my edgy Covid take is that I while I did socially isolate until vaccines came online for the good of society, I absolutely loathed being unable to see people in person, throw a party, or travel for over a year, and I enjoyed absolutely nothing whatsoever about any of it
Did you know every state has an unclaimed property page that you can search your name on (or friends/family) and find unclaimed funds aka money you are OWED that was never given to you. My partner just found ours. So go search your states' page (and states you used to live) and claim your free money
re last RT: wish more people knew that a lot of libraries have seed libraries in them where you can go and get FREE seeds. We went last week and got a ton of seeds (vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers) for our garden this year. They are donated by folks who live in the area and they are FREEEEEEEE
have so many library cards (do folks know they can have more than 1??? amazing!) because 1) libraries are GREAT and 2) my partner is low key obsessed with libraries.
We went just last week to a bunch of the seed libraries and got tons of FREE seeds for our garden SO FUN
I would love it if those of you who do not have library cards will apply for one at your local branch during #NationalLibraryWeek. Then let me know about it. 😇
1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care.
The judge also blocked "any similar policy."
Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws.
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Research on COVID is being hampered by a lack of interest by publishers and funding, imo. Considering we are only about 7 years into a brand-new disease, we lost interest pretty quickly.
The Trump admin has targeted students, faculty, universities, law firms, journalists, newsrooms, protesters -- anyone speaking in even tentatively oppositional ways to those in power. But there's been particular attack on immigrants & Palestinian rights speech. Horrible: apnews.com/article/mahm...
During the peak of COVID, a number of parents learned or re-learned that teaching is difficult. But this has had no lasting impact. Hasn't translated to calls to increase teacher pay, for example.
With the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) last week demanding 2024 election records from Wayne County, Michigan, the Trump administration is now aggressively targeting the voting process in perhaps the country’s three most pivotal voting jurisdictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
I think this is simplifying the matter. Many chronically ill people were relieved that there were fun virtual events that they were left out of before, rather than liking not leaving the house that much.
So many of these strong First Amendment cases -- challenging the Trump admin's censorial campaign to chill dissent -- are winning. Here's another win for free speech against surveillance & ICE tracking: www.theverge.com/policy/91461...
Infographic with text: Since 2017, funding for immigration policing & detention has increased by 171% while funding for libraries has increased only by 22%. Not adjusted for inflation.
Happy National Library Week.
In less than 10 years, U.S. spending on immigration policing & detention increased by 171% while funding for libraries didn't even keep up with inflation.
Some priorities. 🤔
We’ll see similar results in kids.
“…growing body of evidence that seasonal COVID vaccination can play a role in reducing disease burden & associated costs, and it highlights the value of increasing vaccination coverage at a time when US public health leaders have downplayed its importance”
The reality of "women and children first". 1/
"Two-thirds of mass shootings in the United States are linked to domestic violence, and 40% of the victims in domestic violence-related mass shootings are children."
theconversation.com/intimate-par...
Public health experts have been begging news outlets to stop using needle shots because a quarter of Americans have needlephobia and will avoid getting vaccinated because of it and these images feed into it... and yet we (as an industry) still keep using them
Image of a book entitled End Times Fascism - and the fight for the living world. A wide burst on a yellow background with red letters.
One year after our original Guardian essay, Naomi Klein and I are excited to reveal the North American cover of our forthcoming book END TIMES FASCISM - and the Fight for the Living World. It will be on bookshelves on September 15th and is available for pre-order. More details below. bit.ly/4cbLfEr
Wow!!!
'A new water-based, eco-friendly battery based on tofu brine.'
It is important to note that battery breakthroughs like this seem to happen all the time in academia, but not all “make it” to market.
interestingengineering.com/energy/china...
No need for deep sea mining
China’s water battery breakthrough can last 120,000+ cycles, outlast lithium-ion by decades
Chinese scientists unveil a non-toxic, water-based battery that delivers over 120,000 cycles without fire risks of lithium-ion systems
interestingengineering.com/energy/china...
CBS turned their news operation into propaganda, kicked Colbert off the air for making too much trouble, and all that just to have Charles Barkley go on the air on one of their most-watched telecasts of the year and say this lmao
Happening now: a small protest at O'Hare is marching through terminal 1 this evening outside Chicago.
ICE agents have been spotted inside the airport all week.
Folks chanting, "ICE out of O'Hare! ICE out of everywhere!"
I looked into if Medicaid-funded providers who oversee disabled people living independently are ready for worsening climate events. The support they need from the federal government isn’t there, and it’s worsened under Trump. My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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As a cis woman it is hard to find the words to articulate how I feel about my safety being used as a pretence for this egregious bullying of children
the cruelty. ffs these are *children* and this is trauma
As ICE continues to intimidate and violently assault people without provocation protests like the one seen here, outside of airports, need to continue until ICE withdraws!
Credits: @atlantanewsfirst IG
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has issued a rare condemnation of the U.S. over Trump’s “disastrous” war on Iran, saying that it causes an irreparable rupture with the U.S. akin to Germany’s rupture with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Goldman Sachs reports that 300 million full-time jobs could be replaced by AI by 2030. Labor turnover is high and hiring has slowed. 71% of Americans worry that AI will cause permanent job loss. As young people about to enter the workforce for the first time, the fear of unemployment is understandable, but we cannot save ourselves with the very tool that is putting us at risk. The irony is that as Penn pours endless money and energy into AI advancement in its attempt to get ahead, the University is only quickening its own demise. AI cannot coexist with education — it can only degrade it. As technology advances and workers are replaced by machines, schools are some of the only places we have left to explore and wrestle with human thought. With our own university leading the charge, AI is now corrupting those few sacred spaces and leaving us with nowhere to engage in true scholarship. Editorials represent the majority view of members of The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board who meet regularly to discuss issues relevant to the Penn community. This body is led by Editorial Board Chair Jack Lakis and is entirely separate from the newsroom. Questions or comments should be directed to letters@thedp.com.
An unaccounted for part of the economy is how much young people virulently hate AI, despite how aggressively it's being forced on them. They realize it's making their friends dumber and ruining the world and they want nothing to do with it.
From the Penn student paper:
www.thedp.com/article/2026...
