It’s almost like if you provide services and make necessities more affordable, there are fewer crimes of desperation

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d ago

New York City just had its safest first 7 months of a year in recorded history. Major crime plunged 12.7% citywide in July.

the man hasn’t worked on a winning campaign since 1992 but okay

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d ago

81-year-old demands political party accomodate him and him alone. www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...

My experience is of every American COVID-19 mitigation effort being obviously insufficient, and ended far too soon. To see people now argue that they somehow were too much, going too far? Not anti-vax or MAGA people, but folks just out here on Bluesky? It staggers me.

If you think children or teens only suffered because of online learning, but not because their own health has been devastatingly compromised or because they lost family members to Covid, then I don’t know what to say to you.

Appropriate air quotes because the most infuriating part about Americans debating "lockdown" is that it simply never happened. Having to pick up your Applebees and eat it on the sectional does not count. There wasn't even a brief moment where "everything" was closed. That's not real.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d ago

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

Having been an apartment dweller for the last 20 years, I had forgotten just how good a fresh picked garden tomato is. Y’all, jfc. I’m in heaven

Another periodic reminder that hot people mask because protecting yourself, your loved ones, and your community is hot as fuck. I am the luckiest to get to love @malyndae.bsky.social, who is kind, hilarious, and fierce about protecting those she loves. Be hot. Wear a mask.

David Kronig@davekronig.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This is another semi-regular reminder that hot people mask (I mean, look at @malyndae.bsky.social 😍) because masking is love and resistance and anti-fascist. Masking is community care, and community care is radical in this age. Be hot. Wear a mask.

There is a man sitting next to me, in public, with headphones around his neck, and yet he is watching videos on his phone *out loud* Civilization is dead.

People who decide we aren’t “fun anymore” are missing out on all the joy and friendship we have to offer. They’re also denying the reality of the human condition: Disability happens to almost everyone eventually. It’s a minority group you can join at any time.

Chronic illness isn’t “fun”. I’m not going to lie and say otherwise. It’s a difficult life filled with pain, sadness and a lot of disappointment. But there can also be so much joy, and my former friend’s inability to see that is a poor reflection on her, not me.

No you absolutely should fucking not, have you entirely taken leave of your common sense? Hope that helps.

CBS News@cbsnews.com · 2w ago

ChatGPT now has a space for sharing medical records. Should you?

my random hot take is you shouldn't say "may their memory be a blessing" to someone who's just lost a loved one. when my dad died & people said it to me, i just wanted to say "fuck you, i don't want his memory, i want my fucking dad." memories are comforting later, but not in the first days of grief

In fact, not many people know that during World War II, Nazi u-boats’ persistent attacks on shipping lanes into the Port of Green Bay were a decisive factor that precipitated the United States’ declaration of war on Germany in December 1941

James McLeod@jamespmcleod.ca · 2w ago

It's safe to assume that all major LLMs are scraping Bluesky data to train future models. As an open protocol, Bluesky is one of the few sources of fresh human-generated content that anybody can gobble up. So all this is probably going in the models. There are submarines in the Great Lakes.

yeah, I mean, there's a reason the Niemoller poem has "first we came for the communists" in there. and a reason that that is the line that is rarely if ever quoted.

max asher miller@maxashermiller.bsky.social · 2w ago

My great-grandfather was among the first Jews sent to Dachau, but it had operated for 8 years prior. He arrived to find a concentration camp already full of communists and other leftist dissidents. The public's acceptance of their incarceration paved the road for his own.

fascists use anti leftism to build power and co opt centrists and liberals. they are doing this right now! this is what all the gibberish anti communist rhetoric is about!

This is just so embarrassing. The CDC used to be a premier public health agency and now they’re publishing shit that the laziest kid in my high school bio class could’ve told you is asinine

The Volatile Mermaid@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m sorry what

There is not a single thing about this post that I don’t hate

Bloomberg Opinion@opinion.bloomberg.com · 2w ago

Wealth generated by AI IPOs can fill the luxury gap left by crypto's slump

"she found the request to stop recording triggering" i, too, find it triggering when other people assert their right to exist outside of my personal narrative

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2w ago

we're so cooked www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...

There are two possibilities here. Taylor Farms paid a shit ton of money to get the FDA to say this. Or DOGE decimated the FDA so significantly that they managed to fuck up a basic sample test. Neither one is great!

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 2w ago

The FDA now says that Taylor Farms finding is a false positive. What a mess.

I really hate the “I don’t owe anyone anything” mentality because we actually owe each other and this planet a lot. You don’t have to be selfless all the time or burn yourself out but you should be kind and helpful and compassionate to the best of your ability. We need to care about each other more

why is this cucumber tendril attached to the tomato cage so adorable

i wish for everyone a mayor who truly loves their city

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w ago

This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.

This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.

More media outlets telling billionaires to get fucked, please

WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

A statement from WIRED leadership.

N95s and other respirators never stopped being amazing tools to stay healthy and protect your lungs from all kinds of damage, by the way! If you don't have ready access to them or can't afford them, look up your local mask bloc here. maskbloc.org

Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc

MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.

maskbloc.org

If you've ever been hesitant to ask someone for a reference or help getting an interview, don't! Helping people get jobs is the best! You mean I get to hype up the talented, delightful people I've had the privilege of working with and getting to know?? Absolutely 1000000% yes every single time!

Not a single thing I can think of <reaches for the ice cream in the freezer instead of the blueberries in the fridge, for health>

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11mo ago

CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?

what a world we live where a medically accepted answer to "i have a debilitating neurological condition" is "ok! we'll stick 31 needles full of poison into your face and neck, and no, we don't know how or why it works, just roll with it"

An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination”

This seems like a normal color for sky. I’m sure everything is fine

I had my eyes closed during therapy to focus and get deeper into some anxiety I've been feeling and when I opened my eyes I had a spider crawling on my chest so now I have a whole new anxiety to work with and I'm sensing a conspiracy here