Shawn Marier

@smarier.bsky.social

Runner of SF Conventions and Film Festivals. Norwescon, Speculative Film Fest, and now multiple Worldcon Film Festivals. (He/Him) SciFi, horror, fandom, smof, cons, Lovecraft, Cthulhu, comics, Seahawks.

Among other things, Elon Musk now makes clear his belief that women must be disenfranchised. And he's now the sole source funder of the Texas GOP. Shouldn't Texas GOP candidates who are running with his money be asked about this?

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Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.

The CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. Shapiro

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak.

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You know what's hell on cameras? Epoxy paint. That shit just does not come off. And it comes in spray cans. If someone were to spray a lens on one of my cameras, I'd have to just go ahead and throw the camera out at great financial loss. Any camera, really. Even ones outside. On poles.

Made me happy that right-winger Milo was arrested and deported by ICE. I just wish they would have treated him like they have treated thousands of others. He would have been locked up in Trump's concentration camps for weeks or months, given rotten food to eat, and treated subhuman.

If you voted for Trump, your soul just added another black stain added to it. Doge cut 39 million in aid to Napal, much of it went early warning systems and disaster recovery programs. The floods would have still happened, but so many people would still be alive. Trump voters are to blame.

It’s not “an oil deal with Venezuela.” It’s Trump kidnapping an autocrat, refusing to hold elections, then leaving the remainder of the regime in place but only if they allow him to pillage their natural resources, which they are doing to remain in power oppressing the people.

BREAKING: A federal judge has again temporarily blocked Trump’s new mail-voting restrictions, issuing a 14-day hold after the Postal Service finalized its rules. The legal fight could soon return to the Supreme Court.

Trump incorrectly ordered the renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America. We all know if it is to be renamed it should be Epstein Lake, in honor of Trump's best friend.