New from me at Mother Jones: the first class action lawsuit against a mask ban was filed by Disability Rights NY yesterday in federal court, against New York's Nassau County. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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The Transmutation of Elon Musk Thanks to X’s uncensored #GROK AI, we can now answer the question—what would happen if Elon Musk took ayahuasca? Find out in my latest AI experiment. Shayman Trump makes a cameo! Story by David Sauvage + Iván Chocrón #AI #GROK2 #ElonMusk

American Muckrakers Please credit/tag me as I made it (with Ai) and here’s the sequel! Now it’s Elons turn

"This is the trad-wife contingent. This is totally their viewpoint. It's not to the side. It's not leaked. This is the vision of America that they want to put forth... it's patriarchy, just for a new era." Brittney Cooper on JD Vance's never-ending misogynistic remarks.

Reflecting on the origins of Labour Day in Canada 🍁 Covid is part of our modern-day fight. Workers deserve clean air, a virus-free workplace, ample sick time, flexible remote options where possible. N95s & rapid tests should be handed out free to all in-person workers

This is a welcome first move, but nowhere near enough. It’s 10% of UK arms exports to Israel, and excludes components to F-35 jets raining death and destruction on Gaza. Main significance is the first tacit official UK acknowledgement of likely Israeli war crimes

Breaking news: An American woman was killed Friday in the occupied West Bank, the State Department said. Two witnesses said the woman was shot in the head by Israeli forces who had opened fire. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/…

Tonight, more than 750,000 Israelis, are on the streets of israel calling for the immediate release of all hostages and the immediate impeachment of @Netanyahu and his messianic corrupted government. This is the largest protest in the history of Israel. #BringThemHome #EndTheWar

The difference bewteen what the article says and what the study says is HUGE.

5. I have realised of late that sobriety allows me to clearly see the psychological drivers behind the seemingly-irrational pursuit of obvious harm. Remember this when you read articles in which any mention of the very real harm of Covid is conspicuous by its absence. /end

We have people in office that were adults during a time when women couldn’t open their own bank account. It wasn’t unlawful to sexually harass women at work until 1986. Feminism isn’t an antiquated ideal. The idea that women are equals is still new.

Still ALOT of work ahead but we need a snap poll on how we slept after the last debate vs how we slept last night

I just had the honor of watching a friend receive news that, after seven years of fighting, she won her case and is officially a legally protected whistleblower. That may seem like no big deal to most people, but for us .. it's everything. Please support whistleblowers.

Truly extraordinarily powerful interview of Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France, on Gaza. I can't stress enough how rare it is to hear a former French PM speak like this. He says France "no longer has a voice on the international scene", because (among other

We’ve been alerted to this video posted to YouTube Wednesday, the day a person self-immolated in front of Boston’s Israeli Consulate. They begin the video by stating: “My name is Matt Nelson, and I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest.”youtu.be/Wrugg9vKPc0

What a wild way to say “our plan to scrape everyone’s personal posts, images and work isn’t working in EU as they protect people’s rights” That they’re doing it to the rest of us, with no way to opt out (should be opt in) is terrible. Governments need to follow the EU here.

The Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Bay Area, CA) has mandatory masked events on Sundays and Tuesdays. This is inclusiveness. This is community care. Vulnerable people deserve to experience life, too.