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@amandasmith.bsky.social

Writer, science nerd, boy crazy, Dodger fan. she/her. I made a book & won best dramatic screenplay at #AFF2021. Opinions my own & often wrong. The least influential Amanda on bluesky per bsky38.com

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew@amandasmith.bsky.social · 6y ago

She’s got a headache back cramps boobs are heavy She’s feelin bloated already ate too much spaghetti Lining’s shedding, on her chin a pimple’s reddening To a head, and she keeps on forgetting To buy tampons at Vons she’s in line She says sorry forgot something To the checkout guy

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew@amandasmith.bsky.social · 15h ago

This is particularly notably insane because while yes he lies like he breathes etc etc There is contemporaneous audio of him bragging about his real estate portfolio that day that was newsworthy *at the time* and in subsequent years for its callousness. www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

Trump's 'disgusting' 9/11 brag resurfaces in New York building claim

Hours after the collapse of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, Donald Trump was on the phone with New Jersey's local TV channel, WWOR.

irishstar.com

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 16h ago

Trump claims that after 9/11, "I went down, I was building a building in New York, and I went down there very shortly thereafter -- the following day, you couldn't go down the same day -- and we worked long and hard"

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21h ago

Vaccine conspiracism is overwhelmingly clustered among the religious, white and affluent. It’s a function of conservative ideology and bad faith media. Being nicer to MAHA types will not ‘bring them into the fold,’ it will only increase their sense of entitlement.

Objective: Strengthening of antivaccination movements in recent decades has coincided with unprecedented increases in the incidence of some communicable diseases. Many intervention programs work from a deficit model of science communication, presuming that vaccination skeptics lack the ability to access or understand evidence. However, interventions focusing on evidence and the debunking of vaccine-related myths have proven to be either nonproductive or counterproductive. Working from a motivated reasoning perspective, we examine the psychological factors that might motivate people to reject scientific consensus around vaccination. To assist with international generalizability, we examine this question in 24 countries. Methods: We sampled 5,323 participants in 24 countries, and measured their antivaccination attitudes. We also measured their belief in conspiracy theories, reactance (the tendency for people to have a low tolerance for impingements on their freedoms), disgust sensitivity toward blood and needles, and individualistic/hierarchical worldviews (i.e., people's beliefs about how much control soci hould have over individuals, and whether hierarchies are desirable). Results: In order of magnitude, antivaccination attitudes were highest among those who (a) were high in conspir- atorial thinking, (b) were high in reactance, (c) reported high levels of disgust toward blood and needles, and (d) had strong individualistic/hierarchical worldviews . In contrast, demographic variables (including education) accounted for nonsignificant or trivial lev f variance. Conclusions: These data help identify the "attitude roots" that may motivate and sustain vaccine skepticism. In so doing, they help shed light on why repetition of evidence can be nonproductive, and suggest communication solutions to that problem. Keywords: vaccination, conspiracy beliefs, health communication,
himham@himham.bsky.social · 2d ago

When you fall into the thought pattern of "AOC is just meeting with the leader of MAHA to discuss points of agreement", you've internalized the premise that your opponents should be given space to set the terms of compromise. If AOC was meeting with AIPAC to "discuss overlap" you'd see the problem

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew@amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d ago

Once a week some guy posts in r/needlepoint with a link to the app store for an app he made for his wife to design her own canvases and every time it’s just a shittier version of the industry-standard needlework design apps, just a constant stream of AI slop code

Sergio Perez@sergioperez.bsky.social · 3d ago

First, Mayor Bass retaliated against Nithya Raman by demoting her role in the City’s homelessness efforts. All for daring to run against her. Now she’s had a serious & focused leader on the County-City homelessness commission demoted. We need a mayor who tolerates & welcomes constructive critics.

He uncovered wasteful LA homelessness spending. He was just demoted, without explanation

Justin Szlasa exposed a double-billing scandal and pressed for stronger audits. Mayor Karen Bass and her appointee are not explaining his removal as LAHSA’s audit chair.

laist.com

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew@amandasmith.bsky.social · 4d ago

Ms Magazine was the only national publication that covered our fight for transparency after Beverly Hills employees and council members interfered in the opening of an abortion clinic in the city. I’m forever grateful for Gloria Steinem’s vision and persistence.

Ms. Magazine@msmagazine.com · last yr.

After antiabortion extremist groups convinced city officials to help prevent the opening of an all-trimester clinic in Beverly Hills, Calif., where will they try next? From our Spring print issue:

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew@amandasmith.bsky.social · 4d ago

This skeet was reposted by a resistposter and the reply to repost ratio is how I know the blue wave/resist network on here is all bots

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew@amandasmith.bsky.social · 4d ago

Ms Magazine was the only national publication that covered our fight for transparency after Beverly Hills employees and council members interfered in the opening of an abortion clinic in the city. I’m forever grateful for Gloria Steinem’s vision and persistence.