The ravenous black hole in me, sees the ravenous black hole in you.
Madeline Taylor
@mjtired.bsky.social
they/she queer lesbian 🍉😷 I like knitting, sewing, walking, cooking, and reading. I'm tired and doing my best. TERFs + fascists can rot. https://linktr.ee/MadelineJeanTaylor
It's important to remember that, yes, sometimes good things still happen. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Millionaire US big game hunter is trampled to death by elephants
A millionaire US big game hunter was ambushed and killed by FIVE angry elephants whilst hunting a small forest antelope in Central Africa armed with a shotgun.
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I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 4mo ago“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
BREAKING: three *more* women have come forward to @cnn.com and accuse Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexual misconduct, including Swalwell sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos: www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/u...
Exclusive: Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her | CNN
A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated, an allegation Swalwell strongly de...
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Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines.
www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...
Lebanese health officials: IDF strikes targeted over 100 medical facilities
Healthcare Workers Told The Guardian That Israel Is Deliberately Targeting Medical Facilities, and as Such, Emergency Teams Cannot Visit Family or Friends and Must Sleep in Ambulances Parked Far Away ...
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the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
A 31-year-old in Georgia has been arrested and charged with murder for allegedly ending her pregnancy with abortion medication. Here’s what we know: jessica.substack.com/p/a-georgia-...
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
It feels like 2017 all over again. Every day I learn the name of a child who suffered horrific abuse who has been fighting for justice for years, and her abusers name is being protected by the government.
You ever read the news for five seconds and feel like putting your head through a window? So all of us, yeah?
Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
I'm watching Don't Look Up and if you haven't seen it or haven't watched it since 2021, it's basically what being alive feels like rn
Time to post my own polio experience yet again: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018...
Polio and Vaccination: A Memoir of What We’ve Forgotten | The Tyee
What I learned from getting polio 70 years ago? Amnesia is a traitor that lets old enemies through the gates.
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STAT@statnews.com · 7mo agoThe chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, suggesting the public might want to reconsider the use of polio vaccines. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
Breaking news: The National Park Service took down an exhibit on slavery where George Washington lived as president in Philadelphia. The informational panels discussed Washington’s ownership of enslaved people, as well as the broader history of slavery.
Park Service removes slavery exhibit at Independence Park in Philadelphia
Park staff dismantled an exhibit about George Washington’s slave ownership amid a wider push to remove information on racism, sexism and climate change.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
Aliya Rahman told ICE she was disabled She told them she was on her way to a doctor appt They broke her window, cut her seatbelt & dragged her away like an animal She was headed to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when they grabbed her. She was denied access to a doctor & tossed in detention
Woman seen pulled from car speaks out: 'Lucky to be alive'
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
As the world burns, let's get one thing straight. A video podcast is just a TV show.
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
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World Health Network@thewhn.bsky.social · 7mo agoExperts call for N95s over surgical masks as flu and COVID viruses spread. “From an economic perspective alone, the WHN makes a compelling case for respirators as the standard of care for healthcare workers” — @drjudystone.bsky.social via @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
if this continues, you're going to wake up with no trans journalists because you've chased them all off.
“We wouldn’t tolerate contaminated drinking water in schools, and we shouldn’t have to tolerate contaminated air.”
Madeline Taylor@mjtired.bsky.social · 7mo agoThanks to the @thetyee.ca and @crof.bsky.social for this piece. I've been off work due to long COVID for a year this January, and it's heartening to see the realities of the ongoing pandemic reflected in local media. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Thanks to the @thetyee.ca and @crof.bsky.social for this piece. I've been off work due to long COVID for a year this January, and it's heartening to see the realities of the ongoing pandemic reflected in local media. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We’ve Learned | The Tyee
We need cleaner air, which requires changes in medical culture.
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FOI filing spreadsheet is up to date and I'm discussing FOI tips and tricks with some student reporters so let's take a little look back at the year in FOI filings, shall we? It is truly a great and functional system that is definitely not turning my hair greyer by the day 🥲 #bcpoli
Are People Losing Trust in BC’s FOI System? | The Tyee
The province’s information commissioner says plunging numbers of requests should prompt questions.
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Thank you @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social for holding Ken Sim to answering Q's this morning! It's so satisfying to hear reporters refuse to let politicians skirt questions.
