No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Posts by meredith balkus
three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
wsj push alert that says: In a stunning moment of self reflection, ChatGPT admitted to fueling a man's delusions and acknowledged how dangerous its own behavior can be
stop 👏 anthropomorphizing 👏 the 👏 chatbot 👏
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
if being part of the union does not entitle you to any of the benefits of the union, we do not, in any real sense, have a union
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
Listen do you want to try writing the book or amputating a limb with the civil war bone saw? It's going to feel about the same.
This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
yeah that’s kidnapping
all scrolling is doomscrolling under fascism
This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
"Woke just means you give a damn about other people."
— Jane Fonda accepting the Life Achievement Award at the SAG Awards
when the crowd cheers for the Nazi salute, what you have is a crowd full of Nazis
NEW for @aftermath.site - i wrote about Metaphor:ReFantazio, David Lynch, and the work we need to do to defeat doomerism and manifest the world we want.
"rapid response"
*checks calendar*
huh
Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize
we love attentive blocking
Fabulous 🇺🇸💥
Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate
Kendrick: actually
This is why the Samuel L. Jackson bits were so amazing. Just a total troll job on angry white people.
As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces President Trump has promised a “colorblind and merit-based” society, while also equating diversity with incompetence
Pretty sure it’s a racist overcurrent now.
we are reaching levels of national security threats I did not even realize were possible
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
same methods, different era
do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you
Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks:
"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."
A diverse flight crew of a gay guy, a Black man, and a woman
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼