Kali

@kali7.bsky.social

Analyst Artist Activist Love all things science. Love all things music. Political. Pandemic nerd. Long Covid exists. Animals are friends. Not fond of religion. She/They Neurodivergent

The president is just such a stupid asshole. I know we try to ascribe motives to this guy but he’s at the end of the day, when the story is written, just a dumdum idiot with a tiny brain that don’t work so good.

At the same time as the agency is rolling back its power plant standards, it’s launching a new study that would test the country’s water supply for abortion medication, contraception, and hormones used in gender-affirming care, along with over 1,000 other medications and chemicals.

The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution

The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.

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When a team of ProPublica reporters first heard that a Putin-linked oligarch named Umar Kremlev attended Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding, they couldn’t believe it. Then they found the proof in an Instagram group photo. Listen to this excerpt from our “Paper Trail” podcast:

We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.

Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”

Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...

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Macklemore can sue Robert Kraft for Tortious Interference for economic harm and I hope he does. Discovery would be fun: "Which other stadium owners did you talk to?" and "We need all related emails, text messages and contracts between you and them and you and Sheeran and Sheeran's team."

Men in politics, I'll tell you a secret about what really attracts women voters. What makes them think you're really manly. It ain't sports. It ain't lifting. It ain't guns. You wanna know? It's a tightly held secret. But I'll tell you. [leans in and whispers]: Giving a shit about other people.

Streisand Effect. Congrats, Robert Kraft and pro genocide supporters. You've just made Macklemore and his speech mentioning "Free Palestine" into a global issue, galvanizing the majority.

Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...

Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton

The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”

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All of Ed Sheeran’s opening acts and his touring band have dropped out of the remaining dates of his ‘Loop’ tour in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore.

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…So are we working on big hauler trucks not using diesel or…petroleum anymore, but instead battery powered? Gonna be too pricey to use petrol soon… just wondering if we had another plan or if we were gonna fall in a pit like a bunch of idiots lol. humans are adaptive but…not this cycle of them 🫠

Our vote is under attack. So don’t wait until Election Day. Check your registration. Know your polling place. Make a plan. VOTE EARLY. They’re counting on confusion, delays and people giving up. This is not the election to wing it!!! #GetReadyToVote

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“We’re standing there with our eyes closed and getting punched in the face.” CBS has obtained verified photos showing destruction of buildings, vehicles and aircraft at U.S. positions in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Trump is golfing, making AI videos and banging Natalie Harp. https://www.

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Unsurprisingly, 60 Minutes ratings are down. What people like Ellison don’t understand is that many of us wouldn’t watch CBS News, including 60 Minutes, if you paid us. Like Bezos, they don’t understand that consuming content is as much a statement of values as anything.