question for brooks: what if they are, literally, nazis?

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

It is in the mid 50s and raining at HonkFest and almost everyone in this coffee shop is getting an iced drink 🥶 I do not understand #BostonThings

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HonkFest: all these radically inclusive band folks wearing tutus & respecting human rights & appreciating one another’s music, I can see why the far right finds our radicalism so dangerous! At the afterparty a band played “Bill Nye the Science Guy” and we all yelled “science is cool!” 🤣🎉🔬🎵🎺

This might seem like a casual threat to annihilate a country but it’s actually part of a reasonable argument as to why the speaker should have won the Nobel Peace Prize “I will tell you what… Iran will be very quick one way or the other: that they give us everything or they don’t exist any longer.”

elon musk has more empathy for lines of code than a majority of humanity

onion person@junlper.beer · 3d ago

its feels like a mass psychosis where tech leaders continue to insist you can be cruel, mean, and hurt the feelings of lines of code

Millions Lose Private Medicare Plans and Face Rising Costs www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/b... Huh it almost seems profit-driven Medicare options have limitations and downsides who’d of thunk?

Private Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance (Gift Article)

As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Almost as though immigrants have enormous contributions to our economy & wellbeing 🤔

Trump immigrant purge could cut social security for Americans by $2,000 a year

New report on economic cost of anti-immigration campaign projects 8.6% reduction in retirement payments by 2034

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“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)

After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

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“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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Now seems like a good time to say that the more I look at what doge did with USAID the more it looks like a straightforward eugenics project and Elon’s protests that he didnt know anyone might die seem doubly evil

Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · 2w ago

Failing up ..."Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare. A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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A couple quick observations here, which should be obvious. 1) insurance “risk pools” work by requiring younger/healthier people who make few or no claims to sign up and pay premiums alongside older/less healthy people who do, essentially covering their costs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Assistant AG for Fraud Colin McDonald: "Apparently 35% of people have never even used their Obamacare account for any health services. That is a statistical impossibility and it's because these are not real people seeking real care. These are fraudsters."

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

On holidays I really miss my synagogue from Atlanta, and I’m grateful tonight for live streaming 🙃 (גמר חתימה טובה)

Silly of me to worry about things like constitutional rights, the balance of power, children having access to food and education, and people not dying of preventable diseases when all this time Washington is… actually one of several majors capital city without a “triumphal arch” 🤔

This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

Breaking News: Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would help cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Man…

Hakeem Jefferson@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 3w ago

Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

Damn. Please read this heart-wrenching piece by @nhannahjones.bsky.social. In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

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Posting so I remember to listen later

FirstcallID@firstcallid.bsky.social · 3w ago

🎙️ Confessions of a Swabber Superficial wound swabs are supposed to be useless. But are we taking that message too far? When purulent drainage is present, a swab may sometimes provide a useful clue (if you can resist treating the culture). 🎧 New episode of The Host Response #IDsky #meded

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@publiccitizen.bsky.social has found some actual, secretive government collusion with big pharma companies

Peter Maybarduk@maybarduk.bsky.social · 3w ago

We obtained Trump’s confidential drug pricing deals with Pfizer & Lilly via FOIA litigation. The texts are heavily redacted, making it impossible to verify some of Trump's claims. But unredacted text shows Trump exaggerated his drug pricing achievements, which expire anyway at the end of his term.

A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...

A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees (Gift Article)

Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.

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Fully vaccinated for flu and COVID more than 3 weeks before @honkfest.bsky.social !

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If I lose thousands of dollars a year to the grocery store, and I say "I'm not going to trade with the grocery store any more" then I don't lose thousands of dollars a year. Its very simple, right?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump: "If we lose $50 billion a year with a country, and we say 'we're not going to trade with you anymore,' we don't lose $50 billion a year. It's very simple. Right?"

Our lab’s lower limit of normal for ferritin for adult women is um much much much lower than this

Shematologist, MD@shematologist.medsky.social · 4w ago

So excited to share our new @ash.hematology.org iron deficiency diagnosis guidelines TLDR: Adults 🩸ferritin < 30 diagnostic of ID 🩸ferritin < 50 w/symptoms or risk factors diagnostic of ID Kids 🩸ferritin <20 diagnostic of ID Get your lab intervals updated! tinyurl.com/ASHirondx

Flu shot ☑️ grateful hospital hosted clinic in a room next to my office that I walk by 10x/day, so I couldn’t forget 🤣