MORAL & INTELLECTUAL DECAY
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invokes Nazi Germany in offensive anti-vaccine speech - CNNPolitics: “Exploiting of the tragedy of people who suffered, were humiliated, tortured & murdered by the totalitarian regime of Nazi Germany - including children like Anne Frank - in a debate about vaccines & limitations during global pandemic is a sad symptom of moral & intellectual decay.” -The Auschwitz Memorial Fun fact: a group of unvaccinated idiots is called a Kennedy Junior.
Read moreLITERALLY CANCELING CULTURE
The Handmaid’s Tale: Award-winning books banned as culture wars enter the US classroom | World | The Times: Books that tackle issues such as race and sexual abuse are being banned as Republican-led school districts target award-winning novels in a right-wing version of “cancel culture”. They’ll come for your books before they ever come for your guns. 📚
Read moreIf angels walk among us, certainly Dolly Parton is one. Also, Jeni’s ice creams are the only ice creams served in heaven. Also, I want this ice cream.
Read moreapple.news Stop Using Safari Immediately (at Least for Now) - lifehacker Yikes. And no real replacement option for iOS.
Read moreI TAKE IT BACK. THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS I’VE WATCHED IN A LONG TIME.
Our Second Civil War | Opinion: The victory, and immediate action, of Glenn Youngkin as governor of Virginia are bringing hope to many. It feels like a groundswell of those who have seen how everything woke turns to, well, the stuff all over the streets of Democrat-led cities. The resurgence of the Right must be swift and merciless in releasing the stranglehold of the Left on our institutions. Unbelievable.
Read moreALEXA, WHY IS IT SO COLD IN HERE?
Amazon Echo - SNL - YouTube Seriously one of the funniest things I’ve watched in a long time.
Read moreCAUSE AND EFFECT?
Newsweek headline 1 (cause): Ron DeSantis pushes Florida bill to protect white people from “guilt” about racist past Newsweek headline 2 (effect): Black Authors Are Being Pulled From School Libraries Over CRT Fears 📚
Read moreWHO’S THE SNOWFLAKE NOW? ❄️ 🐘
Ron DeSantis Pushes Florida Bill to Protect White People From ‘Guilt’ About Racist Past: It also prohibits making people “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin.” Prohibits making people feel discomfort? What is it, Immodium? A silver bullet? Better than a therapist? Nope. Just white privilege. Unbelievable.
Read moreA BASKET OF DEPLORABLES®
Analysis: A grave week for civil rights, democracy and a presidency - CNNPolitics: Taken together, the measures would allow all Americans the right to a mail-in vote, create Election Day as a national holiday, standardize voting rules and restore protections against racial discrimination in state voting laws stripped by the Supreme Court. Republicans brand the bills as a federal takeover of the election system and rebuff criticism of state voting laws, which are rooted in Trump’s lies the 2020 election was stolen.
Read moreSHORTCUTS FROM SIX COLORS
Sharing all my shortcuts – Six Colors A random smattering of Siri Shortcuts from Six Colors, most of which I have no idea what they do but am hoping to learn some things by looking at them.
Read more¿WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
Why celebration of MLK Day without legislation defangs the civil rights leader’s legacy - CNNPolitics: (Notably, Manchin and Sinema’s intransigence calls to mind Martin Luther King Jr.’s withering observation that “the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens' Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the White moderate who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice.") Almost every year on this day I post my favorite TEDx talk somewhere on social media.
Read more“A group of millennials is called a debt” -Rena Hundert (@RENAHUNDERT) 😂🤣☠️
Read moreBY ANY RATIONAL MEASURE
Top Ohio court strikes down state’s gerrymandered congressional map - POLITICO: “When the dealer stacks the deck in advance, the house usually wins. That perhaps explains how a party that generally musters no more than 55 percent of the statewide popular vote is positioned to reliably win anywhere from 75 percent to 80 percent of the seats in the Ohio congressional delegation,” state Supreme Court Justice Michael Donnelly wrote in the court’s majority opinion.
Read moreEIGHT YEARS OR LONGER
Most people with alcohol and drug addiction survive : NPR It typically takes eight years or longer to achieve long-term remission even with high quality treatment and medical care.
Read moreQ: HOW TO PREVENT 6,500 LIVES FROM BEING LOST, 250,000 HOSPITALIZATIONS? A: DON’T.
It’s almost like some conservative justices don’t care about people as much as they care about “states’ rights.” Or Benghazi or whatever. “The mandate would have covered about 84.2 million Americans (our population is about 332 million). OSHA estimated (before Omicron) that the rule would save 6,500 lives and prevent 250,000 hospitalizations over a six-month period.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january…
Read moreTORI AMOS: MIXTAPE MEMOIR
Still one of my favorite musicians of all time, although I’m not a huge fan of her later work and basically stopped collecting. My friend Andy shared this with me but I’ve gotta be honest, I have no flipping idea how to listen to it. I don’t see a play button! Maybe an adblocker is blocking it or something. Will have to try again on another browser or something. 🎵
Read more“REPUBLICANS ARE MORE RUTHLESS THAN DEMOCRATS”
Analysis: Joe Biden and Democrats run up against relentless conservative power - CNNPolitics: Certain they will capture the House at least in November’s midterm elections, some GOP lawmakers are raising the possibility of impeaching Biden, and planning withering investigations against top administration officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci. The President’s son, Hunter Biden, could find himself called to testify before Congress, in what would be an agonizing moment for his father and evidence the GOP would use its possible majorities as an unfiltered tool of revenge for Trump.
Read moreNOW PLAYING
I miss Q-Sound 🎵 The Promise Of A New Day by Paula Abdul. www.shazam.com/track/524…
Read morePRO-LIFE EXCEPT IF YOU WORK FOR A COMPANY WITH 100+ EMPLOYEES
apple.news Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large private companies - NPR The decision to invalidate the regulation comes as COVID-19 cases reached a new high of 1.4 million early this week. I love how pro-life conservatives would rather see us all die than not.
Read moreHAPPINESS PIE
apple.news Quebec’s ‘unvaxxed tax’ has people rushing to get vaccinated - NPR In the province, roughly 90% of its eligible population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to Canada’s COVID-19 tracker. Canada really does sound better and better all the time.
Read moreALEXA, TELL ME EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY. ALEXA, LIE TO ME.
apple.news Amazon’s Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data - WIRED TL;DR People trust Amazon more than any other entity except the military and medical providers. People really, really, really shouldn’t do that. Also, everything is awful.
Read moreVOTER RIGHTS
King family: ‘Difficult decision’ to attend Biden’s voting rights speech - POLITICO: “We’re beyond speeches. We’re beyond events,” Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown told Atlanta’s NPR station. “We don’t need any more photo ops. We need action,” former Georgia NAACP President James Woodall told The New York Times. It’s time to pass some laws, Mr. President.
Read moreapple.news ‘Jeopardy!’ champion Amy Schneider shares what her winning streak means - NPR
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