Did you see? These GOP AGs want us to know efforts to block mifepristone access is not going away: www.lawdork.com/p/these-gop-...
Two stories out of the Northern District of Texas: One about Matthew Kacsmaryk and abortion, and the other about Reed O'Connor and his stocks.
I've lived in countries that lack the food safety protections we have in the US, and I think a lot of Americans don't really understand just how frequent injuries and deaths from dangerous food are in places that lack even our own (absolutely imperfect) standards.
Straight into my veins: "Return to buttons! Touchscreens risk distraction, says watchdog. Prioritize safety, not just tech." interestingengineering.com/transportati...
Am I going to find and watch this even though I should go to bed and have generally avoided the man for the last decade? Yes.
It’s easier to be mean and somehow seems more serious. We need to stop that nonsense.
"We have all the incentive in the world to be critical, and very little incentive to be kind. Many of us have learned that cruelty is clever, and that impatience with other people’s mistakes is a sign of intelligence." teamtrash.substack.com/p/why-is-pee...
A culture of criticism can quickly become a culture of cruelty
Why the hell does everything have to happen at once?
“There is not a case in American history where a presidential candidate has run for office on a promise that they would exact retribution against anyone they perceive as not supporting them in the campaign,” said Ian Bassin… “It’s so fundamentally, outrageously beyond the pale”
Never before has a presidential nominee openly suggested turning the military on Americans simply because they oppose his candidacy. With voting underway, Donald Trump has turned to dark vows of retri...
If you're feeling anxious about the election, it's because the stakes are very high, and the historical inflection point is getting closer. It's not because the odds have worsened. If you feel like they have, the main factor is your social media feed, not anything concrete. I strongly second this👇
Seen some confusion on this: when Trump does the Chicago/Detroit/wherever "Economic Club," that's not economists. It's local businessmen. Think the guy who owns three car dealerships or some fast food franchises but likes to wear a suit and play fancy 1% upper class instead of merely being top 3%.
However the election goes, it’s hard to know what we do about living in a country with tens of millions of people, many of them family and neighbors, who have been permanently brainwashed out of observable reality and into a state of eager racist violence by Reality Show Hitler.