Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 013
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Centering humanity in organizing.
And the name of the game in coalitions is that we have to be able to align with people that we are not fully in agreement with in the name of a larger cause. That goes for any movement. And it goes for any cause.
Pandemic Revisionist History.
I don’t know how these things got memory holed other than there’s been just a continuous firehose of covid minimization, pandemic disinformation, and lockdown revisionism…
Neera Tanden’s missteps and the disability justice information space.
A reputation that was never that great. Neera Tanden has been accused of Hatch Act violations while working at the White House. This embarrassment is not unexpected sadly. Government Executive – Senior White House official violated the Hatch Act, OSC says A filing with the Merit Systems Protection Board alleges that Biden’s domestic policy advisor […]
The Long covid issue has been heavily co-opted by the right-wing.
I’m sorry to those just finding out which way people are willing to go right now, I’ve seen it happening gradually over the years. It makes sense because obviously Republicans and conservatives get Long Covid too – perhaps even moreso because they’ve been less likely to take precautions or even get vaccinated in many cases. Science research, […]
What the heck is going on in Canton Borough Pennsylvania?
This intrigue with no details has been going on for months now in this small rural town in the northern tier, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, about halfway between Mansfield and Towanda. Canton Borough Council fires borough manager of 24 years By Isabela Weiss | WVIA News | Report for America Published November 12, 2024 at 3:52 […]
PA Democratic Party politicians celebrate corporate giveaway.
Less than 10 days after having to deny being elitists who’ve abandoned the working class, to defend the party’s historic defeats they announce millions of taxpayer money being given to a literal bank.
Right-wing talk show used Steve Hassan’s BITE model for anti-mask propaganda.
there was a right-wing talk show on broadcast radio where the talk show hosts were using Steve Hassan’s cult “BITE model” to assert anti-mask propaganda…
Vaccine uptake is really low, so why are the anti-vaxxers still so riled up?
It’s like the trucker convoy people protesting public health mitigations that had no longer existed for quite awhile.
All the nightmares of AI in hospitals.
Tracking everything a patient says in the ICU in order to deny nurses the ability to complain about unsafe staffing levels.
JD Vance laid out the Trump anti-vax plan to Joe Rogan.
There’s a perfectly good program for vaccine adverse events which has a lower bar than the normal courts, and has functioned well for a long time. And even Republicans in Congress have suggested moving covid vaccines to that program. But it seems like MAGA doesn’t want that now that RFK Jr. is on board.
Public comment to CDC HICPAC committee November 2024 by Chloe
Going backward is a choice. We know better now. We use surgical gloves, autoclaves, disinfectants, checklists and yes, respirator masks exist. But big healthcare corporations don’t wanna pay for that, they lock up PPE, force nurses to work without sick leave at hospitals, and make patients beg for reasonable accommodation.
The Immorality of the so-called Job Creators.
“They also made ads to “trick overworked employees” into believing that more people would be brought on to alleviate their overwhelming workload.”
What’s behind the restart of Three Mile Island.
“The Grim Truth Behind Microsoft’s Plan for Three Mile Island and A.I.”
Prohibiting nepotism is so obviously a big part of the solution to corruption.
The people involved always seem to think it’s a great system and are often confused about why anybody else finds it offensive.
When aristocrats mention liberty, they often mean from “tyranny from below”.
“john randolph of virginia i think summed this up best in his famous quote”
Pennsylvania about to allow tire burning to make cryptocurrency.
I think powering cryptocurrency should be prohibited as an activity that is dangerous to a livable environment.
The disinfo campaigns around the pandemic are the same disinfo campaigns around climate change.
It’s part of a whole disinformation economy.
Story of a J6 insurrectionist from Pennsylvania.
Lackawanna County woman found guilty after trial on Jan. 6 riot charges By Borys Krawczeniuk | WVIA News Published October 17, 2024Lee was charged with misdemeanor counts of entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and parading, […]
Narrative warfare, demonstrated with a pig.
CBC Ideas – The Story Behind the 1859 Pig War that Claimed One Casualty: A Pig – October 15, 2024 In 1859, an American shot a pig that belonged to the Hudson’s Bay Company. Suddenly the U.S. and British Empire were on the brink of war once again. Over the years, tales about the conflict have […]