYMI @racheljanfaza.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4l61zuB
I had to bail someone out this evening and I was reminded for the 10,000th time how purposely dehumanizing courts are.
The "Wow, we didn't know this thing that Israel did" reactions from the Trump admin just sound like cover. The countries share military intelligence. The US just wants a lie to give Arab monarchies.
Sonny Burton is set to be executed by the state of Alabama on Thursday. There is a direct line between a government that murders its own citizens and the devaluing of life abroad. The sin has always started at home.
!["Hi. My name is [your name]. I am calling on Gov. Ivey to grant mercy to Sonny Burton who is set to be executed on March 12, 2026. Not only does the State of Alabama admit that he was not the killer and received a grossly disproportionate sentence compared to the actual killer, but Sonny's health is deteriorating rapidly. Crippling Rheumatoid Arthritis leaves him reliant on a wheelchair and a high fall risk.
He even wears a helmet to protect his head during falls. Killing Sonny will not serve the people of Alabama. Please commute his sentence."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5khesvavvttyuygvncdhfjge/bafkreieuvun55xjhrog2lunoaablputs4brwi26avhbyqzafzuo3csptdi)
"Hi. My name is [your name]. I am calling on Gov. Ivey to grant mercy to Sonny Burton who is set to be executed on March 12, 2026. Not only does the State of Alabama admit that he was not the killer and received a grossly disproportionate sentence compared to the actual killer, but Sonny's health is deteriorating rapidly. Crippling Rheumatoid Arthritis leaves him reliant on a wheelchair and a high fall risk. He even wears a helmet to protect his head during falls. Killing Sonny will not serve the people of Alabama. Please commute his sentence."
Please take a moment, please, to call Gov. Ivey at 334-242-7100 with the following message provided by Death Penalty Action
People did argue Eliza was self-aware. And it was just about 200 lines of code. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA#R...
ELIZA's creator was so alarmed by the fact that people mistook the chatbot for a sentient being that he wrote an entire book about why this implementation of computer technology was a huge problem and it is a staggering achievement
Mainstream America: We are obsessed with Heated Rivalry and Drag Race. We love them and can't get enough.
American Democrat politicians: LGBT people are not culturally normal. We will not speak of them.
Trump has not ruled out a ground invasion. He has not ruled out a draft. Pentagon is already asking for $50B more for war with Iran. This will not end well.
Stop the culture wars. This isn't red vs blue. It's working people vs billionaires. Stand united. Stop this war. Save our nation & world.
5/5
4. Trump resigns or is impeached
Consequence: With Trump gone, actual peace negotiations begin. We may even be able to work on global nuclear non-proliferation as was done between USA and USSR in 1984/85. This will require the GOP to grow a spine, which seems unlikely
We Need Option 4 ASAP
4/5
3. Israel & USA use nuclear weapons.
Consequence: Definite global war erupts. Potentially billions killed. This is not hyperbole. Experts estimate a nuclear war would result in 4-6 billion people killed within the first two years. It would be worse than any hollywood film can imagine
3/5
2. Trump conducts a ground invasion of Iran
Consequence: USA will lose. Iran is not Iraq. It is 3X the size with 93M people and a formidable military. Potentially millions killed. Likely global war erupts killing tens of millions of people Sends the world into a global long term recession.
2/5
There are only 4 possible scenarios on Iran. 4th is the best option for humanity & one Trump would rather die than accept.
1. Trump admits defeat & leaves Iran.
Consequence: Global power shifts to China & Russia. USA is the laughing stock of the world (even more than now). Iran is emboldened
1/5
yeah this is basically it
Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region
I get so mad about this because I was constantly told "oh just read to your kid and they will learn to read too" and so I DID but my kid still didn't learn to read until I eventually got access to a program that taught him phonics because I didn't know they weren't teaching him phonics in school!
