Abolish the death penalty

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,040,044! It’s also my 1 year anniversary.

It’s telling that Walz is “redefining” American masculinity. The guy’s a stereotypical macho man—veteran, hunter and football coach—but the fact that he’s also a nice dude makes it a paradigm shift. He isn’t known for his knitting skills. We’ve just come to associate masculinity with being a dick.

Do we need to post this cartoon yet again? I feel we do.

If you're reading these posts and wondering what exactly everyone means by "regulations" and "comments," I'll put a mini-explainer in this thread. Congress passes laws, right? And so do state legislatures and local equivalents (city councils, etc.). But there's more to law than legislation.

It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires. In 2018, “for the first time in the history of the United States, billionaires had a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans”. [nytimes.com]

Opinion | It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires

Billionaires are experts at avoiding taxes. By banding together, countries can make them pay up.

1-I’ve seen a version of this argument floating around on Bluesky & hellsite this last week. I’ve also seen “if Trump wins & usher in authoritarianism, we [young folks] would fight it & restore true democracy to America.” Let me tell you why this is absolute bullshit, & you will restore nothing.

The law requires hospitals to give you an itemized bill. But these days they will play every possible game to not actually send it to you. My frustrating personal story in @thedailybeast.bsky.socialwww.thedailybeast.com/getting-an-i...

Getting an Itemized Hospital Bill Is Basically Impossible

How a minor bike accident and a few stitches turned into thousands of dollars in medical bills and a months-long quest for a straight answer from somebody—anybody.

Hi, I'm Jaime and I've been working for 8 years for the Wikimedia Foundation. The following are personal views and do not represent in any way the position of the Foundation (I don't and cannot speak on behalf of it). However, you may have seen this question by Mr. Musk and I wanted to respond A 🧵: