Melissa Hartman

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These systems force you to be poor to get the care you need and then when you run out of money will take nearly every cent you have, taking away most of your dignity, autonomy and joy.

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

Leaked audio: Michigan Republican Mike Rogers asking for officers at polling stations to intimidate voters "We called the RNC early and said hey... Let's put police officers, retired or off-duty police officers as our poll watchers in Detroit because go ahead, try to intimidate them. Please."

They do it in other countries. It was bound to happen here.

Apparently at around 1:30 PM ET, the main accounts for the No Kings coalition on Instagram were frozen and pulled down. Admins have lost access to the account and are unable to log in. This happened at the peak of the organization's national day of action. Instagram, of course, is owned by Meta.

One widely loathed, ketamine-addicted, white-supremacist billionaire can single-handedly keep a failing political party afloat, through the brute force of money. Excellent system we've set up here.

you can't be serious. This reads Meta/Facebook/Insta is looking to grant itself the rights to scrape websites across the open web - and train Meta's AI - if a company after Oct 30, 2026 uses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or other Meta services. So every biz. Read that again. Outrageous. 1/5

Katie Zacharia has been fired as White House Press Secretary after five days. That’s half a scaramucci. Five days is now a zacharia.

The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

STOP LETTING JD VANCE MEET POPES

My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet

KITTEN ADOPTION KLAXON Gravy needs a home in the Baltimore/DC area ASAP, preferably one with other young cats. After the sudden death of her only sister, she really craves playtime with other kittens. Gravy is fully vaccinated and spayed, cuddly and playful, and learns what is ok and not ok fast.

Hard to find the words tonight. Helen was an amazing journalist, smart, hard-working, clear-eyed. She was also a kind, generous person and a good friend. Sad beyond words.

statler and waldorf but it’s al-sayed and ossoff heckling republicans

Your boss was trying to incite a racist pogrom yesterday, Markwayne

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.

a sure sign that something is "highly accepted" is if you have to threaten to impose the power of the state against those who don't accept it

Cardinal Robert McElroy’s World Day of Migrants homily named Minneapolis, where federal agents killed Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whom ICE held for 11 days in Texas. “We are losing our soul as a nation,” the archbishop of Washington said.

today's first song of the day is "islands in the stream" by meshell ndegeocello & chaka khan youtu.be/UqjoQeZZogg

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage.

I knew the second I saw that viral clip of the mom and dad at the baseball game that the internet’s insane parasocial contextless gut reaction to it was going to end up being wildly wrong. I really really hate how people just don’t give a shit about being kind or thoughtful anymore on the internet.

The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill

My 95 year old grandma cried when she heard people weren't vaccinating their kids against polio.

Pics at The Kennedy Center before seeing In the Heights on my 40th. I took my daughter there when she was little for a Mo Willems Pigeon show. Concerts, comedy, and plays are my favorite ways to go experience joy in this world and we had this wonderful venue dedicated to appreciating it all.

While summer feels like it's over, tick season isn't. They can stick around through late fall in some parts of the U.S. Natalie and Dr. Norris talk ticks and offer tips on how you can remain vigilant when enjoying time outdoors. @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social

rip annie dillard

One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. - Annie Dillard

🌟 Mike sings “September Gurls” and “In The Street” with the Big Star Quintet last night in Nashville at the Neuhoff River Steps Concert Series show. In addition to @lordmillsey, the band includes Jody Stephens, Jon Auer, Chris Stamey & Pat Sansone. Big thanks to Hank Bateman for the footage.

Please take the time to read and view this entire thread and pass it on. Not only for inspiration but also for tactics. This is the Resistance. #ICEIsADomesticTerroristOrganization

Fetterman text to aide: “Why do I have to keep having to meet with [Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia]?” Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.” Fetterman: “Well I’m not.” @wsj.com #PAsen www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

Sheila E., 69 years young, and still the Queen of percussion! Marched onto the Hollywood Bowl stage this week to a 5 minute video of Obama and MLK speeches and proceeded to drum her heart out 👑💕🥁💫 What an inspiration! #pinks #humansofbluesky

I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.

“Dr. Zink said she could not remember a time when the C.D.C. publicly questioned a state’s determination of cause of death. State officials are increasingly “choosing not to share data with the C.D.C. because of mistrust how it might be used,” she said.”

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

I was at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace today for the @comartspartner.bsky.social Seamus Heaney Awards for New Writing, an extra poignancy on his anniversary Delighted to have 1 poem longlisted & 1 placed 3rd Huge congratulations to the winner Susan Gully #poetry #poemoftheday #seamusheaneysunday

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