I think it also revealed just how quickly a bunch of otherwise very hard problems can be to solve with global collective action. The fuckin Ganga was running clear water for the only time in my lifetime because for 2 weeks nobody threw garbage in it. The canals in Venice had fish.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

If i was on a date and they brought up Fauci in any context whatsoever i'd jump from my seat and run like there was an active shooter in the building

Post-Left Watch@postleftwatch.bsky.social · 6d ago

what

Epstein files aren't worth seeing or discussing, but Fauci's personal diary...? THERE's our new distraction. I'd listen to this remarkable woman.

the lead anecdote in this story is about a mother who was reportedly tased and arrested at a football game in 2020 for not wearing a mask, and for some reason, this is the fault of anthony fauci and never, ever the cops, who were powerless to not do that

Pleading the Fifth Won’t Spare Fauci from the Truth

He claims his Senate hearing was a witch hunt designed to entrap him. But his record convicts him on its own, writes Eli Lake.

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All the Fauci stuff is a modern day version of the POW/MIA stuff after Vietnam - a way to try to rewrite the history of a huge failure of conservative ideology to be instead a story about how liberals and foreigners stabbed us in the back.

The caller on Rand Paul’s virtual town hall is all of us.

These congressmen lying about Dr Fauci killed millions No Trump killed millions of people And trying to place the blame on Dr Fauci It all fucking disgusting that these congressmen get on national tv and lie about a person whom dedicated his life to America science Just sad

reducing taxes for republicans to zero so they can’t vote, excising them from power entirely, and then taxing them at 75% flat

☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️@schwarz.bsky.social · last wk.

Founding Father John Jay famously believed "those who own the country ought to govern it." That perspective has never actually gone out of style at the top of society.

"For Musk, the notion that white nations are threatened by non-white contamination is a starting point—something to be reasoned from, not reasoned to."

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.

When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...

It’s literally not possible to have a functioning society, anywhere on earth, where this piece of shit is not imprisoned for life and stripped of all his assets.

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · last wk.

“Teens sue Musk's xAI over Grok's pornographic images of them *** Two of the teenagers behind the lawsuit are under the age of 18…” 3/16/26 … 1/ www.bbc.com/news/article...

I'll go one step further than Omar. Has anyone in Democratic Party leadership ever, even once, publicly reprimanded someone in their own caucus for not "listening to Arab/Muslim constituents"? Has Gottheimer ever been reprimanded? Fetterman? Did anyone ever say Cuomo needed to address Arab concerns?

our god king is raining hellfire on iranian schoolchildren because transgender for everyone came rampaging through women's sport and someone had to do something

No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...

“Hi, I’m your elected congressman and I hate you.”

Elon Musk is straightforwardly Nazi posting every single day. If you can’t straightforwardly say he is evil at this point you never will.

TOM HANKS: hi i'm beloved actor and wholesome family man tom hanks! the new deal was good THE RIGHT: tom hanks is a sick cannibal freak! i will NEVER watch his movies ARMIE HAMMER: hi i'm sick cannibal freak armie hammer and i love racism now THE RIGHT: it is our duty to support this righteous man

You know how fucking out of your goddamned mind insane and sheltered you have to be to wish to have fought in Vietnam

Vulture@vulture.com · last mo.

Kelsey Grammer says he has ‘wrestled’ with the idea of running for political office. He regrets not fighting in Vietnam, and sees politics as a way to give back.

full pardons for anyone convicted in these nspm 7 convictions should be an express and mandatory part of any democratic platform

We have an opportunity in this moment. A responsibility. To insist on everyone’s humanity, all the way through.

That's right, Talib Kweli.

Everyone who is scared of cities and multiculturalism is a loser.

Rav@rvbdrm.com · 2mo ago

New Yorkers singing Empire State of Mind

The guiding principle of MAHA is neo-malthusianism and they quite literally believe that one of the most significant problems with our society is that not enough people are getting culled from the herd in childhood anymore.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In public health, you learn an awful lot about people willing to profit off of harms to children. But my jaw is on the floor. It never occurred to me that the sentence “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital” would ever be followed by the phrase: “But here’s the thing.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Billionaires must be targeted with tax policy and antitrust policy not because it helps everyone else (though it does) but because their political power must be limited so they can't wreck the world the way they're currently doing

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

There's been a lot of mythmaking in the last 5 years or so claiming that blue collar trade jobs are suddenly more lucrative than white collar jobs and it's based on literally nothing. Median oil rig worker makes about 55k and exposes himself to all kinds of health and safety risks in the process.

rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

honestly the full power of the american state should be dedicated to making these guys kill themselves

This is actually the perfect distillation of the right wing worldview. A predatory industry treats consumers unfairly so it must be immigrants' fault.

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 3mo ago

lol yeah girl, how did you think health insurance companies worked?

I like how she had to toss in the thing about illegals lest she actually direct peoples irritation towards the correct source

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 3mo ago

lol yeah girl, how did you think health insurance companies worked?

People with preexisting conditions also don’t deserve to die

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“This was not a disease that was killing healthy people. It was killing sick people”. RFK Jr. lying about the COVID19 pandemic.

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings