The media relentlessly promotes the narrative that progressives are too mean to anti-vaxxers and we must bring them around with compassion. This isn't true and isn't helping. The more public sympathy you show them, the more empowered they are in their beliefs. www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/s...

Lol, good. Unlike the teachings of the far-right Evangelical types, Catholicism is not anti-social nor alarmist & anti-science. The Church has pretty explicitly said they view vaccination as a moral obligation to the common good. The opinions of individual anti-vax "Catholics" are irrelevant.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · 2w ago

This is the funniest shit. Florida allows religious exemptions for vaccines. Catholic schools in Florida: we require vaccines. Florida's attorney general, who is Catholic, is threatening to pull vouchers if they don't allow for religious exemptions The Bishops: separation of church & state

It's just insane that the president tells absurd, easily disproven lies on a daily basis, and at this point we all just expect it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump: "At one year, you should have 5 separate visits for vaccines rather than getting them all in the same day. I've seen proof of where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda and pour it into a little child's body."

remarkable that the United States has made it official policy to only accept white refugees and people still think it's up for debate whether or not they're white nationalists

Okay, let's let Darwin take it from here.

People are refusing transfusions from donors vaccinated against covid | New Scientist

Patients are requesting that blood transfusions come from people who they know have not been vaccinated against covid-19, which can cause dangerous delays

newscientist.com

Trusting in the wisdom of The People is why populism is so dangerous

Had a fun time at the Dublin (Ohio) Irish Festival last weekend. Seeing an Irish wolfhound in person was unreal! It was also nice volunteering for something non-political. Although... Quite a few people were asking about their chances for getting Irish citizenship bc they wanna leave the US 😭 Mood.

My diehard MAGA neighbor in Orlando is done with Trump. It wasn’t the corruption. Not the authoritarianism. Not the cruelty. Not the bigotry. Not the xenophobia. Not even the Iran war. It was the prices. Gas and groceries. He says he sees now that Trump just doesn’t care. He’s finished.

c4ss.org/content/61216

Liberal Socialism

Liberal Socialism  By Kevin A. Carson A new C4SS study by Kevin Carson (online pdf).

c4ss.org

Should the Mayor of New York City attend the 9/11 remembrance because he's the Mayor and he was in fact in NYC on 9/11? Or should a handful of bigots get a veto they are raising in bad faith so they can also criticize the Mayor for not going? Good of you to raise these questions, CNN. Tough call.

CNN@cnn.com · 3w ago

Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc

Some of my slightly niche pet interests: - Copyright/IP reform - Animal welfare - Land value tax - Psychedelic legalization - Lab grown meat - The social web (ATproto, Fedi, etc) - Youth rights - Gene editing - UBI (less niche now)

It’s surely true that someone has to do the work of pitching liberalism in red states. However, I live and vote in New York.

I reckon that a lot of people don't explicitly want socialism, but that DSA candidates are often, seemingly, the only Democrats with enough of a spine to stand up for what they believe in - and more importantly - to LOUDLY stand against fascism. The era of "strongly worded letters" needs to be over.

Really really enjoyed this interview with Mamdani - as always, a masterclass in communication. His answer on creating a big tent party is both excellent and low key savage. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/m...

I think there's a fundamental split within the group of people who are opposed to the current government and its authoritarian tendencies. One group wants to recover the system that was in place ten years ago. The other group sees that system as gone, and is thinking about what needs to be built.

Adam Gurri@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · last mo.

There was a lot to like at ISMA's conference this week. I don't want my Angry Poasting to give the impression otherwise. But I am here responding to one specific panel, whose worldview is a serious impediment to securing long term victory (with a shout out to @dandrezner.bsky.social within)

Latest test results.

When the state asks the private sector to spy on you, who’s in charge of respecting your rights? When gvts bully apps like Discord to adopt data collection to “save the children,” we pay the price. It lets them collect info they can’t collect themselves, but can ask a firm to hand over at any time.

The Verge@theverge.com · 7mo ago

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

The next Democratic President needs to offer reparations for everyone impacted by the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. One such idea could be allowing anyone who was wrongfully deported re-entry and perhaps a more streamlined pathway to citizenship. If they even want it anymore…

The more you know about each person’s lore, the funnier this is.

Fox allowed Kanye West to buy a Super Bowl at pointing to his Yeezy website where he’s selling swastika branded t-shirts, because of course we’re in the new Nazi normal

That's why they're desperate to kill it

Robinson Meyer@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Every day, we get more evidence that congestion pricing is making car trips faster in Manhattan, making bus travel more reliable, and increasing the use & load factor of our mass transit system. Cannot think of a recent policy that has been so *immediately* successful. www.fox5ny.com/news/has-nyc...

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

This is my favorite picture of Stonewall. They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+. Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them. I think about it a lot in moments like this.

🦠🚨

Excellent post

Folks about to learn how tariffs actually work with something as simple as coffee.

Matthew Huttle, a J6er who was pardoned by Trump has been shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy in Indiana. Huttle had multiple previous convictions including in 2011, a class D felony for beating his three year old son so badly the child could not sit for a week. wtop.com/national/202...

Indiana man pardoned by Trump is fatally shot during traffic stop - WTOP News

RENSSELAER, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man was fatally shot by a deputy during a traffic stop just days after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump for a misdemeanor related to the 2021 U.S.

wtop.com

I saved up for a family trip to Italy. Tickets were purchased. We were so excited. My kids passport with new gender marker was just suspended. They are terrified to even leave the country. I am going to have to cancel our trip I will never be able to afford it again I’m terrified and heartbroken

AOC 🔥🔥🔥