25 results for “brucemirken”
Yup. Emphasis on "we."
As Chuck Yeager advised, continue using available levers of control. "Keep flying the airplane."
Here and for many it may come down to "signaling is the only available lever." For the rest of us who are not disenfranchised by whatever nefarious means we shouldn't add to that injury by making up excuses not to bother.
So, #vote even if it may feel futile. Feelings -can- lie to us.
#RFKJr says the devastation he's caused at #HHS will never be undone. Let's prove him wrong.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/rfk-hhs-permanent-changes/
Watching #AbdulElSayed with Chris Hayes. He's really impressive.
Private #HealthInsurance just killed another American. Tell me again, why is this such a wonderful system that we don't dare replace it with something that actually takes care of people? https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/123274
#Pennsylvania tops 1,000 #measles cases this year. Is America great yet? https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/pennsylvania-confirms-more-1000-measles-cases
Friendly reminder of why to never use #Facebook or #Instagram. https://www.them.us/news/gay-bar-meta-censorship-ai
Oh look, #Republicans are lying about #GenderAffirmingCare again. https://www.them.us/detransition-ohio-republican-ad
RE: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@AmandaMarcotte/117388007415369017
"But what all the chest-thumping and push-up contests of the right really communicates is overcompensation rather than reclaiming some 'lost' masculinity.
"Beneath the right’s meltdown over Ossoff’s relatively tame comment about Harp was a molten layer of male insecurity."
Leaders in the #AI industry are nuts, and genuinely dangerous. https://www.commondreams.org/news/sam-altman-bad-things
The changes to #vaccination recommendations #RFKJr is pushing will disproportionately hurt children on #Medicaid. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/rfk-jrs-relentless-anti-vax-push-will-disproportionately-hurt-children-on-medicaid
"In a new study published in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience, we looked at hundreds of thousands of potential futures and the impact of each on the ice sheet.
"We found that Antarctica’s ice loss this century is locked in – even if the world limits global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), the 2015 international Paris climate agreement’s most ambitious goal."
https://theconversation.com/antarcticas-ice-loss-is-locked-in-and-extra-snowfall-wont-save-it-thats-bad-news-for-low-lying-coastal-areas-elsewhere-293066
RE: https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/environment/chimpanzees-steal-less-from-friends/
Alternative headline: Chimpanzees are more ethical than #Trump
"Well, we’ve entered that time-honored phase of the campaign that we’ve come to know so well: when #Republicans turn to their closing argument about the issue that is keeping Americans up at night. Gas prices? The cost of a pound of ground beef? The war in Iran? The cost of health care, or the closing of so many rural hospitals? No, no, no, and no. The issue, of course, is #transgender athletes." https://newrepublic.com/article/216186/republicans-trans-disrcimination-closing-argument
Hey, let's get the U.S. even more involved in #MiddleEast warfare! What could possibly go wrong? https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-backs-saudi-war?mc_cid=60b281104a
RE: https://toad.social/@KimPerales/117382796616502877
At this point, #ICE can't be fixed. #AbolishICE
Good explainer from Mike Ervin at @TheProgressive on the continuing #Trump assault on programs for the #disabled https://progressive.org/latest/scapegoating-special-ed-ervin-20261001/?mc_cid=9fae224b2b&mc_eid=42caf3e016