FYI there is no "real" reason why Rome "fell." Its power waned for the usual, mundane reasons: widening gap between rich and poor, inability to maintain infrastructure, incompetent leadership, pointless wars, endless persecution of marginalized groups who performed vital labor, etc.
Massie: "I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."
After spending all day on Twitter: People are essentially evil. After spending all day in the real world: People are essentially decent. After spending all day on Bluesky: People are essentially 38 years old.
Hispanic people experienced the worst health outcomes, access and quality in Texas, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund – a private foundation focused on health equity in the U.S. Read More👉 ebx.sh/D0FVa6
We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.
Don't think I've ever seen @rickhasen.bsky.social this angry. "The Supreme Court itself has shown itself to be the enemy of democracy. [Democrats] have to consider reform of the Supreme Court itself, a conclusion I had been resisting until the court made this unavoidable." slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century
This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously.
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People are leaving or avoiding living in states with abortion bans, a new paper shows — resulting in lower rental prices and higher vacancies than in states that protect reproductive rights. buff.ly/rXSXg3I
Abortion bans reshaped reproductive health, and now the rental market
New research found that abortion bans resulted in lower rental prices and higher vacancies, another sign that these laws are reshaping who chooses to live under reproductive health restrictions.
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"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
Most sunscreens protect skin from UV light but the tinted variety also block visible light. And that can be important for people with hyperpigmentation or melasma, especially those with darker skin.
Tinted sunscreen does something regular sun protection can't
Most sunscreens protect skin from UV light but the tinted variety also block visible light. And that can be important for people with hyperpigmentation or melasma, especially those with darker skin.
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“They claim to read the same books” is such a multilayered burn, I LOVE it
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 12mo agoClegg Says Silicon Valley’s Herd Behavior Drives It Toward Trump
very excited to announce I have been featured in Liberal Currents, writing about what Zohran’s pro-housing policy should look like! here’s the TL;DR: 1) upzone, upzone, upzone 2) address hard costs & permitting 3) leverage the public sector 4) appoint the right people 5) sell the vision
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 12mo ago“What levers are available to Zohran to achieve the goal of a more affordable, sustainable, and livable New York City?” www.liberalcurrents.com/zohrans-5-st...
CBS on the cardinals: "One thing we know they're not doing is checking Instagram because their devices have all been confiscated. I believe the kids call it rawdogging."
The Nintendo Switch 2 launch has been so laughably incompetent. How can they have learned absolutely nothing about how to handle this type of thing? It’s 2025! They’ve had 5 years since Sony’s PS5 fuckups, and ages since the original Switch launch 🙄
You can’t post your way out of fascism Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them 🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
404media.co
The way the Florida DOT has handled I-95 maintenance/expansion is honestly fucking embrassing
We also treat “the campaign” as if it’s something that occurs June-November. What the right knows and excels at is that the campaign exists every day, all year around. Dems need to do a better job of touting their legislative wins and bashing the gop for opposing popular bills that help real people.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social · 2y agoThe ironic thing about post election chatter is that a lot of the time it’s candidates who lost, underperformed, or underworked who have endless time to go on TV and share their blame story. And for their part, journalists rarely EVER ask if that person actually ran a functionally solid campaign
Hey! 👋🏽 I’m back. Is anyone still here or seeing this?
the fact that multiple newspapers are altering their coverage of the election based on fear of reprisal from one candidate is, in fact, a Giant Fucking Story
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2y agoThe Washington Post won’t endorse a candidate in the presidential race for the first time in 36 years www.npr.org/2024/10/25/n...
