The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful
May-lee Chai (she/her)
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Writer. Prof at SFSU. My Hungry Ghosts: Essays & Incantations…coming 9/22/2026! Tomorrow in Shanghai & Other Stories; Useful Phrases for Immigrants; The Girl from Purple Mountain; etc. Board member of NBCC @bookcritics. Web: https://may-leechai.com/
WHAT: Paolo Carzana (fall 2026*) OCCASIONS: nü swashbuckling or hovering a foot off the ground in a cave mouth, in a fire that burns but does not consume, saying, “ARISE, PROPHET, & FACE YOUR DOOM!” IF IT WERE A SCENT: sheets on a slept in bed EMOTIONAL RANGE: besotted/tenacious #MJMfashionGuide
The direct line between what happened to Mamie Till Mobley after Emmett was killed and what’s happening to this woman now is becoming a circle. A dot, actually.
Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 2h agoChristine Wells Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, has learned that the Mississippi Board of Nursing opened a professional misconduct investigation against her following an anonymous complaint, the family’s lawyer said. www.mississippifreepress.org/nolan-wells-...
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore. When your SpaceX rocket hits the moon like a big piece of junk and you don't give a shit, you're a moron.
Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Hi! Have you had something to eat today? A big glass of water? Are you slouching right now? It is normal to struggle through tough periods. One thing at a time. Max loves you.
New York Magazine@nymag.com · yesterdayOn social media, a broad consensus is that you can’t admit to struggle — at least not while you’re struggling. Doing so represents a failure so profound it’s almost existential. How did it become mandatory to demonstrate perpetual growth and progress online?
SARS-CoV-2 did not come from a lab. There is no evidence pointing to laboratory origins. There’s been a massive disinformation campaign to convince the public otherwise. It’s scary how effective that campaign has been.
SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision
SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision
Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday morning
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I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.
I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.
“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...
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I've heard enough experts say that you can't bomb a country into submission, to know it's true.
Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · yesterdayCool, cool. We’re basically out of ATACMS and PrSM, and we used half our *global* TLAM supply… all for the Strait of Hormuz to still be closed?
So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterdayPhang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
Medicine. Medicine has grown by leaps and bounds. You cannot introduce vaccines that crater cancer rates, cure AIDS, and cure sickle cell, and then tell me things have only gotten worse. Also: Food. To a HUGE degree. I eat what I once considered rare treats every day, now.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 20h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
Please consider including any reference to how you have used the archives in your research or in the classroom. At a moment when accurate, well-documented history is essential to an informed democracy, restricting access to these records directly threatens the health of our society. Thread - 3/3
If you are willing to write, please address your letter to: Edward Forst, Acting Archivist of the United States National Archives and Records Administration 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 Thread - 2/3
***Letter-Writing Campaign Against National Archives and Records Administration Closures in San Francisco (San Bruno) and Chicago*** Save Our National Archives has launched an immediate letter writing campaign and is asking writers to CC their Congressional representatives. Thread - 1/3
Wikipedia remains one of the most useful things online. No subscription fees, no ads, no stupid pursuit of AI, all curated by relentless nerds. Maybe remember to throw them a few bucks every now and again.
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
This reportedly happened in May. A small medevac aircraft carrying two pilots and two medical workers fell victim to the testing of an experimental GPS jammer, resulting in the plane crashing into the side of a mountain, killing all on board. #Blues
It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico
"When those lights go out, man, you know you are in big trouble."
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My summer reading mystery box from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social selected by @charliejane.bsky.social arrived today! 🥳 I don't want to spoil the contents for anyone who is still waiting for theirs, but I'll say I'm super excited about all three books. This was a great idea - I hope you do it again!
Restaurant chain pulls peppers ‘out of an abundance of caution’ as salmonella outbreak sickens 100 people
Chipotle removes jalapeños amid US salmonella outbreak investigation
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The Mississippi Sound along the Gulf Coast "will be a dead sea within a generation" without corrective action, Mississippi Sound Coalition Manager Gerald Blessey warned a group of U.S. congressmen and officials on July 28.
Mississippi Sound ‘Will Be a Dead Sea’ Soon Due to Spillway Openings, Coalition Warns
Advocates warn that the Mississippi Sound will be “a dead sea within a generation” without corrective action.
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Mayor Michelle Wu has joined more than 100 mayors and local government leaders nationwide in signing a letter calling for Congress to extend protected status for Haitians until early 2029 after the Trump administration terminated it.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, more than 100 city leaders urge Congress to extend TPS for Haitians - The Boston Globe
Massachusetts had the third-highest population of Haitian nationals of any state in 2024.
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The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)
UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...
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